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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 double feast of Sunday and Christmas-day dawned upon Henrietta with many anxieties for her mother, to whom the first going to church must be so great a trial.
all
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From this reading It was a sight to be remembered when she came into church, leaning upon his arm, her sweet expression of peace and resignation, making her even more lovely than when last she entered there--her face in all its early bloom of youthful beauty, and radiant with innocent happiness.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The double feast of Sunday and Christmas-day dawned upon Henrietta with many anxieties for her mother, to whom the first going to church must be so great a trial.
anxieties
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From this reading The double feast of Sunday and Christmas-day dawned upon Henrietta with many anxieties for her mother, to whom the first going to church must be so great a trial.
appreciate
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From this reading But Henrietta knew not how to appreciate that “peace which passeth all understanding;” and all that she saw was the glistening of tears in her eyes, and the heaving of her bosom, as she knelt down in her place; and she thought that if she had calculated all that she would have to go through, and all her own anxieties for her, she should never have urged their removal.
arm
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From this reading It was a sight to be remembered when she came into church, leaning upon his arm, her sweet expression of peace and resignation, making her even more lovely than when last she entered there--her face in all its early bloom of youthful beauty, and radiant with innocent happiness.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Would that she could, as of old, be at her side the whole day! but this privilege, unrecked of at Rocksand, was no longer hers.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Would that she could, as of old, be at her side the whole day! but this privilege, unrecked of at Rocksand, was no longer hers.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The double feast of Sunday and Christmas-day dawned upon Henrietta with many anxieties for her mother, to whom the first going to church must be so great a trial.
beauty
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From this reading It was a sight to be remembered when she came into church, leaning upon his arm, her sweet expression of peace and resignation, making her even more lovely than when last she entered there--her face in all its early bloom of youthful beauty, and radiant with innocent happiness.
better
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From this reading She had to walk to church with grandmamma and the rest of the party, while Mrs. Frederick Langford was driven in the open carriage by old Mr. Langford, and she was obliged to comfort herself with recollecting that no companion ever suited her better than grandpapa.
bloom
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From this reading It was a sight to be remembered when she came into church, leaning upon his arm, her sweet expression of peace and resignation, making her even more lovely than when last she entered there--her face in all its early bloom of youthful beauty, and radiant with innocent happiness.
bosom
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From this reading But Henrietta knew not how to appreciate that “peace which passeth all understanding;” and all that she saw was the glistening of tears in her eyes, and the heaving of her bosom, as she knelt down in her place; and she thought that if she had calculated all that she would have to go through, and all her own anxieties for her, she should never have urged their removal.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Would that she could, as of old, be at her side the whole day! but this privilege, unrecked of at Rocksand, was no longer hers.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading She had to walk to church with grandmamma and the rest of the party, while Mrs. Frederick Langford was driven in the open carriage by old Mr. Langford, and she was obliged to comfort herself with recollecting that no companion ever suited her better than grandpapa.
calculated
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From this reading But Henrietta knew not how to appreciate that “peace which passeth all understanding;” and all that she saw was the glistening of tears in her eyes, and the heaving of her bosom, as she knelt down in her place; and she thought that if she had calculated all that she would have to go through, and all her own anxieties for her, she should never have urged their removal.
came
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From this reading It was a sight to be remembered when she came into church, leaning upon his arm, her sweet expression of peace and resignation, making her even more lovely than when last she entered there--her face in all its early bloom of youthful beauty, and radiant with innocent happiness.
carriage
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From this reading She had to walk to church with grandmamma and the rest of the party, while Mrs. Frederick Langford was driven in the open carriage by old Mr. Langford, and she was obliged to comfort herself with recollecting that no companion ever suited her better than grandpapa.
