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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 tumult in poor Reine’s heart would have been almost as strange to Miss Susan as it was to Reine’s mother; for it was long now since Herbert had been given up by everybody, and since the doctors had all said, that “nothing short of a miracle” could save him.
acknowledge
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From this reading But Reine, who was young, had no such limitation of mind, and never could or would acknowledge that anything was impossible.
all
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From this reading The tumult in poor Reine’s heart would have been almost as strange to Miss Susan as it was to Reine’s mother; for it was long now since Herbert had been given up by everybody, and since the doctors had all said, that “nothing short of a miracle” could save him.
almost
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From this reading The tumult in poor Reine’s heart would have been almost as strange to Miss Susan as it was to Reine’s mother; for it was long now since Herbert had been given up by everybody, and since the doctors had all said, that “nothing short of a miracle” could save him.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading This little scene took place in the village of Kandersteg, at the foot of the hills, exactly on the day when Miss Susan executed her errand in the room behind the shop, in low-lying Bruges, among the flat canals and fat Flemish fields.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading This little scene took place in the village of Kandersteg, at the foot of the hills, exactly on the day when Miss Susan executed her errand in the room behind the shop, in low-lying Bruges, among the flat canals and fat Flemish fields.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading But Reine, who was young, had no such limitation of mind, and never could or would acknowledge that anything was impossible.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The tumult in poor Reine’s heart would have been almost as strange to Miss Susan as it was to Reine’s mother; for it was long now since Herbert had been given up by everybody, and since the doctors had all said, that “nothing short of a miracle” could save him.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading This little scene took place in the village of Kandersteg, at the foot of the hills, exactly on the day when Miss Susan executed her errand in the room behind the shop, in low-lying Bruges, among the flat canals and fat Flemish fields.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The tumult in poor Reine’s heart would have been almost as strange to Miss Susan as it was to Reine’s mother; for it was long now since Herbert had been given up by everybody, and since the doctors had all said, that “nothing short of a miracle” could save him.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading This little scene took place in the village of Kandersteg, at the foot of the hills, exactly on the day when Miss Susan executed her errand in the room behind the shop, in low-lying Bruges, among the flat canals and fat Flemish fields.
believed
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From this reading Neither Miss Susan nor Madame de Mirfleur believed in miracles.
Bruges
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From this reading This little scene took place in the village of Kandersteg, at the foot of the hills, exactly on the day when Miss Susan executed her errand in the room behind the shop, in low-lying Bruges, among the flat canals and fat Flemish fields.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But Reine, who was young, had no such limitation of mind, and never could or would acknowledge that anything was impossible.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The tumult in poor Reine’s heart would have been almost as strange to Miss Susan as it was to Reine’s mother; for it was long now since Herbert had been given up by everybody, and since the doctors had all said, that “nothing short of a miracle” could save him.
canals
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From this reading This little scene took place in the village of Kandersteg, at the foot of the hills, exactly on the day when Miss Susan executed her errand in the room behind the shop, in low-lying Bruges, among the flat canals and fat Flemish fields.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading The tumult in poor Reine’s heart would have been almost as strange to Miss Susan as it was to Reine’s mother; for it was long now since Herbert had been given up by everybody, and since the doctors had all said, that “nothing short of a miracle” could save him.
day
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From this reading This little scene took place in the village of Kandersteg, at the foot of the hills, exactly on the day when Miss Susan executed her errand in the room behind the shop, in low-lying Bruges, among the flat canals and fat Flemish fields.
de
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From this reading Neither Miss Susan nor Madame de Mirfleur believed in miracles.
doctors
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From this reading The tumult in poor Reine’s heart would have been almost as strange to Miss Susan as it was to Reine’s mother; for it was long now since Herbert had been given up by everybody, and since the doctors had all said, that “nothing short of a miracle” could save him.
doesauxiliary verbUS /dʌz/
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “What does impossible mean?”
errand
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From this reading This little scene took place in the village of Kandersteg, at the foot of the hills, exactly on the day when Miss Susan executed her errand in the room behind the shop, in low-lying Bruges, among the flat canals and fat Flemish fields.
everybodypronounUS /ˈevribɑːdi/
every person
From this reading The tumult in poor Reine’s heart would have been almost as strange to Miss Susan as it was to Reine’s mother; for it was long now since Herbert had been given up by everybody, and since the doctors had all said, that “nothing short of a miracle” could save him.
