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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 Truly, as Endicott had said, the poor lovers stood in a woful case.
abased
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From this reading Their foes were triumphant, their friends captive and abased, their home desolate, the benighted wilderness around them, and a rigorous destiny, in the shape of the Puritan leader, their only guide.
all
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From this reading "Be it death," said Edith, "and lay it all on me!"
almost
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From this reading Yet the deepening twilight could not altogether conceal that the iron man was softened; he smiled at the fair spectacle of early love; he almost sighed for the inevitable blight of early hopes.
altogether
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From this reading Yet the deepening twilight could not altogether conceal that the iron man was softened; he smiled at the fair spectacle of early love; he almost sighed for the inevitable blight of early hopes.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Be it death," said Edith, "and lay it all on me!"
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Their foes were triumphant, their friends captive and abased, their home desolate, the benighted wilderness around them, and a rigorous destiny, in the shape of the Puritan leader, their only guide.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Truly, as Endicott had said, the poor lovers stood in a woful case.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Yet the deepening twilight could not altogether conceal that the iron man was softened; he smiled at the fair spectacle of early love; he almost sighed for the inevitable blight of early hopes.
Beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "Be it death," said Edith, "and lay it all on me!"
benighted
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From this reading Their foes were triumphant, their friends captive and abased, their home desolate, the benighted wilderness around them, and a rigorous destiny, in the shape of the Puritan leader, their only guide.
blight
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From this reading Yet the deepening twilight could not altogether conceal that the iron man was softened; he smiled at the fair spectacle of early love; he almost sighed for the inevitable blight of early hopes.
captive
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From this reading Their foes were triumphant, their friends captive and abased, their home desolate, the benighted wilderness around them, and a rigorous destiny, in the shape of the Puritan leader, their only guide.
case
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From this reading Truly, as Endicott had said, the poor lovers stood in a woful case.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "The troubles of life have come hastily on this young couple," observed Endicott.
conceal
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From this reading Yet the deepening twilight could not altogether conceal that the iron man was softened; he smiled at the fair spectacle of early love; he almost sighed for the inevitable blight of early hopes.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Yet the deepening twilight could not altogether conceal that the iron man was softened; he smiled at the fair spectacle of early love; he almost sighed for the inevitable blight of early hopes.
couplenounUS /ˈkʌpəl/
two people or things considered together
From this reading "The troubles of life have come hastily on this young couple," observed Endicott.
death
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From this reading "Be it death," said Edith, "and lay it all on me!"
deepening
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From this reading Yet the deepening twilight could not altogether conceal that the iron man was softened; he smiled at the fair spectacle of early love; he almost sighed for the inevitable blight of early hopes.
desolate
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From this reading Their foes were triumphant, their friends captive and abased, their home desolate, the benighted wilderness around them, and a rigorous destiny, in the shape of the Puritan leader, their only guide.
destiny
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From this reading Their foes were triumphant, their friends captive and abased, their home desolate, the benighted wilderness around them, and a rigorous destiny, in the shape of the Puritan leader, their only guide.
early
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From this reading Yet the deepening twilight could not altogether conceal that the iron man was softened; he smiled at the fair spectacle of early love; he almost sighed for the inevitable blight of early hopes.
Edith
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From this reading "Be it death," said Edith, "and lay it all on me!"
Endicott
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From this reading Truly, as Endicott had said, the poor lovers stood in a woful case.
fairnounUS /fair/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Yet the deepening twilight could not altogether conceal that the iron man was softened; he smiled at the fair spectacle of early love; he almost sighed for the inevitable blight of early hopes.
foes
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From this reading Their foes were triumphant, their friends captive and abased, their home desolate, the benighted wilderness around them, and a rigorous destiny, in the shape of the Puritan leader, their only guide.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Yet the deepening twilight could not altogether conceal that the iron man was softened; he smiled at the fair spectacle of early love; he almost sighed for the inevitable blight of early hopes.
friends
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From this reading Their foes were triumphant, their friends captive and abased, their home desolate, the benighted wilderness around them, and a rigorous destiny, in the shape of the Puritan leader, their only guide.
guide
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From this reading Their foes were triumphant, their friends captive and abased, their home desolate, the benighted wilderness around them, and a rigorous destiny, in the shape of the Puritan leader, their only guide.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Truly, as Endicott had said, the poor lovers stood in a woful case.
hastily
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From this reading "The troubles of life have come hastily on this young couple," observed Endicott.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "The troubles of life have come hastily on this young couple," observed Endicott.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Yet the deepening twilight could not altogether conceal that the iron man was softened; he smiled at the fair spectacle of early love; he almost sighed for the inevitable blight of early hopes.
home
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From this reading Their foes were triumphant, their friends captive and abased, their home desolate, the benighted wilderness around them, and a rigorous destiny, in the shape of the Puritan leader, their only guide.
hopes
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From this reading Yet the deepening twilight could not altogether conceal that the iron man was softened; he smiled at the fair spectacle of early love; he almost sighed for the inevitable blight of early hopes.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Truly, as Endicott had said, the poor lovers stood in a woful case.
inevitable
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From this reading Yet the deepening twilight could not altogether conceal that the iron man was softened; he smiled at the fair spectacle of early love; he almost sighed for the inevitable blight of early hopes.
