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absorbed
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From this reading She was absorbed in self, and did not rail against Hubert, or even Julia.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading She was absorbed in self, and did not rail against Hubert, or even Julia.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the drawing-room he insisted on being nursed; and alone, amid the faded furniture, watched over by the old portraits, her pale face fixed and her pale hands clasping her beloved dog, she sat thinking, brooding over the unhappiness, the incurable unhappiness, of her little life.
always
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From this reading There had always been in her some prescience of her fate.
amidprepositionUS /əˈmɪd/
in the middle of; surrounded by
From this reading In the drawing-room he insisted on being nursed; and alone, amid the faded furniture, watched over by the old portraits, her pale face fixed and her pale hands clasping her beloved dog, she sat thinking, brooding over the unhappiness, the incurable unhappiness, of her little life.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading In the drawing-room he insisted on being nursed; and alone, amid the faded furniture, watched over by the old portraits, her pale face fixed and her pale hands clasping her beloved dog, she sat thinking, brooding over the unhappiness, the incurable unhappiness, of her little life.
any
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From this reading Their personalities had somehow dropped out of her mind, and merely represented forces against which she found herself unable any longer to contend.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Nor was she surprised at what had happened.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading There had always been in her some prescience of her fate.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading In the drawing-room he insisted on being nursed; and alone, amid the faded furniture, watched over by the old portraits, her pale face fixed and her pale hands clasping her beloved dog, she sat thinking, brooding over the unhappiness, the incurable unhappiness, of her little life.
beloved
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From this reading In the drawing-room he insisted on being nursed; and alone, amid the faded furniture, watched over by the old portraits, her pale face fixed and her pale hands clasping her beloved dog, she sat thinking, brooding over the unhappiness, the incurable unhappiness, of her little life.
brooding
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From this reading In the drawing-room he insisted on being nursed; and alone, amid the faded furniture, watched over by the old portraits, her pale face fixed and her pale hands clasping her beloved dog, she sat thinking, brooding over the unhappiness, the incurable unhappiness, of her little life.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading In the drawing-room he insisted on being nursed; and alone, amid the faded furniture, watched over by the old portraits, her pale face fixed and her pale hands clasping her beloved dog, she sat thinking, brooding over the unhappiness, the incurable unhappiness, of her little life.
clasping
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From this reading In the drawing-room he insisted on being nursed; and alone, amid the faded furniture, watched over by the old portraits, her pale face fixed and her pale hands clasping her beloved dog, she sat thinking, brooding over the unhappiness, the incurable unhappiness, of her little life.
contend
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From this reading Their personalities had somehow dropped out of her mind, and merely represented forces against which she found herself unable any longer to contend.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading She was absorbed in self, and did not rail against Hubert, or even Julia.
dog
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From this reading In the drawing-room he insisted on being nursed; and alone, amid the faded furniture, watched over by the old portraits, her pale face fixed and her pale hands clasping her beloved dog, she sat thinking, brooding over the unhappiness, the incurable unhappiness, of her little life.
drawing-room
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From this reading In the drawing-room he insisted on being nursed; and alone, amid the faded furniture, watched over by the old portraits, her pale face fixed and her pale hands clasping her beloved dog, she sat thinking, brooding over the unhappiness, the incurable unhappiness, of her little life.
dropped
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From this reading Their personalities had somehow dropped out of her mind, and merely represented forces against which she found herself unable any longer to contend.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She was absorbed in self, and did not rail against Hubert, or even Julia.
face
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From this reading In the drawing-room he insisted on being nursed; and alone, amid the faded furniture, watched over by the old portraits, her pale face fixed and her pale hands clasping her beloved dog, she sat thinking, brooding over the unhappiness, the incurable unhappiness, of her little life.
faded
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From this reading In the drawing-room he insisted on being nursed; and alone, amid the faded furniture, watched over by the old portraits, her pale face fixed and her pale hands clasping her beloved dog, she sat thinking, brooding over the unhappiness, the incurable unhappiness, of her little life.
fate
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From this reading There had always been in her some prescience of her fate.
fixed
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From this reading In the drawing-room he insisted on being nursed; and alone, amid the faded furniture, watched over by the old portraits, her pale face fixed and her pale hands clasping her beloved dog, she sat thinking, brooding over the unhappiness, the incurable unhappiness, of her little life.
