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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 There was somehow in this a kind of excuse to herself for her involuntary preoccupation with all that concerned him.
agitated
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From this reading The service which she had done to Walter's mother, the contact with her, although almost in the dark, the sense of approach to another woman whose mind was full of anxiety and thought for him, agitated her, yet seemed to heal and soften away the pain which other encounters had given her.
all
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From this reading There was somehow in this a kind of excuse to herself for her involuntary preoccupation with all that concerned him.
almost
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From this reading The service which she had done to Walter's mother, the contact with her, although almost in the dark, the sense of approach to another woman whose mind was full of anxiety and thought for him, agitated her, yet seemed to heal and soften away the pain which other encounters had given her.
althoughnounUS /ˈalthough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The service which she had done to Walter's mother, the contact with her, although almost in the dark, the sense of approach to another woman whose mind was full of anxiety and thought for him, agitated her, yet seemed to heal and soften away the pain which other encounters had given her.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading She had felt that there was an unspoken sympathy between her and the stranger, and that it was something more than chance which brought them together.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The service which she had done to Walter's mother, the contact with her, although almost in the dark, the sense of approach to another woman whose mind was full of anxiety and thought for him, agitated her, yet seemed to heal and soften away the pain which other encounters had given her.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The service which she had done to Walter's mother, the contact with her, although almost in the dark, the sense of approach to another woman whose mind was full of anxiety and thought for him, agitated her, yet seemed to heal and soften away the pain which other encounters had given her.
anxiety
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From this reading The service which she had done to Walter's mother, the contact with her, although almost in the dark, the sense of approach to another woman whose mind was full of anxiety and thought for him, agitated her, yet seemed to heal and soften away the pain which other encounters had given her.
approach
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From this reading The service which she had done to Walter's mother, the contact with her, although almost in the dark, the sense of approach to another woman whose mind was full of anxiety and thought for him, agitated her, yet seemed to heal and soften away the pain which other encounters had given her.
away
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From this reading The service which she had done to Walter's mother, the contact with her, although almost in the dark, the sense of approach to another woman whose mind was full of anxiety and thought for him, agitated her, yet seemed to heal and soften away the pain which other encounters had given her.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Oona's mind had been much disturbed, yet in no painful way, by the meeting with Mrs. Methven.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading She had felt that there was an unspoken sympathy between her and the stranger, and that it was something more than chance which brought them together.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading She had felt that there was an unspoken sympathy between her and the stranger, and that it was something more than chance which brought them together.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Oona's mind had been much disturbed, yet in no painful way, by the meeting with Mrs. Methven.
chance
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From this reading She had felt that there was an unspoken sympathy between her and the stranger, and that it was something more than chance which brought them together.
concerned
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From this reading There was somehow in this a kind of excuse to herself for her involuntary preoccupation with all that concerned him.
contact
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From this reading The service which she had done to Walter's mother, the contact with her, although almost in the dark, the sense of approach to another woman whose mind was full of anxiety and thought for him, agitated her, yet seemed to heal and soften away the pain which other encounters had given her.
dark
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From this reading The service which she had done to Walter's mother, the contact with her, although almost in the dark, the sense of approach to another woman whose mind was full of anxiety and thought for him, agitated her, yet seemed to heal and soften away the pain which other encounters had given her.
disturbed
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From this reading Oona's mind had been much disturbed, yet in no painful way, by the meeting with Mrs. Methven.
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The service which she had done to Walter's mother, the contact with her, although almost in the dark, the sense of approach to another woman whose mind was full of anxiety and thought for him, agitated her, yet seemed to heal and soften away the pain which other encounters had given her.
encounters
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From this reading The service which she had done to Walter's mother, the contact with her, although almost in the dark, the sense of approach to another woman whose mind was full of anxiety and thought for him, agitated her, yet seemed to heal and soften away the pain which other encounters had given her.
excuse
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From this reading There was somehow in this a kind of excuse to herself for her involuntary preoccupation with all that concerned him.
expectation
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From this reading It gave her pleasure to think of the half-seen face, made softer by the twilight, and of the tremor of expectation and anxiety that had been in it.
face
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From this reading It gave her pleasure to think of the half-seen face, made softer by the twilight, and of the tremor of expectation and anxiety that had been in it.
felt
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From this reading She had felt that there was an unspoken sympathy between her and the stranger, and that it was something more than chance which brought them together.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The service which she had done to Walter's mother, the contact with her, although almost in the dark, the sense of approach to another woman whose mind was full of anxiety and thought for him, agitated her, yet seemed to heal and soften away the pain which other encounters had given her.
