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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 Yet a thought such as that of the lake, connected as it was with the predicament by which he was being faced, and shrink from it though he might, was not to be dismissed as easily as he desired.
accidental
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From this reading Born as it was of its accidental relation to this personal problem that was shaking and troubling and all but disarranging his own none-too-forceful mind, this smooth, seemingly blameless, if dreadful, blotting out of two lives at Pass Lake, had its weight.
all
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From this reading Born as it was of its accidental relation to this personal problem that was shaking and troubling and all but disarranging his own none-too-forceful mind, this smooth, seemingly blameless, if dreadful, blotting out of two lives at Pass Lake, had its weight.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Yet a thought such as that of the lake, connected as it was with the predicament by which he was being faced, and shrink from it though he might, was not to be dismissed as easily as he desired.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Yet a thought such as that of the lake, connected as it was with the predicament by which he was being faced, and shrink from it though he might, was not to be dismissed as easily as he desired.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Born as it was of its accidental relation to this personal problem that was shaking and troubling and all but disarranging his own none-too-forceful mind, this smooth, seemingly blameless, if dreadful, blotting out of two lives at Pass Lake, had its weight.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Yet a thought such as that of the lake, connected as it was with the predicament by which he was being faced, and shrink from it though he might, was not to be dismissed as easily as he desired.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Yet a thought such as that of the lake, connected as it was with the predicament by which he was being faced, and shrink from it though he might, was not to be dismissed as easily as he desired.
blameless
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From this reading Born as it was of its accidental relation to this personal problem that was shaking and troubling and all but disarranging his own none-too-forceful mind, this smooth, seemingly blameless, if dreadful, blotting out of two lives at Pass Lake, had its weight.
blotting
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From this reading Born as it was of its accidental relation to this personal problem that was shaking and troubling and all but disarranging his own none-too-forceful mind, this smooth, seemingly blameless, if dreadful, blotting out of two lives at Pass Lake, had its weight.
bodynounUS /body/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That girl's body--as some peculiar force in his own brain now still compelled him to think--being found, but the man's not.
BornnounUS /born/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Born as it was of its accidental relation to this personal problem that was shaking and troubling and all but disarranging his own none-too-forceful mind, this smooth, seemingly blameless, if dreadful, blotting out of two lives at Pass Lake, had its weight.
brain
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From this reading That girl's body--as some peculiar force in his own brain now still compelled him to think--being found, but the man's not.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Born as it was of its accidental relation to this personal problem that was shaking and troubling and all but disarranging his own none-too-forceful mind, this smooth, seemingly blameless, if dreadful, blotting out of two lives at Pass Lake, had its weight.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Yet a thought such as that of the lake, connected as it was with the predicament by which he was being faced, and shrink from it though he might, was not to be dismissed as easily as he desired.
compelled
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From this reading That girl's body--as some peculiar force in his own brain now still compelled him to think--being found, but the man's not.
connected
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From this reading Yet a thought such as that of the lake, connected as it was with the predicament by which he was being faced, and shrink from it though he might, was not to be dismissed as easily as he desired.
desire
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From this reading For, since evil-minded people did occasionally desire to get rid of other people, might it not be possible that that man had gone there with that girl in order to get rid of her?
desired
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From this reading Yet a thought such as that of the lake, connected as it was with the predicament by which he was being faced, and shrink from it though he might, was not to be dismissed as easily as he desired.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading For, since evil-minded people did occasionally desire to get rid of other people, might it not be possible that that man had gone there with that girl in order to get rid of her?
disarranging
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From this reading Born as it was of its accidental relation to this personal problem that was shaking and troubling and all but disarranging his own none-too-forceful mind, this smooth, seemingly blameless, if dreadful, blotting out of two lives at Pass Lake, had its weight.
dismissed
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From this reading Yet a thought such as that of the lake, connected as it was with the predicament by which he was being faced, and shrink from it though he might, was not to be dismissed as easily as he desired.
dreadfuladjectiveUS /ˈdrɛdfəl/
extremely frightening or unpleasant
From this reading Born as it was of its accidental relation to this personal problem that was shaking and troubling and all but disarranging his own none-too-forceful mind, this smooth, seemingly blameless, if dreadful, blotting out of two lives at Pass Lake, had its weight.
easily
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From this reading Yet a thought such as that of the lake, connected as it was with the predicament by which he was being faced, and shrink from it though he might, was not to be dismissed as easily as he desired.
evil-minded
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From this reading For, since evil-minded people did occasionally desire to get rid of other people, might it not be possible that that man had gone there with that girl in order to get rid of her?
