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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 the feelings which made such composure a disgrace, left her in no danger of incurring it.
able
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From this reading Marianne would have thought herself very inexcusable had she been able to sleep at all the first night after parting from Willoughby.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Marianne would have thought herself very inexcusable had she been able to sleep at all the first night after parting from Willoughby.
all
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From this reading Marianne would have thought herself very inexcusable had she been able to sleep at all the first night after parting from Willoughby.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She was awake the whole night, and she wept the greatest part of it.
any
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From this reading She got up with a headache, was unable to talk, and unwilling to take any nourishment; giving pain every moment to her mother and sisters, and forbidding all attempt at consolation from either.
ashamedadjectiveUS /əˈʃeɪmd/
feeling guilt or embarrassment after doing something that causes embarrassment
From this reading She would have been ashamed to look her family in the face the next morning, had she not risen from her bed in more need of repose than when she lay down in it.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Marianne would have thought herself very inexcusable had she been able to sleep at all the first night after parting from Willoughby.
attempt
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From this reading She got up with a headache, was unable to talk, and unwilling to take any nourishment; giving pain every moment to her mother and sisters, and forbidding all attempt at consolation from either.
awake
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From this reading She was awake the whole night, and she wept the greatest part of it.
bed
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From this reading She would have been ashamed to look her family in the face the next morning, had she not risen from her bed in more need of repose than when she lay down in it.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Marianne would have thought herself very inexcusable had she been able to sleep at all the first night after parting from Willoughby.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But the feelings which made such composure a disgrace, left her in no danger of incurring it.
composure
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From this reading But the feelings which made such composure a disgrace, left her in no danger of incurring it.
consolation
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From this reading She got up with a headache, was unable to talk, and unwilling to take any nourishment; giving pain every moment to her mother and sisters, and forbidding all attempt at consolation from either.
danger
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From this reading But the feelings which made such composure a disgrace, left her in no danger of incurring it.
disgracenounUS /dɪsˈɡreɪs/
shame caused by unacceptable behaviour
From this reading But the feelings which made such composure a disgrace, left her in no danger of incurring it.
down
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From this reading She would have been ashamed to look her family in the face the next morning, had she not risen from her bed in more need of repose than when she lay down in it.
eitherdeterminerUS /ˈiːðər/
one or the other of two
From this reading She got up with a headache, was unable to talk, and unwilling to take any nourishment; giving pain every moment to her mother and sisters, and forbidding all attempt at consolation from either.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading She got up with a headache, was unable to talk, and unwilling to take any nourishment; giving pain every moment to her mother and sisters, and forbidding all attempt at consolation from either.
face
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From this reading She would have been ashamed to look her family in the face the next morning, had she not risen from her bed in more need of repose than when she lay down in it.
family
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From this reading She would have been ashamed to look her family in the face the next morning, had she not risen from her bed in more need of repose than when she lay down in it.
feelings
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From this reading But the feelings which made such composure a disgrace, left her in no danger of incurring it.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Marianne would have thought herself very inexcusable had she been able to sleep at all the first night after parting from Willoughby.
forbidding
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From this reading She got up with a headache, was unable to talk, and unwilling to take any nourishment; giving pain every moment to her mother and sisters, and forbidding all attempt at consolation from either.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Marianne would have thought herself very inexcusable had she been able to sleep at all the first night after parting from Willoughby.
giving
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From this reading She got up with a headache, was unable to talk, and unwilling to take any nourishment; giving pain every moment to her mother and sisters, and forbidding all attempt at consolation from either.
got
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From this reading She got up with a headache, was unable to talk, and unwilling to take any nourishment; giving pain every moment to her mother and sisters, and forbidding all attempt at consolation from either.
greatest
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From this reading She was awake the whole night, and she wept the greatest part of it.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Marianne would have thought herself very inexcusable had she been able to sleep at all the first night after parting from Willoughby.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Marianne would have thought herself very inexcusable had she been able to sleep at all the first night after parting from Willoughby.
headache
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From this reading She got up with a headache, was unable to talk, and unwilling to take any nourishment; giving pain every moment to her mother and sisters, and forbidding all attempt at consolation from either.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She would have been ashamed to look her family in the face the next morning, had she not risen from her bed in more need of repose than when she lay down in it.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Marianne would have thought herself very inexcusable had she been able to sleep at all the first night after parting from Willoughby.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She would have been ashamed to look her family in the face the next morning, had she not risen from her bed in more need of repose than when she lay down in it.
incurring
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From this reading But the feelings which made such composure a disgrace, left her in no danger of incurring it.
inexcusable
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From this reading Marianne would have thought herself very inexcusable had she been able to sleep at all the first night after parting from Willoughby.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She would have been ashamed to look her family in the face the next morning, had she not risen from her bed in more need of repose than when she lay down in it.
lay
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From this reading She would have been ashamed to look her family in the face the next morning, had she not risen from her bed in more need of repose than when she lay down in it.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But the feelings which made such composure a disgrace, left her in no danger of incurring it.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She would have been ashamed to look her family in the face the next morning, had she not risen from her bed in more need of repose than when she lay down in it.
made
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From this reading But the feelings which made such composure a disgrace, left her in no danger of incurring it.
