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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 She had never failed him, and he knew that she would not fail him now; that she would minister to him in her own beautiful, strengthening way, until she had made him whole; putting balm on stinging wounds, and exchanging his cup of bitterness for a phial of courage.
actual
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From this reading He had always loved her, always sought her out, always laid everything before her, and learnt from her, over and over again, the relative value and the actual size of the difficulties which life presented to him.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had always loved her, always sought her out, always laid everything before her, and learnt from her, over and over again, the relative value and the actual size of the difficulties which life presented to him.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He wished to get on to the heights somewhere and be alone with Nature, that tender nurse who is ever waiting to hold out her healing hands to the sick of body and of spirit.
always
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From this reading He had always loved her, always sought her out, always laid everything before her, and learnt from her, over and over again, the relative value and the actual size of the difficulties which life presented to him.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading When Clifford said good-bye to Knutty and passed out of sight into the birch-woods, he had no intention of going in any definite direction.
any
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From this reading When Clifford said good-bye to Knutty and passed out of sight into the birch-woods, he had no intention of going in any definite direction.
back
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From this reading He had carried out to her some burden which seemed enormous, and brought it back from her so shrunk that he would scarcely have known it for his burden; rather for some one else's load, which is always deemed lighter.
balm
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From this reading She had never failed him, and he knew that she would not fail him now; that she would minister to him in her own beautiful, strengthening way, until she had made him whole; putting balm on stinging wounds, and exchanging his cup of bitterness for a phial of courage.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading He wished to get on to the heights somewhere and be alone with Nature, that tender nurse who is ever waiting to hold out her healing hands to the sick of body and of spirit.
beautiful
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From this reading She had never failed him, and he knew that she would not fail him now; that she would minister to him in her own beautiful, strengthening way, until she had made him whole; putting balm on stinging wounds, and exchanging his cup of bitterness for a phial of courage.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading He had always loved her, always sought her out, always laid everything before her, and learnt from her, over and over again, the relative value and the actual size of the difficulties which life presented to him.
birch-woods
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From this reading When Clifford said good-bye to Knutty and passed out of sight into the birch-woods, he had no intention of going in any definite direction.
bitterness
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From this reading She had never failed him, and he knew that she would not fail him now; that she would minister to him in her own beautiful, strengthening way, until she had made him whole; putting balm on stinging wounds, and exchanging his cup of bitterness for a phial of courage.
bodynounUS /body/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He wished to get on to the heights somewhere and be alone with Nature, that tender nurse who is ever waiting to hold out her healing hands to the sick of body and of spirit.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He had carried out to her some burden which seemed enormous, and brought it back from her so shrunk that he would scarcely have known it for his burden; rather for some one else's load, which is always deemed lighter.
burden
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From this reading He had carried out to her some burden which seemed enormous, and brought it back from her so shrunk that he would scarcely have known it for his burden; rather for some one else's load, which is always deemed lighter.
carried
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From this reading He had carried out to her some burden which seemed enormous, and brought it back from her so shrunk that he would scarcely have known it for his burden; rather for some one else's load, which is always deemed lighter.
Clifford
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From this reading When Clifford said good-bye to Knutty and passed out of sight into the birch-woods, he had no intention of going in any definite direction.
courage
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From this reading She had never failed him, and he knew that she would not fail him now; that she would minister to him in her own beautiful, strengthening way, until she had made him whole; putting balm on stinging wounds, and exchanging his cup of bitterness for a phial of courage.
cup
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From this reading She had never failed him, and he knew that she would not fail him now; that she would minister to him in her own beautiful, strengthening way, until she had made him whole; putting balm on stinging wounds, and exchanging his cup of bitterness for a phial of courage.
deemed
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From this reading He had carried out to her some burden which seemed enormous, and brought it back from her so shrunk that he would scarcely have known it for his burden; rather for some one else's load, which is always deemed lighter.
definite
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From this reading When Clifford said good-bye to Knutty and passed out of sight into the birch-woods, he had no intention of going in any definite direction.
difficulties
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From this reading He had always loved her, always sought her out, always laid everything before her, and learnt from her, over and over again, the relative value and the actual size of the difficulties which life presented to him.
direction
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From this reading When Clifford said good-bye to Knutty and passed out of sight into the birch-woods, he had no intention of going in any definite direction.
else's
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From this reading He had carried out to her some burden which seemed enormous, and brought it back from her so shrunk that he would scarcely have known it for his burden; rather for some one else's load, which is always deemed lighter.
enormous
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From this reading He had carried out to her some burden which seemed enormous, and brought it back from her so shrunk that he would scarcely have known it for his burden; rather for some one else's load, which is always deemed lighter.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He wished to get on to the heights somewhere and be alone with Nature, that tender nurse who is ever waiting to hold out her healing hands to the sick of body and of spirit.
everythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/
all things; all of a situation
From this reading He had always loved her, always sought her out, always laid everything before her, and learnt from her, over and over again, the relative value and the actual size of the difficulties which life presented to him.
exchanging
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From this reading She had never failed him, and he knew that she would not fail him now; that she would minister to him in her own beautiful, strengthening way, until she had made him whole; putting balm on stinging wounds, and exchanging his cup of bitterness for a phial of courage.
fail
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From this reading She had never failed him, and he knew that she would not fail him now; that she would minister to him in her own beautiful, strengthening way, until she had made him whole; putting balm on stinging wounds, and exchanging his cup of bitterness for a phial of courage.
failed
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From this reading She had never failed him, and he knew that she would not fail him now; that she would minister to him in her own beautiful, strengthening way, until she had made him whole; putting balm on stinging wounds, and exchanging his cup of bitterness for a phial of courage.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading She had never failed him, and he knew that she would not fail him now; that she would minister to him in her own beautiful, strengthening way, until she had made him whole; putting balm on stinging wounds, and exchanging his cup of bitterness for a phial of courage.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He had always loved her, always sought her out, always laid everything before her, and learnt from her, over and over again, the relative value and the actual size of the difficulties which life presented to him.
get
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From this reading He wished to get on to the heights somewhere and be alone with Nature, that tender nurse who is ever waiting to hold out her healing hands to the sick of body and of spirit.
going
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From this reading When Clifford said good-bye to Knutty and passed out of sight into the birch-woods, he had no intention of going in any definite direction.
good-bye
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From this reading When Clifford said good-bye to Knutty and passed out of sight into the birch-woods, he had no intention of going in any definite direction.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading When Clifford said good-bye to Knutty and passed out of sight into the birch-woods, he had no intention of going in any definite direction.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading He wished to get on to the heights somewhere and be alone with Nature, that tender nurse who is ever waiting to hold out her healing hands to the sick of body and of spirit.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading He had carried out to her some burden which seemed enormous, and brought it back from her so shrunk that he would scarcely have known it for his burden; rather for some one else's load, which is always deemed lighter.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When Clifford said good-bye to Knutty and passed out of sight into the birch-woods, he had no intention of going in any definite direction.
healing
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From this reading He wished to get on to the heights somewhere and be alone with Nature, that tender nurse who is ever waiting to hold out her healing hands to the sick of body and of spirit.
heights
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From this reading He wished to get on to the heights somewhere and be alone with Nature, that tender nurse who is ever waiting to hold out her healing hands to the sick of body and of spirit.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading He wished to get on to the heights somewhere and be alone with Nature, that tender nurse who is ever waiting to hold out her healing hands to the sick of body and of spirit.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She had never failed him, and he knew that she would not fail him now; that she would minister to him in her own beautiful, strengthening way, until she had made him whole; putting balm on stinging wounds, and exchanging his cup of bitterness for a phial of courage.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading She had never failed him, and he knew that she would not fail him now; that she would minister to him in her own beautiful, strengthening way, until she had made him whole; putting balm on stinging wounds, and exchanging his cup of bitterness for a phial of courage.
hold
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From this reading He wished to get on to the heights somewhere and be alone with Nature, that tender nurse who is ever waiting to hold out her healing hands to the sick of body and of spirit.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading When Clifford said good-bye to Knutty and passed out of sight into the birch-woods, he had no intention of going in any definite direction.
intention
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From this reading When Clifford said good-bye to Knutty and passed out of sight into the birch-woods, he had no intention of going in any definite direction.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading When Clifford said good-bye to Knutty and passed out of sight into the birch-woods, he had no intention of going in any definite direction.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He wished to get on to the heights somewhere and be alone with Nature, that tender nurse who is ever waiting to hold out her healing hands to the sick of body and of spirit.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He had carried out to her some burden which seemed enormous, and brought it back from her so shrunk that he would scarcely have known it for his burden; rather for some one else's load, which is always deemed lighter.
knew
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From this reading She had never failed him, and he knew that she would not fail him now; that she would minister to him in her own beautiful, strengthening way, until she had made him whole; putting balm on stinging wounds, and exchanging his cup of bitterness for a phial of courage.
known
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From this reading He had carried out to her some burden which seemed enormous, and brought it back from her so shrunk that he would scarcely have known it for his burden; rather for some one else's load, which is always deemed lighter.
