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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading She took the name again, and with it, also, Margaret, feeling that Daisy was far too girlish an appellation for one who clad herself in the deepest mourning, and felt, when she stood at poor Tom’s grave, more wretched and desolate than many a wife has felt when her husband was buried from sight.
adieu
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From this reading It was spring time, and the two desolate women bade adieu to their dead, and made their way to England, and from there to Scotland, where among the heather hills they passed the summer in the utmost seclusion.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Tom had meant to make her parents independent of her so that she need not have them with her unless she chose to do so, for knowing Mr. McDonald as he did, he thought she would be happier without him; but God so ordered it that within three months after poor Tom’s death, they made another grave beside his, and Daisy and her mother were alone.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She took the name again, and with it, also, Margaret, feeling that Daisy was far too girlish an appellation for one who clad herself in the deepest mourning, and felt, when she stood at poor Tom’s grave, more wretched and desolate than many a wife has felt when her husband was buried from sight.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Tom had meant to make her parents independent of her so that she need not have them with her unless she chose to do so, for knowing Mr. McDonald as he did, he thought she would be happier without him; but God so ordered it that within three months after poor Tom’s death, they made another grave beside his, and Daisy and her mother were alone.
also
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From this reading She took the name again, and with it, also, Margaret, feeling that Daisy was far too girlish an appellation for one who clad herself in the deepest mourning, and felt, when she stood at poor Tom’s grave, more wretched and desolate than many a wife has felt when her husband was buried from sight.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading It was spring time, and the two desolate women bade adieu to their dead, and made their way to England, and from there to Scotland, where among the heather hills they passed the summer in the utmost seclusion.
ample
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From this reading Here Daisy had ample time for thought, which dwelt mostly upon the past and the happiness she cast away when she consented to the sundering of the tie which had bound her to Guy Thornton.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading She took the name again, and with it, also, Margaret, feeling that Daisy was far too girlish an appellation for one who clad herself in the deepest mourning, and felt, when she stood at poor Tom’s grave, more wretched and desolate than many a wife has felt when her husband was buried from sight.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She took the name again, and with it, also, Margaret, feeling that Daisy was far too girlish an appellation for one who clad herself in the deepest mourning, and felt, when she stood at poor Tom’s grave, more wretched and desolate than many a wife has felt when her husband was buried from sight.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Tom had meant to make her parents independent of her so that she need not have them with her unless she chose to do so, for knowing Mr. McDonald as he did, he thought she would be happier without him; but God so ordered it that within three months after poor Tom’s death, they made another grave beside his, and Daisy and her mother were alone.
appellation
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From this reading She took the name again, and with it, also, Margaret, feeling that Daisy was far too girlish an appellation for one who clad herself in the deepest mourning, and felt, when she stood at poor Tom’s grave, more wretched and desolate than many a wife has felt when her husband was buried from sight.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Tom had meant to make her parents independent of her so that she need not have them with her unless she chose to do so, for knowing Mr. McDonald as he did, he thought she would be happier without him; but God so ordered it that within three months after poor Tom’s death, they made another grave beside his, and Daisy and her mother were alone.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She took the name again, and with it, also, Margaret, feeling that Daisy was far too girlish an appellation for one who clad herself in the deepest mourning, and felt, when she stood at poor Tom’s grave, more wretched and desolate than many a wife has felt when her husband was buried from sight.
away
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From this reading Here Daisy had ample time for thought, which dwelt mostly upon the past and the happiness she cast away when she consented to the sundering of the tie which had bound her to Guy Thornton.
bade
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From this reading It was spring time, and the two desolate women bade adieu to their dead, and made their way to England, and from there to Scotland, where among the heather hills they passed the summer in the utmost seclusion.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Tom had meant to make her parents independent of her so that she need not have them with her unless she chose to do so, for knowing Mr. McDonald as he did, he thought she would be happier without him; but God so ordered it that within three months after poor Tom’s death, they made another grave beside his, and Daisy and her mother were alone.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading "Oh, how could I have been so foolish and so weak," she said, as with intense contempt for herself, she read over the journal she had kept at Elmwood during the first weeks of her married life.
besideprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪd/
next to; at the side of
From this reading Tom had meant to make her parents independent of her so that she need not have them with her unless she chose to do so, for knowing Mr. McDonald as he did, he thought she would be happier without him; but God so ordered it that within three months after poor Tom’s death, they made another grave beside his, and Daisy and her mother were alone.
bound
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From this reading Here Daisy had ample time for thought, which dwelt mostly upon the past and the happiness she cast away when she consented to the sundering of the tie which had bound her to Guy Thornton.
buried
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From this reading She took the name again, and with it, also, Margaret, feeling that Daisy was far too girlish an appellation for one who clad herself in the deepest mourning, and felt, when she stood at poor Tom’s grave, more wretched and desolate than many a wife has felt when her husband was buried from sight.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Tom had meant to make her parents independent of her so that she need not have them with her unless she chose to do so, for knowing Mr. McDonald as he did, he thought she would be happier without him; but God so ordered it that within three months after poor Tom’s death, they made another grave beside his, and Daisy and her mother were alone.
cast
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From this reading Here Daisy had ample time for thought, which dwelt mostly upon the past and the happiness she cast away when she consented to the sundering of the tie which had bound her to Guy Thornton.
chose
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From this reading Tom had meant to make her parents independent of her so that she need not have them with her unless she chose to do so, for knowing Mr. McDonald as he did, he thought she would be happier without him; but God so ordered it that within three months after poor Tom’s death, they made another grave beside his, and Daisy and her mother were alone.
clad
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From this reading She took the name again, and with it, also, Margaret, feeling that Daisy was far too girlish an appellation for one who clad herself in the deepest mourning, and felt, when she stood at poor Tom’s grave, more wretched and desolate than many a wife has felt when her husband was buried from sight.
consented
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From this reading Here Daisy had ample time for thought, which dwelt mostly upon the past and the happiness she cast away when she consented to the sundering of the tie which had bound her to Guy Thornton.
contempt
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From this reading "Oh, how could I have been so foolish and so weak," she said, as with intense contempt for herself, she read over the journal she had kept at Elmwood during the first weeks of her married life.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading "Oh, how could I have been so foolish and so weak," she said, as with intense contempt for herself, she read over the journal she had kept at Elmwood during the first weeks of her married life.
Daisy
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From this reading She took the name again, and with it, also, Margaret, feeling that Daisy was far too girlish an appellation for one who clad herself in the deepest mourning, and felt, when she stood at poor Tom’s grave, more wretched and desolate than many a wife has felt when her husband was buried from sight.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was spring time, and the two desolate women bade adieu to their dead, and made their way to England, and from there to Scotland, where among the heather hills they passed the summer in the utmost seclusion.
death
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From this reading Tom had meant to make her parents independent of her so that she need not have them with her unless she chose to do so, for knowing Mr. McDonald as he did, he thought she would be happier without him; but God so ordered it that within three months after poor Tom’s death, they made another grave beside his, and Daisy and her mother were alone.
deepest
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From this reading She took the name again, and with it, also, Margaret, feeling that Daisy was far too girlish an appellation for one who clad herself in the deepest mourning, and felt, when she stood at poor Tom’s grave, more wretched and desolate than many a wife has felt when her husband was buried from sight.
desolate
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From this reading She took the name again, and with it, also, Margaret, feeling that Daisy was far too girlish an appellation for one who clad herself in the deepest mourning, and felt, when she stood at poor Tom’s grave, more wretched and desolate than many a wife has felt when her husband was buried from sight.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Tom had meant to make her parents independent of her so that she need not have them with her unless she chose to do so, for knowing Mr. McDonald as he did, he thought she would be happier without him; but God so ordered it that within three months after poor Tom’s death, they made another grave beside his, and Daisy and her mother were alone.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Tom had meant to make her parents independent of her so that she need not have them with her unless she chose to do so, for knowing Mr. McDonald as he did, he thought she would be happier without him; but God so ordered it that within three months after poor Tom’s death, they made another grave beside his, and Daisy and her mother were alone.
duringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading "Oh, how could I have been so foolish and so weak," she said, as with intense contempt for herself, she read over the journal she had kept at Elmwood during the first weeks of her married life.
dwelt
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From this reading Here Daisy had ample time for thought, which dwelt mostly upon the past and the happiness she cast away when she consented to the sundering of the tie which had bound her to Guy Thornton.
