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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 She had by that sublime holocaust offered up to God a thanksgiving for two brief hours of happiness which she had enjoyed.
AFTERWARDS
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From this reading AFTERWARDS Escorted throughout the journey home by His Eminence, Ursula had not uttered one word.
all
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From this reading She was as one who had seen all that she held most dear dying before her eyes.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading She sat in the barge, gazing out along the river, her veil closely drawn over her head, lest prying eyes noted the expression on her face.
altar
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From this reading She had made her sacrifice willingly, had offered up her fair name, her every feminine instinct of honour and modesty upon the altar of her love.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She had made her sacrifice willingly, had offered up her fair name, her every feminine instinct of honour and modesty upon the altar of her love.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading She was as one who had seen all that she held most dear dying before her eyes.
barge
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From this reading She sat in the barge, gazing out along the river, her veil closely drawn over her head, lest prying eyes noted the expression on her face.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading She was as one who had seen all that she held most dear dying before her eyes.
brief
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From this reading She had by that sublime holocaust offered up to God a thanksgiving for two brief hours of happiness which she had enjoyed.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading AFTERWARDS Escorted throughout the journey home by His Eminence, Ursula had not uttered one word.
closely
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From this reading She sat in the barge, gazing out along the river, her veil closely drawn over her head, lest prying eyes noted the expression on her face.
dear
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From this reading She was as one who had seen all that she held most dear dying before her eyes.
drawn
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From this reading She sat in the barge, gazing out along the river, her veil closely drawn over her head, lest prying eyes noted the expression on her face.
dying
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From this reading She was as one who had seen all that she held most dear dying before her eyes.
Eminence
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From this reading AFTERWARDS Escorted throughout the journey home by His Eminence, Ursula had not uttered one word.
enjoyed
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From this reading She had by that sublime holocaust offered up to God a thanksgiving for two brief hours of happiness which she had enjoyed.
Escorted
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From this reading AFTERWARDS Escorted throughout the journey home by His Eminence, Ursula had not uttered one word.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading She had made her sacrifice willingly, had offered up her fair name, her every feminine instinct of honour and modesty upon the altar of her love.
expression
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From this reading She sat in the barge, gazing out along the river, her veil closely drawn over her head, lest prying eyes noted the expression on her face.
eyes
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From this reading She sat in the barge, gazing out along the river, her veil closely drawn over her head, lest prying eyes noted the expression on her face.
face
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From this reading She sat in the barge, gazing out along the river, her veil closely drawn over her head, lest prying eyes noted the expression on her face.
fairnounUS /fair/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had made her sacrifice willingly, had offered up her fair name, her every feminine instinct of honour and modesty upon the altar of her love.
feminine
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From this reading She had made her sacrifice willingly, had offered up her fair name, her every feminine instinct of honour and modesty upon the altar of her love.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading She had by that sublime holocaust offered up to God a thanksgiving for two brief hours of happiness which she had enjoyed.
gazing
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From this reading She sat in the barge, gazing out along the river, her veil closely drawn over her head, lest prying eyes noted the expression on her face.
God
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From this reading She had by that sublime holocaust offered up to God a thanksgiving for two brief hours of happiness which she had enjoyed.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading AFTERWARDS Escorted throughout the journey home by His Eminence, Ursula had not uttered one word.
happiness
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From this reading She had by that sublime holocaust offered up to God a thanksgiving for two brief hours of happiness which she had enjoyed.
head
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From this reading She sat in the barge, gazing out along the river, her veil closely drawn over her head, lest prying eyes noted the expression on her face.
held
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From this reading She was as one who had seen all that she held most dear dying before her eyes.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She sat in the barge, gazing out along the river, her veil closely drawn over her head, lest prying eyes noted the expression on her face.
HisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading AFTERWARDS Escorted throughout the journey home by His Eminence, Ursula had not uttered one word.
holocaust
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From this reading She had by that sublime holocaust offered up to God a thanksgiving for two brief hours of happiness which she had enjoyed.
home
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From this reading AFTERWARDS Escorted throughout the journey home by His Eminence, Ursula had not uttered one word.
honour
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From this reading She had made her sacrifice willingly, had offered up her fair name, her every feminine instinct of honour and modesty upon the altar of her love.
hours
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From this reading She had by that sublime holocaust offered up to God a thanksgiving for two brief hours of happiness which she had enjoyed.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She sat in the barge, gazing out along the river, her veil closely drawn over her head, lest prying eyes noted the expression on her face.
instinct
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From this reading She had made her sacrifice willingly, had offered up her fair name, her every feminine instinct of honour and modesty upon the altar of her love.
