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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 To the fears already possessing Lady Barbara a new one had now been added, freezing her blood and leaving her prostrate and helpless, like a plant stricken by an icy blast.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading That he had had any other purpose in pursuing her across the sea than to humiliate and punish her, she did not believe.
addednounUS /added/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To the fears already possessing Lady Barbara a new one had now been added, freezing her blood and leaving her prostrate and helpless, like a plant stricken by an icy blast.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading There had been no sleep for her after Martha's revelations regarding the presence of Felix in town, and turn as she would on her pillow, she could not escape the dread of one hideous possibility--her meeting him face to face, uncovering to his penetrating gaze her shame.
alreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To the fears already possessing Lady Barbara a new one had now been added, freezing her blood and leaving her prostrate and helpless, like a plant stricken by an icy blast.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading To the fears already possessing Lady Barbara a new one had now been added, freezing her blood and leaving her prostrate and helpless, like a plant stricken by an icy blast.
ancestral
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From this reading No man, certainly no man as proud as her husband, would forgive a woman who had trailed his ancestral name in the mud, and made his family life a byword in clubs and drawing-rooms.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading To the fears already possessing Lady Barbara a new one had now been added, freezing her blood and leaving her prostrate and helpless, like a plant stricken by an icy blast.
any
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From this reading That he had had any other purpose in pursuing her across the sea than to humiliate and punish her, she did not believe.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading There had been no sleep for her after Martha's revelations regarding the presence of Felix in town, and turn as she would on her pillow, she could not escape the dread of one hideous possibility--her meeting him face to face, uncovering to his penetrating gaze her shame.
Barbara
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From this reading To the fears already possessing Lady Barbara a new one had now been added, freezing her blood and leaving her prostrate and helpless, like a plant stricken by an icy blast.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading To the fears already possessing Lady Barbara a new one had now been added, freezing her blood and leaving her prostrate and helpless, like a plant stricken by an icy blast.
believenounUS /ˈbelieve/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading That he had had any other purpose in pursuing her across the sea than to humiliate and punish her, she did not believe.
believed
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From this reading That Martha believed he could still love her was natural.
blast
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From this reading To the fears already possessing Lady Barbara a new one had now been added, freezing her blood and leaving her prostrate and helpless, like a plant stricken by an icy blast.
bloodnounUS /blood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To the fears already possessing Lady Barbara a new one had now been added, freezing her blood and leaving her prostrate and helpless, like a plant stricken by an icy blast.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading To the fears already possessing Lady Barbara a new one had now been added, freezing her blood and leaving her prostrate and helpless, like a plant stricken by an icy blast.
byword
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From this reading No man, certainly no man as proud as her husband, would forgive a woman who had trailed his ancestral name in the mud, and made his family life a byword in clubs and drawing-rooms.
certainly
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From this reading No man, certainly no man as proud as her husband, would forgive a woman who had trailed his ancestral name in the mud, and made his family life a byword in clubs and drawing-rooms.
clubs
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From this reading No man, certainly no man as proud as her husband, would forgive a woman who had trailed his ancestral name in the mud, and made his family life a byword in clubs and drawing-rooms.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading There had been no sleep for her after Martha's revelations regarding the presence of Felix in town, and turn as she would on her pillow, she could not escape the dread of one hideous possibility--her meeting him face to face, uncovering to his penetrating gaze her shame.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading That he had had any other purpose in pursuing her across the sea than to humiliate and punish her, she did not believe.
drawing-rooms
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From this reading No man, certainly no man as proud as her husband, would forgive a woman who had trailed his ancestral name in the mud, and made his family life a byword in clubs and drawing-rooms.
dread
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From this reading There had been no sleep for her after Martha's revelations regarding the presence of Felix in town, and turn as she would on her pillow, she could not escape the dread of one hideous possibility--her meeting him face to face, uncovering to his penetrating gaze her shame.
escape
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From this reading There had been no sleep for her after Martha's revelations regarding the presence of Felix in town, and turn as she would on her pillow, she could not escape the dread of one hideous possibility--her meeting him face to face, uncovering to his penetrating gaze her shame.
face
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From this reading There had been no sleep for her after Martha's revelations regarding the presence of Felix in town, and turn as she would on her pillow, she could not escape the dread of one hideous possibility--her meeting him face to face, uncovering to his penetrating gaze her shame.
family
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From this reading No man, certainly no man as proud as her husband, would forgive a woman who had trailed his ancestral name in the mud, and made his family life a byword in clubs and drawing-rooms.
fears
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From this reading To the fears already possessing Lady Barbara a new one had now been added, freezing her blood and leaving her prostrate and helpless, like a plant stricken by an icy blast.
