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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
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absent-minded
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all
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andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Toward morning the still, breathless heat broke without warning into a fantastic storm which filled all the sky with blinding light and enveloped the whole countryside in a wild uproar of wind and thunder, leaving the dawn to reveal fields torn and ravaged and strewn with broken branches, and the bright garden bruised and battered by hail.
Anson
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any
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From this reading Nothing had changed; it seemed to her that life at Pentlands had become incapable of any change.
appeared
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From this reading At breakfast Anson appeared neat and shaven and smooth, as though there had been no struggle a few hours before in the drawing-room, as if the thing had made no impression upon the smooth surface which he turned toward the world.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading At breakfast Anson appeared neat and shaven and smooth, as though there had been no struggle a few hours before in the drawing-room, as if the thing had made no impression upon the smooth surface which he turned toward the world.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At breakfast Anson appeared neat and shaven and smooth, as though there had been no struggle a few hours before in the drawing-room, as if the thing had made no impression upon the smooth surface which he turned toward the world.
battered
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become
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From this reading Nothing had changed; it seemed to her that life at Pentlands had become incapable of any change.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading At breakfast Anson appeared neat and shaven and smooth, as though there had been no struggle a few hours before in the drawing-room, as if the thing had made no impression upon the smooth surface which he turned toward the world.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading At breakfast Anson appeared neat and shaven and smooth, as though there had been no struggle a few hours before in the drawing-room, as if the thing had made no impression upon the smooth surface which he turned toward the world.
blinding
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branches
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breakfast
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From this reading At breakfast Anson appeared neat and shaven and smooth, as though there had been no struggle a few hours before in the drawing-room, as if the thing had made no impression upon the smooth surface which he turned toward the world.
breathless
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bright
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broke
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brokennounUS /broken/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Toward morning the still, breathless heat broke without warning into a fantastic storm which filled all the sky with blinding light and enveloped the whole countryside in a wild uproar of wind and thunder, leaving the dawn to reveal fields torn and ravaged and strewn with broken branches, and the bright garden bruised and battered by hail.
bruised
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byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Toward morning the still, breathless heat broke without warning into a fantastic storm which filled all the sky with blinding light and enveloped the whole countryside in a wild uproar of wind and thunder, leaving the dawn to reveal fields torn and ravaged and strewn with broken branches, and the bright garden bruised and battered by hail.
change
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From this reading Nothing had changed; it seemed to her that life at Pentlands had become incapable of any change.
changed
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From this reading Nothing had changed; it seemed to her that life at Pentlands had become incapable of any change.
coffee
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cold
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countryside
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dawn
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day
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From this reading Olivia poured his coffee quietly and permitted him to kiss her as he had done every day for twenty years--a strange, cold, absent-minded kiss--and stood in the doorway to watch him drive off to the train.
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Olivia poured his coffee quietly and permitted him to kiss her as he had done every day for twenty years--a strange, cold, absent-minded kiss--and stood in the doorway to watch him drive off to the train.
door
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From this reading And as she turned from the door Peters summoned her to the telephone to receive the telegram from Jean and Sybil; they had been married at seven in Hartford.
doorway
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drawing-room
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From this reading At breakfast Anson appeared neat and shaven and smooth, as though there had been no struggle a few hours before in the drawing-room, as if the thing had made no impression upon the smooth surface which he turned toward the world.
drive
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enveloped
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everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
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fantastic
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few
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fields
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filled
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forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Olivia poured his coffee quietly and permitted him to kiss her as he had done every day for twenty years--a strange, cold, absent-minded kiss--and stood in the doorway to watch him drive off to the train.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading And as she turned from the door Peters summoned her to the telephone to receive the telegram from Jean and Sybil; they had been married at seven in Hartford.
garden
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hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading At breakfast Anson appeared neat and shaven and smooth, as though there had been no struggle a few hours before in the drawing-room, as if the thing had made no impression upon the smooth surface which he turned toward the world.
hail
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Hartford
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From this reading And as she turned from the door Peters summoned her to the telephone to receive the telegram from Jean and Sybil; they had been married at seven in Hartford.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading At breakfast Anson appeared neat and shaven and smooth, as though there had been no struggle a few hours before in the drawing-room, as if the thing had made no impression upon the smooth surface which he turned toward the world.
