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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 There was something about the expression on her father’s face that had always lingered in her memory; an expression so fraught with anxiety and keen disappointment, that a lapse of ten years had not obliterated the impression one bit.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading There was something about the expression on her father’s face that had always lingered in her memory; an expression so fraught with anxiety and keen disappointment, that a lapse of ten years had not obliterated the impression one bit.
all
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From this reading Her mother then told her in full how it had all happened and what a financial loss it had been to the railroad with which Mr. Temple was connected.
always
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From this reading There was something about the expression on her father’s face that had always lingered in her memory; an expression so fraught with anxiety and keen disappointment, that a lapse of ten years had not obliterated the impression one bit.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading There was something about the expression on her father’s face that had always lingered in her memory; an expression so fraught with anxiety and keen disappointment, that a lapse of ten years had not obliterated the impression one bit.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There was something about the expression on her father’s face that had always lingered in her memory; an expression so fraught with anxiety and keen disappointment, that a lapse of ten years had not obliterated the impression one bit.
anxiety
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From this reading There was something about the expression on her father’s face that had always lingered in her memory; an expression so fraught with anxiety and keen disappointment, that a lapse of ten years had not obliterated the impression one bit.
apprehension
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From this reading She was quite young then but she had not forgotten her father’s evident apprehension for those lost men.
Artie
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From this reading But Mary Temple did not reveal to Artie the full details of this tragic story.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It meant a terrific loss to him at the time, being one of the largest stockholders, but being the man he was he took his loss cheerfully, seeming to be more concerned with the surveyors’ disappearance, than with his own losses.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It meant a terrific loss to him at the time, being one of the largest stockholders, but being the man he was he took his loss cheerfully, seeming to be more concerned with the surveyors’ disappearance, than with his own losses.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Her mother then told her in full how it had all happened and what a financial loss it had been to the railroad with which Mr. Temple was connected.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading It meant a terrific loss to him at the time, being one of the largest stockholders, but being the man he was he took his loss cheerfully, seeming to be more concerned with the surveyors’ disappearance, than with his own losses.
bit
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From this reading There was something about the expression on her father’s face that had always lingered in her memory; an expression so fraught with anxiety and keen disappointment, that a lapse of ten years had not obliterated the impression one bit.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But Mary Temple did not reveal to Artie the full details of this tragic story.
cheerfully
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From this reading It meant a terrific loss to him at the time, being one of the largest stockholders, but being the man he was he took his loss cheerfully, seeming to be more concerned with the surveyors’ disappearance, than with his own losses.
concerned
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From this reading It meant a terrific loss to him at the time, being one of the largest stockholders, but being the man he was he took his loss cheerfully, seeming to be more concerned with the surveyors’ disappearance, than with his own losses.
connected
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From this reading Her mother then told her in full how it had all happened and what a financial loss it had been to the railroad with which Mr. Temple was connected.
details
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From this reading But Mary Temple did not reveal to Artie the full details of this tragic story.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading But Mary Temple did not reveal to Artie the full details of this tragic story.
disappearance
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From this reading It meant a terrific loss to him at the time, being one of the largest stockholders, but being the man he was he took his loss cheerfully, seeming to be more concerned with the surveyors’ disappearance, than with his own losses.
disappointment
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From this reading There was something about the expression on her father’s face that had always lingered in her memory; an expression so fraught with anxiety and keen disappointment, that a lapse of ten years had not obliterated the impression one bit.
evident
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From this reading She was quite young then but she had not forgotten her father’s evident apprehension for those lost men.
expression
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From this reading There was something about the expression on her father’s face that had always lingered in her memory; an expression so fraught with anxiety and keen disappointment, that a lapse of ten years had not obliterated the impression one bit.
face
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From this reading There was something about the expression on her father’s face that had always lingered in her memory; an expression so fraught with anxiety and keen disappointment, that a lapse of ten years had not obliterated the impression one bit.
father's
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From this reading There was something about the expression on her father’s face that had always lingered in her memory; an expression so fraught with anxiety and keen disappointment, that a lapse of ten years had not obliterated the impression one bit.
financial
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From this reading Her mother then told her in full how it had all happened and what a financial loss it had been to the railroad with which Mr. Temple was connected.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading She was quite young then but she had not forgotten her father’s evident apprehension for those lost men.
forgottenadjectiveUS /fərˈɡɑːt.n̩/
Not remembered; lapsed from memory.
