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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 wanted her old friend to do everything that would make him into a great sculptor, of course; but still, say what you will about it, it's very hard to have your one interest in life taken far away from you, and to be left utterly alone and self-contained in the great dreary world of London.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading She wanted her old friend to do everything that would make him into a great sculptor, of course; but still, say what you will about it, it's very hard to have your one interest in life taken far away from you, and to be left utterly alone and self-contained in the great dreary world of London.
accepted
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From this reading |When Minna learnt from Colin that he had finally accepted Sir Henry Wilberforce's situation, her heart was very heavy.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She wanted her old friend to do everything that would make him into a great sculptor, of course; but still, say what you will about it, it's very hard to have your one interest in life taken far away from you, and to be left utterly alone and self-contained in the great dreary world of London.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading She has come up from the country, doubtless, to take a 'better' place in London, and there she is thrown by pure chance into one situation or another, with two or three more miscellaneous girls from other shires, having other friends and other interests; and from day to day she toils on, practically alone, among so many unknown, or but officially known, and irresponsive faces.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She wanted her old friend to do everything that would make him into a great sculptor, of course; but still, say what you will about it, it's very hard to have your one interest in life taken far away from you, and to be left utterly alone and self-contained in the great dreary world of London.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading She has come up from the country, doubtless, to take a 'better' place in London, and there she is thrown by pure chance into one situation or another, with two or three more miscellaneous girls from other shires, having other friends and other interests; and from day to day she toils on, practically alone, among so many unknown, or but officially known, and irresponsive faces.
ant-hill
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From this reading Have you ever reflected, dear sir or madam, how terrible is the isolation of a girl in Minna Wroe's position--nay, for the matter of that, of your own housemaid, of cook, or parlour-maid, in that vast, unsympathetic, human ant-hill?
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Think, for a moment, of the warm human heart within her, suddenly cramped and turned in upon itself by the unspeakable strangeness of everything around her.
away
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From this reading She wanted her old friend to do everything that would make him into a great sculptor, of course; but still, say what you will about it, it's very hard to have your one interest in life taken far away from you, and to be left utterly alone and self-contained in the great dreary world of London.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading She wanted her old friend to do everything that would make him into a great sculptor, of course; but still, say what you will about it, it's very hard to have your one interest in life taken far away from you, and to be left utterly alone and self-contained in the great dreary world of London.
better
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From this reading She has come up from the country, doubtless, to take a 'better' place in London, and there she is thrown by pure chance into one situation or another, with two or three more miscellaneous girls from other shires, having other friends and other interests; and from day to day she toils on, practically alone, among so many unknown, or but officially known, and irresponsive faces.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading She wanted her old friend to do everything that would make him into a great sculptor, of course; but still, say what you will about it, it's very hard to have your one interest in life taken far away from you, and to be left utterly alone and self-contained in the great dreary world of London.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Think, for a moment, of the warm human heart within her, suddenly cramped and turned in upon itself by the unspeakable strangeness of everything around her.
chance
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From this reading She has come up from the country, doubtless, to take a 'better' place in London, and there she is thrown by pure chance into one situation or another, with two or three more miscellaneous girls from other shires, having other friends and other interests; and from day to day she toils on, practically alone, among so many unknown, or but officially known, and irresponsive faces.
Colin
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From this reading |When Minna learnt from Colin that he had finally accepted Sir Henry Wilberforce's situation, her heart was very heavy.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She has come up from the country, doubtless, to take a 'better' place in London, and there she is thrown by pure chance into one situation or another, with two or three more miscellaneous girls from other shires, having other friends and other interests; and from day to day she toils on, practically alone, among so many unknown, or but officially known, and irresponsive faces.
cook
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From this reading Have you ever reflected, dear sir or madam, how terrible is the isolation of a girl in Minna Wroe's position--nay, for the matter of that, of your own housemaid, of cook, or parlour-maid, in that vast, unsympathetic, human ant-hill?
country
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From this reading She has come up from the country, doubtless, to take a 'better' place in London, and there she is thrown by pure chance into one situation or another, with two or three more miscellaneous girls from other shires, having other friends and other interests; and from day to day she toils on, practically alone, among so many unknown, or but officially known, and irresponsive faces.
coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She wanted her old friend to do everything that would make him into a great sculptor, of course; but still, say what you will about it, it's very hard to have your one interest in life taken far away from you, and to be left utterly alone and self-contained in the great dreary world of London.
cramped
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From this reading Think, for a moment, of the warm human heart within her, suddenly cramped and turned in upon itself by the unspeakable strangeness of everything around her.
day
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From this reading She has come up from the country, doubtless, to take a 'better' place in London, and there she is thrown by pure chance into one situation or another, with two or three more miscellaneous girls from other shires, having other friends and other interests; and from day to day she toils on, practically alone, among so many unknown, or but officially known, and irresponsive faces.
dear
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From this reading Have you ever reflected, dear sir or madam, how terrible is the isolation of a girl in Minna Wroe's position--nay, for the matter of that, of your own housemaid, of cook, or parlour-maid, in that vast, unsympathetic, human ant-hill?
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading She wanted her old friend to do everything that would make him into a great sculptor, of course; but still, say what you will about it, it's very hard to have your one interest in life taken far away from you, and to be left utterly alone and self-contained in the great dreary world of London.
doubtless
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From this reading She has come up from the country, doubtless, to take a 'better' place in London, and there she is thrown by pure chance into one situation or another, with two or three more miscellaneous girls from other shires, having other friends and other interests; and from day to day she toils on, practically alone, among so many unknown, or but officially known, and irresponsive faces.
dreary
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From this reading She wanted her old friend to do everything that would make him into a great sculptor, of course; but still, say what you will about it, it's very hard to have your one interest in life taken far away from you, and to be left utterly alone and self-contained in the great dreary world of London.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Have you ever reflected, dear sir or madam, how terrible is the isolation of a girl in Minna Wroe's position--nay, for the matter of that, of your own housemaid, of cook, or parlour-maid, in that vast, unsympathetic, human ant-hill?
everythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/
all things; all of a situation
From this reading She wanted her old friend to do everything that would make him into a great sculptor, of course; but still, say what you will about it, it's very hard to have your one interest in life taken far away from you, and to be left utterly alone and self-contained in the great dreary world of London.
faces
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From this reading She has come up from the country, doubtless, to take a 'better' place in London, and there she is thrown by pure chance into one situation or another, with two or three more miscellaneous girls from other shires, having other friends and other interests; and from day to day she toils on, practically alone, among so many unknown, or but officially known, and irresponsive faces.
far
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From this reading She wanted her old friend to do everything that would make him into a great sculptor, of course; but still, say what you will about it, it's very hard to have your one interest in life taken far away from you, and to be left utterly alone and self-contained in the great dreary world of London.
finally
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From this reading |When Minna learnt from Colin that he had finally accepted Sir Henry Wilberforce's situation, her heart was very heavy.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Have you ever reflected, dear sir or madam, how terrible is the isolation of a girl in Minna Wroe's position--nay, for the matter of that, of your own housemaid, of cook, or parlour-maid, in that vast, unsympathetic, human ant-hill?
friend
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From this reading She wanted her old friend to do everything that would make him into a great sculptor, of course; but still, say what you will about it, it's very hard to have your one interest in life taken far away from you, and to be left utterly alone and self-contained in the great dreary world of London.
friends
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From this reading She has come up from the country, doubtless, to take a 'better' place in London, and there she is thrown by pure chance into one situation or another, with two or three more miscellaneous girls from other shires, having other friends and other interests; and from day to day she toils on, practically alone, among so many unknown, or but officially known, and irresponsive faces.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading |When Minna learnt from Colin that he had finally accepted Sir Henry Wilberforce's situation, her heart was very heavy.
girl
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From this reading Have you ever reflected, dear sir or madam, how terrible is the isolation of a girl in Minna Wroe's position--nay, for the matter of that, of your own housemaid, of cook, or parlour-maid, in that vast, unsympathetic, human ant-hill?
girls
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From this reading She has come up from the country, doubtless, to take a 'better' place in London, and there she is thrown by pure chance into one situation or another, with two or three more miscellaneous girls from other shires, having other friends and other interests; and from day to day she toils on, practically alone, among so many unknown, or but officially known, and irresponsive faces.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She wanted her old friend to do everything that would make him into a great sculptor, of course; but still, say what you will about it, it's very hard to have your one interest in life taken far away from you, and to be left utterly alone and self-contained in the great dreary world of London.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading |When Minna learnt from Colin that he had finally accepted Sir Henry Wilberforce's situation, her heart was very heavy.
