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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 The Alcotts' unexpected guest lingered another forty-eight hours under their roof,--making a hopeless fight for life.
Alcotts
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From this reading The Alcotts' unexpected guest lingered another forty-eight hours under their roof,--making a hopeless fight for life.
allowed
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From this reading Buntingford saw her whenever the doctors allowed.
alreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But the influenza poison, recklessly defied from the beginning, had laid too deadly a grip on an already weakened heart.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading But the influenza poison, recklessly defied from the beginning, had laid too deadly a grip on an already weakened heart.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And the excitement of the means she had taken to inform herself as to the conditions of Buntingford's life and surroundings, before breaking in upon them, together with the exhaustion of her night wandering, had finally destroyed her chance of recovery.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The Alcotts' unexpected guest lingered another forty-eight hours under their roof,--making a hopeless fight for life.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading And the excitement of the means she had taken to inform herself as to the conditions of Buntingford's life and surroundings, before breaking in upon them, together with the exhaustion of her night wandering, had finally destroyed her chance of recovery.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading She claimed his presence indeed, and would not be denied.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading And the excitement of the means she had taken to inform herself as to the conditions of Buntingford's life and surroundings, before breaking in upon them, together with the exhaustion of her night wandering, had finally destroyed her chance of recovery.
beginningnounUS /ˈbeginning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading But the influenza poison, recklessly defied from the beginning, had laid too deadly a grip on an already weakened heart.
breaking
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From this reading And the excitement of the means she had taken to inform herself as to the conditions of Buntingford's life and surroundings, before breaking in upon them, together with the exhaustion of her night wandering, had finally destroyed her chance of recovery.
Buntingford
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From this reading Buntingford saw her whenever the doctors allowed.
Buntingford's
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From this reading And the excitement of the means she had taken to inform herself as to the conditions of Buntingford's life and surroundings, before breaking in upon them, together with the exhaustion of her night wandering, had finally destroyed her chance of recovery.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But the influenza poison, recklessly defied from the beginning, had laid too deadly a grip on an already weakened heart.
chance
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From this reading And the excitement of the means she had taken to inform herself as to the conditions of Buntingford's life and surroundings, before breaking in upon them, together with the exhaustion of her night wandering, had finally destroyed her chance of recovery.
claimed
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From this reading She claimed his presence indeed, and would not be denied.
conditions
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From this reading And the excitement of the means she had taken to inform herself as to the conditions of Buntingford's life and surroundings, before breaking in upon them, together with the exhaustion of her night wandering, had finally destroyed her chance of recovery.
deadly
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From this reading But the influenza poison, recklessly defied from the beginning, had laid too deadly a grip on an already weakened heart.
defied
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From this reading But the influenza poison, recklessly defied from the beginning, had laid too deadly a grip on an already weakened heart.
denied
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From this reading She claimed his presence indeed, and would not be denied.
destroyed
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From this reading And the excitement of the means she had taken to inform herself as to the conditions of Buntingford's life and surroundings, before breaking in upon them, together with the exhaustion of her night wandering, had finally destroyed her chance of recovery.
doctors
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From this reading Buntingford saw her whenever the doctors allowed.
excitement
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From this reading And the excitement of the means she had taken to inform herself as to the conditions of Buntingford's life and surroundings, before breaking in upon them, together with the exhaustion of her night wandering, had finally destroyed her chance of recovery.
exhaustion
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From this reading And the excitement of the means she had taken to inform herself as to the conditions of Buntingford's life and surroundings, before breaking in upon them, together with the exhaustion of her night wandering, had finally destroyed her chance of recovery.
fight
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From this reading The Alcotts' unexpected guest lingered another forty-eight hours under their roof,--making a hopeless fight for life.
finally
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From this reading And the excitement of the means she had taken to inform herself as to the conditions of Buntingford's life and surroundings, before breaking in upon them, together with the exhaustion of her night wandering, had finally destroyed her chance of recovery.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The Alcotts' unexpected guest lingered another forty-eight hours under their roof,--making a hopeless fight for life.
forty-eight
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From this reading The Alcotts' unexpected guest lingered another forty-eight hours under their roof,--making a hopeless fight for life.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading But the influenza poison, recklessly defied from the beginning, had laid too deadly a grip on an already weakened heart.
grip
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From this reading But the influenza poison, recklessly defied from the beginning, had laid too deadly a grip on an already weakened heart.
guest
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From this reading The Alcotts' unexpected guest lingered another forty-eight hours under their roof,--making a hopeless fight for life.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading But the influenza poison, recklessly defied from the beginning, had laid too deadly a grip on an already weakened heart.
heart
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From this reading But the influenza poison, recklessly defied from the beginning, had laid too deadly a grip on an already weakened heart.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading And the excitement of the means she had taken to inform herself as to the conditions of Buntingford's life and surroundings, before breaking in upon them, together with the exhaustion of her night wandering, had finally destroyed her chance of recovery.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading And the excitement of the means she had taken to inform herself as to the conditions of Buntingford's life and surroundings, before breaking in upon them, together with the exhaustion of her night wandering, had finally destroyed her chance of recovery.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading She claimed his presence indeed, and would not be denied.
hopeless
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From this reading The Alcotts' unexpected guest lingered another forty-eight hours under their roof,--making a hopeless fight for life.
