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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 |A fortnight later, Signora Cecca walked sulkily down the narrow staircase of the handsome Englishman's little studio.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading To an Italian woman of Cecca's peculiarly imperious temperament, indulgence in that congenial exercise of the spleen may be looked upon as a real and genuine luxury.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading To an Italian woman of Cecca's peculiarly imperious temperament, indulgence in that congenial exercise of the spleen may be looked upon as a real and genuine luxury.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading To an Italian woman of Cecca's peculiarly imperious temperament, indulgence in that congenial exercise of the spleen may be looked upon as a real and genuine luxury.
bad
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From this reading Signora Cecca was evidently indulging herself in the cheap luxury of a very bad humour.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading To an Italian woman of Cecca's peculiarly imperious temperament, indulgence in that congenial exercise of the spleen may be looked upon as a real and genuine luxury.
bedroom
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From this reading Cecca brooded over her love and her wrath and her jealousy as thwarted children brood over their wrongs in the solitude of the bedroom where they have been sent to expiate some small everyday domestic offence in silence and loneliness.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Cecca brooded over her love and her wrath and her jealousy as thwarted children brood over their wrongs in the solitude of the bedroom where they have been sent to expiate some small everyday domestic offence in silence and loneliness.
brood
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From this reading Cecca brooded over her love and her wrath and her jealousy as thwarted children brood over their wrongs in the solitude of the bedroom where they have been sent to expiate some small everyday domestic offence in silence and loneliness.
brooded
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From this reading Cecca brooded over her love and her wrath and her jealousy as thwarted children brood over their wrongs in the solitude of the bedroom where they have been sent to expiate some small everyday domestic offence in silence and loneliness.
Cecca
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From this reading |A fortnight later, Signora Cecca walked sulkily down the narrow staircase of the handsome Englishman's little studio.
Cecca's
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From this reading To an Italian woman of Cecca's peculiarly imperious temperament, indulgence in that congenial exercise of the spleen may be looked upon as a real and genuine luxury.
cheap
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From this reading Signora Cecca was evidently indulging herself in the cheap luxury of a very bad humour.
children
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From this reading Cecca brooded over her love and her wrath and her jealousy as thwarted children brood over their wrongs in the solitude of the bedroom where they have been sent to expiate some small everyday domestic offence in silence and loneliness.
clearly
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From this reading The handsome Englishman had then a sweetheart, an innamorata, in his own country, clearly; and now she had come to Rome, the perfidious creature, on purpose to visit him.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The handsome Englishman had then a sweetheart, an innamorata, in his own country, clearly; and now she had come to Rome, the perfidious creature, on purpose to visit him.
congenial
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From this reading To an Italian woman of Cecca's peculiarly imperious temperament, indulgence in that congenial exercise of the spleen may be looked upon as a real and genuine luxury.
country
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From this reading The handsome Englishman had then a sweetheart, an innamorata, in his own country, clearly; and now she had come to Rome, the perfidious creature, on purpose to visit him.
creaturenounUS /ˈcreature/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The handsome Englishman had then a sweetheart, an innamorata, in his own country, clearly; and now she had come to Rome, the perfidious creature, on purpose to visit him.
domestic
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From this reading Cecca brooded over her love and her wrath and her jealousy as thwarted children brood over their wrongs in the solitude of the bedroom where they have been sent to expiate some small everyday domestic offence in silence and loneliness.
down
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From this reading |A fortnight later, Signora Cecca walked sulkily down the narrow staircase of the handsome Englishman's little studio.
Englishman
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From this reading The handsome Englishman had then a sweetheart, an innamorata, in his own country, clearly; and now she had come to Rome, the perfidious creature, on purpose to visit him.
Englishman's
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From this reading |A fortnight later, Signora Cecca walked sulkily down the narrow staircase of the handsome Englishman's little studio.
everyday
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From this reading Cecca brooded over her love and her wrath and her jealousy as thwarted children brood over their wrongs in the solitude of the bedroom where they have been sent to expiate some small everyday domestic offence in silence and loneliness.
evidently
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From this reading Signora Cecca was evidently indulging herself in the cheap luxury of a very bad humour.
exercise
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From this reading To an Italian woman of Cecca's peculiarly imperious temperament, indulgence in that congenial exercise of the spleen may be looked upon as a real and genuine luxury.
expiate
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From this reading Cecca brooded over her love and her wrath and her jealousy as thwarted children brood over their wrongs in the solitude of the bedroom where they have been sent to expiate some small everyday domestic offence in silence and loneliness.
fortnight
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From this reading |A fortnight later, Signora Cecca walked sulkily down the narrow staircase of the handsome Englishman's little studio.
genuine
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From this reading To an Italian woman of Cecca's peculiarly imperious temperament, indulgence in that congenial exercise of the spleen may be looked upon as a real and genuine luxury.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The handsome Englishman had then a sweetheart, an innamorata, in his own country, clearly; and now she had come to Rome, the perfidious creature, on purpose to visit him.