Elmwood
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From this reading "Oh, how could I have been so foolish and so weak," she said, as with intense contempt for herself, she read over the journal she had kept at Elmwood during the first weeks of her married life.
England
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From this reading It was spring time, and the two desolate women bade adieu to their dead, and made their way to England, and from there to Scotland, where among the heather hills they passed the summer in the utmost seclusion.
far
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From this reading She took the name again, and with it, also, Margaret, feeling that Daisy was far too girlish an appellation for one who clad herself in the deepest mourning, and felt, when she stood at poor Tom’s grave, more wretched and desolate than many a wife has felt when her husband was buried from sight.
feelingnounUS /ˈfeeling/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading She took the name again, and with it, also, Margaret, feeling that Daisy was far too girlish an appellation for one who clad herself in the deepest mourning, and felt, when she stood at poor Tom’s grave, more wretched and desolate than many a wife has felt when her husband was buried from sight.
felt
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From this reading She took the name again, and with it, also, Margaret, feeling that Daisy was far too girlish an appellation for one who clad herself in the deepest mourning, and felt, when she stood at poor Tom’s grave, more wretched and desolate than many a wife has felt when her husband was buried from sight.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Oh, how could I have been so foolish and so weak," she said, as with intense contempt for herself, she read over the journal she had kept at Elmwood during the first weeks of her married life.
foolish
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From this reading "Oh, how could I have been so foolish and so weak," she said, as with intense contempt for herself, she read over the journal she had kept at Elmwood during the first weeks of her married life.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading She took the name again, and with it, also, Margaret, feeling that Daisy was far too girlish an appellation for one who clad herself in the deepest mourning, and felt, when she stood at poor Tom’s grave, more wretched and desolate than many a wife has felt when her husband was buried from sight.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading She took the name again, and with it, also, Margaret, feeling that Daisy was far too girlish an appellation for one who clad herself in the deepest mourning, and felt, when she stood at poor Tom’s grave, more wretched and desolate than many a wife has felt when her husband was buried from sight.
girlish
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From this reading She took the name again, and with it, also, Margaret, feeling that Daisy was far too girlish an appellation for one who clad herself in the deepest mourning, and felt, when she stood at poor Tom’s grave, more wretched and desolate than many a wife has felt when her husband was buried from sight.
God
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From this reading Tom had meant to make her parents independent of her so that she need not have them with her unless she chose to do so, for knowing Mr. McDonald as he did, he thought she would be happier without him; but God so ordered it that within three months after poor Tom’s death, they made another grave beside his, and Daisy and her mother were alone.
grave
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From this reading She took the name again, and with it, also, Margaret, feeling that Daisy was far too girlish an appellation for one who clad herself in the deepest mourning, and felt, when she stood at poor Tom’s grave, more wretched and desolate than many a wife has felt when her husband was buried from sight.
Guy
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From this reading Here Daisy had ample time for thought, which dwelt mostly upon the past and the happiness she cast away when she consented to the sundering of the tie which had bound her to Guy Thornton.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Tom had meant to make her parents independent of her so that she need not have them with her unless she chose to do so, for knowing Mr. McDonald as he did, he thought she would be happier without him; but God so ordered it that within three months after poor Tom’s death, they made another grave beside his, and Daisy and her mother were alone.
happier
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From this reading Tom had meant to make her parents independent of her so that she need not have them with her unless she chose to do so, for knowing Mr. McDonald as he did, he thought she would be happier without him; but God so ordered it that within three months after poor Tom’s death, they made another grave beside his, and Daisy and her mother were alone.
happiness
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From this reading Here Daisy had ample time for thought, which dwelt mostly upon the past and the happiness she cast away when she consented to the sundering of the tie which had bound her to Guy Thornton.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She took the name again, and with it, also, Margaret, feeling that Daisy was far too girlish an appellation for one who clad herself in the deepest mourning, and felt, when she stood at poor Tom’s grave, more wretched and desolate than many a wife has felt when her husband was buried from sight.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Tom had meant to make her parents independent of her so that she need not have them with her unless she chose to do so, for knowing Mr. McDonald as he did, he thought she would be happier without him; but God so ordered it that within three months after poor Tom’s death, they made another grave beside his, and Daisy and her mother were alone.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Tom had meant to make her parents independent of her so that she need not have them with her unless she chose to do so, for knowing Mr. McDonald as he did, he thought she would be happier without him; but God so ordered it that within three months after poor Tom’s death, they made another grave beside his, and Daisy and her mother were alone.
