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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 The noise of the wind over the heath was shrill, and as if it whistled for joy at finding a night so congenial as this.
accidents
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From this reading She hastily fetched the infant, wrapped it up, cloaked herself as before, and shoveling the ashes over the fire, to prevent accidents, went into the open air.
actively
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From this reading But Thomasin’s imagination being so actively engaged elsewhere, the night and the weather had for her no terror beyond that of their actual discomfort and difficulty.
actual
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From this reading But Thomasin’s imagination being so actively engaged elsewhere, the night and the weather had for her no terror beyond that of their actual discomfort and difficulty.
air
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From this reading She hastily fetched the infant, wrapped it up, cloaked herself as before, and shoveling the ashes over the fire, to prevent accidents, went into the open air.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She hastily fetched the infant, wrapped it up, cloaked herself as before, and shoveling the ashes over the fire, to prevent accidents, went into the open air.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading She hastily fetched the infant, wrapped it up, cloaked herself as before, and shoveling the ashes over the fire, to prevent accidents, went into the open air.
ascending
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From this reading She was soon ascending Blooms-End valley and traversing the undulations on the side of the hill.
ashesnounUS /ˈæʃ.ɪz/
The powdery residue left after the burning of a substance.
From this reading She hastily fetched the infant, wrapped it up, cloaked herself as before, and shoveling the ashes over the fire, to prevent accidents, went into the open air.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The noise of the wind over the heath was shrill, and as if it whistled for joy at finding a night so congenial as this.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading She hastily fetched the infant, wrapped it up, cloaked herself as before, and shoveling the ashes over the fire, to prevent accidents, went into the open air.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Pausing first to put the door key in its old place behind the shutter, she resolutely turned her face to the confronting pile of firmamental darkness beyond the palings, and stepped into its midst.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading But Thomasin’s imagination being so actively engaged elsewhere, the night and the weather had for her no terror beyond that of their actual discomfort and difficulty.
beyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/
on the far side of; further than
From this reading Pausing first to put the door key in its old place behind the shutter, she resolutely turned her face to the confronting pile of firmamental darkness beyond the palings, and stepped into its midst.
Blooms-End
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From this reading She was soon ascending Blooms-End valley and traversing the undulations on the side of the hill.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But Thomasin’s imagination being so actively engaged elsewhere, the night and the weather had for her no terror beyond that of their actual discomfort and difficulty.
cloaked
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From this reading She hastily fetched the infant, wrapped it up, cloaked herself as before, and shoveling the ashes over the fire, to prevent accidents, went into the open air.
confronting
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From this reading Pausing first to put the door key in its old place behind the shutter, she resolutely turned her face to the confronting pile of firmamental darkness beyond the palings, and stepped into its midst.
congenial
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From this reading The noise of the wind over the heath was shrill, and as if it whistled for joy at finding a night so congenial as this.
darkness
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From this reading Pausing first to put the door key in its old place behind the shutter, she resolutely turned her face to the confronting pile of firmamental darkness beyond the palings, and stepped into its midst.
difficulty
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From this reading But Thomasin’s imagination being so actively engaged elsewhere, the night and the weather had for her no terror beyond that of their actual discomfort and difficulty.
discomfort
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From this reading But Thomasin’s imagination being so actively engaged elsewhere, the night and the weather had for her no terror beyond that of their actual discomfort and difficulty.
door
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From this reading Pausing first to put the door key in its old place behind the shutter, she resolutely turned her face to the confronting pile of firmamental darkness beyond the palings, and stepped into its midst.
elsewhere
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From this reading But Thomasin’s imagination being so actively engaged elsewhere, the night and the weather had for her no terror beyond that of their actual discomfort and difficulty.
engaged
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From this reading But Thomasin’s imagination being so actively engaged elsewhere, the night and the weather had for her no terror beyond that of their actual discomfort and difficulty.
face
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From this reading Pausing first to put the door key in its old place behind the shutter, she resolutely turned her face to the confronting pile of firmamental darkness beyond the palings, and stepped into its midst.
fetched
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From this reading She hastily fetched the infant, wrapped it up, cloaked herself as before, and shoveling the ashes over the fire, to prevent accidents, went into the open air.
finding
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From this reading The noise of the wind over the heath was shrill, and as if it whistled for joy at finding a night so congenial as this.
fire
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From this reading She hastily fetched the infant, wrapped it up, cloaked herself as before, and shoveling the ashes over the fire, to prevent accidents, went into the open air.
