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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 But this was not the effect of time so much as of the change in all my habits made by the helplessness and inaction of a sick-room.
afternoons
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From this reading My housekeeping duties, though at first it caused me great anxiety to think that they were unperformed, were soon as far off as the oldest of the old duties at Greenleaf or the summer afternoons when I went home from school with my portfolio under my arm, and my childish shadow at my side, to my godmother’s house.
all
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From this reading But this was not the effect of time so much as of the change in all my habits made by the helplessness and inaction of a sick-room.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Esther’s Narrative I lay ill through several weeks, and the usual tenor of my life became like an old remembrance.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Esther’s Narrative I lay ill through several weeks, and the usual tenor of my life became like an old remembrance.
anxiety
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From this reading My housekeeping duties, though at first it caused me great anxiety to think that they were unperformed, were soon as far off as the oldest of the old duties at Greenleaf or the summer afternoons when I went home from school with my portfolio under my arm, and my childish shadow at my side, to my godmother’s house.
arm
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From this reading My housekeeping duties, though at first it caused me great anxiety to think that they were unperformed, were soon as far off as the oldest of the old duties at Greenleaf or the summer afternoons when I went home from school with my portfolio under my arm, and my childish shadow at my side, to my godmother’s house.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading But this was not the effect of time so much as of the change in all my habits made by the helplessness and inaction of a sick-room.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading My housekeeping duties, though at first it caused me great anxiety to think that they were unperformed, were soon as far off as the oldest of the old duties at Greenleaf or the summer afternoons when I went home from school with my portfolio under my arm, and my childish shadow at my side, to my godmother’s house.
became
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From this reading Esther’s Narrative I lay ill through several weeks, and the usual tenor of my life became like an old remembrance.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Before I had been confined to it many days, everything else seemed to have retired into a remote distance where there was little or no separation between the various stages of my life which had been really divided by years.
BeforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Before I had been confined to it many days, everything else seemed to have retired into a remote distance where there was little or no separation between the various stages of my life which had been really divided by years.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading Before I had been confined to it many days, everything else seemed to have retired into a remote distance where there was little or no separation between the various stages of my life which had been really divided by years.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But this was not the effect of time so much as of the change in all my habits made by the helplessness and inaction of a sick-room.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading But this was not the effect of time so much as of the change in all my habits made by the helplessness and inaction of a sick-room.
caused
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From this reading My housekeeping duties, though at first it caused me great anxiety to think that they were unperformed, were soon as far off as the oldest of the old duties at Greenleaf or the summer afternoons when I went home from school with my portfolio under my arm, and my childish shadow at my side, to my godmother’s house.
change
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From this reading But this was not the effect of time so much as of the change in all my habits made by the helplessness and inaction of a sick-room.
childish
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From this reading My housekeeping duties, though at first it caused me great anxiety to think that they were unperformed, were soon as far off as the oldest of the old duties at Greenleaf or the summer afternoons when I went home from school with my portfolio under my arm, and my childish shadow at my side, to my godmother’s house.
confined
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From this reading Before I had been confined to it many days, everything else seemed to have retired into a remote distance where there was little or no separation between the various stages of my life which had been really divided by years.
crossed
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From this reading In falling ill, I seemed to have crossed a dark lake and to have left all my experiences, mingled together by the great distance, on the healthy shore.
dark
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From this reading In falling ill, I seemed to have crossed a dark lake and to have left all my experiences, mingled together by the great distance, on the healthy shore.
days
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From this reading Before I had been confined to it many days, everything else seemed to have retired into a remote distance where there was little or no separation between the various stages of my life which had been really divided by years.
distance
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From this reading Before I had been confined to it many days, everything else seemed to have retired into a remote distance where there was little or no separation between the various stages of my life which had been really divided by years.
dividednounUS /ˈdivided/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Before I had been confined to it many days, everything else seemed to have retired into a remote distance where there was little or no separation between the various stages of my life which had been really divided by years.
duties
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From this reading My housekeeping duties, though at first it caused me great anxiety to think that they were unperformed, were soon as far off as the oldest of the old duties at Greenleaf or the summer afternoons when I went home from school with my portfolio under my arm, and my childish shadow at my side, to my godmother’s house.
effect
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From this reading But this was not the effect of time so much as of the change in all my habits made by the helplessness and inaction of a sick-room.
else
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From this reading Before I had been confined to it many days, everything else seemed to have retired into a remote distance where there was little or no separation between the various stages of my life which had been really divided by years.
