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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Into the three weeks since Miltoun's election there had been crowded such a multitude of functions that she had found, as it were, no time, no energy to know where she stood with herself.
absorbed
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From this reading Unmoved by the stares of the audience, Barbara sat absorbed in moody thoughts.
almost
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From this reading She had been riding and dancing with him, and sometimes this had been almost blissful.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And the consciousness of his passion gave her a tingling sense of pleasure.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Into the three weeks since Miltoun's election there had been crowded such a multitude of functions that she had found, as it were, no time, no energy to know where she stood with herself.
audience
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From this reading Unmoved by the stares of the audience, Barbara sat absorbed in moody thoughts.
Barbara
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From this reading Unmoved by the stares of the audience, Barbara sat absorbed in moody thoughts.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Since that morning in the stable, when he had watched her with the horse Hal, Harbinger had seemed to live only to be close to her.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Into the three weeks since Miltoun's election there had been crowded such a multitude of functions that she had found, as it were, no time, no energy to know where she stood with herself.
blissful
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From this reading She had been riding and dancing with him, and sometimes this had been almost blissful.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Unmoved by the stares of the audience, Barbara sat absorbed in moody thoughts.
close
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From this reading Since that morning in the stable, when he had watched her with the horse Hal, Harbinger had seemed to live only to be close to her.
consciousness
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From this reading And the consciousness of his passion gave her a tingling sense of pleasure.
crowded
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From this reading Into the three weeks since Miltoun's election there had been crowded such a multitude of functions that she had found, as it were, no time, no energy to know where she stood with herself.
dancing
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From this reading She had been riding and dancing with him, and sometimes this had been almost blissful.
election
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From this reading Into the three weeks since Miltoun's election there had been crowded such a multitude of functions that she had found, as it were, no time, no energy to know where she stood with herself.
energy
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From this reading Into the three weeks since Miltoun's election there had been crowded such a multitude of functions that she had found, as it were, no time, no energy to know where she stood with herself.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Into the three weeks since Miltoun's election there had been crowded such a multitude of functions that she had found, as it were, no time, no energy to know where she stood with herself.
functions
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From this reading Into the three weeks since Miltoun's election there had been crowded such a multitude of functions that she had found, as it were, no time, no energy to know where she stood with herself.
gave
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From this reading And the consciousness of his passion gave her a tingling sense of pleasure.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Into the three weeks since Miltoun's election there had been crowded such a multitude of functions that she had found, as it were, no time, no energy to know where she stood with herself.
Hal
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From this reading Since that morning in the stable, when he had watched her with the horse Hal, Harbinger had seemed to live only to be close to her.
Harbinger
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From this reading Since that morning in the stable, when he had watched her with the horse Hal, Harbinger had seemed to live only to be close to her.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Since that morning in the stable, when he had watched her with the horse Hal, Harbinger had seemed to live only to be close to her.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Since that morning in the stable, when he had watched her with the horse Hal, Harbinger had seemed to live only to be close to her.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Into the three weeks since Miltoun's election there had been crowded such a multitude of functions that she had found, as it were, no time, no energy to know where she stood with herself.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She had been riding and dancing with him, and sometimes this had been almost blissful.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading And the consciousness of his passion gave her a tingling sense of pleasure.
horse
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From this reading Since that morning in the stable, when he had watched her with the horse Hal, Harbinger had seemed to live only to be close to her.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Unmoved by the stares of the audience, Barbara sat absorbed in moody thoughts.
IntoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Into the three weeks since Miltoun's election there had been crowded such a multitude of functions that she had found, as it were, no time, no energy to know where she stood with herself.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Into the three weeks since Miltoun's election there had been crowded such a multitude of functions that she had found, as it were, no time, no energy to know where she stood with herself.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Into the three weeks since Miltoun's election there had been crowded such a multitude of functions that she had found, as it were, no time, no energy to know where she stood with herself.
live
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From this reading Since that morning in the stable, when he had watched her with the horse Hal, Harbinger had seemed to live only to be close to her.
