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all
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From this reading Her need of clothes--to say nothing of her desire for ornaments--grew rapidly as the fact developed that for all her work she was not to have them.
always
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From this reading He was not always renewing his request, but this love of good appearance was.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading OF LIGHTS AND OF SHADOWS: THE PARTING OF WORLDS What Hurstwood got as the result of this determination was more self-assurance that each particular day was not the day.
appearancenounUS /ˈappearance/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He was not always renewing his request, but this love of good appearance was.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading OF LIGHTS AND OF SHADOWS: THE PARTING OF WORLDS What Hurstwood got as the result of this determination was more self-assurance that each particular day was not the day.
askednounUS /asked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The sympathy she felt for Hurstwood, at the time he asked her to tide him over, vanished with these newer urgings of decency.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At the same time, Carrie passed through thirty days of mental distress.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He was not always renewing his request, but this love of good appearance was.
Carrie
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From this reading At the same time, Carrie passed through thirty days of mental distress.
clothes
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From this reading Her need of clothes--to say nothing of her desire for ornaments--grew rapidly as the fact developed that for all her work she was not to have them.
day
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From this reading OF LIGHTS AND OF SHADOWS: THE PARTING OF WORLDS What Hurstwood got as the result of this determination was more self-assurance that each particular day was not the day.
days
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From this reading At the same time, Carrie passed through thirty days of mental distress.
decency
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From this reading The sympathy she felt for Hurstwood, at the time he asked her to tide him over, vanished with these newer urgings of decency.
desire
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From this reading Her need of clothes--to say nothing of her desire for ornaments--grew rapidly as the fact developed that for all her work she was not to have them.
determination
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From this reading OF LIGHTS AND OF SHADOWS: THE PARTING OF WORLDS What Hurstwood got as the result of this determination was more self-assurance that each particular day was not the day.
developed
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From this reading Her need of clothes--to say nothing of her desire for ornaments--grew rapidly as the fact developed that for all her work she was not to have them.
distressnounUS /dɪˈstrɛs/
extreme sadness or suffering
From this reading At the same time, Carrie passed through thirty days of mental distress.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading OF LIGHTS AND OF SHADOWS: THE PARTING OF WORLDS What Hurstwood got as the result of this determination was more self-assurance that each particular day was not the day.
fact
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From this reading Her need of clothes--to say nothing of her desire for ornaments--grew rapidly as the fact developed that for all her work she was not to have them.
felt
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From this reading The sympathy she felt for Hurstwood, at the time he asked her to tide him over, vanished with these newer urgings of decency.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Her need of clothes--to say nothing of her desire for ornaments--grew rapidly as the fact developed that for all her work she was not to have them.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was not always renewing his request, but this love of good appearance was.
got
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From this reading OF LIGHTS AND OF SHADOWS: THE PARTING OF WORLDS What Hurstwood got as the result of this determination was more self-assurance that each particular day was not the day.
grew
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From this reading Her need of clothes--to say nothing of her desire for ornaments--grew rapidly as the fact developed that for all her work she was not to have them.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Her need of clothes--to say nothing of her desire for ornaments--grew rapidly as the fact developed that for all her work she was not to have them.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The sympathy she felt for Hurstwood, at the time he asked her to tide him over, vanished with these newer urgings of decency.
HerdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Her need of clothes--to say nothing of her desire for ornaments--grew rapidly as the fact developed that for all her work she was not to have them.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The sympathy she felt for Hurstwood, at the time he asked her to tide him over, vanished with these newer urgings of decency.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He was not always renewing his request, but this love of good appearance was.
Hurstwood
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From this reading OF LIGHTS AND OF SHADOWS: THE PARTING OF WORLDS What Hurstwood got as the result of this determination was more self-assurance that each particular day was not the day.
LIGHTS
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From this reading OF LIGHTS AND OF SHADOWS: THE PARTING OF WORLDS What Hurstwood got as the result of this determination was more self-assurance that each particular day was not the day.
love
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From this reading He was not always renewing his request, but this love of good appearance was.
mental
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From this reading At the same time, Carrie passed through thirty days of mental distress.
more
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From this reading OF LIGHTS AND OF SHADOWS: THE PARTING OF WORLDS What Hurstwood got as the result of this determination was more self-assurance that each particular day was not the day.
neednounUS /need/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Her need of clothes--to say nothing of her desire for ornaments--grew rapidly as the fact developed that for all her work she was not to have them.
