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aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading And because she loved him, her arm was about him and his great head was drawn against her breast long before he was done.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading And because she loved him, her arm was about him and his great head was drawn against her breast long before he was done.
all
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From this reading He pleaded with her, desperately anxious to make her understand; and Faith understood from the beginning, with the full wisdom of woman, yet let him talk out all his unhappiness and remorse....
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He pleaded with her, desperately anxious to make her understand; and Faith understood from the beginning, with the full wisdom of woman, yet let him talk out all his unhappiness and remorse....
anxious
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From this reading He pleaded with her, desperately anxious to make her understand; and Faith understood from the beginning, with the full wisdom of woman, yet let him talk out all his unhappiness and remorse....
arm
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From this reading And because she loved him, her arm was about him and his great head was drawn against her breast long before he was done.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She comforted him with touches of her light hands upon his head; she soothed him with murmurs that were no words at all....
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading He groveled before her, until she began to be faintly contemptuous, in her heart, at his groveling.
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading And because she loved him, her arm was about him and his great head was drawn against her breast long before he was done.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading And because she loved him, her arm was about him and his great head was drawn against her breast long before he was done.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He groveled before her, until she began to be faintly contemptuous, in her heart, at his groveling.
beginningnounUS /ˈbeginning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He pleaded with her, desperately anxious to make her understand; and Faith understood from the beginning, with the full wisdom of woman, yet let him talk out all his unhappiness and remorse....
breast
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From this reading And because she loved him, her arm was about him and his great head was drawn against her breast long before he was done.
comforted
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From this reading She comforted him with touches of her light hands upon his head; she soothed him with murmurs that were no words at all....
contemptuous
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From this reading He groveled before her, until she began to be faintly contemptuous, in her heart, at his groveling.
desperately
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From this reading He pleaded with her, desperately anxious to make her understand; and Faith understood from the beginning, with the full wisdom of woman, yet let him talk out all his unhappiness and remorse....
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And because she loved him, her arm was about him and his great head was drawn against her breast long before he was done.
drawn
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From this reading And because she loved him, her arm was about him and his great head was drawn against her breast long before he was done.
faintly
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From this reading He groveled before her, until she began to be faintly contemptuous, in her heart, at his groveling.
Faith
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From this reading He pleaded with her, desperately anxious to make her understand; and Faith understood from the beginning, with the full wisdom of woman, yet let him talk out all his unhappiness and remorse....
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He pleaded with her, desperately anxious to make her understand; and Faith understood from the beginning, with the full wisdom of woman, yet let him talk out all his unhappiness and remorse....
full
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From this reading He pleaded with her, desperately anxious to make her understand; and Faith understood from the beginning, with the full wisdom of woman, yet let him talk out all his unhappiness and remorse....
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And because she loved him, her arm was about him and his great head was drawn against her breast long before he was done.
groveled
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From this reading He groveled before her, until she began to be faintly contemptuous, in her heart, at his groveling.
groveling
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From this reading He groveled before her, until she began to be faintly contemptuous, in her heart, at his groveling.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading She comforted him with touches of her light hands upon his head; she soothed him with murmurs that were no words at all....
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He pleaded with her, desperately anxious to make her understand; and Faith understood from the beginning, with the full wisdom of woman, yet let him talk out all his unhappiness and remorse....
head
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From this reading And because she loved him, her arm was about him and his great head was drawn against her breast long before he was done.
heart
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From this reading He groveled before her, until she began to be faintly contemptuous, in her heart, at his groveling.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading He pleaded with her, desperately anxious to make her understand; and Faith understood from the beginning, with the full wisdom of woman, yet let him talk out all his unhappiness and remorse....
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He pleaded with her, desperately anxious to make her understand; and Faith understood from the beginning, with the full wisdom of woman, yet let him talk out all his unhappiness and remorse....
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He pleaded with her, desperately anxious to make her understand; and Faith understood from the beginning, with the full wisdom of woman, yet let him talk out all his unhappiness and remorse....
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The man reveled in this orgy of self-abasement.
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading He pleaded with her, desperately anxious to make her understand; and Faith understood from the beginning, with the full wisdom of woman, yet let him talk out all his unhappiness and remorse....
light
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From this reading She comforted him with touches of her light hands upon his head; she soothed him with murmurs that were no words at all....