From this reading She was quite young then but she had not forgotten her father’s evident apprehension for those lost men.
fraught
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From this reading There was something about the expression on her father’s face that had always lingered in her memory; an expression so fraught with anxiety and keen disappointment, that a lapse of ten years had not obliterated the impression one bit.
full
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From this reading But Mary Temple did not reveal to Artie the full details of this tragic story.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading There was something about the expression on her father’s face that had always lingered in her memory; an expression so fraught with anxiety and keen disappointment, that a lapse of ten years had not obliterated the impression one bit.
happened
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From this reading Her mother then told her in full how it had all happened and what a financial loss it had been to the railroad with which Mr. Temple was connected.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It meant a terrific loss to him at the time, being one of the largest stockholders, but being the man he was he took his loss cheerfully, seeming to be more concerned with the surveyors’ disappearance, than with his own losses.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading There was something about the expression on her father’s face that had always lingered in her memory; an expression so fraught with anxiety and keen disappointment, that a lapse of ten years had not obliterated the impression one bit.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It meant a terrific loss to him at the time, being one of the largest stockholders, but being the man he was he took his loss cheerfully, seeming to be more concerned with the surveyors’ disappearance, than with his own losses.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading It meant a terrific loss to him at the time, being one of the largest stockholders, but being the man he was he took his loss cheerfully, seeming to be more concerned with the surveyors’ disappearance, than with his own losses.
how
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From this reading Her mother then told her in full how it had all happened and what a financial loss it had been to the railroad with which Mr. Temple was connected.
impression
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From this reading There was something about the expression on her father’s face that had always lingered in her memory; an expression so fraught with anxiety and keen disappointment, that a lapse of ten years had not obliterated the impression one bit.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There was something about the expression on her father’s face that had always lingered in her memory; an expression so fraught with anxiety and keen disappointment, that a lapse of ten years had not obliterated the impression one bit.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Her mother then told her in full how it had all happened and what a financial loss it had been to the railroad with which Mr. Temple was connected.
keen
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From this reading There was something about the expression on her father’s face that had always lingered in her memory; an expression so fraught with anxiety and keen disappointment, that a lapse of ten years had not obliterated the impression one bit.
lapse
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From this reading There was something about the expression on her father’s face that had always lingered in her memory; an expression so fraught with anxiety and keen disappointment, that a lapse of ten years had not obliterated the impression one bit.
largest
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From this reading It meant a terrific loss to him at the time, being one of the largest stockholders, but being the man he was he took his loss cheerfully, seeming to be more concerned with the surveyors’ disappearance, than with his own losses.
lingered
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From this reading There was something about the expression on her father’s face that had always lingered in her memory; an expression so fraught with anxiety and keen disappointment, that a lapse of ten years had not obliterated the impression one bit.
loss
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From this reading Her mother then told her in full how it had all happened and what a financial loss it had been to the railroad with which Mr. Temple was connected.
losses
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From this reading It meant a terrific loss to him at the time, being one of the largest stockholders, but being the man he was he took his loss cheerfully, seeming to be more concerned with the surveyors’ disappearance, than with his own losses.
lost
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From this reading She was quite young then but she had not forgotten her father’s evident apprehension for those lost men.
man
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From this reading It meant a terrific loss to him at the time, being one of the largest stockholders, but being the man he was he took his loss cheerfully, seeming to be more concerned with the surveyors’ disappearance, than with his own losses.
Mary
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From this reading But Mary Temple did not reveal to Artie the full details of this tragic story.
meant
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From this reading It meant a terrific loss to him at the time, being one of the largest stockholders, but being the man he was he took his loss cheerfully, seeming to be more concerned with the surveyors’ disappearance, than with his own losses.
memorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading There was something about the expression on her father’s face that had always lingered in her memory; an expression so fraught with anxiety and keen disappointment, that a lapse of ten years had not obliterated the impression one bit.
men
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From this reading She was quite young then but she had not forgotten her father’s evident apprehension for those lost men.
more
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From this reading It meant a terrific loss to him at the time, being one of the largest stockholders, but being the man he was he took his loss cheerfully, seeming to be more concerned with the surveyors’ disappearance, than with his own losses.
mother
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From this reading Her mother then told her in full how it had all happened and what a financial loss it had been to the railroad with which Mr. Temple was connected.
