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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 Twice a week the pair went in the dusk to Great Hintock, and, like the two mourners in _Cymbeline_, sweetened his sad grave with their flowers and their tears.
abatement
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From this reading While her simple sorrow for his loss took a softer edge with the lapse of the autumn and winter seasons, her self-reproach at having had a possible hand in causing it knew little abatement.
acquirements
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From this reading Nothing ever had brought home to her with such force as this death how little acquirements and culture weigh beside sterling personal character.
act
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From this reading Weeks and months of mourning for Winterborne had been passed by Grace in the soothing monotony of the memorial act to which she and Marty had devoted themselves.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Weeks and months of mourning for Winterborne had been passed by Grace in the soothing monotony of the memorial act to which she and Marty had devoted themselves.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Nothing ever had brought home to her with such force as this death how little acquirements and culture weigh beside sterling personal character.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading While her simple sorrow for his loss took a softer edge with the lapse of the autumn and winter seasons, her self-reproach at having had a possible hand in causing it knew little abatement.
autumn
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From this reading While her simple sorrow for his loss took a softer edge with the lapse of the autumn and winter seasons, her self-reproach at having had a possible hand in causing it knew little abatement.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Weeks and months of mourning for Winterborne had been passed by Grace in the soothing monotony of the memorial act to which she and Marty had devoted themselves.
besideprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪd/
next to; at the side of
From this reading Nothing ever had brought home to her with such force as this death how little acquirements and culture weigh beside sterling personal character.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Nothing ever had brought home to her with such force as this death how little acquirements and culture weigh beside sterling personal character.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Weeks and months of mourning for Winterborne had been passed by Grace in the soothing monotony of the memorial act to which she and Marty had devoted themselves.
causing
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From this reading While her simple sorrow for his loss took a softer edge with the lapse of the autumn and winter seasons, her self-reproach at having had a possible hand in causing it knew little abatement.
character
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From this reading Nothing ever had brought home to her with such force as this death how little acquirements and culture weigh beside sterling personal character.
copy
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From this reading Sometimes Grace thought that it was a pity neither one of them had been his wife for a little while, and given the world a copy of him who was so valuable in their eyes.
culture
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From this reading Nothing ever had brought home to her with such force as this death how little acquirements and culture weigh beside sterling personal character.
Cymbeline
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From this reading Twice a week the pair went in the dusk to Great Hintock, and, like the two mourners in _Cymbeline_, sweetened his sad grave with their flowers and their tears.
death
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From this reading Nothing ever had brought home to her with such force as this death how little acquirements and culture weigh beside sterling personal character.
devoted
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From this reading Weeks and months of mourning for Winterborne had been passed by Grace in the soothing monotony of the memorial act to which she and Marty had devoted themselves.
dusk
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From this reading Twice a week the pair went in the dusk to Great Hintock, and, like the two mourners in _Cymbeline_, sweetened his sad grave with their flowers and their tears.
edge
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From this reading While her simple sorrow for his loss took a softer edge with the lapse of the autumn and winter seasons, her self-reproach at having had a possible hand in causing it knew little abatement.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Nothing ever had brought home to her with such force as this death how little acquirements and culture weigh beside sterling personal character.
eyes
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From this reading Sometimes Grace thought that it was a pity neither one of them had been his wife for a little while, and given the world a copy of him who was so valuable in their eyes.
flowers
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From this reading Twice a week the pair went in the dusk to Great Hintock, and, like the two mourners in _Cymbeline_, sweetened his sad grave with their flowers and their tears.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Weeks and months of mourning for Winterborne had been passed by Grace in the soothing monotony of the memorial act to which she and Marty had devoted themselves.
force
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From this reading Nothing ever had brought home to her with such force as this death how little acquirements and culture weigh beside sterling personal character.
given
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From this reading Sometimes Grace thought that it was a pity neither one of them had been his wife for a little while, and given the world a copy of him who was so valuable in their eyes.
Grace
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From this reading Weeks and months of mourning for Winterborne had been passed by Grace in the soothing monotony of the memorial act to which she and Marty had devoted themselves.
grave
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From this reading Twice a week the pair went in the dusk to Great Hintock, and, like the two mourners in _Cymbeline_, sweetened his sad grave with their flowers and their tears.
GreatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Twice a week the pair went in the dusk to Great Hintock, and, like the two mourners in _Cymbeline_, sweetened his sad grave with their flowers and their tears.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Weeks and months of mourning for Winterborne had been passed by Grace in the soothing monotony of the memorial act to which she and Marty had devoted themselves.
hand
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From this reading While her simple sorrow for his loss took a softer edge with the lapse of the autumn and winter seasons, her self-reproach at having had a possible hand in causing it knew little abatement.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading While her simple sorrow for his loss took a softer edge with the lapse of the autumn and winter seasons, her self-reproach at having had a possible hand in causing it knew little abatement.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Nothing ever had brought home to her with such force as this death how little acquirements and culture weigh beside sterling personal character.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Sometimes Grace thought that it was a pity neither one of them had been his wife for a little while, and given the world a copy of him who was so valuable in their eyes.