journeynounUS /ˈjourney/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading AFTERWARDS Escorted throughout the journey home by His Eminence, Ursula had not uttered one word.
lestconjunctionUS /lest/
in order that something should not happen
From this reading She sat in the barge, gazing out along the river, her veil closely drawn over her head, lest prying eyes noted the expression on her face.
love
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From this reading She had made her sacrifice willingly, had offered up her fair name, her every feminine instinct of honour and modesty upon the altar of her love.
made
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From this reading She had made her sacrifice willingly, had offered up her fair name, her every feminine instinct of honour and modesty upon the altar of her love.
modesty
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From this reading She had made her sacrifice willingly, had offered up her fair name, her every feminine instinct of honour and modesty upon the altar of her love.
most
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From this reading She was as one who had seen all that she held most dear dying before her eyes.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had made her sacrifice willingly, had offered up her fair name, her every feminine instinct of honour and modesty upon the altar of her love.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading AFTERWARDS Escorted throughout the journey home by His Eminence, Ursula had not uttered one word.
noted
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From this reading She sat in the barge, gazing out along the river, her veil closely drawn over her head, lest prying eyes noted the expression on her face.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She had made her sacrifice willingly, had offered up her fair name, her every feminine instinct of honour and modesty upon the altar of her love.
offered
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From this reading She had made her sacrifice willingly, had offered up her fair name, her every feminine instinct of honour and modesty upon the altar of her love.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She sat in the barge, gazing out along the river, her veil closely drawn over her head, lest prying eyes noted the expression on her face.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading AFTERWARDS Escorted throughout the journey home by His Eminence, Ursula had not uttered one word.
out
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From this reading She sat in the barge, gazing out along the river, her veil closely drawn over her head, lest prying eyes noted the expression on her face.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading She sat in the barge, gazing out along the river, her veil closely drawn over her head, lest prying eyes noted the expression on her face.
prying
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From this reading She sat in the barge, gazing out along the river, her veil closely drawn over her head, lest prying eyes noted the expression on her face.
river
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From this reading She sat in the barge, gazing out along the river, her veil closely drawn over her head, lest prying eyes noted the expression on her face.
sacrifice
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From this reading She had made her sacrifice willingly, had offered up her fair name, her every feminine instinct of honour and modesty upon the altar of her love.
sat
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From this reading She sat in the barge, gazing out along the river, her veil closely drawn over her head, lest prying eyes noted the expression on her face.
seen
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From this reading She was as one who had seen all that she held most dear dying before her eyes.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She sat in the barge, gazing out along the river, her veil closely drawn over her head, lest prying eyes noted the expression on her face.
sublime
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From this reading She had by that sublime holocaust offered up to God a thanksgiving for two brief hours of happiness which she had enjoyed.
thanksgiving
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From this reading She had by that sublime holocaust offered up to God a thanksgiving for two brief hours of happiness which she had enjoyed.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She was as one who had seen all that she held most dear dying before her eyes.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading AFTERWARDS Escorted throughout the journey home by His Eminence, Ursula had not uttered one word.
throughoutprepositionUS /θruːˈaʊt/
in every part of a place, or for the whole of a period
From this reading AFTERWARDS Escorted throughout the journey home by His Eminence, Ursula had not uttered one word.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She had by that sublime holocaust offered up to God a thanksgiving for two brief hours of happiness which she had enjoyed.
two
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From this reading She had by that sublime holocaust offered up to God a thanksgiving for two brief hours of happiness which she had enjoyed.
up
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From this reading She had made her sacrifice willingly, had offered up her fair name, her every feminine instinct of honour and modesty upon the altar of her love.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading She had made her sacrifice willingly, had offered up her fair name, her every feminine instinct of honour and modesty upon the altar of her love.
Ursula
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From this reading AFTERWARDS Escorted throughout the journey home by His Eminence, Ursula had not uttered one word.
utterednounUS /ˈuttered/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading AFTERWARDS Escorted throughout the journey home by His Eminence, Ursula had not uttered one word.
veil
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From this reading She sat in the barge, gazing out along the river, her veil closely drawn over her head, lest prying eyes noted the expression on her face.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was as one who had seen all that she held most dear dying before her eyes.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading She had by that sublime holocaust offered up to God a thanksgiving for two brief hours of happiness which she had enjoyed.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading She was as one who had seen all that she held most dear dying before her eyes.
willingly
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From this reading She had made her sacrifice willingly, had offered up her fair name, her every feminine instinct of honour and modesty upon the altar of her love.
word
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From this reading AFTERWARDS Escorted throughout the journey home by His Eminence, Ursula had not uttered one word.
