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Desperate Remedies
Desperate Remedies

Chapter XVIII

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Cytherea appeared in the sky: his heart started up and spoke:
‘Tis She, and here Lo!
I unclothe and clear My wishes’ cloudy character.’
Some women kindle emotion so rapidly in a man’s heart that the judgment cannot keep pace with its rise, and finds, on comprehending the situation, that faithfulness to the old love is already treachery to the new.
Such women are not necessarily the greatest of their sex, but there are very few of them.
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Archivist
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Desperate Remedies

Chapter XVIII

Reading 1/38 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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Cytherea appeared in the sky: his heart started up and spoke:
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‘Tis She, and here Lo!
Line 3
I unclothe and clear My wishes’ cloudy character.’
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Some women kindle emotion so rapidly in a man’s heart that the judgment cannot keep pace with its rise, and finds, on comprehending the situation, that faithfulness to the old love is already treachery to the new.
Line 5
Such women are not necessarily the greatest of their sex, but there are very few of them.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Already noun US /already/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Some women kindle emotion so rapidly in a man’s heart that the judgment cannot keep pace with its rise, and finds, on comprehending the situation, that faithfulness to the old love is already treachery to the new.”

Here noun US /here/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “‘Tis She, and here Lo!”

Treachery noun US /ˈtrɛtʃəri/

betrayal of trust

From this reading “Some women kindle emotion so rapidly in a man’s heart that the judgment cannot keep pace with its rise, and finds, on comprehending the situation, that faithfulness to the old love is already treachery to the new.”

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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 Some women kindle emotion so rapidly in a man’s heart that the judgment cannot keep pace with its rise, and finds, on comprehending the situation, that faithfulness to the old love is already treachery to the new.

alreadynounUS /already/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Some women kindle emotion so rapidly in a man’s heart that the judgment cannot keep pace with its rise, and finds, on comprehending the situation, that faithfulness to the old love is already treachery to the new.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Cytherea appeared in the sky: his heart started up and spoke:

appeared

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From this reading Cytherea appeared in the sky: his heart started up and spoke:

areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading Such women are not necessarily the greatest of their sex, but there are very few of them.

butconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading Such women are not necessarily the greatest of their sex, but there are very few of them.

cannot

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From this reading Some women kindle emotion so rapidly in a man’s heart that the judgment cannot keep pace with its rise, and finds, on comprehending the situation, that faithfulness to the old love is already treachery to the new.

character

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From this reading I unclothe and clear My wishes’ cloudy character.’

clear

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From this reading I unclothe and clear My wishes’ cloudy character.’

cloudy

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From this reading I unclothe and clear My wishes’ cloudy character.’

comprehending

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From this reading Some women kindle emotion so rapidly in a man’s heart that the judgment cannot keep pace with its rise, and finds, on comprehending the situation, that faithfulness to the old love is already treachery to the new.

Cytherea

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From this reading Cytherea appeared in the sky: his heart started up and spoke:

emotion

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From this reading Some women kindle emotion so rapidly in a man’s heart that the judgment cannot keep pace with its rise, and finds, on comprehending the situation, that faithfulness to the old love is already treachery to the new.

faithfulness

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From this reading Some women kindle emotion so rapidly in a man’s heart that the judgment cannot keep pace with its rise, and finds, on comprehending the situation, that faithfulness to the old love is already treachery to the new.

few

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From this reading Such women are not necessarily the greatest of their sex, but there are very few of them.

finds

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From this reading Some women kindle emotion so rapidly in a man’s heart that the judgment cannot keep pace with its rise, and finds, on comprehending the situation, that faithfulness to the old love is already treachery to the new.

greatest

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From this reading Such women are not necessarily the greatest of their sex, but there are very few of them.

heart

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From this reading Cytherea appeared in the sky: his heart started up and spoke:

herenounUS /here/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading ‘Tis She, and here Lo!

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading Cytherea appeared in the sky: his heart started up and spoke:

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading I unclothe and clear My wishes’ cloudy character.’

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading Cytherea appeared in the sky: his heart started up and spoke:

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Some women kindle emotion so rapidly in a man’s heart that the judgment cannot keep pace with its rise, and finds, on comprehending the situation, that faithfulness to the old love is already treachery to the new.

itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading Some women kindle emotion so rapidly in a man’s heart that the judgment cannot keep pace with its rise, and finds, on comprehending the situation, that faithfulness to the old love is already treachery to the new.

judgment

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From this reading Some women kindle emotion so rapidly in a man’s heart that the judgment cannot keep pace with its rise, and finds, on comprehending the situation, that faithfulness to the old love is already treachery to the new.

keep

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From this reading Some women kindle emotion so rapidly in a man’s heart that the judgment cannot keep pace with its rise, and finds, on comprehending the situation, that faithfulness to the old love is already treachery to the new.

kindle

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From this reading Some women kindle emotion so rapidly in a man’s heart that the judgment cannot keep pace with its rise, and finds, on comprehending the situation, that faithfulness to the old love is already treachery to the new.

