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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 Their solemn faces and whispered words, and the dreadful black garments, drove me into a state of terror, and I was not far from screaming among them when there entered a big man with a jolly red face, at whom the company rose and bowed very respectfully.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading Their solemn faces and whispered words, and the dreadful black garments, drove me into a state of terror, and I was not far from screaming among them when there entered a big man with a jolly red face, at whom the company rose and bowed very respectfully.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I was rising four years old when my parents died, both within one week, of the small-pox; and the day of their funeral is the furthermost of my recollections.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading My nurse, having tied up the sleeves of my pinafore with black, held me with her in the great room down-stairs as the mourners assembled.
assembled
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From this reading My nurse, having tied up the sleeves of my pinafore with black, held me with her in the great room down-stairs as the mourners assembled.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Their solemn faces and whispered words, and the dreadful black garments, drove me into a state of terror, and I was not far from screaming among them when there entered a big man with a jolly red face, at whom the company rose and bowed very respectfully.
away
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From this reading The moment he was within the room his eye lit on me, and seeing at a glance how matters stood, he thrust one hand into his great pocket, and drew it forth full of sugar-plums, which he laid in my pinafore, and then bade the nurse take me away.
bade
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From this reading The moment he was within the room his eye lit on me, and seeing at a glance how matters stood, he thrust one hand into his great pocket, and drew it forth full of sugar-plums, which he laid in my pinafore, and then bade the nurse take me away.
big
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From this reading Their solemn faces and whispered words, and the dreadful black garments, drove me into a state of terror, and I was not far from screaming among them when there entered a big man with a jolly red face, at whom the company rose and bowed very respectfully.
black
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From this reading My nurse, having tied up the sleeves of my pinafore with black, held me with her in the great room down-stairs as the mourners assembled.
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading I was rising four years old when my parents died, both within one week, of the small-pox; and the day of their funeral is the furthermost of my recollections.
bowed
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From this reading Their solemn faces and whispered words, and the dreadful black garments, drove me into a state of terror, and I was not far from screaming among them when there entered a big man with a jolly red face, at whom the company rose and bowed very respectfully.
company
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From this reading Their solemn faces and whispered words, and the dreadful black garments, drove me into a state of terror, and I was not far from screaming among them when there entered a big man with a jolly red face, at whom the company rose and bowed very respectfully.
day
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From this reading I was rising four years old when my parents died, both within one week, of the small-pox; and the day of their funeral is the furthermost of my recollections.
died
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From this reading I was rising four years old when my parents died, both within one week, of the small-pox; and the day of their funeral is the furthermost of my recollections.
down-stairs
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From this reading My nurse, having tied up the sleeves of my pinafore with black, held me with her in the great room down-stairs as the mourners assembled.
dreadfuladjectiveUS /ˈdrɛdfəl/
extremely frightening or unpleasant
From this reading Their solemn faces and whispered words, and the dreadful black garments, drove me into a state of terror, and I was not far from screaming among them when there entered a big man with a jolly red face, at whom the company rose and bowed very respectfully.
drewnounUS /drew/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The moment he was within the room his eye lit on me, and seeing at a glance how matters stood, he thrust one hand into his great pocket, and drew it forth full of sugar-plums, which he laid in my pinafore, and then bade the nurse take me away.
drove
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From this reading Their solemn faces and whispered words, and the dreadful black garments, drove me into a state of terror, and I was not far from screaming among them when there entered a big man with a jolly red face, at whom the company rose and bowed very respectfully.
entered
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From this reading Their solemn faces and whispered words, and the dreadful black garments, drove me into a state of terror, and I was not far from screaming among them when there entered a big man with a jolly red face, at whom the company rose and bowed very respectfully.
eye
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From this reading The moment he was within the room his eye lit on me, and seeing at a glance how matters stood, he thrust one hand into his great pocket, and drew it forth full of sugar-plums, which he laid in my pinafore, and then bade the nurse take me away.
face
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From this reading Their solemn faces and whispered words, and the dreadful black garments, drove me into a state of terror, and I was not far from screaming among them when there entered a big man with a jolly red face, at whom the company rose and bowed very respectfully.
faces
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From this reading Their solemn faces and whispered words, and the dreadful black garments, drove me into a state of terror, and I was not far from screaming among them when there entered a big man with a jolly red face, at whom the company rose and bowed very respectfully.
far
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From this reading Their solemn faces and whispered words, and the dreadful black garments, drove me into a state of terror, and I was not far from screaming among them when there entered a big man with a jolly red face, at whom the company rose and bowed very respectfully.