Esther's
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From this reading Esther’s Narrative I lay ill through several weeks, and the usual tenor of my life became like an old remembrance.
everythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/
all things; all of a situation
From this reading Before I had been confined to it many days, everything else seemed to have retired into a remote distance where there was little or no separation between the various stages of my life which had been really divided by years.
experiences
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From this reading In falling ill, I seemed to have crossed a dark lake and to have left all my experiences, mingled together by the great distance, on the healthy shore.
falling
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From this reading In falling ill, I seemed to have crossed a dark lake and to have left all my experiences, mingled together by the great distance, on the healthy shore.
far
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From this reading My housekeeping duties, though at first it caused me great anxiety to think that they were unperformed, were soon as far off as the oldest of the old duties at Greenleaf or the summer afternoons when I went home from school with my portfolio under my arm, and my childish shadow at my side, to my godmother’s house.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading My housekeeping duties, though at first it caused me great anxiety to think that they were unperformed, were soon as far off as the oldest of the old duties at Greenleaf or the summer afternoons when I went home from school with my portfolio under my arm, and my childish shadow at my side, to my godmother’s house.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading My housekeeping duties, though at first it caused me great anxiety to think that they were unperformed, were soon as far off as the oldest of the old duties at Greenleaf or the summer afternoons when I went home from school with my portfolio under my arm, and my childish shadow at my side, to my godmother’s house.
godmother's
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From this reading My housekeeping duties, though at first it caused me great anxiety to think that they were unperformed, were soon as far off as the oldest of the old duties at Greenleaf or the summer afternoons when I went home from school with my portfolio under my arm, and my childish shadow at my side, to my godmother’s house.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In falling ill, I seemed to have crossed a dark lake and to have left all my experiences, mingled together by the great distance, on the healthy shore.
Greenleaf
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From this reading My housekeeping duties, though at first it caused me great anxiety to think that they were unperformed, were soon as far off as the oldest of the old duties at Greenleaf or the summer afternoons when I went home from school with my portfolio under my arm, and my childish shadow at my side, to my godmother’s house.
habits
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From this reading But this was not the effect of time so much as of the change in all my habits made by the helplessness and inaction of a sick-room.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Before I had been confined to it many days, everything else seemed to have retired into a remote distance where there was little or no separation between the various stages of my life which had been really divided by years.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Before I had been confined to it many days, everything else seemed to have retired into a remote distance where there was little or no separation between the various stages of my life which had been really divided by years.
healthy
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From this reading In falling ill, I seemed to have crossed a dark lake and to have left all my experiences, mingled together by the great distance, on the healthy shore.
helplessness
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From this reading But this was not the effect of time so much as of the change in all my habits made by the helplessness and inaction of a sick-room.
home
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From this reading My housekeeping duties, though at first it caused me great anxiety to think that they were unperformed, were soon as far off as the oldest of the old duties at Greenleaf or the summer afternoons when I went home from school with my portfolio under my arm, and my childish shadow at my side, to my godmother’s house.
house
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From this reading My housekeeping duties, though at first it caused me great anxiety to think that they were unperformed, were soon as far off as the oldest of the old duties at Greenleaf or the summer afternoons when I went home from school with my portfolio under my arm, and my childish shadow at my side, to my godmother’s house.
