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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 There rose in her heart a great vague hunger for gregarious worship--the sort which all these others had freely offered every week of all their lives--that same wish for gregarious worship on which are based all the churches, all the creeds, of all the world.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading She found about her nothing of comfort.
all
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From this reading For once the little white bedside, all her life her shrine, failed in its ministration.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading AT CHURCH That Sunday evening Aurora Lane sat alone in her dingy little home.
any
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From this reading The walls seemed to her close as those of any prison.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There rose in her heart a great vague hunger for gregarious worship--the sort which all these others had freely offered every week of all their lives--that same wish for gregarious worship on which are based all the churches, all the creeds, of all the world.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The walls seemed to her close as those of any prison.
ATprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading AT CHURCH That Sunday evening Aurora Lane sat alone in her dingy little home.
Aurora
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From this reading AT CHURCH That Sunday evening Aurora Lane sat alone in her dingy little home.
based
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From this reading There rose in her heart a great vague hunger for gregarious worship--the sort which all these others had freely offered every week of all their lives--that same wish for gregarious worship on which are based all the churches, all the creeds, of all the world.
bedside
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From this reading For once the little white bedside, all her life her shrine, failed in its ministration.
CHURCH
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From this reading AT CHURCH That Sunday evening Aurora Lane sat alone in her dingy little home.
churches
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From this reading There rose in her heart a great vague hunger for gregarious worship--the sort which all these others had freely offered every week of all their lives--that same wish for gregarious worship on which are based all the churches, all the creeds, of all the world.
close
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From this reading The walls seemed to her close as those of any prison.
comfort
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From this reading She found about her nothing of comfort.
creeds
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From this reading There rose in her heart a great vague hunger for gregarious worship--the sort which all these others had freely offered every week of all their lives--that same wish for gregarious worship on which are based all the churches, all the creeds, of all the world.
dingy
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From this reading AT CHURCH That Sunday evening Aurora Lane sat alone in her dingy little home.
evening
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From this reading AT CHURCH That Sunday evening Aurora Lane sat alone in her dingy little home.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading There rose in her heart a great vague hunger for gregarious worship--the sort which all these others had freely offered every week of all their lives--that same wish for gregarious worship on which are based all the churches, all the creeds, of all the world.
failed
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From this reading For once the little white bedside, all her life her shrine, failed in its ministration.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For once the little white bedside, all her life her shrine, failed in its ministration.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She found about her nothing of comfort.
freely
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From this reading There rose in her heart a great vague hunger for gregarious worship--the sort which all these others had freely offered every week of all their lives--that same wish for gregarious worship on which are based all the churches, all the creeds, of all the world.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There rose in her heart a great vague hunger for gregarious worship--the sort which all these others had freely offered every week of all their lives--that same wish for gregarious worship on which are based all the churches, all the creeds, of all the world.
gregarious
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From this reading There rose in her heart a great vague hunger for gregarious worship--the sort which all these others had freely offered every week of all their lives--that same wish for gregarious worship on which are based all the churches, all the creeds, of all the world.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading There rose in her heart a great vague hunger for gregarious worship--the sort which all these others had freely offered every week of all their lives--that same wish for gregarious worship on which are based all the churches, all the creeds, of all the world.
heart
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From this reading There rose in her heart a great vague hunger for gregarious worship--the sort which all these others had freely offered every week of all their lives--that same wish for gregarious worship on which are based all the churches, all the creeds, of all the world.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading AT CHURCH That Sunday evening Aurora Lane sat alone in her dingy little home.
home
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From this reading AT CHURCH That Sunday evening Aurora Lane sat alone in her dingy little home.
hunger
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From this reading There rose in her heart a great vague hunger for gregarious worship--the sort which all these others had freely offered every week of all their lives--that same wish for gregarious worship on which are based all the churches, all the creeds, of all the world.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading AT CHURCH That Sunday evening Aurora Lane sat alone in her dingy little home.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading For once the little white bedside, all her life her shrine, failed in its ministration.
