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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 Althea, since the misty walk with Gerald, had been plunged in a pit of mental confusion.
abasement
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From this reading She swung from accepted abasement to the desperate thought of the magnanimity in such abasement; she dropped from this fragile foothold to burning resentment, and, seeing where resentment must lead her, she turned again and clasped, with tight-closed eyes, the love that, looked upon, could not be held without humiliation.
accepted
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From this reading She swung from accepted abasement to the desperate thought of the magnanimity in such abasement; she dropped from this fragile foothold to burning resentment, and, seeing where resentment must lead her, she turned again and clasped, with tight-closed eyes, the love that, looked upon, could not be held without humiliation.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She swung from accepted abasement to the desperate thought of the magnanimity in such abasement; she dropped from this fragile foothold to burning resentment, and, seeing where resentment must lead her, she turned again and clasped, with tight-closed eyes, the love that, looked upon, could not be held without humiliation.
Althea
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From this reading Althea, since the misty walk with Gerald, had been plunged in a pit of mental confusion.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She swung from accepted abasement to the desperate thought of the magnanimity in such abasement; she dropped from this fragile foothold to burning resentment, and, seeing where resentment must lead her, she turned again and clasped, with tight-closed eyes, the love that, looked upon, could not be held without humiliation.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading If she let him go, it would be to own to herself that she had failed to hold him, to see herself as a nonentity.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading She swung from accepted abasement to the desperate thought of the magnanimity in such abasement; she dropped from this fragile foothold to burning resentment, and, seeing where resentment must lead her, she turned again and clasped, with tight-closed eyes, the love that, looked upon, could not be held without humiliation.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Althea, since the misty walk with Gerald, had been plunged in a pit of mental confusion.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Self-doubt and self-analysis had brought her to this state of pitiful chaos.
burning
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From this reading She swung from accepted abasement to the desperate thought of the magnanimity in such abasement; she dropped from this fragile foothold to burning resentment, and, seeing where resentment must lead her, she turned again and clasped, with tight-closed eyes, the love that, looked upon, could not be held without humiliation.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The only self left seemed centred in her love; if she did not give up Gerald, what was left her but accepted abasement?
centred
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From this reading The only self left seemed centred in her love; if she did not give up Gerald, what was left her but accepted abasement?
chaos
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From this reading Self-doubt and self-analysis had brought her to this state of pitiful chaos.
clasped
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From this reading She swung from accepted abasement to the desperate thought of the magnanimity in such abasement; she dropped from this fragile foothold to burning resentment, and, seeing where resentment must lead her, she turned again and clasped, with tight-closed eyes, the love that, looked upon, could not be held without humiliation.
confusion
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From this reading Althea, since the misty walk with Gerald, had been plunged in a pit of mental confusion.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading She swung from accepted abasement to the desperate thought of the magnanimity in such abasement; she dropped from this fragile foothold to burning resentment, and, seeing where resentment must lead her, she turned again and clasped, with tight-closed eyes, the love that, looked upon, could not be held without humiliation.
desperate
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From this reading She swung from accepted abasement to the desperate thought of the magnanimity in such abasement; she dropped from this fragile foothold to burning resentment, and, seeing where resentment must lead her, she turned again and clasped, with tight-closed eyes, the love that, looked upon, could not be held without humiliation.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading The only self left seemed centred in her love; if she did not give up Gerald, what was left her but accepted abasement?
dropped
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From this reading She swung from accepted abasement to the desperate thought of the magnanimity in such abasement; she dropped from this fragile foothold to burning resentment, and, seeing where resentment must lead her, she turned again and clasped, with tight-closed eyes, the love that, looked upon, could not be held without humiliation.
eyes
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From this reading She swung from accepted abasement to the desperate thought of the magnanimity in such abasement; she dropped from this fragile foothold to burning resentment, and, seeing where resentment must lead her, she turned again and clasped, with tight-closed eyes, the love that, looked upon, could not be held without humiliation.
failed
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From this reading If she let him go, it would be to own to herself that she had failed to hold him, to see herself as a nonentity.
foothold
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From this reading She swung from accepted abasement to the desperate thought of the magnanimity in such abasement; she dropped from this fragile foothold to burning resentment, and, seeing where resentment must lead her, she turned again and clasped, with tight-closed eyes, the love that, looked upon, could not be held without humiliation.
fragile
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From this reading She swung from accepted abasement to the desperate thought of the magnanimity in such abasement; she dropped from this fragile foothold to burning resentment, and, seeing where resentment must lead her, she turned again and clasped, with tight-closed eyes, the love that, looked upon, could not be held without humiliation.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading She swung from accepted abasement to the desperate thought of the magnanimity in such abasement; she dropped from this fragile foothold to burning resentment, and, seeing where resentment must lead her, she turned again and clasped, with tight-closed eyes, the love that, looked upon, could not be held without humiliation.
