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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 Woolfolk had a vision of the tenuous figure of Lichfield Stope; he was surprised that such acute agony had left the slightest trace of humanity; yet the other, after forty years of torment, still survived to shudder at a chance footfall, the advent of a casual and harmless stranger.
actual
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From this reading Yet, in the moment that she had been made explicable, he recalled the conviction that the knowledge of an actual menace lurked in her mind; he had seen it in the tension of her body, in the anxiety of fleet backward glances.
acute
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From this reading Woolfolk had a vision of the tenuous figure of Lichfield Stope; he was surprised that such acute agony had left the slightest trace of humanity; yet the other, after forty years of torment, still survived to shudder at a chance footfall, the advent of a casual and harmless stranger.
advent
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From this reading Woolfolk had a vision of the tenuous figure of Lichfield Stope; he was surprised that such acute agony had left the slightest trace of humanity; yet the other, after forty years of torment, still survived to shudder at a chance footfall, the advent of a casual and harmless stranger.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Woolfolk had a vision of the tenuous figure of Lichfield Stope; he was surprised that such acute agony had left the slightest trace of humanity; yet the other, after forty years of torment, still survived to shudder at a chance footfall, the advent of a casual and harmless stranger.
agonynounUS /ˈæɡ.ə.ni/
Extreme physical or mental suffering; intense anguish.
From this reading Woolfolk had a vision of the tenuous figure of Lichfield Stope; he was surprised that such acute agony had left the slightest trace of humanity; yet the other, after forty years of torment, still survived to shudder at a chance footfall, the advent of a casual and harmless stranger.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Yet, in the moment that she had been made explicable, he recalled the conviction that the knowledge of an actual menace lurked in her mind; he had seen it in the tension of her body, in the anxiety of fleet backward glances.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Woolfolk had a vision of the tenuous figure of Lichfield Stope; he was surprised that such acute agony had left the slightest trace of humanity; yet the other, after forty years of torment, still survived to shudder at a chance footfall, the advent of a casual and harmless stranger.
anxiety
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From this reading Yet, in the moment that she had been made explicable, he recalled the conviction that the knowledge of an actual menace lurked in her mind; he had seen it in the tension of her body, in the anxiety of fleet backward glances.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Woolfolk had a vision of the tenuous figure of Lichfield Stope; he was surprised that such acute agony had left the slightest trace of humanity; yet the other, after forty years of torment, still survived to shudder at a chance footfall, the advent of a casual and harmless stranger.
backward
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From this reading Yet, in the moment that she had been made explicable, he recalled the conviction that the knowledge of an actual menace lurked in her mind; he had seen it in the tension of her body, in the anxiety of fleet backward glances.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The latter, he told himself, might be merely a symptom of mental sickness, a condition natural to the influences under which she had been formed.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Yet, in the moment that she had been made explicable, he recalled the conviction that the knowledge of an actual menace lurked in her mind; he had seen it in the tension of her body, in the anxiety of fleet backward glances.
bodynounUS /body/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Yet, in the moment that she had been made explicable, he recalled the conviction that the knowledge of an actual menace lurked in her mind; he had seen it in the tension of her body, in the anxiety of fleet backward glances.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading This, then, was by implication the history of the woman at his side; it disposed of the mystery that had veiled her situation here.
casual
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From this reading Woolfolk had a vision of the tenuous figure of Lichfield Stope; he was surprised that such acute agony had left the slightest trace of humanity; yet the other, after forty years of torment, still survived to shudder at a chance footfall, the advent of a casual and harmless stranger.
chance
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From this reading Woolfolk had a vision of the tenuous figure of Lichfield Stope; he was surprised that such acute agony had left the slightest trace of humanity; yet the other, after forty years of torment, still survived to shudder at a chance footfall, the advent of a casual and harmless stranger.
clear
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From this reading It was surprisingly clear, even to the subtle influence that, inherited from her father, had set the shadow of his own obsession upon her voice and eyes.
