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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 word brought a dull pang of anguish, she had no right to a home, for she had broken up her own and orphaned her children.
AgainnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Again an overwhelming weakness swept over her and wiped out some of the vivid misery.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Again an overwhelming weakness swept over her and wiped out some of the vivid misery.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading V AT last the tumult of passion subsided and Margaret, still leaning on the pillar of the church portico, looked out with bewildered eyes.
anguish
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From this reading The word brought a dull pang of anguish, she had no right to a home, for she had broken up her own and orphaned her children.
assault
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From this reading She closed her eyes, trying to shut out the thoughts which stormed back, at a word, to assault her poor fagged brain again.
ATprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading V AT last the tumult of passion subsided and Margaret, still leaning on the pillar of the church portico, looked out with bewildered eyes.
back
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From this reading She closed her eyes, trying to shut out the thoughts which stormed back, at a word, to assault her poor fagged brain again.
bewilderednounUS /bewildered/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading V AT last the tumult of passion subsided and Margaret, still leaning on the pillar of the church portico, looked out with bewildered eyes.
brain
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From this reading She closed her eyes, trying to shut out the thoughts which stormed back, at a word, to assault her poor fagged brain again.
brokennounUS /broken/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The word brought a dull pang of anguish, she had no right to a home, for she had broken up her own and orphaned her children.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The word brought a dull pang of anguish, she had no right to a home, for she had broken up her own and orphaned her children.
children
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From this reading The word brought a dull pang of anguish, she had no right to a home, for she had broken up her own and orphaned her children.
church
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From this reading V AT last the tumult of passion subsided and Margaret, still leaning on the pillar of the church portico, looked out with bewildered eyes.
closed
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From this reading She closed her eyes, trying to shut out the thoughts which stormed back, at a word, to assault her poor fagged brain again.
dull
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From this reading The word brought a dull pang of anguish, she had no right to a home, for she had broken up her own and orphaned her children.
eyes
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From this reading V AT last the tumult of passion subsided and Margaret, still leaning on the pillar of the church portico, looked out with bewildered eyes.
fagged
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From this reading She closed her eyes, trying to shut out the thoughts which stormed back, at a word, to assault her poor fagged brain again.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The word brought a dull pang of anguish, she had no right to a home, for she had broken up her own and orphaned her children.
go
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From this reading She must go home--home!
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The word brought a dull pang of anguish, she had no right to a home, for she had broken up her own and orphaned her children.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Again an overwhelming weakness swept over her and wiped out some of the vivid misery.
home
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From this reading She must go home--home!
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading V AT last the tumult of passion subsided and Margaret, still leaning on the pillar of the church portico, looked out with bewildered eyes.
leaning
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From this reading V AT last the tumult of passion subsided and Margaret, still leaning on the pillar of the church portico, looked out with bewildered eyes.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading V AT last the tumult of passion subsided and Margaret, still leaning on the pillar of the church portico, looked out with bewildered eyes.
Margaret
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From this reading V AT last the tumult of passion subsided and Margaret, still leaning on the pillar of the church portico, looked out with bewildered eyes.
misery
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From this reading Again an overwhelming weakness swept over her and wiped out some of the vivid misery.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading She must go home--home!
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading The word brought a dull pang of anguish, she had no right to a home, for she had broken up her own and orphaned her children.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading V AT last the tumult of passion subsided and Margaret, still leaning on the pillar of the church portico, looked out with bewildered eyes.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading V AT last the tumult of passion subsided and Margaret, still leaning on the pillar of the church portico, looked out with bewildered eyes.
orphaned
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From this reading The word brought a dull pang of anguish, she had no right to a home, for she had broken up her own and orphaned her children.
out
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From this reading V AT last the tumult of passion subsided and Margaret, still leaning on the pillar of the church portico, looked out with bewildered eyes.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Again an overwhelming weakness swept over her and wiped out some of the vivid misery.
overwhelming
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From this reading Again an overwhelming weakness swept over her and wiped out some of the vivid misery.
own
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From this reading The word brought a dull pang of anguish, she had no right to a home, for she had broken up her own and orphaned her children.
pang
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From this reading The word brought a dull pang of anguish, she had no right to a home, for she had broken up her own and orphaned her children.
passion
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From this reading V AT last the tumult of passion subsided and Margaret, still leaning on the pillar of the church portico, looked out with bewildered eyes.
pillar
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From this reading V AT last the tumult of passion subsided and Margaret, still leaning on the pillar of the church portico, looked out with bewildered eyes.
poornounUS /poor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She closed her eyes, trying to shut out the thoughts which stormed back, at a word, to assault her poor fagged brain again.
portico
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From this reading V AT last the tumult of passion subsided and Margaret, still leaning on the pillar of the church portico, looked out with bewildered eyes.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The word brought a dull pang of anguish, she had no right to a home, for she had broken up her own and orphaned her children.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She must go home--home!
shut
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From this reading She closed her eyes, trying to shut out the thoughts which stormed back, at a word, to assault her poor fagged brain again.
some
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From this reading Again an overwhelming weakness swept over her and wiped out some of the vivid misery.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading V AT last the tumult of passion subsided and Margaret, still leaning on the pillar of the church portico, looked out with bewildered eyes.
stormed
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From this reading She closed her eyes, trying to shut out the thoughts which stormed back, at a word, to assault her poor fagged brain again.
subsided
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From this reading V AT last the tumult of passion subsided and Margaret, still leaning on the pillar of the church portico, looked out with bewildered eyes.
swept
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From this reading Again an overwhelming weakness swept over her and wiped out some of the vivid misery.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading V AT last the tumult of passion subsided and Margaret, still leaning on the pillar of the church portico, looked out with bewildered eyes.
thoughts
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From this reading She closed her eyes, trying to shut out the thoughts which stormed back, at a word, to assault her poor fagged brain again.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The word brought a dull pang of anguish, she had no right to a home, for she had broken up her own and orphaned her children.
trying
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From this reading She closed her eyes, trying to shut out the thoughts which stormed back, at a word, to assault her poor fagged brain again.
tumult
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From this reading V AT last the tumult of passion subsided and Margaret, still leaning on the pillar of the church portico, looked out with bewildered eyes.
up
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From this reading The word brought a dull pang of anguish, she had no right to a home, for she had broken up her own and orphaned her children.
V
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From this reading V AT last the tumult of passion subsided and Margaret, still leaning on the pillar of the church portico, looked out with bewildered eyes.
vivid
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From this reading Again an overwhelming weakness swept over her and wiped out some of the vivid misery.
weaknessnounUS /ˈwiːknəs/
a lack of physical strength
From this reading Again an overwhelming weakness swept over her and wiped out some of the vivid misery.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading She closed her eyes, trying to shut out the thoughts which stormed back, at a word, to assault her poor fagged brain again.
wiped
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From this reading Again an overwhelming weakness swept over her and wiped out some of the vivid misery.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading V AT last the tumult of passion subsided and Margaret, still leaning on the pillar of the church portico, looked out with bewildered eyes.
word
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From this reading The word brought a dull pang of anguish, she had no right to a home, for she had broken up her own and orphaned her children.
