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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 With a vividness unknown for years, Ivy Cliff and the sweetness of many life-passages there came back to him, and set heart-pulses that he had deemed stilled for ever beating in tumultuous waves.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading He pushed aside intervening year after year, until the long-ago past was, to his consciousness, almost as real as the living present.
almost
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From this reading He pushed aside intervening year after year, until the long-ago past was, to his consciousness, almost as real as the living present.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading With a vividness unknown for years, Ivy Cliff and the sweetness of many life-passages there came back to him, and set heart-pulses that he had deemed stilled for ever beating in tumultuous waves.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He pushed aside intervening year after year, until the long-ago past was, to his consciousness, almost as real as the living present.
aside
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From this reading He pushed aside intervening year after year, until the long-ago past was, to his consciousness, almost as real as the living present.
back
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From this reading With a vividness unknown for years, Ivy Cliff and the sweetness of many life-passages there came back to him, and set heart-pulses that he had deemed stilled for ever beating in tumultuous waves.
beating
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From this reading With a vividness unknown for years, Ivy Cliff and the sweetness of many life-passages there came back to him, and set heart-pulses that he had deemed stilled for ever beating in tumultuous waves.
brief
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From this reading _THE_ brief meeting with Mrs. Everet had stirred the memory of old times in the heart of Mr. Emerson.
business
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From this reading When the business of the day was over he sat down in the silence of his chamber and turned his eyes inward.
came
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From this reading With a vividness unknown for years, Ivy Cliff and the sweetness of many life-passages there came back to him, and set heart-pulses that he had deemed stilled for ever beating in tumultuous waves.
chamber
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From this reading When the business of the day was over he sat down in the silence of his chamber and turned his eyes inward.
Cliff
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From this reading With a vividness unknown for years, Ivy Cliff and the sweetness of many life-passages there came back to him, and set heart-pulses that he had deemed stilled for ever beating in tumultuous waves.
consciousness
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From this reading He pushed aside intervening year after year, until the long-ago past was, to his consciousness, almost as real as the living present.
day
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From this reading When the business of the day was over he sat down in the silence of his chamber and turned his eyes inward.
deemed
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From this reading With a vividness unknown for years, Ivy Cliff and the sweetness of many life-passages there came back to him, and set heart-pulses that he had deemed stilled for ever beating in tumultuous waves.
DIES
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From this reading LOVE NEVER DIES.
down
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From this reading When the business of the day was over he sat down in the silence of his chamber and turned his eyes inward.
Emerson
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From this reading _THE_ brief meeting with Mrs. Everet had stirred the memory of old times in the heart of Mr. Emerson.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading With a vividness unknown for years, Ivy Cliff and the sweetness of many life-passages there came back to him, and set heart-pulses that he had deemed stilled for ever beating in tumultuous waves.
Everet
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From this reading _THE_ brief meeting with Mrs. Everet had stirred the memory of old times in the heart of Mr. Emerson.
eyes
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From this reading When the business of the day was over he sat down in the silence of his chamber and turned his eyes inward.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading With a vividness unknown for years, Ivy Cliff and the sweetness of many life-passages there came back to him, and set heart-pulses that he had deemed stilled for ever beating in tumultuous waves.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading _THE_ brief meeting with Mrs. Everet had stirred the memory of old times in the heart of Mr. Emerson.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading With a vividness unknown for years, Ivy Cliff and the sweetness of many life-passages there came back to him, and set heart-pulses that he had deemed stilled for ever beating in tumultuous waves.
heart
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From this reading _THE_ brief meeting with Mrs. Everet had stirred the memory of old times in the heart of Mr. Emerson.
heart-pulses
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From this reading With a vividness unknown for years, Ivy Cliff and the sweetness of many life-passages there came back to him, and set heart-pulses that he had deemed stilled for ever beating in tumultuous waves.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading With a vividness unknown for years, Ivy Cliff and the sweetness of many life-passages there came back to him, and set heart-pulses that he had deemed stilled for ever beating in tumultuous waves.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading When the business of the day was over he sat down in the silence of his chamber and turned his eyes inward.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _THE_ brief meeting with Mrs. Everet had stirred the memory of old times in the heart of Mr. Emerson.
intervening
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From this reading He pushed aside intervening year after year, until the long-ago past was, to his consciousness, almost as real as the living present.
inward
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From this reading When the business of the day was over he sat down in the silence of his chamber and turned his eyes inward.
Ivy
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From this reading With a vividness unknown for years, Ivy Cliff and the sweetness of many life-passages there came back to him, and set heart-pulses that he had deemed stilled for ever beating in tumultuous waves.
life-passages
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From this reading With a vividness unknown for years, Ivy Cliff and the sweetness of many life-passages there came back to him, and set heart-pulses that he had deemed stilled for ever beating in tumultuous waves.
living
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From this reading He pushed aside intervening year after year, until the long-ago past was, to his consciousness, almost as real as the living present.
long-ago
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From this reading He pushed aside intervening year after year, until the long-ago past was, to his consciousness, almost as real as the living present.