condition
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From this reading The latter, he told himself, might be merely a symptom of mental sickness, a condition natural to the influences under which she had been formed.
conviction
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From this reading Yet, in the moment that she had been made explicable, he recalled the conviction that the knowledge of an actual menace lurked in her mind; he had seen it in the tension of her body, in the anxiety of fleet backward glances.
disposednounUS /ˈdisposed/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading This, then, was by implication the history of the woman at his side; it disposed of the mystery that had veiled her situation here.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was surprisingly clear, even to the subtle influence that, inherited from her father, had set the shadow of his own obsession upon her voice and eyes.
explicable
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From this reading Yet, in the moment that she had been made explicable, he recalled the conviction that the knowledge of an actual menace lurked in her mind; he had seen it in the tension of her body, in the anxiety of fleet backward glances.
eyes
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From this reading It was surprisingly clear, even to the subtle influence that, inherited from her father, had set the shadow of his own obsession upon her voice and eyes.
father
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From this reading It was surprisingly clear, even to the subtle influence that, inherited from her father, had set the shadow of his own obsession upon her voice and eyes.
figure
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From this reading Woolfolk had a vision of the tenuous figure of Lichfield Stope; he was surprised that such acute agony had left the slightest trace of humanity; yet the other, after forty years of torment, still survived to shudder at a chance footfall, the advent of a casual and harmless stranger.
fleet
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From this reading Yet, in the moment that she had been made explicable, he recalled the conviction that the knowledge of an actual menace lurked in her mind; he had seen it in the tension of her body, in the anxiety of fleet backward glances.
footfall
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From this reading Woolfolk had a vision of the tenuous figure of Lichfield Stope; he was surprised that such acute agony had left the slightest trace of humanity; yet the other, after forty years of torment, still survived to shudder at a chance footfall, the advent of a casual and harmless stranger.
formed
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From this reading The latter, he told himself, might be merely a symptom of mental sickness, a condition natural to the influences under which she had been formed.
forty
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From this reading Woolfolk had a vision of the tenuous figure of Lichfield Stope; he was surprised that such acute agony had left the slightest trace of humanity; yet the other, after forty years of torment, still survived to shudder at a chance footfall, the advent of a casual and harmless stranger.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It was surprisingly clear, even to the subtle influence that, inherited from her father, had set the shadow of his own obsession upon her voice and eyes.
glances
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From this reading Yet, in the moment that she had been made explicable, he recalled the conviction that the knowledge of an actual menace lurked in her mind; he had seen it in the tension of her body, in the anxiety of fleet backward glances.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Woolfolk had a vision of the tenuous figure of Lichfield Stope; he was surprised that such acute agony had left the slightest trace of humanity; yet the other, after forty years of torment, still survived to shudder at a chance footfall, the advent of a casual and harmless stranger.
harmless
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From this reading Woolfolk had a vision of the tenuous figure of Lichfield Stope; he was surprised that such acute agony had left the slightest trace of humanity; yet the other, after forty years of torment, still survived to shudder at a chance footfall, the advent of a casual and harmless stranger.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Woolfolk had a vision of the tenuous figure of Lichfield Stope; he was surprised that such acute agony had left the slightest trace of humanity; yet the other, after forty years of torment, still survived to shudder at a chance footfall, the advent of a casual and harmless stranger.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading This, then, was by implication the history of the woman at his side; it disposed of the mystery that had veiled her situation here.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This, then, was by implication the history of the woman at his side; it disposed of the mystery that had veiled her situation here.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading The latter, he told himself, might be merely a symptom of mental sickness, a condition natural to the influences under which she had been formed.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading This, then, was by implication the history of the woman at his side; it disposed of the mystery that had veiled her situation here.
history
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From this reading This, then, was by implication the history of the woman at his side; it disposed of the mystery that had veiled her situation here.
humanity
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From this reading Woolfolk had a vision of the tenuous figure of Lichfield Stope; he was surprised that such acute agony had left the slightest trace of humanity; yet the other, after forty years of torment, still survived to shudder at a chance footfall, the advent of a casual and harmless stranger.
