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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 When a man is dying, or just dead, it often seems, to those interested in the matter, that he is taken off prematurely; that he leaves his life incomplete; that his usefulness was not at an end; that he and those who were bound to him would have been the better had he survived.
all
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From this reading Death seems like a violence, a robbery, a wrong; and all the more wrongful a robbery, because we are powerless to resist it or to punish it.
always
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From this reading Not those who nurse their grief the longest are always the ones who loved most generously and whole-heartedly.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading When a man is dying, or just dead, it often seems, to those interested in the matter, that he is taken off prematurely; that he leaves his life incomplete; that his usefulness was not at an end; that he and those who were bound to him would have been the better had he survived.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading When a man is dying, or just dead, it often seems, to those interested in the matter, that he is taken off prematurely; that he leaves his life incomplete; that his usefulness was not at an end; that he and those who were bound to him would have been the better had he survived.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Death seems like a violence, a robbery, a wrong; and all the more wrongful a robbery, because we are powerless to resist it or to punish it.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading And yet, as the mind moves forward through the succession of moods and events that is called time, how speedily this wound of loss is healed!
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading When a man is dying, or just dead, it often seems, to those interested in the matter, that he is taken off prematurely; that he leaves his life incomplete; that his usefulness was not at an end; that he and those who were bound to him would have been the better had he survived.
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading Death seems like a violence, a robbery, a wrong; and all the more wrongful a robbery, because we are powerless to resist it or to punish it.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading When a man is dying, or just dead, it often seems, to those interested in the matter, that he is taken off prematurely; that he leaves his life incomplete; that his usefulness was not at an end; that he and those who were bound to him would have been the better had he survived.
better
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From this reading When a man is dying, or just dead, it often seems, to those interested in the matter, that he is taken off prematurely; that he leaves his life incomplete; that his usefulness was not at an end; that he and those who were bound to him would have been the better had he survived.
bound
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From this reading When a man is dying, or just dead, it often seems, to those interested in the matter, that he is taken off prematurely; that he leaves his life incomplete; that his usefulness was not at an end; that he and those who were bound to him would have been the better had he survived.
called
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From this reading And yet, as the mind moves forward through the succession of moods and events that is called time, how speedily this wound of loss is healed!
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading The mother who mourns her infant, the lover who looks on the dead face of his mistress, the child who feels a dim horror at the unresponsive coldness of the hand whose every touch was love, the friend who sees the horizon of his own life darken and his pathway narrow at the grave of his friend--to these it seems that an injury has been inflicted upon them, the traces of which no compensation can remove.
child
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From this reading The mother who mourns her infant, the lover who looks on the dead face of his mistress, the child who feels a dim horror at the unresponsive coldness of the hand whose every touch was love, the friend who sees the horizon of his own life darken and his pathway narrow at the grave of his friend--to these it seems that an injury has been inflicted upon them, the traces of which no compensation can remove.
coldness
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From this reading The mother who mourns her infant, the lover who looks on the dead face of his mistress, the child who feels a dim horror at the unresponsive coldness of the hand whose every touch was love, the friend who sees the horizon of his own life darken and his pathway narrow at the grave of his friend--to these it seems that an injury has been inflicted upon them, the traces of which no compensation can remove.
compensation
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From this reading The mother who mourns her infant, the lover who looks on the dead face of his mistress, the child who feels a dim horror at the unresponsive coldness of the hand whose every touch was love, the friend who sees the horizon of his own life darken and his pathway narrow at the grave of his friend--to these it seems that an injury has been inflicted upon them, the traces of which no compensation can remove.
darken
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From this reading The mother who mourns her infant, the lover who looks on the dead face of his mistress, the child who feels a dim horror at the unresponsive coldness of the hand whose every touch was love, the friend who sees the horizon of his own life darken and his pathway narrow at the grave of his friend--to these it seems that an injury has been inflicted upon them, the traces of which no compensation can remove.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When a man is dying, or just dead, it often seems, to those interested in the matter, that he is taken off prematurely; that he leaves his life incomplete; that his usefulness was not at an end; that he and those who were bound to him would have been the better had he survived.
