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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
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agnostic
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AGNOSTICISM
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From this reading NOVELS AND AGNOSTICISM.
American
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From this reading The American publishers of Railway libraries think that it is forty or fifty double-column pages of pirated English fiction.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
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analysis
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analyst's
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ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading NOVELS AND AGNOSTICISM.
angelic
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aristocracy
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asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The aristocracy of culture describe it as a philosophic analysis of human character and motives, with an agnostic bias on the analyst's part.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Readers of the "New York Ledger" suppose it to be a romance of angelic virtue at last triumphant over satanic villany.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
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bias
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character
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culture
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definitions
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describe
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double-column
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English
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fiction
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fifty
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forty
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human
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isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The novel of our times is susceptible of many definitions.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The American publishers of Railway libraries think that it is forty or fifty double-column pages of pirated English fiction.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
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Ledger
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libraries
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many
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motives
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New
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novel
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NOVELS
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From this reading NOVELS AND AGNOSTICISM.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The novel of our times is susceptible of many definitions.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
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orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The American publishers of Railway libraries think that it is forty or fifty double-column pages of pirated English fiction.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading The novel of our times is susceptible of many definitions.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
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pages
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partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
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philosophic
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pirated
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publishers
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Railway
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Readers
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romance
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satanic
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supposenounUS /ˈsuppose/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
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susceptible
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thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The American publishers of Railway libraries think that it is forty or fifty double-column pages of pirated English fiction.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The novel of our times is susceptible of many definitions.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
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times
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toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
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triumphant
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villany
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virtuenounUS /ˈvɝː.tʃuː/
Moral excellence and goodness of character; the highest human attainment in Stoic philosophy.
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withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The aristocracy of culture describe it as a philosophic analysis of human character and motives, with an agnostic bias on the analyst's part.
York
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From this reading Readers of the "New York Ledger" suppose it to be a romance of angelic virtue at last triumphant over satanic villany.