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The Lady of the Aroostook
The Lady of the Aroostook

Chapter XII

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It was like the heroic endeavor of the arctic voyager who feels the deadly chill in his own veins, and keeps himself alive by rousing his comrade from the torpor stealing over him.
They saw in each other's eyes that if they yielded a moment to the doubt in their hearts they were lost.
At ten o'clock Mrs. Erwin said abruptly, “Go to bed, Lydia!”
Then the girl broke down, and abandoned herself in a storm of tears.
“Don't cry, dear, don't cry,” pleaded her aunt.
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The Lady of the Aroostook

Chapter XII

Reading 1/85 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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It was like the heroic endeavor of the arctic voyager who feels the deadly chill in his own veins, and keeps himself alive by rousing his comrade from the torpor stealing over him.
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They saw in each other's eyes that if they yielded a moment to the doubt in their hearts they were lost.
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At ten o'clock Mrs. Erwin said abruptly, “Go to bed, Lydia!”
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Then the girl broke down, and abandoned herself in a storm of tears.
Line 5
“Don't cry, dear, don't cry,” pleaded her aunt.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Herself pronoun US /hərˈself/

used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object

From this reading “Then the girl broke down, and abandoned herself in a storm of tears.”

Himself pronoun US /hɪmˈself/

used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object

From this reading “It was like the heroic endeavor of the arctic voyager who feels the deadly chill in his own veins, and keeps himself alive by rousing his comrade from the torpor stealing over him.”

Over preposition US /ˈoʊvər/

above and across; more than

From this reading “It was like the heroic endeavor of the arctic voyager who feels the deadly chill in his own veins, and keeps himself alive by rousing his comrade from the torpor stealing over him.”

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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 They saw in each other's eyes that if they yielded a moment to the doubt in their hearts they were lost.

abandoned

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From this reading Then the girl broke down, and abandoned herself in a storm of tears.

abruptly

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From this reading At ten o'clock Mrs. Erwin said abruptly, “Go to bed, Lydia!”

alive

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From this reading It was like the heroic endeavor of the arctic voyager who feels the deadly chill in his own veins, and keeps himself alive by rousing his comrade from the torpor stealing over him.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading It was like the heroic endeavor of the arctic voyager who feels the deadly chill in his own veins, and keeps himself alive by rousing his comrade from the torpor stealing over him.

arctic

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From this reading It was like the heroic endeavor of the arctic voyager who feels the deadly chill in his own veins, and keeps himself alive by rousing his comrade from the torpor stealing over him.

AtprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading At ten o'clock Mrs. Erwin said abruptly, “Go to bed, Lydia!”

aunt

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From this reading “Don't cry, dear, don't cry,” pleaded her aunt.

bed

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From this reading At ten o'clock Mrs. Erwin said abruptly, “Go to bed, Lydia!”

broke

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From this reading Then the girl broke down, and abandoned herself in a storm of tears.

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading It was like the heroic endeavor of the arctic voyager who feels the deadly chill in his own veins, and keeps himself alive by rousing his comrade from the torpor stealing over him.

chill

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From this reading It was like the heroic endeavor of the arctic voyager who feels the deadly chill in his own veins, and keeps himself alive by rousing his comrade from the torpor stealing over him.

comrade

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From this reading It was like the heroic endeavor of the arctic voyager who feels the deadly chill in his own veins, and keeps himself alive by rousing his comrade from the torpor stealing over him.

cry

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From this reading “Don't cry, dear, don't cry,” pleaded her aunt.

deadly

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From this reading It was like the heroic endeavor of the arctic voyager who feels the deadly chill in his own veins, and keeps himself alive by rousing his comrade from the torpor stealing over him.

dear

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From this reading “Don't cry, dear, don't cry,” pleaded her aunt.

Don't

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From this reading “Don't cry, dear, don't cry,” pleaded her aunt.

doubt

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From this reading They saw in each other's eyes that if they yielded a moment to the doubt in their hearts they were lost.

down

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From this reading Then the girl broke down, and abandoned herself in a storm of tears.

eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/

every one of two or more people or things, taken separately

From this reading They saw in each other's eyes that if they yielded a moment to the doubt in their hearts they were lost.

endeavor

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From this reading It was like the heroic endeavor of the arctic voyager who feels the deadly chill in his own veins, and keeps himself alive by rousing his comrade from the torpor stealing over him.

Erwin

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From this reading At ten o'clock Mrs. Erwin said abruptly, “Go to bed, Lydia!”

eyes

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From this reading They saw in each other's eyes that if they yielded a moment to the doubt in their hearts they were lost.

feels

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From this reading It was like the heroic endeavor of the arctic voyager who feels the deadly chill in his own veins, and keeps himself alive by rousing his comrade from the torpor stealing over him.

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading It was like the heroic endeavor of the arctic voyager who feels the deadly chill in his own veins, and keeps himself alive by rousing his comrade from the torpor stealing over him.

girl

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From this reading Then the girl broke down, and abandoned herself in a storm of tears.

Go

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From this reading At ten o'clock Mrs. Erwin said abruptly, “Go to bed, Lydia!”

hearts

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From this reading They saw in each other's eyes that if they yielded a moment to the doubt in their hearts they were lost.

