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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 Mrs. Bowen smiled, and said, Was he living yet? in a pensive tone of reminiscence.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Confronting Imogene and the young man whose hopes of her he was to destroy at the first opportunity, the lurid moral atmosphere which he breathed seemed threatening to become a thing apparent to sense, and to be about to blot the landscape.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Mrs. Bowen smiled, and said, Was he living yet? in a pensive tone of reminiscence.
apparent
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From this reading Confronting Imogene and the young man whose hopes of her he was to destroy at the first opportunity, the lurid moral atmosphere which he breathed seemed threatening to become a thing apparent to sense, and to be about to blot the landscape.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He fought it back as best he could, and kept the hovering cloud from touching the earth by incessant effort.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Confronting Imogene and the young man whose hopes of her he was to destroy at the first opportunity, the lurid moral atmosphere which he breathed seemed threatening to become a thing apparent to sense, and to be about to blot the landscape.
atmosphere
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From this reading Confronting Imogene and the young man whose hopes of her he was to destroy at the first opportunity, the lurid moral atmosphere which he breathed seemed threatening to become a thing apparent to sense, and to be about to blot the landscape.
back
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From this reading He fought it back as best he could, and kept the hovering cloud from touching the earth by incessant effort.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Confronting Imogene and the young man whose hopes of her he was to destroy at the first opportunity, the lurid moral atmosphere which he breathed seemed threatening to become a thing apparent to sense, and to be about to blot the landscape.
become
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best
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From this reading He fought it back as best he could, and kept the hovering cloud from touching the earth by incessant effort.
blot
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From this reading Confronting Imogene and the young man whose hopes of her he was to destroy at the first opportunity, the lurid moral atmosphere which he breathed seemed threatening to become a thing apparent to sense, and to be about to blot the landscape.
Bowen
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From this reading Mrs. Bowen smiled, and said, Was he living yet? in a pensive tone of reminiscence.
breathed
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From this reading Confronting Imogene and the young man whose hopes of her he was to destroy at the first opportunity, the lurid moral atmosphere which he breathed seemed threatening to become a thing apparent to sense, and to be about to blot the landscape.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading He fought it back as best he could, and kept the hovering cloud from touching the earth by incessant effort.
cloud
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From this reading He fought it back as best he could, and kept the hovering cloud from touching the earth by incessant effort.
Colville's
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From this reading She was even more than patient of Colville's nonsense.
Confronting
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From this reading Confronting Imogene and the young man whose hopes of her he was to destroy at the first opportunity, the lurid moral atmosphere which he breathed seemed threatening to become a thing apparent to sense, and to be about to blot the landscape.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading He fought it back as best he could, and kept the hovering cloud from touching the earth by incessant effort.
destroy
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From this reading Confronting Imogene and the young man whose hopes of her he was to destroy at the first opportunity, the lurid moral atmosphere which he breathed seemed threatening to become a thing apparent to sense, and to be about to blot the landscape.
earth
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From this reading He fought it back as best he could, and kept the hovering cloud from touching the earth by incessant effort.
effort
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From this reading He fought it back as best he could, and kept the hovering cloud from touching the earth by incessant effort.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She was even more than patient of Colville's nonsense.
eyelids
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From this reading It seemed to him that the light under her eyelids was sometimes a grateful light.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Confronting Imogene and the young man whose hopes of her he was to destroy at the first opportunity, the lurid moral atmosphere which he breathed seemed threatening to become a thing apparent to sense, and to be about to blot the landscape.
fought
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From this reading He fought it back as best he could, and kept the hovering cloud from touching the earth by incessant effort.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He fought it back as best he could, and kept the hovering cloud from touching the earth by incessant effort.
grateful
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From this reading It seemed to him that the light under her eyelids was sometimes a grateful light.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Mrs. Bowen smiled, and said, Was he living yet? in a pensive tone of reminiscence.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading It seemed to him that the light under her eyelids was sometimes a grateful light.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It seemed to him that the light under her eyelids was sometimes a grateful light.
hopes
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From this reading Confronting Imogene and the young man whose hopes of her he was to destroy at the first opportunity, the lurid moral atmosphere which he breathed seemed threatening to become a thing apparent to sense, and to be about to blot the landscape.
hovering
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From this reading He fought it back as best he could, and kept the hovering cloud from touching the earth by incessant effort.