hard
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From this reading She wanted her old friend to do everything that would make him into a great sculptor, of course; but still, say what you will about it, it's very hard to have your one interest in life taken far away from you, and to be left utterly alone and self-contained in the great dreary world of London.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She has come up from the country, doubtless, to take a 'better' place in London, and there she is thrown by pure chance into one situation or another, with two or three more miscellaneous girls from other shires, having other friends and other interests; and from day to day she toils on, practically alone, among so many unknown, or but officially known, and irresponsive faces.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading She wanted her old friend to do everything that would make him into a great sculptor, of course; but still, say what you will about it, it's very hard to have your one interest in life taken far away from you, and to be left utterly alone and self-contained in the great dreary world of London.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading She has come up from the country, doubtless, to take a 'better' place in London, and there she is thrown by pure chance into one situation or another, with two or three more miscellaneous girls from other shires, having other friends and other interests; and from day to day she toils on, practically alone, among so many unknown, or but officially known, and irresponsive faces.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading |When Minna learnt from Colin that he had finally accepted Sir Henry Wilberforce's situation, her heart was very heavy.
heart
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From this reading |When Minna learnt from Colin that he had finally accepted Sir Henry Wilberforce's situation, her heart was very heavy.
heavy
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From this reading |When Minna learnt from Colin that he had finally accepted Sir Henry Wilberforce's situation, her heart was very heavy.
Henry
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From this reading |When Minna learnt from Colin that he had finally accepted Sir Henry Wilberforce's situation, her heart was very heavy.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading |When Minna learnt from Colin that he had finally accepted Sir Henry Wilberforce's situation, her heart was very heavy.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She wanted her old friend to do everything that would make him into a great sculptor, of course; but still, say what you will about it, it's very hard to have your one interest in life taken far away from you, and to be left utterly alone and self-contained in the great dreary world of London.
housemaid
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From this reading Have you ever reflected, dear sir or madam, how terrible is the isolation of a girl in Minna Wroe's position--nay, for the matter of that, of your own housemaid, of cook, or parlour-maid, in that vast, unsympathetic, human ant-hill?
how
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From this reading Have you ever reflected, dear sir or madam, how terrible is the isolation of a girl in Minna Wroe's position--nay, for the matter of that, of your own housemaid, of cook, or parlour-maid, in that vast, unsympathetic, human ant-hill?
human
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From this reading Have you ever reflected, dear sir or madam, how terrible is the isolation of a girl in Minna Wroe's position--nay, for the matter of that, of your own housemaid, of cook, or parlour-maid, in that vast, unsympathetic, human ant-hill?
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She wanted her old friend to do everything that would make him into a great sculptor, of course; but still, say what you will about it, it's very hard to have your one interest in life taken far away from you, and to be left utterly alone and self-contained in the great dreary world of London.
interest
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From this reading She wanted her old friend to do everything that would make him into a great sculptor, of course; but still, say what you will about it, it's very hard to have your one interest in life taken far away from you, and to be left utterly alone and self-contained in the great dreary world of London.
interests
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From this reading She has come up from the country, doubtless, to take a 'better' place in London, and there she is thrown by pure chance into one situation or another, with two or three more miscellaneous girls from other shires, having other friends and other interests; and from day to day she toils on, practically alone, among so many unknown, or but officially known, and irresponsive faces.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading She wanted her old friend to do everything that would make him into a great sculptor, of course; but still, say what you will about it, it's very hard to have your one interest in life taken far away from you, and to be left utterly alone and self-contained in the great dreary world of London.
irresponsive
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From this reading She has come up from the country, doubtless, to take a 'better' place in London, and there she is thrown by pure chance into one situation or another, with two or three more miscellaneous girls from other shires, having other friends and other interests; and from day to day she toils on, practically alone, among so many unknown, or but officially known, and irresponsive faces.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Have you ever reflected, dear sir or madam, how terrible is the isolation of a girl in Minna Wroe's position--nay, for the matter of that, of your own housemaid, of cook, or parlour-maid, in that vast, unsympathetic, human ant-hill?
isolation
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From this reading Have you ever reflected, dear sir or madam, how terrible is the isolation of a girl in Minna Wroe's position--nay, for the matter of that, of your own housemaid, of cook, or parlour-maid, in that vast, unsympathetic, human ant-hill?
