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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 Had a spark of human feeling been left in Dalton's body, it would have been kindled into a flame of sympathy, could he have seen Lady Barbara when she opened the box early next morning, and stood trembling over the loss of the mantilla.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Had a spark of human feeling been left in Dalton's body, it would have been kindled into a flame of sympathy, could he have seen Lady Barbara when she opened the box early next morning, and stood trembling over the loss of the mantilla.
anxiety
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From this reading Then a cold chill ran through her, her anxiety increasing every moment.
Barbara
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From this reading Had a spark of human feeling been left in Dalton's body, it would have been kindled into a flame of sympathy, could he have seen Lady Barbara when she opened the box early next morning, and stood trembling over the loss of the mantilla.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Had a spark of human feeling been left in Dalton's body, it would have been kindled into a flame of sympathy, could he have seen Lady Barbara when she opened the box early next morning, and stood trembling over the loss of the mantilla.
bodynounUS /body/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Had a spark of human feeling been left in Dalton's body, it would have been kindled into a flame of sympathy, could he have seen Lady Barbara when she opened the box early next morning, and stood trembling over the loss of the mantilla.
box
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From this reading Had a spark of human feeling been left in Dalton's body, it would have been kindled into a flame of sympathy, could he have seen Lady Barbara when she opened the box early next morning, and stood trembling over the loss of the mantilla.
checked
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From this reading Her first hope was that she had inadvertently taken it to Rosenthal's with the other pieces of lace, and that Mangan had found it when he checked up her work.
chill
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From this reading Then a cold chill ran through her, her anxiety increasing every moment.
cold
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From this reading Then a cold chill ran through her, her anxiety increasing every moment.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Had a spark of human feeling been left in Dalton's body, it would have been kindled into a flame of sympathy, could he have seen Lady Barbara when she opened the box early next morning, and stood trembling over the loss of the mantilla.
Dalton's
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From this reading Had a spark of human feeling been left in Dalton's body, it would have been kindled into a flame of sympathy, could he have seen Lady Barbara when she opened the box early next morning, and stood trembling over the loss of the mantilla.
dropped
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From this reading Had she dropped it in the street?
early
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From this reading Had a spark of human feeling been left in Dalton's body, it would have been kindled into a flame of sympathy, could he have seen Lady Barbara when she opened the box early next morning, and stood trembling over the loss of the mantilla.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Then a cold chill ran through her, her anxiety increasing every moment.
feelingnounUS /ˈfeeling/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Had a spark of human feeling been left in Dalton's body, it would have been kindled into a flame of sympathy, could he have seen Lady Barbara when she opened the box early next morning, and stood trembling over the loss of the mantilla.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Her first hope was that she had inadvertently taken it to Rosenthal's with the other pieces of lace, and that Mangan had found it when he checked up her work.
flamenounUS /fleɪm/
A hot glowing body of ignited gas produced by fire.
From this reading Had a spark of human feeling been left in Dalton's body, it would have been kindled into a flame of sympathy, could he have seen Lady Barbara when she opened the box early next morning, and stood trembling over the loss of the mantilla.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Her first hope was that she had inadvertently taken it to Rosenthal's with the other pieces of lace, and that Mangan had found it when he checked up her work.
Hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Had a spark of human feeling been left in Dalton's body, it would have been kindled into a flame of sympathy, could he have seen Lady Barbara when she opened the box early next morning, and stood trembling over the loss of the mantilla.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Had a spark of human feeling been left in Dalton's body, it would have been kindled into a flame of sympathy, could he have seen Lady Barbara when she opened the box early next morning, and stood trembling over the loss of the mantilla.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Had a spark of human feeling been left in Dalton's body, it would have been kindled into a flame of sympathy, could he have seen Lady Barbara when she opened the box early next morning, and stood trembling over the loss of the mantilla.
HerdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Her first hope was that she had inadvertently taken it to Rosenthal's with the other pieces of lace, and that Mangan had found it when he checked up her work.
hope
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From this reading Her first hope was that she had inadvertently taken it to Rosenthal's with the other pieces of lace, and that Mangan had found it when he checked up her work.
human
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From this reading Had a spark of human feeling been left in Dalton's body, it would have been kindled into a flame of sympathy, could he have seen Lady Barbara when she opened the box early next morning, and stood trembling over the loss of the mantilla.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Had a spark of human feeling been left in Dalton's body, it would have been kindled into a flame of sympathy, could he have seen Lady Barbara when she opened the box early next morning, and stood trembling over the loss of the mantilla.
inadvertently
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From this reading Her first hope was that she had inadvertently taken it to Rosenthal's with the other pieces of lace, and that Mangan had found it when he checked up her work.
increasing
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From this reading Then a cold chill ran through her, her anxiety increasing every moment.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Had a spark of human feeling been left in Dalton's body, it would have been kindled into a flame of sympathy, could he have seen Lady Barbara when she opened the box early next morning, and stood trembling over the loss of the mantilla.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Had a spark of human feeling been left in Dalton's body, it would have been kindled into a flame of sympathy, could he have seen Lady Barbara when she opened the box early next morning, and stood trembling over the loss of the mantilla.
jostled
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From this reading Had the woman who jostled her on the way up the long staircase to the workroom, picked up her package when she stumbled?
kindled
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From this reading Had a spark of human feeling been left in Dalton's body, it would have been kindled into a flame of sympathy, could he have seen Lady Barbara when she opened the box early next morning, and stood trembling over the loss of the mantilla.
lace
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From this reading Her first hope was that she had inadvertently taken it to Rosenthal's with the other pieces of lace, and that Mangan had found it when he checked up her work.
Lady
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From this reading Had a spark of human feeling been left in Dalton's body, it would have been kindled into a flame of sympathy, could he have seen Lady Barbara when she opened the box early next morning, and stood trembling over the loss of the mantilla.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Had a spark of human feeling been left in Dalton's body, it would have been kindled into a flame of sympathy, could he have seen Lady Barbara when she opened the box early next morning, and stood trembling over the loss of the mantilla.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Had the woman who jostled her on the way up the long staircase to the workroom, picked up her package when she stumbled?
loss
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From this reading Had a spark of human feeling been left in Dalton's body, it would have been kindled into a flame of sympathy, could he have seen Lady Barbara when she opened the box early next morning, and stood trembling over the loss of the mantilla.
Mangan
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From this reading Her first hope was that she had inadvertently taken it to Rosenthal's with the other pieces of lace, and that Mangan had found it when he checked up her work.
mantilla
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From this reading Had a spark of human feeling been left in Dalton's body, it would have been kindled into a flame of sympathy, could he have seen Lady Barbara when she opened the box early next morning, and stood trembling over the loss of the mantilla.
moment
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From this reading Then a cold chill ran through her, her anxiety increasing every moment.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Had a spark of human feeling been left in Dalton's body, it would have been kindled into a flame of sympathy, could he have seen Lady Barbara when she opened the box early next morning, and stood trembling over the loss of the mantilla.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Had a spark of human feeling been left in Dalton's body, it would have been kindled into a flame of sympathy, could he have seen Lady Barbara when she opened the box early next morning, and stood trembling over the loss of the mantilla.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Had a spark of human feeling been left in Dalton's body, it would have been kindled into a flame of sympathy, could he have seen Lady Barbara when she opened the box early next morning, and stood trembling over the loss of the mantilla.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Had the woman who jostled her on the way up the long staircase to the workroom, picked up her package when she stumbled?
opened
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From this reading Had a spark of human feeling been left in Dalton's body, it would have been kindled into a flame of sympathy, could he have seen Lady Barbara when she opened the box early next morning, and stood trembling over the loss of the mantilla.
other
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From this reading Her first hope was that she had inadvertently taken it to Rosenthal's with the other pieces of lace, and that Mangan had found it when he checked up her work.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Had a spark of human feeling been left in Dalton's body, it would have been kindled into a flame of sympathy, could he have seen Lady Barbara when she opened the box early next morning, and stood trembling over the loss of the mantilla.
package
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From this reading Had the woman who jostled her on the way up the long staircase to the workroom, picked up her package when she stumbled?
picked
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From this reading Had the woman who jostled her on the way up the long staircase to the workroom, picked up her package when she stumbled?
pieces
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From this reading Her first hope was that she had inadvertently taken it to Rosenthal's with the other pieces of lace, and that Mangan had found it when he checked up her work.
ran
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From this reading Then a cold chill ran through her, her anxiety increasing every moment.