Death
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From this reading Death seems like a violence, a robbery, a wrong; and all the more wrongful a robbery, because we are powerless to resist it or to punish it.
dim
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From this reading The mother who mourns her infant, the lover who looks on the dead face of his mistress, the child who feels a dim horror at the unresponsive coldness of the hand whose every touch was love, the friend who sees the horizon of his own life darken and his pathway narrow at the grave of his friend--to these it seems that an injury has been inflicted upon them, the traces of which no compensation can remove.
dying
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From this reading When a man is dying, or just dead, it often seems, to those interested in the matter, that he is taken off prematurely; that he leaves his life incomplete; that his usefulness was not at an end; that he and those who were bound to him would have been the better had he survived.
end
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From this reading When a man is dying, or just dead, it often seems, to those interested in the matter, that he is taken off prematurely; that he leaves his life incomplete; that his usefulness was not at an end; that he and those who were bound to him would have been the better had he survived.
events
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From this reading And yet, as the mind moves forward through the succession of moods and events that is called time, how speedily this wound of loss is healed!
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading The mother who mourns her infant, the lover who looks on the dead face of his mistress, the child who feels a dim horror at the unresponsive coldness of the hand whose every touch was love, the friend who sees the horizon of his own life darken and his pathway narrow at the grave of his friend--to these it seems that an injury has been inflicted upon them, the traces of which no compensation can remove.
face
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From this reading The mother who mourns her infant, the lover who looks on the dead face of his mistress, the child who feels a dim horror at the unresponsive coldness of the hand whose every touch was love, the friend who sees the horizon of his own life darken and his pathway narrow at the grave of his friend--to these it seems that an injury has been inflicted upon them, the traces of which no compensation can remove.
feels
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From this reading The mother who mourns her infant, the lover who looks on the dead face of his mistress, the child who feels a dim horror at the unresponsive coldness of the hand whose every touch was love, the friend who sees the horizon of his own life darken and his pathway narrow at the grave of his friend--to these it seems that an injury has been inflicted upon them, the traces of which no compensation can remove.
forwardnounUS /forward/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And yet, as the mind moves forward through the succession of moods and events that is called time, how speedily this wound of loss is healed!
friend
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From this reading The mother who mourns her infant, the lover who looks on the dead face of his mistress, the child who feels a dim horror at the unresponsive coldness of the hand whose every touch was love, the friend who sees the horizon of his own life darken and his pathway narrow at the grave of his friend--to these it seems that an injury has been inflicted upon them, the traces of which no compensation can remove.
generously
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From this reading Not those who nurse their grief the longest are always the ones who loved most generously and whole-heartedly.
grave
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From this reading The mother who mourns her infant, the lover who looks on the dead face of his mistress, the child who feels a dim horror at the unresponsive coldness of the hand whose every touch was love, the friend who sees the horizon of his own life darken and his pathway narrow at the grave of his friend--to these it seems that an injury has been inflicted upon them, the traces of which no compensation can remove.
grief
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From this reading Not those who nurse their grief the longest are always the ones who loved most generously and whole-heartedly.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading When a man is dying, or just dead, it often seems, to those interested in the matter, that he is taken off prematurely; that he leaves his life incomplete; that his usefulness was not at an end; that he and those who were bound to him would have been the better had he survived.
hand
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From this reading The mother who mourns her infant, the lover who looks on the dead face of his mistress, the child who feels a dim horror at the unresponsive coldness of the hand whose every touch was love, the friend who sees the horizon of his own life darken and his pathway narrow at the grave of his friend--to these it seems that an injury has been inflicted upon them, the traces of which no compensation can remove.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The mother who mourns her infant, the lover who looks on the dead face of his mistress, the child who feels a dim horror at the unresponsive coldness of the hand whose every touch was love, the friend who sees the horizon of his own life darken and his pathway narrow at the grave of his friend--to these it seems that an injury has been inflicted upon them, the traces of which no compensation can remove.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading When a man is dying, or just dead, it often seems, to those interested in the matter, that he is taken off prematurely; that he leaves his life incomplete; that his usefulness was not at an end; that he and those who were bound to him would have been the better had he survived.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When a man is dying, or just dead, it often seems, to those interested in the matter, that he is taken off prematurely; that he leaves his life incomplete; that his usefulness was not at an end; that he and those who were bound to him would have been the better had he survived.
healed
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From this reading And yet, as the mind moves forward through the succession of moods and events that is called time, how speedily this wound of loss is healed!