housekeeping
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From this reading My housekeeping duties, though at first it caused me great anxiety to think that they were unperformed, were soon as far off as the oldest of the old duties at Greenleaf or the summer afternoons when I went home from school with my portfolio under my arm, and my childish shadow at my side, to my godmother’s house.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Esther’s Narrative I lay ill through several weeks, and the usual tenor of my life became like an old remembrance.
ill
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From this reading Esther’s Narrative I lay ill through several weeks, and the usual tenor of my life became like an old remembrance.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading But this was not the effect of time so much as of the change in all my habits made by the helplessness and inaction of a sick-room.
inaction
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From this reading But this was not the effect of time so much as of the change in all my habits made by the helplessness and inaction of a sick-room.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Before I had been confined to it many days, everything else seemed to have retired into a remote distance where there was little or no separation between the various stages of my life which had been really divided by years.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Before I had been confined to it many days, everything else seemed to have retired into a remote distance where there was little or no separation between the various stages of my life which had been really divided by years.
lake
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From this reading In falling ill, I seemed to have crossed a dark lake and to have left all my experiences, mingled together by the great distance, on the healthy shore.
lay
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From this reading Esther’s Narrative I lay ill through several weeks, and the usual tenor of my life became like an old remembrance.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In falling ill, I seemed to have crossed a dark lake and to have left all my experiences, mingled together by the great distance, on the healthy shore.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Esther’s Narrative I lay ill through several weeks, and the usual tenor of my life became like an old remembrance.
like
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From this reading Esther’s Narrative I lay ill through several weeks, and the usual tenor of my life became like an old remembrance.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Before I had been confined to it many days, everything else seemed to have retired into a remote distance where there was little or no separation between the various stages of my life which had been really divided by years.
made
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From this reading But this was not the effect of time so much as of the change in all my habits made by the helplessness and inaction of a sick-room.
many
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From this reading Before I had been confined to it many days, everything else seemed to have retired into a remote distance where there was little or no separation between the various stages of my life which had been really divided by years.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading My housekeeping duties, though at first it caused me great anxiety to think that they were unperformed, were soon as far off as the oldest of the old duties at Greenleaf or the summer afternoons when I went home from school with my portfolio under my arm, and my childish shadow at my side, to my godmother’s house.
mingled
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From this reading In falling ill, I seemed to have crossed a dark lake and to have left all my experiences, mingled together by the great distance, on the healthy shore.
much
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From this reading But this was not the effect of time so much as of the change in all my habits made by the helplessness and inaction of a sick-room.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Esther’s Narrative I lay ill through several weeks, and the usual tenor of my life became like an old remembrance.
Narrative
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From this reading Esther’s Narrative I lay ill through several weeks, and the usual tenor of my life became like an old remembrance.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Before I had been confined to it many days, everything else seemed to have retired into a remote distance where there was little or no separation between the various stages of my life which had been really divided by years.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading But this was not the effect of time so much as of the change in all my habits made by the helplessness and inaction of a sick-room.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Esther’s Narrative I lay ill through several weeks, and the usual tenor of my life became like an old remembrance.
off
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From this reading My housekeeping duties, though at first it caused me great anxiety to think that they were unperformed, were soon as far off as the oldest of the old duties at Greenleaf or the summer afternoons when I went home from school with my portfolio under my arm, and my childish shadow at my side, to my godmother’s house.
old
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From this reading Esther’s Narrative I lay ill through several weeks, and the usual tenor of my life became like an old remembrance.
oldest
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From this reading My housekeeping duties, though at first it caused me great anxiety to think that they were unperformed, were soon as far off as the oldest of the old duties at Greenleaf or the summer afternoons when I went home from school with my portfolio under my arm, and my childish shadow at my side, to my godmother’s house.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading In falling ill, I seemed to have crossed a dark lake and to have left all my experiences, mingled together by the great distance, on the healthy shore.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Before I had been confined to it many days, everything else seemed to have retired into a remote distance where there was little or no separation between the various stages of my life which had been really divided by years.