full
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From this reading The service which she had done to Walter's mother, the contact with her, although almost in the dark, the sense of approach to another woman whose mind was full of anxiety and thought for him, agitated her, yet seemed to heal and soften away the pain which other encounters had given her.
gave
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From this reading It gave her pleasure to think of the half-seen face, made softer by the twilight, and of the tremor of expectation and anxiety that had been in it.
given
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From this reading The service which she had done to Walter's mother, the contact with her, although almost in the dark, the sense of approach to another woman whose mind was full of anxiety and thought for him, agitated her, yet seemed to heal and soften away the pain which other encounters had given her.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Oona's mind had been much disturbed, yet in no painful way, by the meeting with Mrs. Methven.
half-seen
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From this reading It gave her pleasure to think of the half-seen face, made softer by the twilight, and of the tremor of expectation and anxiety that had been in it.
heal
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From this reading The service which she had done to Walter's mother, the contact with her, although almost in the dark, the sense of approach to another woman whose mind was full of anxiety and thought for him, agitated her, yet seemed to heal and soften away the pain which other encounters had given her.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The service which she had done to Walter's mother, the contact with her, although almost in the dark, the sense of approach to another woman whose mind was full of anxiety and thought for him, agitated her, yet seemed to heal and soften away the pain which other encounters had given her.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading There was somehow in this a kind of excuse to herself for her involuntary preoccupation with all that concerned him.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The service which she had done to Walter's mother, the contact with her, although almost in the dark, the sense of approach to another woman whose mind was full of anxiety and thought for him, agitated her, yet seemed to heal and soften away the pain which other encounters had given her.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Oona's mind had been much disturbed, yet in no painful way, by the meeting with Mrs. Methven.
involuntary
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From this reading There was somehow in this a kind of excuse to herself for her involuntary preoccupation with all that concerned him.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It gave her pleasure to think of the half-seen face, made softer by the twilight, and of the tremor of expectation and anxiety that had been in it.
kind
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From this reading There was somehow in this a kind of excuse to herself for her involuntary preoccupation with all that concerned him.
made
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From this reading It gave her pleasure to think of the half-seen face, made softer by the twilight, and of the tremor of expectation and anxiety that had been in it.
meeting
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From this reading Oona's mind had been much disturbed, yet in no painful way, by the meeting with Mrs. Methven.
Methven
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From this reading Oona's mind had been much disturbed, yet in no painful way, by the meeting with Mrs. Methven.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Oona's mind had been much disturbed, yet in no painful way, by the meeting with Mrs. Methven.
more
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From this reading She had felt that there was an unspoken sympathy between her and the stranger, and that it was something more than chance which brought them together.
mother
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From this reading The service which she had done to Walter's mother, the contact with her, although almost in the dark, the sense of approach to another woman whose mind was full of anxiety and thought for him, agitated her, yet seemed to heal and soften away the pain which other encounters had given her.
Mrs
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From this reading Oona's mind had been much disturbed, yet in no painful way, by the meeting with Mrs. Methven.
much
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From this reading Oona's mind had been much disturbed, yet in no painful way, by the meeting with Mrs. Methven.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Oona's mind had been much disturbed, yet in no painful way, by the meeting with Mrs. Methven.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The service which she had done to Walter's mother, the contact with her, although almost in the dark, the sense of approach to another woman whose mind was full of anxiety and thought for him, agitated her, yet seemed to heal and soften away the pain which other encounters had given her.
Oona's
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From this reading Oona's mind had been much disturbed, yet in no painful way, by the meeting with Mrs. Methven.
other
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From this reading The service which she had done to Walter's mother, the contact with her, although almost in the dark, the sense of approach to another woman whose mind was full of anxiety and thought for him, agitated her, yet seemed to heal and soften away the pain which other encounters had given her.
pain
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From this reading The service which she had done to Walter's mother, the contact with her, although almost in the dark, the sense of approach to another woman whose mind was full of anxiety and thought for him, agitated her, yet seemed to heal and soften away the pain which other encounters had given her.
painful
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From this reading Oona's mind had been much disturbed, yet in no painful way, by the meeting with Mrs. Methven.
pleasure
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From this reading It gave her pleasure to think of the half-seen face, made softer by the twilight, and of the tremor of expectation and anxiety that had been in it.
preoccupation
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From this reading There was somehow in this a kind of excuse to herself for her involuntary preoccupation with all that concerned him.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The service which she had done to Walter's mother, the contact with her, although almost in the dark, the sense of approach to another woman whose mind was full of anxiety and thought for him, agitated her, yet seemed to heal and soften away the pain which other encounters had given her.
