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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 I do not pretend to remember all the conversations verbatim which I have heard during my life, or in which I have taken a part; still, there are many which I do remember word by word, and every word.
all
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From this reading I do not pretend to remember all the conversations verbatim which I have heard during my life, or in which I have taken a part; still, there are many which I do remember word by word, and every word.
amauxiliary verbUS /æm/
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading My conversation that morning with Millicent I do not remember,--its results blotted it out forever; still, I am conscious it was an exposition of energy and enthusiasm, for hers kindled as she replied to my ardent inquiries, and, unknowingly, she inflamed my own.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading My conversation that morning with Millicent I do not remember,--its results blotted it out forever; still, I am conscious it was an exposition of energy and enthusiasm, for hers kindled as she replied to my ardent inquiries, and, unknowingly, she inflamed my own.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I do not pretend to remember all the conversations verbatim which I have heard during my life, or in which I have taken a part; still, there are many which I do remember word by word, and every word.
ardent
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From this reading My conversation that morning with Millicent I do not remember,--its results blotted it out forever; still, I am conscious it was an exposition of energy and enthusiasm, for hers kindled as she replied to my ardent inquiries, and, unknowingly, she inflamed my own.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading I do not pretend to remember all the conversations verbatim which I have heard during my life, or in which I have taken a part; still, there are many which I do remember word by word, and every word.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading My conversation that morning with Millicent I do not remember,--its results blotted it out forever; still, I am conscious it was an exposition of energy and enthusiasm, for hers kindled as she replied to my ardent inquiries, and, unknowingly, she inflamed my own.
assembly
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From this reading She gave me a tale of the orchestra, its fulness and its potency; of the five hundred voices, of the conductor, and of the assembly; she assured me that nothing could be at all like it, that we had no idea of its resources or its effects.
assured
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From this reading She gave me a tale of the orchestra, its fulness and its potency; of the five hundred voices, of the conductor, and of the assembly; she assured me that nothing could be at all like it, that we had no idea of its resources or its effects.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She gave me a tale of the orchestra, its fulness and its potency; of the five hundred voices, of the conductor, and of the assembly; she assured me that nothing could be at all like it, that we had no idea of its resources or its effects.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading She gave me a tale of the orchestra, its fulness and its potency; of the five hundred voices, of the conductor, and of the assembly; she assured me that nothing could be at all like it, that we had no idea of its resources or its effects.
blotted
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From this reading My conversation that morning with Millicent I do not remember,--its results blotted it out forever; still, I am conscious it was an exposition of energy and enthusiasm, for hers kindled as she replied to my ardent inquiries, and, unknowingly, she inflamed my own.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading She was melancholy, evidently, at first, but quite lost in her picturesque and passionate delineation, I all the while wondering how she could endure to exist and not be going.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading I do not pretend to remember all the conversations verbatim which I have heard during my life, or in which I have taken a part; still, there are many which I do remember word by word, and every word.
conductor
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From this reading She gave me a tale of the orchestra, its fulness and its potency; of the five hundred voices, of the conductor, and of the assembly; she assured me that nothing could be at all like it, that we had no idea of its resources or its effects.
conscious
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From this reading My conversation that morning with Millicent I do not remember,--its results blotted it out forever; still, I am conscious it was an exposition of energy and enthusiasm, for hers kindled as she replied to my ardent inquiries, and, unknowingly, she inflamed my own.
conversation
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From this reading My conversation that morning with Millicent I do not remember,--its results blotted it out forever; still, I am conscious it was an exposition of energy and enthusiasm, for hers kindled as she replied to my ardent inquiries, and, unknowingly, she inflamed my own.
conversations
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From this reading I do not pretend to remember all the conversations verbatim which I have heard during my life, or in which I have taken a part; still, there are many which I do remember word by word, and every word.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading She gave me a tale of the orchestra, its fulness and its potency; of the five hundred voices, of the conductor, and of the assembly; she assured me that nothing could be at all like it, that we had no idea of its resources or its effects.
