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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 Theresa had slept at last, but she had waked often out of dreadful dreams and lain in a sweat of terror in spite of Alexander's nearness, and so her mind had passed to picturing the manner of her father's death.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading She had gone down with no thought about herself, but when she looked at Alexander a trembling shyness took her.
Alexander
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From this reading She rose more wearied than she had gone to bed and had a white and hollow face for Janet and Alexander when she descended to the kitchen.
Alexander's
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From this reading Theresa had slept at last, but she had waked often out of dreadful dreams and lain in a sweat of terror in spite of Alexander's nearness, and so her mind had passed to picturing the manner of her father's death.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Theresa had slept at last, but she had waked often out of dreadful dreams and lain in a sweat of terror in spite of Alexander's nearness, and so her mind had passed to picturing the manner of her father's death.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading She saw it as a confusion of noise, and smoke, and fallen bodies; she heard his last three piteous words, and felt strength fading from her as it must have dropped from him, and the stern beauty of death was lost in the welter she made of it.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Theresa had slept at last, but she had waked often out of dreadful dreams and lain in a sweat of terror in spite of Alexander's nearness, and so her mind had passed to picturing the manner of her father's death.
beauty
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From this reading She saw it as a confusion of noise, and smoke, and fallen bodies; she heard his last three piteous words, and felt strength fading from her as it must have dropped from him, and the stern beauty of death was lost in the welter she made of it.
bed
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From this reading She rose more wearied than she had gone to bed and had a white and hollow face for Janet and Alexander when she descended to the kitchen.
blown
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From this reading Through the kitchen door the sun came strongly, and the smell of the larches was blown in.
bodies
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From this reading She saw it as a confusion of noise, and smoke, and fallen bodies; she heard his last three piteous words, and felt strength fading from her as it must have dropped from him, and the stern beauty of death was lost in the welter she made of it.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Theresa had slept at last, but she had waked often out of dreadful dreams and lain in a sweat of terror in spite of Alexander's nearness, and so her mind had passed to picturing the manner of her father's death.
came
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From this reading Through the kitchen door the sun came strongly, and the smell of the larches was blown in.
confusion
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From this reading She saw it as a confusion of noise, and smoke, and fallen bodies; she heard his last three piteous words, and felt strength fading from her as it must have dropped from him, and the stern beauty of death was lost in the welter she made of it.
death
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From this reading Theresa had slept at last, but she had waked often out of dreadful dreams and lain in a sweat of terror in spite of Alexander's nearness, and so her mind had passed to picturing the manner of her father's death.
descendednounUS /ˈdescended/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading She rose more wearied than she had gone to bed and had a white and hollow face for Janet and Alexander when she descended to the kitchen.
door
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From this reading Through the kitchen door the sun came strongly, and the smell of the larches was blown in.
down
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From this reading She had gone down with no thought about herself, but when she looked at Alexander a trembling shyness took her.
dreadfuladjectiveUS /ˈdrɛdfəl/
extremely frightening or unpleasant
From this reading Theresa had slept at last, but she had waked often out of dreadful dreams and lain in a sweat of terror in spite of Alexander's nearness, and so her mind had passed to picturing the manner of her father's death.
dreams
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From this reading Theresa had slept at last, but she had waked often out of dreadful dreams and lain in a sweat of terror in spite of Alexander's nearness, and so her mind had passed to picturing the manner of her father's death.
dropped
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From this reading She saw it as a confusion of noise, and smoke, and fallen bodies; she heard his last three piteous words, and felt strength fading from her as it must have dropped from him, and the stern beauty of death was lost in the welter she made of it.
face
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From this reading She rose more wearied than she had gone to bed and had a white and hollow face for Janet and Alexander when she descended to the kitchen.
fading
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From this reading She saw it as a confusion of noise, and smoke, and fallen bodies; she heard his last three piteous words, and felt strength fading from her as it must have dropped from him, and the stern beauty of death was lost in the welter she made of it.
