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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 The days that passed after her arrival at the inn were to live in Madame von Marwitz's memory as a glare of intolerable anxiety, obliterating all details in its heat and urgency.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading The days that passed after her arrival at the inn were to live in Madame von Marwitz's memory as a glare of intolerable anxiety, obliterating all details in its heat and urgency.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading Pity and comprehension were there; but they were rocks against which Madame von Marwitz dashed herself in vain.
all
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From this reading The days that passed after her arrival at the inn were to live in Madame von Marwitz's memory as a glare of intolerable anxiety, obliterating all details in its heat and urgency.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The days that passed after her arrival at the inn were to live in Madame von Marwitz's memory as a glare of intolerable anxiety, obliterating all details in its heat and urgency.
anxiety
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From this reading The days that passed after her arrival at the inn were to live in Madame von Marwitz's memory as a glare of intolerable anxiety, obliterating all details in its heat and urgency.
arrival
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From this reading The days that passed after her arrival at the inn were to live in Madame von Marwitz's memory as a glare of intolerable anxiety, obliterating all details in its heat and urgency.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The days that passed after her arrival at the inn were to live in Madame von Marwitz's memory as a glare of intolerable anxiety, obliterating all details in its heat and urgency.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The days that passed after her arrival at the inn were to live in Madame von Marwitz's memory as a glare of intolerable anxiety, obliterating all details in its heat and urgency.
bed
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From this reading She might, during the hours when she knelt supplicating beside Karen's bed, have been imaged as a furnace and Karen as a corpse lying in it, strangely unconsumed, passive and unresponsive.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading She might, during the hours when she knelt supplicating beside Karen's bed, have been imaged as a furnace and Karen as a corpse lying in it, strangely unconsumed, passive and unresponsive.
besideprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪd/
next to; at the side of
From this reading She might, during the hours when she knelt supplicating beside Karen's bed, have been imaged as a furnace and Karen as a corpse lying in it, strangely unconsumed, passive and unresponsive.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Pity and comprehension were there; but they were rocks against which Madame von Marwitz dashed herself in vain.
coldness
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From this reading There was no cruelty in Karen's coldness, no unkindness even.
comprehension
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From this reading Pity and comprehension were there; but they were rocks against which Madame von Marwitz dashed herself in vain.
corpse
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From this reading She might, during the hours when she knelt supplicating beside Karen's bed, have been imaged as a furnace and Karen as a corpse lying in it, strangely unconsumed, passive and unresponsive.
cruelty
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From this reading There was no cruelty in Karen's coldness, no unkindness even.
dashed
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From this reading Pity and comprehension were there; but they were rocks against which Madame von Marwitz dashed herself in vain.
days
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From this reading The days that passed after her arrival at the inn were to live in Madame von Marwitz's memory as a glare of intolerable anxiety, obliterating all details in its heat and urgency.
detailsnounUS /ˈdetails/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The days that passed after her arrival at the inn were to live in Madame von Marwitz's memory as a glare of intolerable anxiety, obliterating all details in its heat and urgency.
duringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading She might, during the hours when she knelt supplicating beside Karen's bed, have been imaged as a furnace and Karen as a corpse lying in it, strangely unconsumed, passive and unresponsive.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was no cruelty in Karen's coldness, no unkindness even.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading When she would slip from her kneeling position and lie grovelling and groaning on the ground, Karen sometimes would say: "Please get up.
furnace
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From this reading She might, during the hours when she knelt supplicating beside Karen's bed, have been imaged as a furnace and Karen as a corpse lying in it, strangely unconsumed, passive and unresponsive.
get
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From this reading When she would slip from her kneeling position and lie grovelling and groaning on the ground, Karen sometimes would say: "Please get up.
glarenounUS /glare/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The days that passed after her arrival at the inn were to live in Madame von Marwitz's memory as a glare of intolerable anxiety, obliterating all details in its heat and urgency.
groaning
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From this reading When she would slip from her kneeling position and lie grovelling and groaning on the ground, Karen sometimes would say: "Please get up.
ground
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From this reading When she would slip from her kneeling position and lie grovelling and groaning on the ground, Karen sometimes would say: "Please get up.
