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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 There was a warm, flower-scented breeze stirring the heavy foliage drenched with the silver rain of moonlight, and the shrilling of innumerable small voices of the night.
all
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From this reading It all belonged; yet neither the man nor the woman noticed anything except each other; nor heard anything save the words the other uttered.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There was a warm, flower-scented breeze stirring the heavy foliage drenched with the silver rain of moonlight, and the shrilling of innumerable small voices of the night.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading It all belonged; yet neither the man nor the woman noticed anything except each other; nor heard anything save the words the other uttered.
belonged
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From this reading It all belonged; yet neither the man nor the woman noticed anything except each other; nor heard anything save the words the other uttered.
borne
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From this reading I could never have borne it all, if you—” “Really, Lydia?”
breeze
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From this reading There was a warm, flower-scented breeze stirring the heavy foliage drenched with the silver rain of moonlight, and the shrilling of innumerable small voices of the night.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “How could I help it, Jim?
curiously
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From this reading “To think that you love me, Lydia!” he said, triumph and humility curiously mingled in his voice.
drenched
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From this reading There was a warm, flower-scented breeze stirring the heavy foliage drenched with the silver rain of moonlight, and the shrilling of innumerable small voices of the night.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading It all belonged; yet neither the man nor the woman noticed anything except each other; nor heard anything save the words the other uttered.
exceptprepositionUS /ɪkˈsept/
apart from; not including
From this reading It all belonged; yet neither the man nor the woman noticed anything except each other; nor heard anything save the words the other uttered.
flower-scented
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From this reading There was a warm, flower-scented breeze stirring the heavy foliage drenched with the silver rain of moonlight, and the shrilling of innumerable small voices of the night.
foliage
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From this reading There was a warm, flower-scented breeze stirring the heavy foliage drenched with the silver rain of moonlight, and the shrilling of innumerable small voices of the night.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I could never have borne it all, if you—” “Really, Lydia?”
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “To think that you love me, Lydia!” he said, triumph and humility curiously mingled in his voice.
heard
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From this reading It all belonged; yet neither the man nor the woman noticed anything except each other; nor heard anything save the words the other uttered.
heavy
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From this reading There was a warm, flower-scented breeze stirring the heavy foliage drenched with the silver rain of moonlight, and the shrilling of innumerable small voices of the night.
helpnounUS /help/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “How could I help it, Jim?
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “To think that you love me, Lydia!” he said, triumph and humility curiously mingled in his voice.
How
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From this reading “How could I help it, Jim?
humility
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From this reading “To think that you love me, Lydia!” he said, triumph and humility curiously mingled in his voice.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “How could I help it, Jim?
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading I could never have borne it all, if you—” “Really, Lydia?”
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “To think that you love me, Lydia!” he said, triumph and humility curiously mingled in his voice.
innumerable
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From this reading There was a warm, flower-scented breeze stirring the heavy foliage drenched with the silver rain of moonlight, and the shrilling of innumerable small voices of the night.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It all belonged; yet neither the man nor the woman noticed anything except each other; nor heard anything save the words the other uttered.
Jim
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From this reading “How could I help it, Jim?
love
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From this reading “To think that you love me, Lydia!” he said, triumph and humility curiously mingled in his voice.
Lydia
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From this reading “To think that you love me, Lydia!” he said, triumph and humility curiously mingled in his voice.
man
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From this reading It all belonged; yet neither the man nor the woman noticed anything except each other; nor heard anything save the words the other uttered.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “To think that you love me, Lydia!” he said, triumph and humility curiously mingled in his voice.
mingled
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From this reading “To think that you love me, Lydia!” he said, triumph and humility curiously mingled in his voice.
moonlight
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From this reading There was a warm, flower-scented breeze stirring the heavy foliage drenched with the silver rain of moonlight, and the shrilling of innumerable small voices of the night.
neitherdeterminerUS /ˈniːðər/
not one and not the other of two
From this reading It all belonged; yet neither the man nor the woman noticed anything except each other; nor heard anything save the words the other uttered.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I could never have borne it all, if you—” “Really, Lydia?”
night
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From this reading There was a warm, flower-scented breeze stirring the heavy foliage drenched with the silver rain of moonlight, and the shrilling of innumerable small voices of the night.