exactly
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From this reading This little scene took place in the village of Kandersteg, at the foot of the hills, exactly on the day when Miss Susan executed her errand in the room behind the shop, in low-lying Bruges, among the flat canals and fat Flemish fields.
executed
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From this reading This little scene took place in the village of Kandersteg, at the foot of the hills, exactly on the day when Miss Susan executed her errand in the room behind the shop, in low-lying Bruges, among the flat canals and fat Flemish fields.
fat
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From this reading This little scene took place in the village of Kandersteg, at the foot of the hills, exactly on the day when Miss Susan executed her errand in the room behind the shop, in low-lying Bruges, among the flat canals and fat Flemish fields.
fields
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From this reading This little scene took place in the village of Kandersteg, at the foot of the hills, exactly on the day when Miss Susan executed her errand in the room behind the shop, in low-lying Bruges, among the flat canals and fat Flemish fields.
flat
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From this reading This little scene took place in the village of Kandersteg, at the foot of the hills, exactly on the day when Miss Susan executed her errand in the room behind the shop, in low-lying Bruges, among the flat canals and fat Flemish fields.
Flemish
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From this reading This little scene took place in the village of Kandersteg, at the foot of the hills, exactly on the day when Miss Susan executed her errand in the room behind the shop, in low-lying Bruges, among the flat canals and fat Flemish fields.
footnounUS /foot/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This little scene took place in the village of Kandersteg, at the foot of the hills, exactly on the day when Miss Susan executed her errand in the room behind the shop, in low-lying Bruges, among the flat canals and fat Flemish fields.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The tumult in poor Reine’s heart would have been almost as strange to Miss Susan as it was to Reine’s mother; for it was long now since Herbert had been given up by everybody, and since the doctors had all said, that “nothing short of a miracle” could save him.
given
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From this reading The tumult in poor Reine’s heart would have been almost as strange to Miss Susan as it was to Reine’s mother; for it was long now since Herbert had been given up by everybody, and since the doctors had all said, that “nothing short of a miracle” could save him.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The tumult in poor Reine’s heart would have been almost as strange to Miss Susan as it was to Reine’s mother; for it was long now since Herbert had been given up by everybody, and since the doctors had all said, that “nothing short of a miracle” could save him.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The tumult in poor Reine’s heart would have been almost as strange to Miss Susan as it was to Reine’s mother; for it was long now since Herbert had been given up by everybody, and since the doctors had all said, that “nothing short of a miracle” could save him.
heart
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From this reading The tumult in poor Reine’s heart would have been almost as strange to Miss Susan as it was to Reine’s mother; for it was long now since Herbert had been given up by everybody, and since the doctors had all said, that “nothing short of a miracle” could save him.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading This little scene took place in the village of Kandersteg, at the foot of the hills, exactly on the day when Miss Susan executed her errand in the room behind the shop, in low-lying Bruges, among the flat canals and fat Flemish fields.
Herbert
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From this reading The tumult in poor Reine’s heart would have been almost as strange to Miss Susan as it was to Reine’s mother; for it was long now since Herbert had been given up by everybody, and since the doctors had all said, that “nothing short of a miracle” could save him.
hills
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From this reading This little scene took place in the village of Kandersteg, at the foot of the hills, exactly on the day when Miss Susan executed her errand in the room behind the shop, in low-lying Bruges, among the flat canals and fat Flemish fields.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The tumult in poor Reine’s heart would have been almost as strange to Miss Susan as it was to Reine’s mother; for it was long now since Herbert had been given up by everybody, and since the doctors had all said, that “nothing short of a miracle” could save him.
impossible
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From this reading But Reine, who was young, had no such limitation of mind, and never could or would acknowledge that anything was impossible.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading This little scene took place in the village of Kandersteg, at the foot of the hills, exactly on the day when Miss Susan executed her errand in the room behind the shop, in low-lying Bruges, among the flat canals and fat Flemish fields.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The tumult in poor Reine’s heart would have been almost as strange to Miss Susan as it was to Reine’s mother; for it was long now since Herbert had been given up by everybody, and since the doctors had all said, that “nothing short of a miracle” could save him.