Lane
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From this reading AT CHURCH That Sunday evening Aurora Lane sat alone in her dingy little home.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For once the little white bedside, all her life her shrine, failed in its ministration.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading AT CHURCH That Sunday evening Aurora Lane sat alone in her dingy little home.
lives
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From this reading There rose in her heart a great vague hunger for gregarious worship--the sort which all these others had freely offered every week of all their lives--that same wish for gregarious worship on which are based all the churches, all the creeds, of all the world.
ministration
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From this reading For once the little white bedside, all her life her shrine, failed in its ministration.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading She found about her nothing of comfort.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The walls seemed to her close as those of any prison.
offered
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From this reading There rose in her heart a great vague hunger for gregarious worship--the sort which all these others had freely offered every week of all their lives--that same wish for gregarious worship on which are based all the churches, all the creeds, of all the world.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading There rose in her heart a great vague hunger for gregarious worship--the sort which all these others had freely offered every week of all their lives--that same wish for gregarious worship on which are based all the churches, all the creeds, of all the world.
once
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From this reading For once the little white bedside, all her life her shrine, failed in its ministration.
others
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From this reading There rose in her heart a great vague hunger for gregarious worship--the sort which all these others had freely offered every week of all their lives--that same wish for gregarious worship on which are based all the churches, all the creeds, of all the world.
prison
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From this reading The walls seemed to her close as those of any prison.
rose
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From this reading There rose in her heart a great vague hunger for gregarious worship--the sort which all these others had freely offered every week of all their lives--that same wish for gregarious worship on which are based all the churches, all the creeds, of all the world.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There rose in her heart a great vague hunger for gregarious worship--the sort which all these others had freely offered every week of all their lives--that same wish for gregarious worship on which are based all the churches, all the creeds, of all the world.
sat
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From this reading AT CHURCH That Sunday evening Aurora Lane sat alone in her dingy little home.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The walls seemed to her close as those of any prison.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She found about her nothing of comfort.
shrine
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From this reading For once the little white bedside, all her life her shrine, failed in its ministration.
sort
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From this reading There rose in her heart a great vague hunger for gregarious worship--the sort which all these others had freely offered every week of all their lives--that same wish for gregarious worship on which are based all the churches, all the creeds, of all the world.
Sunday
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From this reading AT CHURCH That Sunday evening Aurora Lane sat alone in her dingy little home.
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading AT CHURCH That Sunday evening Aurora Lane sat alone in her dingy little home.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The walls seemed to her close as those of any prison.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading There rose in her heart a great vague hunger for gregarious worship--the sort which all these others had freely offered every week of all their lives--that same wish for gregarious worship on which are based all the churches, all the creeds, of all the world.
There
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From this reading There rose in her heart a great vague hunger for gregarious worship--the sort which all these others had freely offered every week of all their lives--that same wish for gregarious worship on which are based all the churches, all the creeds, of all the world.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading There rose in her heart a great vague hunger for gregarious worship--the sort which all these others had freely offered every week of all their lives--that same wish for gregarious worship on which are based all the churches, all the creeds, of all the world.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading The walls seemed to her close as those of any prison.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The walls seemed to her close as those of any prison.
vague
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From this reading There rose in her heart a great vague hunger for gregarious worship--the sort which all these others had freely offered every week of all their lives--that same wish for gregarious worship on which are based all the churches, all the creeds, of all the world.
walls
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From this reading The walls seemed to her close as those of any prison.
week
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From this reading There rose in her heart a great vague hunger for gregarious worship--the sort which all these others had freely offered every week of all their lives--that same wish for gregarious worship on which are based all the churches, all the creeds, of all the world.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading There rose in her heart a great vague hunger for gregarious worship--the sort which all these others had freely offered every week of all their lives--that same wish for gregarious worship on which are based all the churches, all the creeds, of all the world.
white
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From this reading For once the little white bedside, all her life her shrine, failed in its ministration.
wish
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From this reading There rose in her heart a great vague hunger for gregarious worship--the sort which all these others had freely offered every week of all their lives--that same wish for gregarious worship on which are based all the churches, all the creeds, of all the world.
world
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From this reading There rose in her heart a great vague hunger for gregarious worship--the sort which all these others had freely offered every week of all their lives--that same wish for gregarious worship on which are based all the churches, all the creeds, of all the world.
worship
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From this reading There rose in her heart a great vague hunger for gregarious worship--the sort which all these others had freely offered every week of all their lives--that same wish for gregarious worship on which are based all the churches, all the creeds, of all the world.