Gerald
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From this reading Althea, since the misty walk with Gerald, had been plunged in a pit of mental confusion.
give
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From this reading The only self left seemed centred in her love; if she did not give up Gerald, what was left her but accepted abasement?
go
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From this reading If she let him go, it would be to own to herself that she had failed to hold him, to see herself as a nonentity.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Althea, since the misty walk with Gerald, had been plunged in a pit of mental confusion.
held
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From this reading She swung from accepted abasement to the desperate thought of the magnanimity in such abasement; she dropped from this fragile foothold to burning resentment, and, seeing where resentment must lead her, she turned again and clasped, with tight-closed eyes, the love that, looked upon, could not be held without humiliation.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She swung from accepted abasement to the desperate thought of the magnanimity in such abasement; she dropped from this fragile foothold to burning resentment, and, seeing where resentment must lead her, she turned again and clasped, with tight-closed eyes, the love that, looked upon, could not be held without humiliation.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading If she let him go, it would be to own to herself that she had failed to hold him, to see herself as a nonentity.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading If she let him go, it would be to own to herself that she had failed to hold him, to see herself as a nonentity.
hold
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From this reading If she let him go, it would be to own to herself that she had failed to hold him, to see herself as a nonentity.
humiliation
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From this reading She swung from accepted abasement to the desperate thought of the magnanimity in such abasement; she dropped from this fragile foothold to burning resentment, and, seeing where resentment must lead her, she turned again and clasped, with tight-closed eyes, the love that, looked upon, could not be held without humiliation.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading The only self left seemed centred in her love; if she did not give up Gerald, what was left her but accepted abasement?
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Althea, since the misty walk with Gerald, had been plunged in a pit of mental confusion.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading If she let him go, it would be to own to herself that she had failed to hold him, to see herself as a nonentity.
lead
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From this reading She swung from accepted abasement to the desperate thought of the magnanimity in such abasement; she dropped from this fragile foothold to burning resentment, and, seeing where resentment must lead her, she turned again and clasped, with tight-closed eyes, the love that, looked upon, could not be held without humiliation.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The only self left seemed centred in her love; if she did not give up Gerald, what was left her but accepted abasement?
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading If she let him go, it would be to own to herself that she had failed to hold him, to see herself as a nonentity.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She swung from accepted abasement to the desperate thought of the magnanimity in such abasement; she dropped from this fragile foothold to burning resentment, and, seeing where resentment must lead her, she turned again and clasped, with tight-closed eyes, the love that, looked upon, could not be held without humiliation.
love
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From this reading She swung from accepted abasement to the desperate thought of the magnanimity in such abasement; she dropped from this fragile foothold to burning resentment, and, seeing where resentment must lead her, she turned again and clasped, with tight-closed eyes, the love that, looked upon, could not be held without humiliation.
magnanimity
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From this reading She swung from accepted abasement to the desperate thought of the magnanimity in such abasement; she dropped from this fragile foothold to burning resentment, and, seeing where resentment must lead her, she turned again and clasped, with tight-closed eyes, the love that, looked upon, could not be held without humiliation.
mental
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From this reading Althea, since the misty walk with Gerald, had been plunged in a pit of mental confusion.
misty
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From this reading Althea, since the misty walk with Gerald, had been plunged in a pit of mental confusion.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading She swung from accepted abasement to the desperate thought of the magnanimity in such abasement; she dropped from this fragile foothold to burning resentment, and, seeing where resentment must lead her, she turned again and clasped, with tight-closed eyes, the love that, looked upon, could not be held without humiliation.
nonentity
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From this reading If she let him go, it would be to own to herself that she had failed to hold him, to see herself as a nonentity.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading She swung from accepted abasement to the desperate thought of the magnanimity in such abasement; she dropped from this fragile foothold to burning resentment, and, seeing where resentment must lead her, she turned again and clasped, with tight-closed eyes, the love that, looked upon, could not be held without humiliation.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Althea, since the misty walk with Gerald, had been plunged in a pit of mental confusion.
only
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From this reading The only self left seemed centred in her love; if she did not give up Gerald, what was left her but accepted abasement?
own
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From this reading If she let him go, it would be to own to herself that she had failed to hold him, to see herself as a nonentity.
pitnounUS /pɪt/
A large hole in the ground, or an abyss of darkness and peril.
