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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 And then, while that dreadful house stood listening about us in the early hours of this chill morning upon the edge of winter, she told me, with laconic brevity, things about Mabel that I heard as from a distance.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading And then, while that dreadful house stood listening about us in the early hours of this chill morning upon the edge of winter, she told me, with laconic brevity, things about Mabel that I heard as from a distance.
afflicting
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From this reading It was the time and scene, the inference, too, that made it so afflicting: the idea that Mabel believed herself so utterly and hopelessly lost-- beyond recovery damned.
alreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was nothing so unusual or tremendous in the short recital, nothing indeed I might not have already guessed for myself.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And then, while that dreadful house stood listening about us in the early hours of this chill morning upon the edge of winter, she told me, with laconic brevity, things about Mabel that I heard as from a distance.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading And then, while that dreadful house stood listening about us in the early hours of this chill morning upon the edge of winter, she told me, with laconic brevity, things about Mabel that I heard as from a distance.
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading That she had loved him with so passionate a devotion that she had given her soul into his keeping, this certainly I had not divined--probably because I had never thought about it one way or the other.
believed
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From this reading It was the time and scene, the inference, too, that made it so afflicting: the idea that Mabel believed herself so utterly and hopelessly lost-- beyond recovery damned.
beyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/
on the far side of; further than
From this reading It was the time and scene, the inference, too, that made it so afflicting: the idea that Mabel believed herself so utterly and hopelessly lost-- beyond recovery damned.
brevity
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From this reading And then, while that dreadful house stood listening about us in the early hours of this chill morning upon the edge of winter, she told me, with laconic brevity, things about Mabel that I heard as from a distance.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He had "converted" her, I knew, but that she had subscribed whole-heartedly to that most cruel and ugly of his dogmas--this was new to me, and came with a certain shock as I heard it.
came
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From this reading He had "converted" her, I knew, but that she had subscribed whole-heartedly to that most cruel and ugly of his dogmas--this was new to me, and came with a certain shock as I heard it.
certain
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From this reading He had "converted" her, I knew, but that she had subscribed whole-heartedly to that most cruel and ugly of his dogmas--this was new to me, and came with a certain shock as I heard it.
certainly
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From this reading That she had loved him with so passionate a devotion that she had given her soul into his keeping, this certainly I had not divined--probably because I had never thought about it one way or the other.
chill
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From this reading And then, while that dreadful house stood listening about us in the early hours of this chill morning upon the edge of winter, she told me, with laconic brevity, things about Mabel that I heard as from a distance.
converted
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From this reading He had "converted" her, I knew, but that she had subscribed whole-heartedly to that most cruel and ugly of his dogmas--this was new to me, and came with a certain shock as I heard it.
crueladjectiveUS /ˈkruːəl/
causing pain or showing no kindness
From this reading He had "converted" her, I knew, but that she had subscribed whole-heartedly to that most cruel and ugly of his dogmas--this was new to me, and came with a certain shock as I heard it.
damned
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From this reading It was the time and scene, the inference, too, that made it so afflicting: the idea that Mabel believed herself so utterly and hopelessly lost-- beyond recovery damned.
devotion
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From this reading That she had loved him with so passionate a devotion that she had given her soul into his keeping, this certainly I had not divined--probably because I had never thought about it one way or the other.
distance
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From this reading And then, while that dreadful house stood listening about us in the early hours of this chill morning upon the edge of winter, she told me, with laconic brevity, things about Mabel that I heard as from a distance.
divined
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From this reading That she had loved him with so passionate a devotion that she had given her soul into his keeping, this certainly I had not divined--probably because I had never thought about it one way or the other.
dogmas
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From this reading He had "converted" her, I knew, but that she had subscribed whole-heartedly to that most cruel and ugly of his dogmas--this was new to me, and came with a certain shock as I heard it.
dreadfuladjectiveUS /ˈdrɛdfəl/
extremely frightening or unpleasant
From this reading And then, while that dreadful house stood listening about us in the early hours of this chill morning upon the edge of winter, she told me, with laconic brevity, things about Mabel that I heard as from a distance.
