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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 How was it faring with her, the lily gathered to perfume a Saturnalia, the victim of as heartless a casuistry as ever committed a clean virgin to outrage?
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And Yolande of the white hands!
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading How was it faring with her, the lily gathered to perfume a Saturnalia, the victim of as heartless a casuistry as ever committed a clean virgin to outrage?
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading That duty to a father must be held the paramount duty, his will the household law, his judgment the ruling wisdom, nature and religion in her had once held for the first principle of conduct.
came
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From this reading When she first heard of di Rocco’s fate, and of the unspeakable treachery on which it had foreclosed, she came for the moment as near a fall from “grace” as Louis-Marie himself.
casuistry
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From this reading How was it faring with her, the lily gathered to perfume a Saturnalia, the victim of as heartless a casuistry as ever committed a clean virgin to outrage?
clean
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committed
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conduct
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From this reading That duty to a father must be held the paramount duty, his will the household law, his judgment the ruling wisdom, nature and religion in her had once held for the first principle of conduct.
credentials
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From this reading Honour, self-respect, sworn faith--these, pious recommendations in themselves, were, if pledged without a father’s sanction, vain credentials.
di
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From this reading When she first heard of di Rocco’s fate, and of the unspeakable treachery on which it had foreclosed, she came for the moment as near a fall from “grace” as Louis-Marie himself.
dutynounUS /ˈduːti/
a responsibility that must be carried out
From this reading That duty to a father must be held the paramount duty, his will the household law, his judgment the ruling wisdom, nature and religion in her had once held for the first principle of conduct.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading How was it faring with her, the lily gathered to perfume a Saturnalia, the victim of as heartless a casuistry as ever committed a clean virgin to outrage?
faith
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From this reading Honour, self-respect, sworn faith--these, pious recommendations in themselves, were, if pledged without a father’s sanction, vain credentials.
fall
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From this reading When she first heard of di Rocco’s fate, and of the unspeakable treachery on which it had foreclosed, she came for the moment as near a fall from “grace” as Louis-Marie himself.
faring
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From this reading How was it faring with her, the lily gathered to perfume a Saturnalia, the victim of as heartless a casuistry as ever committed a clean virgin to outrage?
fate
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From this reading When she first heard of di Rocco’s fate, and of the unspeakable treachery on which it had foreclosed, she came for the moment as near a fall from “grace” as Louis-Marie himself.
father
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From this reading That duty to a father must be held the paramount duty, his will the household law, his judgment the ruling wisdom, nature and religion in her had once held for the first principle of conduct.
father's
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From this reading Honour, self-respect, sworn faith--these, pious recommendations in themselves, were, if pledged without a father’s sanction, vain credentials.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When she first heard of di Rocco’s fate, and of the unspeakable treachery on which it had foreclosed, she came for the moment as near a fall from “grace” as Louis-Marie himself.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading When she first heard of di Rocco’s fate, and of the unspeakable treachery on which it had foreclosed, she came for the moment as near a fall from “grace” as Louis-Marie himself.
foreclosed
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From this reading When she first heard of di Rocco’s fate, and of the unspeakable treachery on which it had foreclosed, she came for the moment as near a fall from “grace” as Louis-Marie himself.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading When she first heard of di Rocco’s fate, and of the unspeakable treachery on which it had foreclosed, she came for the moment as near a fall from “grace” as Louis-Marie himself.
gathered
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From this reading How was it faring with her, the lily gathered to perfume a Saturnalia, the victim of as heartless a casuistry as ever committed a clean virgin to outrage?
grace
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From this reading When she first heard of di Rocco’s fate, and of the unspeakable treachery on which it had foreclosed, she came for the moment as near a fall from “grace” as Louis-Marie himself.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading When she first heard of di Rocco’s fate, and of the unspeakable treachery on which it had foreclosed, she came for the moment as near a fall from “grace” as Louis-Marie himself.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading And Yolande of the white hands!
heard
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From this reading When she first heard of di Rocco’s fate, and of the unspeakable treachery on which it had foreclosed, she came for the moment as near a fall from “grace” as Louis-Marie himself.
heartless
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From this reading How was it faring with her, the lily gathered to perfume a Saturnalia, the victim of as heartless a casuistry as ever committed a clean virgin to outrage?
held
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From this reading That duty to a father must be held the paramount duty, his will the household law, his judgment the ruling wisdom, nature and religion in her had once held for the first principle of conduct.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading How was it faring with her, the lily gathered to perfume a Saturnalia, the victim of as heartless a casuistry as ever committed a clean virgin to outrage?
