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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 A LETTER FROM PARIS For the first year Jane watched Archie's growth and development with the care of a self-appointed nurse temporarily doing her duty by her charge.
absorbing
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From this reading Later on, as the fact became burned into her mind that Lucy would never willingly return to Warehold, she clung to him with that absorbing love and devotion which an unmarried woman often lavishes upon a child not her own.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Later on, as the fact became burned into her mind that Lucy would never willingly return to Warehold, she clung to him with that absorbing love and devotion which an unmarried woman often lavishes upon a child not her own.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A LETTER FROM PARIS For the first year Jane watched Archie's growth and development with the care of a self-appointed nurse temporarily doing her duty by her charge.
Archie's
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From this reading A LETTER FROM PARIS For the first year Jane watched Archie's growth and development with the care of a self-appointed nurse temporarily doing her duty by her charge.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Later on, as the fact became burned into her mind that Lucy would never willingly return to Warehold, she clung to him with that absorbing love and devotion which an unmarried woman often lavishes upon a child not her own.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading He would grow to be a man of courage and strength, the stain upon his birth forgotten, doing honor to himself, to her, and to the name he bore.
bear
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From this reading In him, too, she sought refuge from that other sorrow which was often greater than she could bear--the loss of the closer companionship of Doctor John--a companionship which only a wife's place could gain for her.
became
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From this reading Later on, as the fact became burned into her mind that Lucy would never willingly return to Warehold, she clung to him with that absorbing love and devotion which an unmarried woman often lavishes upon a child not her own.
birth
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From this reading He would grow to be a man of courage and strength, the stain upon his birth forgotten, doing honor to himself, to her, and to the name he bore.
bore
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From this reading He would grow to be a man of courage and strength, the stain upon his birth forgotten, doing honor to himself, to her, and to the name he bore.
burned
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From this reading Later on, as the fact became burned into her mind that Lucy would never willingly return to Warehold, she clung to him with that absorbing love and devotion which an unmarried woman often lavishes upon a child not her own.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading A LETTER FROM PARIS For the first year Jane watched Archie's growth and development with the care of a self-appointed nurse temporarily doing her duty by her charge.
care
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From this reading A LETTER FROM PARIS For the first year Jane watched Archie's growth and development with the care of a self-appointed nurse temporarily doing her duty by her charge.
charge
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From this reading A LETTER FROM PARIS For the first year Jane watched Archie's growth and development with the care of a self-appointed nurse temporarily doing her duty by her charge.
child
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From this reading Later on, as the fact became burned into her mind that Lucy would never willingly return to Warehold, she clung to him with that absorbing love and devotion which an unmarried woman often lavishes upon a child not her own.
closer
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From this reading In him, too, she sought refuge from that other sorrow which was often greater than she could bear--the loss of the closer companionship of Doctor John--a companionship which only a wife's place could gain for her.
clungnounUS /clung/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Later on, as the fact became burned into her mind that Lucy would never willingly return to Warehold, she clung to him with that absorbing love and devotion which an unmarried woman often lavishes upon a child not her own.
companionship
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From this reading In him, too, she sought refuge from that other sorrow which was often greater than she could bear--the loss of the closer companionship of Doctor John--a companionship which only a wife's place could gain for her.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading In him, too, she sought refuge from that other sorrow which was often greater than she could bear--the loss of the closer companionship of Doctor John--a companionship which only a wife's place could gain for her.
courage
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From this reading He would grow to be a man of courage and strength, the stain upon his birth forgotten, doing honor to himself, to her, and to the name he bore.
development
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From this reading A LETTER FROM PARIS For the first year Jane watched Archie's growth and development with the care of a self-appointed nurse temporarily doing her duty by her charge.
devotion
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From this reading Later on, as the fact became burned into her mind that Lucy would never willingly return to Warehold, she clung to him with that absorbing love and devotion which an unmarried woman often lavishes upon a child not her own.
