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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 Audrey had made a faint protest against Wyndham's realistic presentation of Flaxman Reed.
acquiescence
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From this reading She merely wanted to avoid a slavish acquiescence in Wyndham's view, to guard a characteristic intellectual attitude.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading Audrey had made a faint protest against Wyndham's realistic presentation of Flaxman Reed.
aims
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From this reading In doing so she was not guided by any insight into the character of that divine, or by any sympathy with his aims.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Her thoughts had never travelled along that avenue of time down which Wyndham had tracked his pathetic figure to the thirteenth century.
any
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From this reading In doing so she was not guided by any insight into the character of that divine, or by any sympathy with his aims.
attitude
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From this reading She merely wanted to avoid a slavish acquiescence in Wyndham's view, to guard a characteristic intellectual attitude.
Audrey
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From this reading Audrey had made a faint protest against Wyndham's realistic presentation of Flaxman Reed.
avenue
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From this reading Her thoughts had never travelled along that avenue of time down which Wyndham had tracked his pathetic figure to the thirteenth century.
avoid
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From this reading She merely wanted to avoid a slavish acquiescence in Wyndham's view, to guard a characteristic intellectual attitude.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading In doing so she was not guided by any insight into the character of that divine, or by any sympathy with his aims.
century
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From this reading Her thoughts had never travelled along that avenue of time down which Wyndham had tracked his pathetic figure to the thirteenth century.
character
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From this reading In doing so she was not guided by any insight into the character of that divine, or by any sympathy with his aims.
characteristic
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From this reading She merely wanted to avoid a slavish acquiescence in Wyndham's view, to guard a characteristic intellectual attitude.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Indeed she could not have understood him if she had tried.
divine
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From this reading In doing so she was not guided by any insight into the character of that divine, or by any sympathy with his aims.
doing
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From this reading In doing so she was not guided by any insight into the character of that divine, or by any sympathy with his aims.
down
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From this reading Her thoughts had never travelled along that avenue of time down which Wyndham had tracked his pathetic figure to the thirteenth century.
faint
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From this reading Audrey had made a faint protest against Wyndham's realistic presentation of Flaxman Reed.
figure
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From this reading Her thoughts had never travelled along that avenue of time down which Wyndham had tracked his pathetic figure to the thirteenth century.
Flaxman
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From this reading Audrey had made a faint protest against Wyndham's realistic presentation of Flaxman Reed.
guard
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From this reading She merely wanted to avoid a slavish acquiescence in Wyndham's view, to guard a characteristic intellectual attitude.
guided
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From this reading In doing so she was not guided by any insight into the character of that divine, or by any sympathy with his aims.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Audrey had made a faint protest against Wyndham's realistic presentation of Flaxman Reed.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Indeed she could not have understood him if she had tried.
HerdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Her thoughts had never travelled along that avenue of time down which Wyndham had tracked his pathetic figure to the thirteenth century.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Indeed she could not have understood him if she had tried.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading In doing so she was not guided by any insight into the character of that divine, or by any sympathy with his aims.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Indeed she could not have understood him if she had tried.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In doing so she was not guided by any insight into the character of that divine, or by any sympathy with his aims.
Indeed
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From this reading Indeed she could not have understood him if she had tried.
insight
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From this reading In doing so she was not guided by any insight into the character of that divine, or by any sympathy with his aims.
intellectual
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From this reading She merely wanted to avoid a slavish acquiescence in Wyndham's view, to guard a characteristic intellectual attitude.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading In doing so she was not guided by any insight into the character of that divine, or by any sympathy with his aims.
made
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From this reading Audrey had made a faint protest against Wyndham's realistic presentation of Flaxman Reed.
merely
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From this reading She merely wanted to avoid a slavish acquiescence in Wyndham's view, to guard a characteristic intellectual attitude.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Her thoughts had never travelled along that avenue of time down which Wyndham had tracked his pathetic figure to the thirteenth century.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading In doing so she was not guided by any insight into the character of that divine, or by any sympathy with his aims.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Audrey had made a faint protest against Wyndham's realistic presentation of Flaxman Reed.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading In doing so she was not guided by any insight into the character of that divine, or by any sympathy with his aims.
pathetic
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From this reading Her thoughts had never travelled along that avenue of time down which Wyndham had tracked his pathetic figure to the thirteenth century.
presentation
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From this reading Audrey had made a faint protest against Wyndham's realistic presentation of Flaxman Reed.
protest
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From this reading Audrey had made a faint protest against Wyndham's realistic presentation of Flaxman Reed.
realistic
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From this reading Audrey had made a faint protest against Wyndham's realistic presentation of Flaxman Reed.
Reed
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From this reading Audrey had made a faint protest against Wyndham's realistic presentation of Flaxman Reed.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading In doing so she was not guided by any insight into the character of that divine, or by any sympathy with his aims.
slavish
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From this reading She merely wanted to avoid a slavish acquiescence in Wyndham's view, to guard a characteristic intellectual attitude.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading In doing so she was not guided by any insight into the character of that divine, or by any sympathy with his aims.
sympathy
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From this reading In doing so she was not guided by any insight into the character of that divine, or by any sympathy with his aims.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading In doing so she was not guided by any insight into the character of that divine, or by any sympathy with his aims.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In doing so she was not guided by any insight into the character of that divine, or by any sympathy with his aims.
thirteenthadjectiveUS /ˈθɜːr.tiːnθ/
Constituting number thirteen in a sequence.
From this reading Her thoughts had never travelled along that avenue of time down which Wyndham had tracked his pathetic figure to the thirteenth century.
thoughts
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From this reading Her thoughts had never travelled along that avenue of time down which Wyndham had tracked his pathetic figure to the thirteenth century.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Her thoughts had never travelled along that avenue of time down which Wyndham had tracked his pathetic figure to the thirteenth century.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Her thoughts had never travelled along that avenue of time down which Wyndham had tracked his pathetic figure to the thirteenth century.
tracked
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From this reading Her thoughts had never travelled along that avenue of time down which Wyndham had tracked his pathetic figure to the thirteenth century.
travelled
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From this reading Her thoughts had never travelled along that avenue of time down which Wyndham had tracked his pathetic figure to the thirteenth century.
tried
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From this reading Indeed she could not have understood him if she had tried.
understood
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From this reading Indeed she could not have understood him if she had tried.
view
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From this reading She merely wanted to avoid a slavish acquiescence in Wyndham's view, to guard a characteristic intellectual attitude.
wanted
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From this reading She merely wanted to avoid a slavish acquiescence in Wyndham's view, to guard a characteristic intellectual attitude.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading In doing so she was not guided by any insight into the character of that divine, or by any sympathy with his aims.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Her thoughts had never travelled along that avenue of time down which Wyndham had tracked his pathetic figure to the thirteenth century.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading In doing so she was not guided by any insight into the character of that divine, or by any sympathy with his aims.
Wyndham
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From this reading Her thoughts had never travelled along that avenue of time down which Wyndham had tracked his pathetic figure to the thirteenth century.
Wyndham's
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From this reading Audrey had made a faint protest against Wyndham's realistic presentation of Flaxman Reed.
