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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 Yet towards morning I must have slept, for my room was full of sunlight when a soft knocking at the door awakened me.
address
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From this reading Our trim little housemaid entered with a note; the address was in my father’s handwriting.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE MASTER OF COLVILLE HALL I believe that I took off my clothes and made some pretence of going to bed, but in my memory those long hours between the time when I left father in the study and the dawn seems like one interminable nightmare.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Yet towards morning I must have slept, for my room was full of sunlight when a soft knocking at the door awakened me.
awakened
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From this reading Yet towards morning I must have slept, for my room was full of sunlight when a soft knocking at the door awakened me.
bed
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From this reading THE MASTER OF COLVILLE HALL I believe that I took off my clothes and made some pretence of going to bed, but in my memory those long hours between the time when I left father in the study and the dawn seems like one interminable nightmare.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Something seemed to tell me even before I glanced at its contents that the thing I dreaded was coming to pass.
believenounUS /ˈbelieve/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading THE MASTER OF COLVILLE HALL I believe that I took off my clothes and made some pretence of going to bed, but in my memory those long hours between the time when I left father in the study and the dawn seems like one interminable nightmare.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading THE MASTER OF COLVILLE HALL I believe that I took off my clothes and made some pretence of going to bed, but in my memory those long hours between the time when I left father in the study and the dawn seems like one interminable nightmare.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading THE MASTER OF COLVILLE HALL I believe that I took off my clothes and made some pretence of going to bed, but in my memory those long hours between the time when I left father in the study and the dawn seems like one interminable nightmare.
clothes
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From this reading THE MASTER OF COLVILLE HALL I believe that I took off my clothes and made some pretence of going to bed, but in my memory those long hours between the time when I left father in the study and the dawn seems like one interminable nightmare.
COLVILLE
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From this reading THE MASTER OF COLVILLE HALL I believe that I took off my clothes and made some pretence of going to bed, but in my memory those long hours between the time when I left father in the study and the dawn seems like one interminable nightmare.
coming
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From this reading Something seemed to tell me even before I glanced at its contents that the thing I dreaded was coming to pass.
contents
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dawn
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From this reading THE MASTER OF COLVILLE HALL I believe that I took off my clothes and made some pretence of going to bed, but in my memory those long hours between the time when I left father in the study and the dawn seems like one interminable nightmare.
door
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From this reading Yet towards morning I must have slept, for my room was full of sunlight when a soft knocking at the door awakened me.
dreaded
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From this reading Something seemed to tell me even before I glanced at its contents that the thing I dreaded was coming to pass.
eagerly
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From this reading I sat up in bed and tore open the envelope eagerly.
entered
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From this reading Our trim little housemaid entered with a note; the address was in my father’s handwriting.
envelope
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From this reading I sat up in bed and tore open the envelope eagerly.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Something seemed to tell me even before I glanced at its contents that the thing I dreaded was coming to pass.
father
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From this reading THE MASTER OF COLVILLE HALL I believe that I took off my clothes and made some pretence of going to bed, but in my memory those long hours between the time when I left father in the study and the dawn seems like one interminable nightmare.
father's
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From this reading Our trim little housemaid entered with a note; the address was in my father’s handwriting.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Yet towards morning I must have slept, for my room was full of sunlight when a soft knocking at the door awakened me.
full
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From this reading Yet towards morning I must have slept, for my room was full of sunlight when a soft knocking at the door awakened me.
glanced
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going
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From this reading THE MASTER OF COLVILLE HALL I believe that I took off my clothes and made some pretence of going to bed, but in my memory those long hours between the time when I left father in the study and the dawn seems like one interminable nightmare.