courts
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From this reading I felt in myself that it was not only a sorrow, but a shame, to live in the very place and not press into the courts of music.
delineation
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From this reading She was melancholy, evidently, at first, but quite lost in her picturesque and passionate delineation, I all the while wondering how she could endure to exist and not be going.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading I do not pretend to remember all the conversations verbatim which I have heard during my life, or in which I have taken a part; still, there are many which I do remember word by word, and every word.
duringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading I do not pretend to remember all the conversations verbatim which I have heard during my life, or in which I have taken a part; still, there are many which I do remember word by word, and every word.
effects
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From this reading She gave me a tale of the orchestra, its fulness and its potency; of the five hundred voices, of the conductor, and of the assembly; she assured me that nothing could be at all like it, that we had no idea of its resources or its effects.
endure
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From this reading She was melancholy, evidently, at first, but quite lost in her picturesque and passionate delineation, I all the while wondering how she could endure to exist and not be going.
energy
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From this reading My conversation that morning with Millicent I do not remember,--its results blotted it out forever; still, I am conscious it was an exposition of energy and enthusiasm, for hers kindled as she replied to my ardent inquiries, and, unknowingly, she inflamed my own.
enthusiasm
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From this reading My conversation that morning with Millicent I do not remember,--its results blotted it out forever; still, I am conscious it was an exposition of energy and enthusiasm, for hers kindled as she replied to my ardent inquiries, and, unknowingly, she inflamed my own.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading I do not pretend to remember all the conversations verbatim which I have heard during my life, or in which I have taken a part; still, there are many which I do remember word by word, and every word.
evidently
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From this reading She was melancholy, evidently, at first, but quite lost in her picturesque and passionate delineation, I all the while wondering how she could endure to exist and not be going.
exist
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From this reading She was melancholy, evidently, at first, but quite lost in her picturesque and passionate delineation, I all the while wondering how she could endure to exist and not be going.
exposition
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From this reading My conversation that morning with Millicent I do not remember,--its results blotted it out forever; still, I am conscious it was an exposition of energy and enthusiasm, for hers kindled as she replied to my ardent inquiries, and, unknowingly, she inflamed my own.
felt
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From this reading I felt in myself that it was not only a sorrow, but a shame, to live in the very place and not press into the courts of music.
first
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From this reading She was melancholy, evidently, at first, but quite lost in her picturesque and passionate delineation, I all the while wondering how she could endure to exist and not be going.
five
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From this reading She gave me a tale of the orchestra, its fulness and its potency; of the five hundred voices, of the conductor, and of the assembly; she assured me that nothing could be at all like it, that we had no idea of its resources or its effects.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading My conversation that morning with Millicent I do not remember,--its results blotted it out forever; still, I am conscious it was an exposition of energy and enthusiasm, for hers kindled as she replied to my ardent inquiries, and, unknowingly, she inflamed my own.
forever
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From this reading My conversation that morning with Millicent I do not remember,--its results blotted it out forever; still, I am conscious it was an exposition of energy and enthusiasm, for hers kindled as she replied to my ardent inquiries, and, unknowingly, she inflamed my own.
fulness
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From this reading She gave me a tale of the orchestra, its fulness and its potency; of the five hundred voices, of the conductor, and of the assembly; she assured me that nothing could be at all like it, that we had no idea of its resources or its effects.
gave
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From this reading She gave me a tale of the orchestra, its fulness and its potency; of the five hundred voices, of the conductor, and of the assembly; she assured me that nothing could be at all like it, that we had no idea of its resources or its effects.
going
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From this reading She was melancholy, evidently, at first, but quite lost in her picturesque and passionate delineation, I all the while wondering how she could endure to exist and not be going.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She gave me a tale of the orchestra, its fulness and its potency; of the five hundred voices, of the conductor, and of the assembly; she assured me that nothing could be at all like it, that we had no idea of its resources or its effects.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I do not pretend to remember all the conversations verbatim which I have heard during my life, or in which I have taken a part; still, there are many which I do remember word by word, and every word.
