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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 He was as near Berkeley’s idea of the universe as a man so solid and substantial in his habits could be.
all
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From this reading Thought and feeling to-night made up his world; all the rest might be nothing but a spectral emanation from his own brain.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Edgar went back to the ball-room with his heart so penetrated with bliss, that the whole scene had an unreal look to him in its brightness and gaiety, as if in the next instant dancers, and lights, and music, and familiar faces might vanish altogether, and leave him suspended in empty space, alone with his own deep delight.
altogether
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From this reading Edgar went back to the ball-room with his heart so penetrated with bliss, that the whole scene had an unreal look to him in its brightness and gaiety, as if in the next instant dancers, and lights, and music, and familiar faces might vanish altogether, and leave him suspended in empty space, alone with his own deep delight.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Edgar went back to the ball-room with his heart so penetrated with bliss, that the whole scene had an unreal look to him in its brightness and gaiety, as if in the next instant dancers, and lights, and music, and familiar faces might vanish altogether, and leave him suspended in empty space, alone with his own deep delight.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Edgar went back to the ball-room with his heart so penetrated with bliss, that the whole scene had an unreal look to him in its brightness and gaiety, as if in the next instant dancers, and lights, and music, and familiar faces might vanish altogether, and leave him suspended in empty space, alone with his own deep delight.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Edgar went back to the ball-room with his heart so penetrated with bliss, that the whole scene had an unreal look to him in its brightness and gaiety, as if in the next instant dancers, and lights, and music, and familiar faces might vanish altogether, and leave him suspended in empty space, alone with his own deep delight.
back
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From this reading Edgar went back to the ball-room with his heart so penetrated with bliss, that the whole scene had an unreal look to him in its brightness and gaiety, as if in the next instant dancers, and lights, and music, and familiar faces might vanish altogether, and leave him suspended in empty space, alone with his own deep delight.
ball-room
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From this reading Edgar went back to the ball-room with his heart so penetrated with bliss, that the whole scene had an unreal look to him in its brightness and gaiety, as if in the next instant dancers, and lights, and music, and familiar faces might vanish altogether, and leave him suspended in empty space, alone with his own deep delight.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading He was as near Berkeley’s idea of the universe as a man so solid and substantial in his habits could be.
Berkeley's
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From this reading He was as near Berkeley’s idea of the universe as a man so solid and substantial in his habits could be.
bliss
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From this reading Edgar went back to the ball-room with his heart so penetrated with bliss, that the whole scene had an unreal look to him in its brightness and gaiety, as if in the next instant dancers, and lights, and music, and familiar faces might vanish altogether, and leave him suspended in empty space, alone with his own deep delight.
brain
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From this reading Thought and feeling to-night made up his world; all the rest might be nothing but a spectral emanation from his own brain.
brightness
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From this reading Edgar went back to the ball-room with his heart so penetrated with bliss, that the whole scene had an unreal look to him in its brightness and gaiety, as if in the next instant dancers, and lights, and music, and familiar faces might vanish altogether, and leave him suspended in empty space, alone with his own deep delight.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Thought and feeling to-night made up his world; all the rest might be nothing but a spectral emanation from his own brain.
CAROLE
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From this reading ‘FOR WELE OR WO, FOR CAROLE, OR FOR DAUNCE.’
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading He was as near Berkeley’s idea of the universe as a man so solid and substantial in his habits could be.
dancers
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From this reading Edgar went back to the ball-room with his heart so penetrated with bliss, that the whole scene had an unreal look to him in its brightness and gaiety, as if in the next instant dancers, and lights, and music, and familiar faces might vanish altogether, and leave him suspended in empty space, alone with his own deep delight.
Daphne
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From this reading He lived, he thought, he felt; and his heart and brain were filled with one idea, and that was Daphne.
DAUNCE
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From this reading ‘FOR WELE OR WO, FOR CAROLE, OR FOR DAUNCE.’
deep
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From this reading Edgar went back to the ball-room with his heart so penetrated with bliss, that the whole scene had an unreal look to him in its brightness and gaiety, as if in the next instant dancers, and lights, and music, and familiar faces might vanish altogether, and leave him suspended in empty space, alone with his own deep delight.
delight
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From this reading Edgar went back to the ball-room with his heart so penetrated with bliss, that the whole scene had an unreal look to him in its brightness and gaiety, as if in the next instant dancers, and lights, and music, and familiar faces might vanish altogether, and leave him suspended in empty space, alone with his own deep delight.