portfolio
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From this reading My housekeeping duties, though at first it caused me great anxiety to think that they were unperformed, were soon as far off as the oldest of the old duties at Greenleaf or the summer afternoons when I went home from school with my portfolio under my arm, and my childish shadow at my side, to my godmother’s house.
really
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From this reading Before I had been confined to it many days, everything else seemed to have retired into a remote distance where there was little or no separation between the various stages of my life which had been really divided by years.
remembrance
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From this reading Esther’s Narrative I lay ill through several weeks, and the usual tenor of my life became like an old remembrance.
remote
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From this reading Before I had been confined to it many days, everything else seemed to have retired into a remote distance where there was little or no separation between the various stages of my life which had been really divided by years.
retiredverbUS /rɪˈtaɪərd/
went away to a private place
From this reading Before I had been confined to it many days, everything else seemed to have retired into a remote distance where there was little or no separation between the various stages of my life which had been really divided by years.
school
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From this reading My housekeeping duties, though at first it caused me great anxiety to think that they were unperformed, were soon as far off as the oldest of the old duties at Greenleaf or the summer afternoons when I went home from school with my portfolio under my arm, and my childish shadow at my side, to my godmother’s house.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Before I had been confined to it many days, everything else seemed to have retired into a remote distance where there was little or no separation between the various stages of my life which had been really divided by years.
separation
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From this reading Before I had been confined to it many days, everything else seemed to have retired into a remote distance where there was little or no separation between the various stages of my life which had been really divided by years.
several
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From this reading Esther’s Narrative I lay ill through several weeks, and the usual tenor of my life became like an old remembrance.
shadownounUS /ˈʃæd.oʊ/
A dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.
From this reading My housekeeping duties, though at first it caused me great anxiety to think that they were unperformed, were soon as far off as the oldest of the old duties at Greenleaf or the summer afternoons when I went home from school with my portfolio under my arm, and my childish shadow at my side, to my godmother’s house.
shore
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From this reading In falling ill, I seemed to have crossed a dark lake and to have left all my experiences, mingled together by the great distance, on the healthy shore.
sick-room
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From this reading But this was not the effect of time so much as of the change in all my habits made by the helplessness and inaction of a sick-room.
side
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From this reading My housekeeping duties, though at first it caused me great anxiety to think that they were unperformed, were soon as far off as the oldest of the old duties at Greenleaf or the summer afternoons when I went home from school with my portfolio under my arm, and my childish shadow at my side, to my godmother’s house.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading But this was not the effect of time so much as of the change in all my habits made by the helplessness and inaction of a sick-room.
soon
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From this reading My housekeeping duties, though at first it caused me great anxiety to think that they were unperformed, were soon as far off as the oldest of the old duties at Greenleaf or the summer afternoons when I went home from school with my portfolio under my arm, and my childish shadow at my side, to my godmother’s house.
stages
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From this reading Before I had been confined to it many days, everything else seemed to have retired into a remote distance where there was little or no separation between the various stages of my life which had been really divided by years.
summer
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From this reading My housekeeping duties, though at first it caused me great anxiety to think that they were unperformed, were soon as far off as the oldest of the old duties at Greenleaf or the summer afternoons when I went home from school with my portfolio under my arm, and my childish shadow at my side, to my godmother’s house.
tenor
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From this reading Esther’s Narrative I lay ill through several weeks, and the usual tenor of my life became like an old remembrance.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading My housekeeping duties, though at first it caused me great anxiety to think that they were unperformed, were soon as far off as the oldest of the old duties at Greenleaf or the summer afternoons when I went home from school with my portfolio under my arm, and my childish shadow at my side, to my godmother’s house.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Esther’s Narrative I lay ill through several weeks, and the usual tenor of my life became like an old remembrance.
