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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 MEETING BY THE WAY But he found it did make a difference, a profoundly disturbing difference.
adventure
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From this reading There had been too many other vital things pressing upon him these months of adventure in toil, too many undeniable, everyday factors of living present at every turn, hourly insistent upon being coped with, for him to nurse old sad dreams and longings.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading He had grown insulated against the memory of Sophie Carr tugging at his heartstrings as the magnetic north pulls on the compass needle.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He had grown free of both thought and hope of her.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He had grown insulated against the memory of Sophie Carr tugging at his heartstrings as the magnetic north pulls on the compass needle.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He had grown insulated against the memory of Sophie Carr tugging at his heartstrings as the magnetic north pulls on the compass needle.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading There had been too many other vital things pressing upon him these months of adventure in toil, too many undeniable, everyday factors of living present at every turn, hourly insistent upon being coped with, for him to nurse old sad dreams and longings.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading There had been too many other vital things pressing upon him these months of adventure in toil, too many undeniable, everyday factors of living present at every turn, hourly insistent upon being coped with, for him to nurse old sad dreams and longings.
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading He had grown free of both thought and hope of her.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading A MEETING BY THE WAY But he found it did make a difference, a profoundly disturbing difference.
BYprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading A MEETING BY THE WAY But he found it did make a difference, a profoundly disturbing difference.
Carr
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From this reading He had grown insulated against the memory of Sophie Carr tugging at his heartstrings as the magnetic north pulls on the compass needle.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So he had come at last to think of that passionate yearning as a disease which had run its course.
compass
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From this reading He had grown insulated against the memory of Sophie Carr tugging at his heartstrings as the magnetic north pulls on the compass needle.
coped
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From this reading There had been too many other vital things pressing upon him these months of adventure in toil, too many undeniable, everyday factors of living present at every turn, hourly insistent upon being coped with, for him to nurse old sad dreams and longings.
coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So he had come at last to think of that passionate yearning as a disease which had run its course.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading A MEETING BY THE WAY But he found it did make a difference, a profoundly disturbing difference.
difference
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From this reading A MEETING BY THE WAY But he found it did make a difference, a profoundly disturbing difference.
disease
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From this reading So he had come at last to think of that passionate yearning as a disease which had run its course.
disturbing
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From this reading A MEETING BY THE WAY But he found it did make a difference, a profoundly disturbing difference.
dreams
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From this reading There had been too many other vital things pressing upon him these months of adventure in toil, too many undeniable, everyday factors of living present at every turn, hourly insistent upon being coped with, for him to nurse old sad dreams and longings.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading There had been too many other vital things pressing upon him these months of adventure in toil, too many undeniable, everyday factors of living present at every turn, hourly insistent upon being coped with, for him to nurse old sad dreams and longings.
everyday
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From this reading There had been too many other vital things pressing upon him these months of adventure in toil, too many undeniable, everyday factors of living present at every turn, hourly insistent upon being coped with, for him to nurse old sad dreams and longings.
factors
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From this reading There had been too many other vital things pressing upon him these months of adventure in toil, too many undeniable, everyday factors of living present at every turn, hourly insistent upon being coped with, for him to nurse old sad dreams and longings.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading There had been too many other vital things pressing upon him these months of adventure in toil, too many undeniable, everyday factors of living present at every turn, hourly insistent upon being coped with, for him to nurse old sad dreams and longings.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A MEETING BY THE WAY But he found it did make a difference, a profoundly disturbing difference.
freeadjectiveUS /friː/
acting without enough restraint or discipline
From this reading He had grown free of both thought and hope of her.
grown
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From this reading He had grown insulated against the memory of Sophie Carr tugging at his heartstrings as the magnetic north pulls on the compass needle.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had grown insulated against the memory of Sophie Carr tugging at his heartstrings as the magnetic north pulls on the compass needle.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading A MEETING BY THE WAY But he found it did make a difference, a profoundly disturbing difference.
