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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 He laughed while he stood before the little glass and trimmed his moustache, tried to make his black tie sit straight, and shook down his dinner jacket so that it should lie upon the shoulders without a crease.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Some hidden instinct in his pagan soul--heaven knows how he phrased it even to himself, if he phrased it at all--whispered that with the snow the girl would be somewhere about, would emerge from her hiding place, would even look for him.
Absolutely
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From this reading Absolutely unwarranted it was.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For the singular connection between the stranger and the snow again betrayed itself, utterly beyond explanation as before, but vital and insistent.
Ah
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From this reading Ah, there was the truth, the deeper necessity that called.
all
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From this reading Some hidden instinct in his pagan soul--heaven knows how he phrased it even to himself, if he phrased it at all--whispered that with the snow the girl would be somewhere about, would emerge from her hiding place, would even look for him.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading For the singular connection between the stranger and the snow again betrayed itself, utterly beyond explanation as before, but vital and insistent.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading For the singular connection between the stranger and the snow again betrayed itself, utterly beyond explanation as before, but vital and insistent.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Some hidden instinct in his pagan soul--heaven knows how he phrased it even to himself, if he phrased it at all--whispered that with the snow the girl would be somewhere about, would emerge from her hiding place, would even look for him.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Some hidden instinct in his pagan soul--heaven knows how he phrased it even to himself, if he phrased it at all--whispered that with the snow the girl would be somewhere about, would emerge from her hiding place, would even look for him.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading For the singular connection between the stranger and the snow again betrayed itself, utterly beyond explanation as before, but vital and insistent.
betrayed
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From this reading For the singular connection between the stranger and the snow again betrayed itself, utterly beyond explanation as before, but vital and insistent.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading For the singular connection between the stranger and the snow again betrayed itself, utterly beyond explanation as before, but vital and insistent.
beyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/
on the far side of; further than
From this reading For the singular connection between the stranger and the snow again betrayed itself, utterly beyond explanation as before, but vital and insistent.
black
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From this reading He laughed while he stood before the little glass and trimmed his moustache, tried to make his black tie sit straight, and shook down his dinner jacket so that it should lie upon the shoulders without a crease.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading For the singular connection between the stranger and the snow again betrayed itself, utterly beyond explanation as before, but vital and insistent.
called
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From this reading Ah, there was the truth, the deeper necessity that called.
connection
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From this reading For the singular connection between the stranger and the snow again betrayed itself, utterly beyond explanation as before, but vital and insistent.
crease
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From this reading He laughed while he stood before the little glass and trimmed his moustache, tried to make his black tie sit straight, and shook down his dinner jacket so that it should lie upon the shoulders without a crease.
deeper
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From this reading Ah, there was the truth, the deeper necessity that called.
dinner
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From this reading He laughed while he stood before the little glass and trimmed his moustache, tried to make his black tie sit straight, and shook down his dinner jacket so that it should lie upon the shoulders without a crease.
down
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From this reading He laughed while he stood before the little glass and trimmed his moustache, tried to make his black tie sit straight, and shook down his dinner jacket so that it should lie upon the shoulders without a crease.
emerge
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From this reading Some hidden instinct in his pagan soul--heaven knows how he phrased it even to himself, if he phrased it at all--whispered that with the snow the girl would be somewhere about, would emerge from her hiding place, would even look for him.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Some hidden instinct in his pagan soul--heaven knows how he phrased it even to himself, if he phrased it at all--whispered that with the snow the girl would be somewhere about, would emerge from her hiding place, would even look for him.
explanation
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From this reading For the singular connection between the stranger and the snow again betrayed itself, utterly beyond explanation as before, but vital and insistent.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For the singular connection between the stranger and the snow again betrayed itself, utterly beyond explanation as before, but vital and insistent.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Some hidden instinct in his pagan soul--heaven knows how he phrased it even to himself, if he phrased it at all--whispered that with the snow the girl would be somewhere about, would emerge from her hiding place, would even look for him.
girl
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From this reading Some hidden instinct in his pagan soul--heaven knows how he phrased it even to himself, if he phrased it at all--whispered that with the snow the girl would be somewhere about, would emerge from her hiding place, would even look for him.
glass
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From this reading He laughed while he stood before the little glass and trimmed his moustache, tried to make his black tie sit straight, and shook down his dinner jacket so that it should lie upon the shoulders without a crease.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Some hidden instinct in his pagan soul--heaven knows how he phrased it even to himself, if he phrased it at all--whispered that with the snow the girl would be somewhere about, would emerge from her hiding place, would even look for him.