Felix
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From this reading There had been no sleep for her after Martha's revelations regarding the presence of Felix in town, and turn as she would on her pillow, she could not escape the dread of one hideous possibility--her meeting him face to face, uncovering to his penetrating gaze her shame.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading There had been no sleep for her after Martha's revelations regarding the presence of Felix in town, and turn as she would on her pillow, she could not escape the dread of one hideous possibility--her meeting him face to face, uncovering to his penetrating gaze her shame.
forgive
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From this reading No man, certainly no man as proud as her husband, would forgive a woman who had trailed his ancestral name in the mud, and made his family life a byword in clubs and drawing-rooms.
freezing
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From this reading To the fears already possessing Lady Barbara a new one had now been added, freezing her blood and leaving her prostrate and helpless, like a plant stricken by an icy blast.
gaze
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From this reading There had been no sleep for her after Martha's revelations regarding the presence of Felix in town, and turn as she would on her pillow, she could not escape the dread of one hideous possibility--her meeting him face to face, uncovering to his penetrating gaze her shame.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading To the fears already possessing Lady Barbara a new one had now been added, freezing her blood and leaving her prostrate and helpless, like a plant stricken by an icy blast.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading That he had had any other purpose in pursuing her across the sea than to humiliate and punish her, she did not believe.
helpless
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From this reading To the fears already possessing Lady Barbara a new one had now been added, freezing her blood and leaving her prostrate and helpless, like a plant stricken by an icy blast.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading To the fears already possessing Lady Barbara a new one had now been added, freezing her blood and leaving her prostrate and helpless, like a plant stricken by an icy blast.
hideous
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From this reading There had been no sleep for her after Martha's revelations regarding the presence of Felix in town, and turn as she would on her pillow, she could not escape the dread of one hideous possibility--her meeting him face to face, uncovering to his penetrating gaze her shame.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading There had been no sleep for her after Martha's revelations regarding the presence of Felix in town, and turn as she would on her pillow, she could not escape the dread of one hideous possibility--her meeting him face to face, uncovering to his penetrating gaze her shame.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading There had been no sleep for her after Martha's revelations regarding the presence of Felix in town, and turn as she would on her pillow, she could not escape the dread of one hideous possibility--her meeting him face to face, uncovering to his penetrating gaze her shame.
humiliate
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From this reading That he had had any other purpose in pursuing her across the sea than to humiliate and punish her, she did not believe.
husband
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From this reading No man, certainly no man as proud as her husband, would forgive a woman who had trailed his ancestral name in the mud, and made his family life a byword in clubs and drawing-rooms.
icy
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From this reading To the fears already possessing Lady Barbara a new one had now been added, freezing her blood and leaving her prostrate and helpless, like a plant stricken by an icy blast.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There had been no sleep for her after Martha's revelations regarding the presence of Felix in town, and turn as she would on her pillow, she could not escape the dread of one hideous possibility--her meeting him face to face, uncovering to his penetrating gaze her shame.
Lady
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From this reading To the fears already possessing Lady Barbara a new one had now been added, freezing her blood and leaving her prostrate and helpless, like a plant stricken by an icy blast.
leaving
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From this reading To the fears already possessing Lady Barbara a new one had now been added, freezing her blood and leaving her prostrate and helpless, like a plant stricken by an icy blast.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading No man, certainly no man as proud as her husband, would forgive a woman who had trailed his ancestral name in the mud, and made his family life a byword in clubs and drawing-rooms.
like
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From this reading To the fears already possessing Lady Barbara a new one had now been added, freezing her blood and leaving her prostrate and helpless, like a plant stricken by an icy blast.
love
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From this reading That Martha believed he could still love her was natural.
made
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From this reading No man, certainly no man as proud as her husband, would forgive a woman who had trailed his ancestral name in the mud, and made his family life a byword in clubs and drawing-rooms.
man
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From this reading No man, certainly no man as proud as her husband, would forgive a woman who had trailed his ancestral name in the mud, and made his family life a byword in clubs and drawing-rooms.
