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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 It was a hard thing to say to Tessie, who knew nothing of Ange’s love for Charteris, but it was wrung from me in the extremity of my fear and pity for the child.
all
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From this reading We flew into each other’s arms when the recital was finished, and wept together over the misery of it all, as it behoved us, like true friends and sisters, to do.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Tessie naturally demanded an explanation of my words, and then and there I made a clean breast of it, telling her what I had seen and heard, and how I had told her father of my discovery, and the unsatisfactory result of my communication.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was a hard thing to say to Tessie, who knew nothing of Ange’s love for Charteris, but it was wrung from me in the extremity of my fear and pity for the child.
Ange's
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From this reading It was a hard thing to say to Tessie, who knew nothing of Ange’s love for Charteris, but it was wrung from me in the extremity of my fear and pity for the child.
arms
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From this reading We flew into each other’s arms when the recital was finished, and wept together over the misery of it all, as it behoved us, like true friends and sisters, to do.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading We flew into each other’s arms when the recital was finished, and wept together over the misery of it all, as it behoved us, like true friends and sisters, to do.
behoved
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From this reading We flew into each other’s arms when the recital was finished, and wept together over the misery of it all, as it behoved us, like true friends and sisters, to do.
breast
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From this reading Tessie naturally demanded an explanation of my words, and then and there I made a clean breast of it, telling her what I had seen and heard, and how I had told her father of my discovery, and the unsatisfactory result of my communication.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading It was a hard thing to say to Tessie, who knew nothing of Ange’s love for Charteris, but it was wrung from me in the extremity of my fear and pity for the child.
Charteris
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From this reading It was a hard thing to say to Tessie, who knew nothing of Ange’s love for Charteris, but it was wrung from me in the extremity of my fear and pity for the child.
child
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From this reading It was a hard thing to say to Tessie, who knew nothing of Ange’s love for Charteris, but it was wrung from me in the extremity of my fear and pity for the child.
clean
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From this reading Tessie naturally demanded an explanation of my words, and then and there I made a clean breast of it, telling her what I had seen and heard, and how I had told her father of my discovery, and the unsatisfactory result of my communication.
communication
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From this reading Tessie naturally demanded an explanation of my words, and then and there I made a clean breast of it, telling her what I had seen and heard, and how I had told her father of my discovery, and the unsatisfactory result of my communication.
demanded
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From this reading Tessie naturally demanded an explanation of my words, and then and there I made a clean breast of it, telling her what I had seen and heard, and how I had told her father of my discovery, and the unsatisfactory result of my communication.
discovery
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From this reading Tessie naturally demanded an explanation of my words, and then and there I made a clean breast of it, telling her what I had seen and heard, and how I had told her father of my discovery, and the unsatisfactory result of my communication.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading We flew into each other’s arms when the recital was finished, and wept together over the misery of it all, as it behoved us, like true friends and sisters, to do.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading We flew into each other’s arms when the recital was finished, and wept together over the misery of it all, as it behoved us, like true friends and sisters, to do.
explanation
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From this reading Tessie naturally demanded an explanation of my words, and then and there I made a clean breast of it, telling her what I had seen and heard, and how I had told her father of my discovery, and the unsatisfactory result of my communication.
extremity
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From this reading It was a hard thing to say to Tessie, who knew nothing of Ange’s love for Charteris, but it was wrung from me in the extremity of my fear and pity for the child.
eyes
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From this reading I said, as I wiped my streaming eyes, ‘hide nothing from me.
father
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From this reading Tessie naturally demanded an explanation of my words, and then and there I made a clean breast of it, telling her what I had seen and heard, and how I had told her father of my discovery, and the unsatisfactory result of my communication.
fear
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From this reading It was a hard thing to say to Tessie, who knew nothing of Ange’s love for Charteris, but it was wrung from me in the extremity of my fear and pity for the child.
finished
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From this reading We flew into each other’s arms when the recital was finished, and wept together over the misery of it all, as it behoved us, like true friends and sisters, to do.
flew
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From this reading We flew into each other’s arms when the recital was finished, and wept together over the misery of it all, as it behoved us, like true friends and sisters, to do.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It was a hard thing to say to Tessie, who knew nothing of Ange’s love for Charteris, but it was wrung from me in the extremity of my fear and pity for the child.