Hintock
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From this reading Twice a week the pair went in the dusk to Great Hintock, and, like the two mourners in _Cymbeline_, sweetened his sad grave with their flowers and their tears.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Twice a week the pair went in the dusk to Great Hintock, and, like the two mourners in _Cymbeline_, sweetened his sad grave with their flowers and their tears.
home
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From this reading Nothing ever had brought home to her with such force as this death how little acquirements and culture weigh beside sterling personal character.
how
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From this reading Nothing ever had brought home to her with such force as this death how little acquirements and culture weigh beside sterling personal character.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Weeks and months of mourning for Winterborne had been passed by Grace in the soothing monotony of the memorial act to which she and Marty had devoted themselves.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Sometimes Grace thought that it was a pity neither one of them had been his wife for a little while, and given the world a copy of him who was so valuable in their eyes.
knew
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From this reading While her simple sorrow for his loss took a softer edge with the lapse of the autumn and winter seasons, her self-reproach at having had a possible hand in causing it knew little abatement.
lapse
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From this reading While her simple sorrow for his loss took a softer edge with the lapse of the autumn and winter seasons, her self-reproach at having had a possible hand in causing it knew little abatement.
like
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From this reading Twice a week the pair went in the dusk to Great Hintock, and, like the two mourners in _Cymbeline_, sweetened his sad grave with their flowers and their tears.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Sometimes Grace thought that it was a pity neither one of them had been his wife for a little while, and given the world a copy of him who was so valuable in their eyes.
loss
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From this reading While her simple sorrow for his loss took a softer edge with the lapse of the autumn and winter seasons, her self-reproach at having had a possible hand in causing it knew little abatement.
Marty
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From this reading Weeks and months of mourning for Winterborne had been passed by Grace in the soothing monotony of the memorial act to which she and Marty had devoted themselves.
memorial
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From this reading Weeks and months of mourning for Winterborne had been passed by Grace in the soothing monotony of the memorial act to which she and Marty had devoted themselves.
monotony
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From this reading Weeks and months of mourning for Winterborne had been passed by Grace in the soothing monotony of the memorial act to which she and Marty had devoted themselves.
months
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From this reading Weeks and months of mourning for Winterborne had been passed by Grace in the soothing monotony of the memorial act to which she and Marty had devoted themselves.
mourners
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From this reading Twice a week the pair went in the dusk to Great Hintock, and, like the two mourners in _Cymbeline_, sweetened his sad grave with their flowers and their tears.
mourning
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From this reading Weeks and months of mourning for Winterborne had been passed by Grace in the soothing monotony of the memorial act to which she and Marty had devoted themselves.
neitherdeterminerUS /ˈniːðər/
not one and not the other of two
From this reading Sometimes Grace thought that it was a pity neither one of them had been his wife for a little while, and given the world a copy of him who was so valuable in their eyes.
NothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Nothing ever had brought home to her with such force as this death how little acquirements and culture weigh beside sterling personal character.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Weeks and months of mourning for Winterborne had been passed by Grace in the soothing monotony of the memorial act to which she and Marty had devoted themselves.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Sometimes Grace thought that it was a pity neither one of them had been his wife for a little while, and given the world a copy of him who was so valuable in their eyes.
pair
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From this reading Twice a week the pair went in the dusk to Great Hintock, and, like the two mourners in _Cymbeline_, sweetened his sad grave with their flowers and their tears.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Weeks and months of mourning for Winterborne had been passed by Grace in the soothing monotony of the memorial act to which she and Marty had devoted themselves.
personal
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From this reading Nothing ever had brought home to her with such force as this death how little acquirements and culture weigh beside sterling personal character.
pity
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From this reading Sometimes Grace thought that it was a pity neither one of them had been his wife for a little while, and given the world a copy of him who was so valuable in their eyes.
possible
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From this reading While her simple sorrow for his loss took a softer edge with the lapse of the autumn and winter seasons, her self-reproach at having had a possible hand in causing it knew little abatement.
sad
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From this reading Twice a week the pair went in the dusk to Great Hintock, and, like the two mourners in _Cymbeline_, sweetened his sad grave with their flowers and their tears.
seasons
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From this reading While her simple sorrow for his loss took a softer edge with the lapse of the autumn and winter seasons, her self-reproach at having had a possible hand in causing it knew little abatement.
self-reproach
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From this reading While her simple sorrow for his loss took a softer edge with the lapse of the autumn and winter seasons, her self-reproach at having had a possible hand in causing it knew little abatement.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Weeks and months of mourning for Winterborne had been passed by Grace in the soothing monotony of the memorial act to which she and Marty had devoted themselves.
simple
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From this reading While her simple sorrow for his loss took a softer edge with the lapse of the autumn and winter seasons, her self-reproach at having had a possible hand in causing it knew little abatement.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Sometimes Grace thought that it was a pity neither one of them had been his wife for a little while, and given the world a copy of him who was so valuable in their eyes.
softer
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From this reading While her simple sorrow for his loss took a softer edge with the lapse of the autumn and winter seasons, her self-reproach at having had a possible hand in causing it knew little abatement.
