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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 had fallen asleep in the brightness of the morning, overcome with fatigue, and also partly calmed by having confided her secret to another: even when it is painful, when it is indiscreet, it is always a relief.
also
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From this reading She had fallen asleep in the brightness of the morning, overcome with fatigue, and also partly calmed by having confided her secret to another: even when it is painful, when it is indiscreet, it is always a relief.
always
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From this reading She had fallen asleep in the brightness of the morning, overcome with fatigue, and also partly calmed by having confided her secret to another: even when it is painful, when it is indiscreet, it is always a relief.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She woke suddenly with the sense that somebody was by her, and found Horace seated by her bed.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading She had fallen asleep in the brightness of the morning, overcome with fatigue, and also partly calmed by having confided her secret to another: even when it is painful, when it is indiscreet, it is always a relief.
asleep
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From this reading She had fallen asleep in the brightness of the morning, overcome with fatigue, and also partly calmed by having confided her secret to another: even when it is painful, when it is indiscreet, it is always a relief.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She woke suddenly with that sense of some one looking at her which breaks the deepest sleep.
bed
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From this reading She woke suddenly with the sense that somebody was by her, and found Horace seated by her bed.
beyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/
on the far side of; further than
From this reading The bosom is no longer bursting with that which it is beyond its power to contain.
bosom
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From this reading The bosom is no longer bursting with that which it is beyond its power to contain.
breaks
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From this reading She woke suddenly with that sense of some one looking at her which breaks the deepest sleep.
brightness
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From this reading She had fallen asleep in the brightness of the morning, overcome with fatigue, and also partly calmed by having confided her secret to another: even when it is painful, when it is indiscreet, it is always a relief.
bursting
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From this reading The bosom is no longer bursting with that which it is beyond its power to contain.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading She woke suddenly with the sense that somebody was by her, and found Horace seated by her bed.
calmed
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From this reading She had fallen asleep in the brightness of the morning, overcome with fatigue, and also partly calmed by having confided her secret to another: even when it is painful, when it is indiscreet, it is always a relief.
confided
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From this reading She had fallen asleep in the brightness of the morning, overcome with fatigue, and also partly calmed by having confided her secret to another: even when it is painful, when it is indiscreet, it is always a relief.
contain
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From this reading The bosom is no longer bursting with that which it is beyond its power to contain.
deepest
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From this reading She woke suddenly with that sense of some one looking at her which breaks the deepest sleep.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had fallen asleep in the brightness of the morning, overcome with fatigue, and also partly calmed by having confided her secret to another: even when it is painful, when it is indiscreet, it is always a relief.
fallen
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From this reading She had fallen asleep in the brightness of the morning, overcome with fatigue, and also partly calmed by having confided her secret to another: even when it is painful, when it is indiscreet, it is always a relief.
fatigue
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From this reading She had fallen asleep in the brightness of the morning, overcome with fatigue, and also partly calmed by having confided her secret to another: even when it is painful, when it is indiscreet, it is always a relief.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She woke suddenly with the sense that somebody was by her, and found Horace seated by her bed.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She had fallen asleep in the brightness of the morning, overcome with fatigue, and also partly calmed by having confided her secret to another: even when it is painful, when it is indiscreet, it is always a relief.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading She had fallen asleep in the brightness of the morning, overcome with fatigue, and also partly calmed by having confided her secret to another: even when it is painful, when it is indiscreet, it is always a relief.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She woke suddenly with the sense that somebody was by her, and found Horace seated by her bed.