friends
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From this reading We flew into each other’s arms when the recital was finished, and wept together over the misery of it all, as it behoved us, like true friends and sisters, to do.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It was a hard thing to say to Tessie, who knew nothing of Ange’s love for Charteris, but it was wrung from me in the extremity of my fear and pity for the child.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Tessie naturally demanded an explanation of my words, and then and there I made a clean breast of it, telling her what I had seen and heard, and how I had told her father of my discovery, and the unsatisfactory result of my communication.
hard
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From this reading It was a hard thing to say to Tessie, who knew nothing of Ange’s love for Charteris, but it was wrung from me in the extremity of my fear and pity for the child.
heard
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From this reading Tessie naturally demanded an explanation of my words, and then and there I made a clean breast of it, telling her what I had seen and heard, and how I had told her father of my discovery, and the unsatisfactory result of my communication.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Tessie naturally demanded an explanation of my words, and then and there I made a clean breast of it, telling her what I had seen and heard, and how I had told her father of my discovery, and the unsatisfactory result of my communication.
hide
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From this reading I said, as I wiped my streaming eyes, ‘hide nothing from me.
how
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From this reading Tessie naturally demanded an explanation of my words, and then and there I made a clean breast of it, telling her what I had seen and heard, and how I had told her father of my discovery, and the unsatisfactory result of my communication.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Tessie naturally demanded an explanation of my words, and then and there I made a clean breast of it, telling her what I had seen and heard, and how I had told her father of my discovery, and the unsatisfactory result of my communication.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was a hard thing to say to Tessie, who knew nothing of Ange’s love for Charteris, but it was wrung from me in the extremity of my fear and pity for the child.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading We flew into each other’s arms when the recital was finished, and wept together over the misery of it all, as it behoved us, like true friends and sisters, to do.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a hard thing to say to Tessie, who knew nothing of Ange’s love for Charteris, but it was wrung from me in the extremity of my fear and pity for the child.
knew
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From this reading It was a hard thing to say to Tessie, who knew nothing of Ange’s love for Charteris, but it was wrung from me in the extremity of my fear and pity for the child.
like
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From this reading We flew into each other’s arms when the recital was finished, and wept together over the misery of it all, as it behoved us, like true friends and sisters, to do.
love
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From this reading It was a hard thing to say to Tessie, who knew nothing of Ange’s love for Charteris, but it was wrung from me in the extremity of my fear and pity for the child.
made
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From this reading Tessie naturally demanded an explanation of my words, and then and there I made a clean breast of it, telling her what I had seen and heard, and how I had told her father of my discovery, and the unsatisfactory result of my communication.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It was a hard thing to say to Tessie, who knew nothing of Ange’s love for Charteris, but it was wrung from me in the extremity of my fear and pity for the child.
misery
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From this reading We flew into each other’s arms when the recital was finished, and wept together over the misery of it all, as it behoved us, like true friends and sisters, to do.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading It was a hard thing to say to Tessie, who knew nothing of Ange’s love for Charteris, but it was wrung from me in the extremity of my fear and pity for the child.
naturally
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From this reading Tessie naturally demanded an explanation of my words, and then and there I made a clean breast of it, telling her what I had seen and heard, and how I had told her father of my discovery, and the unsatisfactory result of my communication.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading It was a hard thing to say to Tessie, who knew nothing of Ange’s love for Charteris, but it was wrung from me in the extremity of my fear and pity for the child.
now
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From this reading ‘And now, Tessie!’
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was a hard thing to say to Tessie, who knew nothing of Ange’s love for Charteris, but it was wrung from me in the extremity of my fear and pity for the child.
other's
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From this reading We flew into each other’s arms when the recital was finished, and wept together over the misery of it all, as it behoved us, like true friends and sisters, to do.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading We flew into each other’s arms when the recital was finished, and wept together over the misery of it all, as it behoved us, like true friends and sisters, to do.
pity
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From this reading It was a hard thing to say to Tessie, who knew nothing of Ange’s love for Charteris, but it was wrung from me in the extremity of my fear and pity for the child.
recital
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From this reading We flew into each other’s arms when the recital was finished, and wept together over the misery of it all, as it behoved us, like true friends and sisters, to do.
