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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
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abound
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accustomed
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acquainted
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age
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alike
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All
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analogy
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andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
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areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
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beauty
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beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading There has usually been a sort of onward march in the common temperament from one generation to the next.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
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bitterness
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byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
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common
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complete
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completely
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daughter
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description
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disinterested
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doesauxiliary verbUS /dʌz/
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
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exhibit
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expressions
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extend
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eye
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faces
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features
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feel
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fifty
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forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading How fruitful in bitterness for a lover is such a vision of the inevitable withering reserved for the beauty that he loves!
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading There has usually been a sort of onward march in the common temperament from one generation to the next.
fruitful
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generation
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happens
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hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There has usually been a sort of onward march in the common temperament from one generation to the next.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading How fruitful in bitterness for a lover is such a vision of the inevitable withering reserved for the beauty that he loves!
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading All men accustomed to feel through their imaginations are well acquainted with that unique description of melancholy which is inflicted by too complete a likeness between a mother and her daughter, when the mother is fifty years old and the daughter twenty-five, and the one happens thus to exhibit the looked-for spectre of the old age of the other.
How
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identity
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imaginations
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inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading How fruitful in bitterness for a lover is such a vision of the inevitable withering reserved for the beauty that he loves!
indeed
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inevitable
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inflicted
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isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
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likeness
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likenesses
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looked-for
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lover
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loves
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march
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melancholy
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men
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more
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mother
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next
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observer
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ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
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old
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onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
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onward
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other
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Rarely
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reflections
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reserved
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singularly
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sort
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spectre
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still
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suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
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suggestive
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temperament
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thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
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thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
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theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
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There
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throughprepositionUS /θruː/
from one end or side of something to the other
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thus
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toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
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too
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twenty-five
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two
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unique
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usually
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vision
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well
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whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
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whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading All men accustomed to feel through their imaginations are well acquainted with that unique description of melancholy which is inflicted by too complete a likeness between a mother and her daughter, when the mother is fifty years old and the daughter twenty-five, and the one happens thus to exhibit the looked-for spectre of the old age of the other.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
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withering
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years
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