Christmas-day
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From this reading The double feast of Sunday and Christmas-day dawned upon Henrietta with many anxieties for her mother, to whom the first going to church must be so great a trial.
church
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From this reading The double feast of Sunday and Christmas-day dawned upon Henrietta with many anxieties for her mother, to whom the first going to church must be so great a trial.
comfort
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From this reading She had to walk to church with grandmamma and the rest of the party, while Mrs. Frederick Langford was driven in the open carriage by old Mr. Langford, and she was obliged to comfort herself with recollecting that no companion ever suited her better than grandpapa.
companion
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From this reading She had to walk to church with grandmamma and the rest of the party, while Mrs. Frederick Langford was driven in the open carriage by old Mr. Langford, and she was obliged to comfort herself with recollecting that no companion ever suited her better than grandpapa.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Would that she could, as of old, be at her side the whole day! but this privilege, unrecked of at Rocksand, was no longer hers.
dawned
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From this reading The double feast of Sunday and Christmas-day dawned upon Henrietta with many anxieties for her mother, to whom the first going to church must be so great a trial.
day
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From this reading Would that she could, as of old, be at her side the whole day! but this privilege, unrecked of at Rocksand, was no longer hers.
double
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From this reading The double feast of Sunday and Christmas-day dawned upon Henrietta with many anxieties for her mother, to whom the first going to church must be so great a trial.
down
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From this reading But Henrietta knew not how to appreciate that “peace which passeth all understanding;” and all that she saw was the glistening of tears in her eyes, and the heaving of her bosom, as she knelt down in her place; and she thought that if she had calculated all that she would have to go through, and all her own anxieties for her, she should never have urged their removal.
driven
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From this reading She had to walk to church with grandmamma and the rest of the party, while Mrs. Frederick Langford was driven in the open carriage by old Mr. Langford, and she was obliged to comfort herself with recollecting that no companion ever suited her better than grandpapa.
early
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From this reading It was a sight to be remembered when she came into church, leaning upon his arm, her sweet expression of peace and resignation, making her even more lovely than when last she entered there--her face in all its early bloom of youthful beauty, and radiant with innocent happiness.
entered
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From this reading It was a sight to be remembered when she came into church, leaning upon his arm, her sweet expression of peace and resignation, making her even more lovely than when last she entered there--her face in all its early bloom of youthful beauty, and radiant with innocent happiness.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was a sight to be remembered when she came into church, leaning upon his arm, her sweet expression of peace and resignation, making her even more lovely than when last she entered there--her face in all its early bloom of youthful beauty, and radiant with innocent happiness.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had to walk to church with grandmamma and the rest of the party, while Mrs. Frederick Langford was driven in the open carriage by old Mr. Langford, and she was obliged to comfort herself with recollecting that no companion ever suited her better than grandpapa.
expression
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From this reading It was a sight to be remembered when she came into church, leaning upon his arm, her sweet expression of peace and resignation, making her even more lovely than when last she entered there--her face in all its early bloom of youthful beauty, and radiant with innocent happiness.
eyes
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From this reading But Henrietta knew not how to appreciate that “peace which passeth all understanding;” and all that she saw was the glistening of tears in her eyes, and the heaving of her bosom, as she knelt down in her place; and she thought that if she had calculated all that she would have to go through, and all her own anxieties for her, she should never have urged their removal.
face
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From this reading It was a sight to be remembered when she came into church, leaning upon his arm, her sweet expression of peace and resignation, making her even more lovely than when last she entered there--her face in all its early bloom of youthful beauty, and radiant with innocent happiness.
feast
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From this reading The double feast of Sunday and Christmas-day dawned upon Henrietta with many anxieties for her mother, to whom the first going to church must be so great a trial.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The double feast of Sunday and Christmas-day dawned upon Henrietta with many anxieties for her mother, to whom the first going to church must be so great a trial.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The double feast of Sunday and Christmas-day dawned upon Henrietta with many anxieties for her mother, to whom the first going to church must be so great a trial.