forth
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From this reading The moment he was within the room his eye lit on me, and seeing at a glance how matters stood, he thrust one hand into his great pocket, and drew it forth full of sugar-plums, which he laid in my pinafore, and then bade the nurse take me away.
four
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From this reading I was rising four years old when my parents died, both within one week, of the small-pox; and the day of their funeral is the furthermost of my recollections.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Their solemn faces and whispered words, and the dreadful black garments, drove me into a state of terror, and I was not far from screaming among them when there entered a big man with a jolly red face, at whom the company rose and bowed very respectfully.
full
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From this reading The moment he was within the room his eye lit on me, and seeing at a glance how matters stood, he thrust one hand into his great pocket, and drew it forth full of sugar-plums, which he laid in my pinafore, and then bade the nurse take me away.
funeral
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From this reading I was rising four years old when my parents died, both within one week, of the small-pox; and the day of their funeral is the furthermost of my recollections.
furthermost
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From this reading I was rising four years old when my parents died, both within one week, of the small-pox; and the day of their funeral is the furthermost of my recollections.
garments
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From this reading Their solemn faces and whispered words, and the dreadful black garments, drove me into a state of terror, and I was not far from screaming among them when there entered a big man with a jolly red face, at whom the company rose and bowed very respectfully.
glance
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From this reading The moment he was within the room his eye lit on me, and seeing at a glance how matters stood, he thrust one hand into his great pocket, and drew it forth full of sugar-plums, which he laid in my pinafore, and then bade the nurse take me away.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading 'Twas my uncle Stephen, said Nurse, and a kind good man.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading My nurse, having tied up the sleeves of my pinafore with black, held me with her in the great room down-stairs as the mourners assembled.
hand
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From this reading The moment he was within the room his eye lit on me, and seeing at a glance how matters stood, he thrust one hand into his great pocket, and drew it forth full of sugar-plums, which he laid in my pinafore, and then bade the nurse take me away.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading My nurse, having tied up the sleeves of my pinafore with black, held me with her in the great room down-stairs as the mourners assembled.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The moment he was within the room his eye lit on me, and seeing at a glance how matters stood, he thrust one hand into his great pocket, and drew it forth full of sugar-plums, which he laid in my pinafore, and then bade the nurse take me away.
held
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From this reading My nurse, having tied up the sleeves of my pinafore with black, held me with her in the great room down-stairs as the mourners assembled.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading My nurse, having tied up the sleeves of my pinafore with black, held me with her in the great room down-stairs as the mourners assembled.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The moment he was within the room his eye lit on me, and seeing at a glance how matters stood, he thrust one hand into his great pocket, and drew it forth full of sugar-plums, which he laid in my pinafore, and then bade the nurse take me away.
how
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From this reading The moment he was within the room his eye lit on me, and seeing at a glance how matters stood, he thrust one hand into his great pocket, and drew it forth full of sugar-plums, which he laid in my pinafore, and then bade the nurse take me away.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I was rising four years old when my parents died, both within one week, of the small-pox; and the day of their funeral is the furthermost of my recollections.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading My nurse, having tied up the sleeves of my pinafore with black, held me with her in the great room down-stairs as the mourners assembled.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Their solemn faces and whispered words, and the dreadful black garments, drove me into a state of terror, and I was not far from screaming among them when there entered a big man with a jolly red face, at whom the company rose and bowed very respectfully.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I was rising four years old when my parents died, both within one week, of the small-pox; and the day of their funeral is the furthermost of my recollections.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The moment he was within the room his eye lit on me, and seeing at a glance how matters stood, he thrust one hand into his great pocket, and drew it forth full of sugar-plums, which he laid in my pinafore, and then bade the nurse take me away.
jolly
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From this reading Their solemn faces and whispered words, and the dreadful black garments, drove me into a state of terror, and I was not far from screaming among them when there entered a big man with a jolly red face, at whom the company rose and bowed very respectfully.
kind
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From this reading 'Twas my uncle Stephen, said Nurse, and a kind good man.
laid
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From this reading The moment he was within the room his eye lit on me, and seeing at a glance how matters stood, he thrust one hand into his great pocket, and drew it forth full of sugar-plums, which he laid in my pinafore, and then bade the nurse take me away.
lit
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From this reading The moment he was within the room his eye lit on me, and seeing at a glance how matters stood, he thrust one hand into his great pocket, and drew it forth full of sugar-plums, which he laid in my pinafore, and then bade the nurse take me away.