fallen
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From this reading She saw it as a confusion of noise, and smoke, and fallen bodies; she heard his last three piteous words, and felt strength fading from her as it must have dropped from him, and the stern beauty of death was lost in the welter she made of it.
father's
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From this reading Theresa had slept at last, but she had waked often out of dreadful dreams and lain in a sweat of terror in spite of Alexander's nearness, and so her mind had passed to picturing the manner of her father's death.
felt
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From this reading She saw it as a confusion of noise, and smoke, and fallen bodies; she heard his last three piteous words, and felt strength fading from her as it must have dropped from him, and the stern beauty of death was lost in the welter she made of it.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading She rose more wearied than she had gone to bed and had a white and hollow face for Janet and Alexander when she descended to the kitchen.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading She saw it as a confusion of noise, and smoke, and fallen bodies; she heard his last three piteous words, and felt strength fading from her as it must have dropped from him, and the stern beauty of death was lost in the welter she made of it.
gone
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From this reading She rose more wearied than she had gone to bed and had a white and hollow face for Janet and Alexander when she descended to the kitchen.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Theresa had slept at last, but she had waked often out of dreadful dreams and lain in a sweat of terror in spite of Alexander's nearness, and so her mind had passed to picturing the manner of her father's death.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading She saw it as a confusion of noise, and smoke, and fallen bodies; she heard his last three piteous words, and felt strength fading from her as it must have dropped from him, and the stern beauty of death was lost in the welter she made of it.
heard
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From this reading She saw it as a confusion of noise, and smoke, and fallen bodies; she heard his last three piteous words, and felt strength fading from her as it must have dropped from him, and the stern beauty of death was lost in the welter she made of it.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Theresa had slept at last, but she had waked often out of dreadful dreams and lain in a sweat of terror in spite of Alexander's nearness, and so her mind had passed to picturing the manner of her father's death.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading She had gone down with no thought about herself, but when she looked at Alexander a trembling shyness took her.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She saw it as a confusion of noise, and smoke, and fallen bodies; she heard his last three piteous words, and felt strength fading from her as it must have dropped from him, and the stern beauty of death was lost in the welter she made of it.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading She saw it as a confusion of noise, and smoke, and fallen bodies; she heard his last three piteous words, and felt strength fading from her as it must have dropped from him, and the stern beauty of death was lost in the welter she made of it.
hollow
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From this reading She rose more wearied than she had gone to bed and had a white and hollow face for Janet and Alexander when she descended to the kitchen.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Theresa had slept at last, but she had waked often out of dreadful dreams and lain in a sweat of terror in spite of Alexander's nearness, and so her mind had passed to picturing the manner of her father's death.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She saw it as a confusion of noise, and smoke, and fallen bodies; she heard his last three piteous words, and felt strength fading from her as it must have dropped from him, and the stern beauty of death was lost in the welter she made of it.
Janet
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From this reading She rose more wearied than she had gone to bed and had a white and hollow face for Janet and Alexander when she descended to the kitchen.
kitchen
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From this reading She rose more wearied than she had gone to bed and had a white and hollow face for Janet and Alexander when she descended to the kitchen.
lain
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From this reading Theresa had slept at last, but she had waked often out of dreadful dreams and lain in a sweat of terror in spite of Alexander's nearness, and so her mind had passed to picturing the manner of her father's death.
larches
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From this reading Through the kitchen door the sun came strongly, and the smell of the larches was blown in.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Theresa had slept at last, but she had waked often out of dreadful dreams and lain in a sweat of terror in spite of Alexander's nearness, and so her mind had passed to picturing the manner of her father's death.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had gone down with no thought about herself, but when she looked at Alexander a trembling shyness took her.
lost
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From this reading She saw it as a confusion of noise, and smoke, and fallen bodies; she heard his last three piteous words, and felt strength fading from her as it must have dropped from him, and the stern beauty of death was lost in the welter she made of it.