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She wanted her old friend to do everything that would make him into a great sculptor, of course; but still, say what you will about it, it's very hard to have your one interest in life taken far away from you, and to be left utterly alone and self-contained in the great dreary world of London.
it's
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From this reading She wanted her old friend to do everything that would make him into a great sculptor, of course; but still, say what you will about it, it's very hard to have your one interest in life taken far away from you, and to be left utterly alone and self-contained in the great dreary world of London.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading Think, for a moment, of the warm human heart within her, suddenly cramped and turned in upon itself by the unspeakable strangeness of everything around her.
known
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From this reading She has come up from the country, doubtless, to take a 'better' place in London, and there she is thrown by pure chance into one situation or another, with two or three more miscellaneous girls from other shires, having other friends and other interests; and from day to day she toils on, practically alone, among so many unknown, or but officially known, and irresponsive faces.
learnt
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From this reading |When Minna learnt from Colin that he had finally accepted Sir Henry Wilberforce's situation, her heart was very heavy.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She wanted her old friend to do everything that would make him into a great sculptor, of course; but still, say what you will about it, it's very hard to have your one interest in life taken far away from you, and to be left utterly alone and self-contained in the great dreary world of London.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She wanted her old friend to do everything that would make him into a great sculptor, of course; but still, say what you will about it, it's very hard to have your one interest in life taken far away from you, and to be left utterly alone and self-contained in the great dreary world of London.
London
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From this reading She wanted her old friend to do everything that would make him into a great sculptor, of course; but still, say what you will about it, it's very hard to have your one interest in life taken far away from you, and to be left utterly alone and self-contained in the great dreary world of London.
madam
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From this reading Have you ever reflected, dear sir or madam, how terrible is the isolation of a girl in Minna Wroe's position--nay, for the matter of that, of your own housemaid, of cook, or parlour-maid, in that vast, unsympathetic, human ant-hill?
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She wanted her old friend to do everything that would make him into a great sculptor, of course; but still, say what you will about it, it's very hard to have your one interest in life taken far away from you, and to be left utterly alone and self-contained in the great dreary world of London.
many
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From this reading She has come up from the country, doubtless, to take a 'better' place in London, and there she is thrown by pure chance into one situation or another, with two or three more miscellaneous girls from other shires, having other friends and other interests; and from day to day she toils on, practically alone, among so many unknown, or but officially known, and irresponsive faces.
matter
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Minna
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From this reading |When Minna learnt from Colin that he had finally accepted Sir Henry Wilberforce's situation, her heart was very heavy.
miscellaneous
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From this reading She has come up from the country, doubtless, to take a 'better' place in London, and there she is thrown by pure chance into one situation or another, with two or three more miscellaneous girls from other shires, having other friends and other interests; and from day to day she toils on, practically alone, among so many unknown, or but officially known, and irresponsive faces.
moment
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From this reading Think, for a moment, of the warm human heart within her, suddenly cramped and turned in upon itself by the unspeakable strangeness of everything around her.
more
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From this reading She has come up from the country, doubtless, to take a 'better' place in London, and there she is thrown by pure chance into one situation or another, with two or three more miscellaneous girls from other shires, having other friends and other interests; and from day to day she toils on, practically alone, among so many unknown, or but officially known, and irresponsive faces.
nayexclamationUS /neɪ/
an old word for “no”
From this reading Have you ever reflected, dear sir or madam, how terrible is the isolation of a girl in Minna Wroe's position--nay, for the matter of that, of your own housemaid, of cook, or parlour-maid, in that vast, unsympathetic, human ant-hill?