Edgar
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From this reading Edgar went back to the ball-room with his heart so penetrated with bliss, that the whole scene had an unreal look to him in its brightness and gaiety, as if in the next instant dancers, and lights, and music, and familiar faces might vanish altogether, and leave him suspended in empty space, alone with his own deep delight.
emanation
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From this reading Thought and feeling to-night made up his world; all the rest might be nothing but a spectral emanation from his own brain.
empty
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From this reading Edgar went back to the ball-room with his heart so penetrated with bliss, that the whole scene had an unreal look to him in its brightness and gaiety, as if in the next instant dancers, and lights, and music, and familiar faces might vanish altogether, and leave him suspended in empty space, alone with his own deep delight.
faces
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From this reading Edgar went back to the ball-room with his heart so penetrated with bliss, that the whole scene had an unreal look to him in its brightness and gaiety, as if in the next instant dancers, and lights, and music, and familiar faces might vanish altogether, and leave him suspended in empty space, alone with his own deep delight.
familiar
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From this reading Edgar went back to the ball-room with his heart so penetrated with bliss, that the whole scene had an unreal look to him in its brightness and gaiety, as if in the next instant dancers, and lights, and music, and familiar faces might vanish altogether, and leave him suspended in empty space, alone with his own deep delight.
feelingnounUS /ˈfeeling/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Thought and feeling to-night made up his world; all the rest might be nothing but a spectral emanation from his own brain.
felt
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From this reading He lived, he thought, he felt; and his heart and brain were filled with one idea, and that was Daphne.
filled
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From this reading He lived, he thought, he felt; and his heart and brain were filled with one idea, and that was Daphne.
FORprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading ‘FOR WELE OR WO, FOR CAROLE, OR FOR DAUNCE.’
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Thought and feeling to-night made up his world; all the rest might be nothing but a spectral emanation from his own brain.
gaiety
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From this reading Edgar went back to the ball-room with his heart so penetrated with bliss, that the whole scene had an unreal look to him in its brightness and gaiety, as if in the next instant dancers, and lights, and music, and familiar faces might vanish altogether, and leave him suspended in empty space, alone with his own deep delight.
habits
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From this reading He was as near Berkeley’s idea of the universe as a man so solid and substantial in his habits could be.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Edgar went back to the ball-room with his heart so penetrated with bliss, that the whole scene had an unreal look to him in its brightness and gaiety, as if in the next instant dancers, and lights, and music, and familiar faces might vanish altogether, and leave him suspended in empty space, alone with his own deep delight.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was as near Berkeley’s idea of the universe as a man so solid and substantial in his habits could be.
heart
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From this reading Edgar went back to the ball-room with his heart so penetrated with bliss, that the whole scene had an unreal look to him in its brightness and gaiety, as if in the next instant dancers, and lights, and music, and familiar faces might vanish altogether, and leave him suspended in empty space, alone with his own deep delight.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Edgar went back to the ball-room with his heart so penetrated with bliss, that the whole scene had an unreal look to him in its brightness and gaiety, as if in the next instant dancers, and lights, and music, and familiar faces might vanish altogether, and leave him suspended in empty space, alone with his own deep delight.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Edgar went back to the ball-room with his heart so penetrated with bliss, that the whole scene had an unreal look to him in its brightness and gaiety, as if in the next instant dancers, and lights, and music, and familiar faces might vanish altogether, and leave him suspended in empty space, alone with his own deep delight.
idea
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From this reading He was as near Berkeley’s idea of the universe as a man so solid and substantial in his habits could be.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Edgar went back to the ball-room with his heart so penetrated with bliss, that the whole scene had an unreal look to him in its brightness and gaiety, as if in the next instant dancers, and lights, and music, and familiar faces might vanish altogether, and leave him suspended in empty space, alone with his own deep delight.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Edgar went back to the ball-room with his heart so penetrated with bliss, that the whole scene had an unreal look to him in its brightness and gaiety, as if in the next instant dancers, and lights, and music, and familiar faces might vanish altogether, and leave him suspended in empty space, alone with his own deep delight.