grovelling
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From this reading When she would slip from her kneeling position and lie grovelling and groaning on the ground, Karen sometimes would say: "Please get up.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading She might, during the hours when she knelt supplicating beside Karen's bed, have been imaged as a furnace and Karen as a corpse lying in it, strangely unconsumed, passive and unresponsive.
heat
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From this reading The days that passed after her arrival at the inn were to live in Madame von Marwitz's memory as a glare of intolerable anxiety, obliterating all details in its heat and urgency.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The days that passed after her arrival at the inn were to live in Madame von Marwitz's memory as a glare of intolerable anxiety, obliterating all details in its heat and urgency.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Pity and comprehension were there; but they were rocks against which Madame von Marwitz dashed herself in vain.
hours
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From this reading She might, during the hours when she knelt supplicating beside Karen's bed, have been imaged as a furnace and Karen as a corpse lying in it, strangely unconsumed, passive and unresponsive.
imaged
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From this reading She might, during the hours when she knelt supplicating beside Karen's bed, have been imaged as a furnace and Karen as a corpse lying in it, strangely unconsumed, passive and unresponsive.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The days that passed after her arrival at the inn were to live in Madame von Marwitz's memory as a glare of intolerable anxiety, obliterating all details in its heat and urgency.
inn
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From this reading The days that passed after her arrival at the inn were to live in Madame von Marwitz's memory as a glare of intolerable anxiety, obliterating all details in its heat and urgency.
intolerable
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From this reading The days that passed after her arrival at the inn were to live in Madame von Marwitz's memory as a glare of intolerable anxiety, obliterating all details in its heat and urgency.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She might, during the hours when she knelt supplicating beside Karen's bed, have been imaged as a furnace and Karen as a corpse lying in it, strangely unconsumed, passive and unresponsive.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The days that passed after her arrival at the inn were to live in Madame von Marwitz's memory as a glare of intolerable anxiety, obliterating all details in its heat and urgency.
Karen
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From this reading She might, during the hours when she knelt supplicating beside Karen's bed, have been imaged as a furnace and Karen as a corpse lying in it, strangely unconsumed, passive and unresponsive.
Karen's
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From this reading She might, during the hours when she knelt supplicating beside Karen's bed, have been imaged as a furnace and Karen as a corpse lying in it, strangely unconsumed, passive and unresponsive.
kneeling
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From this reading When she would slip from her kneeling position and lie grovelling and groaning on the ground, Karen sometimes would say: "Please get up.
knelt
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From this reading She might, during the hours when she knelt supplicating beside Karen's bed, have been imaged as a furnace and Karen as a corpse lying in it, strangely unconsumed, passive and unresponsive.
lie
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From this reading When she would slip from her kneeling position and lie grovelling and groaning on the ground, Karen sometimes would say: "Please get up.
live
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From this reading The days that passed after her arrival at the inn were to live in Madame von Marwitz's memory as a glare of intolerable anxiety, obliterating all details in its heat and urgency.
lying
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From this reading She might, during the hours when she knelt supplicating beside Karen's bed, have been imaged as a furnace and Karen as a corpse lying in it, strangely unconsumed, passive and unresponsive.
Madame
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From this reading The days that passed after her arrival at the inn were to live in Madame von Marwitz's memory as a glare of intolerable anxiety, obliterating all details in its heat and urgency.
Marwitz
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From this reading Pity and comprehension were there; but they were rocks against which Madame von Marwitz dashed herself in vain.
Marwitz's
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From this reading The days that passed after her arrival at the inn were to live in Madame von Marwitz's memory as a glare of intolerable anxiety, obliterating all details in its heat and urgency.
memorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading The days that passed after her arrival at the inn were to live in Madame von Marwitz's memory as a glare of intolerable anxiety, obliterating all details in its heat and urgency.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading She might, during the hours when she knelt supplicating beside Karen's bed, have been imaged as a furnace and Karen as a corpse lying in it, strangely unconsumed, passive and unresponsive.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading There was no cruelty in Karen's coldness, no unkindness even.
obliterating
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From this reading The days that passed after her arrival at the inn were to live in Madame von Marwitz's memory as a glare of intolerable anxiety, obliterating all details in its heat and urgency.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The days that passed after her arrival at the inn were to live in Madame von Marwitz's memory as a glare of intolerable anxiety, obliterating all details in its heat and urgency.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading When she would slip from her kneeling position and lie grovelling and groaning on the ground, Karen sometimes would say: "Please get up.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The days that passed after her arrival at the inn were to live in Madame von Marwitz's memory as a glare of intolerable anxiety, obliterating all details in its heat and urgency.
passive
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From this reading She might, during the hours when she knelt supplicating beside Karen's bed, have been imaged as a furnace and Karen as a corpse lying in it, strangely unconsumed, passive and unresponsive.
