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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 She had been listening for some minutes with grim enjoyment to cries from the landing upstairs; unavailing calls for Louisa, interspersed with the dumb galvanic quiver of a bell-less bellwire, and at last Francie’s voice at the angle half-way down the kitchen stairs had entreated her to find and despatch to her the missing Protestant orphan.
afther
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From this reading And then aloud, “She’s afther goin’ out to the dhryin’ ground to throw out a few aper’rns to blaych.”
aloud
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From this reading And then aloud, “She’s afther goin’ out to the dhryin’ ground to throw out a few aper’rns to blaych.”
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She had been listening for some minutes with grim enjoyment to cries from the landing upstairs; unavailing calls for Louisa, interspersed with the dumb galvanic quiver of a bell-less bellwire, and at last Francie’s voice at the angle half-way down the kitchen stairs had entreated her to find and despatch to her the missing Protestant orphan.
angle
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From this reading She had been listening for some minutes with grim enjoyment to cries from the landing upstairs; unavailing calls for Louisa, interspersed with the dumb galvanic quiver of a bell-less bellwire, and at last Francie’s voice at the angle half-way down the kitchen stairs had entreated her to find and despatch to her the missing Protestant orphan.
aper'rns
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From this reading And then aloud, “She’s afther goin’ out to the dhryin’ ground to throw out a few aper’rns to blaych.”
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She had been listening for some minutes with grim enjoyment to cries from the landing upstairs; unavailing calls for Louisa, interspersed with the dumb galvanic quiver of a bell-less bellwire, and at last Francie’s voice at the angle half-way down the kitchen stairs had entreated her to find and despatch to her the missing Protestant orphan.
back
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From this reading Norry the Boat toiled up the back stairs with wrath in her heart.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading She had been listening for some minutes with grim enjoyment to cries from the landing upstairs; unavailing calls for Louisa, interspersed with the dumb galvanic quiver of a bell-less bellwire, and at last Francie’s voice at the angle half-way down the kitchen stairs had entreated her to find and despatch to her the missing Protestant orphan.
bell-less
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From this reading She had been listening for some minutes with grim enjoyment to cries from the landing upstairs; unavailing calls for Louisa, interspersed with the dumb galvanic quiver of a bell-less bellwire, and at last Francie’s voice at the angle half-way down the kitchen stairs had entreated her to find and despatch to her the missing Protestant orphan.
bellwire
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From this reading She had been listening for some minutes with grim enjoyment to cries from the landing upstairs; unavailing calls for Louisa, interspersed with the dumb galvanic quiver of a bell-less bellwire, and at last Francie’s voice at the angle half-way down the kitchen stairs had entreated her to find and despatch to her the missing Protestant orphan.
blaych
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From this reading And then aloud, “She’s afther goin’ out to the dhryin’ ground to throw out a few aper’rns to blaych.”
Boat
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From this reading Norry the Boat toiled up the back stairs with wrath in her heart.
calls
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From this reading She had been listening for some minutes with grim enjoyment to cries from the landing upstairs; unavailing calls for Louisa, interspersed with the dumb galvanic quiver of a bell-less bellwire, and at last Francie’s voice at the angle half-way down the kitchen stairs had entreated her to find and despatch to her the missing Protestant orphan.
cries
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From this reading She had been listening for some minutes with grim enjoyment to cries from the landing upstairs; unavailing calls for Louisa, interspersed with the dumb galvanic quiver of a bell-less bellwire, and at last Francie’s voice at the angle half-way down the kitchen stairs had entreated her to find and despatch to her the missing Protestant orphan.
despatch
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From this reading She had been listening for some minutes with grim enjoyment to cries from the landing upstairs; unavailing calls for Louisa, interspersed with the dumb galvanic quiver of a bell-less bellwire, and at last Francie’s voice at the angle half-way down the kitchen stairs had entreated her to find and despatch to her the missing Protestant orphan.
dhryin
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From this reading And then aloud, “She’s afther goin’ out to the dhryin’ ground to throw out a few aper’rns to blaych.”
down
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From this reading She had been listening for some minutes with grim enjoyment to cries from the landing upstairs; unavailing calls for Louisa, interspersed with the dumb galvanic quiver of a bell-less bellwire, and at last Francie’s voice at the angle half-way down the kitchen stairs had entreated her to find and despatch to her the missing Protestant orphan.