heard
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From this reading I do not pretend to remember all the conversations verbatim which I have heard during my life, or in which I have taken a part; still, there are many which I do remember word by word, and every word.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She was melancholy, evidently, at first, but quite lost in her picturesque and passionate delineation, I all the while wondering how she could endure to exist and not be going.
herspronounUS /hərz/
the one or ones belonging to her
From this reading My conversation that morning with Millicent I do not remember,--its results blotted it out forever; still, I am conscious it was an exposition of energy and enthusiasm, for hers kindled as she replied to my ardent inquiries, and, unknowingly, she inflamed my own.
how
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From this reading She was melancholy, evidently, at first, but quite lost in her picturesque and passionate delineation, I all the while wondering how she could endure to exist and not be going.
hundred
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From this reading She gave me a tale of the orchestra, its fulness and its potency; of the five hundred voices, of the conductor, and of the assembly; she assured me that nothing could be at all like it, that we had no idea of its resources or its effects.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I do not pretend to remember all the conversations verbatim which I have heard during my life, or in which I have taken a part; still, there are many which I do remember word by word, and every word.
idea
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From this reading She gave me a tale of the orchestra, its fulness and its potency; of the five hundred voices, of the conductor, and of the assembly; she assured me that nothing could be at all like it, that we had no idea of its resources or its effects.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I do not pretend to remember all the conversations verbatim which I have heard during my life, or in which I have taken a part; still, there are many which I do remember word by word, and every word.
inflamed
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From this reading My conversation that morning with Millicent I do not remember,--its results blotted it out forever; still, I am conscious it was an exposition of energy and enthusiasm, for hers kindled as she replied to my ardent inquiries, and, unknowingly, she inflamed my own.
inquiries
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From this reading My conversation that morning with Millicent I do not remember,--its results blotted it out forever; still, I am conscious it was an exposition of energy and enthusiasm, for hers kindled as she replied to my ardent inquiries, and, unknowingly, she inflamed my own.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading I felt in myself that it was not only a sorrow, but a shame, to live in the very place and not press into the courts of music.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading My conversation that morning with Millicent I do not remember,--its results blotted it out forever; still, I am conscious it was an exposition of energy and enthusiasm, for hers kindled as she replied to my ardent inquiries, and, unknowingly, she inflamed my own.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading My conversation that morning with Millicent I do not remember,--its results blotted it out forever; still, I am conscious it was an exposition of energy and enthusiasm, for hers kindled as she replied to my ardent inquiries, and, unknowingly, she inflamed my own.
kindled
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From this reading My conversation that morning with Millicent I do not remember,--its results blotted it out forever; still, I am conscious it was an exposition of energy and enthusiasm, for hers kindled as she replied to my ardent inquiries, and, unknowingly, she inflamed my own.
life
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like
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From this reading She gave me a tale of the orchestra, its fulness and its potency; of the five hundred voices, of the conductor, and of the assembly; she assured me that nothing could be at all like it, that we had no idea of its resources or its effects.
live
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From this reading I felt in myself that it was not only a sorrow, but a shame, to live in the very place and not press into the courts of music.
lost
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From this reading She was melancholy, evidently, at first, but quite lost in her picturesque and passionate delineation, I all the while wondering how she could endure to exist and not be going.
many
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From this reading I do not pretend to remember all the conversations verbatim which I have heard during my life, or in which I have taken a part; still, there are many which I do remember word by word, and every word.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She gave me a tale of the orchestra, its fulness and its potency; of the five hundred voices, of the conductor, and of the assembly; she assured me that nothing could be at all like it, that we had no idea of its resources or its effects.
melancholy
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From this reading She was melancholy, evidently, at first, but quite lost in her picturesque and passionate delineation, I all the while wondering how she could endure to exist and not be going.
