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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 In less than an hour, therefore, she had gathered up a heavy cloak and hood of Lady Betty’s, and assuming her own mantle, went out into the night.
agonynounUS /ˈæɡ.ə.ni/
Extreme physical or mental suffering; intense anguish.
From this reading ALICE AND DENIS WHEN Lady Clancarty fled wildly from her father’s house, poor Alice was too much overwhelmed with the agony of the recent scene to know what to do.
ALICE
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From this reading ALICE AND DENIS WHEN Lady Clancarty fled wildly from her father’s house, poor Alice was too much overwhelmed with the agony of the recent scene to know what to do.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading But she was too sensible and too faithful to remain long without making an effort to follow her mistress.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ALICE AND DENIS WHEN Lady Clancarty fled wildly from her father’s house, poor Alice was too much overwhelmed with the agony of the recent scene to know what to do.
archway
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From this reading It took no small courage to do this, when the streets of London were beset by rogues of every class and description, and the dim streaks of light from an occasional lantern swung in some archway served only to make the darkness visible.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading For the moment she gave way only to her grief, fleeing from Spencer and from the woman, Melissa, as she would have fled from pestilence.
assuming
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From this reading In less than an hour, therefore, she had gathered up a heavy cloak and hood of Lady Betty’s, and assuming her own mantle, went out into the night.
beset
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From this reading It took no small courage to do this, when the streets of London were beset by rogues of every class and description, and the dim streaks of light from an occasional lantern swung in some archway served only to make the darkness visible.
Betty's
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From this reading In less than an hour, therefore, she had gathered up a heavy cloak and hood of Lady Betty’s, and assuming her own mantle, went out into the night.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But she was too sensible and too faithful to remain long without making an effort to follow her mistress.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading It took no small courage to do this, when the streets of London were beset by rogues of every class and description, and the dim streaks of light from an occasional lantern swung in some archway served only to make the darkness visible.
Clancarty
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From this reading ALICE AND DENIS WHEN Lady Clancarty fled wildly from her father’s house, poor Alice was too much overwhelmed with the agony of the recent scene to know what to do.
class
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From this reading It took no small courage to do this, when the streets of London were beset by rogues of every class and description, and the dim streaks of light from an occasional lantern swung in some archway served only to make the darkness visible.
cloak
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From this reading In less than an hour, therefore, she had gathered up a heavy cloak and hood of Lady Betty’s, and assuming her own mantle, went out into the night.
courage
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From this reading It took no small courage to do this, when the streets of London were beset by rogues of every class and description, and the dim streaks of light from an occasional lantern swung in some archway served only to make the darkness visible.
darkness
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From this reading It took no small courage to do this, when the streets of London were beset by rogues of every class and description, and the dim streaks of light from an occasional lantern swung in some archway served only to make the darkness visible.
DENIS
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From this reading ALICE AND DENIS WHEN Lady Clancarty fled wildly from her father’s house, poor Alice was too much overwhelmed with the agony of the recent scene to know what to do.
description
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From this reading It took no small courage to do this, when the streets of London were beset by rogues of every class and description, and the dim streaks of light from an occasional lantern swung in some archway served only to make the darkness visible.
dim
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From this reading It took no small courage to do this, when the streets of London were beset by rogues of every class and description, and the dim streaks of light from an occasional lantern swung in some archway served only to make the darkness visible.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading ALICE AND DENIS WHEN Lady Clancarty fled wildly from her father’s house, poor Alice was too much overwhelmed with the agony of the recent scene to know what to do.
effort
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From this reading But she was too sensible and too faithful to remain long without making an effort to follow her mistress.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading It took no small courage to do this, when the streets of London were beset by rogues of every class and description, and the dim streaks of light from an occasional lantern swung in some archway served only to make the darkness visible.
faithfulnounUS /ˈfaithful/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading But she was too sensible and too faithful to remain long without making an effort to follow her mistress.