dumb
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From this reading She had been listening for some minutes with grim enjoyment to cries from the landing upstairs; unavailing calls for Louisa, interspersed with the dumb galvanic quiver of a bell-less bellwire, and at last Francie’s voice at the angle half-way down the kitchen stairs had entreated her to find and despatch to her the missing Protestant orphan.
enjoyment
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From this reading She had been listening for some minutes with grim enjoyment to cries from the landing upstairs; unavailing calls for Louisa, interspersed with the dumb galvanic quiver of a bell-less bellwire, and at last Francie’s voice at the angle half-way down the kitchen stairs had entreated her to find and despatch to her the missing Protestant orphan.
entreated
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From this reading She had been listening for some minutes with grim enjoyment to cries from the landing upstairs; unavailing calls for Louisa, interspersed with the dumb galvanic quiver of a bell-less bellwire, and at last Francie’s voice at the angle half-way down the kitchen stairs had entreated her to find and despatch to her the missing Protestant orphan.
few
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From this reading And then aloud, “She’s afther goin’ out to the dhryin’ ground to throw out a few aper’rns to blaych.”
find
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From this reading She had been listening for some minutes with grim enjoyment to cries from the landing upstairs; unavailing calls for Louisa, interspersed with the dumb galvanic quiver of a bell-less bellwire, and at last Francie’s voice at the angle half-way down the kitchen stairs had entreated her to find and despatch to her the missing Protestant orphan.
fire
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From this reading Then Norry had said to herself, while she lifted the pot of potatoes off the fire, “Throuble-the-house!
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading She had been listening for some minutes with grim enjoyment to cries from the landing upstairs; unavailing calls for Louisa, interspersed with the dumb galvanic quiver of a bell-less bellwire, and at last Francie’s voice at the angle half-way down the kitchen stairs had entreated her to find and despatch to her the missing Protestant orphan.
Francie's
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From this reading She had been listening for some minutes with grim enjoyment to cries from the landing upstairs; unavailing calls for Louisa, interspersed with the dumb galvanic quiver of a bell-less bellwire, and at last Francie’s voice at the angle half-way down the kitchen stairs had entreated her to find and despatch to her the missing Protestant orphan.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading She had been listening for some minutes with grim enjoyment to cries from the landing upstairs; unavailing calls for Louisa, interspersed with the dumb galvanic quiver of a bell-less bellwire, and at last Francie’s voice at the angle half-way down the kitchen stairs had entreated her to find and despatch to her the missing Protestant orphan.
galvanic
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From this reading She had been listening for some minutes with grim enjoyment to cries from the landing upstairs; unavailing calls for Louisa, interspersed with the dumb galvanic quiver of a bell-less bellwire, and at last Francie’s voice at the angle half-way down the kitchen stairs had entreated her to find and despatch to her the missing Protestant orphan.
God
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From this reading God knows I’m heart-scalded with the whole o’ yees!”
goin
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From this reading And then aloud, “She’s afther goin’ out to the dhryin’ ground to throw out a few aper’rns to blaych.”
grim
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From this reading She had been listening for some minutes with grim enjoyment to cries from the landing upstairs; unavailing calls for Louisa, interspersed with the dumb galvanic quiver of a bell-less bellwire, and at last Francie’s voice at the angle half-way down the kitchen stairs had entreated her to find and despatch to her the missing Protestant orphan.
ground
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From this reading And then aloud, “She’s afther goin’ out to the dhryin’ ground to throw out a few aper’rns to blaych.”
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She had been listening for some minutes with grim enjoyment to cries from the landing upstairs; unavailing calls for Louisa, interspersed with the dumb galvanic quiver of a bell-less bellwire, and at last Francie’s voice at the angle half-way down the kitchen stairs had entreated her to find and despatch to her the missing Protestant orphan.
half-waynounUS /half-way/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had been listening for some minutes with grim enjoyment to cries from the landing upstairs; unavailing calls for Louisa, interspersed with the dumb galvanic quiver of a bell-less bellwire, and at last Francie’s voice at the angle half-way down the kitchen stairs had entreated her to find and despatch to her the missing Protestant orphan.
heart
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From this reading Norry the Boat toiled up the back stairs with wrath in her heart.
heart-scalded
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From this reading God knows I’m heart-scalded with the whole o’ yees!”