heaven
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From this reading Some hidden instinct in his pagan soul--heaven knows how he phrased it even to himself, if he phrased it at all--whispered that with the snow the girl would be somewhere about, would emerge from her hiding place, would even look for him.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Some hidden instinct in his pagan soul--heaven knows how he phrased it even to himself, if he phrased it at all--whispered that with the snow the girl would be somewhere about, would emerge from her hiding place, would even look for him.
hidden
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From this reading Some hidden instinct in his pagan soul--heaven knows how he phrased it even to himself, if he phrased it at all--whispered that with the snow the girl would be somewhere about, would emerge from her hiding place, would even look for him.
hiding
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From this reading Some hidden instinct in his pagan soul--heaven knows how he phrased it even to himself, if he phrased it at all--whispered that with the snow the girl would be somewhere about, would emerge from her hiding place, would even look for him.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Some hidden instinct in his pagan soul--heaven knows how he phrased it even to himself, if he phrased it at all--whispered that with the snow the girl would be somewhere about, would emerge from her hiding place, would even look for him.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Some hidden instinct in his pagan soul--heaven knows how he phrased it even to himself, if he phrased it at all--whispered that with the snow the girl would be somewhere about, would emerge from her hiding place, would even look for him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Some hidden instinct in his pagan soul--heaven knows how he phrased it even to himself, if he phrased it at all--whispered that with the snow the girl would be somewhere about, would emerge from her hiding place, would even look for him.
how
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From this reading Some hidden instinct in his pagan soul--heaven knows how he phrased it even to himself, if he phrased it at all--whispered that with the snow the girl would be somewhere about, would emerge from her hiding place, would even look for him.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Some hidden instinct in his pagan soul--heaven knows how he phrased it even to himself, if he phrased it at all--whispered that with the snow the girl would be somewhere about, would emerge from her hiding place, would even look for him.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Some hidden instinct in his pagan soul--heaven knows how he phrased it even to himself, if he phrased it at all--whispered that with the snow the girl would be somewhere about, would emerge from her hiding place, would even look for him.
insistent
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From this reading For the singular connection between the stranger and the snow again betrayed itself, utterly beyond explanation as before, but vital and insistent.
instinct
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From this reading Some hidden instinct in his pagan soul--heaven knows how he phrased it even to himself, if he phrased it at all--whispered that with the snow the girl would be somewhere about, would emerge from her hiding place, would even look for him.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Some hidden instinct in his pagan soul--heaven knows how he phrased it even to himself, if he phrased it at all--whispered that with the snow the girl would be somewhere about, would emerge from her hiding place, would even look for him.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading For the singular connection between the stranger and the snow again betrayed itself, utterly beyond explanation as before, but vital and insistent.
jacket
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From this reading He laughed while he stood before the little glass and trimmed his moustache, tried to make his black tie sit straight, and shook down his dinner jacket so that it should lie upon the shoulders without a crease.
knows
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From this reading Some hidden instinct in his pagan soul--heaven knows how he phrased it even to himself, if he phrased it at all--whispered that with the snow the girl would be somewhere about, would emerge from her hiding place, would even look for him.
laughed
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From this reading He laughed while he stood before the little glass and trimmed his moustache, tried to make his black tie sit straight, and shook down his dinner jacket so that it should lie upon the shoulders without a crease.
lie
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From this reading He laughed while he stood before the little glass and trimmed his moustache, tried to make his black tie sit straight, and shook down his dinner jacket so that it should lie upon the shoulders without a crease.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He laughed while he stood before the little glass and trimmed his moustache, tried to make his black tie sit straight, and shook down his dinner jacket so that it should lie upon the shoulders without a crease.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Some hidden instinct in his pagan soul--heaven knows how he phrased it even to himself, if he phrased it at all--whispered that with the snow the girl would be somewhere about, would emerge from her hiding place, would even look for him.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He laughed while he stood before the little glass and trimmed his moustache, tried to make his black tie sit straight, and shook down his dinner jacket so that it should lie upon the shoulders without a crease.
moustache
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From this reading He laughed while he stood before the little glass and trimmed his moustache, tried to make his black tie sit straight, and shook down his dinner jacket so that it should lie upon the shoulders without a crease.
necessity
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From this reading Ah, there was the truth, the deeper necessity that called.
pagan
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From this reading Some hidden instinct in his pagan soul--heaven knows how he phrased it even to himself, if he phrased it at all--whispered that with the snow the girl would be somewhere about, would emerge from her hiding place, would even look for him.
phrased
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From this reading Some hidden instinct in his pagan soul--heaven knows how he phrased it even to himself, if he phrased it at all--whispered that with the snow the girl would be somewhere about, would emerge from her hiding place, would even look for him.
place
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From this reading Some hidden instinct in his pagan soul--heaven knows how he phrased it even to himself, if he phrased it at all--whispered that with the snow the girl would be somewhere about, would emerge from her hiding place, would even look for him.