Kandersteg
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From this reading This little scene took place in the village of Kandersteg, at the foot of the hills, exactly on the day when Miss Susan executed her errand in the room behind the shop, in low-lying Bruges, among the flat canals and fat Flemish fields.
limitation
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From this reading But Reine, who was young, had no such limitation of mind, and never could or would acknowledge that anything was impossible.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This little scene took place in the village of Kandersteg, at the foot of the hills, exactly on the day when Miss Susan executed her errand in the room behind the shop, in low-lying Bruges, among the flat canals and fat Flemish fields.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The tumult in poor Reine’s heart would have been almost as strange to Miss Susan as it was to Reine’s mother; for it was long now since Herbert had been given up by everybody, and since the doctors had all said, that “nothing short of a miracle” could save him.
low-lying
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From this reading This little scene took place in the village of Kandersteg, at the foot of the hills, exactly on the day when Miss Susan executed her errand in the room behind the shop, in low-lying Bruges, among the flat canals and fat Flemish fields.
Madame
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From this reading Neither Miss Susan nor Madame de Mirfleur believed in miracles.
mean
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From this reading “What does impossible mean?”
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But Reine, who was young, had no such limitation of mind, and never could or would acknowledge that anything was impossible.
miracle
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From this reading The tumult in poor Reine’s heart would have been almost as strange to Miss Susan as it was to Reine’s mother; for it was long now since Herbert had been given up by everybody, and since the doctors had all said, that “nothing short of a miracle” could save him.
miracles
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From this reading Neither Miss Susan nor Madame de Mirfleur believed in miracles.
Mirfleur
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From this reading Neither Miss Susan nor Madame de Mirfleur believed in miracles.
Miss
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From this reading This little scene took place in the village of Kandersteg, at the foot of the hills, exactly on the day when Miss Susan executed her errand in the room behind the shop, in low-lying Bruges, among the flat canals and fat Flemish fields.
mother
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From this reading The tumult in poor Reine’s heart would have been almost as strange to Miss Susan as it was to Reine’s mother; for it was long now since Herbert had been given up by everybody, and since the doctors had all said, that “nothing short of a miracle” could save him.
NeitherdeterminerUS /ˈniːðər/
not one and not the other of two
From this reading Neither Miss Susan nor Madame de Mirfleur believed in miracles.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But Reine, who was young, had no such limitation of mind, and never could or would acknowledge that anything was impossible.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading But Reine, who was young, had no such limitation of mind, and never could or would acknowledge that anything was impossible.
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading Neither Miss Susan nor Madame de Mirfleur believed in miracles.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading The tumult in poor Reine’s heart would have been almost as strange to Miss Susan as it was to Reine’s mother; for it was long now since Herbert had been given up by everybody, and since the doctors had all said, that “nothing short of a miracle” could save him.
now
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From this reading The tumult in poor Reine’s heart would have been almost as strange to Miss Susan as it was to Reine’s mother; for it was long now since Herbert had been given up by everybody, and since the doctors had all said, that “nothing short of a miracle” could save him.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading This little scene took place in the village of Kandersteg, at the foot of the hills, exactly on the day when Miss Susan executed her errand in the room behind the shop, in low-lying Bruges, among the flat canals and fat Flemish fields.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading This little scene took place in the village of Kandersteg, at the foot of the hills, exactly on the day when Miss Susan executed her errand in the room behind the shop, in low-lying Bruges, among the flat canals and fat Flemish fields.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading But Reine, who was young, had no such limitation of mind, and never could or would acknowledge that anything was impossible.
place
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From this reading This little scene took place in the village of Kandersteg, at the foot of the hills, exactly on the day when Miss Susan executed her errand in the room behind the shop, in low-lying Bruges, among the flat canals and fat Flemish fields.
poornounUS /poor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The tumult in poor Reine’s heart would have been almost as strange to Miss Susan as it was to Reine’s mother; for it was long now since Herbert had been given up by everybody, and since the doctors had all said, that “nothing short of a miracle” could save him.
Reine
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From this reading But Reine, who was young, had no such limitation of mind, and never could or would acknowledge that anything was impossible.
Reine's
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From this reading The tumult in poor Reine’s heart would have been almost as strange to Miss Susan as it was to Reine’s mother; for it was long now since Herbert had been given up by everybody, and since the doctors had all said, that “nothing short of a miracle” could save him.
room
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From this reading This little scene took place in the village of Kandersteg, at the foot of the hills, exactly on the day when Miss Susan executed her errand in the room behind the shop, in low-lying Bruges, among the flat canals and fat Flemish fields.
said
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From this reading The tumult in poor Reine’s heart would have been almost as strange to Miss Susan as it was to Reine’s mother; for it was long now since Herbert had been given up by everybody, and since the doctors had all said, that “nothing short of a miracle” could save him.
