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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 culmination was reached, however, when he escorted her and Leonora to a meeting in a large theatre one afternoon.
abounded
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From this reading She gave him the best of the tracts issued by the Anti-Suffrage Society; while he was waiting for his offices to be fitted up, she took him to lectures and teas and receptions where anti-suffrage sentiment abounded, and tried in various ways to convince him of the superior social status of the "Anti" women.
afternoonnounUS /ˈafternoon/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The culmination was reached, however, when he escorted her and Leonora to a meeting in a large theatre one afternoon.
also
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From this reading Her mother also showed her gratification at his devotion, and tried, with consummate tact, to wean him away from his evident partiality for the suffrage cause.
ANdeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading AN ANTI-SUFFRAGE MEETING Dr. Earl redoubled his attentions to Leonora, determined to give her no just cause for complaint.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Her mother also showed her gratification at his devotion, and tried, with consummate tact, to wean him away from his evident partiality for the suffrage cause.
Anti
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From this reading She gave him the best of the tracts issued by the Anti-Suffrage Society; while he was waiting for his offices to be fitted up, she took him to lectures and teas and receptions where anti-suffrage sentiment abounded, and tried in various ways to convince him of the superior social status of the "Anti" women.
ANTI-SUFFRAGE
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From this reading AN ANTI-SUFFRAGE MEETING Dr. Earl redoubled his attentions to Leonora, determined to give her no just cause for complaint.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Her mother also showed her gratification at his devotion, and tried, with consummate tact, to wean him away from his evident partiality for the suffrage cause.
attentions
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From this reading AN ANTI-SUFFRAGE MEETING Dr. Earl redoubled his attentions to Leonora, determined to give her no just cause for complaint.
away
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From this reading Her mother also showed her gratification at his devotion, and tried, with consummate tact, to wean him away from his evident partiality for the suffrage cause.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The doubts that had beset him disappeared, for no one could be more charming than Leonora, when she was permitted to follow her own bent.
bent
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From this reading The doubts that had beset him disappeared, for no one could be more charming than Leonora, when she was permitted to follow her own bent.
beset
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From this reading The doubts that had beset him disappeared, for no one could be more charming than Leonora, when she was permitted to follow her own bent.
best
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From this reading She gave him the best of the tracts issued by the Anti-Suffrage Society; while he was waiting for his offices to be fitted up, she took him to lectures and teas and receptions where anti-suffrage sentiment abounded, and tried in various ways to convince him of the superior social status of the "Anti" women.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading She gave him the best of the tracts issued by the Anti-Suffrage Society; while he was waiting for his offices to be fitted up, she took him to lectures and teas and receptions where anti-suffrage sentiment abounded, and tried in various ways to convince him of the superior social status of the "Anti" women.
cause
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From this reading AN ANTI-SUFFRAGE MEETING Dr. Earl redoubled his attentions to Leonora, determined to give her no just cause for complaint.
charming
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From this reading The doubts that had beset him disappeared, for no one could be more charming than Leonora, when she was permitted to follow her own bent.
complaint
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From this reading AN ANTI-SUFFRAGE MEETING Dr. Earl redoubled his attentions to Leonora, determined to give her no just cause for complaint.
consummate
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From this reading Her mother also showed her gratification at his devotion, and tried, with consummate tact, to wean him away from his evident partiality for the suffrage cause.
convince
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From this reading She gave him the best of the tracts issued by the Anti-Suffrage Society; while he was waiting for his offices to be fitted up, she took him to lectures and teas and receptions where anti-suffrage sentiment abounded, and tried in various ways to convince him of the superior social status of the "Anti" women.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading The doubts that had beset him disappeared, for no one could be more charming than Leonora, when she was permitted to follow her own bent.
culmination
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From this reading The culmination was reached, however, when he escorted her and Leonora to a meeting in a large theatre one afternoon.
determinedadjectiveUS /dɪˈtɜrmɪnd/
having firmly decided to do something
From this reading AN ANTI-SUFFRAGE MEETING Dr. Earl redoubled his attentions to Leonora, determined to give her no just cause for complaint.
devotion
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From this reading Her mother also showed her gratification at his devotion, and tried, with consummate tact, to wean him away from his evident partiality for the suffrage cause.
disappearednounUS /ˈdisappeared/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The doubts that had beset him disappeared, for no one could be more charming than Leonora, when she was permitted to follow her own bent.
doubts
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From this reading The doubts that had beset him disappeared, for no one could be more charming than Leonora, when she was permitted to follow her own bent.
