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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 "And if I die first, shall death be then A lonesome watchtower whence I see you weep?"
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading He told himself that he had no wish to see Feathers any more, and yet it was with the sneaking hope that he would find him there that he went to the club after having mooned about the West End all the morning.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading He told himself that he had no wish to see Feathers any more, and yet it was with the sneaking hope that he would find him there that he went to the club after having mooned about the West End all the morning.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading His first passionate bitterness and anger against Feathers had passed, leaving him more wretched than he had ever been in his life, as he remembered their long friendship.
all
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From this reading He who had never known trouble hitherto was almost crushed to the earth by it now; and the hardest part of it all to bear was the knowledge that to a large extent he and his selfishness had been to blame.
almost
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From this reading He who had never known trouble hitherto was almost crushed to the earth by it now; and the hardest part of it all to bear was the knowledge that to a large extent he and his selfishness had been to blame.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "And if I die first, shall death be then A lonesome watchtower whence I see you weep?"
anger
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From this reading His first passionate bitterness and anger against Feathers had passed, leaving him more wretched than he had ever been in his life, as he remembered their long friendship.
any
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From this reading He told himself that he had no wish to see Feathers any more, and yet it was with the sneaking hope that he would find him there that he went to the club after having mooned about the West End all the morning.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading His first passionate bitterness and anger against Feathers had passed, leaving him more wretched than he had ever been in his life, as he remembered their long friendship.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "And if I die first, shall death be then A lonesome watchtower whence I see you weep?"
bear
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From this reading He who had never known trouble hitherto was almost crushed to the earth by it now; and the hardest part of it all to bear was the knowledge that to a large extent he and his selfishness had been to blame.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading His first passionate bitterness and anger against Feathers had passed, leaving him more wretched than he had ever been in his life, as he remembered their long friendship.
bitterness
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From this reading His first passionate bitterness and anger against Feathers had passed, leaving him more wretched than he had ever been in his life, as he remembered their long friendship.
blame
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From this reading He who had never known trouble hitherto was almost crushed to the earth by it now; and the hardest part of it all to bear was the knowledge that to a large extent he and his selfishness had been to blame.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading He who had never known trouble hitherto was almost crushed to the earth by it now; and the hardest part of it all to bear was the knowledge that to a large extent he and his selfishness had been to blame.
Chester
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From this reading CHRIS had gone out that morning without seeing either Miss Chester or his wife.
CHRIS
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From this reading CHRIS had gone out that morning without seeing either Miss Chester or his wife.
club
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From this reading He told himself that he had no wish to see Feathers any more, and yet it was with the sneaking hope that he would find him there that he went to the club after having mooned about the West End all the morning.
crushed
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From this reading He who had never known trouble hitherto was almost crushed to the earth by it now; and the hardest part of it all to bear was the knowledge that to a large extent he and his selfishness had been to blame.
death
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From this reading "And if I die first, shall death be then A lonesome watchtower whence I see you weep?"
die
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From this reading "And if I die first, shall death be then A lonesome watchtower whence I see you weep?"
earth
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From this reading He who had never known trouble hitherto was almost crushed to the earth by it now; and the hardest part of it all to bear was the knowledge that to a large extent he and his selfishness had been to blame.
eitherdeterminerUS /ˈiːðər/
one or the other of two
From this reading CHRIS had gone out that morning without seeing either Miss Chester or his wife.
End
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From this reading He told himself that he had no wish to see Feathers any more, and yet it was with the sneaking hope that he would find him there that he went to the club after having mooned about the West End all the morning.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His first passionate bitterness and anger against Feathers had passed, leaving him more wretched than he had ever been in his life, as he remembered their long friendship.
extent
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From this reading He who had never known trouble hitherto was almost crushed to the earth by it now; and the hardest part of it all to bear was the knowledge that to a large extent he and his selfishness had been to blame.