forces
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From this reading Their personalities had somehow dropped out of her mind, and merely represented forces against which she found herself unable any longer to contend.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Their personalities had somehow dropped out of her mind, and merely represented forces against which she found herself unable any longer to contend.
furniture
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From this reading In the drawing-room he insisted on being nursed; and alone, amid the faded furniture, watched over by the old portraits, her pale face fixed and her pale hands clasping her beloved dog, she sat thinking, brooding over the unhappiness, the incurable unhappiness, of her little life.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Their personalities had somehow dropped out of her mind, and merely represented forces against which she found herself unable any longer to contend.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading In the drawing-room he insisted on being nursed; and alone, amid the faded furniture, watched over by the old portraits, her pale face fixed and her pale hands clasping her beloved dog, she sat thinking, brooding over the unhappiness, the incurable unhappiness, of her little life.
happened
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From this reading Nor was she surprised at what had happened.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading In the drawing-room he insisted on being nursed; and alone, amid the faded furniture, watched over by the old portraits, her pale face fixed and her pale hands clasping her beloved dog, she sat thinking, brooding over the unhappiness, the incurable unhappiness, of her little life.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading In the drawing-room he insisted on being nursed; and alone, amid the faded furniture, watched over by the old portraits, her pale face fixed and her pale hands clasping her beloved dog, she sat thinking, brooding over the unhappiness, the incurable unhappiness, of her little life.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Their personalities had somehow dropped out of her mind, and merely represented forces against which she found herself unable any longer to contend.
Hubert
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From this reading She was absorbed in self, and did not rail against Hubert, or even Julia.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the drawing-room he insisted on being nursed; and alone, amid the faded furniture, watched over by the old portraits, her pale face fixed and her pale hands clasping her beloved dog, she sat thinking, brooding over the unhappiness, the incurable unhappiness, of her little life.
incurable
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From this reading In the drawing-room he insisted on being nursed; and alone, amid the faded furniture, watched over by the old portraits, her pale face fixed and her pale hands clasping her beloved dog, she sat thinking, brooding over the unhappiness, the incurable unhappiness, of her little life.
insistedverbUS /ɪnˈsɪstɪd/
demanded something firmly
From this reading In the drawing-room he insisted on being nursed; and alone, amid the faded furniture, watched over by the old portraits, her pale face fixed and her pale hands clasping her beloved dog, she sat thinking, brooding over the unhappiness, the incurable unhappiness, of her little life.
Julia
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From this reading She was absorbed in self, and did not rail against Hubert, or even Julia.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the drawing-room he insisted on being nursed; and alone, amid the faded furniture, watched over by the old portraits, her pale face fixed and her pale hands clasping her beloved dog, she sat thinking, brooding over the unhappiness, the incurable unhappiness, of her little life.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the drawing-room he insisted on being nursed; and alone, amid the faded furniture, watched over by the old portraits, her pale face fixed and her pale hands clasping her beloved dog, she sat thinking, brooding over the unhappiness, the incurable unhappiness, of her little life.
longer
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From this reading Their personalities had somehow dropped out of her mind, and merely represented forces against which she found herself unable any longer to contend.
merely
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From this reading Their personalities had somehow dropped out of her mind, and merely represented forces against which she found herself unable any longer to contend.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Their personalities had somehow dropped out of her mind, and merely represented forces against which she found herself unable any longer to contend.
NorconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading Nor was she surprised at what had happened.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading She was absorbed in self, and did not rail against Hubert, or even Julia.
nursed
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From this reading In the drawing-room he insisted on being nursed; and alone, amid the faded furniture, watched over by the old portraits, her pale face fixed and her pale hands clasping her beloved dog, she sat thinking, brooding over the unhappiness, the incurable unhappiness, of her little life.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In the drawing-room he insisted on being nursed; and alone, amid the faded furniture, watched over by the old portraits, her pale face fixed and her pale hands clasping her beloved dog, she sat thinking, brooding over the unhappiness, the incurable unhappiness, of her little life.
