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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 She rose, and, without a word of greeting, made way for me to approach the form which lay upon it stretched out straight and motionless.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I met no one at the house-door, or in the kitchen, and walked straight up the stair to my uncle’s room.
any
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From this reading The conviction that I was in the presence of death seized me; but instead of the wretchedness of heart and soul which I had expected to follow the loss of my uncle, a something deeper than any will of my own asserted itself, and as it were took the matter from me.
approach
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From this reading She rose, and, without a word of greeting, made way for me to approach the form which lay upon it stretched out straight and motionless.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The conviction that I was in the presence of death seized me; but instead of the wretchedness of heart and soul which I had expected to follow the loss of my uncle, a something deeper than any will of my own asserted itself, and as it were took the matter from me.
asserted
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From this reading The conviction that I was in the presence of death seized me; but instead of the wretchedness of heart and soul which I had expected to follow the loss of my uncle, a something deeper than any will of my own asserted itself, and as it were took the matter from me.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I met no one at the house-door, or in the kitchen, and walked straight up the stair to my uncle’s room.
aunt
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From this reading The blinds were down, and the curtains were drawn, and I could but just see the figure of my aunt seated beside the bed.
bed
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From this reading The blinds were down, and the curtains were drawn, and I could but just see the figure of my aunt seated beside the bed.
besideprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪd/
next to; at the side of
From this reading The blinds were down, and the curtains were drawn, and I could but just see the figure of my aunt seated beside the bed.
blinds
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From this reading The blinds were down, and the curtains were drawn, and I could but just see the figure of my aunt seated beside the bed.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The blinds were down, and the curtains were drawn, and I could but just see the figure of my aunt seated beside the bed.
CHANGES
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conviction
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From this reading The conviction that I was in the presence of death seized me; but instead of the wretchedness of heart and soul which I had expected to follow the loss of my uncle, a something deeper than any will of my own asserted itself, and as it were took the matter from me.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading The blinds were down, and the curtains were drawn, and I could but just see the figure of my aunt seated beside the bed.
curtains
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From this reading The blinds were down, and the curtains were drawn, and I could but just see the figure of my aunt seated beside the bed.
death
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From this reading The conviction that I was in the presence of death seized me; but instead of the wretchedness of heart and soul which I had expected to follow the loss of my uncle, a something deeper than any will of my own asserted itself, and as it were took the matter from me.
deeper
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From this reading The conviction that I was in the presence of death seized me; but instead of the wretchedness of heart and soul which I had expected to follow the loss of my uncle, a something deeper than any will of my own asserted itself, and as it were took the matter from me.
down
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From this reading The blinds were down, and the curtains were drawn, and I could but just see the figure of my aunt seated beside the bed.
drawn
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From this reading The blinds were down, and the curtains were drawn, and I could but just see the figure of my aunt seated beside the bed.
expected
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From this reading The conviction that I was in the presence of death seized me; but instead of the wretchedness of heart and soul which I had expected to follow the loss of my uncle, a something deeper than any will of my own asserted itself, and as it were took the matter from me.
figure
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From this reading The blinds were down, and the curtains were drawn, and I could but just see the figure of my aunt seated beside the bed.
follow
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From this reading The conviction that I was in the presence of death seized me; but instead of the wretchedness of heart and soul which I had expected to follow the loss of my uncle, a something deeper than any will of my own asserted itself, and as it were took the matter from me.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading She rose, and, without a word of greeting, made way for me to approach the form which lay upon it stretched out straight and motionless.
form
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From this reading She rose, and, without a word of greeting, made way for me to approach the form which lay upon it stretched out straight and motionless.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The conviction that I was in the presence of death seized me; but instead of the wretchedness of heart and soul which I had expected to follow the loss of my uncle, a something deeper than any will of my own asserted itself, and as it were took the matter from me.