early
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From this reading And then, while that dreadful house stood listening about us in the early hours of this chill morning upon the edge of winter, she told me, with laconic brevity, things about Mabel that I heard as from a distance.
edge
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From this reading And then, while that dreadful house stood listening about us in the early hours of this chill morning upon the edge of winter, she told me, with laconic brevity, things about Mabel that I heard as from a distance.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading There was nothing so unusual or tremendous in the short recital, nothing indeed I might not have already guessed for myself.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading And then, while that dreadful house stood listening about us in the early hours of this chill morning upon the edge of winter, she told me, with laconic brevity, things about Mabel that I heard as from a distance.
given
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From this reading That she had loved him with so passionate a devotion that she had given her soul into his keeping, this certainly I had not divined--probably because I had never thought about it one way or the other.
guessed
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From this reading There was nothing so unusual or tremendous in the short recital, nothing indeed I might not have already guessed for myself.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading That she had loved him with so passionate a devotion that she had given her soul into his keeping, this certainly I had not divined--probably because I had never thought about it one way or the other.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading There was nothing so unusual or tremendous in the short recital, nothing indeed I might not have already guessed for myself.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had "converted" her, I knew, but that she had subscribed whole-heartedly to that most cruel and ugly of his dogmas--this was new to me, and came with a certain shock as I heard it.
heard
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From this reading And then, while that dreadful house stood listening about us in the early hours of this chill morning upon the edge of winter, she told me, with laconic brevity, things about Mabel that I heard as from a distance.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading That she had loved him with so passionate a devotion that she had given her soul into his keeping, this certainly I had not divined--probably because I had never thought about it one way or the other.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading It was the time and scene, the inference, too, that made it so afflicting: the idea that Mabel believed herself so utterly and hopelessly lost-- beyond recovery damned.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading That she had loved him with so passionate a devotion that she had given her soul into his keeping, this certainly I had not divined--probably because I had never thought about it one way or the other.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading That she had loved him with so passionate a devotion that she had given her soul into his keeping, this certainly I had not divined--probably because I had never thought about it one way or the other.
hopelessly
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From this reading It was the time and scene, the inference, too, that made it so afflicting: the idea that Mabel believed herself so utterly and hopelessly lost-- beyond recovery damned.
hours
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From this reading And then, while that dreadful house stood listening about us in the early hours of this chill morning upon the edge of winter, she told me, with laconic brevity, things about Mabel that I heard as from a distance.
house
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From this reading And then, while that dreadful house stood listening about us in the early hours of this chill morning upon the edge of winter, she told me, with laconic brevity, things about Mabel that I heard as from a distance.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading And then, while that dreadful house stood listening about us in the early hours of this chill morning upon the edge of winter, she told me, with laconic brevity, things about Mabel that I heard as from a distance.
idea
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From this reading It was the time and scene, the inference, too, that made it so afflicting: the idea that Mabel believed herself so utterly and hopelessly lost-- beyond recovery damned.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading And then, while that dreadful house stood listening about us in the early hours of this chill morning upon the edge of winter, she told me, with laconic brevity, things about Mabel that I heard as from a distance.
indeed
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From this reading There was nothing so unusual or tremendous in the short recital, nothing indeed I might not have already guessed for myself.
inference
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From this reading It was the time and scene, the inference, too, that made it so afflicting: the idea that Mabel believed herself so utterly and hopelessly lost-- beyond recovery damned.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading That she had loved him with so passionate a devotion that she had given her soul into his keeping, this certainly I had not divined--probably because I had never thought about it one way or the other.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was the time and scene, the inference, too, that made it so afflicting: the idea that Mabel believed herself so utterly and hopelessly lost-- beyond recovery damned.
keeping
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From this reading That she had loved him with so passionate a devotion that she had given her soul into his keeping, this certainly I had not divined--probably because I had never thought about it one way or the other.
knew
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From this reading He had "converted" her, I knew, but that she had subscribed whole-heartedly to that most cruel and ugly of his dogmas--this was new to me, and came with a certain shock as I heard it.
laconic
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From this reading And then, while that dreadful house stood listening about us in the early hours of this chill morning upon the edge of winter, she told me, with laconic brevity, things about Mabel that I heard as from a distance.
listening
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From this reading And then, while that dreadful house stood listening about us in the early hours of this chill morning upon the edge of winter, she told me, with laconic brevity, things about Mabel that I heard as from a distance.
lost
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From this reading It was the time and scene, the inference, too, that made it so afflicting: the idea that Mabel believed herself so utterly and hopelessly lost-- beyond recovery damned.
loved
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From this reading That she had loved him with so passionate a devotion that she had given her soul into his keeping, this certainly I had not divined--probably because I had never thought about it one way or the other.