implication
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From this reading This, then, was by implication the history of the woman at his side; it disposed of the mystery that had veiled her situation here.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Yet, in the moment that she had been made explicable, he recalled the conviction that the knowledge of an actual menace lurked in her mind; he had seen it in the tension of her body, in the anxiety of fleet backward glances.
influence
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From this reading It was surprisingly clear, even to the subtle influence that, inherited from her father, had set the shadow of his own obsession upon her voice and eyes.
influences
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From this reading The latter, he told himself, might be merely a symptom of mental sickness, a condition natural to the influences under which she had been formed.
inherited
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From this reading It was surprisingly clear, even to the subtle influence that, inherited from her father, had set the shadow of his own obsession upon her voice and eyes.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading This, then, was by implication the history of the woman at his side; it disposed of the mystery that had veiled her situation here.
knowledge
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From this reading Yet, in the moment that she had been made explicable, he recalled the conviction that the knowledge of an actual menace lurked in her mind; he had seen it in the tension of her body, in the anxiety of fleet backward glances.
latter
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From this reading The latter, he told himself, might be merely a symptom of mental sickness, a condition natural to the influences under which she had been formed.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Woolfolk had a vision of the tenuous figure of Lichfield Stope; he was surprised that such acute agony had left the slightest trace of humanity; yet the other, after forty years of torment, still survived to shudder at a chance footfall, the advent of a casual and harmless stranger.
Lichfield
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From this reading Woolfolk had a vision of the tenuous figure of Lichfield Stope; he was surprised that such acute agony had left the slightest trace of humanity; yet the other, after forty years of torment, still survived to shudder at a chance footfall, the advent of a casual and harmless stranger.
lurked
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From this reading Yet, in the moment that she had been made explicable, he recalled the conviction that the knowledge of an actual menace lurked in her mind; he had seen it in the tension of her body, in the anxiety of fleet backward glances.
made
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From this reading Yet, in the moment that she had been made explicable, he recalled the conviction that the knowledge of an actual menace lurked in her mind; he had seen it in the tension of her body, in the anxiety of fleet backward glances.
menace
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From this reading Yet, in the moment that she had been made explicable, he recalled the conviction that the knowledge of an actual menace lurked in her mind; he had seen it in the tension of her body, in the anxiety of fleet backward glances.
mental
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From this reading The latter, he told himself, might be merely a symptom of mental sickness, a condition natural to the influences under which she had been formed.
merely
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From this reading The latter, he told himself, might be merely a symptom of mental sickness, a condition natural to the influences under which she had been formed.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading The latter, he told himself, might be merely a symptom of mental sickness, a condition natural to the influences under which she had been formed.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Yet, in the moment that she had been made explicable, he recalled the conviction that the knowledge of an actual menace lurked in her mind; he had seen it in the tension of her body, in the anxiety of fleet backward glances.
moment
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From this reading Yet, in the moment that she had been made explicable, he recalled the conviction that the knowledge of an actual menace lurked in her mind; he had seen it in the tension of her body, in the anxiety of fleet backward glances.
mystery
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From this reading This, then, was by implication the history of the woman at his side; it disposed of the mystery that had veiled her situation here.
natural
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From this reading The latter, he told himself, might be merely a symptom of mental sickness, a condition natural to the influences under which she had been formed.
obsession
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From this reading It was surprisingly clear, even to the subtle influence that, inherited from her father, had set the shadow of his own obsession upon her voice and eyes.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Woolfolk had a vision of the tenuous figure of Lichfield Stope; he was surprised that such acute agony had left the slightest trace of humanity; yet the other, after forty years of torment, still survived to shudder at a chance footfall, the advent of a casual and harmless stranger.
other
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From this reading Woolfolk had a vision of the tenuous figure of Lichfield Stope; he was surprised that such acute agony had left the slightest trace of humanity; yet the other, after forty years of torment, still survived to shudder at a chance footfall, the advent of a casual and harmless stranger.