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading It all belonged; yet neither the man nor the woman noticed anything except each other; nor heard anything save the words the other uttered.
noticed
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From this reading It all belonged; yet neither the man nor the woman noticed anything except each other; nor heard anything save the words the other uttered.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There was a warm, flower-scented breeze stirring the heavy foliage drenched with the silver rain of moonlight, and the shrilling of innumerable small voices of the night.
other
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From this reading It all belonged; yet neither the man nor the woman noticed anything except each other; nor heard anything save the words the other uttered.
rain
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From this reading There was a warm, flower-scented breeze stirring the heavy foliage drenched with the silver rain of moonlight, and the shrilling of innumerable small voices of the night.
Really
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From this reading I could never have borne it all, if you—” “Really, Lydia?”
said
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From this reading “To think that you love me, Lydia!” he said, triumph and humility curiously mingled in his voice.
saveprepositionUS /seɪv/
except for; apart from
From this reading It all belonged; yet neither the man nor the woman noticed anything except each other; nor heard anything save the words the other uttered.
shrilling
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From this reading There was a warm, flower-scented breeze stirring the heavy foliage drenched with the silver rain of moonlight, and the shrilling of innumerable small voices of the night.
silver
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From this reading There was a warm, flower-scented breeze stirring the heavy foliage drenched with the silver rain of moonlight, and the shrilling of innumerable small voices of the night.
small
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From this reading There was a warm, flower-scented breeze stirring the heavy foliage drenched with the silver rain of moonlight, and the shrilling of innumerable small voices of the night.
stirring
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From this reading There was a warm, flower-scented breeze stirring the heavy foliage drenched with the silver rain of moonlight, and the shrilling of innumerable small voices of the night.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “To think that you love me, Lydia!” he said, triumph and humility curiously mingled in his voice.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There was a warm, flower-scented breeze stirring the heavy foliage drenched with the silver rain of moonlight, and the shrilling of innumerable small voices of the night.
There
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From this reading There was a warm, flower-scented breeze stirring the heavy foliage drenched with the silver rain of moonlight, and the shrilling of innumerable small voices of the night.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “To think that you love me, Lydia!” he said, triumph and humility curiously mingled in his voice.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “To think that you love me, Lydia!” he said, triumph and humility curiously mingled in his voice.
triumph
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From this reading “To think that you love me, Lydia!” he said, triumph and humility curiously mingled in his voice.
utterednounUS /ˈuttered/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It all belonged; yet neither the man nor the woman noticed anything except each other; nor heard anything save the words the other uttered.
voice
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From this reading “To think that you love me, Lydia!” he said, triumph and humility curiously mingled in his voice.
voices
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From this reading There was a warm, flower-scented breeze stirring the heavy foliage drenched with the silver rain of moonlight, and the shrilling of innumerable small voices of the night.
warm
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From this reading There was a warm, flower-scented breeze stirring the heavy foliage drenched with the silver rain of moonlight, and the shrilling of innumerable small voices of the night.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was a warm, flower-scented breeze stirring the heavy foliage drenched with the silver rain of moonlight, and the shrilling of innumerable small voices of the night.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading There was a warm, flower-scented breeze stirring the heavy foliage drenched with the silver rain of moonlight, and the shrilling of innumerable small voices of the night.
woman
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From this reading It all belonged; yet neither the man nor the woman noticed anything except each other; nor heard anything save the words the other uttered.
words
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From this reading It all belonged; yet neither the man nor the woman noticed anything except each other; nor heard anything save the words the other uttered.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading It all belonged; yet neither the man nor the woman noticed anything except each other; nor heard anything save the words the other uttered.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “To think that you love me, Lydia!” he said, triumph and humility curiously mingled in his voice.