heartstrings
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From this reading He had grown insulated against the memory of Sophie Carr tugging at his heartstrings as the magnetic north pulls on the compass needle.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading He had grown free of both thought and hope of her.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading There had been too many other vital things pressing upon him these months of adventure in toil, too many undeniable, everyday factors of living present at every turn, hourly insistent upon being coped with, for him to nurse old sad dreams and longings.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He had grown insulated against the memory of Sophie Carr tugging at his heartstrings as the magnetic north pulls on the compass needle.
hope
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From this reading He had grown free of both thought and hope of her.
hourly
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From this reading There had been too many other vital things pressing upon him these months of adventure in toil, too many undeniable, everyday factors of living present at every turn, hourly insistent upon being coped with, for him to nurse old sad dreams and longings.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There had been too many other vital things pressing upon him these months of adventure in toil, too many undeniable, everyday factors of living present at every turn, hourly insistent upon being coped with, for him to nurse old sad dreams and longings.
insistent
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From this reading There had been too many other vital things pressing upon him these months of adventure in toil, too many undeniable, everyday factors of living present at every turn, hourly insistent upon being coped with, for him to nurse old sad dreams and longings.
insulated
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From this reading He had grown insulated against the memory of Sophie Carr tugging at his heartstrings as the magnetic north pulls on the compass needle.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading A MEETING BY THE WAY But he found it did make a difference, a profoundly disturbing difference.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading So he had come at last to think of that passionate yearning as a disease which had run its course.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So he had come at last to think of that passionate yearning as a disease which had run its course.
living
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From this reading There had been too many other vital things pressing upon him these months of adventure in toil, too many undeniable, everyday factors of living present at every turn, hourly insistent upon being coped with, for him to nurse old sad dreams and longings.
longings
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From this reading There had been too many other vital things pressing upon him these months of adventure in toil, too many undeniable, everyday factors of living present at every turn, hourly insistent upon being coped with, for him to nurse old sad dreams and longings.
magnetic
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From this reading He had grown insulated against the memory of Sophie Carr tugging at his heartstrings as the magnetic north pulls on the compass needle.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A MEETING BY THE WAY But he found it did make a difference, a profoundly disturbing difference.
many
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From this reading There had been too many other vital things pressing upon him these months of adventure in toil, too many undeniable, everyday factors of living present at every turn, hourly insistent upon being coped with, for him to nurse old sad dreams and longings.
MEETING
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From this reading A MEETING BY THE WAY But he found it did make a difference, a profoundly disturbing difference.
memorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading He had grown insulated against the memory of Sophie Carr tugging at his heartstrings as the magnetic north pulls on the compass needle.
months
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From this reading There had been too many other vital things pressing upon him these months of adventure in toil, too many undeniable, everyday factors of living present at every turn, hourly insistent upon being coped with, for him to nurse old sad dreams and longings.
needle
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From this reading He had grown insulated against the memory of Sophie Carr tugging at his heartstrings as the magnetic north pulls on the compass needle.
north
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From this reading He had grown insulated against the memory of Sophie Carr tugging at his heartstrings as the magnetic north pulls on the compass needle.
nurse
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From this reading There had been too many other vital things pressing upon him these months of adventure in toil, too many undeniable, everyday factors of living present at every turn, hourly insistent upon being coped with, for him to nurse old sad dreams and longings.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He had grown insulated against the memory of Sophie Carr tugging at his heartstrings as the magnetic north pulls on the compass needle.
old
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From this reading There had been too many other vital things pressing upon him these months of adventure in toil, too many undeniable, everyday factors of living present at every turn, hourly insistent upon being coped with, for him to nurse old sad dreams and longings.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He had grown insulated against the memory of Sophie Carr tugging at his heartstrings as the magnetic north pulls on the compass needle.
other
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From this reading There had been too many other vital things pressing upon him these months of adventure in toil, too many undeniable, everyday factors of living present at every turn, hourly insistent upon being coped with, for him to nurse old sad dreams and longings.
passionate
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From this reading So he had come at last to think of that passionate yearning as a disease which had run its course.