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading “Don't cry, dear, don't cry,” pleaded her aunt.

heroic

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From this reading It was like the heroic endeavor of the arctic voyager who feels the deadly chill in his own veins, and keeps himself alive by rousing his comrade from the torpor stealing over him.

herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/

used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object

From this reading Then the girl broke down, and abandoned herself in a storm of tears.

himpronounUS /hɪm/

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading It was like the heroic endeavor of the arctic voyager who feels the deadly chill in his own veins, and keeps himself alive by rousing his comrade from the torpor stealing over him.

himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/

used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object

From this reading It was like the heroic endeavor of the arctic voyager who feels the deadly chill in his own veins, and keeps himself alive by rousing his comrade from the torpor stealing over him.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading It was like the heroic endeavor of the arctic voyager who feels the deadly chill in his own veins, and keeps himself alive by rousing his comrade from the torpor stealing over him.

ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading They saw in each other's eyes that if they yielded a moment to the doubt in their hearts they were lost.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading It was like the heroic endeavor of the arctic voyager who feels the deadly chill in his own veins, and keeps himself alive by rousing his comrade from the torpor stealing over him.

ItpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading It was like the heroic endeavor of the arctic voyager who feels the deadly chill in his own veins, and keeps himself alive by rousing his comrade from the torpor stealing over him.

keeps

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From this reading It was like the heroic endeavor of the arctic voyager who feels the deadly chill in his own veins, and keeps himself alive by rousing his comrade from the torpor stealing over him.

like

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From this reading It was like the heroic endeavor of the arctic voyager who feels the deadly chill in his own veins, and keeps himself alive by rousing his comrade from the torpor stealing over him.

lost

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From this reading They saw in each other's eyes that if they yielded a moment to the doubt in their hearts they were lost.

Lydia

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From this reading At ten o'clock Mrs. Erwin said abruptly, “Go to bed, Lydia!”

moment

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From this reading They saw in each other's eyes that if they yielded a moment to the doubt in their hearts they were lost.

Mrs

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From this reading At ten o'clock Mrs. Erwin said abruptly, “Go to bed, Lydia!”

o'clock

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From this reading At ten o'clock Mrs. Erwin said abruptly, “Go to bed, Lydia!”

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading It was like the heroic endeavor of the arctic voyager who feels the deadly chill in his own veins, and keeps himself alive by rousing his comrade from the torpor stealing over him.

other's

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From this reading They saw in each other's eyes that if they yielded a moment to the doubt in their hearts they were lost.

overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/

above and across; more than

From this reading It was like the heroic endeavor of the arctic voyager who feels the deadly chill in his own veins, and keeps himself alive by rousing his comrade from the torpor stealing over him.

own

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From this reading It was like the heroic endeavor of the arctic voyager who feels the deadly chill in his own veins, and keeps himself alive by rousing his comrade from the torpor stealing over him.

pleaded

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From this reading “Don't cry, dear, don't cry,” pleaded her aunt.

rousing

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From this reading It was like the heroic endeavor of the arctic voyager who feels the deadly chill in his own veins, and keeps himself alive by rousing his comrade from the torpor stealing over him.

said

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From this reading At ten o'clock Mrs. Erwin said abruptly, “Go to bed, Lydia!”

saw

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From this reading They saw in each other's eyes that if they yielded a moment to the doubt in their hearts they were lost.

stealing

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From this reading It was like the heroic endeavor of the arctic voyager who feels the deadly chill in his own veins, and keeps himself alive by rousing his comrade from the torpor stealing over him.

storm

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From this reading Then the girl broke down, and abandoned herself in a storm of tears.

tears

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From this reading Then the girl broke down, and abandoned herself in a storm of tears.

ten

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From this reading At ten o'clock Mrs. Erwin said abruptly, “Go to bed, Lydia!”

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading They saw in each other's eyes that if they yielded a moment to the doubt in their hearts they were lost.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading It was like the heroic endeavor of the arctic voyager who feels the deadly chill in his own veins, and keeps himself alive by rousing his comrade from the torpor stealing over him.

theirdeterminerUS /ðer/

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading They saw in each other's eyes that if they yielded a moment to the doubt in their hearts they were lost.

Then

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From this reading Then the girl broke down, and abandoned herself in a storm of tears.

TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading They saw in each other's eyes that if they yielded a moment to the doubt in their hearts they were lost.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading They saw in each other's eyes that if they yielded a moment to the doubt in their hearts they were lost.

torpor

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From this reading It was like the heroic endeavor of the arctic voyager who feels the deadly chill in his own veins, and keeps himself alive by rousing his comrade from the torpor stealing over him.

veins

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From this reading It was like the heroic endeavor of the arctic voyager who feels the deadly chill in his own veins, and keeps himself alive by rousing his comrade from the torpor stealing over him.

voyager

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From this reading It was like the heroic endeavor of the arctic voyager who feels the deadly chill in his own veins, and keeps himself alive by rousing his comrade from the torpor stealing over him.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading It was like the heroic endeavor of the arctic voyager who feels the deadly chill in his own veins, and keeps himself alive by rousing his comrade from the torpor stealing over him.

wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading They saw in each other's eyes that if they yielded a moment to the doubt in their hearts they were lost.

whopronounUS /huː/

which person or people

From this reading It was like the heroic endeavor of the arctic voyager who feels the deadly chill in his own veins, and keeps himself alive by rousing his comrade from the torpor stealing over him.

yielded

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From this reading They saw in each other's eyes that if they yielded a moment to the doubt in their hearts they were lost.