instant
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From this reading Edgar went back to the ball-room with his heart so penetrated with bliss, that the whole scene had an unreal look to him in its brightness and gaiety, as if in the next instant dancers, and lights, and music, and familiar faces might vanish altogether, and leave him suspended in empty space, alone with his own deep delight.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Edgar went back to the ball-room with his heart so penetrated with bliss, that the whole scene had an unreal look to him in its brightness and gaiety, as if in the next instant dancers, and lights, and music, and familiar faces might vanish altogether, and leave him suspended in empty space, alone with his own deep delight.
leave
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From this reading Edgar went back to the ball-room with his heart so penetrated with bliss, that the whole scene had an unreal look to him in its brightness and gaiety, as if in the next instant dancers, and lights, and music, and familiar faces might vanish altogether, and leave him suspended in empty space, alone with his own deep delight.
lights
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From this reading Edgar went back to the ball-room with his heart so penetrated with bliss, that the whole scene had an unreal look to him in its brightness and gaiety, as if in the next instant dancers, and lights, and music, and familiar faces might vanish altogether, and leave him suspended in empty space, alone with his own deep delight.
lived
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From this reading He lived, he thought, he felt; and his heart and brain were filled with one idea, and that was Daphne.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Edgar went back to the ball-room with his heart so penetrated with bliss, that the whole scene had an unreal look to him in its brightness and gaiety, as if in the next instant dancers, and lights, and music, and familiar faces might vanish altogether, and leave him suspended in empty space, alone with his own deep delight.
made
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From this reading Thought and feeling to-night made up his world; all the rest might be nothing but a spectral emanation from his own brain.
man
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From this reading He was as near Berkeley’s idea of the universe as a man so solid and substantial in his habits could be.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Edgar went back to the ball-room with his heart so penetrated with bliss, that the whole scene had an unreal look to him in its brightness and gaiety, as if in the next instant dancers, and lights, and music, and familiar faces might vanish altogether, and leave him suspended in empty space, alone with his own deep delight.
music
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From this reading Edgar went back to the ball-room with his heart so penetrated with bliss, that the whole scene had an unreal look to him in its brightness and gaiety, as if in the next instant dancers, and lights, and music, and familiar faces might vanish altogether, and leave him suspended in empty space, alone with his own deep delight.
near
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From this reading He was as near Berkeley’s idea of the universe as a man so solid and substantial in his habits could be.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Edgar went back to the ball-room with his heart so penetrated with bliss, that the whole scene had an unreal look to him in its brightness and gaiety, as if in the next instant dancers, and lights, and music, and familiar faces might vanish altogether, and leave him suspended in empty space, alone with his own deep delight.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Thought and feeling to-night made up his world; all the rest might be nothing but a spectral emanation from his own brain.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He was as near Berkeley’s idea of the universe as a man so solid and substantial in his habits could be.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading He lived, he thought, he felt; and his heart and brain were filled with one idea, and that was Daphne.
ORconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading ‘FOR WELE OR WO, FOR CAROLE, OR FOR DAUNCE.’
own
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From this reading Edgar went back to the ball-room with his heart so penetrated with bliss, that the whole scene had an unreal look to him in its brightness and gaiety, as if in the next instant dancers, and lights, and music, and familiar faces might vanish altogether, and leave him suspended in empty space, alone with his own deep delight.
penetrated
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From this reading Edgar went back to the ball-room with his heart so penetrated with bliss, that the whole scene had an unreal look to him in its brightness and gaiety, as if in the next instant dancers, and lights, and music, and familiar faces might vanish altogether, and leave him suspended in empty space, alone with his own deep delight.