Mabel
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From this reading And then, while that dreadful house stood listening about us in the early hours of this chill morning upon the edge of winter, she told me, with laconic brevity, things about Mabel that I heard as from a distance.
made
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From this reading It was the time and scene, the inference, too, that made it so afflicting: the idea that Mabel believed herself so utterly and hopelessly lost-- beyond recovery damned.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading And then, while that dreadful house stood listening about us in the early hours of this chill morning upon the edge of winter, she told me, with laconic brevity, things about Mabel that I heard as from a distance.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading There was nothing so unusual or tremendous in the short recital, nothing indeed I might not have already guessed for myself.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And then, while that dreadful house stood listening about us in the early hours of this chill morning upon the edge of winter, she told me, with laconic brevity, things about Mabel that I heard as from a distance.
most
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From this reading He had "converted" her, I knew, but that she had subscribed whole-heartedly to that most cruel and ugly of his dogmas--this was new to me, and came with a certain shock as I heard it.
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading There was nothing so unusual or tremendous in the short recital, nothing indeed I might not have already guessed for myself.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That she had loved him with so passionate a devotion that she had given her soul into his keeping, this certainly I had not divined--probably because I had never thought about it one way or the other.
new
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From this reading He had "converted" her, I knew, but that she had subscribed whole-heartedly to that most cruel and ugly of his dogmas--this was new to me, and came with a certain shock as I heard it.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading There was nothing so unusual or tremendous in the short recital, nothing indeed I might not have already guessed for myself.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading There was nothing so unusual or tremendous in the short recital, nothing indeed I might not have already guessed for myself.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And then, while that dreadful house stood listening about us in the early hours of this chill morning upon the edge of winter, she told me, with laconic brevity, things about Mabel that I heard as from a distance.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading That she had loved him with so passionate a devotion that she had given her soul into his keeping, this certainly I had not divined--probably because I had never thought about it one way or the other.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading There was nothing so unusual or tremendous in the short recital, nothing indeed I might not have already guessed for myself.
other
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From this reading That she had loved him with so passionate a devotion that she had given her soul into his keeping, this certainly I had not divined--probably because I had never thought about it one way or the other.
passionate
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From this reading That she had loved him with so passionate a devotion that she had given her soul into his keeping, this certainly I had not divined--probably because I had never thought about it one way or the other.
probably
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From this reading That she had loved him with so passionate a devotion that she had given her soul into his keeping, this certainly I had not divined--probably because I had never thought about it one way or the other.
recital
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From this reading There was nothing so unusual or tremendous in the short recital, nothing indeed I might not have already guessed for myself.
recovery
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From this reading It was the time and scene, the inference, too, that made it so afflicting: the idea that Mabel believed herself so utterly and hopelessly lost-- beyond recovery damned.
scene
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From this reading It was the time and scene, the inference, too, that made it so afflicting: the idea that Mabel believed herself so utterly and hopelessly lost-- beyond recovery damned.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And then, while that dreadful house stood listening about us in the early hours of this chill morning upon the edge of winter, she told me, with laconic brevity, things about Mabel that I heard as from a distance.
shock
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From this reading He had "converted" her, I knew, but that she had subscribed whole-heartedly to that most cruel and ugly of his dogmas--this was new to me, and came with a certain shock as I heard it.
shortadjectiveUS /ʃɔrt/
brief or direct in expression
From this reading There was nothing so unusual or tremendous in the short recital, nothing indeed I might not have already guessed for myself.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading There was nothing so unusual or tremendous in the short recital, nothing indeed I might not have already guessed for myself.