iron
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From this reading Yet the deepening twilight could not altogether conceal that the iron man was softened; he smiled at the fair spectacle of early love; he almost sighed for the inevitable blight of early hopes.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Be it death," said Edith, "and lay it all on me!"
lay
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From this reading "Be it death," said Edith, "and lay it all on me!"
leader
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From this reading Their foes were triumphant, their friends captive and abased, their home desolate, the benighted wilderness around them, and a rigorous destiny, in the shape of the Puritan leader, their only guide.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "The troubles of life have come hastily on this young couple," observed Endicott.
love
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From this reading Yet the deepening twilight could not altogether conceal that the iron man was softened; he smiled at the fair spectacle of early love; he almost sighed for the inevitable blight of early hopes.
lovers
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From this reading Truly, as Endicott had said, the poor lovers stood in a woful case.
man
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From this reading Yet the deepening twilight could not altogether conceal that the iron man was softened; he smiled at the fair spectacle of early love; he almost sighed for the inevitable blight of early hopes.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Be it death," said Edith, "and lay it all on me!"
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Yet the deepening twilight could not altogether conceal that the iron man was softened; he smiled at the fair spectacle of early love; he almost sighed for the inevitable blight of early hopes.
observed
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From this reading "The troubles of life have come hastily on this young couple," observed Endicott.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Their foes were triumphant, their friends captive and abased, their home desolate, the benighted wilderness around them, and a rigorous destiny, in the shape of the Puritan leader, their only guide.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "Be it death," said Edith, "and lay it all on me!"
only
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From this reading Their foes were triumphant, their friends captive and abased, their home desolate, the benighted wilderness around them, and a rigorous destiny, in the shape of the Puritan leader, their only guide.
poornounUS /poor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Truly, as Endicott had said, the poor lovers stood in a woful case.
Puritan
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From this reading Their foes were triumphant, their friends captive and abased, their home desolate, the benighted wilderness around them, and a rigorous destiny, in the shape of the Puritan leader, their only guide.
rigorous
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From this reading Their foes were triumphant, their friends captive and abased, their home desolate, the benighted wilderness around them, and a rigorous destiny, in the shape of the Puritan leader, their only guide.
said
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From this reading "Be it death," said Edith, "and lay it all on me!"
shape
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From this reading Their foes were triumphant, their friends captive and abased, their home desolate, the benighted wilderness around them, and a rigorous destiny, in the shape of the Puritan leader, their only guide.
sighed
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From this reading Yet the deepening twilight could not altogether conceal that the iron man was softened; he smiled at the fair spectacle of early love; he almost sighed for the inevitable blight of early hopes.
smiled
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From this reading Yet the deepening twilight could not altogether conceal that the iron man was softened; he smiled at the fair spectacle of early love; he almost sighed for the inevitable blight of early hopes.
softened
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From this reading Yet the deepening twilight could not altogether conceal that the iron man was softened; he smiled at the fair spectacle of early love; he almost sighed for the inevitable blight of early hopes.
spectacle
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From this reading Yet the deepening twilight could not altogether conceal that the iron man was softened; he smiled at the fair spectacle of early love; he almost sighed for the inevitable blight of early hopes.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Truly, as Endicott had said, the poor lovers stood in a woful case.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Yet the deepening twilight could not altogether conceal that the iron man was softened; he smiled at the fair spectacle of early love; he almost sighed for the inevitable blight of early hopes.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Truly, as Endicott had said, the poor lovers stood in a woful case.
TheirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Their foes were triumphant, their friends captive and abased, their home desolate, the benighted wilderness around them, and a rigorous destiny, in the shape of the Puritan leader, their only guide.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Their foes were triumphant, their friends captive and abased, their home desolate, the benighted wilderness around them, and a rigorous destiny, in the shape of the Puritan leader, their only guide.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "The troubles of life have come hastily on this young couple," observed Endicott.
triumphant
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From this reading Their foes were triumphant, their friends captive and abased, their home desolate, the benighted wilderness around them, and a rigorous destiny, in the shape of the Puritan leader, their only guide.
troubles
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From this reading "The troubles of life have come hastily on this young couple," observed Endicott.
Truly
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From this reading Truly, as Endicott had said, the poor lovers stood in a woful case.
twilightnounUS /ˈtwaɪlaɪt/
the dim light before night or sunrise
From this reading Yet the deepening twilight could not altogether conceal that the iron man was softened; he smiled at the fair spectacle of early love; he almost sighed for the inevitable blight of early hopes.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Yet the deepening twilight could not altogether conceal that the iron man was softened; he smiled at the fair spectacle of early love; he almost sighed for the inevitable blight of early hopes.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Their foes were triumphant, their friends captive and abased, their home desolate, the benighted wilderness around them, and a rigorous destiny, in the shape of the Puritan leader, their only guide.
wildernessnounUS /ˈwɪldərnəs/
a wild area where few people live
From this reading Their foes were triumphant, their friends captive and abased, their home desolate, the benighted wilderness around them, and a rigorous destiny, in the shape of the Puritan leader, their only guide.
woful
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From this reading Truly, as Endicott had said, the poor lovers stood in a woful case.
YetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet the deepening twilight could not altogether conceal that the iron man was softened; he smiled at the fair spectacle of early love; he almost sighed for the inevitable blight of early hopes.
young
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From this reading "The troubles of life have come hastily on this young couple," observed Endicott.