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading When she first heard of di Rocco’s fate, and of the unspeakable treachery on which it had foreclosed, she came for the moment as near a fall from “grace” as Louis-Marie himself.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading That duty to a father must be held the paramount duty, his will the household law, his judgment the ruling wisdom, nature and religion in her had once held for the first principle of conduct.
Honour
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From this reading Honour, self-respect, sworn faith--these, pious recommendations in themselves, were, if pledged without a father’s sanction, vain credentials.
household
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From this reading That duty to a father must be held the paramount duty, his will the household law, his judgment the ruling wisdom, nature and religion in her had once held for the first principle of conduct.
How
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From this reading How was it faring with her, the lily gathered to perfume a Saturnalia, the victim of as heartless a casuistry as ever committed a clean virgin to outrage?
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Honour, self-respect, sworn faith--these, pious recommendations in themselves, were, if pledged without a father’s sanction, vain credentials.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading That duty to a father must be held the paramount duty, his will the household law, his judgment the ruling wisdom, nature and religion in her had once held for the first principle of conduct.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading How was it faring with her, the lily gathered to perfume a Saturnalia, the victim of as heartless a casuistry as ever committed a clean virgin to outrage?
judgment
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From this reading That duty to a father must be held the paramount duty, his will the household law, his judgment the ruling wisdom, nature and religion in her had once held for the first principle of conduct.
law
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From this reading That duty to a father must be held the paramount duty, his will the household law, his judgment the ruling wisdom, nature and religion in her had once held for the first principle of conduct.
lily
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Louis-Marie
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From this reading When she first heard of di Rocco’s fate, and of the unspeakable treachery on which it had foreclosed, she came for the moment as near a fall from “grace” as Louis-Marie himself.
moment
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From this reading When she first heard of di Rocco’s fate, and of the unspeakable treachery on which it had foreclosed, she came for the moment as near a fall from “grace” as Louis-Marie himself.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading That duty to a father must be held the paramount duty, his will the household law, his judgment the ruling wisdom, nature and religion in her had once held for the first principle of conduct.
nature
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From this reading That duty to a father must be held the paramount duty, his will the household law, his judgment the ruling wisdom, nature and religion in her had once held for the first principle of conduct.
near
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From this reading When she first heard of di Rocco’s fate, and of the unspeakable treachery on which it had foreclosed, she came for the moment as near a fall from “grace” as Louis-Marie himself.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And Yolande of the white hands!
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading When she first heard of di Rocco’s fate, and of the unspeakable treachery on which it had foreclosed, she came for the moment as near a fall from “grace” as Louis-Marie himself.
once
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From this reading That duty to a father must be held the paramount duty, his will the household law, his judgment the ruling wisdom, nature and religion in her had once held for the first principle of conduct.
outrage
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From this reading How was it faring with her, the lily gathered to perfume a Saturnalia, the victim of as heartless a casuistry as ever committed a clean virgin to outrage?
paramount
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From this reading That duty to a father must be held the paramount duty, his will the household law, his judgment the ruling wisdom, nature and religion in her had once held for the first principle of conduct.
perfume
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From this reading How was it faring with her, the lily gathered to perfume a Saturnalia, the victim of as heartless a casuistry as ever committed a clean virgin to outrage?
pious
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From this reading Honour, self-respect, sworn faith--these, pious recommendations in themselves, were, if pledged without a father’s sanction, vain credentials.
pledged
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From this reading Honour, self-respect, sworn faith--these, pious recommendations in themselves, were, if pledged without a father’s sanction, vain credentials.
principle
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From this reading That duty to a father must be held the paramount duty, his will the household law, his judgment the ruling wisdom, nature and religion in her had once held for the first principle of conduct.
recommendations
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From this reading Honour, self-respect, sworn faith--these, pious recommendations in themselves, were, if pledged without a father’s sanction, vain credentials.
religion
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From this reading That duty to a father must be held the paramount duty, his will the household law, his judgment the ruling wisdom, nature and religion in her had once held for the first principle of conduct.