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The mother who mourns her infant, the lover who looks on the dead face of his mistress, the child who feels a dim horror at the unresponsive coldness of the hand whose every touch was love, the friend who sees the horizon of his own life darken and his pathway narrow at the grave of his friend--to these it seems that an injury has been inflicted upon them, the traces of which no compensation can remove.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading When a man is dying, or just dead, it often seems, to those interested in the matter, that he is taken off prematurely; that he leaves his life incomplete; that his usefulness was not at an end; that he and those who were bound to him would have been the better had he survived.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading When a man is dying, or just dead, it often seems, to those interested in the matter, that he is taken off prematurely; that he leaves his life incomplete; that his usefulness was not at an end; that he and those who were bound to him would have been the better had he survived.
horizon
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From this reading The mother who mourns her infant, the lover who looks on the dead face of his mistress, the child who feels a dim horror at the unresponsive coldness of the hand whose every touch was love, the friend who sees the horizon of his own life darken and his pathway narrow at the grave of his friend--to these it seems that an injury has been inflicted upon them, the traces of which no compensation can remove.
horror
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From this reading The mother who mourns her infant, the lover who looks on the dead face of his mistress, the child who feels a dim horror at the unresponsive coldness of the hand whose every touch was love, the friend who sees the horizon of his own life darken and his pathway narrow at the grave of his friend--to these it seems that an injury has been inflicted upon them, the traces of which no compensation can remove.
how
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From this reading And yet, as the mind moves forward through the succession of moods and events that is called time, how speedily this wound of loss is healed!
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading When a man is dying, or just dead, it often seems, to those interested in the matter, that he is taken off prematurely; that he leaves his life incomplete; that his usefulness was not at an end; that he and those who were bound to him would have been the better had he survived.
incomplete
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From this reading When a man is dying, or just dead, it often seems, to those interested in the matter, that he is taken off prematurely; that he leaves his life incomplete; that his usefulness was not at an end; that he and those who were bound to him would have been the better had he survived.
infant
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From this reading The mother who mourns her infant, the lover who looks on the dead face of his mistress, the child who feels a dim horror at the unresponsive coldness of the hand whose every touch was love, the friend who sees the horizon of his own life darken and his pathway narrow at the grave of his friend--to these it seems that an injury has been inflicted upon them, the traces of which no compensation can remove.
inflicted
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From this reading The mother who mourns her infant, the lover who looks on the dead face of his mistress, the child who feels a dim horror at the unresponsive coldness of the hand whose every touch was love, the friend who sees the horizon of his own life darken and his pathway narrow at the grave of his friend--to these it seems that an injury has been inflicted upon them, the traces of which no compensation can remove.
injury
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From this reading The mother who mourns her infant, the lover who looks on the dead face of his mistress, the child who feels a dim horror at the unresponsive coldness of the hand whose every touch was love, the friend who sees the horizon of his own life darken and his pathway narrow at the grave of his friend--to these it seems that an injury has been inflicted upon them, the traces of which no compensation can remove.
interested
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From this reading When a man is dying, or just dead, it often seems, to those interested in the matter, that he is taken off prematurely; that he leaves his life incomplete; that his usefulness was not at an end; that he and those who were bound to him would have been the better had he survived.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading When a man is dying, or just dead, it often seems, to those interested in the matter, that he is taken off prematurely; that he leaves his life incomplete; that his usefulness was not at an end; that he and those who were bound to him would have been the better had he survived.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading When a man is dying, or just dead, it often seems, to those interested in the matter, that he is taken off prematurely; that he leaves his life incomplete; that his usefulness was not at an end; that he and those who were bound to him would have been the better had he survived.
