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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 "Whence that low voice, a whisper from the heart, That told of days long past?"--WORDSWORTH.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ERNEST stayed several days at Lord Doningdale's, and every day he rode out with Valerie, but it was with a large party; and every evening he conversed with her, but the whole world might have overheard what they said.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading ERNEST stayed several days at Lord Doningdale's, and every day he rode out with Valerie, but it was with a large party; and every evening he conversed with her, but the whole world might have overheard what they said.
Awakened
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From this reading Awakened to vast and grand objects, Maltravers was a dreamer no more.
away
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From this reading In fact, the sympathy that had once existed between the young dreamer and the proud, discontented woman had in much passed away.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading In fact, the sympathy that had once existed between the young dreamer and the proud, discontented woman had in much passed away.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading ERNEST stayed several days at Lord Doningdale's, and every day he rode out with Valerie, but it was with a large party; and every evening he conversed with her, but the whole world might have overheard what they said.
common
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From this reading Inured to the life of trifles she had once loathed, Valerie had settled down into the usages and thoughts of the common world--she had no longer the superiority of earthly wisdom over Maltravers, and his romance was sobered in its eloquence, and her ear dulled to its tone.
conversed
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From this reading ERNEST stayed several days at Lord Doningdale's, and every day he rode out with Valerie, but it was with a large party; and every evening he conversed with her, but the whole world might have overheard what they said.
day
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From this reading ERNEST stayed several days at Lord Doningdale's, and every day he rode out with Valerie, but it was with a large party; and every evening he conversed with her, but the whole world might have overheard what they said.
days
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From this reading "Whence that low voice, a whisper from the heart, That told of days long past?"--WORDSWORTH.
discontented
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From this reading In fact, the sympathy that had once existed between the young dreamer and the proud, discontented woman had in much passed away.
Doningdale's
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From this reading ERNEST stayed several days at Lord Doningdale's, and every day he rode out with Valerie, but it was with a large party; and every evening he conversed with her, but the whole world might have overheard what they said.
down
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From this reading Inured to the life of trifles she had once loathed, Valerie had settled down into the usages and thoughts of the common world--she had no longer the superiority of earthly wisdom over Maltravers, and his romance was sobered in its eloquence, and her ear dulled to its tone.
dreamer
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From this reading In fact, the sympathy that had once existed between the young dreamer and the proud, discontented woman had in much passed away.
dulled
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From this reading Inured to the life of trifles she had once loathed, Valerie had settled down into the usages and thoughts of the common world--she had no longer the superiority of earthly wisdom over Maltravers, and his romance was sobered in its eloquence, and her ear dulled to its tone.
ear
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From this reading Inured to the life of trifles she had once loathed, Valerie had settled down into the usages and thoughts of the common world--she had no longer the superiority of earthly wisdom over Maltravers, and his romance was sobered in its eloquence, and her ear dulled to its tone.
earthly
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From this reading Inured to the life of trifles she had once loathed, Valerie had settled down into the usages and thoughts of the common world--she had no longer the superiority of earthly wisdom over Maltravers, and his romance was sobered in its eloquence, and her ear dulled to its tone.
eloquencenounUS /ˈel.ə.kwəns/
Fluent, persuasive, and graceful speaking or writing. (Sự hùng biện, tài ăn nói lưu loát.)
From this reading Inured to the life of trifles she had once loathed, Valerie had settled down into the usages and thoughts of the common world--she had no longer the superiority of earthly wisdom over Maltravers, and his romance was sobered in its eloquence, and her ear dulled to its tone.