there
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From this reading Before I had been confined to it many days, everything else seemed to have retired into a remote distance where there was little or no separation between the various stages of my life which had been really divided by years.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading My housekeeping duties, though at first it caused me great anxiety to think that they were unperformed, were soon as far off as the oldest of the old duties at Greenleaf or the summer afternoons when I went home from school with my portfolio under my arm, and my childish shadow at my side, to my godmother’s house.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading My housekeeping duties, though at first it caused me great anxiety to think that they were unperformed, were soon as far off as the oldest of the old duties at Greenleaf or the summer afternoons when I went home from school with my portfolio under my arm, and my childish shadow at my side, to my godmother’s house.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading But this was not the effect of time so much as of the change in all my habits made by the helplessness and inaction of a sick-room.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading My housekeeping duties, though at first it caused me great anxiety to think that they were unperformed, were soon as far off as the oldest of the old duties at Greenleaf or the summer afternoons when I went home from school with my portfolio under my arm, and my childish shadow at my side, to my godmother’s house.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Esther’s Narrative I lay ill through several weeks, and the usual tenor of my life became like an old remembrance.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But this was not the effect of time so much as of the change in all my habits made by the helplessness and inaction of a sick-room.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Before I had been confined to it many days, everything else seemed to have retired into a remote distance where there was little or no separation between the various stages of my life which had been really divided by years.
together
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From this reading In falling ill, I seemed to have crossed a dark lake and to have left all my experiences, mingled together by the great distance, on the healthy shore.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading My housekeeping duties, though at first it caused me great anxiety to think that they were unperformed, were soon as far off as the oldest of the old duties at Greenleaf or the summer afternoons when I went home from school with my portfolio under my arm, and my childish shadow at my side, to my godmother’s house.
unperformed
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From this reading My housekeeping duties, though at first it caused me great anxiety to think that they were unperformed, were soon as far off as the oldest of the old duties at Greenleaf or the summer afternoons when I went home from school with my portfolio under my arm, and my childish shadow at my side, to my godmother’s house.
usual
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From this reading Esther’s Narrative I lay ill through several weeks, and the usual tenor of my life became like an old remembrance.
various
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From this reading Before I had been confined to it many days, everything else seemed to have retired into a remote distance where there was little or no separation between the various stages of my life which had been really divided by years.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But this was not the effect of time so much as of the change in all my habits made by the helplessness and inaction of a sick-room.
weeks
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From this reading Esther’s Narrative I lay ill through several weeks, and the usual tenor of my life became like an old remembrance.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading My housekeeping duties, though at first it caused me great anxiety to think that they were unperformed, were soon as far off as the oldest of the old duties at Greenleaf or the summer afternoons when I went home from school with my portfolio under my arm, and my childish shadow at my side, to my godmother’s house.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading My housekeeping duties, though at first it caused me great anxiety to think that they were unperformed, were soon as far off as the oldest of the old duties at Greenleaf or the summer afternoons when I went home from school with my portfolio under my arm, and my childish shadow at my side, to my godmother’s house.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading My housekeeping duties, though at first it caused me great anxiety to think that they were unperformed, were soon as far off as the oldest of the old duties at Greenleaf or the summer afternoons when I went home from school with my portfolio under my arm, and my childish shadow at my side, to my godmother’s house.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Before I had been confined to it many days, everything else seemed to have retired into a remote distance where there was little or no separation between the various stages of my life which had been really divided by years.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Before I had been confined to it many days, everything else seemed to have retired into a remote distance where there was little or no separation between the various stages of my life which had been really divided by years.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading My housekeeping duties, though at first it caused me great anxiety to think that they were unperformed, were soon as far off as the oldest of the old duties at Greenleaf or the summer afternoons when I went home from school with my portfolio under my arm, and my childish shadow at my side, to my godmother’s house.
years
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From this reading Before I had been confined to it many days, everything else seemed to have retired into a remote distance where there was little or no separation between the various stages of my life which had been really divided by years.