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Norry the Boat toiled up the back stairs with wrath in her heart.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Then Norry had said to herself, while she lifted the pot of potatoes off the fire, “Throuble-the-house!
I'm
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From this reading God knows I’m heart-scalded with the whole o’ yees!”
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Norry the Boat toiled up the back stairs with wrath in her heart.
interspersed
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From this reading She had been listening for some minutes with grim enjoyment to cries from the landing upstairs; unavailing calls for Louisa, interspersed with the dumb galvanic quiver of a bell-less bellwire, and at last Francie’s voice at the angle half-way down the kitchen stairs had entreated her to find and despatch to her the missing Protestant orphan.
kitchen
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From this reading She had been listening for some minutes with grim enjoyment to cries from the landing upstairs; unavailing calls for Louisa, interspersed with the dumb galvanic quiver of a bell-less bellwire, and at last Francie’s voice at the angle half-way down the kitchen stairs had entreated her to find and despatch to her the missing Protestant orphan.
knows
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From this reading God knows I’m heart-scalded with the whole o’ yees!”
landing
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From this reading She had been listening for some minutes with grim enjoyment to cries from the landing upstairs; unavailing calls for Louisa, interspersed with the dumb galvanic quiver of a bell-less bellwire, and at last Francie’s voice at the angle half-way down the kitchen stairs had entreated her to find and despatch to her the missing Protestant orphan.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had been listening for some minutes with grim enjoyment to cries from the landing upstairs; unavailing calls for Louisa, interspersed with the dumb galvanic quiver of a bell-less bellwire, and at last Francie’s voice at the angle half-way down the kitchen stairs had entreated her to find and despatch to her the missing Protestant orphan.
lifted
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From this reading Then Norry had said to herself, while she lifted the pot of potatoes off the fire, “Throuble-the-house!
listening
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From this reading She had been listening for some minutes with grim enjoyment to cries from the landing upstairs; unavailing calls for Louisa, interspersed with the dumb galvanic quiver of a bell-less bellwire, and at last Francie’s voice at the angle half-way down the kitchen stairs had entreated her to find and despatch to her the missing Protestant orphan.
Louisa
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From this reading She had been listening for some minutes with grim enjoyment to cries from the landing upstairs; unavailing calls for Louisa, interspersed with the dumb galvanic quiver of a bell-less bellwire, and at last Francie’s voice at the angle half-way down the kitchen stairs had entreated her to find and despatch to her the missing Protestant orphan.
minutes
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From this reading She had been listening for some minutes with grim enjoyment to cries from the landing upstairs; unavailing calls for Louisa, interspersed with the dumb galvanic quiver of a bell-less bellwire, and at last Francie’s voice at the angle half-way down the kitchen stairs had entreated her to find and despatch to her the missing Protestant orphan.
missing
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From this reading She had been listening for some minutes with grim enjoyment to cries from the landing upstairs; unavailing calls for Louisa, interspersed with the dumb galvanic quiver of a bell-less bellwire, and at last Francie’s voice at the angle half-way down the kitchen stairs had entreated her to find and despatch to her the missing Protestant orphan.
Norry
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From this reading Norry the Boat toiled up the back stairs with wrath in her heart.
o
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From this reading God knows I’m heart-scalded with the whole o’ yees!”
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She had been listening for some minutes with grim enjoyment to cries from the landing upstairs; unavailing calls for Louisa, interspersed with the dumb galvanic quiver of a bell-less bellwire, and at last Francie’s voice at the angle half-way down the kitchen stairs had entreated her to find and despatch to her the missing Protestant orphan.
off
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From this reading Then Norry had said to herself, while she lifted the pot of potatoes off the fire, “Throuble-the-house!
orphan
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From this reading She had been listening for some minutes with grim enjoyment to cries from the landing upstairs; unavailing calls for Louisa, interspersed with the dumb galvanic quiver of a bell-less bellwire, and at last Francie’s voice at the angle half-way down the kitchen stairs had entreated her to find and despatch to her the missing Protestant orphan.
out
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From this reading And then aloud, “She’s afther goin’ out to the dhryin’ ground to throw out a few aper’rns to blaych.”
pot
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From this reading Then Norry had said to herself, while she lifted the pot of potatoes off the fire, “Throuble-the-house!
potatoes
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From this reading Then Norry had said to herself, while she lifted the pot of potatoes off the fire, “Throuble-the-house!