heat
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From this reading Toward morning the still, breathless heat broke without warning into a fantastic storm which filled all the sky with blinding light and enveloped the whole countryside in a wild uproar of wind and thunder, leaving the dawn to reveal fields torn and ravaged and strewn with broken branches, and the bright garden bruised and battered by hail.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Olivia poured his coffee quietly and permitted him to kiss her as he had done every day for twenty years--a strange, cold, absent-minded kiss--and stood in the doorway to watch him drive off to the train.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Olivia poured his coffee quietly and permitted him to kiss her as he had done every day for twenty years--a strange, cold, absent-minded kiss--and stood in the doorway to watch him drive off to the train.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
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hours
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From this reading At breakfast Anson appeared neat and shaven and smooth, as though there had been no struggle a few hours before in the drawing-room, as if the thing had made no impression upon the smooth surface which he turned toward the world.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading At breakfast Anson appeared neat and shaven and smooth, as though there had been no struggle a few hours before in the drawing-room, as if the thing had made no impression upon the smooth surface which he turned toward the world.
impression
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From this reading At breakfast Anson appeared neat and shaven and smooth, as though there had been no struggle a few hours before in the drawing-room, as if the thing had made no impression upon the smooth surface which he turned toward the world.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
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incapable
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From this reading Nothing had changed; it seemed to her that life at Pentlands had become incapable of any change.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Toward morning the still, breathless heat broke without warning into a fantastic storm which filled all the sky with blinding light and enveloped the whole countryside in a wild uproar of wind and thunder, leaving the dawn to reveal fields torn and ravaged and strewn with broken branches, and the bright garden bruised and battered by hail.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Nothing had changed; it seemed to her that life at Pentlands had become incapable of any change.
Jean
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From this reading And as she turned from the door Peters summoned her to the telephone to receive the telegram from Jean and Sybil; they had been married at seven in Hartford.
kiss
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leaving
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lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Nothing had changed; it seemed to her that life at Pentlands had become incapable of any change.
light
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made
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married
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From this reading And as she turned from the door Peters summoned her to the telephone to receive the telegram from Jean and Sybil; they had been married at seven in Hartford.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Toward morning the still, breathless heat broke without warning into a fantastic storm which filled all the sky with blinding light and enveloped the whole countryside in a wild uproar of wind and thunder, leaving the dawn to reveal fields torn and ravaged and strewn with broken branches, and the bright garden bruised and battered by hail.
neat
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From this reading At breakfast Anson appeared neat and shaven and smooth, as though there had been no struggle a few hours before in the drawing-room, as if the thing had made no impression upon the smooth surface which he turned toward the world.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading At breakfast Anson appeared neat and shaven and smooth, as though there had been no struggle a few hours before in the drawing-room, as if the thing had made no impression upon the smooth surface which he turned toward the world.
NothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Nothing had changed; it seemed to her that life at Pentlands had become incapable of any change.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Toward morning the still, breathless heat broke without warning into a fantastic storm which filled all the sky with blinding light and enveloped the whole countryside in a wild uproar of wind and thunder, leaving the dawn to reveal fields torn and ravaged and strewn with broken branches, and the bright garden bruised and battered by hail.
off
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Olivia
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Pentlands
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From this reading Nothing had changed; it seemed to her that life at Pentlands had become incapable of any change.
permitted
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Peters
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From this reading And as she turned from the door Peters summoned her to the telephone to receive the telegram from Jean and Sybil; they had been married at seven in Hartford.
poured
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quietly
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ravaged
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receive
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From this reading And as she turned from the door Peters summoned her to the telephone to receive the telegram from Jean and Sybil; they had been married at seven in Hartford.
reveal
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seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Nothing had changed; it seemed to her that life at Pentlands had become incapable of any change.
seven
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From this reading And as she turned from the door Peters summoned her to the telephone to receive the telegram from Jean and Sybil; they had been married at seven in Hartford.