heather
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From this reading It was spring time, and the two desolate women bade adieu to their dead, and made their way to England, and from there to Scotland, where among the heather hills they passed the summer in the utmost seclusion.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She took the name again, and with it, also, Margaret, feeling that Daisy was far too girlish an appellation for one who clad herself in the deepest mourning, and felt, when she stood at poor Tom’s grave, more wretched and desolate than many a wife has felt when her husband was buried from sight.
HerenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here Daisy had ample time for thought, which dwelt mostly upon the past and the happiness she cast away when she consented to the sundering of the tie which had bound her to Guy Thornton.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading She took the name again, and with it, also, Margaret, feeling that Daisy was far too girlish an appellation for one who clad herself in the deepest mourning, and felt, when she stood at poor Tom’s grave, more wretched and desolate than many a wife has felt when her husband was buried from sight.
hills
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From this reading It was spring time, and the two desolate women bade adieu to their dead, and made their way to England, and from there to Scotland, where among the heather hills they passed the summer in the utmost seclusion.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Tom had meant to make her parents independent of her so that she need not have them with her unless she chose to do so, for knowing Mr. McDonald as he did, he thought she would be happier without him; but God so ordered it that within three months after poor Tom’s death, they made another grave beside his, and Daisy and her mother were alone.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Tom had meant to make her parents independent of her so that she need not have them with her unless she chose to do so, for knowing Mr. McDonald as he did, he thought she would be happier without him; but God so ordered it that within three months after poor Tom’s death, they made another grave beside his, and Daisy and her mother were alone.
how
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From this reading "Oh, how could I have been so foolish and so weak," she said, as with intense contempt for herself, she read over the journal she had kept at Elmwood during the first weeks of her married life.
husband
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From this reading She took the name again, and with it, also, Margaret, feeling that Daisy was far too girlish an appellation for one who clad herself in the deepest mourning, and felt, when she stood at poor Tom’s grave, more wretched and desolate than many a wife has felt when her husband was buried from sight.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Oh, how could I have been so foolish and so weak," she said, as with intense contempt for herself, she read over the journal she had kept at Elmwood during the first weeks of her married life.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She took the name again, and with it, also, Margaret, feeling that Daisy was far too girlish an appellation for one who clad herself in the deepest mourning, and felt, when she stood at poor Tom’s grave, more wretched and desolate than many a wife has felt when her husband was buried from sight.
independent
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From this reading Tom had meant to make her parents independent of her so that she need not have them with her unless she chose to do so, for knowing Mr. McDonald as he did, he thought she would be happier without him; but God so ordered it that within three months after poor Tom’s death, they made another grave beside his, and Daisy and her mother were alone.
intense
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From this reading "Oh, how could I have been so foolish and so weak," she said, as with intense contempt for herself, she read over the journal she had kept at Elmwood during the first weeks of her married life.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She took the name again, and with it, also, Margaret, feeling that Daisy was far too girlish an appellation for one who clad herself in the deepest mourning, and felt, when she stood at poor Tom’s grave, more wretched and desolate than many a wife has felt when her husband was buried from sight.
journal
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From this reading "Oh, how could I have been so foolish and so weak," she said, as with intense contempt for herself, she read over the journal she had kept at Elmwood during the first weeks of her married life.
kept
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From this reading "Oh, how could I have been so foolish and so weak," she said, as with intense contempt for herself, she read over the journal she had kept at Elmwood during the first weeks of her married life.
knowing
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From this reading Tom had meant to make her parents independent of her so that she need not have them with her unless she chose to do so, for knowing Mr. McDonald as he did, he thought she would be happier without him; but God so ordered it that within three months after poor Tom’s death, they made another grave beside his, and Daisy and her mother were alone.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Oh, how could I have been so foolish and so weak," she said, as with intense contempt for herself, she read over the journal she had kept at Elmwood during the first weeks of her married life.