just
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From this reading When a man is dying, or just dead, it often seems, to those interested in the matter, that he is taken off prematurely; that he leaves his life incomplete; that his usefulness was not at an end; that he and those who were bound to him would have been the better had he survived.
leaves
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From this reading When a man is dying, or just dead, it often seems, to those interested in the matter, that he is taken off prematurely; that he leaves his life incomplete; that his usefulness was not at an end; that he and those who were bound to him would have been the better had he survived.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When a man is dying, or just dead, it often seems, to those interested in the matter, that he is taken off prematurely; that he leaves his life incomplete; that his usefulness was not at an end; that he and those who were bound to him would have been the better had he survived.
like
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From this reading Death seems like a violence, a robbery, a wrong; and all the more wrongful a robbery, because we are powerless to resist it or to punish it.
longest
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From this reading Not those who nurse their grief the longest are always the ones who loved most generously and whole-heartedly.
looks
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From this reading The mother who mourns her infant, the lover who looks on the dead face of his mistress, the child who feels a dim horror at the unresponsive coldness of the hand whose every touch was love, the friend who sees the horizon of his own life darken and his pathway narrow at the grave of his friend--to these it seems that an injury has been inflicted upon them, the traces of which no compensation can remove.
loss
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From this reading And yet, as the mind moves forward through the succession of moods and events that is called time, how speedily this wound of loss is healed!
love
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From this reading The mother who mourns her infant, the lover who looks on the dead face of his mistress, the child who feels a dim horror at the unresponsive coldness of the hand whose every touch was love, the friend who sees the horizon of his own life darken and his pathway narrow at the grave of his friend--to these it seems that an injury has been inflicted upon them, the traces of which no compensation can remove.
loved
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From this reading Not those who nurse their grief the longest are always the ones who loved most generously and whole-heartedly.
lover
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From this reading The mother who mourns her infant, the lover who looks on the dead face of his mistress, the child who feels a dim horror at the unresponsive coldness of the hand whose every touch was love, the friend who sees the horizon of his own life darken and his pathway narrow at the grave of his friend--to these it seems that an injury has been inflicted upon them, the traces of which no compensation can remove.
man
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From this reading When a man is dying, or just dead, it often seems, to those interested in the matter, that he is taken off prematurely; that he leaves his life incomplete; that his usefulness was not at an end; that he and those who were bound to him would have been the better had he survived.
matter
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From this reading When a man is dying, or just dead, it often seems, to those interested in the matter, that he is taken off prematurely; that he leaves his life incomplete; that his usefulness was not at an end; that he and those who were bound to him would have been the better had he survived.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And yet, as the mind moves forward through the succession of moods and events that is called time, how speedily this wound of loss is healed!
mistress
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From this reading The mother who mourns her infant, the lover who looks on the dead face of his mistress, the child who feels a dim horror at the unresponsive coldness of the hand whose every touch was love, the friend who sees the horizon of his own life darken and his pathway narrow at the grave of his friend--to these it seems that an injury has been inflicted upon them, the traces of which no compensation can remove.
moods
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From this reading And yet, as the mind moves forward through the succession of moods and events that is called time, how speedily this wound of loss is healed!
more
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From this reading Death seems like a violence, a robbery, a wrong; and all the more wrongful a robbery, because we are powerless to resist it or to punish it.
most
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From this reading Not those who nurse their grief the longest are always the ones who loved most generously and whole-heartedly.
mother
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From this reading The mother who mourns her infant, the lover who looks on the dead face of his mistress, the child who feels a dim horror at the unresponsive coldness of the hand whose every touch was love, the friend who sees the horizon of his own life darken and his pathway narrow at the grave of his friend--to these it seems that an injury has been inflicted upon them, the traces of which no compensation can remove.