Knutty
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From this reading When Clifford said good-bye to Knutty and passed out of sight into the birch-woods, he had no intention of going in any definite direction.
laid
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From this reading He had always loved her, always sought her out, always laid everything before her, and learnt from her, over and over again, the relative value and the actual size of the difficulties which life presented to him.
learnt
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From this reading He had always loved her, always sought her out, always laid everything before her, and learnt from her, over and over again, the relative value and the actual size of the difficulties which life presented to him.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had always loved her, always sought her out, always laid everything before her, and learnt from her, over and over again, the relative value and the actual size of the difficulties which life presented to him.
lighter
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From this reading He had carried out to her some burden which seemed enormous, and brought it back from her so shrunk that he would scarcely have known it for his burden; rather for some one else's load, which is always deemed lighter.
load
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From this reading He had carried out to her some burden which seemed enormous, and brought it back from her so shrunk that he would scarcely have known it for his burden; rather for some one else's load, which is always deemed lighter.
loved
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From this reading He had always loved her, always sought her out, always laid everything before her, and learnt from her, over and over again, the relative value and the actual size of the difficulties which life presented to him.
made
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From this reading She had never failed him, and he knew that she would not fail him now; that she would minister to him in her own beautiful, strengthening way, until she had made him whole; putting balm on stinging wounds, and exchanging his cup of bitterness for a phial of courage.
minister
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From this reading She had never failed him, and he knew that she would not fail him now; that she would minister to him in her own beautiful, strengthening way, until she had made him whole; putting balm on stinging wounds, and exchanging his cup of bitterness for a phial of courage.
Nature
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From this reading He wished to get on to the heights somewhere and be alone with Nature, that tender nurse who is ever waiting to hold out her healing hands to the sick of body and of spirit.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had never failed him, and he knew that she would not fail him now; that she would minister to him in her own beautiful, strengthening way, until she had made him whole; putting balm on stinging wounds, and exchanging his cup of bitterness for a phial of courage.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading When Clifford said good-bye to Knutty and passed out of sight into the birch-woods, he had no intention of going in any definite direction.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading She had never failed him, and he knew that she would not fail him now; that she would minister to him in her own beautiful, strengthening way, until she had made him whole; putting balm on stinging wounds, and exchanging his cup of bitterness for a phial of courage.
now
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From this reading She had never failed him, and he knew that she would not fail him now; that she would minister to him in her own beautiful, strengthening way, until she had made him whole; putting balm on stinging wounds, and exchanging his cup of bitterness for a phial of courage.
nurse
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From this reading He wished to get on to the heights somewhere and be alone with Nature, that tender nurse who is ever waiting to hold out her healing hands to the sick of body and of spirit.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading When Clifford said good-bye to Knutty and passed out of sight into the birch-woods, he had no intention of going in any definite direction.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He wished to get on to the heights somewhere and be alone with Nature, that tender nurse who is ever waiting to hold out her healing hands to the sick of body and of spirit.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading He had carried out to her some burden which seemed enormous, and brought it back from her so shrunk that he would scarcely have known it for his burden; rather for some one else's load, which is always deemed lighter.
out
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From this reading When Clifford said good-bye to Knutty and passed out of sight into the birch-woods, he had no intention of going in any definite direction.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading He had always loved her, always sought her out, always laid everything before her, and learnt from her, over and over again, the relative value and the actual size of the difficulties which life presented to him.
own
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From this reading She had never failed him, and he knew that she would not fail him now; that she would minister to him in her own beautiful, strengthening way, until she had made him whole; putting balm on stinging wounds, and exchanging his cup of bitterness for a phial of courage.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When Clifford said good-bye to Knutty and passed out of sight into the birch-woods, he had no intention of going in any definite direction.
phial
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From this reading She had never failed him, and he knew that she would not fail him now; that she would minister to him in her own beautiful, strengthening way, until she had made him whole; putting balm on stinging wounds, and exchanging his cup of bitterness for a phial of courage.
presented
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From this reading He had always loved her, always sought her out, always laid everything before her, and learnt from her, over and over again, the relative value and the actual size of the difficulties which life presented to him.
putting
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From this reading She had never failed him, and he knew that she would not fail him now; that she would minister to him in her own beautiful, strengthening way, until she had made him whole; putting balm on stinging wounds, and exchanging his cup of bitterness for a phial of courage.
rather
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From this reading He had carried out to her some burden which seemed enormous, and brought it back from her so shrunk that he would scarcely have known it for his burden; rather for some one else's load, which is always deemed lighter.
relative
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From this reading He had always loved her, always sought her out, always laid everything before her, and learnt from her, over and over again, the relative value and the actual size of the difficulties which life presented to him.
said
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From this reading When Clifford said good-bye to Knutty and passed out of sight into the birch-woods, he had no intention of going in any definite direction.
scarcely
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From this reading He had carried out to her some burden which seemed enormous, and brought it back from her so shrunk that he would scarcely have known it for his burden; rather for some one else's load, which is always deemed lighter.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had carried out to her some burden which seemed enormous, and brought it back from her so shrunk that he would scarcely have known it for his burden; rather for some one else's load, which is always deemed lighter.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She had never failed him, and he knew that she would not fail him now; that she would minister to him in her own beautiful, strengthening way, until she had made him whole; putting balm on stinging wounds, and exchanging his cup of bitterness for a phial of courage.
