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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 I think I admired her with a kind of fear, and I know that in her presence my thoughts always wandered back, as they had done at first, to that old time of my life.
admired
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From this reading I think I admired her with a kind of fear, and I know that in her presence my thoughts always wandered back, as they had done at first, to that old time of my life.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Esther’s Narrative We came home from Mr. Boythorn’s after six pleasant weeks.
althoughnounUS /ˈalthough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading There was company at Chesney Wold; and although several beautiful faces surrounded her, her face retained the same influence on me as at first.
always
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From this reading I think I admired her with a kind of fear, and I know that in her presence my thoughts always wandered back, as they had done at first, to that old time of my life.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We were often in the park and in the woods and seldom passed the lodge where we had taken shelter without looking in to speak to the keeper’s wife; but we saw no more of Lady Dedlock, except at church on Sundays.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading There was company at Chesney Wold; and although several beautiful faces surrounded her, her face retained the same influence on me as at first.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading We were often in the park and in the woods and seldom passed the lodge where we had taken shelter without looking in to speak to the keeper’s wife; but we saw no more of Lady Dedlock, except at church on Sundays.
back
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From this reading I think I admired her with a kind of fear, and I know that in her presence my thoughts always wandered back, as they had done at first, to that old time of my life.
beautiful
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From this reading There was company at Chesney Wold; and although several beautiful faces surrounded her, her face retained the same influence on me as at first.
Boythorn's
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From this reading Esther’s Narrative We came home from Mr. Boythorn’s after six pleasant weeks.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading We were often in the park and in the woods and seldom passed the lodge where we had taken shelter without looking in to speak to the keeper’s wife; but we saw no more of Lady Dedlock, except at church on Sundays.
came
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From this reading Esther’s Narrative We came home from Mr. Boythorn’s after six pleasant weeks.
Chesney
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From this reading There was company at Chesney Wold; and although several beautiful faces surrounded her, her face retained the same influence on me as at first.
church
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From this reading We were often in the park and in the woods and seldom passed the lodge where we had taken shelter without looking in to speak to the keeper’s wife; but we saw no more of Lady Dedlock, except at church on Sundays.
company
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From this reading There was company at Chesney Wold; and although several beautiful faces surrounded her, her face retained the same influence on me as at first.
Dedlock
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From this reading We were often in the park and in the woods and seldom passed the lodge where we had taken shelter without looking in to speak to the keeper’s wife; but we saw no more of Lady Dedlock, except at church on Sundays.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading I do not quite know even now whether it was painful or pleasurable, whether it drew me towards her or made me shrink from her.
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I think I admired her with a kind of fear, and I know that in her presence my thoughts always wandered back, as they had done at first, to that old time of my life.
drewnounUS /drew/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I do not quite know even now whether it was painful or pleasurable, whether it drew me towards her or made me shrink from her.
Esther's
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From this reading Esther’s Narrative We came home from Mr. Boythorn’s after six pleasant weeks.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I do not quite know even now whether it was painful or pleasurable, whether it drew me towards her or made me shrink from her.
exceptprepositionUS /ɪkˈsept/
apart from; not including
From this reading We were often in the park and in the woods and seldom passed the lodge where we had taken shelter without looking in to speak to the keeper’s wife; but we saw no more of Lady Dedlock, except at church on Sundays.
face
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From this reading There was company at Chesney Wold; and although several beautiful faces surrounded her, her face retained the same influence on me as at first.
faces
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From this reading There was company at Chesney Wold; and although several beautiful faces surrounded her, her face retained the same influence on me as at first.
fear
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From this reading I think I admired her with a kind of fear, and I know that in her presence my thoughts always wandered back, as they had done at first, to that old time of my life.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was company at Chesney Wold; and although several beautiful faces surrounded her, her face retained the same influence on me as at first.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Esther’s Narrative We came home from Mr. Boythorn’s after six pleasant weeks.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading We were often in the park and in the woods and seldom passed the lodge where we had taken shelter without looking in to speak to the keeper’s wife; but we saw no more of Lady Dedlock, except at church on Sundays.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading There was company at Chesney Wold; and although several beautiful faces surrounded her, her face retained the same influence on me as at first.
home
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From this reading Esther’s Narrative We came home from Mr. Boythorn’s after six pleasant weeks.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I do not quite know even now whether it was painful or pleasurable, whether it drew me towards her or made me shrink from her.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading We were often in the park and in the woods and seldom passed the lodge where we had taken shelter without looking in to speak to the keeper’s wife; but we saw no more of Lady Dedlock, except at church on Sundays.
influence
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From this reading There was company at Chesney Wold; and although several beautiful faces surrounded her, her face retained the same influence on me as at first.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I do not quite know even now whether it was painful or pleasurable, whether it drew me towards her or made me shrink from her.
keeper's
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From this reading We were often in the park and in the woods and seldom passed the lodge where we had taken shelter without looking in to speak to the keeper’s wife; but we saw no more of Lady Dedlock, except at church on Sundays.
kind
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From this reading I think I admired her with a kind of fear, and I know that in her presence my thoughts always wandered back, as they had done at first, to that old time of my life.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I do not quite know even now whether it was painful or pleasurable, whether it drew me towards her or made me shrink from her.