HALL
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From this reading THE MASTER OF COLVILLE HALL I believe that I took off my clothes and made some pretence of going to bed, but in my memory those long hours between the time when I left father in the study and the dawn seems like one interminable nightmare.
handwriting
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From this reading Our trim little housemaid entered with a note; the address was in my father’s handwriting.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Yet towards morning I must have slept, for my room was full of sunlight when a soft knocking at the door awakened me.
hours
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From this reading THE MASTER OF COLVILLE HALL I believe that I took off my clothes and made some pretence of going to bed, but in my memory those long hours between the time when I left father in the study and the dawn seems like one interminable nightmare.
housemaid
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From this reading Our trim little housemaid entered with a note; the address was in my father’s handwriting.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading THE MASTER OF COLVILLE HALL I believe that I took off my clothes and made some pretence of going to bed, but in my memory those long hours between the time when I left father in the study and the dawn seems like one interminable nightmare.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE MASTER OF COLVILLE HALL I believe that I took off my clothes and made some pretence of going to bed, but in my memory those long hours between the time when I left father in the study and the dawn seems like one interminable nightmare.
interminable
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From this reading THE MASTER OF COLVILLE HALL I believe that I took off my clothes and made some pretence of going to bed, but in my memory those long hours between the time when I left father in the study and the dawn seems like one interminable nightmare.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Something seemed to tell me even before I glanced at its contents that the thing I dreaded was coming to pass.
knocking
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From this reading Yet towards morning I must have slept, for my room was full of sunlight when a soft knocking at the door awakened me.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE MASTER OF COLVILLE HALL I believe that I took off my clothes and made some pretence of going to bed, but in my memory those long hours between the time when I left father in the study and the dawn seems like one interminable nightmare.
like
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From this reading THE MASTER OF COLVILLE HALL I believe that I took off my clothes and made some pretence of going to bed, but in my memory those long hours between the time when I left father in the study and the dawn seems like one interminable nightmare.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Our trim little housemaid entered with a note; the address was in my father’s handwriting.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE MASTER OF COLVILLE HALL I believe that I took off my clothes and made some pretence of going to bed, but in my memory those long hours between the time when I left father in the study and the dawn seems like one interminable nightmare.
made
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From this reading THE MASTER OF COLVILLE HALL I believe that I took off my clothes and made some pretence of going to bed, but in my memory those long hours between the time when I left father in the study and the dawn seems like one interminable nightmare.
MASTER
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From this reading THE MASTER OF COLVILLE HALL I believe that I took off my clothes and made some pretence of going to bed, but in my memory those long hours between the time when I left father in the study and the dawn seems like one interminable nightmare.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Yet towards morning I must have slept, for my room was full of sunlight when a soft knocking at the door awakened me.
memorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading THE MASTER OF COLVILLE HALL I believe that I took off my clothes and made some pretence of going to bed, but in my memory those long hours between the time when I left father in the study and the dawn seems like one interminable nightmare.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Yet towards morning I must have slept, for my room was full of sunlight when a soft knocking at the door awakened me.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Yet towards morning I must have slept, for my room was full of sunlight when a soft knocking at the door awakened me.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading THE MASTER OF COLVILLE HALL I believe that I took off my clothes and made some pretence of going to bed, but in my memory those long hours between the time when I left father in the study and the dawn seems like one interminable nightmare.
nightmarenounUS /ˈnaɪt.mɛr/
A terrifying or distressing dream.
From this reading THE MASTER OF COLVILLE HALL I believe that I took off my clothes and made some pretence of going to bed, but in my memory those long hours between the time when I left father in the study and the dawn seems like one interminable nightmare.
note
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From this reading Our trim little housemaid entered with a note; the address was in my father’s handwriting.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE MASTER OF COLVILLE HALL I believe that I took off my clothes and made some pretence of going to bed, but in my memory those long hours between the time when I left father in the study and the dawn seems like one interminable nightmare.
off
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From this reading THE MASTER OF COLVILLE HALL I believe that I took off my clothes and made some pretence of going to bed, but in my memory those long hours between the time when I left father in the study and the dawn seems like one interminable nightmare.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading THE MASTER OF COLVILLE HALL I believe that I took off my clothes and made some pretence of going to bed, but in my memory those long hours between the time when I left father in the study and the dawn seems like one interminable nightmare.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading I sat up in bed and tore open the envelope eagerly.
OurdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Our trim little housemaid entered with a note; the address was in my father’s handwriting.
pass
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From this reading Something seemed to tell me even before I glanced at its contents that the thing I dreaded was coming to pass.
pretence
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From this reading THE MASTER OF COLVILLE HALL I believe that I took off my clothes and made some pretence of going to bed, but in my memory those long hours between the time when I left father in the study and the dawn seems like one interminable nightmare.
room
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From this reading Yet towards morning I must have slept, for my room was full of sunlight when a soft knocking at the door awakened me.
sat
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From this reading I sat up in bed and tore open the envelope eagerly.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Something seemed to tell me even before I glanced at its contents that the thing I dreaded was coming to pass.
seems
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From this reading THE MASTER OF COLVILLE HALL I believe that I took off my clothes and made some pretence of going to bed, but in my memory those long hours between the time when I left father in the study and the dawn seems like one interminable nightmare.
slept
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From this reading Yet towards morning I must have slept, for my room was full of sunlight when a soft knocking at the door awakened me.
soft
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From this reading Yet towards morning I must have slept, for my room was full of sunlight when a soft knocking at the door awakened me.
some
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From this reading THE MASTER OF COLVILLE HALL I believe that I took off my clothes and made some pretence of going to bed, but in my memory those long hours between the time when I left father in the study and the dawn seems like one interminable nightmare.
SomethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Something seemed to tell me even before I glanced at its contents that the thing I dreaded was coming to pass.
study
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From this reading THE MASTER OF COLVILLE HALL I believe that I took off my clothes and made some pretence of going to bed, but in my memory those long hours between the time when I left father in the study and the dawn seems like one interminable nightmare.
sunlight
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From this reading Yet towards morning I must have slept, for my room was full of sunlight when a soft knocking at the door awakened me.
tellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Something seemed to tell me even before I glanced at its contents that the thing I dreaded was coming to pass.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading THE MASTER OF COLVILLE HALL I believe that I took off my clothes and made some pretence of going to bed, but in my memory those long hours between the time when I left father in the study and the dawn seems like one interminable nightmare.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE MASTER OF COLVILLE HALL I believe that I took off my clothes and made some pretence of going to bed, but in my memory those long hours between the time when I left father in the study and the dawn seems like one interminable nightmare.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Something seemed to tell me even before I glanced at its contents that the thing I dreaded was coming to pass.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading THE MASTER OF COLVILLE HALL I believe that I took off my clothes and made some pretence of going to bed, but in my memory those long hours between the time when I left father in the study and the dawn seems like one interminable nightmare.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE MASTER OF COLVILLE HALL I believe that I took off my clothes and made some pretence of going to bed, but in my memory those long hours between the time when I left father in the study and the dawn seems like one interminable nightmare.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE MASTER OF COLVILLE HALL I believe that I took off my clothes and made some pretence of going to bed, but in my memory those long hours between the time when I left father in the study and the dawn seems like one interminable nightmare.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE MASTER OF COLVILLE HALL I believe that I took off my clothes and made some pretence of going to bed, but in my memory those long hours between the time when I left father in the study and the dawn seems like one interminable nightmare.
tore
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From this reading I sat up in bed and tore open the envelope eagerly.
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading Yet towards morning I must have slept, for my room was full of sunlight when a soft knocking at the door awakened me.
trim
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From this reading Our trim little housemaid entered with a note; the address was in my father’s handwriting.
up
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From this reading I sat up in bed and tore open the envelope eagerly.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Yet towards morning I must have slept, for my room was full of sunlight when a soft knocking at the door awakened me.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading THE MASTER OF COLVILLE HALL I believe that I took off my clothes and made some pretence of going to bed, but in my memory those long hours between the time when I left father in the study and the dawn seems like one interminable nightmare.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Our trim little housemaid entered with a note; the address was in my father’s handwriting.
YetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet towards morning I must have slept, for my room was full of sunlight when a soft knocking at the door awakened me.