father's
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From this reading ALICE AND DENIS WHEN Lady Clancarty fled wildly from her father’s house, poor Alice was too much overwhelmed with the agony of the recent scene to know what to do.
fled
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From this reading ALICE AND DENIS WHEN Lady Clancarty fled wildly from her father’s house, poor Alice was too much overwhelmed with the agony of the recent scene to know what to do.
fleeing
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From this reading For the moment she gave way only to her grief, fleeing from Spencer and from the woman, Melissa, as she would have fled from pestilence.
follow
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From this reading But she was too sensible and too faithful to remain long without making an effort to follow her mistress.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For the moment she gave way only to her grief, fleeing from Spencer and from the woman, Melissa, as she would have fled from pestilence.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading ALICE AND DENIS WHEN Lady Clancarty fled wildly from her father’s house, poor Alice was too much overwhelmed with the agony of the recent scene to know what to do.
gathered
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From this reading In less than an hour, therefore, she had gathered up a heavy cloak and hood of Lady Betty’s, and assuming her own mantle, went out into the night.
gave
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From this reading For the moment she gave way only to her grief, fleeing from Spencer and from the woman, Melissa, as she would have fled from pestilence.
grief
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From this reading For the moment she gave way only to her grief, fleeing from Spencer and from the woman, Melissa, as she would have fled from pestilence.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading In less than an hour, therefore, she had gathered up a heavy cloak and hood of Lady Betty’s, and assuming her own mantle, went out into the night.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading For the moment she gave way only to her grief, fleeing from Spencer and from the woman, Melissa, as she would have fled from pestilence.
heavy
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From this reading In less than an hour, therefore, she had gathered up a heavy cloak and hood of Lady Betty’s, and assuming her own mantle, went out into the night.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading ALICE AND DENIS WHEN Lady Clancarty fled wildly from her father’s house, poor Alice was too much overwhelmed with the agony of the recent scene to know what to do.
hood
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From this reading In less than an hour, therefore, she had gathered up a heavy cloak and hood of Lady Betty’s, and assuming her own mantle, went out into the night.
hour
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From this reading In less than an hour, therefore, she had gathered up a heavy cloak and hood of Lady Betty’s, and assuming her own mantle, went out into the night.
house
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From this reading ALICE AND DENIS WHEN Lady Clancarty fled wildly from her father’s house, poor Alice was too much overwhelmed with the agony of the recent scene to know what to do.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In less than an hour, therefore, she had gathered up a heavy cloak and hood of Lady Betty’s, and assuming her own mantle, went out into the night.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading In less than an hour, therefore, she had gathered up a heavy cloak and hood of Lady Betty’s, and assuming her own mantle, went out into the night.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It took no small courage to do this, when the streets of London were beset by rogues of every class and description, and the dim streaks of light from an occasional lantern swung in some archway served only to make the darkness visible.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ALICE AND DENIS WHEN Lady Clancarty fled wildly from her father’s house, poor Alice was too much overwhelmed with the agony of the recent scene to know what to do.
Lady
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From this reading ALICE AND DENIS WHEN Lady Clancarty fled wildly from her father’s house, poor Alice was too much overwhelmed with the agony of the recent scene to know what to do.
lantern
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From this reading It took no small courage to do this, when the streets of London were beset by rogues of every class and description, and the dim streaks of light from an occasional lantern swung in some archway served only to make the darkness visible.
less
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From this reading In less than an hour, therefore, she had gathered up a heavy cloak and hood of Lady Betty’s, and assuming her own mantle, went out into the night.
light
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From this reading It took no small courage to do this, when the streets of London were beset by rogues of every class and description, and the dim streaks of light from an occasional lantern swung in some archway served only to make the darkness visible.