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She wanted her old friend to do everything that would make him into a great sculptor, of course; but still, say what you will about it, it's very hard to have your one interest in life taken far away from you, and to be left utterly alone and self-contained in the great dreary world of London.
officially
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From this reading She has come up from the country, doubtless, to take a 'better' place in London, and there she is thrown by pure chance into one situation or another, with two or three more miscellaneous girls from other shires, having other friends and other interests; and from day to day she toils on, practically alone, among so many unknown, or but officially known, and irresponsive faces.
old
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From this reading She wanted her old friend to do everything that would make him into a great sculptor, of course; but still, say what you will about it, it's very hard to have your one interest in life taken far away from you, and to be left utterly alone and self-contained in the great dreary world of London.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She has come up from the country, doubtless, to take a 'better' place in London, and there she is thrown by pure chance into one situation or another, with two or three more miscellaneous girls from other shires, having other friends and other interests; and from day to day she toils on, practically alone, among so many unknown, or but officially known, and irresponsive faces.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading She wanted her old friend to do everything that would make him into a great sculptor, of course; but still, say what you will about it, it's very hard to have your one interest in life taken far away from you, and to be left utterly alone and self-contained in the great dreary world of London.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Have you ever reflected, dear sir or madam, how terrible is the isolation of a girl in Minna Wroe's position--nay, for the matter of that, of your own housemaid, of cook, or parlour-maid, in that vast, unsympathetic, human ant-hill?
other
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From this reading She has come up from the country, doubtless, to take a 'better' place in London, and there she is thrown by pure chance into one situation or another, with two or three more miscellaneous girls from other shires, having other friends and other interests; and from day to day she toils on, practically alone, among so many unknown, or but officially known, and irresponsive faces.
own
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From this reading Have you ever reflected, dear sir or madam, how terrible is the isolation of a girl in Minna Wroe's position--nay, for the matter of that, of your own housemaid, of cook, or parlour-maid, in that vast, unsympathetic, human ant-hill?
parlour-maid
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From this reading Have you ever reflected, dear sir or madam, how terrible is the isolation of a girl in Minna Wroe's position--nay, for the matter of that, of your own housemaid, of cook, or parlour-maid, in that vast, unsympathetic, human ant-hill?
place
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From this reading She has come up from the country, doubtless, to take a 'better' place in London, and there she is thrown by pure chance into one situation or another, with two or three more miscellaneous girls from other shires, having other friends and other interests; and from day to day she toils on, practically alone, among so many unknown, or but officially known, and irresponsive faces.
position
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practically
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From this reading She has come up from the country, doubtless, to take a 'better' place in London, and there she is thrown by pure chance into one situation or another, with two or three more miscellaneous girls from other shires, having other friends and other interests; and from day to day she toils on, practically alone, among so many unknown, or but officially known, and irresponsive faces.
pure
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From this reading She has come up from the country, doubtless, to take a 'better' place in London, and there she is thrown by pure chance into one situation or another, with two or three more miscellaneous girls from other shires, having other friends and other interests; and from day to day she toils on, practically alone, among so many unknown, or but officially known, and irresponsive faces.
reflected
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From this reading Have you ever reflected, dear sir or madam, how terrible is the isolation of a girl in Minna Wroe's position--nay, for the matter of that, of your own housemaid, of cook, or parlour-maid, in that vast, unsympathetic, human ant-hill?
say
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From this reading She wanted her old friend to do everything that would make him into a great sculptor, of course; but still, say what you will about it, it's very hard to have your one interest in life taken far away from you, and to be left utterly alone and self-contained in the great dreary world of London.
sculptor
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From this reading She wanted her old friend to do everything that would make him into a great sculptor, of course; but still, say what you will about it, it's very hard to have your one interest in life taken far away from you, and to be left utterly alone and self-contained in the great dreary world of London.
self-contained
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From this reading She wanted her old friend to do everything that would make him into a great sculptor, of course; but still, say what you will about it, it's very hard to have your one interest in life taken far away from you, and to be left utterly alone and self-contained in the great dreary world of London.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She wanted her old friend to do everything that would make him into a great sculptor, of course; but still, say what you will about it, it's very hard to have your one interest in life taken far away from you, and to be left utterly alone and self-contained in the great dreary world of London.
shires
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From this reading She has come up from the country, doubtless, to take a 'better' place in London, and there she is thrown by pure chance into one situation or another, with two or three more miscellaneous girls from other shires, having other friends and other interests; and from day to day she toils on, practically alone, among so many unknown, or but officially known, and irresponsive faces.