hours
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From this reading The Alcotts' unexpected guest lingered another forty-eight hours under their roof,--making a hopeless fight for life.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading And the excitement of the means she had taken to inform herself as to the conditions of Buntingford's life and surroundings, before breaking in upon them, together with the exhaustion of her night wandering, had finally destroyed her chance of recovery.
indeed
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From this reading She claimed his presence indeed, and would not be denied.
influenza
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From this reading But the influenza poison, recklessly defied from the beginning, had laid too deadly a grip on an already weakened heart.
inform
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From this reading And the excitement of the means she had taken to inform herself as to the conditions of Buntingford's life and surroundings, before breaking in upon them, together with the exhaustion of her night wandering, had finally destroyed her chance of recovery.
laid
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From this reading But the influenza poison, recklessly defied from the beginning, had laid too deadly a grip on an already weakened heart.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Alcotts' unexpected guest lingered another forty-eight hours under their roof,--making a hopeless fight for life.
lingered
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From this reading The Alcotts' unexpected guest lingered another forty-eight hours under their roof,--making a hopeless fight for life.
making
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From this reading The Alcotts' unexpected guest lingered another forty-eight hours under their roof,--making a hopeless fight for life.
means
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From this reading And the excitement of the means she had taken to inform herself as to the conditions of Buntingford's life and surroundings, before breaking in upon them, together with the exhaustion of her night wandering, had finally destroyed her chance of recovery.
night
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From this reading And the excitement of the means she had taken to inform herself as to the conditions of Buntingford's life and surroundings, before breaking in upon them, together with the exhaustion of her night wandering, had finally destroyed her chance of recovery.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading She claimed his presence indeed, and would not be denied.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And the excitement of the means she had taken to inform herself as to the conditions of Buntingford's life and surroundings, before breaking in upon them, together with the exhaustion of her night wandering, had finally destroyed her chance of recovery.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading But the influenza poison, recklessly defied from the beginning, had laid too deadly a grip on an already weakened heart.
poison
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From this reading But the influenza poison, recklessly defied from the beginning, had laid too deadly a grip on an already weakened heart.
presence
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From this reading She claimed his presence indeed, and would not be denied.
recklessly
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From this reading But the influenza poison, recklessly defied from the beginning, had laid too deadly a grip on an already weakened heart.
recovery
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From this reading And the excitement of the means she had taken to inform herself as to the conditions of Buntingford's life and surroundings, before breaking in upon them, together with the exhaustion of her night wandering, had finally destroyed her chance of recovery.
roof
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From this reading The Alcotts' unexpected guest lingered another forty-eight hours under their roof,--making a hopeless fight for life.
saw
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From this reading Buntingford saw her whenever the doctors allowed.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And the excitement of the means she had taken to inform herself as to the conditions of Buntingford's life and surroundings, before breaking in upon them, together with the exhaustion of her night wandering, had finally destroyed her chance of recovery.
surroundings
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From this reading And the excitement of the means she had taken to inform herself as to the conditions of Buntingford's life and surroundings, before breaking in upon them, together with the exhaustion of her night wandering, had finally destroyed her chance of recovery.
taken
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From this reading And the excitement of the means she had taken to inform herself as to the conditions of Buntingford's life and surroundings, before breaking in upon them, together with the exhaustion of her night wandering, had finally destroyed her chance of recovery.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Alcotts' unexpected guest lingered another forty-eight hours under their roof,--making a hopeless fight for life.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The Alcotts' unexpected guest lingered another forty-eight hours under their roof,--making a hopeless fight for life.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading And the excitement of the means she had taken to inform herself as to the conditions of Buntingford's life and surroundings, before breaking in upon them, together with the exhaustion of her night wandering, had finally destroyed her chance of recovery.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And the excitement of the means she had taken to inform herself as to the conditions of Buntingford's life and surroundings, before breaking in upon them, together with the exhaustion of her night wandering, had finally destroyed her chance of recovery.
together
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From this reading And the excitement of the means she had taken to inform herself as to the conditions of Buntingford's life and surroundings, before breaking in upon them, together with the exhaustion of her night wandering, had finally destroyed her chance of recovery.
too
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From this reading But the influenza poison, recklessly defied from the beginning, had laid too deadly a grip on an already weakened heart.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading The Alcotts' unexpected guest lingered another forty-eight hours under their roof,--making a hopeless fight for life.
unexpected
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From this reading The Alcotts' unexpected guest lingered another forty-eight hours under their roof,--making a hopeless fight for life.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading And the excitement of the means she had taken to inform herself as to the conditions of Buntingford's life and surroundings, before breaking in upon them, together with the exhaustion of her night wandering, had finally destroyed her chance of recovery.
wandering
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From this reading And the excitement of the means she had taken to inform herself as to the conditions of Buntingford's life and surroundings, before breaking in upon them, together with the exhaustion of her night wandering, had finally destroyed her chance of recovery.
weakened
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From this reading But the influenza poison, recklessly defied from the beginning, had laid too deadly a grip on an already weakened heart.
wheneverconjunctionUS /weˈnevər/
at any time that; every time that
From this reading Buntingford saw her whenever the doctors allowed.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading And the excitement of the means she had taken to inform herself as to the conditions of Buntingford's life and surroundings, before breaking in upon them, together with the exhaustion of her night wandering, had finally destroyed her chance of recovery.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading She claimed his presence indeed, and would not be denied.