London
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From this reading It took no small courage to do this, when the streets of London were beset by rogues of every class and description, and the dim streaks of light from an occasional lantern swung in some archway served only to make the darkness visible.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But she was too sensible and too faithful to remain long without making an effort to follow her mistress.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It took no small courage to do this, when the streets of London were beset by rogues of every class and description, and the dim streaks of light from an occasional lantern swung in some archway served only to make the darkness visible.
making
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From this reading But she was too sensible and too faithful to remain long without making an effort to follow her mistress.
mantlenounUS /ˈmæntəl/
a loose covering like a cloak
From this reading In less than an hour, therefore, she had gathered up a heavy cloak and hood of Lady Betty’s, and assuming her own mantle, went out into the night.
Melissa
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From this reading For the moment she gave way only to her grief, fleeing from Spencer and from the woman, Melissa, as she would have fled from pestilence.
mistress
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From this reading But she was too sensible and too faithful to remain long without making an effort to follow her mistress.
moment
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From this reading For the moment she gave way only to her grief, fleeing from Spencer and from the woman, Melissa, as she would have fled from pestilence.
much
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From this reading ALICE AND DENIS WHEN Lady Clancarty fled wildly from her father’s house, poor Alice was too much overwhelmed with the agony of the recent scene to know what to do.
night
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From this reading In less than an hour, therefore, she had gathered up a heavy cloak and hood of Lady Betty’s, and assuming her own mantle, went out into the night.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading It took no small courage to do this, when the streets of London were beset by rogues of every class and description, and the dim streaks of light from an occasional lantern swung in some archway served only to make the darkness visible.
occasional
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From this reading It took no small courage to do this, when the streets of London were beset by rogues of every class and description, and the dim streaks of light from an occasional lantern swung in some archway served only to make the darkness visible.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading ALICE AND DENIS WHEN Lady Clancarty fled wildly from her father’s house, poor Alice was too much overwhelmed with the agony of the recent scene to know what to do.
only
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From this reading For the moment she gave way only to her grief, fleeing from Spencer and from the woman, Melissa, as she would have fled from pestilence.
out
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From this reading In less than an hour, therefore, she had gathered up a heavy cloak and hood of Lady Betty’s, and assuming her own mantle, went out into the night.
overwhelmed
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From this reading ALICE AND DENIS WHEN Lady Clancarty fled wildly from her father’s house, poor Alice was too much overwhelmed with the agony of the recent scene to know what to do.
own
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From this reading In less than an hour, therefore, she had gathered up a heavy cloak and hood of Lady Betty’s, and assuming her own mantle, went out into the night.
pestilence
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From this reading For the moment she gave way only to her grief, fleeing from Spencer and from the woman, Melissa, as she would have fled from pestilence.
poornounUS /poor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ALICE AND DENIS WHEN Lady Clancarty fled wildly from her father’s house, poor Alice was too much overwhelmed with the agony of the recent scene to know what to do.
recent
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From this reading ALICE AND DENIS WHEN Lady Clancarty fled wildly from her father’s house, poor Alice was too much overwhelmed with the agony of the recent scene to know what to do.
remain
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From this reading But she was too sensible and too faithful to remain long without making an effort to follow her mistress.
rogues
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From this reading It took no small courage to do this, when the streets of London were beset by rogues of every class and description, and the dim streaks of light from an occasional lantern swung in some archway served only to make the darkness visible.
scene
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From this reading ALICE AND DENIS WHEN Lady Clancarty fled wildly from her father’s house, poor Alice was too much overwhelmed with the agony of the recent scene to know what to do.
sensible
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From this reading But she was too sensible and too faithful to remain long without making an effort to follow her mistress.
served
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From this reading It took no small courage to do this, when the streets of London were beset by rogues of every class and description, and the dim streaks of light from an occasional lantern swung in some archway served only to make the darkness visible.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading For the moment she gave way only to her grief, fleeing from Spencer and from the woman, Melissa, as she would have fled from pestilence.
small
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From this reading It took no small courage to do this, when the streets of London were beset by rogues of every class and description, and the dim streaks of light from an occasional lantern swung in some archway served only to make the darkness visible.
some
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From this reading It took no small courage to do this, when the streets of London were beset by rogues of every class and description, and the dim streaks of light from an occasional lantern swung in some archway served only to make the darkness visible.