made
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From this reading Tom had meant to make her parents independent of her so that she need not have them with her unless she chose to do so, for knowing Mr. McDonald as he did, he thought she would be happier without him; but God so ordered it that within three months after poor Tom’s death, they made another grave beside his, and Daisy and her mother were alone.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Tom had meant to make her parents independent of her so that she need not have them with her unless she chose to do so, for knowing Mr. McDonald as he did, he thought she would be happier without him; but God so ordered it that within three months after poor Tom’s death, they made another grave beside his, and Daisy and her mother were alone.
many
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From this reading She took the name again, and with it, also, Margaret, feeling that Daisy was far too girlish an appellation for one who clad herself in the deepest mourning, and felt, when she stood at poor Tom’s grave, more wretched and desolate than many a wife has felt when her husband was buried from sight.
Margaret
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From this reading She took the name again, and with it, also, Margaret, feeling that Daisy was far too girlish an appellation for one who clad herself in the deepest mourning, and felt, when she stood at poor Tom’s grave, more wretched and desolate than many a wife has felt when her husband was buried from sight.
married
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From this reading "Oh, how could I have been so foolish and so weak," she said, as with intense contempt for herself, she read over the journal she had kept at Elmwood during the first weeks of her married life.
McDonald
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From this reading Tom had meant to make her parents independent of her so that she need not have them with her unless she chose to do so, for knowing Mr. McDonald as he did, he thought she would be happier without him; but God so ordered it that within three months after poor Tom’s death, they made another grave beside his, and Daisy and her mother were alone.
meant
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From this reading Tom had meant to make her parents independent of her so that she need not have them with her unless she chose to do so, for knowing Mr. McDonald as he did, he thought she would be happier without him; but God so ordered it that within three months after poor Tom’s death, they made another grave beside his, and Daisy and her mother were alone.
months
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From this reading Tom had meant to make her parents independent of her so that she need not have them with her unless she chose to do so, for knowing Mr. McDonald as he did, he thought she would be happier without him; but God so ordered it that within three months after poor Tom’s death, they made another grave beside his, and Daisy and her mother were alone.
more
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From this reading She took the name again, and with it, also, Margaret, feeling that Daisy was far too girlish an appellation for one who clad herself in the deepest mourning, and felt, when she stood at poor Tom’s grave, more wretched and desolate than many a wife has felt when her husband was buried from sight.
mostly
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From this reading Here Daisy had ample time for thought, which dwelt mostly upon the past and the happiness she cast away when she consented to the sundering of the tie which had bound her to Guy Thornton.
mother
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From this reading Tom had meant to make her parents independent of her so that she need not have them with her unless she chose to do so, for knowing Mr. McDonald as he did, he thought she would be happier without him; but God so ordered it that within three months after poor Tom’s death, they made another grave beside his, and Daisy and her mother were alone.
mourning
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From this reading She took the name again, and with it, also, Margaret, feeling that Daisy was far too girlish an appellation for one who clad herself in the deepest mourning, and felt, when she stood at poor Tom’s grave, more wretched and desolate than many a wife has felt when her husband was buried from sight.
Mr
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From this reading Tom had meant to make her parents independent of her so that she need not have them with her unless she chose to do so, for knowing Mr. McDonald as he did, he thought she would be happier without him; but God so ordered it that within three months after poor Tom’s death, they made another grave beside his, and Daisy and her mother were alone.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She took the name again, and with it, also, Margaret, feeling that Daisy was far too girlish an appellation for one who clad herself in the deepest mourning, and felt, when she stood at poor Tom’s grave, more wretched and desolate than many a wife has felt when her husband was buried from sight.
neednounUS /need/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Tom had meant to make her parents independent of her so that she need not have them with her unless she chose to do so, for knowing Mr. McDonald as he did, he thought she would be happier without him; but God so ordered it that within three months after poor Tom’s death, they made another grave beside his, and Daisy and her mother were alone.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Tom had meant to make her parents independent of her so that she need not have them with her unless she chose to do so, for knowing Mr. McDonald as he did, he thought she would be happier without him; but God so ordered it that within three months after poor Tom’s death, they made another grave beside his, and Daisy and her mother were alone.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Tom had meant to make her parents independent of her so that she need not have them with her unless she chose to do so, for knowing Mr. McDonald as he did, he thought she would be happier without him; but God so ordered it that within three months after poor Tom’s death, they made another grave beside his, and Daisy and her mother were alone.