sense
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From this reading The service which she had done to Walter's mother, the contact with her, although almost in the dark, the sense of approach to another woman whose mind was full of anxiety and thought for him, agitated her, yet seemed to heal and soften away the pain which other encounters had given her.
service
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From this reading The service which she had done to Walter's mother, the contact with her, although almost in the dark, the sense of approach to another woman whose mind was full of anxiety and thought for him, agitated her, yet seemed to heal and soften away the pain which other encounters had given her.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The service which she had done to Walter's mother, the contact with her, although almost in the dark, the sense of approach to another woman whose mind was full of anxiety and thought for him, agitated her, yet seemed to heal and soften away the pain which other encounters had given her.
soften
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From this reading The service which she had done to Walter's mother, the contact with her, although almost in the dark, the sense of approach to another woman whose mind was full of anxiety and thought for him, agitated her, yet seemed to heal and soften away the pain which other encounters had given her.
softer
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From this reading It gave her pleasure to think of the half-seen face, made softer by the twilight, and of the tremor of expectation and anxiety that had been in it.
somehow
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From this reading There was somehow in this a kind of excuse to herself for her involuntary preoccupation with all that concerned him.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading She had felt that there was an unspoken sympathy between her and the stranger, and that it was something more than chance which brought them together.
stranger
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From this reading She had felt that there was an unspoken sympathy between her and the stranger, and that it was something more than chance which brought them together.
sympathy
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From this reading She had felt that there was an unspoken sympathy between her and the stranger, and that it was something more than chance which brought them together.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading She had felt that there was an unspoken sympathy between her and the stranger, and that it was something more than chance which brought them together.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It gave her pleasure to think of the half-seen face, made softer by the twilight, and of the tremor of expectation and anxiety that had been in it.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Oona's mind had been much disturbed, yet in no painful way, by the meeting with Mrs. Methven.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading She had felt that there was an unspoken sympathy between her and the stranger, and that it was something more than chance which brought them together.
There
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From this reading There was somehow in this a kind of excuse to herself for her involuntary preoccupation with all that concerned him.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It gave her pleasure to think of the half-seen face, made softer by the twilight, and of the tremor of expectation and anxiety that had been in it.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading There was somehow in this a kind of excuse to herself for her involuntary preoccupation with all that concerned him.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The service which she had done to Walter's mother, the contact with her, although almost in the dark, the sense of approach to another woman whose mind was full of anxiety and thought for him, agitated her, yet seemed to heal and soften away the pain which other encounters had given her.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The service which she had done to Walter's mother, the contact with her, although almost in the dark, the sense of approach to another woman whose mind was full of anxiety and thought for him, agitated her, yet seemed to heal and soften away the pain which other encounters had given her.
together
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From this reading She had felt that there was an unspoken sympathy between her and the stranger, and that it was something more than chance which brought them together.
tremor
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From this reading It gave her pleasure to think of the half-seen face, made softer by the twilight, and of the tremor of expectation and anxiety that had been in it.
twilightnounUS /ˈtwaɪlaɪt/
the dim light before night or sunrise
From this reading It gave her pleasure to think of the half-seen face, made softer by the twilight, and of the tremor of expectation and anxiety that had been in it.
unspoken
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From this reading She had felt that there was an unspoken sympathy between her and the stranger, and that it was something more than chance which brought them together.
Walter's
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From this reading The service which she had done to Walter's mother, the contact with her, although almost in the dark, the sense of approach to another woman whose mind was full of anxiety and thought for him, agitated her, yet seemed to heal and soften away the pain which other encounters had given her.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The service which she had done to Walter's mother, the contact with her, although almost in the dark, the sense of approach to another woman whose mind was full of anxiety and thought for him, agitated her, yet seemed to heal and soften away the pain which other encounters had given her.
way
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From this reading Oona's mind had been much disturbed, yet in no painful way, by the meeting with Mrs. Methven.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The service which she had done to Walter's mother, the contact with her, although almost in the dark, the sense of approach to another woman whose mind was full of anxiety and thought for him, agitated her, yet seemed to heal and soften away the pain which other encounters had given her.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading The service which she had done to Walter's mother, the contact with her, although almost in the dark, the sense of approach to another woman whose mind was full of anxiety and thought for him, agitated her, yet seemed to heal and soften away the pain which other encounters had given her.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Oona's mind had been much disturbed, yet in no painful way, by the meeting with Mrs. Methven.
woman
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From this reading The service which she had done to Walter's mother, the contact with her, although almost in the dark, the sense of approach to another woman whose mind was full of anxiety and thought for him, agitated her, yet seemed to heal and soften away the pain which other encounters had given her.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Oona's mind had been much disturbed, yet in no painful way, by the meeting with Mrs. Methven.