Miltoun's
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From this reading Into the three weeks since Miltoun's election there had been crowded such a multitude of functions that she had found, as it were, no time, no energy to know where she stood with herself.
moody
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From this reading Unmoved by the stares of the audience, Barbara sat absorbed in moody thoughts.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Since that morning in the stable, when he had watched her with the horse Hal, Harbinger had seemed to live only to be close to her.
multitude
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From this reading Into the three weeks since Miltoun's election there had been crowded such a multitude of functions that she had found, as it were, no time, no energy to know where she stood with herself.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Into the three weeks since Miltoun's election there had been crowded such a multitude of functions that she had found, as it were, no time, no energy to know where she stood with herself.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Unmoved by the stares of the audience, Barbara sat absorbed in moody thoughts.
only
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From this reading Since that morning in the stable, when he had watched her with the horse Hal, Harbinger had seemed to live only to be close to her.
passion
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From this reading And the consciousness of his passion gave her a tingling sense of pleasure.
pleasure
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From this reading And the consciousness of his passion gave her a tingling sense of pleasure.
riding
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From this reading She had been riding and dancing with him, and sometimes this had been almost blissful.
sat
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From this reading Unmoved by the stares of the audience, Barbara sat absorbed in moody thoughts.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Since that morning in the stable, when he had watched her with the horse Hal, Harbinger had seemed to live only to be close to her.
sense
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From this reading And the consciousness of his passion gave her a tingling sense of pleasure.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Into the three weeks since Miltoun's election there had been crowded such a multitude of functions that she had found, as it were, no time, no energy to know where she stood with herself.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Into the three weeks since Miltoun's election there had been crowded such a multitude of functions that she had found, as it were, no time, no energy to know where she stood with herself.
sometimes
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From this reading She had been riding and dancing with him, and sometimes this had been almost blissful.
stable
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From this reading Since that morning in the stable, when he had watched her with the horse Hal, Harbinger had seemed to live only to be close to her.
stares
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From this reading Unmoved by the stares of the audience, Barbara sat absorbed in moody thoughts.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Into the three weeks since Miltoun's election there had been crowded such a multitude of functions that she had found, as it were, no time, no energy to know where she stood with herself.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Into the three weeks since Miltoun's election there had been crowded such a multitude of functions that she had found, as it were, no time, no energy to know where she stood with herself.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Into the three weeks since Miltoun's election there had been crowded such a multitude of functions that she had found, as it were, no time, no energy to know where she stood with herself.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Unmoved by the stares of the audience, Barbara sat absorbed in moody thoughts.
there
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From this reading Into the three weeks since Miltoun's election there had been crowded such a multitude of functions that she had found, as it were, no time, no energy to know where she stood with herself.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading She had been riding and dancing with him, and sometimes this had been almost blissful.
thoughts
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From this reading Unmoved by the stares of the audience, Barbara sat absorbed in moody thoughts.
three
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From this reading Into the three weeks since Miltoun's election there had been crowded such a multitude of functions that she had found, as it were, no time, no energy to know where she stood with herself.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Into the three weeks since Miltoun's election there had been crowded such a multitude of functions that she had found, as it were, no time, no energy to know where she stood with herself.
tingling
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From this reading And the consciousness of his passion gave her a tingling sense of pleasure.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Into the three weeks since Miltoun's election there had been crowded such a multitude of functions that she had found, as it were, no time, no energy to know where she stood with herself.
Unmoved
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From this reading Unmoved by the stares of the audience, Barbara sat absorbed in moody thoughts.
watched
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From this reading Since that morning in the stable, when he had watched her with the horse Hal, Harbinger had seemed to live only to be close to her.
weeks
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From this reading Into the three weeks since Miltoun's election there had been crowded such a multitude of functions that she had found, as it were, no time, no energy to know where she stood with herself.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Into the three weeks since Miltoun's election there had been crowded such a multitude of functions that she had found, as it were, no time, no energy to know where she stood with herself.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Since that morning in the stable, when he had watched her with the horse Hal, Harbinger had seemed to live only to be close to her.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Into the three weeks since Miltoun's election there had been crowded such a multitude of functions that she had found, as it were, no time, no energy to know where she stood with herself.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Into the three weeks since Miltoun's election there had been crowded such a multitude of functions that she had found, as it were, no time, no energy to know where she stood with herself.