Spencer
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From this reading For the moment she gave way only to her grief, fleeing from Spencer and from the woman, Melissa, as she would have fled from pestilence.
streaks
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From this reading It took no small courage to do this, when the streets of London were beset by rogues of every class and description, and the dim streaks of light from an occasional lantern swung in some archway served only to make the darkness visible.
streets
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From this reading It took no small courage to do this, when the streets of London were beset by rogues of every class and description, and the dim streaks of light from an occasional lantern swung in some archway served only to make the darkness visible.
swung
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From this reading It took no small courage to do this, when the streets of London were beset by rogues of every class and description, and the dim streaks of light from an occasional lantern swung in some archway served only to make the darkness visible.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading In less than an hour, therefore, she had gathered up a heavy cloak and hood of Lady Betty’s, and assuming her own mantle, went out into the night.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ALICE AND DENIS WHEN Lady Clancarty fled wildly from her father’s house, poor Alice was too much overwhelmed with the agony of the recent scene to know what to do.
thereforeadverbUS /ˈðerfɔːr/
for that reason; as a result
From this reading In less than an hour, therefore, she had gathered up a heavy cloak and hood of Lady Betty’s, and assuming her own mantle, went out into the night.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading It took no small courage to do this, when the streets of London were beset by rogues of every class and description, and the dim streaks of light from an occasional lantern swung in some archway served only to make the darkness visible.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading ALICE AND DENIS WHEN Lady Clancarty fled wildly from her father’s house, poor Alice was too much overwhelmed with the agony of the recent scene to know what to do.
too
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From this reading ALICE AND DENIS WHEN Lady Clancarty fled wildly from her father’s house, poor Alice was too much overwhelmed with the agony of the recent scene to know what to do.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It took no small courage to do this, when the streets of London were beset by rogues of every class and description, and the dim streaks of light from an occasional lantern swung in some archway served only to make the darkness visible.
up
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From this reading In less than an hour, therefore, she had gathered up a heavy cloak and hood of Lady Betty’s, and assuming her own mantle, went out into the night.
visible
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From this reading It took no small courage to do this, when the streets of London were beset by rogues of every class and description, and the dim streaks of light from an occasional lantern swung in some archway served only to make the darkness visible.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ALICE AND DENIS WHEN Lady Clancarty fled wildly from her father’s house, poor Alice was too much overwhelmed with the agony of the recent scene to know what to do.
way
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From this reading For the moment she gave way only to her grief, fleeing from Spencer and from the woman, Melissa, as she would have fled from pestilence.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In less than an hour, therefore, she had gathered up a heavy cloak and hood of Lady Betty’s, and assuming her own mantle, went out into the night.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading It took no small courage to do this, when the streets of London were beset by rogues of every class and description, and the dim streaks of light from an occasional lantern swung in some archway served only to make the darkness visible.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading ALICE AND DENIS WHEN Lady Clancarty fled wildly from her father’s house, poor Alice was too much overwhelmed with the agony of the recent scene to know what to do.
WHENconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading ALICE AND DENIS WHEN Lady Clancarty fled wildly from her father’s house, poor Alice was too much overwhelmed with the agony of the recent scene to know what to do.
wildly
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From this reading ALICE AND DENIS WHEN Lady Clancarty fled wildly from her father’s house, poor Alice was too much overwhelmed with the agony of the recent scene to know what to do.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading ALICE AND DENIS WHEN Lady Clancarty fled wildly from her father’s house, poor Alice was too much overwhelmed with the agony of the recent scene to know what to do.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading But she was too sensible and too faithful to remain long without making an effort to follow her mistress.
woman
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From this reading For the moment she gave way only to her grief, fleeing from Spencer and from the woman, Melissa, as she would have fled from pestilence.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading For the moment she gave way only to her grief, fleeing from Spencer and from the woman, Melissa, as she would have fled from pestilence.
