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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 The old-fashioned Deming mansion in Evansville, so often a witness to scenes of gayety or sorrow or boredom, was to-day shrouded in a singular and terrible air of hushed expectancy.
action
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From this reading Voices were low, every action was tense.
afraid
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From this reading The servants were tremulous, afraid, gulping in their throats.
air
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From this reading The old-fashioned Deming mansion in Evansville, so often a witness to scenes of gayety or sorrow or boredom, was to-day shrouded in a singular and terrible air of hushed expectancy.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The old-fashioned Deming mansion in Evansville, so often a witness to scenes of gayety or sorrow or boredom, was to-day shrouded in a singular and terrible air of hushed expectancy.
Armstrong
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From this reading Thus Armstrong found the place when he arrived on the noon train from New York.
arrived
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From this reading Thus Armstrong found the place when he arrived on the noon train from New York.
boredom
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From this reading The old-fashioned Deming mansion in Evansville, so often a witness to scenes of gayety or sorrow or boredom, was to-day shrouded in a singular and terrible air of hushed expectancy.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Old Doctor Irvin, curator of the family's health these two-score years and more, had come over from Louisville, and through the high halls flitted two white-capped nurses.
curator
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From this reading Old Doctor Irvin, curator of the family's health these two-score years and more, had come over from Louisville, and through the high halls flitted two white-capped nurses.
Deming
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From this reading The old-fashioned Deming mansion in Evansville, so often a witness to scenes of gayety or sorrow or boredom, was to-day shrouded in a singular and terrible air of hushed expectancy.
DoctornounUS /doctor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Old Doctor Irvin, curator of the family's health these two-score years and more, had come over from Louisville, and through the high halls flitted two white-capped nurses.
Evansville
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From this reading The old-fashioned Deming mansion in Evansville, so often a witness to scenes of gayety or sorrow or boredom, was to-day shrouded in a singular and terrible air of hushed expectancy.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Voices were low, every action was tense.
expectancy
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From this reading The old-fashioned Deming mansion in Evansville, so often a witness to scenes of gayety or sorrow or boredom, was to-day shrouded in a singular and terrible air of hushed expectancy.
family's
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From this reading Old Doctor Irvin, curator of the family's health these two-score years and more, had come over from Louisville, and through the high halls flitted two white-capped nurses.
flitted
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From this reading Old Doctor Irvin, curator of the family's health these two-score years and more, had come over from Louisville, and through the high halls flitted two white-capped nurses.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Thus Armstrong found the place when he arrived on the noon train from New York.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Old Doctor Irvin, curator of the family's health these two-score years and more, had come over from Louisville, and through the high halls flitted two white-capped nurses.
gayety
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From this reading The old-fashioned Deming mansion in Evansville, so often a witness to scenes of gayety or sorrow or boredom, was to-day shrouded in a singular and terrible air of hushed expectancy.
gulping
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From this reading The servants were tremulous, afraid, gulping in their throats.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Old Doctor Irvin, curator of the family's health these two-score years and more, had come over from Louisville, and through the high halls flitted two white-capped nurses.
halls
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From this reading Old Doctor Irvin, curator of the family's health these two-score years and more, had come over from Louisville, and through the high halls flitted two white-capped nurses.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Thus Armstrong found the place when he arrived on the noon train from New York.
health
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From this reading Old Doctor Irvin, curator of the family's health these two-score years and more, had come over from Louisville, and through the high halls flitted two white-capped nurses.
high
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From this reading Old Doctor Irvin, curator of the family's health these two-score years and more, had come over from Louisville, and through the high halls flitted two white-capped nurses.
hushed
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From this reading The old-fashioned Deming mansion in Evansville, so often a witness to scenes of gayety or sorrow or boredom, was to-day shrouded in a singular and terrible air of hushed expectancy.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The old-fashioned Deming mansion in Evansville, so often a witness to scenes of gayety or sorrow or boredom, was to-day shrouded in a singular and terrible air of hushed expectancy.
Irvin
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From this reading Old Doctor Irvin, curator of the family's health these two-score years and more, had come over from Louisville, and through the high halls flitted two white-capped nurses.
Louisville
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From this reading Old Doctor Irvin, curator of the family's health these two-score years and more, had come over from Louisville, and through the high halls flitted two white-capped nurses.
low
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From this reading Voices were low, every action was tense.
mansion
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From this reading The old-fashioned Deming mansion in Evansville, so often a witness to scenes of gayety or sorrow or boredom, was to-day shrouded in a singular and terrible air of hushed expectancy.
more
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From this reading Old Doctor Irvin, curator of the family's health these two-score years and more, had come over from Louisville, and through the high halls flitted two white-capped nurses.