greeting
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From this reading She rose, and, without a word of greeting, made way for me to approach the form which lay upon it stretched out straight and motionless.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The conviction that I was in the presence of death seized me; but instead of the wretchedness of heart and soul which I had expected to follow the loss of my uncle, a something deeper than any will of my own asserted itself, and as it were took the matter from me.
heart
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From this reading The conviction that I was in the presence of death seized me; but instead of the wretchedness of heart and soul which I had expected to follow the loss of my uncle, a something deeper than any will of my own asserted itself, and as it were took the matter from me.
house-door
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From this reading I met no one at the house-door, or in the kitchen, and walked straight up the stair to my uncle’s room.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I met no one at the house-door, or in the kitchen, and walked straight up the stair to my uncle’s room.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I met no one at the house-door, or in the kitchen, and walked straight up the stair to my uncle’s room.
instead
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From this reading The conviction that I was in the presence of death seized me; but instead of the wretchedness of heart and soul which I had expected to follow the loss of my uncle, a something deeper than any will of my own asserted itself, and as it were took the matter from me.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She rose, and, without a word of greeting, made way for me to approach the form which lay upon it stretched out straight and motionless.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading The conviction that I was in the presence of death seized me; but instead of the wretchedness of heart and soul which I had expected to follow the loss of my uncle, a something deeper than any will of my own asserted itself, and as it were took the matter from me.
just
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From this reading The blinds were down, and the curtains were drawn, and I could but just see the figure of my aunt seated beside the bed.
kitchen
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From this reading I met no one at the house-door, or in the kitchen, and walked straight up the stair to my uncle’s room.
lay
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From this reading She rose, and, without a word of greeting, made way for me to approach the form which lay upon it stretched out straight and motionless.
loss
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From this reading The conviction that I was in the presence of death seized me; but instead of the wretchedness of heart and soul which I had expected to follow the loss of my uncle, a something deeper than any will of my own asserted itself, and as it were took the matter from me.
made
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From this reading She rose, and, without a word of greeting, made way for me to approach the form which lay upon it stretched out straight and motionless.
matter
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From this reading The conviction that I was in the presence of death seized me; but instead of the wretchedness of heart and soul which I had expected to follow the loss of my uncle, a something deeper than any will of my own asserted itself, and as it were took the matter from me.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She rose, and, without a word of greeting, made way for me to approach the form which lay upon it stretched out straight and motionless.
met
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From this reading I met no one at the house-door, or in the kitchen, and walked straight up the stair to my uncle’s room.
motionless
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From this reading She rose, and, without a word of greeting, made way for me to approach the form which lay upon it stretched out straight and motionless.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I met no one at the house-door, or in the kitchen, and walked straight up the stair to my uncle’s room.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading I met no one at the house-door, or in the kitchen, and walked straight up the stair to my uncle’s room.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The blinds were down, and the curtains were drawn, and I could but just see the figure of my aunt seated beside the bed.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading I met no one at the house-door, or in the kitchen, and walked straight up the stair to my uncle’s room.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading I met no one at the house-door, or in the kitchen, and walked straight up the stair to my uncle’s room.
out
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From this reading She rose, and, without a word of greeting, made way for me to approach the form which lay upon it stretched out straight and motionless.
own
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From this reading The conviction that I was in the presence of death seized me; but instead of the wretchedness of heart and soul which I had expected to follow the loss of my uncle, a something deeper than any will of my own asserted itself, and as it were took the matter from me.
presence
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From this reading The conviction that I was in the presence of death seized me; but instead of the wretchedness of heart and soul which I had expected to follow the loss of my uncle, a something deeper than any will of my own asserted itself, and as it were took the matter from me.
room
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From this reading I met no one at the house-door, or in the kitchen, and walked straight up the stair to my uncle’s room.
rose
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From this reading She rose, and, without a word of greeting, made way for me to approach the form which lay upon it stretched out straight and motionless.
seated
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From this reading The blinds were down, and the curtains were drawn, and I could but just see the figure of my aunt seated beside the bed.