Imogene
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From this reading Confronting Imogene and the young man whose hopes of her he was to destroy at the first opportunity, the lurid moral atmosphere which he breathed seemed threatening to become a thing apparent to sense, and to be about to blot the landscape.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Mrs. Bowen smiled, and said, Was he living yet? in a pensive tone of reminiscence.
incessant
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From this reading He fought it back as best he could, and kept the hovering cloud from touching the earth by incessant effort.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It seemed to him that the light under her eyelids was sometimes a grateful light.
kept
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From this reading He fought it back as best he could, and kept the hovering cloud from touching the earth by incessant effort.
landscape
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From this reading Confronting Imogene and the young man whose hopes of her he was to destroy at the first opportunity, the lurid moral atmosphere which he breathed seemed threatening to become a thing apparent to sense, and to be about to blot the landscape.
light
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From this reading It seemed to him that the light under her eyelids was sometimes a grateful light.
living
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From this reading Mrs. Bowen smiled, and said, Was he living yet? in a pensive tone of reminiscence.
lurid
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From this reading Confronting Imogene and the young man whose hopes of her he was to destroy at the first opportunity, the lurid moral atmosphere which he breathed seemed threatening to become a thing apparent to sense, and to be about to blot the landscape.
man
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From this reading Confronting Imogene and the young man whose hopes of her he was to destroy at the first opportunity, the lurid moral atmosphere which he breathed seemed threatening to become a thing apparent to sense, and to be about to blot the landscape.
moral
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From this reading Confronting Imogene and the young man whose hopes of her he was to destroy at the first opportunity, the lurid moral atmosphere which he breathed seemed threatening to become a thing apparent to sense, and to be about to blot the landscape.
more
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From this reading She was even more than patient of Colville's nonsense.
Mrs
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From this reading Mrs. Bowen smiled, and said, Was he living yet? in a pensive tone of reminiscence.
nonsense
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From this reading She was even more than patient of Colville's nonsense.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Mrs. Bowen smiled, and said, Was he living yet? in a pensive tone of reminiscence.
opportunity
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From this reading Confronting Imogene and the young man whose hopes of her he was to destroy at the first opportunity, the lurid moral atmosphere which he breathed seemed threatening to become a thing apparent to sense, and to be about to blot the landscape.
patient
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From this reading She was even more than patient of Colville's nonsense.
pensive
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From this reading Mrs. Bowen smiled, and said, Was he living yet? in a pensive tone of reminiscence.
reminiscence
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From this reading Mrs. Bowen smiled, and said, Was he living yet? in a pensive tone of reminiscence.
said
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From this reading Mrs. Bowen smiled, and said, Was he living yet? in a pensive tone of reminiscence.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It seemed to him that the light under her eyelids was sometimes a grateful light.
sense
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From this reading Confronting Imogene and the young man whose hopes of her he was to destroy at the first opportunity, the lurid moral atmosphere which he breathed seemed threatening to become a thing apparent to sense, and to be about to blot the landscape.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was even more than patient of Colville's nonsense.
smiled
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From this reading Mrs. Bowen smiled, and said, Was he living yet? in a pensive tone of reminiscence.
sometimes
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From this reading It seemed to him that the light under her eyelids was sometimes a grateful light.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading She was even more than patient of Colville's nonsense.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It seemed to him that the light under her eyelids was sometimes a grateful light.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It seemed to him that the light under her eyelids was sometimes a grateful light.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Confronting Imogene and the young man whose hopes of her he was to destroy at the first opportunity, the lurid moral atmosphere which he breathed seemed threatening to become a thing apparent to sense, and to be about to blot the landscape.
threatening
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From this reading Confronting Imogene and the young man whose hopes of her he was to destroy at the first opportunity, the lurid moral atmosphere which he breathed seemed threatening to become a thing apparent to sense, and to be about to blot the landscape.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It seemed to him that the light under her eyelids was sometimes a grateful light.
tone
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From this reading Mrs. Bowen smiled, and said, Was he living yet? in a pensive tone of reminiscence.
touching
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From this reading He fought it back as best he could, and kept the hovering cloud from touching the earth by incessant effort.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading It seemed to him that the light under her eyelids was sometimes a grateful light.
Wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Mrs. Bowen smiled, and said, Was he living yet? in a pensive tone of reminiscence.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Confronting Imogene and the young man whose hopes of her he was to destroy at the first opportunity, the lurid moral atmosphere which he breathed seemed threatening to become a thing apparent to sense, and to be about to blot the landscape.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading Confronting Imogene and the young man whose hopes of her he was to destroy at the first opportunity, the lurid moral atmosphere which he breathed seemed threatening to become a thing apparent to sense, and to be about to blot the landscape.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Mrs. Bowen smiled, and said, Was he living yet? in a pensive tone of reminiscence.
young
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From this reading Confronting Imogene and the young man whose hopes of her he was to destroy at the first opportunity, the lurid moral atmosphere which he breathed seemed threatening to become a thing apparent to sense, and to be about to blot the landscape.
