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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 A week of anxiety and sorrow passed over Altenhof.
accident
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From this reading Nothing could be drawn from him excepting that he alone was to blame for the accident, and his uncle was, consequently, obliged to seek an explanation from the servants.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Nothing could be drawn from him excepting that he alone was to blame for the accident, and his uncle was, consequently, obliged to seek an explanation from the servants.
ALTENHOF
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From this reading LEO'S VISIT TO ALTENHOF.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Nothing could be drawn from him excepting that he alone was to blame for the accident, and his uncle was, consequently, obliged to seek an explanation from the servants.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A week of anxiety and sorrow passed over Altenhof.
anxiety
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From this reading A week of anxiety and sorrow passed over Altenhof.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Doctor Fabian lay senseless and bleeding in his room, while Waldemar, with a face that startled his foster-father quite as much as that of the tutor, was endeavoring to stanch the wound.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Nothing could be drawn from him excepting that he alone was to blame for the accident, and his uncle was, consequently, obliged to seek an explanation from the servants.
blame
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From this reading Nothing could be drawn from him excepting that he alone was to blame for the accident, and his uncle was, consequently, obliged to seek an explanation from the servants.
bleeding
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From this reading Doctor Fabian lay senseless and bleeding in his room, while Waldemar, with a face that startled his foster-father quite as much as that of the tutor, was endeavoring to stanch the wound.
commotion
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From this reading Upon Herr Witold's return on that ill-fated evening, he found the whole house in commotion.
consequently
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From this reading Nothing could be drawn from him excepting that he alone was to blame for the accident, and his uncle was, consequently, obliged to seek an explanation from the servants.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Nothing could be drawn from him excepting that he alone was to blame for the accident, and his uncle was, consequently, obliged to seek an explanation from the servants.
DoctornounUS /doctor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Doctor Fabian lay senseless and bleeding in his room, while Waldemar, with a face that startled his foster-father quite as much as that of the tutor, was endeavoring to stanch the wound.
drawn
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From this reading Nothing could be drawn from him excepting that he alone was to blame for the accident, and his uncle was, consequently, obliged to seek an explanation from the servants.
endeavoring
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From this reading Doctor Fabian lay senseless and bleeding in his room, while Waldemar, with a face that startled his foster-father quite as much as that of the tutor, was endeavoring to stanch the wound.
evening
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From this reading Upon Herr Witold's return on that ill-fated evening, he found the whole house in commotion.
excepting
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From this reading Nothing could be drawn from him excepting that he alone was to blame for the accident, and his uncle was, consequently, obliged to seek an explanation from the servants.
explanation
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From this reading Nothing could be drawn from him excepting that he alone was to blame for the accident, and his uncle was, consequently, obliged to seek an explanation from the servants.
Fabian
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From this reading Doctor Fabian lay senseless and bleeding in his room, while Waldemar, with a face that startled his foster-father quite as much as that of the tutor, was endeavoring to stanch the wound.
face
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From this reading Doctor Fabian lay senseless and bleeding in his room, while Waldemar, with a face that startled his foster-father quite as much as that of the tutor, was endeavoring to stanch the wound.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Nothing could be drawn from him excepting that he alone was to blame for the accident, and his uncle was, consequently, obliged to seek an explanation from the servants.
foster-father
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From this reading Doctor Fabian lay senseless and bleeding in his room, while Waldemar, with a face that startled his foster-father quite as much as that of the tutor, was endeavoring to stanch the wound.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Upon Herr Witold's return on that ill-fated evening, he found the whole house in commotion.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Nothing could be drawn from him excepting that he alone was to blame for the accident, and his uncle was, consequently, obliged to seek an explanation from the servants.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Upon Herr Witold's return on that ill-fated evening, he found the whole house in commotion.
Herr
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From this reading Upon Herr Witold's return on that ill-fated evening, he found the whole house in commotion.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Nothing could be drawn from him excepting that he alone was to blame for the accident, and his uncle was, consequently, obliged to seek an explanation from the servants.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Doctor Fabian lay senseless and bleeding in his room, while Waldemar, with a face that startled his foster-father quite as much as that of the tutor, was endeavoring to stanch the wound.
house
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From this reading Upon Herr Witold's return on that ill-fated evening, he found the whole house in commotion.
ill-fated
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From this reading Upon Herr Witold's return on that ill-fated evening, he found the whole house in commotion.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Upon Herr Witold's return on that ill-fated evening, he found the whole house in commotion.
lay
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From this reading Doctor Fabian lay senseless and bleeding in his room, while Waldemar, with a face that startled his foster-father quite as much as that of the tutor, was endeavoring to stanch the wound.