faced
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From this reading Yet a thought such as that of the lake, connected as it was with the predicament by which he was being faced, and shrink from it though he might, was not to be dismissed as easily as he desired.
fact
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From this reading In that interesting fact--and this quite in spite of himself--lurked a suggestion that insisted upon obtruding itself on his mind--to wit, that it might be possible that the man's body was not in that lake at all.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For, since evil-minded people did occasionally desire to get rid of other people, might it not be possible that that man had gone there with that girl in order to get rid of her?
force
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From this reading That girl's body--as some peculiar force in his own brain now still compelled him to think--being found, but the man's not.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That girl's body--as some peculiar force in his own brain now still compelled him to think--being found, but the man's not.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Yet a thought such as that of the lake, connected as it was with the predicament by which he was being faced, and shrink from it though he might, was not to be dismissed as easily as he desired.
get
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From this reading For, since evil-minded people did occasionally desire to get rid of other people, might it not be possible that that man had gone there with that girl in order to get rid of her?
girl
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From this reading For, since evil-minded people did occasionally desire to get rid of other people, might it not be possible that that man had gone there with that girl in order to get rid of her?
girl's
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From this reading That girl's body--as some peculiar force in his own brain now still compelled him to think--being found, but the man's not.
gone
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From this reading For, since evil-minded people did occasionally desire to get rid of other people, might it not be possible that that man had gone there with that girl in order to get rid of her?
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Born as it was of its accidental relation to this personal problem that was shaking and troubling and all but disarranging his own none-too-forceful mind, this smooth, seemingly blameless, if dreadful, blotting out of two lives at Pass Lake, had its weight.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Yet a thought such as that of the lake, connected as it was with the predicament by which he was being faced, and shrink from it though he might, was not to be dismissed as easily as he desired.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading For, since evil-minded people did occasionally desire to get rid of other people, might it not be possible that that man had gone there with that girl in order to get rid of her?
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading That girl's body--as some peculiar force in his own brain now still compelled him to think--being found, but the man's not.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading In that interesting fact--and this quite in spite of himself--lurked a suggestion that insisted upon obtruding itself on his mind--to wit, that it might be possible that the man's body was not in that lake at all.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Born as it was of its accidental relation to this personal problem that was shaking and troubling and all but disarranging his own none-too-forceful mind, this smooth, seemingly blameless, if dreadful, blotting out of two lives at Pass Lake, had its weight.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Born as it was of its accidental relation to this personal problem that was shaking and troubling and all but disarranging his own none-too-forceful mind, this smooth, seemingly blameless, if dreadful, blotting out of two lives at Pass Lake, had its weight.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading That girl's body--as some peculiar force in his own brain now still compelled him to think--being found, but the man's not.
insistedverbUS /ɪnˈsɪstɪd/
demanded something firmly
From this reading In that interesting fact--and this quite in spite of himself--lurked a suggestion that insisted upon obtruding itself on his mind--to wit, that it might be possible that the man's body was not in that lake at all.
interesting
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From this reading In that interesting fact--and this quite in spite of himself--lurked a suggestion that insisted upon obtruding itself on his mind--to wit, that it might be possible that the man's body was not in that lake at all.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Yet a thought such as that of the lake, connected as it was with the predicament by which he was being faced, and shrink from it though he might, was not to be dismissed as easily as he desired.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Born as it was of its accidental relation to this personal problem that was shaking and troubling and all but disarranging his own none-too-forceful mind, this smooth, seemingly blameless, if dreadful, blotting out of two lives at Pass Lake, had its weight.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading In that interesting fact--and this quite in spite of himself--lurked a suggestion that insisted upon obtruding itself on his mind--to wit, that it might be possible that the man's body was not in that lake at all.
lake
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From this reading Yet a thought such as that of the lake, connected as it was with the predicament by which he was being faced, and shrink from it though he might, was not to be dismissed as easily as he desired.
lives
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From this reading Born as it was of its accidental relation to this personal problem that was shaking and troubling and all but disarranging his own none-too-forceful mind, this smooth, seemingly blameless, if dreadful, blotting out of two lives at Pass Lake, had its weight.
lurked
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From this reading In that interesting fact--and this quite in spite of himself--lurked a suggestion that insisted upon obtruding itself on his mind--to wit, that it might be possible that the man's body was not in that lake at all.
man
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From this reading For, since evil-minded people did occasionally desire to get rid of other people, might it not be possible that that man had gone there with that girl in order to get rid of her?