Frederick
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From this reading She had to walk to church with grandmamma and the rest of the party, while Mrs. Frederick Langford was driven in the open carriage by old Mr. Langford, and she was obliged to comfort herself with recollecting that no companion ever suited her better than grandpapa.
glistening
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From this reading But Henrietta knew not how to appreciate that “peace which passeth all understanding;” and all that she saw was the glistening of tears in her eyes, and the heaving of her bosom, as she knelt down in her place; and she thought that if she had calculated all that she would have to go through, and all her own anxieties for her, she should never have urged their removal.
go
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From this reading But Henrietta knew not how to appreciate that “peace which passeth all understanding;” and all that she saw was the glistening of tears in her eyes, and the heaving of her bosom, as she knelt down in her place; and she thought that if she had calculated all that she would have to go through, and all her own anxieties for her, she should never have urged their removal.
going
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From this reading The double feast of Sunday and Christmas-day dawned upon Henrietta with many anxieties for her mother, to whom the first going to church must be so great a trial.
grandmamma
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From this reading She had to walk to church with grandmamma and the rest of the party, while Mrs. Frederick Langford was driven in the open carriage by old Mr. Langford, and she was obliged to comfort herself with recollecting that no companion ever suited her better than grandpapa.
grandpapa
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From this reading She had to walk to church with grandmamma and the rest of the party, while Mrs. Frederick Langford was driven in the open carriage by old Mr. Langford, and she was obliged to comfort herself with recollecting that no companion ever suited her better than grandpapa.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The double feast of Sunday and Christmas-day dawned upon Henrietta with many anxieties for her mother, to whom the first going to church must be so great a trial.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She had to walk to church with grandmamma and the rest of the party, while Mrs. Frederick Langford was driven in the open carriage by old Mr. Langford, and she was obliged to comfort herself with recollecting that no companion ever suited her better than grandpapa.
happiness
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From this reading It was a sight to be remembered when she came into church, leaning upon his arm, her sweet expression of peace and resignation, making her even more lovely than when last she entered there--her face in all its early bloom of youthful beauty, and radiant with innocent happiness.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading But Henrietta knew not how to appreciate that “peace which passeth all understanding;” and all that she saw was the glistening of tears in her eyes, and the heaving of her bosom, as she knelt down in her place; and she thought that if she had calculated all that she would have to go through, and all her own anxieties for her, she should never have urged their removal.
heaving
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From this reading But Henrietta knew not how to appreciate that “peace which passeth all understanding;” and all that she saw was the glistening of tears in her eyes, and the heaving of her bosom, as she knelt down in her place; and she thought that if she had calculated all that she would have to go through, and all her own anxieties for her, she should never have urged their removal.
Henrietta
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From this reading The double feast of Sunday and Christmas-day dawned upon Henrietta with many anxieties for her mother, to whom the first going to church must be so great a trial.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The double feast of Sunday and Christmas-day dawned upon Henrietta with many anxieties for her mother, to whom the first going to church must be so great a trial.
herspronounUS /hərz/
the one or ones belonging to her
From this reading Would that she could, as of old, be at her side the whole day! but this privilege, unrecked of at Rocksand, was no longer hers.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading She had to walk to church with grandmamma and the rest of the party, while Mrs. Frederick Langford was driven in the open carriage by old Mr. Langford, and she was obliged to comfort herself with recollecting that no companion ever suited her better than grandpapa.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading It was a sight to be remembered when she came into church, leaning upon his arm, her sweet expression of peace and resignation, making her even more lovely than when last she entered there--her face in all its early bloom of youthful beauty, and radiant with innocent happiness.
how
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From this reading But Henrietta knew not how to appreciate that “peace which passeth all understanding;” and all that she saw was the glistening of tears in her eyes, and the heaving of her bosom, as she knelt down in her place; and she thought that if she had calculated all that she would have to go through, and all her own anxieties for her, she should never have urged their removal.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading But Henrietta knew not how to appreciate that “peace which passeth all understanding;” and all that she saw was the glistening of tears in her eyes, and the heaving of her bosom, as she knelt down in her place; and she thought that if she had calculated all that she would have to go through, and all her own anxieties for her, she should never have urged their removal.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She had to walk to church with grandmamma and the rest of the party, while Mrs. Frederick Langford was driven in the open carriage by old Mr. Langford, and she was obliged to comfort herself with recollecting that no companion ever suited her better than grandpapa.