Oh
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From this reading "Oh, how could I have been so foolish and so weak," she said, as with intense contempt for herself, she read over the journal she had kept at Elmwood during the first weeks of her married life.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading She took the name again, and with it, also, Margaret, feeling that Daisy was far too girlish an appellation for one who clad herself in the deepest mourning, and felt, when she stood at poor Tom’s grave, more wretched and desolate than many a wife has felt when her husband was buried from sight.
ordered
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From this reading Tom had meant to make her parents independent of her so that she need not have them with her unless she chose to do so, for knowing Mr. McDonald as he did, he thought she would be happier without him; but God so ordered it that within three months after poor Tom’s death, they made another grave beside his, and Daisy and her mother were alone.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading "Oh, how could I have been so foolish and so weak," she said, as with intense contempt for herself, she read over the journal she had kept at Elmwood during the first weeks of her married life.
parents
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From this reading Tom had meant to make her parents independent of her so that she need not have them with her unless she chose to do so, for knowing Mr. McDonald as he did, he thought she would be happier without him; but God so ordered it that within three months after poor Tom’s death, they made another grave beside his, and Daisy and her mother were alone.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was spring time, and the two desolate women bade adieu to their dead, and made their way to England, and from there to Scotland, where among the heather hills they passed the summer in the utmost seclusion.
past
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From this reading Here Daisy had ample time for thought, which dwelt mostly upon the past and the happiness she cast away when she consented to the sundering of the tie which had bound her to Guy Thornton.
poornounUS /poor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She took the name again, and with it, also, Margaret, feeling that Daisy was far too girlish an appellation for one who clad herself in the deepest mourning, and felt, when she stood at poor Tom’s grave, more wretched and desolate than many a wife has felt when her husband was buried from sight.
read
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From this reading "Oh, how could I have been so foolish and so weak," she said, as with intense contempt for herself, she read over the journal she had kept at Elmwood during the first weeks of her married life.
said
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From this reading "Oh, how could I have been so foolish and so weak," she said, as with intense contempt for herself, she read over the journal she had kept at Elmwood during the first weeks of her married life.
Scotland
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From this reading It was spring time, and the two desolate women bade adieu to their dead, and made their way to England, and from there to Scotland, where among the heather hills they passed the summer in the utmost seclusion.
seclusion
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From this reading It was spring time, and the two desolate women bade adieu to their dead, and made their way to England, and from there to Scotland, where among the heather hills they passed the summer in the utmost seclusion.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She took the name again, and with it, also, Margaret, feeling that Daisy was far too girlish an appellation for one who clad herself in the deepest mourning, and felt, when she stood at poor Tom’s grave, more wretched and desolate than many a wife has felt when her husband was buried from sight.
sight
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From this reading She took the name again, and with it, also, Margaret, feeling that Daisy was far too girlish an appellation for one who clad herself in the deepest mourning, and felt, when she stood at poor Tom’s grave, more wretched and desolate than many a wife has felt when her husband was buried from sight.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Tom had meant to make her parents independent of her so that she need not have them with her unless she chose to do so, for knowing Mr. McDonald as he did, he thought she would be happier without him; but God so ordered it that within three months after poor Tom’s death, they made another grave beside his, and Daisy and her mother were alone.
spring
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From this reading It was spring time, and the two desolate women bade adieu to their dead, and made their way to England, and from there to Scotland, where among the heather hills they passed the summer in the utmost seclusion.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She took the name again, and with it, also, Margaret, feeling that Daisy was far too girlish an appellation for one who clad herself in the deepest mourning, and felt, when she stood at poor Tom’s grave, more wretched and desolate than many a wife has felt when her husband was buried from sight.
summer
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From this reading It was spring time, and the two desolate women bade adieu to their dead, and made their way to England, and from there to Scotland, where among the heather hills they passed the summer in the utmost seclusion.