Martha
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From this reading That Martha believed he could still love her was natural.
Martha's
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From this reading There had been no sleep for her after Martha's revelations regarding the presence of Felix in town, and turn as she would on her pillow, she could not escape the dread of one hideous possibility--her meeting him face to face, uncovering to his penetrating gaze her shame.
meeting
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From this reading There had been no sleep for her after Martha's revelations regarding the presence of Felix in town, and turn as she would on her pillow, she could not escape the dread of one hideous possibility--her meeting him face to face, uncovering to his penetrating gaze her shame.
mud
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From this reading No man, certainly no man as proud as her husband, would forgive a woman who had trailed his ancestral name in the mud, and made his family life a byword in clubs and drawing-rooms.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading No man, certainly no man as proud as her husband, would forgive a woman who had trailed his ancestral name in the mud, and made his family life a byword in clubs and drawing-rooms.
natural
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From this reading That Martha believed he could still love her was natural.
new
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From this reading To the fears already possessing Lady Barbara a new one had now been added, freezing her blood and leaving her prostrate and helpless, like a plant stricken by an icy blast.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading There had been no sleep for her after Martha's revelations regarding the presence of Felix in town, and turn as she would on her pillow, she could not escape the dread of one hideous possibility--her meeting him face to face, uncovering to his penetrating gaze her shame.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading There had been no sleep for her after Martha's revelations regarding the presence of Felix in town, and turn as she would on her pillow, she could not escape the dread of one hideous possibility--her meeting him face to face, uncovering to his penetrating gaze her shame.
now
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From this reading To the fears already possessing Lady Barbara a new one had now been added, freezing her blood and leaving her prostrate and helpless, like a plant stricken by an icy blast.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There had been no sleep for her after Martha's revelations regarding the presence of Felix in town, and turn as she would on her pillow, she could not escape the dread of one hideous possibility--her meeting him face to face, uncovering to his penetrating gaze her shame.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading There had been no sleep for her after Martha's revelations regarding the presence of Felix in town, and turn as she would on her pillow, she could not escape the dread of one hideous possibility--her meeting him face to face, uncovering to his penetrating gaze her shame.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading To the fears already possessing Lady Barbara a new one had now been added, freezing her blood and leaving her prostrate and helpless, like a plant stricken by an icy blast.
other
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From this reading That he had had any other purpose in pursuing her across the sea than to humiliate and punish her, she did not believe.
penetrating
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From this reading There had been no sleep for her after Martha's revelations regarding the presence of Felix in town, and turn as she would on her pillow, she could not escape the dread of one hideous possibility--her meeting him face to face, uncovering to his penetrating gaze her shame.
pillow
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From this reading There had been no sleep for her after Martha's revelations regarding the presence of Felix in town, and turn as she would on her pillow, she could not escape the dread of one hideous possibility--her meeting him face to face, uncovering to his penetrating gaze her shame.
plant
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From this reading To the fears already possessing Lady Barbara a new one had now been added, freezing her blood and leaving her prostrate and helpless, like a plant stricken by an icy blast.
possessing
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From this reading To the fears already possessing Lady Barbara a new one had now been added, freezing her blood and leaving her prostrate and helpless, like a plant stricken by an icy blast.
possibility
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From this reading There had been no sleep for her after Martha's revelations regarding the presence of Felix in town, and turn as she would on her pillow, she could not escape the dread of one hideous possibility--her meeting him face to face, uncovering to his penetrating gaze her shame.
presence
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From this reading There had been no sleep for her after Martha's revelations regarding the presence of Felix in town, and turn as she would on her pillow, she could not escape the dread of one hideous possibility--her meeting him face to face, uncovering to his penetrating gaze her shame.
prostrate
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From this reading To the fears already possessing Lady Barbara a new one had now been added, freezing her blood and leaving her prostrate and helpless, like a plant stricken by an icy blast.
