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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 It seemed to him he never had known a longer or more terrible day, nor had the future ever appeared to him so hopeless and foredoomed.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading MARCIA HADDON DAVID JOSLIN wished nothing so much as to be quite alone.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It seemed to him he never had known a longer or more terrible day, nor had the future ever appeared to him so hopeless and foredoomed.
appeared
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From this reading It seemed to him he never had known a longer or more terrible day, nor had the future ever appeared to him so hopeless and foredoomed.
arrived
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From this reading It was yet daylight when he arrived at the little town, and he turned once more to the boarding house of the Widow Dunham.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading MARCIA HADDON DAVID JOSLIN wished nothing so much as to be quite alone.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Pleading his errand at Windsor, he set out at once down stream with no companion other than his own bitter thoughts.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading MARCIA HADDON DAVID JOSLIN wished nothing so much as to be quite alone.
bitter
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From this reading Pleading his errand at Windsor, he set out at once down stream with no companion other than his own bitter thoughts.
boarding
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From this reading It was yet daylight when he arrived at the little town, and he turned once more to the boarding house of the Widow Dunham.
companion
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From this reading Pleading his errand at Windsor, he set out at once down stream with no companion other than his own bitter thoughts.
companions
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From this reading He did not rejoin his companions on the hill.
DAVID
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From this reading MARCIA HADDON DAVID JOSLIN wished nothing so much as to be quite alone.
day
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From this reading It seemed to him he never had known a longer or more terrible day, nor had the future ever appeared to him so hopeless and foredoomed.
daylight
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From this reading It was yet daylight when he arrived at the little town, and he turned once more to the boarding house of the Widow Dunham.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading He did not rejoin his companions on the hill.
down
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From this reading Pleading his errand at Windsor, he set out at once down stream with no companion other than his own bitter thoughts.
Dunham
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From this reading It was yet daylight when he arrived at the little town, and he turned once more to the boarding house of the Widow Dunham.
errand
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From this reading Pleading his errand at Windsor, he set out at once down stream with no companion other than his own bitter thoughts.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It seemed to him he never had known a longer or more terrible day, nor had the future ever appeared to him so hopeless and foredoomed.
foredoomed
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From this reading It seemed to him he never had known a longer or more terrible day, nor had the future ever appeared to him so hopeless and foredoomed.
future
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From this reading It seemed to him he never had known a longer or more terrible day, nor had the future ever appeared to him so hopeless and foredoomed.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It seemed to him he never had known a longer or more terrible day, nor had the future ever appeared to him so hopeless and foredoomed.
HADDON
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From this reading MARCIA HADDON DAVID JOSLIN wished nothing so much as to be quite alone.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He did not rejoin his companions on the hill.
hill
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From this reading He did not rejoin his companions on the hill.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It seemed to him he never had known a longer or more terrible day, nor had the future ever appeared to him so hopeless and foredoomed.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He did not rejoin his companions on the hill.
hopeless
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From this reading It seemed to him he never had known a longer or more terrible day, nor had the future ever appeared to him so hopeless and foredoomed.
house
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From this reading It was yet daylight when he arrived at the little town, and he turned once more to the boarding house of the Widow Dunham.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It seemed to him he never had known a longer or more terrible day, nor had the future ever appeared to him so hopeless and foredoomed.
JOSLIN
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From this reading MARCIA HADDON DAVID JOSLIN wished nothing so much as to be quite alone.
known
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From this reading It seemed to him he never had known a longer or more terrible day, nor had the future ever appeared to him so hopeless and foredoomed.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was yet daylight when he arrived at the little town, and he turned once more to the boarding house of the Widow Dunham.
longer
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From this reading It seemed to him he never had known a longer or more terrible day, nor had the future ever appeared to him so hopeless and foredoomed.
MARCIA
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From this reading MARCIA HADDON DAVID JOSLIN wished nothing so much as to be quite alone.
more
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From this reading It seemed to him he never had known a longer or more terrible day, nor had the future ever appeared to him so hopeless and foredoomed.
much
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From this reading MARCIA HADDON DAVID JOSLIN wished nothing so much as to be quite alone.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It seemed to him he never had known a longer or more terrible day, nor had the future ever appeared to him so hopeless and foredoomed.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Pleading his errand at Windsor, he set out at once down stream with no companion other than his own bitter thoughts.
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading It seemed to him he never had known a longer or more terrible day, nor had the future ever appeared to him so hopeless and foredoomed.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading He did not rejoin his companions on the hill.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading MARCIA HADDON DAVID JOSLIN wished nothing so much as to be quite alone.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was yet daylight when he arrived at the little town, and he turned once more to the boarding house of the Widow Dunham.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He did not rejoin his companions on the hill.
once
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From this reading Pleading his errand at Windsor, he set out at once down stream with no companion other than his own bitter thoughts.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading It seemed to him he never had known a longer or more terrible day, nor had the future ever appeared to him so hopeless and foredoomed.
other
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From this reading Pleading his errand at Windsor, he set out at once down stream with no companion other than his own bitter thoughts.
out
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From this reading Pleading his errand at Windsor, he set out at once down stream with no companion other than his own bitter thoughts.
own
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From this reading Pleading his errand at Windsor, he set out at once down stream with no companion other than his own bitter thoughts.
Pleading
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From this reading Pleading his errand at Windsor, he set out at once down stream with no companion other than his own bitter thoughts.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading MARCIA HADDON DAVID JOSLIN wished nothing so much as to be quite alone.
rejoin
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From this reading He did not rejoin his companions on the hill.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It seemed to him he never had known a longer or more terrible day, nor had the future ever appeared to him so hopeless and foredoomed.
set
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From this reading Pleading his errand at Windsor, he set out at once down stream with no companion other than his own bitter thoughts.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading MARCIA HADDON DAVID JOSLIN wished nothing so much as to be quite alone.
stream
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From this reading Pleading his errand at Windsor, he set out at once down stream with no companion other than his own bitter thoughts.
terriblenounUS /ˈterrible/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It seemed to him he never had known a longer or more terrible day, nor had the future ever appeared to him so hopeless and foredoomed.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Pleading his errand at Windsor, he set out at once down stream with no companion other than his own bitter thoughts.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He did not rejoin his companions on the hill.
thoughts
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From this reading Pleading his errand at Windsor, he set out at once down stream with no companion other than his own bitter thoughts.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading MARCIA HADDON DAVID JOSLIN wished nothing so much as to be quite alone.
town
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From this reading It was yet daylight when he arrived at the little town, and he turned once more to the boarding house of the Widow Dunham.
turned
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From this reading It was yet daylight when he arrived at the little town, and he turned once more to the boarding house of the Widow Dunham.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was yet daylight when he arrived at the little town, and he turned once more to the boarding house of the Widow Dunham.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading It was yet daylight when he arrived at the little town, and he turned once more to the boarding house of the Widow Dunham.
Widow
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From this reading It was yet daylight when he arrived at the little town, and he turned once more to the boarding house of the Widow Dunham.
Windsor
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From this reading Pleading his errand at Windsor, he set out at once down stream with no companion other than his own bitter thoughts.
wished
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From this reading MARCIA HADDON DAVID JOSLIN wished nothing so much as to be quite alone.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Pleading his errand at Windsor, he set out at once down stream with no companion other than his own bitter thoughts.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading It was yet daylight when he arrived at the little town, and he turned once more to the boarding house of the Widow Dunham.