Millicent
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From this reading My conversation that morning with Millicent I do not remember,--its results blotted it out forever; still, I am conscious it was an exposition of energy and enthusiasm, for hers kindled as she replied to my ardent inquiries, and, unknowingly, she inflamed my own.
morning
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From this reading My conversation that morning with Millicent I do not remember,--its results blotted it out forever; still, I am conscious it was an exposition of energy and enthusiasm, for hers kindled as she replied to my ardent inquiries, and, unknowingly, she inflamed my own.
music
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From this reading I felt in myself that it was not only a sorrow, but a shame, to live in the very place and not press into the courts of music.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I do not pretend to remember all the conversations verbatim which I have heard during my life, or in which I have taken a part; still, there are many which I do remember word by word, and every word.
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading I felt in myself that it was not only a sorrow, but a shame, to live in the very place and not press into the courts of music.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading She gave me a tale of the orchestra, its fulness and its potency; of the five hundred voices, of the conductor, and of the assembly; she assured me that nothing could be at all like it, that we had no idea of its resources or its effects.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I do not pretend to remember all the conversations verbatim which I have heard during my life, or in which I have taken a part; still, there are many which I do remember word by word, and every word.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading She gave me a tale of the orchestra, its fulness and its potency; of the five hundred voices, of the conductor, and of the assembly; she assured me that nothing could be at all like it, that we had no idea of its resources or its effects.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading My conversation that morning with Millicent I do not remember,--its results blotted it out forever; still, I am conscious it was an exposition of energy and enthusiasm, for hers kindled as she replied to my ardent inquiries, and, unknowingly, she inflamed my own.
only
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From this reading I felt in myself that it was not only a sorrow, but a shame, to live in the very place and not press into the courts of music.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading I do not pretend to remember all the conversations verbatim which I have heard during my life, or in which I have taken a part; still, there are many which I do remember word by word, and every word.
orchestra
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From this reading She gave me a tale of the orchestra, its fulness and its potency; of the five hundred voices, of the conductor, and of the assembly; she assured me that nothing could be at all like it, that we had no idea of its resources or its effects.
out
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From this reading My conversation that morning with Millicent I do not remember,--its results blotted it out forever; still, I am conscious it was an exposition of energy and enthusiasm, for hers kindled as she replied to my ardent inquiries, and, unknowingly, she inflamed my own.
own
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From this reading My conversation that morning with Millicent I do not remember,--its results blotted it out forever; still, I am conscious it was an exposition of energy and enthusiasm, for hers kindled as she replied to my ardent inquiries, and, unknowingly, she inflamed my own.
part
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From this reading I do not pretend to remember all the conversations verbatim which I have heard during my life, or in which I have taken a part; still, there are many which I do remember word by word, and every word.
passionate
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From this reading She was melancholy, evidently, at first, but quite lost in her picturesque and passionate delineation, I all the while wondering how she could endure to exist and not be going.
picturesque
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From this reading She was melancholy, evidently, at first, but quite lost in her picturesque and passionate delineation, I all the while wondering how she could endure to exist and not be going.
place
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From this reading I felt in myself that it was not only a sorrow, but a shame, to live in the very place and not press into the courts of music.
potency
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From this reading She gave me a tale of the orchestra, its fulness and its potency; of the five hundred voices, of the conductor, and of the assembly; she assured me that nothing could be at all like it, that we had no idea of its resources or its effects.
press
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From this reading I felt in myself that it was not only a sorrow, but a shame, to live in the very place and not press into the courts of music.
pretend
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From this reading I do not pretend to remember all the conversations verbatim which I have heard during my life, or in which I have taken a part; still, there are many which I do remember word by word, and every word.
quite
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From this reading She was melancholy, evidently, at first, but quite lost in her picturesque and passionate delineation, I all the while wondering how she could endure to exist and not be going.
rememberverbUS /rɪˈmɛm.bər/
To recall to mind.