made
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From this reading She saw it as a confusion of noise, and smoke, and fallen bodies; she heard his last three piteous words, and felt strength fading from her as it must have dropped from him, and the stern beauty of death was lost in the welter she made of it.
manner
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From this reading Theresa had slept at last, but she had waked often out of dreadful dreams and lain in a sweat of terror in spite of Alexander's nearness, and so her mind had passed to picturing the manner of her father's death.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Theresa had slept at last, but she had waked often out of dreadful dreams and lain in a sweat of terror in spite of Alexander's nearness, and so her mind had passed to picturing the manner of her father's death.
more
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From this reading She rose more wearied than she had gone to bed and had a white and hollow face for Janet and Alexander when she descended to the kitchen.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading She saw it as a confusion of noise, and smoke, and fallen bodies; she heard his last three piteous words, and felt strength fading from her as it must have dropped from him, and the stern beauty of death was lost in the welter she made of it.
nearness
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From this reading Theresa had slept at last, but she had waked often out of dreadful dreams and lain in a sweat of terror in spite of Alexander's nearness, and so her mind had passed to picturing the manner of her father's death.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading She had gone down with no thought about herself, but when she looked at Alexander a trembling shyness took her.
noise
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From this reading She saw it as a confusion of noise, and smoke, and fallen bodies; she heard his last three piteous words, and felt strength fading from her as it must have dropped from him, and the stern beauty of death was lost in the welter she made of it.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Theresa had slept at last, but she had waked often out of dreadful dreams and lain in a sweat of terror in spite of Alexander's nearness, and so her mind had passed to picturing the manner of her father's death.
often
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From this reading Theresa had slept at last, but she had waked often out of dreadful dreams and lain in a sweat of terror in spite of Alexander's nearness, and so her mind had passed to picturing the manner of her father's death.
out
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From this reading Theresa had slept at last, but she had waked often out of dreadful dreams and lain in a sweat of terror in spite of Alexander's nearness, and so her mind had passed to picturing the manner of her father's death.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Theresa had slept at last, but she had waked often out of dreadful dreams and lain in a sweat of terror in spite of Alexander's nearness, and so her mind had passed to picturing the manner of her father's death.
picturing
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From this reading Theresa had slept at last, but she had waked often out of dreadful dreams and lain in a sweat of terror in spite of Alexander's nearness, and so her mind had passed to picturing the manner of her father's death.
piteous
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From this reading She saw it as a confusion of noise, and smoke, and fallen bodies; she heard his last three piteous words, and felt strength fading from her as it must have dropped from him, and the stern beauty of death was lost in the welter she made of it.
rose
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From this reading She rose more wearied than she had gone to bed and had a white and hollow face for Janet and Alexander when she descended to the kitchen.
saw
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From this reading She saw it as a confusion of noise, and smoke, and fallen bodies; she heard his last three piteous words, and felt strength fading from her as it must have dropped from him, and the stern beauty of death was lost in the welter she made of it.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Theresa had slept at last, but she had waked often out of dreadful dreams and lain in a sweat of terror in spite of Alexander's nearness, and so her mind had passed to picturing the manner of her father's death.
shyness
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From this reading She had gone down with no thought about herself, but when she looked at Alexander a trembling shyness took her.
slept
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From this reading Theresa had slept at last, but she had waked often out of dreadful dreams and lain in a sweat of terror in spite of Alexander's nearness, and so her mind had passed to picturing the manner of her father's death.
smell
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From this reading Through the kitchen door the sun came strongly, and the smell of the larches was blown in.
smoke
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From this reading She saw it as a confusion of noise, and smoke, and fallen bodies; she heard his last three piteous words, and felt strength fading from her as it must have dropped from him, and the stern beauty of death was lost in the welter she made of it.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Theresa had slept at last, but she had waked often out of dreadful dreams and lain in a sweat of terror in spite of Alexander's nearness, and so her mind had passed to picturing the manner of her father's death.