firmamental
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From this reading Pausing first to put the door key in its old place behind the shutter, she resolutely turned her face to the confronting pile of firmamental darkness beyond the palings, and stepped into its midst.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Pausing first to put the door key in its old place behind the shutter, she resolutely turned her face to the confronting pile of firmamental darkness beyond the palings, and stepped into its midst.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading But Thomasin’s imagination being so actively engaged elsewhere, the night and the weather had for her no terror beyond that of their actual discomfort and difficulty.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading But Thomasin’s imagination being so actively engaged elsewhere, the night and the weather had for her no terror beyond that of their actual discomfort and difficulty.
hastily
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From this reading She hastily fetched the infant, wrapped it up, cloaked herself as before, and shoveling the ashes over the fire, to prevent accidents, went into the open air.
heathnounUS /hiːθ/
open uncultivated land covered with low plants
From this reading The noise of the wind over the heath was shrill, and as if it whistled for joy at finding a night so congenial as this.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Pausing first to put the door key in its old place behind the shutter, she resolutely turned her face to the confronting pile of firmamental darkness beyond the palings, and stepped into its midst.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading She hastily fetched the infant, wrapped it up, cloaked herself as before, and shoveling the ashes over the fire, to prevent accidents, went into the open air.
hill
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From this reading She was soon ascending Blooms-End valley and traversing the undulations on the side of the hill.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading The noise of the wind over the heath was shrill, and as if it whistled for joy at finding a night so congenial as this.
imagination
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From this reading But Thomasin’s imagination being so actively engaged elsewhere, the night and the weather had for her no terror beyond that of their actual discomfort and difficulty.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Pausing first to put the door key in its old place behind the shutter, she resolutely turned her face to the confronting pile of firmamental darkness beyond the palings, and stepped into its midst.
infant
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From this reading She hastily fetched the infant, wrapped it up, cloaked herself as before, and shoveling the ashes over the fire, to prevent accidents, went into the open air.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading She hastily fetched the infant, wrapped it up, cloaked herself as before, and shoveling the ashes over the fire, to prevent accidents, went into the open air.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She hastily fetched the infant, wrapped it up, cloaked herself as before, and shoveling the ashes over the fire, to prevent accidents, went into the open air.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Pausing first to put the door key in its old place behind the shutter, she resolutely turned her face to the confronting pile of firmamental darkness beyond the palings, and stepped into its midst.
joy
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From this reading The noise of the wind over the heath was shrill, and as if it whistled for joy at finding a night so congenial as this.
key
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From this reading Pausing first to put the door key in its old place behind the shutter, she resolutely turned her face to the confronting pile of firmamental darkness beyond the palings, and stepped into its midst.
midst
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From this reading Pausing first to put the door key in its old place behind the shutter, she resolutely turned her face to the confronting pile of firmamental darkness beyond the palings, and stepped into its midst.
night
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From this reading But Thomasin’s imagination being so actively engaged elsewhere, the night and the weather had for her no terror beyond that of their actual discomfort and difficulty.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading But Thomasin’s imagination being so actively engaged elsewhere, the night and the weather had for her no terror beyond that of their actual discomfort and difficulty.
noise
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From this reading The noise of the wind over the heath was shrill, and as if it whistled for joy at finding a night so congenial as this.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Pausing first to put the door key in its old place behind the shutter, she resolutely turned her face to the confronting pile of firmamental darkness beyond the palings, and stepped into its midst.
old
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From this reading Pausing first to put the door key in its old place behind the shutter, she resolutely turned her face to the confronting pile of firmamental darkness beyond the palings, and stepped into its midst.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She was soon ascending Blooms-End valley and traversing the undulations on the side of the hill.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading She hastily fetched the infant, wrapped it up, cloaked herself as before, and shoveling the ashes over the fire, to prevent accidents, went into the open air.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading She hastily fetched the infant, wrapped it up, cloaked herself as before, and shoveling the ashes over the fire, to prevent accidents, went into the open air.
palings
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From this reading Pausing first to put the door key in its old place behind the shutter, she resolutely turned her face to the confronting pile of firmamental darkness beyond the palings, and stepped into its midst.
