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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 The stalwart Svensen stood looking at her in perplexity, now and then uttering a word of vague sympathy and consolation, to which she paid not the slightest heed.
all
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From this reading Britta was in the kitchen, dragging off her snow-wet cloak and fur mufflers, and crying heartily all the while.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And never yet so warmly ran my blood, And sweetly on and on, Calming itself to the long-wished-for end, Full to the banks, close on the promised good."
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The stalwart Svensen stood looking at her in perplexity, now and then uttering a word of vague sympathy and consolation, to which she paid not the slightest heed.
banks
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From this reading And never yet so warmly ran my blood, And sweetly on and on, Calming itself to the long-wished-for end, Full to the banks, close on the promised good."
bloodnounUS /blood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And never yet so warmly ran my blood, And sweetly on and on, Calming itself to the long-wished-for end, Full to the banks, close on the promised good."
Britta
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From this reading Britta was in the kitchen, dragging off her snow-wet cloak and fur mufflers, and crying heartily all the while.
Calming
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From this reading And never yet so warmly ran my blood, And sweetly on and on, Calming itself to the long-wished-for end, Full to the banks, close on the promised good."
cloak
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From this reading Britta was in the kitchen, dragging off her snow-wet cloak and fur mufflers, and crying heartily all the while.
close
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From this reading And never yet so warmly ran my blood, And sweetly on and on, Calming itself to the long-wished-for end, Full to the banks, close on the promised good."
consolation
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From this reading The stalwart Svensen stood looking at her in perplexity, now and then uttering a word of vague sympathy and consolation, to which she paid not the slightest heed.
crying
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From this reading Britta was in the kitchen, dragging off her snow-wet cloak and fur mufflers, and crying heartily all the while.
dragging
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From this reading Britta was in the kitchen, dragging off her snow-wet cloak and fur mufflers, and crying heartily all the while.
end
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From this reading And never yet so warmly ran my blood, And sweetly on and on, Calming itself to the long-wished-for end, Full to the banks, close on the promised good."
friend
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From this reading "I have led her home, my love, my only friend; There is none like her, none!
Full
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From this reading And never yet so warmly ran my blood, And sweetly on and on, Calming itself to the long-wished-for end, Full to the banks, close on the promised good."
fur
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From this reading Britta was in the kitchen, dragging off her snow-wet cloak and fur mufflers, and crying heartily all the while.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And never yet so warmly ran my blood, And sweetly on and on, Calming itself to the long-wished-for end, Full to the banks, close on the promised good."
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "I have led her home, my love, my only friend; There is none like her, none!
heartily
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From this reading Britta was in the kitchen, dragging off her snow-wet cloak and fur mufflers, and crying heartily all the while.
heed
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From this reading The stalwart Svensen stood looking at her in perplexity, now and then uttering a word of vague sympathy and consolation, to which she paid not the slightest heed.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "I have led her home, my love, my only friend; There is none like her, none!
home
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From this reading "I have led her home, my love, my only friend; There is none like her, none!
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I have led her home, my love, my only friend; There is none like her, none!
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Britta was in the kitchen, dragging off her snow-wet cloak and fur mufflers, and crying heartily all the while.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "I have led her home, my love, my only friend; There is none like her, none!
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading And never yet so warmly ran my blood, And sweetly on and on, Calming itself to the long-wished-for end, Full to the banks, close on the promised good."
kitchen
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From this reading Britta was in the kitchen, dragging off her snow-wet cloak and fur mufflers, and crying heartily all the while.
led
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From this reading "I have led her home, my love, my only friend; There is none like her, none!
like
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From this reading "I have led her home, my love, my only friend; There is none like her, none!
long-wished-for
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From this reading And never yet so warmly ran my blood, And sweetly on and on, Calming itself to the long-wished-for end, Full to the banks, close on the promised good."
looking
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From this reading The stalwart Svensen stood looking at her in perplexity, now and then uttering a word of vague sympathy and consolation, to which she paid not the slightest heed.
love
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From this reading "I have led her home, my love, my only friend; There is none like her, none!
mufflers
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From this reading Britta was in the kitchen, dragging off her snow-wet cloak and fur mufflers, and crying heartily all the while.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "I have led her home, my love, my only friend; There is none like her, none!
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And never yet so warmly ran my blood, And sweetly on and on, Calming itself to the long-wished-for end, Full to the banks, close on the promised good."
nonepronounUS /nʌn/
not one, and not any
From this reading "I have led her home, my love, my only friend; There is none like her, none!