sundering
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From this reading Here Daisy had ample time for thought, which dwelt mostly upon the past and the happiness she cast away when she consented to the sundering of the tie which had bound her to Guy Thornton.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading She took the name again, and with it, also, Margaret, feeling that Daisy was far too girlish an appellation for one who clad herself in the deepest mourning, and felt, when she stood at poor Tom’s grave, more wretched and desolate than many a wife has felt when her husband was buried from sight.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She took the name again, and with it, also, Margaret, feeling that Daisy was far too girlish an appellation for one who clad herself in the deepest mourning, and felt, when she stood at poor Tom’s grave, more wretched and desolate than many a wife has felt when her husband was buried from sight.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She took the name again, and with it, also, Margaret, feeling that Daisy was far too girlish an appellation for one who clad herself in the deepest mourning, and felt, when she stood at poor Tom’s grave, more wretched and desolate than many a wife has felt when her husband was buried from sight.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading It was spring time, and the two desolate women bade adieu to their dead, and made their way to England, and from there to Scotland, where among the heather hills they passed the summer in the utmost seclusion.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Tom had meant to make her parents independent of her so that she need not have them with her unless she chose to do so, for knowing Mr. McDonald as he did, he thought she would be happier without him; but God so ordered it that within three months after poor Tom’s death, they made another grave beside his, and Daisy and her mother were alone.
there
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From this reading It was spring time, and the two desolate women bade adieu to their dead, and made their way to England, and from there to Scotland, where among the heather hills they passed the summer in the utmost seclusion.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Tom had meant to make her parents independent of her so that she need not have them with her unless she chose to do so, for knowing Mr. McDonald as he did, he thought she would be happier without him; but God so ordered it that within three months after poor Tom’s death, they made another grave beside his, and Daisy and her mother were alone.
Thornton
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From this reading Here Daisy had ample time for thought, which dwelt mostly upon the past and the happiness she cast away when she consented to the sundering of the tie which had bound her to Guy Thornton.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Tom had meant to make her parents independent of her so that she need not have them with her unless she chose to do so, for knowing Mr. McDonald as he did, he thought she would be happier without him; but God so ordered it that within three months after poor Tom’s death, they made another grave beside his, and Daisy and her mother were alone.
three
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From this reading Tom had meant to make her parents independent of her so that she need not have them with her unless she chose to do so, for knowing Mr. McDonald as he did, he thought she would be happier without him; but God so ordered it that within three months after poor Tom’s death, they made another grave beside his, and Daisy and her mother were alone.
tie
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From this reading Here Daisy had ample time for thought, which dwelt mostly upon the past and the happiness she cast away when she consented to the sundering of the tie which had bound her to Guy Thornton.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was spring time, and the two desolate women bade adieu to their dead, and made their way to England, and from there to Scotland, where among the heather hills they passed the summer in the utmost seclusion.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Tom had meant to make her parents independent of her so that she need not have them with her unless she chose to do so, for knowing Mr. McDonald as he did, he thought she would be happier without him; but God so ordered it that within three months after poor Tom’s death, they made another grave beside his, and Daisy and her mother were alone.
Tom
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From this reading Tom had meant to make her parents independent of her so that she need not have them with her unless she chose to do so, for knowing Mr. McDonald as he did, he thought she would be happier without him; but God so ordered it that within three months after poor Tom’s death, they made another grave beside his, and Daisy and her mother were alone.
Tom's
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From this reading She took the name again, and with it, also, Margaret, feeling that Daisy was far too girlish an appellation for one who clad herself in the deepest mourning, and felt, when she stood at poor Tom’s grave, more wretched and desolate than many a wife has felt when her husband was buried from sight.
too
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From this reading She took the name again, and with it, also, Margaret, feeling that Daisy was far too girlish an appellation for one who clad herself in the deepest mourning, and felt, when she stood at poor Tom’s grave, more wretched and desolate than many a wife has felt when her husband was buried from sight.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She took the name again, and with it, also, Margaret, feeling that Daisy was far too girlish an appellation for one who clad herself in the deepest mourning, and felt, when she stood at poor Tom’s grave, more wretched and desolate than many a wife has felt when her husband was buried from sight.
two
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From this reading It was spring time, and the two desolate women bade adieu to their dead, and made their way to England, and from there to Scotland, where among the heather hills they passed the summer in the utmost seclusion.