Mr
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From this reading Her mother then told her in full how it had all happened and what a financial loss it had been to the railroad with which Mr. Temple was connected.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading But Mary Temple did not reveal to Artie the full details of this tragic story.
obliterated
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From this reading There was something about the expression on her father’s face that had always lingered in her memory; an expression so fraught with anxiety and keen disappointment, that a lapse of ten years had not obliterated the impression one bit.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading But Mary Temple did not reveal to Artie the full details of this tragic story.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading There was something about the expression on her father’s face that had always lingered in her memory; an expression so fraught with anxiety and keen disappointment, that a lapse of ten years had not obliterated the impression one bit.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading There was something about the expression on her father’s face that had always lingered in her memory; an expression so fraught with anxiety and keen disappointment, that a lapse of ten years had not obliterated the impression one bit.
own
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From this reading It meant a terrific loss to him at the time, being one of the largest stockholders, but being the man he was he took his loss cheerfully, seeming to be more concerned with the surveyors’ disappearance, than with his own losses.
quite
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From this reading She was quite young then but she had not forgotten her father’s evident apprehension for those lost men.
railroad
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From this reading Her mother then told her in full how it had all happened and what a financial loss it had been to the railroad with which Mr. Temple was connected.
reveal
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From this reading But Mary Temple did not reveal to Artie the full details of this tragic story.
seeming
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From this reading It meant a terrific loss to him at the time, being one of the largest stockholders, but being the man he was he took his loss cheerfully, seeming to be more concerned with the surveyors’ disappearance, than with his own losses.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was quite young then but she had not forgotten her father’s evident apprehension for those lost men.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading There was something about the expression on her father’s face that had always lingered in her memory; an expression so fraught with anxiety and keen disappointment, that a lapse of ten years had not obliterated the impression one bit.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading There was something about the expression on her father’s face that had always lingered in her memory; an expression so fraught with anxiety and keen disappointment, that a lapse of ten years had not obliterated the impression one bit.
stockholders
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From this reading It meant a terrific loss to him at the time, being one of the largest stockholders, but being the man he was he took his loss cheerfully, seeming to be more concerned with the surveyors’ disappearance, than with his own losses.
story
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From this reading But Mary Temple did not reveal to Artie the full details of this tragic story.
surveyors
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From this reading It meant a terrific loss to him at the time, being one of the largest stockholders, but being the man he was he took his loss cheerfully, seeming to be more concerned with the surveyors’ disappearance, than with his own losses.
Temple
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From this reading But Mary Temple did not reveal to Artie the full details of this tragic story.
ten
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From this reading There was something about the expression on her father’s face that had always lingered in her memory; an expression so fraught with anxiety and keen disappointment, that a lapse of ten years had not obliterated the impression one bit.
terrific
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From this reading It meant a terrific loss to him at the time, being one of the largest stockholders, but being the man he was he took his loss cheerfully, seeming to be more concerned with the surveyors’ disappearance, than with his own losses.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading It meant a terrific loss to him at the time, being one of the largest stockholders, but being the man he was he took his loss cheerfully, seeming to be more concerned with the surveyors’ disappearance, than with his own losses.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading There was something about the expression on her father’s face that had always lingered in her memory; an expression so fraught with anxiety and keen disappointment, that a lapse of ten years had not obliterated the impression one bit.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading But Mary Temple did not reveal to Artie the full details of this tragic story.
then
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From this reading She was quite young then but she had not forgotten her father’s evident apprehension for those lost men.
There
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From this reading There was something about the expression on her father’s face that had always lingered in her memory; an expression so fraught with anxiety and keen disappointment, that a lapse of ten years had not obliterated the impression one bit.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading But Mary Temple did not reveal to Artie the full details of this tragic story.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading She was quite young then but she had not forgotten her father’s evident apprehension for those lost men.
time
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From this reading It meant a terrific loss to him at the time, being one of the largest stockholders, but being the man he was he took his loss cheerfully, seeming to be more concerned with the surveyors’ disappearance, than with his own losses.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But Mary Temple did not reveal to Artie the full details of this tragic story.
told
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From this reading Her mother then told her in full how it had all happened and what a financial loss it had been to the railroad with which Mr. Temple was connected.
took
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From this reading It meant a terrific loss to him at the time, being one of the largest stockholders, but being the man he was he took his loss cheerfully, seeming to be more concerned with the surveyors’ disappearance, than with his own losses.
tragic
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From this reading But Mary Temple did not reveal to Artie the full details of this tragic story.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was something about the expression on her father’s face that had always lingered in her memory; an expression so fraught with anxiety and keen disappointment, that a lapse of ten years had not obliterated the impression one bit.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Her mother then told her in full how it had all happened and what a financial loss it had been to the railroad with which Mr. Temple was connected.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Her mother then told her in full how it had all happened and what a financial loss it had been to the railroad with which Mr. Temple was connected.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading There was something about the expression on her father’s face that had always lingered in her memory; an expression so fraught with anxiety and keen disappointment, that a lapse of ten years had not obliterated the impression one bit.
years
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From this reading There was something about the expression on her father’s face that had always lingered in her memory; an expression so fraught with anxiety and keen disappointment, that a lapse of ten years had not obliterated the impression one bit.
young
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From this reading She was quite young then but she had not forgotten her father’s evident apprehension for those lost men.