see
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From this reading The blinds were down, and the curtains were drawn, and I could but just see the figure of my aunt seated beside the bed.
seized
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From this reading The conviction that I was in the presence of death seized me; but instead of the wretchedness of heart and soul which I had expected to follow the loss of my uncle, a something deeper than any will of my own asserted itself, and as it were took the matter from me.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She rose, and, without a word of greeting, made way for me to approach the form which lay upon it stretched out straight and motionless.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading The conviction that I was in the presence of death seized me; but instead of the wretchedness of heart and soul which I had expected to follow the loss of my uncle, a something deeper than any will of my own asserted itself, and as it were took the matter from me.
soul
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From this reading The conviction that I was in the presence of death seized me; but instead of the wretchedness of heart and soul which I had expected to follow the loss of my uncle, a something deeper than any will of my own asserted itself, and as it were took the matter from me.
stair
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From this reading I met no one at the house-door, or in the kitchen, and walked straight up the stair to my uncle’s room.
straight
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From this reading I met no one at the house-door, or in the kitchen, and walked straight up the stair to my uncle’s room.
stretched
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From this reading She rose, and, without a word of greeting, made way for me to approach the form which lay upon it stretched out straight and motionless.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading The conviction that I was in the presence of death seized me; but instead of the wretchedness of heart and soul which I had expected to follow the loss of my uncle, a something deeper than any will of my own asserted itself, and as it were took the matter from me.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The conviction that I was in the presence of death seized me; but instead of the wretchedness of heart and soul which I had expected to follow the loss of my uncle, a something deeper than any will of my own asserted itself, and as it were took the matter from me.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I met no one at the house-door, or in the kitchen, and walked straight up the stair to my uncle’s room.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I met no one at the house-door, or in the kitchen, and walked straight up the stair to my uncle’s room.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The conviction that I was in the presence of death seized me; but instead of the wretchedness of heart and soul which I had expected to follow the loss of my uncle, a something deeper than any will of my own asserted itself, and as it were took the matter from me.
uncle
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From this reading The conviction that I was in the presence of death seized me; but instead of the wretchedness of heart and soul which I had expected to follow the loss of my uncle, a something deeper than any will of my own asserted itself, and as it were took the matter from me.
uncle's
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From this reading I met no one at the house-door, or in the kitchen, and walked straight up the stair to my uncle’s room.
up
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From this reading I met no one at the house-door, or in the kitchen, and walked straight up the stair to my uncle’s room.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading She rose, and, without a word of greeting, made way for me to approach the form which lay upon it stretched out straight and motionless.
walked
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From this reading I met no one at the house-door, or in the kitchen, and walked straight up the stair to my uncle’s room.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The conviction that I was in the presence of death seized me; but instead of the wretchedness of heart and soul which I had expected to follow the loss of my uncle, a something deeper than any will of my own asserted itself, and as it were took the matter from me.
way
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From this reading She rose, and, without a word of greeting, made way for me to approach the form which lay upon it stretched out straight and motionless.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The blinds were down, and the curtains were drawn, and I could but just see the figure of my aunt seated beside the bed.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading She rose, and, without a word of greeting, made way for me to approach the form which lay upon it stretched out straight and motionless.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading The conviction that I was in the presence of death seized me; but instead of the wretchedness of heart and soul which I had expected to follow the loss of my uncle, a something deeper than any will of my own asserted itself, and as it were took the matter from me.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading She rose, and, without a word of greeting, made way for me to approach the form which lay upon it stretched out straight and motionless.
word
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From this reading She rose, and, without a word of greeting, made way for me to approach the form which lay upon it stretched out straight and motionless.
wretchedness
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From this reading The conviction that I was in the presence of death seized me; but instead of the wretchedness of heart and soul which I had expected to follow the loss of my uncle, a something deeper than any will of my own asserted itself, and as it were took the matter from me.