unlessconjunctionUS /ənˈles/
except if; if not
From this reading Tom had meant to make her parents independent of her so that she need not have them with her unless she chose to do so, for knowing Mr. McDonald as he did, he thought she would be happier without him; but God so ordered it that within three months after poor Tom’s death, they made another grave beside his, and Daisy and her mother were alone.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Here Daisy had ample time for thought, which dwelt mostly upon the past and the happiness she cast away when she consented to the sundering of the tie which had bound her to Guy Thornton.
utmost
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From this reading It was spring time, and the two desolate women bade adieu to their dead, and made their way to England, and from there to Scotland, where among the heather hills they passed the summer in the utmost seclusion.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She took the name again, and with it, also, Margaret, feeling that Daisy was far too girlish an appellation for one who clad herself in the deepest mourning, and felt, when she stood at poor Tom’s grave, more wretched and desolate than many a wife has felt when her husband was buried from sight.
way
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From this reading It was spring time, and the two desolate women bade adieu to their dead, and made their way to England, and from there to Scotland, where among the heather hills they passed the summer in the utmost seclusion.
weak
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From this reading "Oh, how could I have been so foolish and so weak," she said, as with intense contempt for herself, she read over the journal she had kept at Elmwood during the first weeks of her married life.
weeks
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From this reading "Oh, how could I have been so foolish and so weak," she said, as with intense contempt for herself, she read over the journal she had kept at Elmwood during the first weeks of her married life.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Tom had meant to make her parents independent of her so that she need not have them with her unless she chose to do so, for knowing Mr. McDonald as he did, he thought she would be happier without him; but God so ordered it that within three months after poor Tom’s death, they made another grave beside his, and Daisy and her mother were alone.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading She took the name again, and with it, also, Margaret, feeling that Daisy was far too girlish an appellation for one who clad herself in the deepest mourning, and felt, when she stood at poor Tom’s grave, more wretched and desolate than many a wife has felt when her husband was buried from sight.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading It was spring time, and the two desolate women bade adieu to their dead, and made their way to England, and from there to Scotland, where among the heather hills they passed the summer in the utmost seclusion.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Here Daisy had ample time for thought, which dwelt mostly upon the past and the happiness she cast away when she consented to the sundering of the tie which had bound her to Guy Thornton.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading She took the name again, and with it, also, Margaret, feeling that Daisy was far too girlish an appellation for one who clad herself in the deepest mourning, and felt, when she stood at poor Tom’s grave, more wretched and desolate than many a wife has felt when her husband was buried from sight.
wife
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From this reading She took the name again, and with it, also, Margaret, feeling that Daisy was far too girlish an appellation for one who clad herself in the deepest mourning, and felt, when she stood at poor Tom’s grave, more wretched and desolate than many a wife has felt when her husband was buried from sight.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading She took the name again, and with it, also, Margaret, feeling that Daisy was far too girlish an appellation for one who clad herself in the deepest mourning, and felt, when she stood at poor Tom’s grave, more wretched and desolate than many a wife has felt when her husband was buried from sight.
withinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading Tom had meant to make her parents independent of her so that she need not have them with her unless she chose to do so, for knowing Mr. McDonald as he did, he thought she would be happier without him; but God so ordered it that within three months after poor Tom’s death, they made another grave beside his, and Daisy and her mother were alone.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Tom had meant to make her parents independent of her so that she need not have them with her unless she chose to do so, for knowing Mr. McDonald as he did, he thought she would be happier without him; but God so ordered it that within three months after poor Tom’s death, they made another grave beside his, and Daisy and her mother were alone.
women
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From this reading It was spring time, and the two desolate women bade adieu to their dead, and made their way to England, and from there to Scotland, where among the heather hills they passed the summer in the utmost seclusion.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Tom had meant to make her parents independent of her so that she need not have them with her unless she chose to do so, for knowing Mr. McDonald as he did, he thought she would be happier without him; but God so ordered it that within three months after poor Tom’s death, they made another grave beside his, and Daisy and her mother were alone.
wretched
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From this reading She took the name again, and with it, also, Margaret, feeling that Daisy was far too girlish an appellation for one who clad herself in the deepest mourning, and felt, when she stood at poor Tom’s grave, more wretched and desolate than many a wife has felt when her husband was buried from sight.