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And because she loved him, her arm was about him and his great head was drawn against her breast long before he was done.
loved
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From this reading And because she loved him, her arm was about him and his great head was drawn against her breast long before he was done.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He pleaded with her, desperately anxious to make her understand; and Faith understood from the beginning, with the full wisdom of woman, yet let him talk out all his unhappiness and remorse....
man
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From this reading The man reveled in this orgy of self-abasement.
murmurs
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From this reading She comforted him with touches of her light hands upon his head; she soothed him with murmurs that were no words at all....
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading She comforted him with touches of her light hands upon his head; she soothed him with murmurs that were no words at all....
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He pleaded with her, desperately anxious to make her understand; and Faith understood from the beginning, with the full wisdom of woman, yet let him talk out all his unhappiness and remorse....
orgy
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From this reading The man reveled in this orgy of self-abasement.
out
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From this reading He pleaded with her, desperately anxious to make her understand; and Faith understood from the beginning, with the full wisdom of woman, yet let him talk out all his unhappiness and remorse....
pleaded
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From this reading He pleaded with her, desperately anxious to make her understand; and Faith understood from the beginning, with the full wisdom of woman, yet let him talk out all his unhappiness and remorse....
remorse
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From this reading He pleaded with her, desperately anxious to make her understand; and Faith understood from the beginning, with the full wisdom of woman, yet let him talk out all his unhappiness and remorse....
reveled
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From this reading The man reveled in this orgy of self-abasement.
self-abasement
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From this reading The man reveled in this orgy of self-abasement.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And because she loved him, her arm was about him and his great head was drawn against her breast long before he was done.
soothed
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From this reading She comforted him with touches of her light hands upon his head; she soothed him with murmurs that were no words at all....
talk
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From this reading He pleaded with her, desperately anxious to make her understand; and Faith understood from the beginning, with the full wisdom of woman, yet let him talk out all his unhappiness and remorse....
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She comforted him with touches of her light hands upon his head; she soothed him with murmurs that were no words at all....
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He pleaded with her, desperately anxious to make her understand; and Faith understood from the beginning, with the full wisdom of woman, yet let him talk out all his unhappiness and remorse....
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The man reveled in this orgy of self-abasement.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He pleaded with her, desperately anxious to make her understand; and Faith understood from the beginning, with the full wisdom of woman, yet let him talk out all his unhappiness and remorse....
touches
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From this reading She comforted him with touches of her light hands upon his head; she soothed him with murmurs that were no words at all....
understandnounUS /understand/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He pleaded with her, desperately anxious to make her understand; and Faith understood from the beginning, with the full wisdom of woman, yet let him talk out all his unhappiness and remorse....
understood
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From this reading He pleaded with her, desperately anxious to make her understand; and Faith understood from the beginning, with the full wisdom of woman, yet let him talk out all his unhappiness and remorse....
unhappiness
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From this reading He pleaded with her, desperately anxious to make her understand; and Faith understood from the beginning, with the full wisdom of woman, yet let him talk out all his unhappiness and remorse....
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading He groveled before her, until she began to be faintly contemptuous, in her heart, at his groveling.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading She comforted him with touches of her light hands upon his head; she soothed him with murmurs that were no words at all....
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And because she loved him, her arm was about him and his great head was drawn against her breast long before he was done.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading She comforted him with touches of her light hands upon his head; she soothed him with murmurs that were no words at all....
wisdom
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From this reading He pleaded with her, desperately anxious to make her understand; and Faith understood from the beginning, with the full wisdom of woman, yet let him talk out all his unhappiness and remorse....
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading He pleaded with her, desperately anxious to make her understand; and Faith understood from the beginning, with the full wisdom of woman, yet let him talk out all his unhappiness and remorse....
woman
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From this reading He pleaded with her, desperately anxious to make her understand; and Faith understood from the beginning, with the full wisdom of woman, yet let him talk out all his unhappiness and remorse....
words
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From this reading She comforted him with touches of her light hands upon his head; she soothed him with murmurs that were no words at all....
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading He pleaded with her, desperately anxious to make her understand; and Faith understood from the beginning, with the full wisdom of woman, yet let him talk out all his unhappiness and remorse....