Lady
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From this reading We were often in the park and in the woods and seldom passed the lodge where we had taken shelter without looking in to speak to the keeper’s wife; but we saw no more of Lady Dedlock, except at church on Sundays.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I think I admired her with a kind of fear, and I know that in her presence my thoughts always wandered back, as they had done at first, to that old time of my life.
lodge
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From this reading We were often in the park and in the woods and seldom passed the lodge where we had taken shelter without looking in to speak to the keeper’s wife; but we saw no more of Lady Dedlock, except at church on Sundays.
looking
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From this reading We were often in the park and in the woods and seldom passed the lodge where we had taken shelter without looking in to speak to the keeper’s wife; but we saw no more of Lady Dedlock, except at church on Sundays.
made
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From this reading I do not quite know even now whether it was painful or pleasurable, whether it drew me towards her or made me shrink from her.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading There was company at Chesney Wold; and although several beautiful faces surrounded her, her face retained the same influence on me as at first.
more
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From this reading We were often in the park and in the woods and seldom passed the lodge where we had taken shelter without looking in to speak to the keeper’s wife; but we saw no more of Lady Dedlock, except at church on Sundays.
Mr
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From this reading Esther’s Narrative We came home from Mr. Boythorn’s after six pleasant weeks.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I think I admired her with a kind of fear, and I know that in her presence my thoughts always wandered back, as they had done at first, to that old time of my life.
Narrative
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From this reading Esther’s Narrative We came home from Mr. Boythorn’s after six pleasant weeks.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading We were often in the park and in the woods and seldom passed the lodge where we had taken shelter without looking in to speak to the keeper’s wife; but we saw no more of Lady Dedlock, except at church on Sundays.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I do not quite know even now whether it was painful or pleasurable, whether it drew me towards her or made me shrink from her.
now
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From this reading I do not quite know even now whether it was painful or pleasurable, whether it drew me towards her or made me shrink from her.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading We were often in the park and in the woods and seldom passed the lodge where we had taken shelter without looking in to speak to the keeper’s wife; but we saw no more of Lady Dedlock, except at church on Sundays.
often
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From this reading We were often in the park and in the woods and seldom passed the lodge where we had taken shelter without looking in to speak to the keeper’s wife; but we saw no more of Lady Dedlock, except at church on Sundays.
old
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From this reading I think I admired her with a kind of fear, and I know that in her presence my thoughts always wandered back, as they had done at first, to that old time of my life.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading We were often in the park and in the woods and seldom passed the lodge where we had taken shelter without looking in to speak to the keeper’s wife; but we saw no more of Lady Dedlock, except at church on Sundays.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading I do not quite know even now whether it was painful or pleasurable, whether it drew me towards her or made me shrink from her.
painful
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From this reading I do not quite know even now whether it was painful or pleasurable, whether it drew me towards her or made me shrink from her.
park
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From this reading We were often in the park and in the woods and seldom passed the lodge where we had taken shelter without looking in to speak to the keeper’s wife; but we saw no more of Lady Dedlock, except at church on Sundays.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We were often in the park and in the woods and seldom passed the lodge where we had taken shelter without looking in to speak to the keeper’s wife; but we saw no more of Lady Dedlock, except at church on Sundays.
pleasantnounUS /pleasant/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Esther’s Narrative We came home from Mr. Boythorn’s after six pleasant weeks.
pleasurable
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From this reading I do not quite know even now whether it was painful or pleasurable, whether it drew me towards her or made me shrink from her.
presence
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From this reading I think I admired her with a kind of fear, and I know that in her presence my thoughts always wandered back, as they had done at first, to that old time of my life.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I do not quite know even now whether it was painful or pleasurable, whether it drew me towards her or made me shrink from her.
retained
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From this reading There was company at Chesney Wold; and although several beautiful faces surrounded her, her face retained the same influence on me as at first.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was company at Chesney Wold; and although several beautiful faces surrounded her, her face retained the same influence on me as at first.
saw
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From this reading We were often in the park and in the woods and seldom passed the lodge where we had taken shelter without looking in to speak to the keeper’s wife; but we saw no more of Lady Dedlock, except at church on Sundays.
