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againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had been warned that every night since that mysterious occurrence Hetty had seemed to go over again in her dreams the midnight visit which had jarred her being.
alarm
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From this reading Mrs. Asquith took her place in Hetty’s room to keep watch there, with indescribable anxiety and alarm.
all
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From this reading Mary sat down to watch, feeling that this moment of return upon the cause of all the trouble might be the moment of recovery, if she but knew how to use it aright.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Mrs. Asquith took her place in Hetty’s room to keep watch there, with indescribable anxiety and alarm.
anxiety
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From this reading Mrs. Asquith took her place in Hetty’s room to keep watch there, with indescribable anxiety and alarm.
aright
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From this reading Mary sat down to watch, feeling that this moment of return upon the cause of all the trouble might be the moment of recovery, if she but knew how to use it aright.
Asquith
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From this reading Mrs. Asquith took her place in Hetty’s room to keep watch there, with indescribable anxiety and alarm.
back
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From this reading It had been the effort of her nurses to soothe and silence her, to get her, if possible, to forget; but every night the dreadful recollection had come back.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Mary sat down to watch, feeling that this moment of return upon the cause of all the trouble might be the moment of recovery, if she but knew how to use it aright.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading She had been warned that every night since that mysterious occurrence Hetty had seemed to go over again in her dreams the midnight visit which had jarred her being.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading She had been warned that every night since that mysterious occurrence Hetty had seemed to go over again in her dreams the midnight visit which had jarred her being.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading It had been the effort of her nurses to soothe and silence her, to get her, if possible, to forget; but every night the dreadful recollection had come back.
cause
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From this reading Mary sat down to watch, feeling that this moment of return upon the cause of all the trouble might be the moment of recovery, if she but knew how to use it aright.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It had been the effort of her nurses to soothe and silence her, to get her, if possible, to forget; but every night the dreadful recollection had come back.
down
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From this reading Mary sat down to watch, feeling that this moment of return upon the cause of all the trouble might be the moment of recovery, if she but knew how to use it aright.
dreadfuladjectiveUS /ˈdrɛdfəl/
extremely frightening or unpleasant
From this reading It had been the effort of her nurses to soothe and silence her, to get her, if possible, to forget; but every night the dreadful recollection had come back.
dreams
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From this reading She had been warned that every night since that mysterious occurrence Hetty had seemed to go over again in her dreams the midnight visit which had jarred her being.
effort
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From this reading It had been the effort of her nurses to soothe and silence her, to get her, if possible, to forget; but every night the dreadful recollection had come back.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading She had been warned that every night since that mysterious occurrence Hetty had seemed to go over again in her dreams the midnight visit which had jarred her being.
feelingnounUS /ˈfeeling/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Mary sat down to watch, feeling that this moment of return upon the cause of all the trouble might be the moment of recovery, if she but knew how to use it aright.
forget
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From this reading It had been the effort of her nurses to soothe and silence her, to get her, if possible, to forget; but every night the dreadful recollection had come back.
get
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From this reading It had been the effort of her nurses to soothe and silence her, to get her, if possible, to forget; but every night the dreadful recollection had come back.
go
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From this reading She had been warned that every night since that mysterious occurrence Hetty had seemed to go over again in her dreams the midnight visit which had jarred her being.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She had been warned that every night since that mysterious occurrence Hetty had seemed to go over again in her dreams the midnight visit which had jarred her being.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Mrs. Asquith took her place in Hetty’s room to keep watch there, with indescribable anxiety and alarm.
Hetty
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From this reading She had been warned that every night since that mysterious occurrence Hetty had seemed to go over again in her dreams the midnight visit which had jarred her being.
Hetty's
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From this reading Mrs. Asquith took her place in Hetty’s room to keep watch there, with indescribable anxiety and alarm.
how
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From this reading Mary sat down to watch, feeling that this moment of return upon the cause of all the trouble might be the moment of recovery, if she but knew how to use it aright.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading It had been the effort of her nurses to soothe and silence her, to get her, if possible, to forget; but every night the dreadful recollection had come back.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Mrs. Asquith took her place in Hetty’s room to keep watch there, with indescribable anxiety and alarm.
indescribableadjectiveUS /ˌɪndɪˈskraɪbəbəl/
too intense to describe too intense or unusual to describe clearly
From this reading Mrs. Asquith took her place in Hetty’s room to keep watch there, with indescribable anxiety and alarm.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It had been the effort of her nurses to soothe and silence her, to get her, if possible, to forget; but every night the dreadful recollection had come back.
jarred
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From this reading She had been warned that every night since that mysterious occurrence Hetty had seemed to go over again in her dreams the midnight visit which had jarred her being.
keep
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From this reading Mrs. Asquith took her place in Hetty’s room to keep watch there, with indescribable anxiety and alarm.
knew
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From this reading Mary sat down to watch, feeling that this moment of return upon the cause of all the trouble might be the moment of recovery, if she but knew how to use it aright.