Pausing
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From this reading Pausing first to put the door key in its old place behind the shutter, she resolutely turned her face to the confronting pile of firmamental darkness beyond the palings, and stepped into its midst.
pile
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From this reading Pausing first to put the door key in its old place behind the shutter, she resolutely turned her face to the confronting pile of firmamental darkness beyond the palings, and stepped into its midst.
place
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From this reading Pausing first to put the door key in its old place behind the shutter, she resolutely turned her face to the confronting pile of firmamental darkness beyond the palings, and stepped into its midst.
prevent
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From this reading She hastily fetched the infant, wrapped it up, cloaked herself as before, and shoveling the ashes over the fire, to prevent accidents, went into the open air.
put
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From this reading Pausing first to put the door key in its old place behind the shutter, she resolutely turned her face to the confronting pile of firmamental darkness beyond the palings, and stepped into its midst.
resolutely
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From this reading Pausing first to put the door key in its old place behind the shutter, she resolutely turned her face to the confronting pile of firmamental darkness beyond the palings, and stepped into its midst.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She hastily fetched the infant, wrapped it up, cloaked herself as before, and shoveling the ashes over the fire, to prevent accidents, went into the open air.
shoveling
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From this reading She hastily fetched the infant, wrapped it up, cloaked herself as before, and shoveling the ashes over the fire, to prevent accidents, went into the open air.
shrill
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From this reading The noise of the wind over the heath was shrill, and as if it whistled for joy at finding a night so congenial as this.
shutter
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From this reading Pausing first to put the door key in its old place behind the shutter, she resolutely turned her face to the confronting pile of firmamental darkness beyond the palings, and stepped into its midst.
side
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From this reading She was soon ascending Blooms-End valley and traversing the undulations on the side of the hill.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading But Thomasin’s imagination being so actively engaged elsewhere, the night and the weather had for her no terror beyond that of their actual discomfort and difficulty.
soon
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From this reading She was soon ascending Blooms-End valley and traversing the undulations on the side of the hill.
stepped
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From this reading Pausing first to put the door key in its old place behind the shutter, she resolutely turned her face to the confronting pile of firmamental darkness beyond the palings, and stepped into its midst.
terror
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From this reading But Thomasin’s imagination being so actively engaged elsewhere, the night and the weather had for her no terror beyond that of their actual discomfort and difficulty.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But Thomasin’s imagination being so actively engaged elsewhere, the night and the weather had for her no terror beyond that of their actual discomfort and difficulty.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She hastily fetched the infant, wrapped it up, cloaked herself as before, and shoveling the ashes over the fire, to prevent accidents, went into the open air.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading But Thomasin’s imagination being so actively engaged elsewhere, the night and the weather had for her no terror beyond that of their actual discomfort and difficulty.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The noise of the wind over the heath was shrill, and as if it whistled for joy at finding a night so congenial as this.
Thomasin's
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From this reading But Thomasin’s imagination being so actively engaged elsewhere, the night and the weather had for her no terror beyond that of their actual discomfort and difficulty.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She hastily fetched the infant, wrapped it up, cloaked herself as before, and shoveling the ashes over the fire, to prevent accidents, went into the open air.
traversing
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From this reading She was soon ascending Blooms-End valley and traversing the undulations on the side of the hill.
turned
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From this reading Pausing first to put the door key in its old place behind the shutter, she resolutely turned her face to the confronting pile of firmamental darkness beyond the palings, and stepped into its midst.
undulations
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From this reading She was soon ascending Blooms-End valley and traversing the undulations on the side of the hill.
up
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From this reading She hastily fetched the infant, wrapped it up, cloaked herself as before, and shoveling the ashes over the fire, to prevent accidents, went into the open air.
valley
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From this reading She was soon ascending Blooms-End valley and traversing the undulations on the side of the hill.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was soon ascending Blooms-End valley and traversing the undulations on the side of the hill.
weather
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From this reading But Thomasin’s imagination being so actively engaged elsewhere, the night and the weather had for her no terror beyond that of their actual discomfort and difficulty.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She hastily fetched the infant, wrapped it up, cloaked herself as before, and shoveling the ashes over the fire, to prevent accidents, went into the open air.
whistled
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From this reading The noise of the wind over the heath was shrill, and as if it whistled for joy at finding a night so congenial as this.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The noise of the wind over the heath was shrill, and as if it whistled for joy at finding a night so congenial as this.
wrapped
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From this reading She hastily fetched the infant, wrapped it up, cloaked herself as before, and shoveling the ashes over the fire, to prevent accidents, went into the open air.