Dr
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From this reading AN ANTI-SUFFRAGE MEETING Dr. Earl redoubled his attentions to Leonora, determined to give her no just cause for complaint.
Earl
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From this reading AN ANTI-SUFFRAGE MEETING Dr. Earl redoubled his attentions to Leonora, determined to give her no just cause for complaint.
escorted
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From this reading The culmination was reached, however, when he escorted her and Leonora to a meeting in a large theatre one afternoon.
evident
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From this reading Her mother also showed her gratification at his devotion, and tried, with consummate tact, to wean him away from his evident partiality for the suffrage cause.
fittedadjectiveUS /ˈfɪtɪd/
prepared and equipped for a particular purpose
From this reading She gave him the best of the tracts issued by the Anti-Suffrage Society; while he was waiting for his offices to be fitted up, she took him to lectures and teas and receptions where anti-suffrage sentiment abounded, and tried in various ways to convince him of the superior social status of the "Anti" women.
follow
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From this reading The doubts that had beset him disappeared, for no one could be more charming than Leonora, when she was permitted to follow her own bent.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading AN ANTI-SUFFRAGE MEETING Dr. Earl redoubled his attentions to Leonora, determined to give her no just cause for complaint.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Her mother also showed her gratification at his devotion, and tried, with consummate tact, to wean him away from his evident partiality for the suffrage cause.
gave
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From this reading She gave him the best of the tracts issued by the Anti-Suffrage Society; while he was waiting for his offices to be fitted up, she took him to lectures and teas and receptions where anti-suffrage sentiment abounded, and tried in various ways to convince him of the superior social status of the "Anti" women.
give
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From this reading AN ANTI-SUFFRAGE MEETING Dr. Earl redoubled his attentions to Leonora, determined to give her no just cause for complaint.
gratification
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From this reading Her mother also showed her gratification at his devotion, and tried, with consummate tact, to wean him away from his evident partiality for the suffrage cause.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The doubts that had beset him disappeared, for no one could be more charming than Leonora, when she was permitted to follow her own bent.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She gave him the best of the tracts issued by the Anti-Suffrage Society; while he was waiting for his offices to be fitted up, she took him to lectures and teas and receptions where anti-suffrage sentiment abounded, and tried in various ways to convince him of the superior social status of the "Anti" women.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading AN ANTI-SUFFRAGE MEETING Dr. Earl redoubled his attentions to Leonora, determined to give her no just cause for complaint.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The doubts that had beset him disappeared, for no one could be more charming than Leonora, when she was permitted to follow her own bent.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading AN ANTI-SUFFRAGE MEETING Dr. Earl redoubled his attentions to Leonora, determined to give her no just cause for complaint.
howeveradverbUS /ˌhaʊˈevər/
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading The culmination was reached, however, when he escorted her and Leonora to a meeting in a large theatre one afternoon.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She gave him the best of the tracts issued by the Anti-Suffrage Society; while he was waiting for his offices to be fitted up, she took him to lectures and teas and receptions where anti-suffrage sentiment abounded, and tried in various ways to convince him of the superior social status of the "Anti" women.
issuednounUS /issued/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She gave him the best of the tracts issued by the Anti-Suffrage Society; while he was waiting for his offices to be fitted up, she took him to lectures and teas and receptions where anti-suffrage sentiment abounded, and tried in various ways to convince him of the superior social status of the "Anti" women.
just
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From this reading AN ANTI-SUFFRAGE MEETING Dr. Earl redoubled his attentions to Leonora, determined to give her no just cause for complaint.
large
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From this reading The culmination was reached, however, when he escorted her and Leonora to a meeting in a large theatre one afternoon.
lectures
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From this reading She gave him the best of the tracts issued by the Anti-Suffrage Society; while he was waiting for his offices to be fitted up, she took him to lectures and teas and receptions where anti-suffrage sentiment abounded, and tried in various ways to convince him of the superior social status of the "Anti" women.