innocent
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From this reading It was a sight to be remembered when she came into church, leaning upon his arm, her sweet expression of peace and resignation, making her even more lovely than when last she entered there--her face in all its early bloom of youthful beauty, and radiant with innocent happiness.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading It was a sight to be remembered when she came into church, leaning upon his arm, her sweet expression of peace and resignation, making her even more lovely than when last she entered there--her face in all its early bloom of youthful beauty, and radiant with innocent happiness.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a sight to be remembered when she came into church, leaning upon his arm, her sweet expression of peace and resignation, making her even more lovely than when last she entered there--her face in all its early bloom of youthful beauty, and radiant with innocent happiness.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading It was a sight to be remembered when she came into church, leaning upon his arm, her sweet expression of peace and resignation, making her even more lovely than when last she entered there--her face in all its early bloom of youthful beauty, and radiant with innocent happiness.
knelt
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From this reading But Henrietta knew not how to appreciate that “peace which passeth all understanding;” and all that she saw was the glistening of tears in her eyes, and the heaving of her bosom, as she knelt down in her place; and she thought that if she had calculated all that she would have to go through, and all her own anxieties for her, she should never have urged their removal.
knew
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From this reading But Henrietta knew not how to appreciate that “peace which passeth all understanding;” and all that she saw was the glistening of tears in her eyes, and the heaving of her bosom, as she knelt down in her place; and she thought that if she had calculated all that she would have to go through, and all her own anxieties for her, she should never have urged their removal.
Langford
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From this reading She had to walk to church with grandmamma and the rest of the party, while Mrs. Frederick Langford was driven in the open carriage by old Mr. Langford, and she was obliged to comfort herself with recollecting that no companion ever suited her better than grandpapa.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was a sight to be remembered when she came into church, leaning upon his arm, her sweet expression of peace and resignation, making her even more lovely than when last she entered there--her face in all its early bloom of youthful beauty, and radiant with innocent happiness.
leaning
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From this reading It was a sight to be remembered when she came into church, leaning upon his arm, her sweet expression of peace and resignation, making her even more lovely than when last she entered there--her face in all its early bloom of youthful beauty, and radiant with innocent happiness.
longer
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From this reading Would that she could, as of old, be at her side the whole day! but this privilege, unrecked of at Rocksand, was no longer hers.
lovely
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From this reading It was a sight to be remembered when she came into church, leaning upon his arm, her sweet expression of peace and resignation, making her even more lovely than when last she entered there--her face in all its early bloom of youthful beauty, and radiant with innocent happiness.
making
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From this reading It was a sight to be remembered when she came into church, leaning upon his arm, her sweet expression of peace and resignation, making her even more lovely than when last she entered there--her face in all its early bloom of youthful beauty, and radiant with innocent happiness.
many
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From this reading The double feast of Sunday and Christmas-day dawned upon Henrietta with many anxieties for her mother, to whom the first going to church must be so great a trial.
more
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From this reading It was a sight to be remembered when she came into church, leaning upon his arm, her sweet expression of peace and resignation, making her even more lovely than when last she entered there--her face in all its early bloom of youthful beauty, and radiant with innocent happiness.
mother
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From this reading The double feast of Sunday and Christmas-day dawned upon Henrietta with many anxieties for her mother, to whom the first going to church must be so great a trial.
Mr
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From this reading She had to walk to church with grandmamma and the rest of the party, while Mrs. Frederick Langford was driven in the open carriage by old Mr. Langford, and she was obliged to comfort herself with recollecting that no companion ever suited her better than grandpapa.