Pity
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From this reading Pity and comprehension were there; but they were rocks against which Madame von Marwitz dashed herself in vain.
Please
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From this reading When she would slip from her kneeling position and lie grovelling and groaning on the ground, Karen sometimes would say: "Please get up.
position
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From this reading When she would slip from her kneeling position and lie grovelling and groaning on the ground, Karen sometimes would say: "Please get up.
rocks
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From this reading Pity and comprehension were there; but they were rocks against which Madame von Marwitz dashed herself in vain.
say
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From this reading When she would slip from her kneeling position and lie grovelling and groaning on the ground, Karen sometimes would say: "Please get up.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She might, during the hours when she knelt supplicating beside Karen's bed, have been imaged as a furnace and Karen as a corpse lying in it, strangely unconsumed, passive and unresponsive.
slip
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From this reading When she would slip from her kneeling position and lie grovelling and groaning on the ground, Karen sometimes would say: "Please get up.
sometimes
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From this reading When she would slip from her kneeling position and lie grovelling and groaning on the ground, Karen sometimes would say: "Please get up.
strangelynounUS /ˈstrangely/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading She might, during the hours when she knelt supplicating beside Karen's bed, have been imaged as a furnace and Karen as a corpse lying in it, strangely unconsumed, passive and unresponsive.
supplicating
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From this reading She might, during the hours when she knelt supplicating beside Karen's bed, have been imaged as a furnace and Karen as a corpse lying in it, strangely unconsumed, passive and unresponsive.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The days that passed after her arrival at the inn were to live in Madame von Marwitz's memory as a glare of intolerable anxiety, obliterating all details in its heat and urgency.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The days that passed after her arrival at the inn were to live in Madame von Marwitz's memory as a glare of intolerable anxiety, obliterating all details in its heat and urgency.
There
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From this reading There was no cruelty in Karen's coldness, no unkindness even.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Pity and comprehension were there; but they were rocks against which Madame von Marwitz dashed herself in vain.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The days that passed after her arrival at the inn were to live in Madame von Marwitz's memory as a glare of intolerable anxiety, obliterating all details in its heat and urgency.
unconsumed
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From this reading She might, during the hours when she knelt supplicating beside Karen's bed, have been imaged as a furnace and Karen as a corpse lying in it, strangely unconsumed, passive and unresponsive.
unkindness
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From this reading There was no cruelty in Karen's coldness, no unkindness even.
unresponsive
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From this reading She might, during the hours when she knelt supplicating beside Karen's bed, have been imaged as a furnace and Karen as a corpse lying in it, strangely unconsumed, passive and unresponsive.
up
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From this reading When she would slip from her kneeling position and lie grovelling and groaning on the ground, Karen sometimes would say: "Please get up.
urgency
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From this reading The days that passed after her arrival at the inn were to live in Madame von Marwitz's memory as a glare of intolerable anxiety, obliterating all details in its heat and urgency.
vain
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From this reading Pity and comprehension were there; but they were rocks against which Madame von Marwitz dashed herself in vain.
von
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From this reading The days that passed after her arrival at the inn were to live in Madame von Marwitz's memory as a glare of intolerable anxiety, obliterating all details in its heat and urgency.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was no cruelty in Karen's coldness, no unkindness even.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The days that passed after her arrival at the inn were to live in Madame von Marwitz's memory as a glare of intolerable anxiety, obliterating all details in its heat and urgency.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading She might, during the hours when she knelt supplicating beside Karen's bed, have been imaged as a furnace and Karen as a corpse lying in it, strangely unconsumed, passive and unresponsive.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Pity and comprehension were there; but they were rocks against which Madame von Marwitz dashed herself in vain.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading When she would slip from her kneeling position and lie grovelling and groaning on the ground, Karen sometimes would say: "Please get up.