mourns
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From this reading The mother who mourns her infant, the lover who looks on the dead face of his mistress, the child who feels a dim horror at the unresponsive coldness of the hand whose every touch was love, the friend who sees the horizon of his own life darken and his pathway narrow at the grave of his friend--to these it seems that an injury has been inflicted upon them, the traces of which no compensation can remove.
moves
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From this reading And yet, as the mind moves forward through the succession of moods and events that is called time, how speedily this wound of loss is healed!
narrow
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From this reading The mother who mourns her infant, the lover who looks on the dead face of his mistress, the child who feels a dim horror at the unresponsive coldness of the hand whose every touch was love, the friend who sees the horizon of his own life darken and his pathway narrow at the grave of his friend--to these it seems that an injury has been inflicted upon them, the traces of which no compensation can remove.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading The mother who mourns her infant, the lover who looks on the dead face of his mistress, the child who feels a dim horror at the unresponsive coldness of the hand whose every touch was love, the friend who sees the horizon of his own life darken and his pathway narrow at the grave of his friend--to these it seems that an injury has been inflicted upon them, the traces of which no compensation can remove.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading When a man is dying, or just dead, it often seems, to those interested in the matter, that he is taken off prematurely; that he leaves his life incomplete; that his usefulness was not at an end; that he and those who were bound to him would have been the better had he survived.
nurse
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From this reading Not those who nurse their grief the longest are always the ones who loved most generously and whole-heartedly.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The mother who mourns her infant, the lover who looks on the dead face of his mistress, the child who feels a dim horror at the unresponsive coldness of the hand whose every touch was love, the friend who sees the horizon of his own life darken and his pathway narrow at the grave of his friend--to these it seems that an injury has been inflicted upon them, the traces of which no compensation can remove.
off
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From this reading When a man is dying, or just dead, it often seems, to those interested in the matter, that he is taken off prematurely; that he leaves his life incomplete; that his usefulness was not at an end; that he and those who were bound to him would have been the better had he survived.
often
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From this reading When a man is dying, or just dead, it often seems, to those interested in the matter, that he is taken off prematurely; that he leaves his life incomplete; that his usefulness was not at an end; that he and those who were bound to him would have been the better had he survived.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The mother who mourns her infant, the lover who looks on the dead face of his mistress, the child who feels a dim horror at the unresponsive coldness of the hand whose every touch was love, the friend who sees the horizon of his own life darken and his pathway narrow at the grave of his friend--to these it seems that an injury has been inflicted upon them, the traces of which no compensation can remove.
ones
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From this reading Not those who nurse their grief the longest are always the ones who loved most generously and whole-heartedly.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading When a man is dying, or just dead, it often seems, to those interested in the matter, that he is taken off prematurely; that he leaves his life incomplete; that his usefulness was not at an end; that he and those who were bound to him would have been the better had he survived.
own
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From this reading The mother who mourns her infant, the lover who looks on the dead face of his mistress, the child who feels a dim horror at the unresponsive coldness of the hand whose every touch was love, the friend who sees the horizon of his own life darken and his pathway narrow at the grave of his friend--to these it seems that an injury has been inflicted upon them, the traces of which no compensation can remove.
pathway
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From this reading The mother who mourns her infant, the lover who looks on the dead face of his mistress, the child who feels a dim horror at the unresponsive coldness of the hand whose every touch was love, the friend who sees the horizon of his own life darken and his pathway narrow at the grave of his friend--to these it seems that an injury has been inflicted upon them, the traces of which no compensation can remove.
powerless
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From this reading Death seems like a violence, a robbery, a wrong; and all the more wrongful a robbery, because we are powerless to resist it or to punish it.
prematurely
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From this reading When a man is dying, or just dead, it often seems, to those interested in the matter, that he is taken off prematurely; that he leaves his life incomplete; that his usefulness was not at an end; that he and those who were bound to him would have been the better had he survived.
punish
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From this reading Death seems like a violence, a robbery, a wrong; and all the more wrongful a robbery, because we are powerless to resist it or to punish it.