DoctornounUS /doctor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In him, too, she sought refuge from that other sorrow which was often greater than she could bear--the loss of the closer companionship of Doctor John--a companionship which only a wife's place could gain for her.
doing
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From this reading A LETTER FROM PARIS For the first year Jane watched Archie's growth and development with the care of a self-appointed nurse temporarily doing her duty by her charge.
dutynounUS /ˈduːti/
a responsibility that must be carried out
From this reading A LETTER FROM PARIS For the first year Jane watched Archie's growth and development with the care of a self-appointed nurse temporarily doing her duty by her charge.
eyes
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From this reading In his innocent eyes she saw the fulfilment of her promise to her father.
fact
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From this reading Later on, as the fact became burned into her mind that Lucy would never willingly return to Warehold, she clung to him with that absorbing love and devotion which an unmarried woman often lavishes upon a child not her own.
father
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From this reading In his innocent eyes she saw the fulfilment of her promise to her father.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A LETTER FROM PARIS For the first year Jane watched Archie's growth and development with the care of a self-appointed nurse temporarily doing her duty by her charge.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading A LETTER FROM PARIS For the first year Jane watched Archie's growth and development with the care of a self-appointed nurse temporarily doing her duty by her charge.
forgottenadjectiveUS /fərˈɡɑːt.n̩/
Not remembered; lapsed from memory.
From this reading He would grow to be a man of courage and strength, the stain upon his birth forgotten, doing honor to himself, to her, and to the name he bore.
FROMprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading A LETTER FROM PARIS For the first year Jane watched Archie's growth and development with the care of a self-appointed nurse temporarily doing her duty by her charge.
fulfilment
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From this reading In his innocent eyes she saw the fulfilment of her promise to her father.
gain
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From this reading In him, too, she sought refuge from that other sorrow which was often greater than she could bear--the loss of the closer companionship of Doctor John--a companionship which only a wife's place could gain for her.
greater
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From this reading In him, too, she sought refuge from that other sorrow which was often greater than she could bear--the loss of the closer companionship of Doctor John--a companionship which only a wife's place could gain for her.
grow
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From this reading He would grow to be a man of courage and strength, the stain upon his birth forgotten, doing honor to himself, to her, and to the name he bore.
growth
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From this reading A LETTER FROM PARIS For the first year Jane watched Archie's growth and development with the care of a self-appointed nurse temporarily doing her duty by her charge.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He would grow to be a man of courage and strength, the stain upon his birth forgotten, doing honor to himself, to her, and to the name he bore.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading A LETTER FROM PARIS For the first year Jane watched Archie's growth and development with the care of a self-appointed nurse temporarily doing her duty by her charge.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Later on, as the fact became burned into her mind that Lucy would never willingly return to Warehold, she clung to him with that absorbing love and devotion which an unmarried woman often lavishes upon a child not her own.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading He would grow to be a man of courage and strength, the stain upon his birth forgotten, doing honor to himself, to her, and to the name he bore.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading In his innocent eyes she saw the fulfilment of her promise to her father.
honor
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From this reading He would grow to be a man of courage and strength, the stain upon his birth forgotten, doing honor to himself, to her, and to the name he bore.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In his innocent eyes she saw the fulfilment of her promise to her father.
innocent
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From this reading In his innocent eyes she saw the fulfilment of her promise to her father.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Later on, as the fact became burned into her mind that Lucy would never willingly return to Warehold, she clung to him with that absorbing love and devotion which an unmarried woman often lavishes upon a child not her own.
Jane
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From this reading A LETTER FROM PARIS For the first year Jane watched Archie's growth and development with the care of a self-appointed nurse temporarily doing her duty by her charge.
John
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From this reading In him, too, she sought refuge from that other sorrow which was often greater than she could bear--the loss of the closer companionship of Doctor John--a companionship which only a wife's place could gain for her.
Later
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From this reading Later on, as the fact became burned into her mind that Lucy would never willingly return to Warehold, she clung to him with that absorbing love and devotion which an unmarried woman often lavishes upon a child not her own.
lavishes
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From this reading Later on, as the fact became burned into her mind that Lucy would never willingly return to Warehold, she clung to him with that absorbing love and devotion which an unmarried woman often lavishes upon a child not her own.