newer
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From this reading The sympathy she felt for Hurstwood, at the time he asked her to tide him over, vanished with these newer urgings of decency.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading OF LIGHTS AND OF SHADOWS: THE PARTING OF WORLDS What Hurstwood got as the result of this determination was more self-assurance that each particular day was not the day.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Her need of clothes--to say nothing of her desire for ornaments--grew rapidly as the fact developed that for all her work she was not to have them.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading OF LIGHTS AND OF SHADOWS: THE PARTING OF WORLDS What Hurstwood got as the result of this determination was more self-assurance that each particular day was not the day.
ornaments
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From this reading Her need of clothes--to say nothing of her desire for ornaments--grew rapidly as the fact developed that for all her work she was not to have them.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading The sympathy she felt for Hurstwood, at the time he asked her to tide him over, vanished with these newer urgings of decency.
particular
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From this reading OF LIGHTS AND OF SHADOWS: THE PARTING OF WORLDS What Hurstwood got as the result of this determination was more self-assurance that each particular day was not the day.
PARTING
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From this reading OF LIGHTS AND OF SHADOWS: THE PARTING OF WORLDS What Hurstwood got as the result of this determination was more self-assurance that each particular day was not the day.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At the same time, Carrie passed through thirty days of mental distress.
rapidly
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From this reading Her need of clothes--to say nothing of her desire for ornaments--grew rapidly as the fact developed that for all her work she was not to have them.
renewing
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From this reading He was not always renewing his request, but this love of good appearance was.
request
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From this reading He was not always renewing his request, but this love of good appearance was.
result
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From this reading OF LIGHTS AND OF SHADOWS: THE PARTING OF WORLDS What Hurstwood got as the result of this determination was more self-assurance that each particular day was not the day.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At the same time, Carrie passed through thirty days of mental distress.
say
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From this reading Her need of clothes--to say nothing of her desire for ornaments--grew rapidly as the fact developed that for all her work she was not to have them.
self-assurance
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From this reading OF LIGHTS AND OF SHADOWS: THE PARTING OF WORLDS What Hurstwood got as the result of this determination was more self-assurance that each particular day was not the day.
SHADOWS
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From this reading OF LIGHTS AND OF SHADOWS: THE PARTING OF WORLDS What Hurstwood got as the result of this determination was more self-assurance that each particular day was not the day.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Her need of clothes--to say nothing of her desire for ornaments--grew rapidly as the fact developed that for all her work she was not to have them.
sympathy
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From this reading The sympathy she felt for Hurstwood, at the time he asked her to tide him over, vanished with these newer urgings of decency.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading OF LIGHTS AND OF SHADOWS: THE PARTING OF WORLDS What Hurstwood got as the result of this determination was more self-assurance that each particular day was not the day.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading OF LIGHTS AND OF SHADOWS: THE PARTING OF WORLDS What Hurstwood got as the result of this determination was more self-assurance that each particular day was not the day.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Her need of clothes--to say nothing of her desire for ornaments--grew rapidly as the fact developed that for all her work she was not to have them.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading The sympathy she felt for Hurstwood, at the time he asked her to tide him over, vanished with these newer urgings of decency.
thirty
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From this reading At the same time, Carrie passed through thirty days of mental distress.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading OF LIGHTS AND OF SHADOWS: THE PARTING OF WORLDS What Hurstwood got as the result of this determination was more self-assurance that each particular day was not the day.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading At the same time, Carrie passed through thirty days of mental distress.
tide
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From this reading The sympathy she felt for Hurstwood, at the time he asked her to tide him over, vanished with these newer urgings of decency.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At the same time, Carrie passed through thirty days of mental distress.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Her need of clothes--to say nothing of her desire for ornaments--grew rapidly as the fact developed that for all her work she was not to have them.
urgings
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From this reading The sympathy she felt for Hurstwood, at the time he asked her to tide him over, vanished with these newer urgings of decency.
vanished
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From this reading The sympathy she felt for Hurstwood, at the time he asked her to tide him over, vanished with these newer urgings of decency.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading OF LIGHTS AND OF SHADOWS: THE PARTING OF WORLDS What Hurstwood got as the result of this determination was more self-assurance that each particular day was not the day.
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading OF LIGHTS AND OF SHADOWS: THE PARTING OF WORLDS What Hurstwood got as the result of this determination was more self-assurance that each particular day was not the day.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The sympathy she felt for Hurstwood, at the time he asked her to tide him over, vanished with these newer urgings of decency.
work
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From this reading Her need of clothes--to say nothing of her desire for ornaments--grew rapidly as the fact developed that for all her work she was not to have them.
WORLDS
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From this reading OF LIGHTS AND OF SHADOWS: THE PARTING OF WORLDS What Hurstwood got as the result of this determination was more self-assurance that each particular day was not the day.
