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abated
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From this reading His misery, if it were not progressive, yet tended in no way to diminish; for in proportion as grief and indignation abated, fear began to take their place.
absent
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From this reading What was this regular course of life, that John should have admired it? what were these clock-work virtues, from which love was absent?
admired
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From this reading What was this regular course of life, that John should have admired it? what were these clock-work virtues, from which love was absent?
affection
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From this reading At first, John was all thwarted affection and blighted hope; next bludgeoned vanity raised its head again, with twenty mortal gashes: and the father was disowned even as he had disowned the son.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At first, John was all thwarted affection and blighted hope; next bludgeoned vanity raised its head again, with twenty mortal gashes: and the father was disowned even as he had disowned the son.
all
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From this reading At first, John was all thwarted affection and blighted hope; next bludgeoned vanity raised its head again, with twenty mortal gashes: and the father was disowned even as he had disowned the son.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading HOW John passed the evening, in what windy confusion of mind, in what squalls of anger and lulls of sick collapse, in what pacing of streets and plunging into public-houses, it would profit little to relate.
anger
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From this reading HOW John passed the evening, in what windy confusion of mind, in what squalls of anger and lulls of sick collapse, in what pacing of streets and plunging into public-houses, it would profit little to relate.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading His misery, if it were not progressive, yet tended in no way to diminish; for in proportion as grief and indignation abated, fear began to take their place.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At first, his father’s menacing words lay by in some safe drawer of memory, biding their hour.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His misery, if it were not progressive, yet tended in no way to diminish; for in proportion as grief and indignation abated, fear began to take their place.
biding
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From this reading At first, his father’s menacing words lay by in some safe drawer of memory, biding their hour.
blighted
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From this reading At first, John was all thwarted affection and blighted hope; next bludgeoned vanity raised its head again, with twenty mortal gashes: and the father was disowned even as he had disowned the son.
bludgeoned
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From this reading At first, John was all thwarted affection and blighted hope; next bludgeoned vanity raised its head again, with twenty mortal gashes: and the father was disowned even as he had disowned the son.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading At first, his father’s menacing words lay by in some safe drawer of memory, biding their hour.
clock-work
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From this reading What was this regular course of life, that John should have admired it? what were these clock-work virtues, from which love was absent?
collapse
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From this reading HOW John passed the evening, in what windy confusion of mind, in what squalls of anger and lulls of sick collapse, in what pacing of streets and plunging into public-houses, it would profit little to relate.
confusion
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From this reading HOW John passed the evening, in what windy confusion of mind, in what squalls of anger and lulls of sick collapse, in what pacing of streets and plunging into public-houses, it would profit little to relate.
coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading What was this regular course of life, that John should have admired it? what were these clock-work virtues, from which love was absent?
diminish
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From this reading His misery, if it were not progressive, yet tended in no way to diminish; for in proportion as grief and indignation abated, fear began to take their place.
disowned
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From this reading At first, John was all thwarted affection and blighted hope; next bludgeoned vanity raised its head again, with twenty mortal gashes: and the father was disowned even as he had disowned the son.
drawer
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From this reading At first, his father’s menacing words lay by in some safe drawer of memory, biding their hour.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At first, John was all thwarted affection and blighted hope; next bludgeoned vanity raised its head again, with twenty mortal gashes: and the father was disowned even as he had disowned the son.
evening
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From this reading HOW John passed the evening, in what windy confusion of mind, in what squalls of anger and lulls of sick collapse, in what pacing of streets and plunging into public-houses, it would profit little to relate.
father
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From this reading At first, John was all thwarted affection and blighted hope; next bludgeoned vanity raised its head again, with twenty mortal gashes: and the father was disowned even as he had disowned the son.
father's
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From this reading At first, his father’s menacing words lay by in some safe drawer of memory, biding their hour.
fear
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From this reading His misery, if it were not progressive, yet tended in no way to diminish; for in proportion as grief and indignation abated, fear began to take their place.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At first, his father’s menacing words lay by in some safe drawer of memory, biding their hour.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading His misery, if it were not progressive, yet tended in no way to diminish; for in proportion as grief and indignation abated, fear began to take their place.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading What was this regular course of life, that John should have admired it? what were these clock-work virtues, from which love was absent?
gashes
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From this reading At first, John was all thwarted affection and blighted hope; next bludgeoned vanity raised its head again, with twenty mortal gashes: and the father was disowned even as he had disowned the son.
grief
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From this reading His misery, if it were not progressive, yet tended in no way to diminish; for in proportion as grief and indignation abated, fear began to take their place.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading At first, John was all thwarted affection and blighted hope; next bludgeoned vanity raised its head again, with twenty mortal gashes: and the father was disowned even as he had disowned the son.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading What was this regular course of life, that John should have admired it? what were these clock-work virtues, from which love was absent?
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading At first, John was all thwarted affection and blighted hope; next bludgeoned vanity raised its head again, with twenty mortal gashes: and the father was disowned even as he had disowned the son.
head
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From this reading At first, John was all thwarted affection and blighted hope; next bludgeoned vanity raised its head again, with twenty mortal gashes: and the father was disowned even as he had disowned the son.
HisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading His misery, if it were not progressive, yet tended in no way to diminish; for in proportion as grief and indignation abated, fear began to take their place.
hope
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From this reading At first, John was all thwarted affection and blighted hope; next bludgeoned vanity raised its head again, with twenty mortal gashes: and the father was disowned even as he had disowned the son.
hour
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From this reading At first, his father’s menacing words lay by in some safe drawer of memory, biding their hour.
HOW
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From this reading HOW John passed the evening, in what windy confusion of mind, in what squalls of anger and lulls of sick collapse, in what pacing of streets and plunging into public-houses, it would profit little to relate.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading His misery, if it were not progressive, yet tended in no way to diminish; for in proportion as grief and indignation abated, fear began to take their place.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading HOW John passed the evening, in what windy confusion of mind, in what squalls of anger and lulls of sick collapse, in what pacing of streets and plunging into public-houses, it would profit little to relate.
indignation
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From this reading His misery, if it were not progressive, yet tended in no way to diminish; for in proportion as grief and indignation abated, fear began to take their place.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading HOW John passed the evening, in what windy confusion of mind, in what squalls of anger and lulls of sick collapse, in what pacing of streets and plunging into public-houses, it would profit little to relate.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading HOW John passed the evening, in what windy confusion of mind, in what squalls of anger and lulls of sick collapse, in what pacing of streets and plunging into public-houses, it would profit little to relate.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading At first, John was all thwarted affection and blighted hope; next bludgeoned vanity raised its head again, with twenty mortal gashes: and the father was disowned even as he had disowned the son.
John
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From this reading HOW John passed the evening, in what windy confusion of mind, in what squalls of anger and lulls of sick collapse, in what pacing of streets and plunging into public-houses, it would profit little to relate.
lay
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From this reading At first, his father’s menacing words lay by in some safe drawer of memory, biding their hour.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading What was this regular course of life, that John should have admired it? what were these clock-work virtues, from which love was absent?
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading HOW John passed the evening, in what windy confusion of mind, in what squalls of anger and lulls of sick collapse, in what pacing of streets and plunging into public-houses, it would profit little to relate.
love
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From this reading What was this regular course of life, that John should have admired it? what were these clock-work virtues, from which love was absent?
lulls
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From this reading HOW John passed the evening, in what windy confusion of mind, in what squalls of anger and lulls of sick collapse, in what pacing of streets and plunging into public-houses, it would profit little to relate.
memorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading At first, his father’s menacing words lay by in some safe drawer of memory, biding their hour.
menacing
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From this reading At first, his father’s menacing words lay by in some safe drawer of memory, biding their hour.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading HOW John passed the evening, in what windy confusion of mind, in what squalls of anger and lulls of sick collapse, in what pacing of streets and plunging into public-houses, it would profit little to relate.
misery
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From this reading His misery, if it were not progressive, yet tended in no way to diminish; for in proportion as grief and indignation abated, fear began to take their place.
mortaladjectiveUS /ˈmɔːrtəl/
causing or relating to death
From this reading At first, John was all thwarted affection and blighted hope; next bludgeoned vanity raised its head again, with twenty mortal gashes: and the father was disowned even as he had disowned the son.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At first, John was all thwarted affection and blighted hope; next bludgeoned vanity raised its head again, with twenty mortal gashes: and the father was disowned even as he had disowned the son.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading His misery, if it were not progressive, yet tended in no way to diminish; for in proportion as grief and indignation abated, fear began to take their place.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading His misery, if it were not progressive, yet tended in no way to diminish; for in proportion as grief and indignation abated, fear began to take their place.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading HOW John passed the evening, in what windy confusion of mind, in what squalls of anger and lulls of sick collapse, in what pacing of streets and plunging into public-houses, it would profit little to relate.
pacing
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From this reading HOW John passed the evening, in what windy confusion of mind, in what squalls of anger and lulls of sick collapse, in what pacing of streets and plunging into public-houses, it would profit little to relate.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading HOW John passed the evening, in what windy confusion of mind, in what squalls of anger and lulls of sick collapse, in what pacing of streets and plunging into public-houses, it would profit little to relate.
place
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From this reading His misery, if it were not progressive, yet tended in no way to diminish; for in proportion as grief and indignation abated, fear began to take their place.
plunging
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From this reading HOW John passed the evening, in what windy confusion of mind, in what squalls of anger and lulls of sick collapse, in what pacing of streets and plunging into public-houses, it would profit little to relate.
profit
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From this reading HOW John passed the evening, in what windy confusion of mind, in what squalls of anger and lulls of sick collapse, in what pacing of streets and plunging into public-houses, it would profit little to relate.
progressive
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From this reading His misery, if it were not progressive, yet tended in no way to diminish; for in proportion as grief and indignation abated, fear began to take their place.