Marianne
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From this reading Marianne would have thought herself very inexcusable had she been able to sleep at all the first night after parting from Willoughby.
moment
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From this reading She got up with a headache, was unable to talk, and unwilling to take any nourishment; giving pain every moment to her mother and sisters, and forbidding all attempt at consolation from either.
more
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From this reading She would have been ashamed to look her family in the face the next morning, had she not risen from her bed in more need of repose than when she lay down in it.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She would have been ashamed to look her family in the face the next morning, had she not risen from her bed in more need of repose than when she lay down in it.
mother
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From this reading She got up with a headache, was unable to talk, and unwilling to take any nourishment; giving pain every moment to her mother and sisters, and forbidding all attempt at consolation from either.
neednounUS /need/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She would have been ashamed to look her family in the face the next morning, had she not risen from her bed in more need of repose than when she lay down in it.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She would have been ashamed to look her family in the face the next morning, had she not risen from her bed in more need of repose than when she lay down in it.
night
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From this reading Marianne would have thought herself very inexcusable had she been able to sleep at all the first night after parting from Willoughby.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading But the feelings which made such composure a disgrace, left her in no danger of incurring it.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading She would have been ashamed to look her family in the face the next morning, had she not risen from her bed in more need of repose than when she lay down in it.
nourishment
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From this reading She got up with a headache, was unable to talk, and unwilling to take any nourishment; giving pain every moment to her mother and sisters, and forbidding all attempt at consolation from either.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She would have been ashamed to look her family in the face the next morning, had she not risen from her bed in more need of repose than when she lay down in it.
pain
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From this reading She got up with a headache, was unable to talk, and unwilling to take any nourishment; giving pain every moment to her mother and sisters, and forbidding all attempt at consolation from either.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She was awake the whole night, and she wept the greatest part of it.
parting
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From this reading Marianne would have thought herself very inexcusable had she been able to sleep at all the first night after parting from Willoughby.
repose
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From this reading She would have been ashamed to look her family in the face the next morning, had she not risen from her bed in more need of repose than when she lay down in it.
risen
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From this reading She would have been ashamed to look her family in the face the next morning, had she not risen from her bed in more need of repose than when she lay down in it.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Marianne would have thought herself very inexcusable had she been able to sleep at all the first night after parting from Willoughby.
sisters
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From this reading She got up with a headache, was unable to talk, and unwilling to take any nourishment; giving pain every moment to her mother and sisters, and forbidding all attempt at consolation from either.
sleep
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From this reading Marianne would have thought herself very inexcusable had she been able to sleep at all the first night after parting from Willoughby.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading But the feelings which made such composure a disgrace, left her in no danger of incurring it.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She got up with a headache, was unable to talk, and unwilling to take any nourishment; giving pain every moment to her mother and sisters, and forbidding all attempt at consolation from either.
talk
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From this reading She got up with a headache, was unable to talk, and unwilling to take any nourishment; giving pain every moment to her mother and sisters, and forbidding all attempt at consolation from either.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading She would have been ashamed to look her family in the face the next morning, had she not risen from her bed in more need of repose than when she lay down in it.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Marianne would have thought herself very inexcusable had she been able to sleep at all the first night after parting from Willoughby.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Marianne would have thought herself very inexcusable had she been able to sleep at all the first night after parting from Willoughby.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Marianne would have thought herself very inexcusable had she been able to sleep at all the first night after parting from Willoughby.
unable
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From this reading She got up with a headache, was unable to talk, and unwilling to take any nourishment; giving pain every moment to her mother and sisters, and forbidding all attempt at consolation from either.
unwilling
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From this reading She got up with a headache, was unable to talk, and unwilling to take any nourishment; giving pain every moment to her mother and sisters, and forbidding all attempt at consolation from either.
up
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From this reading She got up with a headache, was unable to talk, and unwilling to take any nourishment; giving pain every moment to her mother and sisters, and forbidding all attempt at consolation from either.
very
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From this reading Marianne would have thought herself very inexcusable had she been able to sleep at all the first night after parting from Willoughby.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was awake the whole night, and she wept the greatest part of it.
wept
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From this reading She was awake the whole night, and she wept the greatest part of it.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading She would have been ashamed to look her family in the face the next morning, had she not risen from her bed in more need of repose than when she lay down in it.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading But the feelings which made such composure a disgrace, left her in no danger of incurring it.
whole
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From this reading She was awake the whole night, and she wept the greatest part of it.
Willoughby
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From this reading Marianne would have thought herself very inexcusable had she been able to sleep at all the first night after parting from Willoughby.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading She got up with a headache, was unable to talk, and unwilling to take any nourishment; giving pain every moment to her mother and sisters, and forbidding all attempt at consolation from either.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Marianne would have thought herself very inexcusable had she been able to sleep at all the first night after parting from Willoughby.