saveprepositionUS /seɪv/
except for; apart from
From this reading The tumult in poor Reine’s heart would have been almost as strange to Miss Susan as it was to Reine’s mother; for it was long now since Herbert had been given up by everybody, and since the doctors had all said, that “nothing short of a miracle” could save him.
scene
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From this reading This little scene took place in the village of Kandersteg, at the foot of the hills, exactly on the day when Miss Susan executed her errand in the room behind the shop, in low-lying Bruges, among the flat canals and fat Flemish fields.
shop
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From this reading This little scene took place in the village of Kandersteg, at the foot of the hills, exactly on the day when Miss Susan executed her errand in the room behind the shop, in low-lying Bruges, among the flat canals and fat Flemish fields.
shortadjectiveUS /ʃɔrt/
brief or direct in expression
From this reading The tumult in poor Reine’s heart would have been almost as strange to Miss Susan as it was to Reine’s mother; for it was long now since Herbert had been given up by everybody, and since the doctors had all said, that “nothing short of a miracle” could save him.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading The tumult in poor Reine’s heart would have been almost as strange to Miss Susan as it was to Reine’s mother; for it was long now since Herbert had been given up by everybody, and since the doctors had all said, that “nothing short of a miracle” could save him.
strange
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From this reading The tumult in poor Reine’s heart would have been almost as strange to Miss Susan as it was to Reine’s mother; for it was long now since Herbert had been given up by everybody, and since the doctors had all said, that “nothing short of a miracle” could save him.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading But Reine, who was young, had no such limitation of mind, and never could or would acknowledge that anything was impossible.
Susan
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From this reading This little scene took place in the village of Kandersteg, at the foot of the hills, exactly on the day when Miss Susan executed her errand in the room behind the shop, in low-lying Bruges, among the flat canals and fat Flemish fields.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The tumult in poor Reine’s heart would have been almost as strange to Miss Susan as it was to Reine’s mother; for it was long now since Herbert had been given up by everybody, and since the doctors had all said, that “nothing short of a miracle” could save him.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading This little scene took place in the village of Kandersteg, at the foot of the hills, exactly on the day when Miss Susan executed her errand in the room behind the shop, in low-lying Bruges, among the flat canals and fat Flemish fields.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This little scene took place in the village of Kandersteg, at the foot of the hills, exactly on the day when Miss Susan executed her errand in the room behind the shop, in low-lying Bruges, among the flat canals and fat Flemish fields.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The tumult in poor Reine’s heart would have been almost as strange to Miss Susan as it was to Reine’s mother; for it was long now since Herbert had been given up by everybody, and since the doctors had all said, that “nothing short of a miracle” could save him.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This little scene took place in the village of Kandersteg, at the foot of the hills, exactly on the day when Miss Susan executed her errand in the room behind the shop, in low-lying Bruges, among the flat canals and fat Flemish fields.
tumult
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From this reading The tumult in poor Reine’s heart would have been almost as strange to Miss Susan as it was to Reine’s mother; for it was long now since Herbert had been given up by everybody, and since the doctors had all said, that “nothing short of a miracle” could save him.
up
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From this reading The tumult in poor Reine’s heart would have been almost as strange to Miss Susan as it was to Reine’s mother; for it was long now since Herbert had been given up by everybody, and since the doctors had all said, that “nothing short of a miracle” could save him.
village
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From this reading This little scene took place in the village of Kandersteg, at the foot of the hills, exactly on the day when Miss Susan executed her errand in the room behind the shop, in low-lying Bruges, among the flat canals and fat Flemish fields.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The tumult in poor Reine’s heart would have been almost as strange to Miss Susan as it was to Reine’s mother; for it was long now since Herbert had been given up by everybody, and since the doctors had all said, that “nothing short of a miracle” could save him.
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “What does impossible mean?”
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading This little scene took place in the village of Kandersteg, at the foot of the hills, exactly on the day when Miss Susan executed her errand in the room behind the shop, in low-lying Bruges, among the flat canals and fat Flemish fields.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading But Reine, who was young, had no such limitation of mind, and never could or would acknowledge that anything was impossible.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading The tumult in poor Reine’s heart would have been almost as strange to Miss Susan as it was to Reine’s mother; for it was long now since Herbert had been given up by everybody, and since the doctors had all said, that “nothing short of a miracle” could save him.
young
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From this reading But Reine, who was young, had no such limitation of mind, and never could or would acknowledge that anything was impossible.