Protestant
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From this reading She had been listening for some minutes with grim enjoyment to cries from the landing upstairs; unavailing calls for Louisa, interspersed with the dumb galvanic quiver of a bell-less bellwire, and at last Francie’s voice at the angle half-way down the kitchen stairs had entreated her to find and despatch to her the missing Protestant orphan.
quiver
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From this reading She had been listening for some minutes with grim enjoyment to cries from the landing upstairs; unavailing calls for Louisa, interspersed with the dumb galvanic quiver of a bell-less bellwire, and at last Francie’s voice at the angle half-way down the kitchen stairs had entreated her to find and despatch to her the missing Protestant orphan.
said
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From this reading Then Norry had said to herself, while she lifted the pot of potatoes off the fire, “Throuble-the-house!
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She had been listening for some minutes with grim enjoyment to cries from the landing upstairs; unavailing calls for Louisa, interspersed with the dumb galvanic quiver of a bell-less bellwire, and at last Francie’s voice at the angle half-way down the kitchen stairs had entreated her to find and despatch to her the missing Protestant orphan.
She's
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From this reading And then aloud, “She’s afther goin’ out to the dhryin’ ground to throw out a few aper’rns to blaych.”
some
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From this reading She had been listening for some minutes with grim enjoyment to cries from the landing upstairs; unavailing calls for Louisa, interspersed with the dumb galvanic quiver of a bell-less bellwire, and at last Francie’s voice at the angle half-way down the kitchen stairs had entreated her to find and despatch to her the missing Protestant orphan.
stairs
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From this reading Norry the Boat toiled up the back stairs with wrath in her heart.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Norry the Boat toiled up the back stairs with wrath in her heart.
Then
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From this reading Then Norry had said to herself, while she lifted the pot of potatoes off the fire, “Throuble-the-house!
Throuble-the-house
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From this reading Then Norry had said to herself, while she lifted the pot of potatoes off the fire, “Throuble-the-house!
throw
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From this reading And then aloud, “She’s afther goin’ out to the dhryin’ ground to throw out a few aper’rns to blaych.”
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She had been listening for some minutes with grim enjoyment to cries from the landing upstairs; unavailing calls for Louisa, interspersed with the dumb galvanic quiver of a bell-less bellwire, and at last Francie’s voice at the angle half-way down the kitchen stairs had entreated her to find and despatch to her the missing Protestant orphan.
toiled
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From this reading Norry the Boat toiled up the back stairs with wrath in her heart.
unavailing
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From this reading She had been listening for some minutes with grim enjoyment to cries from the landing upstairs; unavailing calls for Louisa, interspersed with the dumb galvanic quiver of a bell-less bellwire, and at last Francie’s voice at the angle half-way down the kitchen stairs had entreated her to find and despatch to her the missing Protestant orphan.
up
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From this reading Norry the Boat toiled up the back stairs with wrath in her heart.
upstairs
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From this reading She had been listening for some minutes with grim enjoyment to cries from the landing upstairs; unavailing calls for Louisa, interspersed with the dumb galvanic quiver of a bell-less bellwire, and at last Francie’s voice at the angle half-way down the kitchen stairs had entreated her to find and despatch to her the missing Protestant orphan.
voice
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From this reading She had been listening for some minutes with grim enjoyment to cries from the landing upstairs; unavailing calls for Louisa, interspersed with the dumb galvanic quiver of a bell-less bellwire, and at last Francie’s voice at the angle half-way down the kitchen stairs had entreated her to find and despatch to her the missing Protestant orphan.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading Then Norry had said to herself, while she lifted the pot of potatoes off the fire, “Throuble-the-house!
whole
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From this reading God knows I’m heart-scalded with the whole o’ yees!”
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Norry the Boat toiled up the back stairs with wrath in her heart.
wrath
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From this reading Norry the Boat toiled up the back stairs with wrath in her heart.
yees
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From this reading God knows I’m heart-scalded with the whole o’ yees!”