Sir
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From this reading |When Minna learnt from Colin that he had finally accepted Sir Henry Wilberforce's situation, her heart was very heavy.
situation
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From this reading |When Minna learnt from Colin that he had finally accepted Sir Henry Wilberforce's situation, her heart was very heavy.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading She has come up from the country, doubtless, to take a 'better' place in London, and there she is thrown by pure chance into one situation or another, with two or three more miscellaneous girls from other shires, having other friends and other interests; and from day to day she toils on, practically alone, among so many unknown, or but officially known, and irresponsive faces.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She wanted her old friend to do everything that would make him into a great sculptor, of course; but still, say what you will about it, it's very hard to have your one interest in life taken far away from you, and to be left utterly alone and self-contained in the great dreary world of London.
strangeness
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From this reading Think, for a moment, of the warm human heart within her, suddenly cramped and turned in upon itself by the unspeakable strangeness of everything around her.
suddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Think, for a moment, of the warm human heart within her, suddenly cramped and turned in upon itself by the unspeakable strangeness of everything around her.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She has come up from the country, doubtless, to take a 'better' place in London, and there she is thrown by pure chance into one situation or another, with two or three more miscellaneous girls from other shires, having other friends and other interests; and from day to day she toils on, practically alone, among so many unknown, or but officially known, and irresponsive faces.
taken
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From this reading She wanted her old friend to do everything that would make him into a great sculptor, of course; but still, say what you will about it, it's very hard to have your one interest in life taken far away from you, and to be left utterly alone and self-contained in the great dreary world of London.
terriblenounUS /ˈterrible/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Have you ever reflected, dear sir or madam, how terrible is the isolation of a girl in Minna Wroe's position--nay, for the matter of that, of your own housemaid, of cook, or parlour-maid, in that vast, unsympathetic, human ant-hill?
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading |When Minna learnt from Colin that he had finally accepted Sir Henry Wilberforce's situation, her heart was very heavy.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She wanted her old friend to do everything that would make him into a great sculptor, of course; but still, say what you will about it, it's very hard to have your one interest in life taken far away from you, and to be left utterly alone and self-contained in the great dreary world of London.
there
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From this reading She has come up from the country, doubtless, to take a 'better' place in London, and there she is thrown by pure chance into one situation or another, with two or three more miscellaneous girls from other shires, having other friends and other interests; and from day to day she toils on, practically alone, among so many unknown, or but officially known, and irresponsive faces.
ThinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Think, for a moment, of the warm human heart within her, suddenly cramped and turned in upon itself by the unspeakable strangeness of everything around her.
three
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From this reading She has come up from the country, doubtless, to take a 'better' place in London, and there she is thrown by pure chance into one situation or another, with two or three more miscellaneous girls from other shires, having other friends and other interests; and from day to day she toils on, practically alone, among so many unknown, or but officially known, and irresponsive faces.
thrown
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From this reading She has come up from the country, doubtless, to take a 'better' place in London, and there she is thrown by pure chance into one situation or another, with two or three more miscellaneous girls from other shires, having other friends and other interests; and from day to day she toils on, practically alone, among so many unknown, or but officially known, and irresponsive faces.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She wanted her old friend to do everything that would make him into a great sculptor, of course; but still, say what you will about it, it's very hard to have your one interest in life taken far away from you, and to be left utterly alone and self-contained in the great dreary world of London.
toils
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From this reading She has come up from the country, doubtless, to take a 'better' place in London, and there she is thrown by pure chance into one situation or another, with two or three more miscellaneous girls from other shires, having other friends and other interests; and from day to day she toils on, practically alone, among so many unknown, or but officially known, and irresponsive faces.
turned
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From this reading Think, for a moment, of the warm human heart within her, suddenly cramped and turned in upon itself by the unspeakable strangeness of everything around her.
two
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From this reading She has come up from the country, doubtless, to take a 'better' place in London, and there she is thrown by pure chance into one situation or another, with two or three more miscellaneous girls from other shires, having other friends and other interests; and from day to day she toils on, practically alone, among so many unknown, or but officially known, and irresponsive faces.
unknown
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From this reading She has come up from the country, doubtless, to take a 'better' place in London, and there she is thrown by pure chance into one situation or another, with two or three more miscellaneous girls from other shires, having other friends and other interests; and from day to day she toils on, practically alone, among so many unknown, or but officially known, and irresponsive faces.
