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andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading For two months, Thérèse and Laurent had been struggling in the anguish of their union.
angry
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From this reading Then hatred slowly gained them, and they ended by casting angry glances at one another, full of secret menace.
anguish
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From this reading For two months, Thérèse and Laurent had been struggling in the anguish of their union.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Then hatred slowly gained them, and they ended by casting angry glances at one another, full of secret menace.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Then hatred slowly gained them, and they ended by casting angry glances at one another, full of secret menace.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading For two months, Thérèse and Laurent had been struggling in the anguish of their union.
brutes
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From this reading They had loved like brutes, with hot passion, entirely sanguineous.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Then hatred slowly gained them, and they ended by casting angry glances at one another, full of secret menace.
casting
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From this reading Then hatred slowly gained them, and they ended by casting angry glances at one another, full of secret menace.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Hatred was forced to come.
ended
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From this reading Then hatred slowly gained them, and they ended by casting angry glances at one another, full of secret menace.
entirelynounUS /ˈentirely/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading They had loved like brutes, with hot passion, entirely sanguineous.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For two months, Thérèse and Laurent had been struggling in the anguish of their union.
forced
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From this reading Hatred was forced to come.
full
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From this reading Then hatred slowly gained them, and they ended by casting angry glances at one another, full of secret menace.
gained
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From this reading Then hatred slowly gained them, and they ended by casting angry glances at one another, full of secret menace.
glances
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From this reading Then hatred slowly gained them, and they ended by casting angry glances at one another, full of secret menace.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading For two months, Thérèse and Laurent had been struggling in the anguish of their union.
hatred
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From this reading Then hatred slowly gained them, and they ended by casting angry glances at one another, full of secret menace.
hot
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From this reading They had loved like brutes, with hot passion, entirely sanguineous.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading For two months, Thérèse and Laurent had been struggling in the anguish of their union.
Laurent
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From this reading For two months, Thérèse and Laurent had been struggling in the anguish of their union.
like
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From this reading They had loved like brutes, with hot passion, entirely sanguineous.
loved
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From this reading They had loved like brutes, with hot passion, entirely sanguineous.
menace
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From this reading Then hatred slowly gained them, and they ended by casting angry glances at one another, full of secret menace.
months
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From this reading For two months, Thérèse and Laurent had been struggling in the anguish of their union.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading For two months, Thérèse and Laurent had been struggling in the anguish of their union.
OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One suffered through the other.
other
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From this reading One suffered through the other.
passion
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From this reading They had loved like brutes, with hot passion, entirely sanguineous.
sanguineous
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From this reading They had loved like brutes, with hot passion, entirely sanguineous.
secretnounUS /ˈsiː.krət/
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading Then hatred slowly gained them, and they ended by casting angry glances at one another, full of secret menace.
slowly
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From this reading Then hatred slowly gained them, and they ended by casting angry glances at one another, full of secret menace.
struggling
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From this reading For two months, Thérèse and Laurent had been struggling in the anguish of their union.
suffered
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From this reading One suffered through the other.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading For two months, Thérèse and Laurent had been struggling in the anguish of their union.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading For two months, Thérèse and Laurent had been struggling in the anguish of their union.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Then hatred slowly gained them, and they ended by casting angry glances at one another, full of secret menace.
Then
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From this reading Then hatred slowly gained them, and they ended by casting angry glances at one another, full of secret menace.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Then hatred slowly gained them, and they ended by casting angry glances at one another, full of secret menace.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading One suffered through the other.
Thérèse
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From this reading For two months, Thérèse and Laurent had been struggling in the anguish of their union.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Hatred was forced to come.
two
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From this reading For two months, Thérèse and Laurent had been struggling in the anguish of their union.
union
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From this reading For two months, Thérèse and Laurent had been struggling in the anguish of their union.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Hatred was forced to come.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading They had loved like brutes, with hot passion, entirely sanguineous.