handsomenounUS /ˈhandsome/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading |A fortnight later, Signora Cecca walked sulkily down the narrow staircase of the handsome Englishman's little studio.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Cecca brooded over her love and her wrath and her jealousy as thwarted children brood over their wrongs in the solitude of the bedroom where they have been sent to expiate some small everyday domestic offence in silence and loneliness.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Cecca brooded over her love and her wrath and her jealousy as thwarted children brood over their wrongs in the solitude of the bedroom where they have been sent to expiate some small everyday domestic offence in silence and loneliness.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Signora Cecca was evidently indulging herself in the cheap luxury of a very bad humour.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The handsome Englishman had then a sweetheart, an innamorata, in his own country, clearly; and now she had come to Rome, the perfidious creature, on purpose to visit him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The handsome Englishman had then a sweetheart, an innamorata, in his own country, clearly; and now she had come to Rome, the perfidious creature, on purpose to visit him.
humour
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From this reading Signora Cecca was evidently indulging herself in the cheap luxury of a very bad humour.
imperiousadjUS /ɪmˈpɪr.i.əs/
Assuming power or authority without justification; arrogant and domineering. (Hách dịch, độc đoán, kiêu kỳ.)
From this reading To an Italian woman of Cecca's peculiarly imperious temperament, indulgence in that congenial exercise of the spleen may be looked upon as a real and genuine luxury.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Signora Cecca was evidently indulging herself in the cheap luxury of a very bad humour.
indulgence
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From this reading To an Italian woman of Cecca's peculiarly imperious temperament, indulgence in that congenial exercise of the spleen may be looked upon as a real and genuine luxury.
indulging
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From this reading Signora Cecca was evidently indulging herself in the cheap luxury of a very bad humour.
innamorata
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From this reading The handsome Englishman had then a sweetheart, an innamorata, in his own country, clearly; and now she had come to Rome, the perfidious creature, on purpose to visit him.
Italian
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From this reading To an Italian woman of Cecca's peculiarly imperious temperament, indulgence in that congenial exercise of the spleen may be looked upon as a real and genuine luxury.
jealousy
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From this reading Cecca brooded over her love and her wrath and her jealousy as thwarted children brood over their wrongs in the solitude of the bedroom where they have been sent to expiate some small everyday domestic offence in silence and loneliness.
later
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From this reading |A fortnight later, Signora Cecca walked sulkily down the narrow staircase of the handsome Englishman's little studio.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading |A fortnight later, Signora Cecca walked sulkily down the narrow staircase of the handsome Englishman's little studio.
loneliness
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From this reading Cecca brooded over her love and her wrath and her jealousy as thwarted children brood over their wrongs in the solitude of the bedroom where they have been sent to expiate some small everyday domestic offence in silence and loneliness.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To an Italian woman of Cecca's peculiarly imperious temperament, indulgence in that congenial exercise of the spleen may be looked upon as a real and genuine luxury.
love
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From this reading Cecca brooded over her love and her wrath and her jealousy as thwarted children brood over their wrongs in the solitude of the bedroom where they have been sent to expiate some small everyday domestic offence in silence and loneliness.
luxury
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From this reading Signora Cecca was evidently indulging herself in the cheap luxury of a very bad humour.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading To an Italian woman of Cecca's peculiarly imperious temperament, indulgence in that congenial exercise of the spleen may be looked upon as a real and genuine luxury.
narrow
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From this reading |A fortnight later, Signora Cecca walked sulkily down the narrow staircase of the handsome Englishman's little studio.
now
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From this reading The handsome Englishman had then a sweetheart, an innamorata, in his own country, clearly; and now she had come to Rome, the perfidious creature, on purpose to visit him.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading |A fortnight later, Signora Cecca walked sulkily down the narrow staircase of the handsome Englishman's little studio.
offence
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From this reading Cecca brooded over her love and her wrath and her jealousy as thwarted children brood over their wrongs in the solitude of the bedroom where they have been sent to expiate some small everyday domestic offence in silence and loneliness.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The handsome Englishman had then a sweetheart, an innamorata, in his own country, clearly; and now she had come to Rome, the perfidious creature, on purpose to visit him.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Cecca brooded over her love and her wrath and her jealousy as thwarted children brood over their wrongs in the solitude of the bedroom where they have been sent to expiate some small everyday domestic offence in silence and loneliness.
own
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From this reading The handsome Englishman had then a sweetheart, an innamorata, in his own country, clearly; and now she had come to Rome, the perfidious creature, on purpose to visit him.
peculiarly
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From this reading To an Italian woman of Cecca's peculiarly imperious temperament, indulgence in that congenial exercise of the spleen may be looked upon as a real and genuine luxury.
perfidious
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From this reading The handsome Englishman had then a sweetheart, an innamorata, in his own country, clearly; and now she had come to Rome, the perfidious creature, on purpose to visit him.
purpose
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From this reading The handsome Englishman had then a sweetheart, an innamorata, in his own country, clearly; and now she had come to Rome, the perfidious creature, on purpose to visit him.
real
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From this reading To an Italian woman of Cecca's peculiarly imperious temperament, indulgence in that congenial exercise of the spleen may be looked upon as a real and genuine luxury.