present
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From this reading There had been too many other vital things pressing upon him these months of adventure in toil, too many undeniable, everyday factors of living present at every turn, hourly insistent upon being coped with, for him to nurse old sad dreams and longings.
pressing
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From this reading There had been too many other vital things pressing upon him these months of adventure in toil, too many undeniable, everyday factors of living present at every turn, hourly insistent upon being coped with, for him to nurse old sad dreams and longings.
profoundly
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From this reading A MEETING BY THE WAY But he found it did make a difference, a profoundly disturbing difference.
pulls
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From this reading He had grown insulated against the memory of Sophie Carr tugging at his heartstrings as the magnetic north pulls on the compass needle.
run
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From this reading So he had come at last to think of that passionate yearning as a disease which had run its course.
sad
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From this reading There had been too many other vital things pressing upon him these months of adventure in toil, too many undeniable, everyday factors of living present at every turn, hourly insistent upon being coped with, for him to nurse old sad dreams and longings.
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So he had come at last to think of that passionate yearning as a disease which had run its course.
Sophie
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From this reading He had grown insulated against the memory of Sophie Carr tugging at his heartstrings as the magnetic north pulls on the compass needle.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading So he had come at last to think of that passionate yearning as a disease which had run its course.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A MEETING BY THE WAY But he found it did make a difference, a profoundly disturbing difference.
There
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From this reading There had been too many other vital things pressing upon him these months of adventure in toil, too many undeniable, everyday factors of living present at every turn, hourly insistent upon being coped with, for him to nurse old sad dreams and longings.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading There had been too many other vital things pressing upon him these months of adventure in toil, too many undeniable, everyday factors of living present at every turn, hourly insistent upon being coped with, for him to nurse old sad dreams and longings.
things
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From this reading There had been too many other vital things pressing upon him these months of adventure in toil, too many undeniable, everyday factors of living present at every turn, hourly insistent upon being coped with, for him to nurse old sad dreams and longings.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So he had come at last to think of that passionate yearning as a disease which had run its course.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had grown free of both thought and hope of her.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There had been too many other vital things pressing upon him these months of adventure in toil, too many undeniable, everyday factors of living present at every turn, hourly insistent upon being coped with, for him to nurse old sad dreams and longings.
toil
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From this reading There had been too many other vital things pressing upon him these months of adventure in toil, too many undeniable, everyday factors of living present at every turn, hourly insistent upon being coped with, for him to nurse old sad dreams and longings.
too
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From this reading There had been too many other vital things pressing upon him these months of adventure in toil, too many undeniable, everyday factors of living present at every turn, hourly insistent upon being coped with, for him to nurse old sad dreams and longings.
tugging
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From this reading He had grown insulated against the memory of Sophie Carr tugging at his heartstrings as the magnetic north pulls on the compass needle.
turn
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From this reading There had been too many other vital things pressing upon him these months of adventure in toil, too many undeniable, everyday factors of living present at every turn, hourly insistent upon being coped with, for him to nurse old sad dreams and longings.
undeniable
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From this reading There had been too many other vital things pressing upon him these months of adventure in toil, too many undeniable, everyday factors of living present at every turn, hourly insistent upon being coped with, for him to nurse old sad dreams and longings.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading There had been too many other vital things pressing upon him these months of adventure in toil, too many undeniable, everyday factors of living present at every turn, hourly insistent upon being coped with, for him to nurse old sad dreams and longings.
vital
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From this reading There had been too many other vital things pressing upon him these months of adventure in toil, too many undeniable, everyday factors of living present at every turn, hourly insistent upon being coped with, for him to nurse old sad dreams and longings.
WAY
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From this reading A MEETING BY THE WAY But he found it did make a difference, a profoundly disturbing difference.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading So he had come at last to think of that passionate yearning as a disease which had run its course.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading There had been too many other vital things pressing upon him these months of adventure in toil, too many undeniable, everyday factors of living present at every turn, hourly insistent upon being coped with, for him to nurse old sad dreams and longings.
yearning
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From this reading So he had come at last to think of that passionate yearning as a disease which had run its course.