Mary
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From this reading Mary sat down to watch, feeling that this moment of return upon the cause of all the trouble might be the moment of recovery, if she but knew how to use it aright.
midnight
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From this reading She had been warned that every night since that mysterious occurrence Hetty had seemed to go over again in her dreams the midnight visit which had jarred her being.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Mary sat down to watch, feeling that this moment of return upon the cause of all the trouble might be the moment of recovery, if she but knew how to use it aright.
moment
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From this reading Mary sat down to watch, feeling that this moment of return upon the cause of all the trouble might be the moment of recovery, if she but knew how to use it aright.
Mrs
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From this reading Mrs. Asquith took her place in Hetty’s room to keep watch there, with indescribable anxiety and alarm.
mysteriousadjectiveUS /mɪˈstɪriəs/
difficult to explain or understand
From this reading She had been warned that every night since that mysterious occurrence Hetty had seemed to go over again in her dreams the midnight visit which had jarred her being.
night
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From this reading She had been warned that every night since that mysterious occurrence Hetty had seemed to go over again in her dreams the midnight visit which had jarred her being.
nurses
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From this reading It had been the effort of her nurses to soothe and silence her, to get her, if possible, to forget; but every night the dreadful recollection had come back.
occurrence
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From this reading She had been warned that every night since that mysterious occurrence Hetty had seemed to go over again in her dreams the midnight visit which had jarred her being.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It had been the effort of her nurses to soothe and silence her, to get her, if possible, to forget; but every night the dreadful recollection had come back.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading She had been warned that every night since that mysterious occurrence Hetty had seemed to go over again in her dreams the midnight visit which had jarred her being.
place
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From this reading Mrs. Asquith took her place in Hetty’s room to keep watch there, with indescribable anxiety and alarm.
possible
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From this reading It had been the effort of her nurses to soothe and silence her, to get her, if possible, to forget; but every night the dreadful recollection had come back.
recollection
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From this reading It had been the effort of her nurses to soothe and silence her, to get her, if possible, to forget; but every night the dreadful recollection had come back.
recovery
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From this reading Mary sat down to watch, feeling that this moment of return upon the cause of all the trouble might be the moment of recovery, if she but knew how to use it aright.
return
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From this reading Mary sat down to watch, feeling that this moment of return upon the cause of all the trouble might be the moment of recovery, if she but knew how to use it aright.
room
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From this reading Mrs. Asquith took her place in Hetty’s room to keep watch there, with indescribable anxiety and alarm.
sat
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From this reading Mary sat down to watch, feeling that this moment of return upon the cause of all the trouble might be the moment of recovery, if she but knew how to use it aright.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had been warned that every night since that mysterious occurrence Hetty had seemed to go over again in her dreams the midnight visit which had jarred her being.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She had been warned that every night since that mysterious occurrence Hetty had seemed to go over again in her dreams the midnight visit which had jarred her being.
SICK-ROOM
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From this reading THE SICK-ROOM.
silencenounUS /ˈsaɪ.ləns/
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading It had been the effort of her nurses to soothe and silence her, to get her, if possible, to forget; but every night the dreadful recollection had come back.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading She had been warned that every night since that mysterious occurrence Hetty had seemed to go over again in her dreams the midnight visit which had jarred her being.
soothe
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From this reading It had been the effort of her nurses to soothe and silence her, to get her, if possible, to forget; but every night the dreadful recollection had come back.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She had been warned that every night since that mysterious occurrence Hetty had seemed to go over again in her dreams the midnight visit which had jarred her being.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE SICK-ROOM.
there
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From this reading Mrs. Asquith took her place in Hetty’s room to keep watch there, with indescribable anxiety and alarm.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Mary sat down to watch, feeling that this moment of return upon the cause of all the trouble might be the moment of recovery, if she but knew how to use it aright.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Mrs. Asquith took her place in Hetty’s room to keep watch there, with indescribable anxiety and alarm.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mrs. Asquith took her place in Hetty’s room to keep watch there, with indescribable anxiety and alarm.
trouble
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From this reading Mary sat down to watch, feeling that this moment of return upon the cause of all the trouble might be the moment of recovery, if she but knew how to use it aright.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Mary sat down to watch, feeling that this moment of return upon the cause of all the trouble might be the moment of recovery, if she but knew how to use it aright.
use
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From this reading Mary sat down to watch, feeling that this moment of return upon the cause of all the trouble might be the moment of recovery, if she but knew how to use it aright.
visit
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From this reading She had been warned that every night since that mysterious occurrence Hetty had seemed to go over again in her dreams the midnight visit which had jarred her being.
warned
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From this reading She had been warned that every night since that mysterious occurrence Hetty had seemed to go over again in her dreams the midnight visit which had jarred her being.
watch
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From this reading Mrs. Asquith took her place in Hetty’s room to keep watch there, with indescribable anxiety and alarm.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading She had been warned that every night since that mysterious occurrence Hetty had seemed to go over again in her dreams the midnight visit which had jarred her being.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Mrs. Asquith took her place in Hetty’s room to keep watch there, with indescribable anxiety and alarm.