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The stalwart Svensen stood looking at her in perplexity, now and then uttering a word of vague sympathy and consolation, to which she paid not the slightest heed.
now
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From this reading The stalwart Svensen stood looking at her in perplexity, now and then uttering a word of vague sympathy and consolation, to which she paid not the slightest heed.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The stalwart Svensen stood looking at her in perplexity, now and then uttering a word of vague sympathy and consolation, to which she paid not the slightest heed.
off
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From this reading Britta was in the kitchen, dragging off her snow-wet cloak and fur mufflers, and crying heartily all the while.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading And never yet so warmly ran my blood, And sweetly on and on, Calming itself to the long-wished-for end, Full to the banks, close on the promised good."
only
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From this reading "I have led her home, my love, my only friend; There is none like her, none!
paid
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From this reading The stalwart Svensen stood looking at her in perplexity, now and then uttering a word of vague sympathy and consolation, to which she paid not the slightest heed.
perplexity
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From this reading The stalwart Svensen stood looking at her in perplexity, now and then uttering a word of vague sympathy and consolation, to which she paid not the slightest heed.
promised
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From this reading And never yet so warmly ran my blood, And sweetly on and on, Calming itself to the long-wished-for end, Full to the banks, close on the promised good."
ran
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From this reading And never yet so warmly ran my blood, And sweetly on and on, Calming itself to the long-wished-for end, Full to the banks, close on the promised good."
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The stalwart Svensen stood looking at her in perplexity, now and then uttering a word of vague sympathy and consolation, to which she paid not the slightest heed.
slightest
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From this reading The stalwart Svensen stood looking at her in perplexity, now and then uttering a word of vague sympathy and consolation, to which she paid not the slightest heed.
snow-wet
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From this reading Britta was in the kitchen, dragging off her snow-wet cloak and fur mufflers, and crying heartily all the while.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading And never yet so warmly ran my blood, And sweetly on and on, Calming itself to the long-wished-for end, Full to the banks, close on the promised good."
stalwart
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From this reading The stalwart Svensen stood looking at her in perplexity, now and then uttering a word of vague sympathy and consolation, to which she paid not the slightest heed.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The stalwart Svensen stood looking at her in perplexity, now and then uttering a word of vague sympathy and consolation, to which she paid not the slightest heed.
Svensen
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From this reading The stalwart Svensen stood looking at her in perplexity, now and then uttering a word of vague sympathy and consolation, to which she paid not the slightest heed.
sweetly
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From this reading And never yet so warmly ran my blood, And sweetly on and on, Calming itself to the long-wished-for end, Full to the banks, close on the promised good."
sympathy
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From this reading The stalwart Svensen stood looking at her in perplexity, now and then uttering a word of vague sympathy and consolation, to which she paid not the slightest heed.
TENNYSON
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From this reading TENNYSON.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And never yet so warmly ran my blood, And sweetly on and on, Calming itself to the long-wished-for end, Full to the banks, close on the promised good."
then
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From this reading The stalwart Svensen stood looking at her in perplexity, now and then uttering a word of vague sympathy and consolation, to which she paid not the slightest heed.
There
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From this reading "I have led her home, my love, my only friend; There is none like her, none!
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And never yet so warmly ran my blood, And sweetly on and on, Calming itself to the long-wished-for end, Full to the banks, close on the promised good."
uttering
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From this reading The stalwart Svensen stood looking at her in perplexity, now and then uttering a word of vague sympathy and consolation, to which she paid not the slightest heed.
vague
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From this reading The stalwart Svensen stood looking at her in perplexity, now and then uttering a word of vague sympathy and consolation, to which she paid not the slightest heed.
warmly
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From this reading And never yet so warmly ran my blood, And sweetly on and on, Calming itself to the long-wished-for end, Full to the banks, close on the promised good."
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Britta was in the kitchen, dragging off her snow-wet cloak and fur mufflers, and crying heartily all the while.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The stalwart Svensen stood looking at her in perplexity, now and then uttering a word of vague sympathy and consolation, to which she paid not the slightest heed.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading Britta was in the kitchen, dragging off her snow-wet cloak and fur mufflers, and crying heartily all the while.
word
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From this reading The stalwart Svensen stood looking at her in perplexity, now and then uttering a word of vague sympathy and consolation, to which she paid not the slightest heed.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading And never yet so warmly ran my blood, And sweetly on and on, Calming itself to the long-wished-for end, Full to the banks, close on the promised good."
