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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 It is terribly just, and terribly vindictive against the stranger who hurts us with a cruel word, against our brother when we have misunderstood his heart, against the traitor who owes us love because we loaned him love.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading It is terribly just, and terribly vindictive against the stranger who hurts us with a cruel word, against our brother when we have misunderstood his heart, against the traitor who owes us love because we loaned him love.
all
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From this reading El Mahdi ran with his jaws set on the bit, jumping high and striking the earth with his legs half stiff, the meanest of all the mean whims of this eccentric horse.
always
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From this reading THE PETTICOAT AND THE PRETENDER Not least among the things which the devil's imps ought to know from watching the world is this: that hatred is always big when one is young.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading THE PETTICOAT AND THE PRETENDER Not least among the things which the devil's imps ought to know from watching the world is this: that hatred is always big when one is young.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE PETTICOAT AND THE PRETENDER Not least among the things which the devil's imps ought to know from watching the world is this: that hatred is always big when one is young.
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading It is terribly just, and terribly vindictive against the stranger who hurts us with a cruel word, against our brother when we have misunderstood his heart, against the traitor who owes us love because we loaned him love.
becomes
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From this reading It is strange, too, how that hatred becomes a great force, pressing out the empty places of the heart, and making the weak, strong, and the simple, crafty.
big
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From this reading THE PETTICOAT AND THE PRETENDER Not least among the things which the devil's imps ought to know from watching the world is this: that hatred is always big when one is young.
bit
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From this reading El Mahdi ran with his jaws set on the bit, jumping high and striking the earth with his legs half stiff, the meanest of all the mean whims of this eccentric horse.
bitter
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From this reading Then, if the heart is bitter, it is bitter through and through.
brother
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From this reading It is terribly just, and terribly vindictive against the stranger who hurts us with a cruel word, against our brother when we have misunderstood his heart, against the traitor who owes us love because we loaned him love.
crafty
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From this reading It is strange, too, how that hatred becomes a great force, pressing out the empty places of the heart, and making the weak, strong, and the simple, crafty.
crueladjectiveUS /ˈkruːəl/
causing pain or showing no kindness
From this reading It is terribly just, and terribly vindictive against the stranger who hurts us with a cruel word, against our brother when we have misunderstood his heart, against the traitor who owes us love because we loaned him love.
devil's
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earth
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From this reading El Mahdi ran with his jaws set on the bit, jumping high and striking the earth with his legs half stiff, the meanest of all the mean whims of this eccentric horse.
eccentric
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From this reading El Mahdi ran with his jaws set on the bit, jumping high and striking the earth with his legs half stiff, the meanest of all the mean whims of this eccentric horse.
El
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From this reading El Mahdi ran with his jaws set on the bit, jumping high and striking the earth with his legs half stiff, the meanest of all the mean whims of this eccentric horse.
empty
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From this reading It is strange, too, how that hatred becomes a great force, pressing out the empty places of the heart, and making the weak, strong, and the simple, crafty.
force
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From this reading It is strange, too, how that hatred becomes a great force, pressing out the empty places of the heart, and making the weak, strong, and the simple, crafty.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading THE PETTICOAT AND THE PRETENDER Not least among the things which the devil's imps ought to know from watching the world is this: that hatred is always big when one is young.
great
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From this reading It is strange, too, how that hatred becomes a great force, pressing out the empty places of the heart, and making the weak, strong, and the simple, crafty.
half
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From this reading El Mahdi ran with his jaws set on the bit, jumping high and striking the earth with his legs half stiff, the meanest of all the mean whims of this eccentric horse.
hatred
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From this reading THE PETTICOAT AND THE PRETENDER Not least among the things which the devil's imps ought to know from watching the world is this: that hatred is always big when one is young.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading It is terribly just, and terribly vindictive against the stranger who hurts us with a cruel word, against our brother when we have misunderstood his heart, against the traitor who owes us love because we loaned him love.
heart
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From this reading Then, if the heart is bitter, it is bitter through and through.
high
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From this reading El Mahdi ran with his jaws set on the bit, jumping high and striking the earth with his legs half stiff, the meanest of all the mean whims of this eccentric horse.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It is terribly just, and terribly vindictive against the stranger who hurts us with a cruel word, against our brother when we have misunderstood his heart, against the traitor who owes us love because we loaned him love.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading It is terribly just, and terribly vindictive against the stranger who hurts us with a cruel word, against our brother when we have misunderstood his heart, against the traitor who owes us love because we loaned him love.
horse
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From this reading El Mahdi ran with his jaws set on the bit, jumping high and striking the earth with his legs half stiff, the meanest of all the mean whims of this eccentric horse.