old
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From this reading In the drawing-room he insisted on being nursed; and alone, amid the faded furniture, watched over by the old portraits, her pale face fixed and her pale hands clasping her beloved dog, she sat thinking, brooding over the unhappiness, the incurable unhappiness, of her little life.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading In the drawing-room he insisted on being nursed; and alone, amid the faded furniture, watched over by the old portraits, her pale face fixed and her pale hands clasping her beloved dog, she sat thinking, brooding over the unhappiness, the incurable unhappiness, of her little life.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading She was absorbed in self, and did not rail against Hubert, or even Julia.
out
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From this reading Their personalities had somehow dropped out of her mind, and merely represented forces against which she found herself unable any longer to contend.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading In the drawing-room he insisted on being nursed; and alone, amid the faded furniture, watched over by the old portraits, her pale face fixed and her pale hands clasping her beloved dog, she sat thinking, brooding over the unhappiness, the incurable unhappiness, of her little life.
pale
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From this reading In the drawing-room he insisted on being nursed; and alone, amid the faded furniture, watched over by the old portraits, her pale face fixed and her pale hands clasping her beloved dog, she sat thinking, brooding over the unhappiness, the incurable unhappiness, of her little life.
personalities
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From this reading Their personalities had somehow dropped out of her mind, and merely represented forces against which she found herself unable any longer to contend.
portraits
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From this reading In the drawing-room he insisted on being nursed; and alone, amid the faded furniture, watched over by the old portraits, her pale face fixed and her pale hands clasping her beloved dog, she sat thinking, brooding over the unhappiness, the incurable unhappiness, of her little life.
prescience
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From this reading There had always been in her some prescience of her fate.
rail
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From this reading She was absorbed in self, and did not rail against Hubert, or even Julia.
represented
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From this reading Their personalities had somehow dropped out of her mind, and merely represented forces against which she found herself unable any longer to contend.
sat
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From this reading In the drawing-room he insisted on being nursed; and alone, amid the faded furniture, watched over by the old portraits, her pale face fixed and her pale hands clasping her beloved dog, she sat thinking, brooding over the unhappiness, the incurable unhappiness, of her little life.
self
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From this reading She was absorbed in self, and did not rail against Hubert, or even Julia.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading In the drawing-room he insisted on being nursed; and alone, amid the faded furniture, watched over by the old portraits, her pale face fixed and her pale hands clasping her beloved dog, she sat thinking, brooding over the unhappiness, the incurable unhappiness, of her little life.
some
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From this reading There had always been in her some prescience of her fate.
somehow
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From this reading Their personalities had somehow dropped out of her mind, and merely represented forces against which she found herself unable any longer to contend.
surprisednounUS /surprised/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Nor was she surprised at what had happened.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In the drawing-room he insisted on being nursed; and alone, amid the faded furniture, watched over by the old portraits, her pale face fixed and her pale hands clasping her beloved dog, she sat thinking, brooding over the unhappiness, the incurable unhappiness, of her little life.
TheirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Their personalities had somehow dropped out of her mind, and merely represented forces against which she found herself unable any longer to contend.
There
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From this reading There had always been in her some prescience of her fate.
thinkingnounUS /thinking/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the drawing-room he insisted on being nursed; and alone, amid the faded furniture, watched over by the old portraits, her pale face fixed and her pale hands clasping her beloved dog, she sat thinking, brooding over the unhappiness, the incurable unhappiness, of her little life.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Their personalities had somehow dropped out of her mind, and merely represented forces against which she found herself unable any longer to contend.
unable
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From this reading Their personalities had somehow dropped out of her mind, and merely represented forces against which she found herself unable any longer to contend.
unhappiness
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From this reading In the drawing-room he insisted on being nursed; and alone, amid the faded furniture, watched over by the old portraits, her pale face fixed and her pale hands clasping her beloved dog, she sat thinking, brooding over the unhappiness, the incurable unhappiness, of her little life.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was absorbed in self, and did not rail against Hubert, or even Julia.
watched
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From this reading In the drawing-room he insisted on being nursed; and alone, amid the faded furniture, watched over by the old portraits, her pale face fixed and her pale hands clasping her beloved dog, she sat thinking, brooding over the unhappiness, the incurable unhappiness, of her little life.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Nor was she surprised at what had happened.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Their personalities had somehow dropped out of her mind, and merely represented forces against which she found herself unable any longer to contend.