proportion
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From this reading His misery, if it were not progressive, yet tended in no way to diminish; for in proportion as grief and indignation abated, fear began to take their place.
public-houses
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From this reading HOW John passed the evening, in what windy confusion of mind, in what squalls of anger and lulls of sick collapse, in what pacing of streets and plunging into public-houses, it would profit little to relate.
raised
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From this reading At first, John was all thwarted affection and blighted hope; next bludgeoned vanity raised its head again, with twenty mortal gashes: and the father was disowned even as he had disowned the son.
regular
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From this reading What was this regular course of life, that John should have admired it? what were these clock-work virtues, from which love was absent?
relate
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From this reading HOW John passed the evening, in what windy confusion of mind, in what squalls of anger and lulls of sick collapse, in what pacing of streets and plunging into public-houses, it would profit little to relate.
safe
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From this reading At first, his father’s menacing words lay by in some safe drawer of memory, biding their hour.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading What was this regular course of life, that John should have admired it? what were these clock-work virtues, from which love was absent?
sick
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From this reading HOW John passed the evening, in what windy confusion of mind, in what squalls of anger and lulls of sick collapse, in what pacing of streets and plunging into public-houses, it would profit little to relate.
some
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From this reading At first, his father’s menacing words lay by in some safe drawer of memory, biding their hour.
son
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From this reading At first, John was all thwarted affection and blighted hope; next bludgeoned vanity raised its head again, with twenty mortal gashes: and the father was disowned even as he had disowned the son.
squalls
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From this reading HOW John passed the evening, in what windy confusion of mind, in what squalls of anger and lulls of sick collapse, in what pacing of streets and plunging into public-houses, it would profit little to relate.
streets
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From this reading HOW John passed the evening, in what windy confusion of mind, in what squalls of anger and lulls of sick collapse, in what pacing of streets and plunging into public-houses, it would profit little to relate.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His misery, if it were not progressive, yet tended in no way to diminish; for in proportion as grief and indignation abated, fear began to take their place.
tended
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From this reading His misery, if it were not progressive, yet tended in no way to diminish; for in proportion as grief and indignation abated, fear began to take their place.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading What was this regular course of life, that John should have admired it? what were these clock-work virtues, from which love was absent?
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading HOW John passed the evening, in what windy confusion of mind, in what squalls of anger and lulls of sick collapse, in what pacing of streets and plunging into public-houses, it would profit little to relate.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading His misery, if it were not progressive, yet tended in no way to diminish; for in proportion as grief and indignation abated, fear began to take their place.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading What was this regular course of life, that John should have admired it? what were these clock-work virtues, from which love was absent?
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading What was this regular course of life, that John should have admired it? what were these clock-work virtues, from which love was absent?
thwarted
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From this reading At first, John was all thwarted affection and blighted hope; next bludgeoned vanity raised its head again, with twenty mortal gashes: and the father was disowned even as he had disowned the son.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading HOW John passed the evening, in what windy confusion of mind, in what squalls of anger and lulls of sick collapse, in what pacing of streets and plunging into public-houses, it would profit little to relate.
twenty
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From this reading At first, John was all thwarted affection and blighted hope; next bludgeoned vanity raised its head again, with twenty mortal gashes: and the father was disowned even as he had disowned the son.
vanity
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From this reading At first, John was all thwarted affection and blighted hope; next bludgeoned vanity raised its head again, with twenty mortal gashes: and the father was disowned even as he had disowned the son.
virtues
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From this reading What was this regular course of life, that John should have admired it? what were these clock-work virtues, from which love was absent?
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading At first, John was all thwarted affection and blighted hope; next bludgeoned vanity raised its head again, with twenty mortal gashes: and the father was disowned even as he had disowned the son.
way
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From this reading His misery, if it were not progressive, yet tended in no way to diminish; for in proportion as grief and indignation abated, fear began to take their place.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading His misery, if it were not progressive, yet tended in no way to diminish; for in proportion as grief and indignation abated, fear began to take their place.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading HOW John passed the evening, in what windy confusion of mind, in what squalls of anger and lulls of sick collapse, in what pacing of streets and plunging into public-houses, it would profit little to relate.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading What was this regular course of life, that John should have admired it? what were these clock-work virtues, from which love was absent?
windy
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From this reading HOW John passed the evening, in what windy confusion of mind, in what squalls of anger and lulls of sick collapse, in what pacing of streets and plunging into public-houses, it would profit little to relate.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading At first, John was all thwarted affection and blighted hope; next bludgeoned vanity raised its head again, with twenty mortal gashes: and the father was disowned even as he had disowned the son.
words
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From this reading At first, his father’s menacing words lay by in some safe drawer of memory, biding their hour.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading HOW John passed the evening, in what windy confusion of mind, in what squalls of anger and lulls of sick collapse, in what pacing of streets and plunging into public-houses, it would profit little to relate.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading His misery, if it were not progressive, yet tended in no way to diminish; for in proportion as grief and indignation abated, fear began to take their place.