how
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From this reading It is strange, too, how that hatred becomes a great force, pressing out the empty places of the heart, and making the weak, strong, and the simple, crafty.
hurts
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From this reading It is terribly just, and terribly vindictive against the stranger who hurts us with a cruel word, against our brother when we have misunderstood his heart, against the traitor who owes us love because we loaned him love.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Then, if the heart is bitter, it is bitter through and through.
imps
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From this reading THE PETTICOAT AND THE PRETENDER Not least among the things which the devil's imps ought to know from watching the world is this: that hatred is always big when one is young.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE PETTICOAT AND THE PRETENDER Not least among the things which the devil's imps ought to know from watching the world is this: that hatred is always big when one is young.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Then, if the heart is bitter, it is bitter through and through.
jaws
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From this reading El Mahdi ran with his jaws set on the bit, jumping high and striking the earth with his legs half stiff, the meanest of all the mean whims of this eccentric horse.
jumping
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From this reading El Mahdi ran with his jaws set on the bit, jumping high and striking the earth with his legs half stiff, the meanest of all the mean whims of this eccentric horse.
just
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From this reading It is terribly just, and terribly vindictive against the stranger who hurts us with a cruel word, against our brother when we have misunderstood his heart, against the traitor who owes us love because we loaned him love.
know
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From this reading THE PETTICOAT AND THE PRETENDER Not least among the things which the devil's imps ought to know from watching the world is this: that hatred is always big when one is young.
least
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From this reading THE PETTICOAT AND THE PRETENDER Not least among the things which the devil's imps ought to know from watching the world is this: that hatred is always big when one is young.
legs
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From this reading El Mahdi ran with his jaws set on the bit, jumping high and striking the earth with his legs half stiff, the meanest of all the mean whims of this eccentric horse.
loaned
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From this reading It is terribly just, and terribly vindictive against the stranger who hurts us with a cruel word, against our brother when we have misunderstood his heart, against the traitor who owes us love because we loaned him love.
love
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From this reading It is terribly just, and terribly vindictive against the stranger who hurts us with a cruel word, against our brother when we have misunderstood his heart, against the traitor who owes us love because we loaned him love.
Mahdi
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making
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From this reading It is strange, too, how that hatred becomes a great force, pressing out the empty places of the heart, and making the weak, strong, and the simple, crafty.
mean
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From this reading El Mahdi ran with his jaws set on the bit, jumping high and striking the earth with his legs half stiff, the meanest of all the mean whims of this eccentric horse.
meanest
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From this reading El Mahdi ran with his jaws set on the bit, jumping high and striking the earth with his legs half stiff, the meanest of all the mean whims of this eccentric horse.
misunderstood
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From this reading It is terribly just, and terribly vindictive against the stranger who hurts us with a cruel word, against our brother when we have misunderstood his heart, against the traitor who owes us love because we loaned him love.
NotadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading THE PETTICOAT AND THE PRETENDER Not least among the things which the devil's imps ought to know from watching the world is this: that hatred is always big when one is young.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It is strange, too, how that hatred becomes a great force, pressing out the empty places of the heart, and making the weak, strong, and the simple, crafty.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading El Mahdi ran with his jaws set on the bit, jumping high and striking the earth with his legs half stiff, the meanest of all the mean whims of this eccentric horse.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading THE PETTICOAT AND THE PRETENDER Not least among the things which the devil's imps ought to know from watching the world is this: that hatred is always big when one is young.
oughtmodal verbUS /ɔːt/
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading THE PETTICOAT AND THE PRETENDER Not least among the things which the devil's imps ought to know from watching the world is this: that hatred is always big when one is young.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading It is terribly just, and terribly vindictive against the stranger who hurts us with a cruel word, against our brother when we have misunderstood his heart, against the traitor who owes us love because we loaned him love.
out
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From this reading It is strange, too, how that hatred becomes a great force, pressing out the empty places of the heart, and making the weak, strong, and the simple, crafty.
owes
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From this reading It is terribly just, and terribly vindictive against the stranger who hurts us with a cruel word, against our brother when we have misunderstood his heart, against the traitor who owes us love because we loaned him love.
PETTICOAT
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From this reading THE PETTICOAT AND THE PRETENDER Not least among the things which the devil's imps ought to know from watching the world is this: that hatred is always big when one is young.
places
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From this reading It is strange, too, how that hatred becomes a great force, pressing out the empty places of the heart, and making the weak, strong, and the simple, crafty.
pressing
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From this reading It is strange, too, how that hatred becomes a great force, pressing out the empty places of the heart, and making the weak, strong, and the simple, crafty.