unspeakable
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From this reading Think, for a moment, of the warm human heart within her, suddenly cramped and turned in upon itself by the unspeakable strangeness of everything around her.
unsympathetic
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From this reading Have you ever reflected, dear sir or madam, how terrible is the isolation of a girl in Minna Wroe's position--nay, for the matter of that, of your own housemaid, of cook, or parlour-maid, in that vast, unsympathetic, human ant-hill?
up
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From this reading She has come up from the country, doubtless, to take a 'better' place in London, and there she is thrown by pure chance into one situation or another, with two or three more miscellaneous girls from other shires, having other friends and other interests; and from day to day she toils on, practically alone, among so many unknown, or but officially known, and irresponsive faces.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Think, for a moment, of the warm human heart within her, suddenly cramped and turned in upon itself by the unspeakable strangeness of everything around her.
utterly
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From this reading She wanted her old friend to do everything that would make him into a great sculptor, of course; but still, say what you will about it, it's very hard to have your one interest in life taken far away from you, and to be left utterly alone and self-contained in the great dreary world of London.
vast
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From this reading Have you ever reflected, dear sir or madam, how terrible is the isolation of a girl in Minna Wroe's position--nay, for the matter of that, of your own housemaid, of cook, or parlour-maid, in that vast, unsympathetic, human ant-hill?
very
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From this reading |When Minna learnt from Colin that he had finally accepted Sir Henry Wilberforce's situation, her heart was very heavy.
wanted
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From this reading She wanted her old friend to do everything that would make him into a great sculptor, of course; but still, say what you will about it, it's very hard to have your one interest in life taken far away from you, and to be left utterly alone and self-contained in the great dreary world of London.
warm
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From this reading Think, for a moment, of the warm human heart within her, suddenly cramped and turned in upon itself by the unspeakable strangeness of everything around her.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading |When Minna learnt from Colin that he had finally accepted Sir Henry Wilberforce's situation, her heart was very heavy.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading She wanted her old friend to do everything that would make him into a great sculptor, of course; but still, say what you will about it, it's very hard to have your one interest in life taken far away from you, and to be left utterly alone and self-contained in the great dreary world of London.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading |When Minna learnt from Colin that he had finally accepted Sir Henry Wilberforce's situation, her heart was very heavy.
Wilberforce's
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From this reading |When Minna learnt from Colin that he had finally accepted Sir Henry Wilberforce's situation, her heart was very heavy.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading She wanted her old friend to do everything that would make him into a great sculptor, of course; but still, say what you will about it, it's very hard to have your one interest in life taken far away from you, and to be left utterly alone and self-contained in the great dreary world of London.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading She has come up from the country, doubtless, to take a 'better' place in London, and there she is thrown by pure chance into one situation or another, with two or three more miscellaneous girls from other shires, having other friends and other interests; and from day to day she toils on, practically alone, among so many unknown, or but officially known, and irresponsive faces.
withinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading Think, for a moment, of the warm human heart within her, suddenly cramped and turned in upon itself by the unspeakable strangeness of everything around her.
world
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From this reading She wanted her old friend to do everything that would make him into a great sculptor, of course; but still, say what you will about it, it's very hard to have your one interest in life taken far away from you, and to be left utterly alone and self-contained in the great dreary world of London.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading She wanted her old friend to do everything that would make him into a great sculptor, of course; but still, say what you will about it, it's very hard to have your one interest in life taken far away from you, and to be left utterly alone and self-contained in the great dreary world of London.
Wroe's
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From this reading Have you ever reflected, dear sir or madam, how terrible is the isolation of a girl in Minna Wroe's position--nay, for the matter of that, of your own housemaid, of cook, or parlour-maid, in that vast, unsympathetic, human ant-hill?
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading She wanted her old friend to do everything that would make him into a great sculptor, of course; but still, say what you will about it, it's very hard to have your one interest in life taken far away from you, and to be left utterly alone and self-contained in the great dreary world of London.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading She wanted her old friend to do everything that would make him into a great sculptor, of course; but still, say what you will about it, it's very hard to have your one interest in life taken far away from you, and to be left utterly alone and self-contained in the great dreary world of London.