From this reading I do not pretend to remember all the conversations verbatim which I have heard during my life, or in which I have taken a part; still, there are many which I do remember word by word, and every word.
replied
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From this reading My conversation that morning with Millicent I do not remember,--its results blotted it out forever; still, I am conscious it was an exposition of energy and enthusiasm, for hers kindled as she replied to my ardent inquiries, and, unknowingly, she inflamed my own.
resources
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From this reading She gave me a tale of the orchestra, its fulness and its potency; of the five hundred voices, of the conductor, and of the assembly; she assured me that nothing could be at all like it, that we had no idea of its resources or its effects.
results
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From this reading My conversation that morning with Millicent I do not remember,--its results blotted it out forever; still, I am conscious it was an exposition of energy and enthusiasm, for hers kindled as she replied to my ardent inquiries, and, unknowingly, she inflamed my own.
shame
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From this reading I felt in myself that it was not only a sorrow, but a shame, to live in the very place and not press into the courts of music.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading My conversation that morning with Millicent I do not remember,--its results blotted it out forever; still, I am conscious it was an exposition of energy and enthusiasm, for hers kindled as she replied to my ardent inquiries, and, unknowingly, she inflamed my own.
sorrow
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From this reading I felt in myself that it was not only a sorrow, but a shame, to live in the very place and not press into the courts of music.
still
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From this reading I do not pretend to remember all the conversations verbatim which I have heard during my life, or in which I have taken a part; still, there are many which I do remember word by word, and every word.
taken
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From this reading I do not pretend to remember all the conversations verbatim which I have heard during my life, or in which I have taken a part; still, there are many which I do remember word by word, and every word.
tale
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From this reading She gave me a tale of the orchestra, its fulness and its potency; of the five hundred voices, of the conductor, and of the assembly; she assured me that nothing could be at all like it, that we had no idea of its resources or its effects.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading My conversation that morning with Millicent I do not remember,--its results blotted it out forever; still, I am conscious it was an exposition of energy and enthusiasm, for hers kindled as she replied to my ardent inquiries, and, unknowingly, she inflamed my own.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I do not pretend to remember all the conversations verbatim which I have heard during my life, or in which I have taken a part; still, there are many which I do remember word by word, and every word.
there
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From this reading I do not pretend to remember all the conversations verbatim which I have heard during my life, or in which I have taken a part; still, there are many which I do remember word by word, and every word.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I do not pretend to remember all the conversations verbatim which I have heard during my life, or in which I have taken a part; still, there are many which I do remember word by word, and every word.
unknowingly
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From this reading My conversation that morning with Millicent I do not remember,--its results blotted it out forever; still, I am conscious it was an exposition of energy and enthusiasm, for hers kindled as she replied to my ardent inquiries, and, unknowingly, she inflamed my own.
verbatim
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From this reading I do not pretend to remember all the conversations verbatim which I have heard during my life, or in which I have taken a part; still, there are many which I do remember word by word, and every word.
very
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From this reading I felt in myself that it was not only a sorrow, but a shame, to live in the very place and not press into the courts of music.
voices
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From this reading She gave me a tale of the orchestra, its fulness and its potency; of the five hundred voices, of the conductor, and of the assembly; she assured me that nothing could be at all like it, that we had no idea of its resources or its effects.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading My conversation that morning with Millicent I do not remember,--its results blotted it out forever; still, I am conscious it was an exposition of energy and enthusiasm, for hers kindled as she replied to my ardent inquiries, and, unknowingly, she inflamed my own.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading She gave me a tale of the orchestra, its fulness and its potency; of the five hundred voices, of the conductor, and of the assembly; she assured me that nothing could be at all like it, that we had no idea of its resources or its effects.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading I do not pretend to remember all the conversations verbatim which I have heard during my life, or in which I have taken a part; still, there are many which I do remember word by word, and every word.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading She was melancholy, evidently, at first, but quite lost in her picturesque and passionate delineation, I all the while wondering how she could endure to exist and not be going.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading My conversation that morning with Millicent I do not remember,--its results blotted it out forever; still, I am conscious it was an exposition of energy and enthusiasm, for hers kindled as she replied to my ardent inquiries, and, unknowingly, she inflamed my own.
wondering
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From this reading She was melancholy, evidently, at first, but quite lost in her picturesque and passionate delineation, I all the while wondering how she could endure to exist and not be going.
word
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From this reading I do not pretend to remember all the conversations verbatim which I have heard during my life, or in which I have taken a part; still, there are many which I do remember word by word, and every word.