PRETENDER
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From this reading THE PETTICOAT AND THE PRETENDER Not least among the things which the devil's imps ought to know from watching the world is this: that hatred is always big when one is young.
ran
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set
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From this reading El Mahdi ran with his jaws set on the bit, jumping high and striking the earth with his legs half stiff, the meanest of all the mean whims of this eccentric horse.
simple
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From this reading It is strange, too, how that hatred becomes a great force, pressing out the empty places of the heart, and making the weak, strong, and the simple, crafty.
stiff
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From this reading El Mahdi ran with his jaws set on the bit, jumping high and striking the earth with his legs half stiff, the meanest of all the mean whims of this eccentric horse.
strange
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From this reading It is strange, too, how that hatred becomes a great force, pressing out the empty places of the heart, and making the weak, strong, and the simple, crafty.
stranger
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From this reading It is terribly just, and terribly vindictive against the stranger who hurts us with a cruel word, against our brother when we have misunderstood his heart, against the traitor who owes us love because we loaned him love.
striking
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From this reading El Mahdi ran with his jaws set on the bit, jumping high and striking the earth with his legs half stiff, the meanest of all the mean whims of this eccentric horse.
strong
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From this reading It is strange, too, how that hatred becomes a great force, pressing out the empty places of the heart, and making the weak, strong, and the simple, crafty.
terribly
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From this reading It is terribly just, and terribly vindictive against the stranger who hurts us with a cruel word, against our brother when we have misunderstood his heart, against the traitor who owes us love because we loaned him love.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading THE PETTICOAT AND THE PRETENDER Not least among the things which the devil's imps ought to know from watching the world is this: that hatred is always big when one is young.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE PETTICOAT AND THE PRETENDER Not least among the things which the devil's imps ought to know from watching the world is this: that hatred is always big when one is young.
Then
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From this reading Then, if the heart is bitter, it is bitter through and through.
things
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From this reading THE PETTICOAT AND THE PRETENDER Not least among the things which the devil's imps ought to know from watching the world is this: that hatred is always big when one is young.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading THE PETTICOAT AND THE PRETENDER Not least among the things which the devil's imps ought to know from watching the world is this: that hatred is always big when one is young.
throughprepositionUS /θruː/
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading Then, if the heart is bitter, it is bitter through and through.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE PETTICOAT AND THE PRETENDER Not least among the things which the devil's imps ought to know from watching the world is this: that hatred is always big when one is young.
too
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From this reading It is strange, too, how that hatred becomes a great force, pressing out the empty places of the heart, and making the weak, strong, and the simple, crafty.
traitor
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From this reading It is terribly just, and terribly vindictive against the stranger who hurts us with a cruel word, against our brother when we have misunderstood his heart, against the traitor who owes us love because we loaned him love.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It is terribly just, and terribly vindictive against the stranger who hurts us with a cruel word, against our brother when we have misunderstood his heart, against the traitor who owes us love because we loaned him love.
vindictive
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From this reading It is terribly just, and terribly vindictive against the stranger who hurts us with a cruel word, against our brother when we have misunderstood his heart, against the traitor who owes us love because we loaned him love.
watching
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From this reading THE PETTICOAT AND THE PRETENDER Not least among the things which the devil's imps ought to know from watching the world is this: that hatred is always big when one is young.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading It is terribly just, and terribly vindictive against the stranger who hurts us with a cruel word, against our brother when we have misunderstood his heart, against the traitor who owes us love because we loaned him love.
weak
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From this reading It is strange, too, how that hatred becomes a great force, pressing out the empty places of the heart, and making the weak, strong, and the simple, crafty.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading THE PETTICOAT AND THE PRETENDER Not least among the things which the devil's imps ought to know from watching the world is this: that hatred is always big when one is young.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading THE PETTICOAT AND THE PRETENDER Not least among the things which the devil's imps ought to know from watching the world is this: that hatred is always big when one is young.
whims
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From this reading El Mahdi ran with his jaws set on the bit, jumping high and striking the earth with his legs half stiff, the meanest of all the mean whims of this eccentric horse.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading It is terribly just, and terribly vindictive against the stranger who hurts us with a cruel word, against our brother when we have misunderstood his heart, against the traitor who owes us love because we loaned him love.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading It is terribly just, and terribly vindictive against the stranger who hurts us with a cruel word, against our brother when we have misunderstood his heart, against the traitor who owes us love because we loaned him love.
word
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From this reading It is terribly just, and terribly vindictive against the stranger who hurts us with a cruel word, against our brother when we have misunderstood his heart, against the traitor who owes us love because we loaned him love.
world
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From this reading THE PETTICOAT AND THE PRETENDER Not least among the things which the devil's imps ought to know from watching the world is this: that hatred is always big when one is young.
young
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From this reading THE PETTICOAT AND THE PRETENDER Not least among the things which the devil's imps ought to know from watching the world is this: that hatred is always big when one is young.