Feathers
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From this reading His first passionate bitterness and anger against Feathers had passed, leaving him more wretched than he had ever been in his life, as he remembered their long friendship.
find
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From this reading He told himself that he had no wish to see Feathers any more, and yet it was with the sneaking hope that he would find him there that he went to the club after having mooned about the West End all the morning.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "And if I die first, shall death be then A lonesome watchtower whence I see you weep?"
friendship
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From this reading His first passionate bitterness and anger against Feathers had passed, leaving him more wretched than he had ever been in his life, as he remembered their long friendship.
gone
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From this reading CHRIS had gone out that morning without seeing either Miss Chester or his wife.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading CHRIS had gone out that morning without seeing either Miss Chester or his wife.
hardest
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From this reading He who had never known trouble hitherto was almost crushed to the earth by it now; and the hardest part of it all to bear was the knowledge that to a large extent he and his selfishness had been to blame.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading He told himself that he had no wish to see Feathers any more, and yet it was with the sneaking hope that he would find him there that he went to the club after having mooned about the West End all the morning.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading His first passionate bitterness and anger against Feathers had passed, leaving him more wretched than he had ever been in his life, as he remembered their long friendship.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading His first passionate bitterness and anger against Feathers had passed, leaving him more wretched than he had ever been in his life, as he remembered their long friendship.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading He told himself that he had no wish to see Feathers any more, and yet it was with the sneaking hope that he would find him there that he went to the club after having mooned about the West End all the morning.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading CHRIS had gone out that morning without seeing either Miss Chester or his wife.
hitherto
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From this reading He who had never known trouble hitherto was almost crushed to the earth by it now; and the hardest part of it all to bear was the knowledge that to a large extent he and his selfishness had been to blame.
hope
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From this reading He told himself that he had no wish to see Feathers any more, and yet it was with the sneaking hope that he would find him there that he went to the club after having mooned about the West End all the morning.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "And if I die first, shall death be then A lonesome watchtower whence I see you weep?"
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "And if I die first, shall death be then A lonesome watchtower whence I see you weep?"
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading His first passionate bitterness and anger against Feathers had passed, leaving him more wretched than he had ever been in his life, as he remembered their long friendship.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He who had never known trouble hitherto was almost crushed to the earth by it now; and the hardest part of it all to bear was the knowledge that to a large extent he and his selfishness had been to blame.
knowledge
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From this reading He who had never known trouble hitherto was almost crushed to the earth by it now; and the hardest part of it all to bear was the knowledge that to a large extent he and his selfishness had been to blame.
known
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From this reading He who had never known trouble hitherto was almost crushed to the earth by it now; and the hardest part of it all to bear was the knowledge that to a large extent he and his selfishness had been to blame.
large
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From this reading He who had never known trouble hitherto was almost crushed to the earth by it now; and the hardest part of it all to bear was the knowledge that to a large extent he and his selfishness had been to blame.
leaving
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From this reading His first passionate bitterness and anger against Feathers had passed, leaving him more wretched than he had ever been in his life, as he remembered their long friendship.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His first passionate bitterness and anger against Feathers had passed, leaving him more wretched than he had ever been in his life, as he remembered their long friendship.
lonesome
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From this reading "And if I die first, shall death be then A lonesome watchtower whence I see you weep?"
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His first passionate bitterness and anger against Feathers had passed, leaving him more wretched than he had ever been in his life, as he remembered their long friendship.
Miss
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From this reading CHRIS had gone out that morning without seeing either Miss Chester or his wife.
mooned
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From this reading He told himself that he had no wish to see Feathers any more, and yet it was with the sneaking hope that he would find him there that he went to the club after having mooned about the West End all the morning.
more
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From this reading His first passionate bitterness and anger against Feathers had passed, leaving him more wretched than he had ever been in his life, as he remembered their long friendship.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading CHRIS had gone out that morning without seeing either Miss Chester or his wife.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He who had never known trouble hitherto was almost crushed to the earth by it now; and the hardest part of it all to bear was the knowledge that to a large extent he and his selfishness had been to blame.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading He told himself that he had no wish to see Feathers any more, and yet it was with the sneaking hope that he would find him there that he went to the club after having mooned about the West End all the morning.
now
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From this reading He who had never known trouble hitherto was almost crushed to the earth by it now; and the hardest part of it all to bear was the knowledge that to a large extent he and his selfishness had been to blame.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He who had never known trouble hitherto was almost crushed to the earth by it now; and the hardest part of it all to bear was the knowledge that to a large extent he and his selfishness had been to blame.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading CHRIS had gone out that morning without seeing either Miss Chester or his wife.
out
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From this reading CHRIS had gone out that morning without seeing either Miss Chester or his wife.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He who had never known trouble hitherto was almost crushed to the earth by it now; and the hardest part of it all to bear was the knowledge that to a large extent he and his selfishness had been to blame.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His first passionate bitterness and anger against Feathers had passed, leaving him more wretched than he had ever been in his life, as he remembered their long friendship.