soul
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From this reading That she had loved him with so passionate a devotion that she had given her soul into his keeping, this certainly I had not divined--probably because I had never thought about it one way or the other.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And then, while that dreadful house stood listening about us in the early hours of this chill morning upon the edge of winter, she told me, with laconic brevity, things about Mabel that I heard as from a distance.
subscribed
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From this reading He had "converted" her, I knew, but that she had subscribed whole-heartedly to that most cruel and ugly of his dogmas--this was new to me, and came with a certain shock as I heard it.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And then, while that dreadful house stood listening about us in the early hours of this chill morning upon the edge of winter, she told me, with laconic brevity, things about Mabel that I heard as from a distance.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And then, while that dreadful house stood listening about us in the early hours of this chill morning upon the edge of winter, she told me, with laconic brevity, things about Mabel that I heard as from a distance.
then
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From this reading And then, while that dreadful house stood listening about us in the early hours of this chill morning upon the edge of winter, she told me, with laconic brevity, things about Mabel that I heard as from a distance.
There
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From this reading There was nothing so unusual or tremendous in the short recital, nothing indeed I might not have already guessed for myself.
things
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From this reading And then, while that dreadful house stood listening about us in the early hours of this chill morning upon the edge of winter, she told me, with laconic brevity, things about Mabel that I heard as from a distance.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading And then, while that dreadful house stood listening about us in the early hours of this chill morning upon the edge of winter, she told me, with laconic brevity, things about Mabel that I heard as from a distance.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That she had loved him with so passionate a devotion that she had given her soul into his keeping, this certainly I had not divined--probably because I had never thought about it one way or the other.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was the time and scene, the inference, too, that made it so afflicting: the idea that Mabel believed herself so utterly and hopelessly lost-- beyond recovery damned.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He had "converted" her, I knew, but that she had subscribed whole-heartedly to that most cruel and ugly of his dogmas--this was new to me, and came with a certain shock as I heard it.
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And then, while that dreadful house stood listening about us in the early hours of this chill morning upon the edge of winter, she told me, with laconic brevity, things about Mabel that I heard as from a distance.
too
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From this reading It was the time and scene, the inference, too, that made it so afflicting: the idea that Mabel believed herself so utterly and hopelessly lost-- beyond recovery damned.
tremendous
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From this reading There was nothing so unusual or tremendous in the short recital, nothing indeed I might not have already guessed for myself.
ugly
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From this reading He had "converted" her, I knew, but that she had subscribed whole-heartedly to that most cruel and ugly of his dogmas--this was new to me, and came with a certain shock as I heard it.
unusual
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From this reading There was nothing so unusual or tremendous in the short recital, nothing indeed I might not have already guessed for myself.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading And then, while that dreadful house stood listening about us in the early hours of this chill morning upon the edge of winter, she told me, with laconic brevity, things about Mabel that I heard as from a distance.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading And then, while that dreadful house stood listening about us in the early hours of this chill morning upon the edge of winter, she told me, with laconic brevity, things about Mabel that I heard as from a distance.
utterly
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From this reading It was the time and scene, the inference, too, that made it so afflicting: the idea that Mabel believed herself so utterly and hopelessly lost-- beyond recovery damned.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was nothing so unusual or tremendous in the short recital, nothing indeed I might not have already guessed for myself.
way
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From this reading That she had loved him with so passionate a devotion that she had given her soul into his keeping, this certainly I had not divined--probably because I had never thought about it one way or the other.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading And then, while that dreadful house stood listening about us in the early hours of this chill morning upon the edge of winter, she told me, with laconic brevity, things about Mabel that I heard as from a distance.
whole-heartedly
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From this reading He had "converted" her, I knew, but that she had subscribed whole-heartedly to that most cruel and ugly of his dogmas--this was new to me, and came with a certain shock as I heard it.
winter
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From this reading And then, while that dreadful house stood listening about us in the early hours of this chill morning upon the edge of winter, she told me, with laconic brevity, things about Mabel that I heard as from a distance.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading And then, while that dreadful house stood listening about us in the early hours of this chill morning upon the edge of winter, she told me, with laconic brevity, things about Mabel that I heard as from a distance.
