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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 pretence of a headache enabled Juliette to keep in her room the greater part of the day.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She would have liked to shut herself out from the entire world during those hours which she spent face to face with her own thoughts and her own sufferings.
Anne
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From this reading The sight of Anne Mie's pathetic little face as she brought her food and delicacies and various little comforts, was positive torture to the poor, harrowed soul.
apprehension
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From this reading At every sound in the great, silent house she started up, quivering with apprehension and horror.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The sight of Anne Mie's pathetic little face as she brought her food and delicacies and various little comforts, was positive torture to the poor, harrowed soul.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At every sound in the great, silent house she started up, quivering with apprehension and horror.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The sight of Anne Mie's pathetic little face as she brought her food and delicacies and various little comforts, was positive torture to the poor, harrowed soul.
comforts
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From this reading The sight of Anne Mie's pathetic little face as she brought her food and delicacies and various little comforts, was positive torture to the poor, harrowed soul.
day
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From this reading The pretence of a headache enabled Juliette to keep in her room the greater part of the day.
delicacies
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From this reading The sight of Anne Mie's pathetic little face as she brought her food and delicacies and various little comforts, was positive torture to the poor, harrowed soul.
duringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading She would have liked to shut herself out from the entire world during those hours which she spent face to face with her own thoughts and her own sufferings.
enabled
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From this reading The pretence of a headache enabled Juliette to keep in her room the greater part of the day.
entire
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From this reading She would have liked to shut herself out from the entire world during those hours which she spent face to face with her own thoughts and her own sufferings.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading At every sound in the great, silent house she started up, quivering with apprehension and horror.
face
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From this reading She would have liked to shut herself out from the entire world during those hours which she spent face to face with her own thoughts and her own sufferings.
food
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From this reading The sight of Anne Mie's pathetic little face as she brought her food and delicacies and various little comforts, was positive torture to the poor, harrowed soul.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading She would have liked to shut herself out from the entire world during those hours which she spent face to face with her own thoughts and her own sufferings.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At every sound in the great, silent house she started up, quivering with apprehension and horror.
greater
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From this reading The pretence of a headache enabled Juliette to keep in her room the greater part of the day.
harrowed
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From this reading The sight of Anne Mie's pathetic little face as she brought her food and delicacies and various little comforts, was positive torture to the poor, harrowed soul.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading She would have liked to shut herself out from the entire world during those hours which she spent face to face with her own thoughts and her own sufferings.
headache
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From this reading The pretence of a headache enabled Juliette to keep in her room the greater part of the day.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The pretence of a headache enabled Juliette to keep in her room the greater part of the day.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading She would have liked to shut herself out from the entire world during those hours which she spent face to face with her own thoughts and her own sufferings.
horror
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From this reading At every sound in the great, silent house she started up, quivering with apprehension and horror.
hours
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From this reading She would have liked to shut herself out from the entire world during those hours which she spent face to face with her own thoughts and her own sufferings.
house
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From this reading At every sound in the great, silent house she started up, quivering with apprehension and horror.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The pretence of a headache enabled Juliette to keep in her room the greater part of the day.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Vengeance is mine."
Juliette
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From this reading The pretence of a headache enabled Juliette to keep in her room the greater part of the day.
keep
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From this reading The pretence of a headache enabled Juliette to keep in her room the greater part of the day.
liked
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From this reading She would have liked to shut herself out from the entire world during those hours which she spent face to face with her own thoughts and her own sufferings.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The sight of Anne Mie's pathetic little face as she brought her food and delicacies and various little comforts, was positive torture to the poor, harrowed soul.
Mie's
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From this reading The sight of Anne Mie's pathetic little face as she brought her food and delicacies and various little comforts, was positive torture to the poor, harrowed soul.
minepronounUS /maɪn/
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "Vengeance is mine."
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The pretence of a headache enabled Juliette to keep in her room the greater part of the day.
out
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From this reading She would have liked to shut herself out from the entire world during those hours which she spent face to face with her own thoughts and her own sufferings.
own
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From this reading She would have liked to shut herself out from the entire world during those hours which she spent face to face with her own thoughts and her own sufferings.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The pretence of a headache enabled Juliette to keep in her room the greater part of the day.
pathetic
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From this reading The sight of Anne Mie's pathetic little face as she brought her food and delicacies and various little comforts, was positive torture to the poor, harrowed soul.
poornounUS /poor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The sight of Anne Mie's pathetic little face as she brought her food and delicacies and various little comforts, was positive torture to the poor, harrowed soul.
positive
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From this reading The sight of Anne Mie's pathetic little face as she brought her food and delicacies and various little comforts, was positive torture to the poor, harrowed soul.
pretence
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From this reading The pretence of a headache enabled Juliette to keep in her room the greater part of the day.
quivering
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From this reading At every sound in the great, silent house she started up, quivering with apprehension and horror.
room
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From this reading The pretence of a headache enabled Juliette to keep in her room the greater part of the day.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She would have liked to shut herself out from the entire world during those hours which she spent face to face with her own thoughts and her own sufferings.
shut
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From this reading She would have liked to shut herself out from the entire world during those hours which she spent face to face with her own thoughts and her own sufferings.
sight
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From this reading The sight of Anne Mie's pathetic little face as she brought her food and delicacies and various little comforts, was positive torture to the poor, harrowed soul.
silent
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From this reading At every sound in the great, silent house she started up, quivering with apprehension and horror.
soul
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From this reading The sight of Anne Mie's pathetic little face as she brought her food and delicacies and various little comforts, was positive torture to the poor, harrowed soul.
sound
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From this reading At every sound in the great, silent house she started up, quivering with apprehension and horror.
spent
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From this reading She would have liked to shut herself out from the entire world during those hours which she spent face to face with her own thoughts and her own sufferings.
started
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From this reading At every sound in the great, silent house she started up, quivering with apprehension and horror.
sufferings
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From this reading She would have liked to shut herself out from the entire world during those hours which she spent face to face with her own thoughts and her own sufferings.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The pretence of a headache enabled Juliette to keep in her room the greater part of the day.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading She would have liked to shut herself out from the entire world during those hours which she spent face to face with her own thoughts and her own sufferings.
thoughts
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From this reading She would have liked to shut herself out from the entire world during those hours which she spent face to face with her own thoughts and her own sufferings.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The pretence of a headache enabled Juliette to keep in her room the greater part of the day.
torture
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From this reading The sight of Anne Mie's pathetic little face as she brought her food and delicacies and various little comforts, was positive torture to the poor, harrowed soul.
up
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From this reading At every sound in the great, silent house she started up, quivering with apprehension and horror.
various
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From this reading The sight of Anne Mie's pathetic little face as she brought her food and delicacies and various little comforts, was positive torture to the poor, harrowed soul.
Vengeance
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From this reading "Vengeance is mine."
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The sight of Anne Mie's pathetic little face as she brought her food and delicacies and various little comforts, was positive torture to the poor, harrowed soul.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading She would have liked to shut herself out from the entire world during those hours which she spent face to face with her own thoughts and her own sufferings.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading She would have liked to shut herself out from the entire world during those hours which she spent face to face with her own thoughts and her own sufferings.
world
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From this reading She would have liked to shut herself out from the entire world during those hours which she spent face to face with her own thoughts and her own sufferings.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading She would have liked to shut herself out from the entire world during those hours which she spent face to face with her own thoughts and her own sufferings.