remove
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From this reading The mother who mourns her infant, the lover who looks on the dead face of his mistress, the child who feels a dim horror at the unresponsive coldness of the hand whose every touch was love, the friend who sees the horizon of his own life darken and his pathway narrow at the grave of his friend--to these it seems that an injury has been inflicted upon them, the traces of which no compensation can remove.
resist
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From this reading Death seems like a violence, a robbery, a wrong; and all the more wrongful a robbery, because we are powerless to resist it or to punish it.
robbery
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From this reading Death seems like a violence, a robbery, a wrong; and all the more wrongful a robbery, because we are powerless to resist it or to punish it.
seems
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From this reading When a man is dying, or just dead, it often seems, to those interested in the matter, that he is taken off prematurely; that he leaves his life incomplete; that his usefulness was not at an end; that he and those who were bound to him would have been the better had he survived.
sees
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From this reading The mother who mourns her infant, the lover who looks on the dead face of his mistress, the child who feels a dim horror at the unresponsive coldness of the hand whose every touch was love, the friend who sees the horizon of his own life darken and his pathway narrow at the grave of his friend--to these it seems that an injury has been inflicted upon them, the traces of which no compensation can remove.
speedily
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From this reading And yet, as the mind moves forward through the succession of moods and events that is called time, how speedily this wound of loss is healed!
succession
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From this reading And yet, as the mind moves forward through the succession of moods and events that is called time, how speedily this wound of loss is healed!
survived
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From this reading When a man is dying, or just dead, it often seems, to those interested in the matter, that he is taken off prematurely; that he leaves his life incomplete; that his usefulness was not at an end; that he and those who were bound to him would have been the better had he survived.
taken
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From this reading When a man is dying, or just dead, it often seems, to those interested in the matter, that he is taken off prematurely; that he leaves his life incomplete; that his usefulness was not at an end; that he and those who were bound to him would have been the better had he survived.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading When a man is dying, or just dead, it often seems, to those interested in the matter, that he is taken off prematurely; that he leaves his life incomplete; that his usefulness was not at an end; that he and those who were bound to him would have been the better had he survived.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading When a man is dying, or just dead, it often seems, to those interested in the matter, that he is taken off prematurely; that he leaves his life incomplete; that his usefulness was not at an end; that he and those who were bound to him would have been the better had he survived.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Not those who nurse their grief the longest are always the ones who loved most generously and whole-heartedly.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The mother who mourns her infant, the lover who looks on the dead face of his mistress, the child who feels a dim horror at the unresponsive coldness of the hand whose every touch was love, the friend who sees the horizon of his own life darken and his pathway narrow at the grave of his friend--to these it seems that an injury has been inflicted upon them, the traces of which no compensation can remove.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading The mother who mourns her infant, the lover who looks on the dead face of his mistress, the child who feels a dim horror at the unresponsive coldness of the hand whose every touch was love, the friend who sees the horizon of his own life darken and his pathway narrow at the grave of his friend--to these it seems that an injury has been inflicted upon them, the traces of which no compensation can remove.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading And yet, as the mind moves forward through the succession of moods and events that is called time, how speedily this wound of loss is healed!
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading When a man is dying, or just dead, it often seems, to those interested in the matter, that he is taken off prematurely; that he leaves his life incomplete; that his usefulness was not at an end; that he and those who were bound to him would have been the better had he survived.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading And yet, as the mind moves forward through the succession of moods and events that is called time, how speedily this wound of loss is healed!
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And yet, as the mind moves forward through the succession of moods and events that is called time, how speedily this wound of loss is healed!