man's
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From this reading That girl's body--as some peculiar force in his own brain now still compelled him to think--being found, but the man's not.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Yet a thought such as that of the lake, connected as it was with the predicament by which he was being faced, and shrink from it though he might, was not to be dismissed as easily as he desired.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Born as it was of its accidental relation to this personal problem that was shaking and troubling and all but disarranging his own none-too-forceful mind, this smooth, seemingly blameless, if dreadful, blotting out of two lives at Pass Lake, had its weight.
none-too-forceful
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From this reading Born as it was of its accidental relation to this personal problem that was shaking and troubling and all but disarranging his own none-too-forceful mind, this smooth, seemingly blameless, if dreadful, blotting out of two lives at Pass Lake, had its weight.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Yet a thought such as that of the lake, connected as it was with the predicament by which he was being faced, and shrink from it though he might, was not to be dismissed as easily as he desired.
now
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From this reading That girl's body--as some peculiar force in his own brain now still compelled him to think--being found, but the man's not.
obtruding
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From this reading In that interesting fact--and this quite in spite of himself--lurked a suggestion that insisted upon obtruding itself on his mind--to wit, that it might be possible that the man's body was not in that lake at all.
occasionally
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From this reading For, since evil-minded people did occasionally desire to get rid of other people, might it not be possible that that man had gone there with that girl in order to get rid of her?
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Yet a thought such as that of the lake, connected as it was with the predicament by which he was being faced, and shrink from it though he might, was not to be dismissed as easily as he desired.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading In that interesting fact--and this quite in spite of himself--lurked a suggestion that insisted upon obtruding itself on his mind--to wit, that it might be possible that the man's body was not in that lake at all.
ordernounUS /order/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For, since evil-minded people did occasionally desire to get rid of other people, might it not be possible that that man had gone there with that girl in order to get rid of her?
other
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From this reading For, since evil-minded people did occasionally desire to get rid of other people, might it not be possible that that man had gone there with that girl in order to get rid of her?
out
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From this reading Born as it was of its accidental relation to this personal problem that was shaking and troubling and all but disarranging his own none-too-forceful mind, this smooth, seemingly blameless, if dreadful, blotting out of two lives at Pass Lake, had its weight.
own
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From this reading Born as it was of its accidental relation to this personal problem that was shaking and troubling and all but disarranging his own none-too-forceful mind, this smooth, seemingly blameless, if dreadful, blotting out of two lives at Pass Lake, had its weight.
Pass
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From this reading Born as it was of its accidental relation to this personal problem that was shaking and troubling and all but disarranging his own none-too-forceful mind, this smooth, seemingly blameless, if dreadful, blotting out of two lives at Pass Lake, had its weight.
peculiar
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From this reading That girl's body--as some peculiar force in his own brain now still compelled him to think--being found, but the man's not.
people
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From this reading For, since evil-minded people did occasionally desire to get rid of other people, might it not be possible that that man had gone there with that girl in order to get rid of her?
personal
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From this reading Born as it was of its accidental relation to this personal problem that was shaking and troubling and all but disarranging his own none-too-forceful mind, this smooth, seemingly blameless, if dreadful, blotting out of two lives at Pass Lake, had its weight.
possible
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From this reading In that interesting fact--and this quite in spite of himself--lurked a suggestion that insisted upon obtruding itself on his mind--to wit, that it might be possible that the man's body was not in that lake at all.
predicament
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From this reading Yet a thought such as that of the lake, connected as it was with the predicament by which he was being faced, and shrink from it though he might, was not to be dismissed as easily as he desired.
problem
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From this reading Born as it was of its accidental relation to this personal problem that was shaking and troubling and all but disarranging his own none-too-forceful mind, this smooth, seemingly blameless, if dreadful, blotting out of two lives at Pass Lake, had its weight.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In that interesting fact--and this quite in spite of himself--lurked a suggestion that insisted upon obtruding itself on his mind--to wit, that it might be possible that the man's body was not in that lake at all.
relation
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From this reading Born as it was of its accidental relation to this personal problem that was shaking and troubling and all but disarranging his own none-too-forceful mind, this smooth, seemingly blameless, if dreadful, blotting out of two lives at Pass Lake, had its weight.
rid
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From this reading For, since evil-minded people did occasionally desire to get rid of other people, might it not be possible that that man had gone there with that girl in order to get rid of her?
seemingly
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From this reading Born as it was of its accidental relation to this personal problem that was shaking and troubling and all but disarranging his own none-too-forceful mind, this smooth, seemingly blameless, if dreadful, blotting out of two lives at Pass Lake, had its weight.