Rocco's
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From this reading When she first heard of di Rocco’s fate, and of the unspeakable treachery on which it had foreclosed, she came for the moment as near a fall from “grace” as Louis-Marie himself.
ruling
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From this reading That duty to a father must be held the paramount duty, his will the household law, his judgment the ruling wisdom, nature and religion in her had once held for the first principle of conduct.
sanction
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From this reading Honour, self-respect, sworn faith--these, pious recommendations in themselves, were, if pledged without a father’s sanction, vain credentials.
Saturnalia
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From this reading How was it faring with her, the lily gathered to perfume a Saturnalia, the victim of as heartless a casuistry as ever committed a clean virgin to outrage?
self-respect
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From this reading Honour, self-respect, sworn faith--these, pious recommendations in themselves, were, if pledged without a father’s sanction, vain credentials.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When she first heard of di Rocco’s fate, and of the unspeakable treachery on which it had foreclosed, she came for the moment as near a fall from “grace” as Louis-Marie himself.
sworn
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From this reading Honour, self-respect, sworn faith--these, pious recommendations in themselves, were, if pledged without a father’s sanction, vain credentials.
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That duty to a father must be held the paramount duty, his will the household law, his judgment the ruling wisdom, nature and religion in her had once held for the first principle of conduct.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And Yolande of the white hands!
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading Honour, self-respect, sworn faith--these, pious recommendations in themselves, were, if pledged without a father’s sanction, vain credentials.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Honour, self-respect, sworn faith--these, pious recommendations in themselves, were, if pledged without a father’s sanction, vain credentials.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading How was it faring with her, the lily gathered to perfume a Saturnalia, the victim of as heartless a casuistry as ever committed a clean virgin to outrage?
treacherynounUS /ˈtrɛtʃəri/
betrayal of trust
From this reading When she first heard of di Rocco’s fate, and of the unspeakable treachery on which it had foreclosed, she came for the moment as near a fall from “grace” as Louis-Marie himself.
unspeakable
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From this reading When she first heard of di Rocco’s fate, and of the unspeakable treachery on which it had foreclosed, she came for the moment as near a fall from “grace” as Louis-Marie himself.
vain
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From this reading Honour, self-respect, sworn faith--these, pious recommendations in themselves, were, if pledged without a father’s sanction, vain credentials.
victim
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From this reading How was it faring with her, the lily gathered to perfume a Saturnalia, the victim of as heartless a casuistry as ever committed a clean virgin to outrage?
virgin
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From this reading How was it faring with her, the lily gathered to perfume a Saturnalia, the victim of as heartless a casuistry as ever committed a clean virgin to outrage?
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading How was it faring with her, the lily gathered to perfume a Saturnalia, the victim of as heartless a casuistry as ever committed a clean virgin to outrage?
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Honour, self-respect, sworn faith--these, pious recommendations in themselves, were, if pledged without a father’s sanction, vain credentials.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When she first heard of di Rocco’s fate, and of the unspeakable treachery on which it had foreclosed, she came for the moment as near a fall from “grace” as Louis-Marie himself.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading When she first heard of di Rocco’s fate, and of the unspeakable treachery on which it had foreclosed, she came for the moment as near a fall from “grace” as Louis-Marie himself.
white
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From this reading And Yolande of the white hands!
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading That duty to a father must be held the paramount duty, his will the household law, his judgment the ruling wisdom, nature and religion in her had once held for the first principle of conduct.
wisdom
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From this reading That duty to a father must be held the paramount duty, his will the household law, his judgment the ruling wisdom, nature and religion in her had once held for the first principle of conduct.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading How was it faring with her, the lily gathered to perfume a Saturnalia, the victim of as heartless a casuistry as ever committed a clean virgin to outrage?
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Honour, self-respect, sworn faith--these, pious recommendations in themselves, were, if pledged without a father’s sanction, vain credentials.
Yolande
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From this reading And Yolande of the white hands!