passionate
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From this reading His first passionate bitterness and anger against Feathers had passed, leaving him more wretched than he had ever been in his life, as he remembered their long friendship.
remembered
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From this reading His first passionate bitterness and anger against Feathers had passed, leaving him more wretched than he had ever been in his life, as he remembered their long friendship.
see
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From this reading "And if I die first, shall death be then A lonesome watchtower whence I see you weep?"
seeing
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From this reading CHRIS had gone out that morning without seeing either Miss Chester or his wife.
selfishness
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From this reading He who had never known trouble hitherto was almost crushed to the earth by it now; and the hardest part of it all to bear was the knowledge that to a large extent he and his selfishness had been to blame.
shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading "And if I die first, shall death be then A lonesome watchtower whence I see you weep?"
sneaking
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From this reading He told himself that he had no wish to see Feathers any more, and yet it was with the sneaking hope that he would find him there that he went to the club after having mooned about the West End all the morning.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading His first passionate bitterness and anger against Feathers had passed, leaving him more wretched than he had ever been in his life, as he remembered their long friendship.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading CHRIS had gone out that morning without seeing either Miss Chester or his wife.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He who had never known trouble hitherto was almost crushed to the earth by it now; and the hardest part of it all to bear was the knowledge that to a large extent he and his selfishness had been to blame.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading His first passionate bitterness and anger against Feathers had passed, leaving him more wretched than he had ever been in his life, as he remembered their long friendship.
then
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From this reading "And if I die first, shall death be then A lonesome watchtower whence I see you weep?"
there
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From this reading He told himself that he had no wish to see Feathers any more, and yet it was with the sneaking hope that he would find him there that he went to the club after having mooned about the West End all the morning.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He who had never known trouble hitherto was almost crushed to the earth by it now; and the hardest part of it all to bear was the knowledge that to a large extent he and his selfishness had been to blame.
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He told himself that he had no wish to see Feathers any more, and yet it was with the sneaking hope that he would find him there that he went to the club after having mooned about the West End all the morning.
trouble
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From this reading He who had never known trouble hitherto was almost crushed to the earth by it now; and the hardest part of it all to bear was the knowledge that to a large extent he and his selfishness had been to blame.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He who had never known trouble hitherto was almost crushed to the earth by it now; and the hardest part of it all to bear was the knowledge that to a large extent he and his selfishness had been to blame.
watchtower
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From this reading "And if I die first, shall death be then A lonesome watchtower whence I see you weep?"
weep
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From this reading "And if I die first, shall death be then A lonesome watchtower whence I see you weep?"
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He told himself that he had no wish to see Feathers any more, and yet it was with the sneaking hope that he would find him there that he went to the club after having mooned about the West End all the morning.
West
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From this reading He told himself that he had no wish to see Feathers any more, and yet it was with the sneaking hope that he would find him there that he went to the club after having mooned about the West End all the morning.
whenceadverbUS /wens/
an old word meaning “from where”
From this reading "And if I die first, shall death be then A lonesome watchtower whence I see you weep?"
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading He who had never known trouble hitherto was almost crushed to the earth by it now; and the hardest part of it all to bear was the knowledge that to a large extent he and his selfishness had been to blame.
wife
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From this reading CHRIS had gone out that morning without seeing either Miss Chester or his wife.
wish
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From this reading He told himself that he had no wish to see Feathers any more, and yet it was with the sneaking hope that he would find him there that he went to the club after having mooned about the West End all the morning.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading He told himself that he had no wish to see Feathers any more, and yet it was with the sneaking hope that he would find him there that he went to the club after having mooned about the West End all the morning.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading CHRIS had gone out that morning without seeing either Miss Chester or his wife.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading He told himself that he had no wish to see Feathers any more, and yet it was with the sneaking hope that he would find him there that he went to the club after having mooned about the West End all the morning.
wretched
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From this reading His first passionate bitterness and anger against Feathers had passed, leaving him more wretched than he had ever been in his life, as he remembered their long friendship.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading He told himself that he had no wish to see Feathers any more, and yet it was with the sneaking hope that he would find him there that he went to the club after having mooned about the West End all the morning.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "And if I die first, shall death be then A lonesome watchtower whence I see you weep?"