shakingnounUS /ˈshaking/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Born as it was of its accidental relation to this personal problem that was shaking and troubling and all but disarranging his own none-too-forceful mind, this smooth, seemingly blameless, if dreadful, blotting out of two lives at Pass Lake, had its weight.
shrink
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From this reading Yet a thought such as that of the lake, connected as it was with the predicament by which he was being faced, and shrink from it though he might, was not to be dismissed as easily as he desired.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading For, since evil-minded people did occasionally desire to get rid of other people, might it not be possible that that man had gone there with that girl in order to get rid of her?
smooth
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From this reading Born as it was of its accidental relation to this personal problem that was shaking and troubling and all but disarranging his own none-too-forceful mind, this smooth, seemingly blameless, if dreadful, blotting out of two lives at Pass Lake, had its weight.
some
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From this reading That girl's body--as some peculiar force in his own brain now still compelled him to think--being found, but the man's not.
spite
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From this reading In that interesting fact--and this quite in spite of himself--lurked a suggestion that insisted upon obtruding itself on his mind--to wit, that it might be possible that the man's body was not in that lake at all.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That girl's body--as some peculiar force in his own brain now still compelled him to think--being found, but the man's not.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Yet a thought such as that of the lake, connected as it was with the predicament by which he was being faced, and shrink from it though he might, was not to be dismissed as easily as he desired.
suggestion
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From this reading In that interesting fact--and this quite in spite of himself--lurked a suggestion that insisted upon obtruding itself on his mind--to wit, that it might be possible that the man's body was not in that lake at all.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Yet a thought such as that of the lake, connected as it was with the predicament by which he was being faced, and shrink from it though he might, was not to be dismissed as easily as he desired.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Yet a thought such as that of the lake, connected as it was with the predicament by which he was being faced, and shrink from it though he might, was not to be dismissed as easily as he desired.
there
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From this reading For, since evil-minded people did occasionally desire to get rid of other people, might it not be possible that that man had gone there with that girl in order to get rid of her?
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That girl's body--as some peculiar force in his own brain now still compelled him to think--being found, but the man's not.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Born as it was of its accidental relation to this personal problem that was shaking and troubling and all but disarranging his own none-too-forceful mind, this smooth, seemingly blameless, if dreadful, blotting out of two lives at Pass Lake, had its weight.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Yet a thought such as that of the lake, connected as it was with the predicament by which he was being faced, and shrink from it though he might, was not to be dismissed as easily as he desired.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Yet a thought such as that of the lake, connected as it was with the predicament by which he was being faced, and shrink from it though he might, was not to be dismissed as easily as he desired.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Yet a thought such as that of the lake, connected as it was with the predicament by which he was being faced, and shrink from it though he might, was not to be dismissed as easily as he desired.
troubling
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From this reading Born as it was of its accidental relation to this personal problem that was shaking and troubling and all but disarranging his own none-too-forceful mind, this smooth, seemingly blameless, if dreadful, blotting out of two lives at Pass Lake, had its weight.
two
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From this reading Born as it was of its accidental relation to this personal problem that was shaking and troubling and all but disarranging his own none-too-forceful mind, this smooth, seemingly blameless, if dreadful, blotting out of two lives at Pass Lake, had its weight.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading In that interesting fact--and this quite in spite of himself--lurked a suggestion that insisted upon obtruding itself on his mind--to wit, that it might be possible that the man's body was not in that lake at all.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Yet a thought such as that of the lake, connected as it was with the predicament by which he was being faced, and shrink from it though he might, was not to be dismissed as easily as he desired.
weight
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From this reading Born as it was of its accidental relation to this personal problem that was shaking and troubling and all but disarranging his own none-too-forceful mind, this smooth, seemingly blameless, if dreadful, blotting out of two lives at Pass Lake, had its weight.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Yet a thought such as that of the lake, connected as it was with the predicament by which he was being faced, and shrink from it though he might, was not to be dismissed as easily as he desired.
wit
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From this reading In that interesting fact--and this quite in spite of himself--lurked a suggestion that insisted upon obtruding itself on his mind--to wit, that it might be possible that the man's body was not in that lake at all.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Yet a thought such as that of the lake, connected as it was with the predicament by which he was being faced, and shrink from it though he might, was not to be dismissed as easily as he desired.
YetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet a thought such as that of the lake, connected as it was with the predicament by which he was being faced, and shrink from it though he might, was not to be dismissed as easily as he desired.