result
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From this reading Tessie naturally demanded an explanation of my words, and then and there I made a clean breast of it, telling her what I had seen and heard, and how I had told her father of my discovery, and the unsatisfactory result of my communication.
said
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From this reading I said, as I wiped my streaming eyes, ‘hide nothing from me.
say
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From this reading It was a hard thing to say to Tessie, who knew nothing of Ange’s love for Charteris, but it was wrung from me in the extremity of my fear and pity for the child.
seen
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From this reading Tessie naturally demanded an explanation of my words, and then and there I made a clean breast of it, telling her what I had seen and heard, and how I had told her father of my discovery, and the unsatisfactory result of my communication.
sisters
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From this reading We flew into each other’s arms when the recital was finished, and wept together over the misery of it all, as it behoved us, like true friends and sisters, to do.
streaming
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From this reading I said, as I wiped my streaming eyes, ‘hide nothing from me.
telling
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From this reading Tessie naturally demanded an explanation of my words, and then and there I made a clean breast of it, telling her what I had seen and heard, and how I had told her father of my discovery, and the unsatisfactory result of my communication.
Tessie
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From this reading It was a hard thing to say to Tessie, who knew nothing of Ange’s love for Charteris, but it was wrung from me in the extremity of my fear and pity for the child.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was a hard thing to say to Tessie, who knew nothing of Ange’s love for Charteris, but it was wrung from me in the extremity of my fear and pity for the child.
then
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From this reading Tessie naturally demanded an explanation of my words, and then and there I made a clean breast of it, telling her what I had seen and heard, and how I had told her father of my discovery, and the unsatisfactory result of my communication.
there
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From this reading Tessie naturally demanded an explanation of my words, and then and there I made a clean breast of it, telling her what I had seen and heard, and how I had told her father of my discovery, and the unsatisfactory result of my communication.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was a hard thing to say to Tessie, who knew nothing of Ange’s love for Charteris, but it was wrung from me in the extremity of my fear and pity for the child.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was a hard thing to say to Tessie, who knew nothing of Ange’s love for Charteris, but it was wrung from me in the extremity of my fear and pity for the child.
together
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From this reading We flew into each other’s arms when the recital was finished, and wept together over the misery of it all, as it behoved us, like true friends and sisters, to do.
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Tessie naturally demanded an explanation of my words, and then and there I made a clean breast of it, telling her what I had seen and heard, and how I had told her father of my discovery, and the unsatisfactory result of my communication.
true
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From this reading We flew into each other’s arms when the recital was finished, and wept together over the misery of it all, as it behoved us, like true friends and sisters, to do.
unsatisfactory
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From this reading Tessie naturally demanded an explanation of my words, and then and there I made a clean breast of it, telling her what I had seen and heard, and how I had told her father of my discovery, and the unsatisfactory result of my communication.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading We flew into each other’s arms when the recital was finished, and wept together over the misery of it all, as it behoved us, like true friends and sisters, to do.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was a hard thing to say to Tessie, who knew nothing of Ange’s love for Charteris, but it was wrung from me in the extremity of my fear and pity for the child.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We flew into each other’s arms when the recital was finished, and wept together over the misery of it all, as it behoved us, like true friends and sisters, to do.
wept
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From this reading We flew into each other’s arms when the recital was finished, and wept together over the misery of it all, as it behoved us, like true friends and sisters, to do.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Tessie naturally demanded an explanation of my words, and then and there I made a clean breast of it, telling her what I had seen and heard, and how I had told her father of my discovery, and the unsatisfactory result of my communication.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading We flew into each other’s arms when the recital was finished, and wept together over the misery of it all, as it behoved us, like true friends and sisters, to do.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading It was a hard thing to say to Tessie, who knew nothing of Ange’s love for Charteris, but it was wrung from me in the extremity of my fear and pity for the child.
wiped
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From this reading I said, as I wiped my streaming eyes, ‘hide nothing from me.
words
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From this reading Tessie naturally demanded an explanation of my words, and then and there I made a clean breast of it, telling her what I had seen and heard, and how I had told her father of my discovery, and the unsatisfactory result of my communication.
wrung
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From this reading It was a hard thing to say to Tessie, who knew nothing of Ange’s love for Charteris, but it was wrung from me in the extremity of my fear and pity for the child.