man
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From this reading Their solemn faces and whispered words, and the dreadful black garments, drove me into a state of terror, and I was not far from screaming among them when there entered a big man with a jolly red face, at whom the company rose and bowed very respectfully.
matters
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From this reading The moment he was within the room his eye lit on me, and seeing at a glance how matters stood, he thrust one hand into his great pocket, and drew it forth full of sugar-plums, which he laid in my pinafore, and then bade the nurse take me away.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading My nurse, having tied up the sleeves of my pinafore with black, held me with her in the great room down-stairs as the mourners assembled.
moment
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From this reading The moment he was within the room his eye lit on me, and seeing at a glance how matters stood, he thrust one hand into his great pocket, and drew it forth full of sugar-plums, which he laid in my pinafore, and then bade the nurse take me away.
mourners
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From this reading My nurse, having tied up the sleeves of my pinafore with black, held me with her in the great room down-stairs as the mourners assembled.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I was rising four years old when my parents died, both within one week, of the small-pox; and the day of their funeral is the furthermost of my recollections.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Their solemn faces and whispered words, and the dreadful black garments, drove me into a state of terror, and I was not far from screaming among them when there entered a big man with a jolly red face, at whom the company rose and bowed very respectfully.
nurse
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From this reading My nurse, having tied up the sleeves of my pinafore with black, held me with her in the great room down-stairs as the mourners assembled.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I was rising four years old when my parents died, both within one week, of the small-pox; and the day of their funeral is the furthermost of my recollections.
old
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From this reading I was rising four years old when my parents died, both within one week, of the small-pox; and the day of their funeral is the furthermost of my recollections.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The moment he was within the room his eye lit on me, and seeing at a glance how matters stood, he thrust one hand into his great pocket, and drew it forth full of sugar-plums, which he laid in my pinafore, and then bade the nurse take me away.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading I was rising four years old when my parents died, both within one week, of the small-pox; and the day of their funeral is the furthermost of my recollections.
parents
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From this reading I was rising four years old when my parents died, both within one week, of the small-pox; and the day of their funeral is the furthermost of my recollections.
pinafore
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From this reading My nurse, having tied up the sleeves of my pinafore with black, held me with her in the great room down-stairs as the mourners assembled.
pocket
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From this reading The moment he was within the room his eye lit on me, and seeing at a glance how matters stood, he thrust one hand into his great pocket, and drew it forth full of sugar-plums, which he laid in my pinafore, and then bade the nurse take me away.
recollections
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From this reading I was rising four years old when my parents died, both within one week, of the small-pox; and the day of their funeral is the furthermost of my recollections.
red
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From this reading Their solemn faces and whispered words, and the dreadful black garments, drove me into a state of terror, and I was not far from screaming among them when there entered a big man with a jolly red face, at whom the company rose and bowed very respectfully.
respectfully
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From this reading Their solemn faces and whispered words, and the dreadful black garments, drove me into a state of terror, and I was not far from screaming among them when there entered a big man with a jolly red face, at whom the company rose and bowed very respectfully.
rising
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From this reading I was rising four years old when my parents died, both within one week, of the small-pox; and the day of their funeral is the furthermost of my recollections.
room
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From this reading My nurse, having tied up the sleeves of my pinafore with black, held me with her in the great room down-stairs as the mourners assembled.
rose
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From this reading Their solemn faces and whispered words, and the dreadful black garments, drove me into a state of terror, and I was not far from screaming among them when there entered a big man with a jolly red face, at whom the company rose and bowed very respectfully.
said
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From this reading 'Twas my uncle Stephen, said Nurse, and a kind good man.
screaming
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From this reading Their solemn faces and whispered words, and the dreadful black garments, drove me into a state of terror, and I was not far from screaming among them when there entered a big man with a jolly red face, at whom the company rose and bowed very respectfully.
seeing
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From this reading The moment he was within the room his eye lit on me, and seeing at a glance how matters stood, he thrust one hand into his great pocket, and drew it forth full of sugar-plums, which he laid in my pinafore, and then bade the nurse take me away.
sleeves
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From this reading My nurse, having tied up the sleeves of my pinafore with black, held me with her in the great room down-stairs as the mourners assembled.
small-pox
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From this reading I was rising four years old when my parents died, both within one week, of the small-pox; and the day of their funeral is the furthermost of my recollections.
solemn
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From this reading Their solemn faces and whispered words, and the dreadful black garments, drove me into a state of terror, and I was not far from screaming among them when there entered a big man with a jolly red face, at whom the company rose and bowed very respectfully.
state
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From this reading Their solemn faces and whispered words, and the dreadful black garments, drove me into a state of terror, and I was not far from screaming among them when there entered a big man with a jolly red face, at whom the company rose and bowed very respectfully.