own
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From this reading It was surprisingly clear, even to the subtle influence that, inherited from her father, had set the shadow of his own obsession upon her voice and eyes.
recalled
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From this reading Yet, in the moment that she had been made explicable, he recalled the conviction that the knowledge of an actual menace lurked in her mind; he had seen it in the tension of her body, in the anxiety of fleet backward glances.
seen
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From this reading Yet, in the moment that she had been made explicable, he recalled the conviction that the knowledge of an actual menace lurked in her mind; he had seen it in the tension of her body, in the anxiety of fleet backward glances.
set
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From this reading It was surprisingly clear, even to the subtle influence that, inherited from her father, had set the shadow of his own obsession upon her voice and eyes.
shadownounUS /ˈʃæd.oʊ/
A dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.
From this reading It was surprisingly clear, even to the subtle influence that, inherited from her father, had set the shadow of his own obsession upon her voice and eyes.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Yet, in the moment that she had been made explicable, he recalled the conviction that the knowledge of an actual menace lurked in her mind; he had seen it in the tension of her body, in the anxiety of fleet backward glances.
shudder
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From this reading Woolfolk had a vision of the tenuous figure of Lichfield Stope; he was surprised that such acute agony had left the slightest trace of humanity; yet the other, after forty years of torment, still survived to shudder at a chance footfall, the advent of a casual and harmless stranger.
sickness
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From this reading The latter, he told himself, might be merely a symptom of mental sickness, a condition natural to the influences under which she had been formed.
side
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From this reading This, then, was by implication the history of the woman at his side; it disposed of the mystery that had veiled her situation here.
situation
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From this reading This, then, was by implication the history of the woman at his side; it disposed of the mystery that had veiled her situation here.
slightest
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From this reading Woolfolk had a vision of the tenuous figure of Lichfield Stope; he was surprised that such acute agony had left the slightest trace of humanity; yet the other, after forty years of torment, still survived to shudder at a chance footfall, the advent of a casual and harmless stranger.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Woolfolk had a vision of the tenuous figure of Lichfield Stope; he was surprised that such acute agony had left the slightest trace of humanity; yet the other, after forty years of torment, still survived to shudder at a chance footfall, the advent of a casual and harmless stranger.
Stope
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From this reading Woolfolk had a vision of the tenuous figure of Lichfield Stope; he was surprised that such acute agony had left the slightest trace of humanity; yet the other, after forty years of torment, still survived to shudder at a chance footfall, the advent of a casual and harmless stranger.
stranger
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From this reading Woolfolk had a vision of the tenuous figure of Lichfield Stope; he was surprised that such acute agony had left the slightest trace of humanity; yet the other, after forty years of torment, still survived to shudder at a chance footfall, the advent of a casual and harmless stranger.
subtle
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From this reading It was surprisingly clear, even to the subtle influence that, inherited from her father, had set the shadow of his own obsession upon her voice and eyes.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Woolfolk had a vision of the tenuous figure of Lichfield Stope; he was surprised that such acute agony had left the slightest trace of humanity; yet the other, after forty years of torment, still survived to shudder at a chance footfall, the advent of a casual and harmless stranger.
surprisednounUS /surprised/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Woolfolk had a vision of the tenuous figure of Lichfield Stope; he was surprised that such acute agony had left the slightest trace of humanity; yet the other, after forty years of torment, still survived to shudder at a chance footfall, the advent of a casual and harmless stranger.
surprisingly
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From this reading It was surprisingly clear, even to the subtle influence that, inherited from her father, had set the shadow of his own obsession upon her voice and eyes.
survived
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From this reading Woolfolk had a vision of the tenuous figure of Lichfield Stope; he was surprised that such acute agony had left the slightest trace of humanity; yet the other, after forty years of torment, still survived to shudder at a chance footfall, the advent of a casual and harmless stranger.
symptom
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From this reading The latter, he told himself, might be merely a symptom of mental sickness, a condition natural to the influences under which she had been formed.