Leonora
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From this reading AN ANTI-SUFFRAGE MEETING Dr. Earl redoubled his attentions to Leonora, determined to give her no just cause for complaint.
MEETING
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From this reading AN ANTI-SUFFRAGE MEETING Dr. Earl redoubled his attentions to Leonora, determined to give her no just cause for complaint.
more
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From this reading The doubts that had beset him disappeared, for no one could be more charming than Leonora, when she was permitted to follow her own bent.
mother
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From this reading Her mother also showed her gratification at his devotion, and tried, with consummate tact, to wean him away from his evident partiality for the suffrage cause.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading AN ANTI-SUFFRAGE MEETING Dr. Earl redoubled his attentions to Leonora, determined to give her no just cause for complaint.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She gave him the best of the tracts issued by the Anti-Suffrage Society; while he was waiting for his offices to be fitted up, she took him to lectures and teas and receptions where anti-suffrage sentiment abounded, and tried in various ways to convince him of the superior social status of the "Anti" women.
offices
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From this reading She gave him the best of the tracts issued by the Anti-Suffrage Society; while he was waiting for his offices to be fitted up, she took him to lectures and teas and receptions where anti-suffrage sentiment abounded, and tried in various ways to convince him of the superior social status of the "Anti" women.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The doubts that had beset him disappeared, for no one could be more charming than Leonora, when she was permitted to follow her own bent.
own
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From this reading The doubts that had beset him disappeared, for no one could be more charming than Leonora, when she was permitted to follow her own bent.
partiality
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From this reading Her mother also showed her gratification at his devotion, and tried, with consummate tact, to wean him away from his evident partiality for the suffrage cause.
permitted
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From this reading The doubts that had beset him disappeared, for no one could be more charming than Leonora, when she was permitted to follow her own bent.
reached
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From this reading The culmination was reached, however, when he escorted her and Leonora to a meeting in a large theatre one afternoon.
receptions
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From this reading She gave him the best of the tracts issued by the Anti-Suffrage Society; while he was waiting for his offices to be fitted up, she took him to lectures and teas and receptions where anti-suffrage sentiment abounded, and tried in various ways to convince him of the superior social status of the "Anti" women.
redoubled
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From this reading AN ANTI-SUFFRAGE MEETING Dr. Earl redoubled his attentions to Leonora, determined to give her no just cause for complaint.
sentiment
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From this reading She gave him the best of the tracts issued by the Anti-Suffrage Society; while he was waiting for his offices to be fitted up, she took him to lectures and teas and receptions where anti-suffrage sentiment abounded, and tried in various ways to convince him of the superior social status of the "Anti" women.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The doubts that had beset him disappeared, for no one could be more charming than Leonora, when she was permitted to follow her own bent.
showed
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From this reading Her mother also showed her gratification at his devotion, and tried, with consummate tact, to wean him away from his evident partiality for the suffrage cause.
social
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From this reading She gave him the best of the tracts issued by the Anti-Suffrage Society; while he was waiting for his offices to be fitted up, she took him to lectures and teas and receptions where anti-suffrage sentiment abounded, and tried in various ways to convince him of the superior social status of the "Anti" women.
Society
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From this reading She gave him the best of the tracts issued by the Anti-Suffrage Society; while he was waiting for his offices to be fitted up, she took him to lectures and teas and receptions where anti-suffrage sentiment abounded, and tried in various ways to convince him of the superior social status of the "Anti" women.
status
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From this reading She gave him the best of the tracts issued by the Anti-Suffrage Society; while he was waiting for his offices to be fitted up, she took him to lectures and teas and receptions where anti-suffrage sentiment abounded, and tried in various ways to convince him of the superior social status of the "Anti" women.
suffrage
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From this reading Her mother also showed her gratification at his devotion, and tried, with consummate tact, to wean him away from his evident partiality for the suffrage cause.
superior
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From this reading She gave him the best of the tracts issued by the Anti-Suffrage Society; while he was waiting for his offices to be fitted up, she took him to lectures and teas and receptions where anti-suffrage sentiment abounded, and tried in various ways to convince him of the superior social status of the "Anti" women.