seldom
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From this reading We were often in the park and in the woods and seldom passed the lodge where we had taken shelter without looking in to speak to the keeper’s wife; but we saw no more of Lady Dedlock, except at church on Sundays.
several
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From this reading There was company at Chesney Wold; and although several beautiful faces surrounded her, her face retained the same influence on me as at first.
shelter
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From this reading We were often in the park and in the woods and seldom passed the lodge where we had taken shelter without looking in to speak to the keeper’s wife; but we saw no more of Lady Dedlock, except at church on Sundays.
shrink
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From this reading I do not quite know even now whether it was painful or pleasurable, whether it drew me towards her or made me shrink from her.
six
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From this reading Esther’s Narrative We came home from Mr. Boythorn’s after six pleasant weeks.
speak
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From this reading We were often in the park and in the woods and seldom passed the lodge where we had taken shelter without looking in to speak to the keeper’s wife; but we saw no more of Lady Dedlock, except at church on Sundays.
Sundays
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From this reading We were often in the park and in the woods and seldom passed the lodge where we had taken shelter without looking in to speak to the keeper’s wife; but we saw no more of Lady Dedlock, except at church on Sundays.
surrounded
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From this reading There was company at Chesney Wold; and although several beautiful faces surrounded her, her face retained the same influence on me as at first.
taken
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From this reading We were often in the park and in the woods and seldom passed the lodge where we had taken shelter without looking in to speak to the keeper’s wife; but we saw no more of Lady Dedlock, except at church on Sundays.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I think I admired her with a kind of fear, and I know that in her presence my thoughts always wandered back, as they had done at first, to that old time of my life.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading We were often in the park and in the woods and seldom passed the lodge where we had taken shelter without looking in to speak to the keeper’s wife; but we saw no more of Lady Dedlock, except at church on Sundays.
There
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From this reading There was company at Chesney Wold; and although several beautiful faces surrounded her, her face retained the same influence on me as at first.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I think I admired her with a kind of fear, and I know that in her presence my thoughts always wandered back, as they had done at first, to that old time of my life.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I think I admired her with a kind of fear, and I know that in her presence my thoughts always wandered back, as they had done at first, to that old time of my life.
thoughts
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From this reading I think I admired her with a kind of fear, and I know that in her presence my thoughts always wandered back, as they had done at first, to that old time of my life.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I think I admired her with a kind of fear, and I know that in her presence my thoughts always wandered back, as they had done at first, to that old time of my life.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We were often in the park and in the woods and seldom passed the lodge where we had taken shelter without looking in to speak to the keeper’s wife; but we saw no more of Lady Dedlock, except at church on Sundays.
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading I do not quite know even now whether it was painful or pleasurable, whether it drew me towards her or made me shrink from her.
wandered
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From this reading I think I admired her with a kind of fear, and I know that in her presence my thoughts always wandered back, as they had done at first, to that old time of my life.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was company at Chesney Wold; and although several beautiful faces surrounded her, her face retained the same influence on me as at first.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Esther’s Narrative We came home from Mr. Boythorn’s after six pleasant weeks.
weeks
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From this reading Esther’s Narrative We came home from Mr. Boythorn’s after six pleasant weeks.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading We were often in the park and in the woods and seldom passed the lodge where we had taken shelter without looking in to speak to the keeper’s wife; but we saw no more of Lady Dedlock, except at church on Sundays.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading We were often in the park and in the woods and seldom passed the lodge where we had taken shelter without looking in to speak to the keeper’s wife; but we saw no more of Lady Dedlock, except at church on Sundays.
whetherconjunctionUS /ˈweðər/
used to introduce two or more possibilities
From this reading I do not quite know even now whether it was painful or pleasurable, whether it drew me towards her or made me shrink from her.
wife
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From this reading We were often in the park and in the woods and seldom passed the lodge where we had taken shelter without looking in to speak to the keeper’s wife; but we saw no more of Lady Dedlock, except at church on Sundays.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading I think I admired her with a kind of fear, and I know that in her presence my thoughts always wandered back, as they had done at first, to that old time of my life.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading We were often in the park and in the woods and seldom passed the lodge where we had taken shelter without looking in to speak to the keeper’s wife; but we saw no more of Lady Dedlock, except at church on Sundays.
Wold
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From this reading There was company at Chesney Wold; and although several beautiful faces surrounded her, her face retained the same influence on me as at first.
woods
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From this reading We were often in the park and in the woods and seldom passed the lodge where we had taken shelter without looking in to speak to the keeper’s wife; but we saw no more of Lady Dedlock, except at church on Sundays.