Stephen
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From this reading 'Twas my uncle Stephen, said Nurse, and a kind good man.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The moment he was within the room his eye lit on me, and seeing at a glance how matters stood, he thrust one hand into his great pocket, and drew it forth full of sugar-plums, which he laid in my pinafore, and then bade the nurse take me away.
sugar-plums
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From this reading The moment he was within the room his eye lit on me, and seeing at a glance how matters stood, he thrust one hand into his great pocket, and drew it forth full of sugar-plums, which he laid in my pinafore, and then bade the nurse take me away.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The moment he was within the room his eye lit on me, and seeing at a glance how matters stood, he thrust one hand into his great pocket, and drew it forth full of sugar-plums, which he laid in my pinafore, and then bade the nurse take me away.
terror
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From this reading Their solemn faces and whispered words, and the dreadful black garments, drove me into a state of terror, and I was not far from screaming among them when there entered a big man with a jolly red face, at whom the company rose and bowed very respectfully.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I was rising four years old when my parents died, both within one week, of the small-pox; and the day of their funeral is the furthermost of my recollections.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading I was rising four years old when my parents died, both within one week, of the small-pox; and the day of their funeral is the furthermost of my recollections.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Their solemn faces and whispered words, and the dreadful black garments, drove me into a state of terror, and I was not far from screaming among them when there entered a big man with a jolly red face, at whom the company rose and bowed very respectfully.
then
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From this reading The moment he was within the room his eye lit on me, and seeing at a glance how matters stood, he thrust one hand into his great pocket, and drew it forth full of sugar-plums, which he laid in my pinafore, and then bade the nurse take me away.
there
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From this reading Their solemn faces and whispered words, and the dreadful black garments, drove me into a state of terror, and I was not far from screaming among them when there entered a big man with a jolly red face, at whom the company rose and bowed very respectfully.
thrust
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From this reading The moment he was within the room his eye lit on me, and seeing at a glance how matters stood, he thrust one hand into his great pocket, and drew it forth full of sugar-plums, which he laid in my pinafore, and then bade the nurse take me away.
tied
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From this reading My nurse, having tied up the sleeves of my pinafore with black, held me with her in the great room down-stairs as the mourners assembled.
Twas
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From this reading 'Twas my uncle Stephen, said Nurse, and a kind good man.
uncle
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From this reading 'Twas my uncle Stephen, said Nurse, and a kind good man.
up
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From this reading My nurse, having tied up the sleeves of my pinafore with black, held me with her in the great room down-stairs as the mourners assembled.
very
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From this reading Their solemn faces and whispered words, and the dreadful black garments, drove me into a state of terror, and I was not far from screaming among them when there entered a big man with a jolly red face, at whom the company rose and bowed very respectfully.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I was rising four years old when my parents died, both within one week, of the small-pox; and the day of their funeral is the furthermost of my recollections.
week
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From this reading I was rising four years old when my parents died, both within one week, of the small-pox; and the day of their funeral is the furthermost of my recollections.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading I was rising four years old when my parents died, both within one week, of the small-pox; and the day of their funeral is the furthermost of my recollections.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The moment he was within the room his eye lit on me, and seeing at a glance how matters stood, he thrust one hand into his great pocket, and drew it forth full of sugar-plums, which he laid in my pinafore, and then bade the nurse take me away.
whispered
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From this reading Their solemn faces and whispered words, and the dreadful black garments, drove me into a state of terror, and I was not far from screaming among them when there entered a big man with a jolly red face, at whom the company rose and bowed very respectfully.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Their solemn faces and whispered words, and the dreadful black garments, drove me into a state of terror, and I was not far from screaming among them when there entered a big man with a jolly red face, at whom the company rose and bowed very respectfully.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading My nurse, having tied up the sleeves of my pinafore with black, held me with her in the great room down-stairs as the mourners assembled.
withinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading I was rising four years old when my parents died, both within one week, of the small-pox; and the day of their funeral is the furthermost of my recollections.
words
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From this reading Their solemn faces and whispered words, and the dreadful black garments, drove me into a state of terror, and I was not far from screaming among them when there entered a big man with a jolly red face, at whom the company rose and bowed very respectfully.
years
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From this reading I was rising four years old when my parents died, both within one week, of the small-pox; and the day of their funeral is the furthermost of my recollections.