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Thought and feeling to-night made up his world; all the rest might be nothing but a spectral emanation from his own brain.
scene
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From this reading Edgar went back to the ball-room with his heart so penetrated with bliss, that the whole scene had an unreal look to him in its brightness and gaiety, as if in the next instant dancers, and lights, and music, and familiar faces might vanish altogether, and leave him suspended in empty space, alone with his own deep delight.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Edgar went back to the ball-room with his heart so penetrated with bliss, that the whole scene had an unreal look to him in its brightness and gaiety, as if in the next instant dancers, and lights, and music, and familiar faces might vanish altogether, and leave him suspended in empty space, alone with his own deep delight.
solid
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From this reading He was as near Berkeley’s idea of the universe as a man so solid and substantial in his habits could be.
space
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spectral
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From this reading Thought and feeling to-night made up his world; all the rest might be nothing but a spectral emanation from his own brain.
substantial
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From this reading He was as near Berkeley’s idea of the universe as a man so solid and substantial in his habits could be.
suspended
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From this reading Edgar went back to the ball-room with his heart so penetrated with bliss, that the whole scene had an unreal look to him in its brightness and gaiety, as if in the next instant dancers, and lights, and music, and familiar faces might vanish altogether, and leave him suspended in empty space, alone with his own deep delight.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Edgar went back to the ball-room with his heart so penetrated with bliss, that the whole scene had an unreal look to him in its brightness and gaiety, as if in the next instant dancers, and lights, and music, and familiar faces might vanish altogether, and leave him suspended in empty space, alone with his own deep delight.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Edgar went back to the ball-room with his heart so penetrated with bliss, that the whole scene had an unreal look to him in its brightness and gaiety, as if in the next instant dancers, and lights, and music, and familiar faces might vanish altogether, and leave him suspended in empty space, alone with his own deep delight.
ThoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Thought and feeling to-night made up his world; all the rest might be nothing but a spectral emanation from his own brain.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Edgar went back to the ball-room with his heart so penetrated with bliss, that the whole scene had an unreal look to him in its brightness and gaiety, as if in the next instant dancers, and lights, and music, and familiar faces might vanish altogether, and leave him suspended in empty space, alone with his own deep delight.
to-night
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From this reading Thought and feeling to-night made up his world; all the rest might be nothing but a spectral emanation from his own brain.
universe
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From this reading He was as near Berkeley’s idea of the universe as a man so solid and substantial in his habits could be.
unreal
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From this reading Edgar went back to the ball-room with his heart so penetrated with bliss, that the whole scene had an unreal look to him in its brightness and gaiety, as if in the next instant dancers, and lights, and music, and familiar faces might vanish altogether, and leave him suspended in empty space, alone with his own deep delight.
up
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From this reading Thought and feeling to-night made up his world; all the rest might be nothing but a spectral emanation from his own brain.
vanish
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From this reading Edgar went back to the ball-room with his heart so penetrated with bliss, that the whole scene had an unreal look to him in its brightness and gaiety, as if in the next instant dancers, and lights, and music, and familiar faces might vanish altogether, and leave him suspended in empty space, alone with his own deep delight.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was as near Berkeley’s idea of the universe as a man so solid and substantial in his habits could be.
WELE
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From this reading ‘FOR WELE OR WO, FOR CAROLE, OR FOR DAUNCE.’
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Edgar went back to the ball-room with his heart so penetrated with bliss, that the whole scene had an unreal look to him in its brightness and gaiety, as if in the next instant dancers, and lights, and music, and familiar faces might vanish altogether, and leave him suspended in empty space, alone with his own deep delight.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading He lived, he thought, he felt; and his heart and brain were filled with one idea, and that was Daphne.
whole
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From this reading Edgar went back to the ball-room with his heart so penetrated with bliss, that the whole scene had an unreal look to him in its brightness and gaiety, as if in the next instant dancers, and lights, and music, and familiar faces might vanish altogether, and leave him suspended in empty space, alone with his own deep delight.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Edgar went back to the ball-room with his heart so penetrated with bliss, that the whole scene had an unreal look to him in its brightness and gaiety, as if in the next instant dancers, and lights, and music, and familiar faces might vanish altogether, and leave him suspended in empty space, alone with his own deep delight.
WO
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From this reading ‘FOR WELE OR WO, FOR CAROLE, OR FOR DAUNCE.’
world
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From this reading Thought and feeling to-night made up his world; all the rest might be nothing but a spectral emanation from his own brain.