Mrs
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From this reading She had to walk to church with grandmamma and the rest of the party, while Mrs. Frederick Langford was driven in the open carriage by old Mr. Langford, and she was obliged to comfort herself with recollecting that no companion ever suited her better than grandpapa.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading The double feast of Sunday and Christmas-day dawned upon Henrietta with many anxieties for her mother, to whom the first going to church must be so great a trial.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But Henrietta knew not how to appreciate that “peace which passeth all understanding;” and all that she saw was the glistening of tears in her eyes, and the heaving of her bosom, as she knelt down in her place; and she thought that if she had calculated all that she would have to go through, and all her own anxieties for her, she should never have urged their removal.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Would that she could, as of old, be at her side the whole day! but this privilege, unrecked of at Rocksand, was no longer hers.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading But Henrietta knew not how to appreciate that “peace which passeth all understanding;” and all that she saw was the glistening of tears in her eyes, and the heaving of her bosom, as she knelt down in her place; and she thought that if she had calculated all that she would have to go through, and all her own anxieties for her, she should never have urged their removal.
obliged
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From this reading She had to walk to church with grandmamma and the rest of the party, while Mrs. Frederick Langford was driven in the open carriage by old Mr. Langford, and she was obliged to comfort herself with recollecting that no companion ever suited her better than grandpapa.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The double feast of Sunday and Christmas-day dawned upon Henrietta with many anxieties for her mother, to whom the first going to church must be so great a trial.
old
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From this reading Would that she could, as of old, be at her side the whole day! but this privilege, unrecked of at Rocksand, was no longer hers.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading She had to walk to church with grandmamma and the rest of the party, while Mrs. Frederick Langford was driven in the open carriage by old Mr. Langford, and she was obliged to comfort herself with recollecting that no companion ever suited her better than grandpapa.
own
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From this reading But Henrietta knew not how to appreciate that “peace which passeth all understanding;” and all that she saw was the glistening of tears in her eyes, and the heaving of her bosom, as she knelt down in her place; and she thought that if she had calculated all that she would have to go through, and all her own anxieties for her, she should never have urged their removal.
partynounUS /party/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had to walk to church with grandmamma and the rest of the party, while Mrs. Frederick Langford was driven in the open carriage by old Mr. Langford, and she was obliged to comfort herself with recollecting that no companion ever suited her better than grandpapa.
passeth
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From this reading But Henrietta knew not how to appreciate that “peace which passeth all understanding;” and all that she saw was the glistening of tears in her eyes, and the heaving of her bosom, as she knelt down in her place; and she thought that if she had calculated all that she would have to go through, and all her own anxieties for her, she should never have urged their removal.
peace
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From this reading It was a sight to be remembered when she came into church, leaning upon his arm, her sweet expression of peace and resignation, making her even more lovely than when last she entered there--her face in all its early bloom of youthful beauty, and radiant with innocent happiness.
place
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From this reading But Henrietta knew not how to appreciate that “peace which passeth all understanding;” and all that she saw was the glistening of tears in her eyes, and the heaving of her bosom, as she knelt down in her place; and she thought that if she had calculated all that she would have to go through, and all her own anxieties for her, she should never have urged their removal.
privilege
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From this reading Would that she could, as of old, be at her side the whole day! but this privilege, unrecked of at Rocksand, was no longer hers.
radiantadjectiveUS /ˈreɪdiənt/
shining brightly
From this reading It was a sight to be remembered when she came into church, leaning upon his arm, her sweet expression of peace and resignation, making her even more lovely than when last she entered there--her face in all its early bloom of youthful beauty, and radiant with innocent happiness.
recollecting
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From this reading She had to walk to church with grandmamma and the rest of the party, while Mrs. Frederick Langford was driven in the open carriage by old Mr. Langford, and she was obliged to comfort herself with recollecting that no companion ever suited her better than grandpapa.