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading When a man is dying, or just dead, it often seems, to those interested in the matter, that he is taken off prematurely; that he leaves his life incomplete; that his usefulness was not at an end; that he and those who were bound to him would have been the better had he survived.
touch
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From this reading The mother who mourns her infant, the lover who looks on the dead face of his mistress, the child who feels a dim horror at the unresponsive coldness of the hand whose every touch was love, the friend who sees the horizon of his own life darken and his pathway narrow at the grave of his friend--to these it seems that an injury has been inflicted upon them, the traces of which no compensation can remove.
traces
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From this reading The mother who mourns her infant, the lover who looks on the dead face of his mistress, the child who feels a dim horror at the unresponsive coldness of the hand whose every touch was love, the friend who sees the horizon of his own life darken and his pathway narrow at the grave of his friend--to these it seems that an injury has been inflicted upon them, the traces of which no compensation can remove.
unresponsive
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From this reading The mother who mourns her infant, the lover who looks on the dead face of his mistress, the child who feels a dim horror at the unresponsive coldness of the hand whose every touch was love, the friend who sees the horizon of his own life darken and his pathway narrow at the grave of his friend--to these it seems that an injury has been inflicted upon them, the traces of which no compensation can remove.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The mother who mourns her infant, the lover who looks on the dead face of his mistress, the child who feels a dim horror at the unresponsive coldness of the hand whose every touch was love, the friend who sees the horizon of his own life darken and his pathway narrow at the grave of his friend--to these it seems that an injury has been inflicted upon them, the traces of which no compensation can remove.
usefulness
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From this reading When a man is dying, or just dead, it often seems, to those interested in the matter, that he is taken off prematurely; that he leaves his life incomplete; that his usefulness was not at an end; that he and those who were bound to him would have been the better had he survived.
violence
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From this reading Death seems like a violence, a robbery, a wrong; and all the more wrongful a robbery, because we are powerless to resist it or to punish it.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading When a man is dying, or just dead, it often seems, to those interested in the matter, that he is taken off prematurely; that he leaves his life incomplete; that his usefulness was not at an end; that he and those who were bound to him would have been the better had he survived.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Death seems like a violence, a robbery, a wrong; and all the more wrongful a robbery, because we are powerless to resist it or to punish it.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading When a man is dying, or just dead, it often seems, to those interested in the matter, that he is taken off prematurely; that he leaves his life incomplete; that his usefulness was not at an end; that he and those who were bound to him would have been the better had he survived.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When a man is dying, or just dead, it often seems, to those interested in the matter, that he is taken off prematurely; that he leaves his life incomplete; that his usefulness was not at an end; that he and those who were bound to him would have been the better had he survived.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The mother who mourns her infant, the lover who looks on the dead face of his mistress, the child who feels a dim horror at the unresponsive coldness of the hand whose every touch was love, the friend who sees the horizon of his own life darken and his pathway narrow at the grave of his friend--to these it seems that an injury has been inflicted upon them, the traces of which no compensation can remove.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading When a man is dying, or just dead, it often seems, to those interested in the matter, that he is taken off prematurely; that he leaves his life incomplete; that his usefulness was not at an end; that he and those who were bound to him would have been the better had he survived.
whole-heartedly
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From this reading Not those who nurse their grief the longest are always the ones who loved most generously and whole-heartedly.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading The mother who mourns her infant, the lover who looks on the dead face of his mistress, the child who feels a dim horror at the unresponsive coldness of the hand whose every touch was love, the friend who sees the horizon of his own life darken and his pathway narrow at the grave of his friend--to these it seems that an injury has been inflicted upon them, the traces of which no compensation can remove.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading When a man is dying, or just dead, it often seems, to those interested in the matter, that he is taken off prematurely; that he leaves his life incomplete; that his usefulness was not at an end; that he and those who were bound to him would have been the better had he survived.
wound
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From this reading And yet, as the mind moves forward through the succession of moods and events that is called time, how speedily this wound of loss is healed!
wrong
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From this reading Death seems like a violence, a robbery, a wrong; and all the more wrongful a robbery, because we are powerless to resist it or to punish it.
wrongful
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From this reading Death seems like a violence, a robbery, a wrong; and all the more wrongful a robbery, because we are powerless to resist it or to punish it.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading And yet, as the mind moves forward through the succession of moods and events that is called time, how speedily this wound of loss is healed!