LOVE
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From this reading LOVE NEVER DIES.
many
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From this reading With a vividness unknown for years, Ivy Cliff and the sweetness of many life-passages there came back to him, and set heart-pulses that he had deemed stilled for ever beating in tumultuous waves.
meeting
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From this reading _THE_ brief meeting with Mrs. Everet had stirred the memory of old times in the heart of Mr. Emerson.
memorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading _THE_ brief meeting with Mrs. Everet had stirred the memory of old times in the heart of Mr. Emerson.
Mr
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From this reading _THE_ brief meeting with Mrs. Everet had stirred the memory of old times in the heart of Mr. Emerson.
Mrs
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From this reading _THE_ brief meeting with Mrs. Everet had stirred the memory of old times in the heart of Mr. Emerson.
NEVERnounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading LOVE NEVER DIES.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _THE_ brief meeting with Mrs. Everet had stirred the memory of old times in the heart of Mr. Emerson.
old
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From this reading _THE_ brief meeting with Mrs. Everet had stirred the memory of old times in the heart of Mr. Emerson.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading When the business of the day was over he sat down in the silence of his chamber and turned his eyes inward.
past
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From this reading He pushed aside intervening year after year, until the long-ago past was, to his consciousness, almost as real as the living present.
present
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From this reading He pushed aside intervening year after year, until the long-ago past was, to his consciousness, almost as real as the living present.
pushed
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From this reading He pushed aside intervening year after year, until the long-ago past was, to his consciousness, almost as real as the living present.
real
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From this reading He pushed aside intervening year after year, until the long-ago past was, to his consciousness, almost as real as the living present.
sat
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From this reading When the business of the day was over he sat down in the silence of his chamber and turned his eyes inward.
set
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From this reading With a vividness unknown for years, Ivy Cliff and the sweetness of many life-passages there came back to him, and set heart-pulses that he had deemed stilled for ever beating in tumultuous waves.
silencenounUS /ˈsaɪ.ləns/
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading When the business of the day was over he sat down in the silence of his chamber and turned his eyes inward.
stilled
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From this reading With a vividness unknown for years, Ivy Cliff and the sweetness of many life-passages there came back to him, and set heart-pulses that he had deemed stilled for ever beating in tumultuous waves.
stirred
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From this reading _THE_ brief meeting with Mrs. Everet had stirred the memory of old times in the heart of Mr. Emerson.
sweetness
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From this reading With a vividness unknown for years, Ivy Cliff and the sweetness of many life-passages there came back to him, and set heart-pulses that he had deemed stilled for ever beating in tumultuous waves.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading With a vividness unknown for years, Ivy Cliff and the sweetness of many life-passages there came back to him, and set heart-pulses that he had deemed stilled for ever beating in tumultuous waves.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _THE_ brief meeting with Mrs. Everet had stirred the memory of old times in the heart of Mr. Emerson.
there
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From this reading With a vividness unknown for years, Ivy Cliff and the sweetness of many life-passages there came back to him, and set heart-pulses that he had deemed stilled for ever beating in tumultuous waves.
times
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From this reading _THE_ brief meeting with Mrs. Everet had stirred the memory of old times in the heart of Mr. Emerson.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading With a vividness unknown for years, Ivy Cliff and the sweetness of many life-passages there came back to him, and set heart-pulses that he had deemed stilled for ever beating in tumultuous waves.
tumultuous
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From this reading With a vividness unknown for years, Ivy Cliff and the sweetness of many life-passages there came back to him, and set heart-pulses that he had deemed stilled for ever beating in tumultuous waves.
turned
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From this reading When the business of the day was over he sat down in the silence of his chamber and turned his eyes inward.
unknown
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From this reading With a vividness unknown for years, Ivy Cliff and the sweetness of many life-passages there came back to him, and set heart-pulses that he had deemed stilled for ever beating in tumultuous waves.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading He pushed aside intervening year after year, until the long-ago past was, to his consciousness, almost as real as the living present.
vividness
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From this reading With a vividness unknown for years, Ivy Cliff and the sweetness of many life-passages there came back to him, and set heart-pulses that he had deemed stilled for ever beating in tumultuous waves.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading When the business of the day was over he sat down in the silence of his chamber and turned his eyes inward.
waves
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From this reading With a vividness unknown for years, Ivy Cliff and the sweetness of many life-passages there came back to him, and set heart-pulses that he had deemed stilled for ever beating in tumultuous waves.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When the business of the day was over he sat down in the silence of his chamber and turned his eyes inward.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading _THE_ brief meeting with Mrs. Everet had stirred the memory of old times in the heart of Mr. Emerson.
year
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From this reading He pushed aside intervening year after year, until the long-ago past was, to his consciousness, almost as real as the living present.
years
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From this reading With a vividness unknown for years, Ivy Cliff and the sweetness of many life-passages there came back to him, and set heart-pulses that he had deemed stilled for ever beating in tumultuous waves.