LEO'S
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From this reading LEO'S VISIT TO ALTENHOF.
much
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From this reading Doctor Fabian lay senseless and bleeding in his room, while Waldemar, with a face that startled his foster-father quite as much as that of the tutor, was endeavoring to stanch the wound.
NothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Nothing could be drawn from him excepting that he alone was to blame for the accident, and his uncle was, consequently, obliged to seek an explanation from the servants.
obliged
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From this reading Nothing could be drawn from him excepting that he alone was to blame for the accident, and his uncle was, consequently, obliged to seek an explanation from the servants.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A week of anxiety and sorrow passed over Altenhof.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Upon Herr Witold's return on that ill-fated evening, he found the whole house in commotion.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading A week of anxiety and sorrow passed over Altenhof.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A week of anxiety and sorrow passed over Altenhof.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Doctor Fabian lay senseless and bleeding in his room, while Waldemar, with a face that startled his foster-father quite as much as that of the tutor, was endeavoring to stanch the wound.
return
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From this reading Upon Herr Witold's return on that ill-fated evening, he found the whole house in commotion.
room
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From this reading Doctor Fabian lay senseless and bleeding in his room, while Waldemar, with a face that startled his foster-father quite as much as that of the tutor, was endeavoring to stanch the wound.
seek
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From this reading Nothing could be drawn from him excepting that he alone was to blame for the accident, and his uncle was, consequently, obliged to seek an explanation from the servants.
senseless
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From this reading Doctor Fabian lay senseless and bleeding in his room, while Waldemar, with a face that startled his foster-father quite as much as that of the tutor, was endeavoring to stanch the wound.
servants
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From this reading Nothing could be drawn from him excepting that he alone was to blame for the accident, and his uncle was, consequently, obliged to seek an explanation from the servants.
sorrow
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From this reading A week of anxiety and sorrow passed over Altenhof.
stanch
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From this reading Doctor Fabian lay senseless and bleeding in his room, while Waldemar, with a face that startled his foster-father quite as much as that of the tutor, was endeavoring to stanch the wound.
startled
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From this reading Doctor Fabian lay senseless and bleeding in his room, while Waldemar, with a face that startled his foster-father quite as much as that of the tutor, was endeavoring to stanch the wound.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Upon Herr Witold's return on that ill-fated evening, he found the whole house in commotion.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Upon Herr Witold's return on that ill-fated evening, he found the whole house in commotion.
TOparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading LEO'S VISIT TO ALTENHOF.
tutor
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From this reading Doctor Fabian lay senseless and bleeding in his room, while Waldemar, with a face that startled his foster-father quite as much as that of the tutor, was endeavoring to stanch the wound.
uncle
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From this reading Nothing could be drawn from him excepting that he alone was to blame for the accident, and his uncle was, consequently, obliged to seek an explanation from the servants.
UponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Upon Herr Witold's return on that ill-fated evening, he found the whole house in commotion.
VISIT
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From this reading LEO'S VISIT TO ALTENHOF.
Waldemar
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From this reading Doctor Fabian lay senseless and bleeding in his room, while Waldemar, with a face that startled his foster-father quite as much as that of the tutor, was endeavoring to stanch the wound.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Doctor Fabian lay senseless and bleeding in his room, while Waldemar, with a face that startled his foster-father quite as much as that of the tutor, was endeavoring to stanch the wound.
week
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From this reading A week of anxiety and sorrow passed over Altenhof.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading Doctor Fabian lay senseless and bleeding in his room, while Waldemar, with a face that startled his foster-father quite as much as that of the tutor, was endeavoring to stanch the wound.
whole
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From this reading Upon Herr Witold's return on that ill-fated evening, he found the whole house in commotion.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Doctor Fabian lay senseless and bleeding in his room, while Waldemar, with a face that startled his foster-father quite as much as that of the tutor, was endeavoring to stanch the wound.
Witold's
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From this reading Upon Herr Witold's return on that ill-fated evening, he found the whole house in commotion.
wound
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From this reading Doctor Fabian lay senseless and bleeding in his room, while Waldemar, with a face that startled his foster-father quite as much as that of the tutor, was endeavoring to stanch the wound.