shook
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From this reading He laughed while he stood before the little glass and trimmed his moustache, tried to make his black tie sit straight, and shook down his dinner jacket so that it should lie upon the shoulders without a crease.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading He laughed while he stood before the little glass and trimmed his moustache, tried to make his black tie sit straight, and shook down his dinner jacket so that it should lie upon the shoulders without a crease.
shoulders
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From this reading He laughed while he stood before the little glass and trimmed his moustache, tried to make his black tie sit straight, and shook down his dinner jacket so that it should lie upon the shoulders without a crease.
singular
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From this reading For the singular connection between the stranger and the snow again betrayed itself, utterly beyond explanation as before, but vital and insistent.
sit
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From this reading He laughed while he stood before the little glass and trimmed his moustache, tried to make his black tie sit straight, and shook down his dinner jacket so that it should lie upon the shoulders without a crease.
snow
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From this reading For the singular connection between the stranger and the snow again betrayed itself, utterly beyond explanation as before, but vital and insistent.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading He laughed while he stood before the little glass and trimmed his moustache, tried to make his black tie sit straight, and shook down his dinner jacket so that it should lie upon the shoulders without a crease.
Some
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From this reading Some hidden instinct in his pagan soul--heaven knows how he phrased it even to himself, if he phrased it at all--whispered that with the snow the girl would be somewhere about, would emerge from her hiding place, would even look for him.
somewhere
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From this reading Some hidden instinct in his pagan soul--heaven knows how he phrased it even to himself, if he phrased it at all--whispered that with the snow the girl would be somewhere about, would emerge from her hiding place, would even look for him.
soul
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From this reading Some hidden instinct in his pagan soul--heaven knows how he phrased it even to himself, if he phrased it at all--whispered that with the snow the girl would be somewhere about, would emerge from her hiding place, would even look for him.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He laughed while he stood before the little glass and trimmed his moustache, tried to make his black tie sit straight, and shook down his dinner jacket so that it should lie upon the shoulders without a crease.
straight
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From this reading He laughed while he stood before the little glass and trimmed his moustache, tried to make his black tie sit straight, and shook down his dinner jacket so that it should lie upon the shoulders without a crease.
stranger
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From this reading For the singular connection between the stranger and the snow again betrayed itself, utterly beyond explanation as before, but vital and insistent.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Ah, there was the truth, the deeper necessity that called.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Ah, there was the truth, the deeper necessity that called.
there
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From this reading Ah, there was the truth, the deeper necessity that called.
tie
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From this reading He laughed while he stood before the little glass and trimmed his moustache, tried to make his black tie sit straight, and shook down his dinner jacket so that it should lie upon the shoulders without a crease.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Some hidden instinct in his pagan soul--heaven knows how he phrased it even to himself, if he phrased it at all--whispered that with the snow the girl would be somewhere about, would emerge from her hiding place, would even look for him.
tried
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From this reading He laughed while he stood before the little glass and trimmed his moustache, tried to make his black tie sit straight, and shook down his dinner jacket so that it should lie upon the shoulders without a crease.
trimmed
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From this reading He laughed while he stood before the little glass and trimmed his moustache, tried to make his black tie sit straight, and shook down his dinner jacket so that it should lie upon the shoulders without a crease.
truth
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From this reading Ah, there was the truth, the deeper necessity that called.
unwarranted
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From this reading Absolutely unwarranted it was.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading He laughed while he stood before the little glass and trimmed his moustache, tried to make his black tie sit straight, and shook down his dinner jacket so that it should lie upon the shoulders without a crease.
utterly
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From this reading For the singular connection between the stranger and the snow again betrayed itself, utterly beyond explanation as before, but vital and insistent.
vital
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From this reading For the singular connection between the stranger and the snow again betrayed itself, utterly beyond explanation as before, but vital and insistent.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Ah, there was the truth, the deeper necessity that called.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading He laughed while he stood before the little glass and trimmed his moustache, tried to make his black tie sit straight, and shook down his dinner jacket so that it should lie upon the shoulders without a crease.
whispered
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From this reading Some hidden instinct in his pagan soul--heaven knows how he phrased it even to himself, if he phrased it at all--whispered that with the snow the girl would be somewhere about, would emerge from her hiding place, would even look for him.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Some hidden instinct in his pagan soul--heaven knows how he phrased it even to himself, if he phrased it at all--whispered that with the snow the girl would be somewhere about, would emerge from her hiding place, would even look for him.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading He laughed while he stood before the little glass and trimmed his moustache, tried to make his black tie sit straight, and shook down his dinner jacket so that it should lie upon the shoulders without a crease.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Some hidden instinct in his pagan soul--heaven knows how he phrased it even to himself, if he phrased it at all--whispered that with the snow the girl would be somewhere about, would emerge from her hiding place, would even look for him.