From this reading Althea, since the misty walk with Gerald, had been plunged in a pit of mental confusion.
pitiful
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From this reading Self-doubt and self-analysis had brought her to this state of pitiful chaos.
plunged
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From this reading Althea, since the misty walk with Gerald, had been plunged in a pit of mental confusion.
resentment
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From this reading She swung from accepted abasement to the desperate thought of the magnanimity in such abasement; she dropped from this fragile foothold to burning resentment, and, seeing where resentment must lead her, she turned again and clasped, with tight-closed eyes, the love that, looked upon, could not be held without humiliation.
see
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From this reading If she let him go, it would be to own to herself that she had failed to hold him, to see herself as a nonentity.
seeing
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From this reading She swung from accepted abasement to the desperate thought of the magnanimity in such abasement; she dropped from this fragile foothold to burning resentment, and, seeing where resentment must lead her, she turned again and clasped, with tight-closed eyes, the love that, looked upon, could not be held without humiliation.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The only self left seemed centred in her love; if she did not give up Gerald, what was left her but accepted abasement?
self
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From this reading The only self left seemed centred in her love; if she did not give up Gerald, what was left her but accepted abasement?
self-analysis
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From this reading Self-doubt and self-analysis had brought her to this state of pitiful chaos.
Self-doubt
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From this reading Self-doubt and self-analysis had brought her to this state of pitiful chaos.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She swung from accepted abasement to the desperate thought of the magnanimity in such abasement; she dropped from this fragile foothold to burning resentment, and, seeing where resentment must lead her, she turned again and clasped, with tight-closed eyes, the love that, looked upon, could not be held without humiliation.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Althea, since the misty walk with Gerald, had been plunged in a pit of mental confusion.
state
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From this reading Self-doubt and self-analysis had brought her to this state of pitiful chaos.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading She swung from accepted abasement to the desperate thought of the magnanimity in such abasement; she dropped from this fragile foothold to burning resentment, and, seeing where resentment must lead her, she turned again and clasped, with tight-closed eyes, the love that, looked upon, could not be held without humiliation.
swung
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From this reading She swung from accepted abasement to the desperate thought of the magnanimity in such abasement; she dropped from this fragile foothold to burning resentment, and, seeing where resentment must lead her, she turned again and clasped, with tight-closed eyes, the love that, looked upon, could not be held without humiliation.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She swung from accepted abasement to the desperate thought of the magnanimity in such abasement; she dropped from this fragile foothold to burning resentment, and, seeing where resentment must lead her, she turned again and clasped, with tight-closed eyes, the love that, looked upon, could not be held without humiliation.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Althea, since the misty walk with Gerald, had been plunged in a pit of mental confusion.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading She swung from accepted abasement to the desperate thought of the magnanimity in such abasement; she dropped from this fragile foothold to burning resentment, and, seeing where resentment must lead her, she turned again and clasped, with tight-closed eyes, the love that, looked upon, could not be held without humiliation.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She swung from accepted abasement to the desperate thought of the magnanimity in such abasement; she dropped from this fragile foothold to burning resentment, and, seeing where resentment must lead her, she turned again and clasped, with tight-closed eyes, the love that, looked upon, could not be held without humiliation.
tight-closed
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From this reading She swung from accepted abasement to the desperate thought of the magnanimity in such abasement; she dropped from this fragile foothold to burning resentment, and, seeing where resentment must lead her, she turned again and clasped, with tight-closed eyes, the love that, looked upon, could not be held without humiliation.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She swung from accepted abasement to the desperate thought of the magnanimity in such abasement; she dropped from this fragile foothold to burning resentment, and, seeing where resentment must lead her, she turned again and clasped, with tight-closed eyes, the love that, looked upon, could not be held without humiliation.
turned
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From this reading She swung from accepted abasement to the desperate thought of the magnanimity in such abasement; she dropped from this fragile foothold to burning resentment, and, seeing where resentment must lead her, she turned again and clasped, with tight-closed eyes, the love that, looked upon, could not be held without humiliation.
up
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From this reading The only self left seemed centred in her love; if she did not give up Gerald, what was left her but accepted abasement?
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading She swung from accepted abasement to the desperate thought of the magnanimity in such abasement; she dropped from this fragile foothold to burning resentment, and, seeing where resentment must lead her, she turned again and clasped, with tight-closed eyes, the love that, looked upon, could not be held without humiliation.
walk
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From this reading Althea, since the misty walk with Gerald, had been plunged in a pit of mental confusion.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The only self left seemed centred in her love; if she did not give up Gerald, what was left her but accepted abasement?
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading The only self left seemed centred in her love; if she did not give up Gerald, what was left her but accepted abasement?
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading She swung from accepted abasement to the desperate thought of the magnanimity in such abasement; she dropped from this fragile foothold to burning resentment, and, seeing where resentment must lead her, she turned again and clasped, with tight-closed eyes, the love that, looked upon, could not be held without humiliation.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Althea, since the misty walk with Gerald, had been plunged in a pit of mental confusion.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading She swung from accepted abasement to the desperate thought of the magnanimity in such abasement; she dropped from this fragile foothold to burning resentment, and, seeing where resentment must lead her, she turned again and clasped, with tight-closed eyes, the love that, looked upon, could not be held without humiliation.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading If she let him go, it would be to own to herself that she had failed to hold him, to see herself as a nonentity.