tension
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From this reading Yet, in the moment that she had been made explicable, he recalled the conviction that the knowledge of an actual menace lurked in her mind; he had seen it in the tension of her body, in the anxiety of fleet backward glances.
tenuous
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From this reading Woolfolk had a vision of the tenuous figure of Lichfield Stope; he was surprised that such acute agony had left the slightest trace of humanity; yet the other, after forty years of torment, still survived to shudder at a chance footfall, the advent of a casual and harmless stranger.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Woolfolk had a vision of the tenuous figure of Lichfield Stope; he was surprised that such acute agony had left the slightest trace of humanity; yet the other, after forty years of torment, still survived to shudder at a chance footfall, the advent of a casual and harmless stranger.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Woolfolk had a vision of the tenuous figure of Lichfield Stope; he was surprised that such acute agony had left the slightest trace of humanity; yet the other, after forty years of torment, still survived to shudder at a chance footfall, the advent of a casual and harmless stranger.
then
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From this reading This, then, was by implication the history of the woman at his side; it disposed of the mystery that had veiled her situation here.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This, then, was by implication the history of the woman at his side; it disposed of the mystery that had veiled her situation here.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Woolfolk had a vision of the tenuous figure of Lichfield Stope; he was surprised that such acute agony had left the slightest trace of humanity; yet the other, after forty years of torment, still survived to shudder at a chance footfall, the advent of a casual and harmless stranger.
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The latter, he told himself, might be merely a symptom of mental sickness, a condition natural to the influences under which she had been formed.
torment
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From this reading Woolfolk had a vision of the tenuous figure of Lichfield Stope; he was surprised that such acute agony had left the slightest trace of humanity; yet the other, after forty years of torment, still survived to shudder at a chance footfall, the advent of a casual and harmless stranger.
trace
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From this reading Woolfolk had a vision of the tenuous figure of Lichfield Stope; he was surprised that such acute agony had left the slightest trace of humanity; yet the other, after forty years of torment, still survived to shudder at a chance footfall, the advent of a casual and harmless stranger.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading The latter, he told himself, might be merely a symptom of mental sickness, a condition natural to the influences under which she had been formed.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading It was surprisingly clear, even to the subtle influence that, inherited from her father, had set the shadow of his own obsession upon her voice and eyes.
veiled
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From this reading This, then, was by implication the history of the woman at his side; it disposed of the mystery that had veiled her situation here.
vision
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From this reading Woolfolk had a vision of the tenuous figure of Lichfield Stope; he was surprised that such acute agony had left the slightest trace of humanity; yet the other, after forty years of torment, still survived to shudder at a chance footfall, the advent of a casual and harmless stranger.
voice
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From this reading It was surprisingly clear, even to the subtle influence that, inherited from her father, had set the shadow of his own obsession upon her voice and eyes.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Woolfolk had a vision of the tenuous figure of Lichfield Stope; he was surprised that such acute agony had left the slightest trace of humanity; yet the other, after forty years of torment, still survived to shudder at a chance footfall, the advent of a casual and harmless stranger.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The latter, he told himself, might be merely a symptom of mental sickness, a condition natural to the influences under which she had been formed.
woman
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From this reading This, then, was by implication the history of the woman at his side; it disposed of the mystery that had veiled her situation here.
Woolfolk
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From this reading Woolfolk had a vision of the tenuous figure of Lichfield Stope; he was surprised that such acute agony had left the slightest trace of humanity; yet the other, after forty years of torment, still survived to shudder at a chance footfall, the advent of a casual and harmless stranger.
years
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From this reading Woolfolk had a vision of the tenuous figure of Lichfield Stope; he was surprised that such acute agony had left the slightest trace of humanity; yet the other, after forty years of torment, still survived to shudder at a chance footfall, the advent of a casual and harmless stranger.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Woolfolk had a vision of the tenuous figure of Lichfield Stope; he was surprised that such acute agony had left the slightest trace of humanity; yet the other, after forty years of torment, still survived to shudder at a chance footfall, the advent of a casual and harmless stranger.