tact
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From this reading Her mother also showed her gratification at his devotion, and tried, with consummate tact, to wean him away from his evident partiality for the suffrage cause.
teas
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From this reading She gave him the best of the tracts issued by the Anti-Suffrage Society; while he was waiting for his offices to be fitted up, she took him to lectures and teas and receptions where anti-suffrage sentiment abounded, and tried in various ways to convince him of the superior social status of the "Anti" women.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading The doubts that had beset him disappeared, for no one could be more charming than Leonora, when she was permitted to follow her own bent.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The doubts that had beset him disappeared, for no one could be more charming than Leonora, when she was permitted to follow her own bent.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The doubts that had beset him disappeared, for no one could be more charming than Leonora, when she was permitted to follow her own bent.
theatre
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From this reading The culmination was reached, however, when he escorted her and Leonora to a meeting in a large theatre one afternoon.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading AN ANTI-SUFFRAGE MEETING Dr. Earl redoubled his attentions to Leonora, determined to give her no just cause for complaint.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She gave him the best of the tracts issued by the Anti-Suffrage Society; while he was waiting for his offices to be fitted up, she took him to lectures and teas and receptions where anti-suffrage sentiment abounded, and tried in various ways to convince him of the superior social status of the "Anti" women.
tracts
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From this reading She gave him the best of the tracts issued by the Anti-Suffrage Society; while he was waiting for his offices to be fitted up, she took him to lectures and teas and receptions where anti-suffrage sentiment abounded, and tried in various ways to convince him of the superior social status of the "Anti" women.
tried
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From this reading Her mother also showed her gratification at his devotion, and tried, with consummate tact, to wean him away from his evident partiality for the suffrage cause.
up
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From this reading She gave him the best of the tracts issued by the Anti-Suffrage Society; while he was waiting for his offices to be fitted up, she took him to lectures and teas and receptions where anti-suffrage sentiment abounded, and tried in various ways to convince him of the superior social status of the "Anti" women.
various
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From this reading She gave him the best of the tracts issued by the Anti-Suffrage Society; while he was waiting for his offices to be fitted up, she took him to lectures and teas and receptions where anti-suffrage sentiment abounded, and tried in various ways to convince him of the superior social status of the "Anti" women.
waiting
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From this reading She gave him the best of the tracts issued by the Anti-Suffrage Society; while he was waiting for his offices to be fitted up, she took him to lectures and teas and receptions where anti-suffrage sentiment abounded, and tried in various ways to convince him of the superior social status of the "Anti" women.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The doubts that had beset him disappeared, for no one could be more charming than Leonora, when she was permitted to follow her own bent.
ways
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From this reading She gave him the best of the tracts issued by the Anti-Suffrage Society; while he was waiting for his offices to be fitted up, she took him to lectures and teas and receptions where anti-suffrage sentiment abounded, and tried in various ways to convince him of the superior social status of the "Anti" women.
wean
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From this reading Her mother also showed her gratification at his devotion, and tried, with consummate tact, to wean him away from his evident partiality for the suffrage cause.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading The doubts that had beset him disappeared, for no one could be more charming than Leonora, when she was permitted to follow her own bent.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading She gave him the best of the tracts issued by the Anti-Suffrage Society; while he was waiting for his offices to be fitted up, she took him to lectures and teas and receptions where anti-suffrage sentiment abounded, and tried in various ways to convince him of the superior social status of the "Anti" women.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading She gave him the best of the tracts issued by the Anti-Suffrage Society; while he was waiting for his offices to be fitted up, she took him to lectures and teas and receptions where anti-suffrage sentiment abounded, and tried in various ways to convince him of the superior social status of the "Anti" women.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Her mother also showed her gratification at his devotion, and tried, with consummate tact, to wean him away from his evident partiality for the suffrage cause.
women
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From this reading She gave him the best of the tracts issued by the Anti-Suffrage Society; while he was waiting for his offices to be fitted up, she took him to lectures and teas and receptions where anti-suffrage sentiment abounded, and tried in various ways to convince him of the superior social status of the "Anti" women.
