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absolutely
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From this reading Never in all her life had she been so absolutely alone as now.
all
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From this reading Never in all her life had she been so absolutely alone as now.
aloneadjectiveUS /əˈloʊn/
Having no one else present.
From this reading TERROR Eve was alone.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She rocked herself to and fro beside her kitchen stove, her thoughts and fears rioting through body and mind, until she sat shivering with terror in the warmth of her own fireside.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Never in all her life had she been so absolutely alone as now.
back
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From this reading It was nearly nine o'clock in the evening and the vigilantes were due back in the village before midnight.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading What would be their news?
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Never in all her life had she been so absolutely alone as now.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading It was nearly nine o'clock in the evening and the vigilantes were due back in the village before midnight.
besideprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪd/
next to; at the side of
From this reading She rocked herself to and fro beside her kitchen stove, her thoughts and fears rioting through body and mind, until she sat shivering with terror in the warmth of her own fireside.
body
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From this reading She rocked herself to and fro beside her kitchen stove, her thoughts and fears rioting through body and mind, until she sat shivering with terror in the warmth of her own fireside.
due
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Eve
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From this reading TERROR Eve was alone.
evening
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fears
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From this reading She rocked herself to and fro beside her kitchen stove, her thoughts and fears rioting through body and mind, until she sat shivering with terror in the warmth of her own fireside.
fireside
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From this reading She rocked herself to and fro beside her kitchen stove, her thoughts and fears rioting through body and mind, until she sat shivering with terror in the warmth of her own fireside.
fro
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From this reading She rocked herself to and fro beside her kitchen stove, her thoughts and fears rioting through body and mind, until she sat shivering with terror in the warmth of her own fireside.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Never in all her life had she been so absolutely alone as now.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Never in all her life had she been so absolutely alone as now.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading She rocked herself to and fro beside her kitchen stove, her thoughts and fears rioting through body and mind, until she sat shivering with terror in the warmth of her own fireside.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Never in all her life had she been so absolutely alone as now.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was nearly nine o'clock in the evening and the vigilantes were due back in the village before midnight.
kitchen
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From this reading She rocked herself to and fro beside her kitchen stove, her thoughts and fears rioting through body and mind, until she sat shivering with terror in the warmth of her own fireside.
life
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From this reading Never in all her life had she been so absolutely alone as now.
midnight
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From this reading It was nearly nine o'clock in the evening and the vigilantes were due back in the village before midnight.
mindnounUS /maɪnd/
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading She rocked herself to and fro beside her kitchen stove, her thoughts and fears rioting through body and mind, until she sat shivering with terror in the warmth of her own fireside.
nearly
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From this reading It was nearly nine o'clock in the evening and the vigilantes were due back in the village before midnight.
Never
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From this reading Never in all her life had she been so absolutely alone as now.
news
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From this reading What would be their news?
nine
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now
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From this reading Never in all her life had she been so absolutely alone as now.
o'clock
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From this reading It was nearly nine o'clock in the evening and the vigilantes were due back in the village before midnight.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She rocked herself to and fro beside her kitchen stove, her thoughts and fears rioting through body and mind, until she sat shivering with terror in the warmth of her own fireside.
own
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From this reading She rocked herself to and fro beside her kitchen stove, her thoughts and fears rioting through body and mind, until she sat shivering with terror in the warmth of her own fireside.
rioting
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From this reading She rocked herself to and fro beside her kitchen stove, her thoughts and fears rioting through body and mind, until she sat shivering with terror in the warmth of her own fireside.
rocked
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From this reading She rocked herself to and fro beside her kitchen stove, her thoughts and fears rioting through body and mind, until she sat shivering with terror in the warmth of her own fireside.
sat
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From this reading She rocked herself to and fro beside her kitchen stove, her thoughts and fears rioting through body and mind, until she sat shivering with terror in the warmth of her own fireside.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Never in all her life had she been so absolutely alone as now.
shivering
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From this reading She rocked herself to and fro beside her kitchen stove, her thoughts and fears rioting through body and mind, until she sat shivering with terror in the warmth of her own fireside.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Never in all her life had she been so absolutely alone as now.
stove
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From this reading She rocked herself to and fro beside her kitchen stove, her thoughts and fears rioting through body and mind, until she sat shivering with terror in the warmth of her own fireside.
TERROR
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From this reading TERROR Eve was alone.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She rocked herself to and fro beside her kitchen stove, her thoughts and fears rioting through body and mind, until she sat shivering with terror in the warmth of her own fireside.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading What would be their news?
thoughts
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From this reading She rocked herself to and fro beside her kitchen stove, her thoughts and fears rioting through body and mind, until she sat shivering with terror in the warmth of her own fireside.
throughprepositionUS /θruː/
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading She rocked herself to and fro beside her kitchen stove, her thoughts and fears rioting through body and mind, until she sat shivering with terror in the warmth of her own fireside.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She rocked herself to and fro beside her kitchen stove, her thoughts and fears rioting through body and mind, until she sat shivering with terror in the warmth of her own fireside.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading She rocked herself to and fro beside her kitchen stove, her thoughts and fears rioting through body and mind, until she sat shivering with terror in the warmth of her own fireside.
vigilantes
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From this reading It was nearly nine o'clock in the evening and the vigilantes were due back in the village before midnight.
village
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From this reading It was nearly nine o'clock in the evening and the vigilantes were due back in the village before midnight.
warmth
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From this reading She rocked herself to and fro beside her kitchen stove, her thoughts and fears rioting through body and mind, until she sat shivering with terror in the warmth of her own fireside.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading TERROR Eve was alone.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading It was nearly nine o'clock in the evening and the vigilantes were due back in the village before midnight.
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What would be their news?
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading She rocked herself to and fro beside her kitchen stove, her thoughts and fears rioting through body and mind, until she sat shivering with terror in the warmth of her own fireside.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading What would be their news?