shrunk
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From this reading He had carried out to her some burden which seemed enormous, and brought it back from her so shrunk that he would scarcely have known it for his burden; rather for some one else's load, which is always deemed lighter.
sick
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From this reading He wished to get on to the heights somewhere and be alone with Nature, that tender nurse who is ever waiting to hold out her healing hands to the sick of body and of spirit.
sight
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From this reading When Clifford said good-bye to Knutty and passed out of sight into the birch-woods, he had no intention of going in any definite direction.
size
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From this reading He had always loved her, always sought her out, always laid everything before her, and learnt from her, over and over again, the relative value and the actual size of the difficulties which life presented to him.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading He had carried out to her some burden which seemed enormous, and brought it back from her so shrunk that he would scarcely have known it for his burden; rather for some one else's load, which is always deemed lighter.
some
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From this reading He had carried out to her some burden which seemed enormous, and brought it back from her so shrunk that he would scarcely have known it for his burden; rather for some one else's load, which is always deemed lighter.
somewhere
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From this reading He wished to get on to the heights somewhere and be alone with Nature, that tender nurse who is ever waiting to hold out her healing hands to the sick of body and of spirit.
sought
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From this reading He had always loved her, always sought her out, always laid everything before her, and learnt from her, over and over again, the relative value and the actual size of the difficulties which life presented to him.
spirit
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From this reading He wished to get on to the heights somewhere and be alone with Nature, that tender nurse who is ever waiting to hold out her healing hands to the sick of body and of spirit.
stinging
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From this reading She had never failed him, and he knew that she would not fail him now; that she would minister to him in her own beautiful, strengthening way, until she had made him whole; putting balm on stinging wounds, and exchanging his cup of bitterness for a phial of courage.
strengthening
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From this reading She had never failed him, and he knew that she would not fail him now; that she would minister to him in her own beautiful, strengthening way, until she had made him whole; putting balm on stinging wounds, and exchanging his cup of bitterness for a phial of courage.
tender
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From this reading He wished to get on to the heights somewhere and be alone with Nature, that tender nurse who is ever waiting to hold out her healing hands to the sick of body and of spirit.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He wished to get on to the heights somewhere and be alone with Nature, that tender nurse who is ever waiting to hold out her healing hands to the sick of body and of spirit.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading When Clifford said good-bye to Knutty and passed out of sight into the birch-woods, he had no intention of going in any definite direction.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading When Clifford said good-bye to Knutty and passed out of sight into the birch-woods, he had no intention of going in any definite direction.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading She had never failed him, and he knew that she would not fail him now; that she would minister to him in her own beautiful, strengthening way, until she had made him whole; putting balm on stinging wounds, and exchanging his cup of bitterness for a phial of courage.
value
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From this reading He had always loved her, always sought her out, always laid everything before her, and learnt from her, over and over again, the relative value and the actual size of the difficulties which life presented to him.
waiting
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From this reading He wished to get on to the heights somewhere and be alone with Nature, that tender nurse who is ever waiting to hold out her healing hands to the sick of body and of spirit.
way
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From this reading She had never failed him, and he knew that she would not fail him now; that she would minister to him in her own beautiful, strengthening way, until she had made him whole; putting balm on stinging wounds, and exchanging his cup of bitterness for a phial of courage.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When Clifford said good-bye to Knutty and passed out of sight into the birch-woods, he had no intention of going in any definite direction.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading He had always loved her, always sought her out, always laid everything before her, and learnt from her, over and over again, the relative value and the actual size of the difficulties which life presented to him.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading He wished to get on to the heights somewhere and be alone with Nature, that tender nurse who is ever waiting to hold out her healing hands to the sick of body and of spirit.
whole
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From this reading She had never failed him, and he knew that she would not fail him now; that she would minister to him in her own beautiful, strengthening way, until she had made him whole; putting balm on stinging wounds, and exchanging his cup of bitterness for a phial of courage.
wished
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From this reading He wished to get on to the heights somewhere and be alone with Nature, that tender nurse who is ever waiting to hold out her healing hands to the sick of body and of spirit.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading He wished to get on to the heights somewhere and be alone with Nature, that tender nurse who is ever waiting to hold out her healing hands to the sick of body and of spirit.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading She had never failed him, and he knew that she would not fail him now; that she would minister to him in her own beautiful, strengthening way, until she had made him whole; putting balm on stinging wounds, and exchanging his cup of bitterness for a phial of courage.
wounds
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From this reading She had never failed him, and he knew that she would not fail him now; that she would minister to him in her own beautiful, strengthening way, until she had made him whole; putting balm on stinging wounds, and exchanging his cup of bitterness for a phial of courage.