remembered
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From this reading It was a sight to be remembered when she came into church, leaning upon his arm, her sweet expression of peace and resignation, making her even more lovely than when last she entered there--her face in all its early bloom of youthful beauty, and radiant with innocent happiness.
removal
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From this reading But Henrietta knew not how to appreciate that “peace which passeth all understanding;” and all that she saw was the glistening of tears in her eyes, and the heaving of her bosom, as she knelt down in her place; and she thought that if she had calculated all that she would have to go through, and all her own anxieties for her, she should never have urged their removal.
resignation
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From this reading It was a sight to be remembered when she came into church, leaning upon his arm, her sweet expression of peace and resignation, making her even more lovely than when last she entered there--her face in all its early bloom of youthful beauty, and radiant with innocent happiness.
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had to walk to church with grandmamma and the rest of the party, while Mrs. Frederick Langford was driven in the open carriage by old Mr. Langford, and she was obliged to comfort herself with recollecting that no companion ever suited her better than grandpapa.
Rocksand
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From this reading Would that she could, as of old, be at her side the whole day! but this privilege, unrecked of at Rocksand, was no longer hers.
saw
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From this reading But Henrietta knew not how to appreciate that “peace which passeth all understanding;” and all that she saw was the glistening of tears in her eyes, and the heaving of her bosom, as she knelt down in her place; and she thought that if she had calculated all that she would have to go through, and all her own anxieties for her, she should never have urged their removal.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Would that she could, as of old, be at her side the whole day! but this privilege, unrecked of at Rocksand, was no longer hers.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading But Henrietta knew not how to appreciate that “peace which passeth all understanding;” and all that she saw was the glistening of tears in her eyes, and the heaving of her bosom, as she knelt down in her place; and she thought that if she had calculated all that she would have to go through, and all her own anxieties for her, she should never have urged their removal.
side
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From this reading Would that she could, as of old, be at her side the whole day! but this privilege, unrecked of at Rocksand, was no longer hers.
sight
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From this reading It was a sight to be remembered when she came into church, leaning upon his arm, her sweet expression of peace and resignation, making her even more lovely than when last she entered there--her face in all its early bloom of youthful beauty, and radiant with innocent happiness.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The double feast of Sunday and Christmas-day dawned upon Henrietta with many anxieties for her mother, to whom the first going to church must be so great a trial.
suited
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From this reading She had to walk to church with grandmamma and the rest of the party, while Mrs. Frederick Langford was driven in the open carriage by old Mr. Langford, and she was obliged to comfort herself with recollecting that no companion ever suited her better than grandpapa.
Sunday
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From this reading The double feast of Sunday and Christmas-day dawned upon Henrietta with many anxieties for her mother, to whom the first going to church must be so great a trial.
sweet
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From this reading It was a sight to be remembered when she came into church, leaning upon his arm, her sweet expression of peace and resignation, making her even more lovely than when last she entered there--her face in all its early bloom of youthful beauty, and radiant with innocent happiness.
tears
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From this reading But Henrietta knew not how to appreciate that “peace which passeth all understanding;” and all that she saw was the glistening of tears in her eyes, and the heaving of her bosom, as she knelt down in her place; and she thought that if she had calculated all that she would have to go through, and all her own anxieties for her, she should never have urged their removal.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading She had to walk to church with grandmamma and the rest of the party, while Mrs. Frederick Langford was driven in the open carriage by old Mr. Langford, and she was obliged to comfort herself with recollecting that no companion ever suited her better than grandpapa.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Would that she could, as of old, be at her side the whole day! but this privilege, unrecked of at Rocksand, was no longer hers.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The double feast of Sunday and Christmas-day dawned upon Henrietta with many anxieties for her mother, to whom the first going to church must be so great a trial.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading But Henrietta knew not how to appreciate that “peace which passeth all understanding;” and all that she saw was the glistening of tears in her eyes, and the heaving of her bosom, as she knelt down in her place; and she thought that if she had calculated all that she would have to go through, and all her own anxieties for her, she should never have urged their removal.