shaven
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From this reading At breakfast Anson appeared neat and shaven and smooth, as though there had been no struggle a few hours before in the drawing-room, as if the thing had made no impression upon the smooth surface which he turned toward the world.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And as she turned from the door Peters summoned her to the telephone to receive the telegram from Jean and Sybil; they had been married at seven in Hartford.
sky
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From this reading Toward morning the still, breathless heat broke without warning into a fantastic storm which filled all the sky with blinding light and enveloped the whole countryside in a wild uproar of wind and thunder, leaving the dawn to reveal fields torn and ravaged and strewn with broken branches, and the bright garden bruised and battered by hail.
smooth
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From this reading At breakfast Anson appeared neat and shaven and smooth, as though there had been no struggle a few hours before in the drawing-room, as if the thing had made no impression upon the smooth surface which he turned toward the world.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Toward morning the still, breathless heat broke without warning into a fantastic storm which filled all the sky with blinding light and enveloped the whole countryside in a wild uproar of wind and thunder, leaving the dawn to reveal fields torn and ravaged and strewn with broken branches, and the bright garden bruised and battered by hail.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Olivia poured his coffee quietly and permitted him to kiss her as he had done every day for twenty years--a strange, cold, absent-minded kiss--and stood in the doorway to watch him drive off to the train.
storm
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strange
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strewn
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struggle
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From this reading At breakfast Anson appeared neat and shaven and smooth, as though there had been no struggle a few hours before in the drawing-room, as if the thing had made no impression upon the smooth surface which he turned toward the world.
summoned
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From this reading And as she turned from the door Peters summoned her to the telephone to receive the telegram from Jean and Sybil; they had been married at seven in Hartford.
surface
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From this reading At breakfast Anson appeared neat and shaven and smooth, as though there had been no struggle a few hours before in the drawing-room, as if the thing had made no impression upon the smooth surface which he turned toward the world.
Sybil
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From this reading And as she turned from the door Peters summoned her to the telephone to receive the telegram from Jean and Sybil; they had been married at seven in Hartford.
telegram
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From this reading And as she turned from the door Peters summoned her to the telephone to receive the telegram from Jean and Sybil; they had been married at seven in Hartford.
telephone
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From this reading And as she turned from the door Peters summoned her to the telephone to receive the telegram from Jean and Sybil; they had been married at seven in Hartford.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Nothing had changed; it seemed to her that life at Pentlands had become incapable of any change.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Toward morning the still, breathless heat broke without warning into a fantastic storm which filled all the sky with blinding light and enveloped the whole countryside in a wild uproar of wind and thunder, leaving the dawn to reveal fields torn and ravaged and strewn with broken branches, and the bright garden bruised and battered by hail.
there
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From this reading At breakfast Anson appeared neat and shaven and smooth, as though there had been no struggle a few hours before in the drawing-room, as if the thing had made no impression upon the smooth surface which he turned toward the world.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And as she turned from the door Peters summoned her to the telephone to receive the telegram from Jean and Sybil; they had been married at seven in Hartford.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At breakfast Anson appeared neat and shaven and smooth, as though there had been no struggle a few hours before in the drawing-room, as if the thing had made no impression upon the smooth surface which he turned toward the world.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading At breakfast Anson appeared neat and shaven and smooth, as though there had been no struggle a few hours before in the drawing-room, as if the thing had made no impression upon the smooth surface which he turned toward the world.
thundernounUS /ˈthunder/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Toward morning the still, breathless heat broke without warning into a fantastic storm which filled all the sky with blinding light and enveloped the whole countryside in a wild uproar of wind and thunder, leaving the dawn to reveal fields torn and ravaged and strewn with broken branches, and the bright garden bruised and battered by hail.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Toward morning the still, breathless heat broke without warning into a fantastic storm which filled all the sky with blinding light and enveloped the whole countryside in a wild uproar of wind and thunder, leaving the dawn to reveal fields torn and ravaged and strewn with broken branches, and the bright garden bruised and battered by hail.
torn
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From this reading Toward morning the still, breathless heat broke without warning into a fantastic storm which filled all the sky with blinding light and enveloped the whole countryside in a wild uproar of wind and thunder, leaving the dawn to reveal fields torn and ravaged and strewn with broken branches, and the bright garden bruised and battered by hail.
TowardprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrd/
in the direction of
From this reading Toward morning the still, breathless heat broke without warning into a fantastic storm which filled all the sky with blinding light and enveloped the whole countryside in a wild uproar of wind and thunder, leaving the dawn to reveal fields torn and ravaged and strewn with broken branches, and the bright garden bruised and battered by hail.
train
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From this reading Olivia poured his coffee quietly and permitted him to kiss her as he had done every day for twenty years--a strange, cold, absent-minded kiss--and stood in the doorway to watch him drive off to the train.
turned
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From this reading At breakfast Anson appeared neat and shaven and smooth, as though there had been no struggle a few hours before in the drawing-room, as if the thing had made no impression upon the smooth surface which he turned toward the world.
twenty
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From this reading Olivia poured his coffee quietly and permitted him to kiss her as he had done every day for twenty years--a strange, cold, absent-minded kiss--and stood in the doorway to watch him drive off to the train.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading At breakfast Anson appeared neat and shaven and smooth, as though there had been no struggle a few hours before in the drawing-room, as if the thing had made no impression upon the smooth surface which he turned toward the world.
uproar
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From this reading Toward morning the still, breathless heat broke without warning into a fantastic storm which filled all the sky with blinding light and enveloped the whole countryside in a wild uproar of wind and thunder, leaving the dawn to reveal fields torn and ravaged and strewn with broken branches, and the bright garden bruised and battered by hail.
warning
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From this reading Toward morning the still, breathless heat broke without warning into a fantastic storm which filled all the sky with blinding light and enveloped the whole countryside in a wild uproar of wind and thunder, leaving the dawn to reveal fields torn and ravaged and strewn with broken branches, and the bright garden bruised and battered by hail.
watch
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From this reading Olivia poured his coffee quietly and permitted him to kiss her as he had done every day for twenty years--a strange, cold, absent-minded kiss--and stood in the doorway to watch him drive off to the train.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Toward morning the still, breathless heat broke without warning into a fantastic storm which filled all the sky with blinding light and enveloped the whole countryside in a wild uproar of wind and thunder, leaving the dawn to reveal fields torn and ravaged and strewn with broken branches, and the bright garden bruised and battered by hail.
whole
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From this reading Toward morning the still, breathless heat broke without warning into a fantastic storm which filled all the sky with blinding light and enveloped the whole countryside in a wild uproar of wind and thunder, leaving the dawn to reveal fields torn and ravaged and strewn with broken branches, and the bright garden bruised and battered by hail.
wild
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From this reading Toward morning the still, breathless heat broke without warning into a fantastic storm which filled all the sky with blinding light and enveloped the whole countryside in a wild uproar of wind and thunder, leaving the dawn to reveal fields torn and ravaged and strewn with broken branches, and the bright garden bruised and battered by hail.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Toward morning the still, breathless heat broke without warning into a fantastic storm which filled all the sky with blinding light and enveloped the whole countryside in a wild uproar of wind and thunder, leaving the dawn to reveal fields torn and ravaged and strewn with broken branches, and the bright garden bruised and battered by hail.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Toward morning the still, breathless heat broke without warning into a fantastic storm which filled all the sky with blinding light and enveloped the whole countryside in a wild uproar of wind and thunder, leaving the dawn to reveal fields torn and ravaged and strewn with broken branches, and the bright garden bruised and battered by hail.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Toward morning the still, breathless heat broke without warning into a fantastic storm which filled all the sky with blinding light and enveloped the whole countryside in a wild uproar of wind and thunder, leaving the dawn to reveal fields torn and ravaged and strewn with broken branches, and the bright garden bruised and battered by hail.
world
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From this reading At breakfast Anson appeared neat and shaven and smooth, as though there had been no struggle a few hours before in the drawing-room, as if the thing had made no impression upon the smooth surface which he turned toward the world.
years
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From this reading Olivia poured his coffee quietly and permitted him to kiss her as he had done every day for twenty years--a strange, cold, absent-minded kiss--and stood in the doorway to watch him drive off to the train.