proud
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From this reading No man, certainly no man as proud as her husband, would forgive a woman who had trailed his ancestral name in the mud, and made his family life a byword in clubs and drawing-rooms.
punish
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From this reading That he had had any other purpose in pursuing her across the sea than to humiliate and punish her, she did not believe.
purpose
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From this reading That he had had any other purpose in pursuing her across the sea than to humiliate and punish her, she did not believe.
pursuing
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From this reading That he had had any other purpose in pursuing her across the sea than to humiliate and punish her, she did not believe.
regarding
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From this reading There had been no sleep for her after Martha's revelations regarding the presence of Felix in town, and turn as she would on her pillow, she could not escape the dread of one hideous possibility--her meeting him face to face, uncovering to his penetrating gaze her shame.
revelations
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From this reading There had been no sleep for her after Martha's revelations regarding the presence of Felix in town, and turn as she would on her pillow, she could not escape the dread of one hideous possibility--her meeting him face to face, uncovering to his penetrating gaze her shame.
sea
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From this reading That he had had any other purpose in pursuing her across the sea than to humiliate and punish her, she did not believe.
shame
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From this reading There had been no sleep for her after Martha's revelations regarding the presence of Felix in town, and turn as she would on her pillow, she could not escape the dread of one hideous possibility--her meeting him face to face, uncovering to his penetrating gaze her shame.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading There had been no sleep for her after Martha's revelations regarding the presence of Felix in town, and turn as she would on her pillow, she could not escape the dread of one hideous possibility--her meeting him face to face, uncovering to his penetrating gaze her shame.
sleep
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From this reading There had been no sleep for her after Martha's revelations regarding the presence of Felix in town, and turn as she would on her pillow, she could not escape the dread of one hideous possibility--her meeting him face to face, uncovering to his penetrating gaze her shame.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That Martha believed he could still love her was natural.
stricken
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From this reading To the fears already possessing Lady Barbara a new one had now been added, freezing her blood and leaving her prostrate and helpless, like a plant stricken by an icy blast.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading That he had had any other purpose in pursuing her across the sea than to humiliate and punish her, she did not believe.
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That he had had any other purpose in pursuing her across the sea than to humiliate and punish her, she did not believe.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading To the fears already possessing Lady Barbara a new one had now been added, freezing her blood and leaving her prostrate and helpless, like a plant stricken by an icy blast.
There
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From this reading There had been no sleep for her after Martha's revelations regarding the presence of Felix in town, and turn as she would on her pillow, she could not escape the dread of one hideous possibility--her meeting him face to face, uncovering to his penetrating gaze her shame.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To the fears already possessing Lady Barbara a new one had now been added, freezing her blood and leaving her prostrate and helpless, like a plant stricken by an icy blast.
town
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From this reading There had been no sleep for her after Martha's revelations regarding the presence of Felix in town, and turn as she would on her pillow, she could not escape the dread of one hideous possibility--her meeting him face to face, uncovering to his penetrating gaze her shame.
trailed
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From this reading No man, certainly no man as proud as her husband, would forgive a woman who had trailed his ancestral name in the mud, and made his family life a byword in clubs and drawing-rooms.
turn
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From this reading There had been no sleep for her after Martha's revelations regarding the presence of Felix in town, and turn as she would on her pillow, she could not escape the dread of one hideous possibility--her meeting him face to face, uncovering to his penetrating gaze her shame.
uncovering
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From this reading There had been no sleep for her after Martha's revelations regarding the presence of Felix in town, and turn as she would on her pillow, she could not escape the dread of one hideous possibility--her meeting him face to face, uncovering to his penetrating gaze her shame.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That Martha believed he could still love her was natural.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading No man, certainly no man as proud as her husband, would forgive a woman who had trailed his ancestral name in the mud, and made his family life a byword in clubs and drawing-rooms.
woman
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From this reading No man, certainly no man as proud as her husband, would forgive a woman who had trailed his ancestral name in the mud, and made his family life a byword in clubs and drawing-rooms.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading There had been no sleep for her after Martha's revelations regarding the presence of Felix in town, and turn as she would on her pillow, she could not escape the dread of one hideous possibility--her meeting him face to face, uncovering to his penetrating gaze her shame.