Rosenthal's
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From this reading Her first hope was that she had inadvertently taken it to Rosenthal's with the other pieces of lace, and that Mangan had found it when he checked up her work.
seen
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From this reading Had a spark of human feeling been left in Dalton's body, it would have been kindled into a flame of sympathy, could he have seen Lady Barbara when she opened the box early next morning, and stood trembling over the loss of the mantilla.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Had a spark of human feeling been left in Dalton's body, it would have been kindled into a flame of sympathy, could he have seen Lady Barbara when she opened the box early next morning, and stood trembling over the loss of the mantilla.
spark
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From this reading Had a spark of human feeling been left in Dalton's body, it would have been kindled into a flame of sympathy, could he have seen Lady Barbara when she opened the box early next morning, and stood trembling over the loss of the mantilla.
staircase
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From this reading Had the woman who jostled her on the way up the long staircase to the workroom, picked up her package when she stumbled?
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Had a spark of human feeling been left in Dalton's body, it would have been kindled into a flame of sympathy, could he have seen Lady Barbara when she opened the box early next morning, and stood trembling over the loss of the mantilla.
street
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From this reading Had she dropped it in the street?
stumbled
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From this reading Had the woman who jostled her on the way up the long staircase to the workroom, picked up her package when she stumbled?
sympathy
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From this reading Had a spark of human feeling been left in Dalton's body, it would have been kindled into a flame of sympathy, could he have seen Lady Barbara when she opened the box early next morning, and stood trembling over the loss of the mantilla.
taken
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From this reading Her first hope was that she had inadvertently taken it to Rosenthal's with the other pieces of lace, and that Mangan had found it when he checked up her work.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Her first hope was that she had inadvertently taken it to Rosenthal's with the other pieces of lace, and that Mangan had found it when he checked up her work.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Had a spark of human feeling been left in Dalton's body, it would have been kindled into a flame of sympathy, could he have seen Lady Barbara when she opened the box early next morning, and stood trembling over the loss of the mantilla.
Then
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From this reading Then a cold chill ran through her, her anxiety increasing every moment.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Then a cold chill ran through her, her anxiety increasing every moment.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Her first hope was that she had inadvertently taken it to Rosenthal's with the other pieces of lace, and that Mangan had found it when he checked up her work.
trembling
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From this reading Had a spark of human feeling been left in Dalton's body, it would have been kindled into a flame of sympathy, could he have seen Lady Barbara when she opened the box early next morning, and stood trembling over the loss of the mantilla.
up
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From this reading Her first hope was that she had inadvertently taken it to Rosenthal's with the other pieces of lace, and that Mangan had found it when he checked up her work.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Her first hope was that she had inadvertently taken it to Rosenthal's with the other pieces of lace, and that Mangan had found it when he checked up her work.
way
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From this reading Had the woman who jostled her on the way up the long staircase to the workroom, picked up her package when she stumbled?
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Had a spark of human feeling been left in Dalton's body, it would have been kindled into a flame of sympathy, could he have seen Lady Barbara when she opened the box early next morning, and stood trembling over the loss of the mantilla.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Had the woman who jostled her on the way up the long staircase to the workroom, picked up her package when she stumbled?
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Her first hope was that she had inadvertently taken it to Rosenthal's with the other pieces of lace, and that Mangan had found it when he checked up her work.
woman
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From this reading Had the woman who jostled her on the way up the long staircase to the workroom, picked up her package when she stumbled?
work
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From this reading Her first hope was that she had inadvertently taken it to Rosenthal's with the other pieces of lace, and that Mangan had found it when he checked up her work.
workroom
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From this reading Had the woman who jostled her on the way up the long staircase to the workroom, picked up her package when she stumbled?
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Had a spark of human feeling been left in Dalton's body, it would have been kindled into a flame of sympathy, could he have seen Lady Barbara when she opened the box early next morning, and stood trembling over the loss of the mantilla.