Lo

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From this reading ‘Tis She, and here Lo!

love

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From this reading Some women kindle emotion so rapidly in a man’s heart that the judgment cannot keep pace with its rise, and finds, on comprehending the situation, that faithfulness to the old love is already treachery to the new.

man's

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From this reading Some women kindle emotion so rapidly in a man’s heart that the judgment cannot keep pace with its rise, and finds, on comprehending the situation, that faithfulness to the old love is already treachery to the new.

MydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading I unclothe and clear My wishes’ cloudy character.’

necessarily

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From this reading Such women are not necessarily the greatest of their sex, but there are very few of them.

new

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From this reading Some women kindle emotion so rapidly in a man’s heart that the judgment cannot keep pace with its rise, and finds, on comprehending the situation, that faithfulness to the old love is already treachery to the new.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Such women are not necessarily the greatest of their sex, but there are very few of them.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Such women are not necessarily the greatest of their sex, but there are very few of them.

old

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From this reading Some women kindle emotion so rapidly in a man’s heart that the judgment cannot keep pace with its rise, and finds, on comprehending the situation, that faithfulness to the old love is already treachery to the new.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Some women kindle emotion so rapidly in a man’s heart that the judgment cannot keep pace with its rise, and finds, on comprehending the situation, that faithfulness to the old love is already treachery to the new.

pace

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From this reading Some women kindle emotion so rapidly in a man’s heart that the judgment cannot keep pace with its rise, and finds, on comprehending the situation, that faithfulness to the old love is already treachery to the new.

rapidly

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From this reading Some women kindle emotion so rapidly in a man’s heart that the judgment cannot keep pace with its rise, and finds, on comprehending the situation, that faithfulness to the old love is already treachery to the new.

rise

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From this reading Some women kindle emotion so rapidly in a man’s heart that the judgment cannot keep pace with its rise, and finds, on comprehending the situation, that faithfulness to the old love is already treachery to the new.

sex

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From this reading Such women are not necessarily the greatest of their sex, but there are very few of them.

ShepronounUS /ʃiː/

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading ‘Tis She, and here Lo!

situation

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From this reading Some women kindle emotion so rapidly in a man’s heart that the judgment cannot keep pace with its rise, and finds, on comprehending the situation, that faithfulness to the old love is already treachery to the new.

sky

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From this reading Cytherea appeared in the sky: his heart started up and spoke:

soconjunctionUS /soʊ/

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading Some women kindle emotion so rapidly in a man’s heart that the judgment cannot keep pace with its rise, and finds, on comprehending the situation, that faithfulness to the old love is already treachery to the new.

Some

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From this reading Some women kindle emotion so rapidly in a man’s heart that the judgment cannot keep pace with its rise, and finds, on comprehending the situation, that faithfulness to the old love is already treachery to the new.

spoke

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From this reading Cytherea appeared in the sky: his heart started up and spoke:

started

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From this reading Cytherea appeared in the sky: his heart started up and spoke:

SuchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading Such women are not necessarily the greatest of their sex, but there are very few of them.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Some women kindle emotion so rapidly in a man’s heart that the judgment cannot keep pace with its rise, and finds, on comprehending the situation, that faithfulness to the old love is already treachery to the new.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading Cytherea appeared in the sky: his heart started up and spoke:

theirdeterminerUS /ðer/

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading Such women are not necessarily the greatest of their sex, but there are very few of them.

thempronounUS /ðem/

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading Such women are not necessarily the greatest of their sex, but there are very few of them.

there

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From this reading Such women are not necessarily the greatest of their sex, but there are very few of them.

Tis

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From this reading ‘Tis She, and here Lo!

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Some women kindle emotion so rapidly in a man’s heart that the judgment cannot keep pace with its rise, and finds, on comprehending the situation, that faithfulness to the old love is already treachery to the new.

treacherynounUS /ˈtrɛtʃəri/

betrayal of trust

From this reading Some women kindle emotion so rapidly in a man’s heart that the judgment cannot keep pace with its rise, and finds, on comprehending the situation, that faithfulness to the old love is already treachery to the new.

unclothe

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From this reading I unclothe and clear My wishes’ cloudy character.’

up

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From this reading Cytherea appeared in the sky: his heart started up and spoke:

very

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From this reading Such women are not necessarily the greatest of their sex, but there are very few of them.

wishes

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From this reading I unclothe and clear My wishes’ cloudy character.’

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading Some women kindle emotion so rapidly in a man’s heart that the judgment cannot keep pace with its rise, and finds, on comprehending the situation, that faithfulness to the old love is already treachery to the new.

women

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From this reading Some women kindle emotion so rapidly in a man’s heart that the judgment cannot keep pace with its rise, and finds, on comprehending the situation, that faithfulness to the old love is already treachery to the new.