Rome
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From this reading The handsome Englishman had then a sweetheart, an innamorata, in his own country, clearly; and now she had come to Rome, the perfidious creature, on purpose to visit him.
sent
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From this reading Cecca brooded over her love and her wrath and her jealousy as thwarted children brood over their wrongs in the solitude of the bedroom where they have been sent to expiate some small everyday domestic offence in silence and loneliness.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The handsome Englishman had then a sweetheart, an innamorata, in his own country, clearly; and now she had come to Rome, the perfidious creature, on purpose to visit him.
Signora
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From this reading |A fortnight later, Signora Cecca walked sulkily down the narrow staircase of the handsome Englishman's little studio.
silencenounUS /ˈsaɪ.ləns/
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading Cecca brooded over her love and her wrath and her jealousy as thwarted children brood over their wrongs in the solitude of the bedroom where they have been sent to expiate some small everyday domestic offence in silence and loneliness.
small
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From this reading Cecca brooded over her love and her wrath and her jealousy as thwarted children brood over their wrongs in the solitude of the bedroom where they have been sent to expiate some small everyday domestic offence in silence and loneliness.
solitude
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From this reading Cecca brooded over her love and her wrath and her jealousy as thwarted children brood over their wrongs in the solitude of the bedroom where they have been sent to expiate some small everyday domestic offence in silence and loneliness.
some
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From this reading Cecca brooded over her love and her wrath and her jealousy as thwarted children brood over their wrongs in the solitude of the bedroom where they have been sent to expiate some small everyday domestic offence in silence and loneliness.
spleen
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From this reading To an Italian woman of Cecca's peculiarly imperious temperament, indulgence in that congenial exercise of the spleen may be looked upon as a real and genuine luxury.
staircase
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From this reading |A fortnight later, Signora Cecca walked sulkily down the narrow staircase of the handsome Englishman's little studio.
studio
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From this reading |A fortnight later, Signora Cecca walked sulkily down the narrow staircase of the handsome Englishman's little studio.
sulkily
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From this reading |A fortnight later, Signora Cecca walked sulkily down the narrow staircase of the handsome Englishman's little studio.
sweetheart
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From this reading The handsome Englishman had then a sweetheart, an innamorata, in his own country, clearly; and now she had come to Rome, the perfidious creature, on purpose to visit him.
temperament
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From this reading To an Italian woman of Cecca's peculiarly imperious temperament, indulgence in that congenial exercise of the spleen may be looked upon as a real and genuine luxury.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading To an Italian woman of Cecca's peculiarly imperious temperament, indulgence in that congenial exercise of the spleen may be looked upon as a real and genuine luxury.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading |A fortnight later, Signora Cecca walked sulkily down the narrow staircase of the handsome Englishman's little studio.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Cecca brooded over her love and her wrath and her jealousy as thwarted children brood over their wrongs in the solitude of the bedroom where they have been sent to expiate some small everyday domestic offence in silence and loneliness.
then
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From this reading The handsome Englishman had then a sweetheart, an innamorata, in his own country, clearly; and now she had come to Rome, the perfidious creature, on purpose to visit him.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Cecca brooded over her love and her wrath and her jealousy as thwarted children brood over their wrongs in the solitude of the bedroom where they have been sent to expiate some small everyday domestic offence in silence and loneliness.
thwarted
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From this reading Cecca brooded over her love and her wrath and her jealousy as thwarted children brood over their wrongs in the solitude of the bedroom where they have been sent to expiate some small everyday domestic offence in silence and loneliness.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To an Italian woman of Cecca's peculiarly imperious temperament, indulgence in that congenial exercise of the spleen may be looked upon as a real and genuine luxury.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading To an Italian woman of Cecca's peculiarly imperious temperament, indulgence in that congenial exercise of the spleen may be looked upon as a real and genuine luxury.
very
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From this reading Signora Cecca was evidently indulging herself in the cheap luxury of a very bad humour.
visit
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From this reading The handsome Englishman had then a sweetheart, an innamorata, in his own country, clearly; and now she had come to Rome, the perfidious creature, on purpose to visit him.
walked
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From this reading |A fortnight later, Signora Cecca walked sulkily down the narrow staircase of the handsome Englishman's little studio.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Signora Cecca was evidently indulging herself in the cheap luxury of a very bad humour.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Cecca brooded over her love and her wrath and her jealousy as thwarted children brood over their wrongs in the solitude of the bedroom where they have been sent to expiate some small everyday domestic offence in silence and loneliness.
woman
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From this reading To an Italian woman of Cecca's peculiarly imperious temperament, indulgence in that congenial exercise of the spleen may be looked upon as a real and genuine luxury.
wrath
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From this reading Cecca brooded over her love and her wrath and her jealousy as thwarted children brood over their wrongs in the solitude of the bedroom where they have been sent to expiate some small everyday domestic offence in silence and loneliness.
wrongs
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From this reading Cecca brooded over her love and her wrath and her jealousy as thwarted children brood over their wrongs in the solitude of the bedroom where they have been sent to expiate some small everyday domestic offence in silence and loneliness.