Sometimes
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From this reading Sometimes Grace thought that it was a pity neither one of them had been his wife for a little while, and given the world a copy of him who was so valuable in their eyes.
soothing
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From this reading Weeks and months of mourning for Winterborne had been passed by Grace in the soothing monotony of the memorial act to which she and Marty had devoted themselves.
sorrow
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From this reading While her simple sorrow for his loss took a softer edge with the lapse of the autumn and winter seasons, her self-reproach at having had a possible hand in causing it knew little abatement.
sterling
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From this reading Nothing ever had brought home to her with such force as this death how little acquirements and culture weigh beside sterling personal character.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Nothing ever had brought home to her with such force as this death how little acquirements and culture weigh beside sterling personal character.
sweetened
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From this reading Twice a week the pair went in the dusk to Great Hintock, and, like the two mourners in _Cymbeline_, sweetened his sad grave with their flowers and their tears.
tears
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From this reading Twice a week the pair went in the dusk to Great Hintock, and, like the two mourners in _Cymbeline_, sweetened his sad grave with their flowers and their tears.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Sometimes Grace thought that it was a pity neither one of them had been his wife for a little while, and given the world a copy of him who was so valuable in their eyes.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Weeks and months of mourning for Winterborne had been passed by Grace in the soothing monotony of the memorial act to which she and Marty had devoted themselves.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Twice a week the pair went in the dusk to Great Hintock, and, like the two mourners in _Cymbeline_, sweetened his sad grave with their flowers and their tears.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Sometimes Grace thought that it was a pity neither one of them had been his wife for a little while, and given the world a copy of him who was so valuable in their eyes.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading Weeks and months of mourning for Winterborne had been passed by Grace in the soothing monotony of the memorial act to which she and Marty had devoted themselves.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Nothing ever had brought home to her with such force as this death how little acquirements and culture weigh beside sterling personal character.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Sometimes Grace thought that it was a pity neither one of them had been his wife for a little while, and given the world a copy of him who was so valuable in their eyes.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Weeks and months of mourning for Winterborne had been passed by Grace in the soothing monotony of the memorial act to which she and Marty had devoted themselves.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading While her simple sorrow for his loss took a softer edge with the lapse of the autumn and winter seasons, her self-reproach at having had a possible hand in causing it knew little abatement.
Twice
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From this reading Twice a week the pair went in the dusk to Great Hintock, and, like the two mourners in _Cymbeline_, sweetened his sad grave with their flowers and their tears.
two
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From this reading Twice a week the pair went in the dusk to Great Hintock, and, like the two mourners in _Cymbeline_, sweetened his sad grave with their flowers and their tears.
valuable
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From this reading Sometimes Grace thought that it was a pity neither one of them had been his wife for a little while, and given the world a copy of him who was so valuable in their eyes.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Sometimes Grace thought that it was a pity neither one of them had been his wife for a little while, and given the world a copy of him who was so valuable in their eyes.
week
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From this reading Twice a week the pair went in the dusk to Great Hintock, and, like the two mourners in _Cymbeline_, sweetened his sad grave with their flowers and their tears.
Weeks
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From this reading Weeks and months of mourning for Winterborne had been passed by Grace in the soothing monotony of the memorial act to which she and Marty had devoted themselves.
weigh
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From this reading Nothing ever had brought home to her with such force as this death how little acquirements and culture weigh beside sterling personal character.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Twice a week the pair went in the dusk to Great Hintock, and, like the two mourners in _Cymbeline_, sweetened his sad grave with their flowers and their tears.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Weeks and months of mourning for Winterborne had been passed by Grace in the soothing monotony of the memorial act to which she and Marty had devoted themselves.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading Sometimes Grace thought that it was a pity neither one of them had been his wife for a little while, and given the world a copy of him who was so valuable in their eyes.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Sometimes Grace thought that it was a pity neither one of them had been his wife for a little while, and given the world a copy of him who was so valuable in their eyes.
wife
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From this reading Sometimes Grace thought that it was a pity neither one of them had been his wife for a little while, and given the world a copy of him who was so valuable in their eyes.
winter
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From this reading While her simple sorrow for his loss took a softer edge with the lapse of the autumn and winter seasons, her self-reproach at having had a possible hand in causing it knew little abatement.
Winterborne
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From this reading Weeks and months of mourning for Winterborne had been passed by Grace in the soothing monotony of the memorial act to which she and Marty had devoted themselves.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Twice a week the pair went in the dusk to Great Hintock, and, like the two mourners in _Cymbeline_, sweetened his sad grave with their flowers and their tears.
world
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From this reading Sometimes Grace thought that it was a pity neither one of them had been his wife for a little while, and given the world a copy of him who was so valuable in their eyes.