spite
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From this reading Theresa had slept at last, but she had waked often out of dreadful dreams and lain in a sweat of terror in spite of Alexander's nearness, and so her mind had passed to picturing the manner of her father's death.
stern
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From this reading She saw it as a confusion of noise, and smoke, and fallen bodies; she heard his last three piteous words, and felt strength fading from her as it must have dropped from him, and the stern beauty of death was lost in the welter she made of it.
strengthnounUS /ˈstrength/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading She saw it as a confusion of noise, and smoke, and fallen bodies; she heard his last three piteous words, and felt strength fading from her as it must have dropped from him, and the stern beauty of death was lost in the welter she made of it.
strongly
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From this reading Through the kitchen door the sun came strongly, and the smell of the larches was blown in.
sun
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From this reading Through the kitchen door the sun came strongly, and the smell of the larches was blown in.
sweat
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From this reading Theresa had slept at last, but she had waked often out of dreadful dreams and lain in a sweat of terror in spite of Alexander's nearness, and so her mind had passed to picturing the manner of her father's death.
terror
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From this reading Theresa had slept at last, but she had waked often out of dreadful dreams and lain in a sweat of terror in spite of Alexander's nearness, and so her mind had passed to picturing the manner of her father's death.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading She rose more wearied than she had gone to bed and had a white and hollow face for Janet and Alexander when she descended to the kitchen.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Theresa had slept at last, but she had waked often out of dreadful dreams and lain in a sweat of terror in spite of Alexander's nearness, and so her mind had passed to picturing the manner of her father's death.
Theresa
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From this reading Theresa had slept at last, but she had waked often out of dreadful dreams and lain in a sweat of terror in spite of Alexander's nearness, and so her mind had passed to picturing the manner of her father's death.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had gone down with no thought about herself, but when she looked at Alexander a trembling shyness took her.
three
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From this reading She saw it as a confusion of noise, and smoke, and fallen bodies; she heard his last three piteous words, and felt strength fading from her as it must have dropped from him, and the stern beauty of death was lost in the welter she made of it.
ThroughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Through the kitchen door the sun came strongly, and the smell of the larches was blown in.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Theresa had slept at last, but she had waked often out of dreadful dreams and lain in a sweat of terror in spite of Alexander's nearness, and so her mind had passed to picturing the manner of her father's death.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had gone down with no thought about herself, but when she looked at Alexander a trembling shyness took her.
trembling
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From this reading She had gone down with no thought about herself, but when she looked at Alexander a trembling shyness took her.
waked
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From this reading Theresa had slept at last, but she had waked often out of dreadful dreams and lain in a sweat of terror in spite of Alexander's nearness, and so her mind had passed to picturing the manner of her father's death.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She saw it as a confusion of noise, and smoke, and fallen bodies; she heard his last three piteous words, and felt strength fading from her as it must have dropped from him, and the stern beauty of death was lost in the welter she made of it.
wearied
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From this reading She rose more wearied than she had gone to bed and had a white and hollow face for Janet and Alexander when she descended to the kitchen.
welter
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From this reading She saw it as a confusion of noise, and smoke, and fallen bodies; she heard his last three piteous words, and felt strength fading from her as it must have dropped from him, and the stern beauty of death was lost in the welter she made of it.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading She rose more wearied than she had gone to bed and had a white and hollow face for Janet and Alexander when she descended to the kitchen.
white
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From this reading She rose more wearied than she had gone to bed and had a white and hollow face for Janet and Alexander when she descended to the kitchen.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading She had gone down with no thought about herself, but when she looked at Alexander a trembling shyness took her.
words
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From this reading She saw it as a confusion of noise, and smoke, and fallen bodies; she heard his last three piteous words, and felt strength fading from her as it must have dropped from him, and the stern beauty of death was lost in the welter she made of it.