LETTER
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From this reading A LETTER FROM PARIS For the first year Jane watched Archie's growth and development with the care of a self-appointed nurse temporarily doing her duty by her charge.
loss
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From this reading In him, too, she sought refuge from that other sorrow which was often greater than she could bear--the loss of the closer companionship of Doctor John--a companionship which only a wife's place could gain for her.
love
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From this reading Later on, as the fact became burned into her mind that Lucy would never willingly return to Warehold, she clung to him with that absorbing love and devotion which an unmarried woman often lavishes upon a child not her own.
Lucy
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From this reading Later on, as the fact became burned into her mind that Lucy would never willingly return to Warehold, she clung to him with that absorbing love and devotion which an unmarried woman often lavishes upon a child not her own.
man
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From this reading He would grow to be a man of courage and strength, the stain upon his birth forgotten, doing honor to himself, to her, and to the name he bore.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Later on, as the fact became burned into her mind that Lucy would never willingly return to Warehold, she clung to him with that absorbing love and devotion which an unmarried woman often lavishes upon a child not her own.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He would grow to be a man of courage and strength, the stain upon his birth forgotten, doing honor to himself, to her, and to the name he bore.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Later on, as the fact became burned into her mind that Lucy would never willingly return to Warehold, she clung to him with that absorbing love and devotion which an unmarried woman often lavishes upon a child not her own.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Later on, as the fact became burned into her mind that Lucy would never willingly return to Warehold, she clung to him with that absorbing love and devotion which an unmarried woman often lavishes upon a child not her own.
nurse
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From this reading A LETTER FROM PARIS For the first year Jane watched Archie's growth and development with the care of a self-appointed nurse temporarily doing her duty by her charge.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A LETTER FROM PARIS For the first year Jane watched Archie's growth and development with the care of a self-appointed nurse temporarily doing her duty by her charge.
often
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From this reading Later on, as the fact became burned into her mind that Lucy would never willingly return to Warehold, she clung to him with that absorbing love and devotion which an unmarried woman often lavishes upon a child not her own.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Later on, as the fact became burned into her mind that Lucy would never willingly return to Warehold, she clung to him with that absorbing love and devotion which an unmarried woman often lavishes upon a child not her own.
only
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From this reading In him, too, she sought refuge from that other sorrow which was often greater than she could bear--the loss of the closer companionship of Doctor John--a companionship which only a wife's place could gain for her.
other
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From this reading In him, too, she sought refuge from that other sorrow which was often greater than she could bear--the loss of the closer companionship of Doctor John--a companionship which only a wife's place could gain for her.
own
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From this reading Later on, as the fact became burned into her mind that Lucy would never willingly return to Warehold, she clung to him with that absorbing love and devotion which an unmarried woman often lavishes upon a child not her own.
PARIS
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From this reading A LETTER FROM PARIS For the first year Jane watched Archie's growth and development with the care of a self-appointed nurse temporarily doing her duty by her charge.
place
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From this reading In him, too, she sought refuge from that other sorrow which was often greater than she could bear--the loss of the closer companionship of Doctor John--a companionship which only a wife's place could gain for her.
promise
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From this reading In his innocent eyes she saw the fulfilment of her promise to her father.
refuge
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From this reading In him, too, she sought refuge from that other sorrow which was often greater than she could bear--the loss of the closer companionship of Doctor John--a companionship which only a wife's place could gain for her.
return
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From this reading Later on, as the fact became burned into her mind that Lucy would never willingly return to Warehold, she clung to him with that absorbing love and devotion which an unmarried woman often lavishes upon a child not her own.
saw
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From this reading In his innocent eyes she saw the fulfilment of her promise to her father.
self-appointed
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From this reading A LETTER FROM PARIS For the first year Jane watched Archie's growth and development with the care of a self-appointed nurse temporarily doing her duty by her charge.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Later on, as the fact became burned into her mind that Lucy would never willingly return to Warehold, she clung to him with that absorbing love and devotion which an unmarried woman often lavishes upon a child not her own.