New
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From this reading Thus Armstrong found the place when he arrived on the noon train from New York.
noon
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From this reading Thus Armstrong found the place when he arrived on the noon train from New York.
nurses
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From this reading Old Doctor Irvin, curator of the family's health these two-score years and more, had come over from Louisville, and through the high halls flitted two white-capped nurses.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The old-fashioned Deming mansion in Evansville, so often a witness to scenes of gayety or sorrow or boredom, was to-day shrouded in a singular and terrible air of hushed expectancy.
often
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From this reading The old-fashioned Deming mansion in Evansville, so often a witness to scenes of gayety or sorrow or boredom, was to-day shrouded in a singular and terrible air of hushed expectancy.
Old
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From this reading Old Doctor Irvin, curator of the family's health these two-score years and more, had come over from Louisville, and through the high halls flitted two white-capped nurses.
old-fashioned
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From this reading The old-fashioned Deming mansion in Evansville, so often a witness to scenes of gayety or sorrow or boredom, was to-day shrouded in a singular and terrible air of hushed expectancy.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Thus Armstrong found the place when he arrived on the noon train from New York.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The old-fashioned Deming mansion in Evansville, so often a witness to scenes of gayety or sorrow or boredom, was to-day shrouded in a singular and terrible air of hushed expectancy.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Old Doctor Irvin, curator of the family's health these two-score years and more, had come over from Louisville, and through the high halls flitted two white-capped nurses.
place
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From this reading Thus Armstrong found the place when he arrived on the noon train from New York.
scenes
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From this reading The old-fashioned Deming mansion in Evansville, so often a witness to scenes of gayety or sorrow or boredom, was to-day shrouded in a singular and terrible air of hushed expectancy.
servants
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From this reading The servants were tremulous, afraid, gulping in their throats.
shrouded
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From this reading The old-fashioned Deming mansion in Evansville, so often a witness to scenes of gayety or sorrow or boredom, was to-day shrouded in a singular and terrible air of hushed expectancy.
singular
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From this reading The old-fashioned Deming mansion in Evansville, so often a witness to scenes of gayety or sorrow or boredom, was to-day shrouded in a singular and terrible air of hushed expectancy.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The old-fashioned Deming mansion in Evansville, so often a witness to scenes of gayety or sorrow or boredom, was to-day shrouded in a singular and terrible air of hushed expectancy.
sorrow
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From this reading The old-fashioned Deming mansion in Evansville, so often a witness to scenes of gayety or sorrow or boredom, was to-day shrouded in a singular and terrible air of hushed expectancy.
tense
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From this reading Voices were low, every action was tense.
terriblenounUS /ˈterrible/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The old-fashioned Deming mansion in Evansville, so often a witness to scenes of gayety or sorrow or boredom, was to-day shrouded in a singular and terrible air of hushed expectancy.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The old-fashioned Deming mansion in Evansville, so often a witness to scenes of gayety or sorrow or boredom, was to-day shrouded in a singular and terrible air of hushed expectancy.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The servants were tremulous, afraid, gulping in their throats.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Old Doctor Irvin, curator of the family's health these two-score years and more, had come over from Louisville, and through the high halls flitted two white-capped nurses.
throats
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From this reading The servants were tremulous, afraid, gulping in their throats.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Old Doctor Irvin, curator of the family's health these two-score years and more, had come over from Louisville, and through the high halls flitted two white-capped nurses.
Thus
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From this reading Thus Armstrong found the place when he arrived on the noon train from New York.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The old-fashioned Deming mansion in Evansville, so often a witness to scenes of gayety or sorrow or boredom, was to-day shrouded in a singular and terrible air of hushed expectancy.
to-day
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From this reading The old-fashioned Deming mansion in Evansville, so often a witness to scenes of gayety or sorrow or boredom, was to-day shrouded in a singular and terrible air of hushed expectancy.
train
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From this reading Thus Armstrong found the place when he arrived on the noon train from New York.
tremulous
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From this reading The servants were tremulous, afraid, gulping in their throats.
two
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From this reading Old Doctor Irvin, curator of the family's health these two-score years and more, had come over from Louisville, and through the high halls flitted two white-capped nurses.
two-score
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From this reading Old Doctor Irvin, curator of the family's health these two-score years and more, had come over from Louisville, and through the high halls flitted two white-capped nurses.
Voices
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From this reading Voices were low, every action was tense.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The old-fashioned Deming mansion in Evansville, so often a witness to scenes of gayety or sorrow or boredom, was to-day shrouded in a singular and terrible air of hushed expectancy.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Voices were low, every action was tense.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Thus Armstrong found the place when he arrived on the noon train from New York.
white-capped
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From this reading Old Doctor Irvin, curator of the family's health these two-score years and more, had come over from Louisville, and through the high halls flitted two white-capped nurses.
witness
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From this reading The old-fashioned Deming mansion in Evansville, so often a witness to scenes of gayety or sorrow or boredom, was to-day shrouded in a singular and terrible air of hushed expectancy.
years
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From this reading Old Doctor Irvin, curator of the family's health these two-score years and more, had come over from Louisville, and through the high halls flitted two white-capped nurses.
York
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From this reading Thus Armstrong found the place when he arrived on the noon train from New York.