there
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From this reading It was a sight to be remembered when she came into church, leaning upon his arm, her sweet expression of peace and resignation, making her even more lovely than when last she entered there--her face in all its early bloom of youthful beauty, and radiant with innocent happiness.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Would that she could, as of old, be at her side the whole day! but this privilege, unrecked of at Rocksand, was no longer hers.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But Henrietta knew not how to appreciate that “peace which passeth all understanding;” and all that she saw was the glistening of tears in her eyes, and the heaving of her bosom, as she knelt down in her place; and she thought that if she had calculated all that she would have to go through, and all her own anxieties for her, she should never have urged their removal.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading But Henrietta knew not how to appreciate that “peace which passeth all understanding;” and all that she saw was the glistening of tears in her eyes, and the heaving of her bosom, as she knelt down in her place; and she thought that if she had calculated all that she would have to go through, and all her own anxieties for her, she should never have urged their removal.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The double feast of Sunday and Christmas-day dawned upon Henrietta with many anxieties for her mother, to whom the first going to church must be so great a trial.
trial
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From this reading The double feast of Sunday and Christmas-day dawned upon Henrietta with many anxieties for her mother, to whom the first going to church must be so great a trial.
understanding
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From this reading But Henrietta knew not how to appreciate that “peace which passeth all understanding;” and all that she saw was the glistening of tears in her eyes, and the heaving of her bosom, as she knelt down in her place; and she thought that if she had calculated all that she would have to go through, and all her own anxieties for her, she should never have urged their removal.
unrecked
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From this reading Would that she could, as of old, be at her side the whole day! but this privilege, unrecked of at Rocksand, was no longer hers.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The double feast of Sunday and Christmas-day dawned upon Henrietta with many anxieties for her mother, to whom the first going to church must be so great a trial.
urged
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From this reading But Henrietta knew not how to appreciate that “peace which passeth all understanding;” and all that she saw was the glistening of tears in her eyes, and the heaving of her bosom, as she knelt down in her place; and she thought that if she had calculated all that she would have to go through, and all her own anxieties for her, she should never have urged their removal.
walk
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From this reading She had to walk to church with grandmamma and the rest of the party, while Mrs. Frederick Langford was driven in the open carriage by old Mr. Langford, and she was obliged to comfort herself with recollecting that no companion ever suited her better than grandpapa.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Would that she could, as of old, be at her side the whole day! but this privilege, unrecked of at Rocksand, was no longer hers.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading It was a sight to be remembered when she came into church, leaning upon his arm, her sweet expression of peace and resignation, making her even more lovely than when last she entered there--her face in all its early bloom of youthful beauty, and radiant with innocent happiness.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading But Henrietta knew not how to appreciate that “peace which passeth all understanding;” and all that she saw was the glistening of tears in her eyes, and the heaving of her bosom, as she knelt down in her place; and she thought that if she had calculated all that she would have to go through, and all her own anxieties for her, she should never have urged their removal.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading She had to walk to church with grandmamma and the rest of the party, while Mrs. Frederick Langford was driven in the open carriage by old Mr. Langford, and she was obliged to comfort herself with recollecting that no companion ever suited her better than grandpapa.
whole
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From this reading Would that she could, as of old, be at her side the whole day! but this privilege, unrecked of at Rocksand, was no longer hers.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The double feast of Sunday and Christmas-day dawned upon Henrietta with many anxieties for her mother, to whom the first going to church must be so great a trial.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The double feast of Sunday and Christmas-day dawned upon Henrietta with many anxieties for her mother, to whom the first going to church must be so great a trial.
Wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Would that she could, as of old, be at her side the whole day! but this privilege, unrecked of at Rocksand, was no longer hers.
youthful
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From this reading It was a sight to be remembered when she came into church, leaning upon his arm, her sweet expression of peace and resignation, making her even more lovely than when last she entered there--her face in all its early bloom of youthful beauty, and radiant with innocent happiness.