Horace
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From this reading She woke suddenly with the sense that somebody was by her, and found Horace seated by her bed.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She had fallen asleep in the brightness of the morning, overcome with fatigue, and also partly calmed by having confided her secret to another: even when it is painful, when it is indiscreet, it is always a relief.
indiscreet
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From this reading She had fallen asleep in the brightness of the morning, overcome with fatigue, and also partly calmed by having confided her secret to another: even when it is painful, when it is indiscreet, it is always a relief.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She had fallen asleep in the brightness of the morning, overcome with fatigue, and also partly calmed by having confided her secret to another: even when it is painful, when it is indiscreet, it is always a relief.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She had fallen asleep in the brightness of the morning, overcome with fatigue, and also partly calmed by having confided her secret to another: even when it is painful, when it is indiscreet, it is always a relief.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The bosom is no longer bursting with that which it is beyond its power to contain.
longer
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From this reading The bosom is no longer bursting with that which it is beyond its power to contain.
looking
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From this reading She woke suddenly with that sense of some one looking at her which breaks the deepest sleep.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had fallen asleep in the brightness of the morning, overcome with fatigue, and also partly calmed by having confided her secret to another: even when it is painful, when it is indiscreet, it is always a relief.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading The bosom is no longer bursting with that which it is beyond its power to contain.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She had fallen asleep in the brightness of the morning, overcome with fatigue, and also partly calmed by having confided her secret to another: even when it is painful, when it is indiscreet, it is always a relief.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading She woke suddenly with that sense of some one looking at her which breaks the deepest sleep.
overcome
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From this reading She had fallen asleep in the brightness of the morning, overcome with fatigue, and also partly calmed by having confided her secret to another: even when it is painful, when it is indiscreet, it is always a relief.
painful
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From this reading She had fallen asleep in the brightness of the morning, overcome with fatigue, and also partly calmed by having confided her secret to another: even when it is painful, when it is indiscreet, it is always a relief.
partly
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From this reading She had fallen asleep in the brightness of the morning, overcome with fatigue, and also partly calmed by having confided her secret to another: even when it is painful, when it is indiscreet, it is always a relief.
power
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From this reading The bosom is no longer bursting with that which it is beyond its power to contain.
reliefnounUS /rɪˈliːf/
a feeling of comfort after worry or pain
From this reading She had fallen asleep in the brightness of the morning, overcome with fatigue, and also partly calmed by having confided her secret to another: even when it is painful, when it is indiscreet, it is always a relief.
REVELATION
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From this reading THE REVELATION.
seated
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From this reading She woke suddenly with the sense that somebody was by her, and found Horace seated by her bed.
secretnounUS /ˈsiː.krət/
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading She had fallen asleep in the brightness of the morning, overcome with fatigue, and also partly calmed by having confided her secret to another: even when it is painful, when it is indiscreet, it is always a relief.
sense
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From this reading She woke suddenly with the sense that somebody was by her, and found Horace seated by her bed.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She woke suddenly with the sense that somebody was by her, and found Horace seated by her bed.
sleep
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From this reading She woke suddenly with that sense of some one looking at her which breaks the deepest sleep.
some
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From this reading She woke suddenly with that sense of some one looking at her which breaks the deepest sleep.
somebodypronounUS /ˈsʌmbɑːdi/
a person, without saying who
From this reading She woke suddenly with the sense that somebody was by her, and found Horace seated by her bed.
suddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading She woke suddenly with the sense that somebody was by her, and found Horace seated by her bed.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She woke suddenly with the sense that somebody was by her, and found Horace seated by her bed.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE REVELATION.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She had fallen asleep in the brightness of the morning, overcome with fatigue, and also partly calmed by having confided her secret to another: even when it is painful, when it is indiscreet, it is always a relief.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She woke suddenly with the sense that somebody was by her, and found Horace seated by her bed.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading She had fallen asleep in the brightness of the morning, overcome with fatigue, and also partly calmed by having confided her secret to another: even when it is painful, when it is indiscreet, it is always a relief.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The bosom is no longer bursting with that which it is beyond its power to contain.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading She woke suddenly with the sense that somebody was by her, and found Horace seated by her bed.
woke
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From this reading She woke suddenly with the sense that somebody was by her, and found Horace seated by her bed.