sorrow
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From this reading In him, too, she sought refuge from that other sorrow which was often greater than she could bear--the loss of the closer companionship of Doctor John--a companionship which only a wife's place could gain for her.
sought
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From this reading In him, too, she sought refuge from that other sorrow which was often greater than she could bear--the loss of the closer companionship of Doctor John--a companionship which only a wife's place could gain for her.
stain
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From this reading He would grow to be a man of courage and strength, the stain upon his birth forgotten, doing honor to himself, to her, and to the name he bore.
strengthnounUS /ˈstrength/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He would grow to be a man of courage and strength, the stain upon his birth forgotten, doing honor to himself, to her, and to the name he bore.
temporarily
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From this reading A LETTER FROM PARIS For the first year Jane watched Archie's growth and development with the care of a self-appointed nurse temporarily doing her duty by her charge.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading In him, too, she sought refuge from that other sorrow which was often greater than she could bear--the loss of the closer companionship of Doctor John--a companionship which only a wife's place could gain for her.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Later on, as the fact became burned into her mind that Lucy would never willingly return to Warehold, she clung to him with that absorbing love and devotion which an unmarried woman often lavishes upon a child not her own.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A LETTER FROM PARIS For the first year Jane watched Archie's growth and development with the care of a self-appointed nurse temporarily doing her duty by her charge.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Later on, as the fact became burned into her mind that Lucy would never willingly return to Warehold, she clung to him with that absorbing love and devotion which an unmarried woman often lavishes upon a child not her own.
too
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From this reading In him, too, she sought refuge from that other sorrow which was often greater than she could bear--the loss of the closer companionship of Doctor John--a companionship which only a wife's place could gain for her.
unmarried
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From this reading Later on, as the fact became burned into her mind that Lucy would never willingly return to Warehold, she clung to him with that absorbing love and devotion which an unmarried woman often lavishes upon a child not her own.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Later on, as the fact became burned into her mind that Lucy would never willingly return to Warehold, she clung to him with that absorbing love and devotion which an unmarried woman often lavishes upon a child not her own.
Warehold
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From this reading Later on, as the fact became burned into her mind that Lucy would never willingly return to Warehold, she clung to him with that absorbing love and devotion which an unmarried woman often lavishes upon a child not her own.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading In him, too, she sought refuge from that other sorrow which was often greater than she could bear--the loss of the closer companionship of Doctor John--a companionship which only a wife's place could gain for her.
watched
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From this reading A LETTER FROM PARIS For the first year Jane watched Archie's growth and development with the care of a self-appointed nurse temporarily doing her duty by her charge.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Later on, as the fact became burned into her mind that Lucy would never willingly return to Warehold, she clung to him with that absorbing love and devotion which an unmarried woman often lavishes upon a child not her own.
wife's
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From this reading In him, too, she sought refuge from that other sorrow which was often greater than she could bear--the loss of the closer companionship of Doctor John--a companionship which only a wife's place could gain for her.
willingly
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From this reading Later on, as the fact became burned into her mind that Lucy would never willingly return to Warehold, she clung to him with that absorbing love and devotion which an unmarried woman often lavishes upon a child not her own.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading A LETTER FROM PARIS For the first year Jane watched Archie's growth and development with the care of a self-appointed nurse temporarily doing her duty by her charge.
woman
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From this reading Later on, as the fact became burned into her mind that Lucy would never willingly return to Warehold, she clung to him with that absorbing love and devotion which an unmarried woman often lavishes upon a child not her own.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Later on, as the fact became burned into her mind that Lucy would never willingly return to Warehold, she clung to him with that absorbing love and devotion which an unmarried woman often lavishes upon a child not her own.
year
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From this reading A LETTER FROM PARIS For the first year Jane watched Archie's growth and development with the care of a self-appointed nurse temporarily doing her duty by her charge.