ERNEST
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From this reading ERNEST stayed several days at Lord Doningdale's, and every day he rode out with Valerie, but it was with a large party; and every evening he conversed with her, but the whole world might have overheard what they said.
evening
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From this reading ERNEST stayed several days at Lord Doningdale's, and every day he rode out with Valerie, but it was with a large party; and every evening he conversed with her, but the whole world might have overheard what they said.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading ERNEST stayed several days at Lord Doningdale's, and every day he rode out with Valerie, but it was with a large party; and every evening he conversed with her, but the whole world might have overheard what they said.
existed
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From this reading In fact, the sympathy that had once existed between the young dreamer and the proud, discontented woman had in much passed away.
fact
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From this reading In fact, the sympathy that had once existed between the young dreamer and the proud, discontented woman had in much passed away.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "Whence that low voice, a whisper from the heart, That told of days long past?"--WORDSWORTH.
grand
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From this reading Awakened to vast and grand objects, Maltravers was a dreamer no more.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading In fact, the sympathy that had once existed between the young dreamer and the proud, discontented woman had in much passed away.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ERNEST stayed several days at Lord Doningdale's, and every day he rode out with Valerie, but it was with a large party; and every evening he conversed with her, but the whole world might have overheard what they said.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading ERNEST stayed several days at Lord Doningdale's, and every day he rode out with Valerie, but it was with a large party; and every evening he conversed with her, but the whole world might have overheard what they said.
heart
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From this reading "Whence that low voice, a whisper from the heart, That told of days long past?"--WORDSWORTH.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading ERNEST stayed several days at Lord Doningdale's, and every day he rode out with Valerie, but it was with a large party; and every evening he conversed with her, but the whole world might have overheard what they said.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Inured to the life of trifles she had once loathed, Valerie had settled down into the usages and thoughts of the common world--she had no longer the superiority of earthly wisdom over Maltravers, and his romance was sobered in its eloquence, and her ear dulled to its tone.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In fact, the sympathy that had once existed between the young dreamer and the proud, discontented woman had in much passed away.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Inured to the life of trifles she had once loathed, Valerie had settled down into the usages and thoughts of the common world--she had no longer the superiority of earthly wisdom over Maltravers, and his romance was sobered in its eloquence, and her ear dulled to its tone.
Inured
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From this reading Inured to the life of trifles she had once loathed, Valerie had settled down into the usages and thoughts of the common world--she had no longer the superiority of earthly wisdom over Maltravers, and his romance was sobered in its eloquence, and her ear dulled to its tone.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading ERNEST stayed several days at Lord Doningdale's, and every day he rode out with Valerie, but it was with a large party; and every evening he conversed with her, but the whole world might have overheard what they said.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Inured to the life of trifles she had once loathed, Valerie had settled down into the usages and thoughts of the common world--she had no longer the superiority of earthly wisdom over Maltravers, and his romance was sobered in its eloquence, and her ear dulled to its tone.
large
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From this reading ERNEST stayed several days at Lord Doningdale's, and every day he rode out with Valerie, but it was with a large party; and every evening he conversed with her, but the whole world might have overheard what they said.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Inured to the life of trifles she had once loathed, Valerie had settled down into the usages and thoughts of the common world--she had no longer the superiority of earthly wisdom over Maltravers, and his romance was sobered in its eloquence, and her ear dulled to its tone.
loathed
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From this reading Inured to the life of trifles she had once loathed, Valerie had settled down into the usages and thoughts of the common world--she had no longer the superiority of earthly wisdom over Maltravers, and his romance was sobered in its eloquence, and her ear dulled to its tone.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Whence that low voice, a whisper from the heart, That told of days long past?"--WORDSWORTH.
longer
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From this reading Inured to the life of trifles she had once loathed, Valerie had settled down into the usages and thoughts of the common world--she had no longer the superiority of earthly wisdom over Maltravers, and his romance was sobered in its eloquence, and her ear dulled to its tone.
Lord
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From this reading ERNEST stayed several days at Lord Doningdale's, and every day he rode out with Valerie, but it was with a large party; and every evening he conversed with her, but the whole world might have overheard what they said.
low
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From this reading "Whence that low voice, a whisper from the heart, That told of days long past?"--WORDSWORTH.
Maltravers
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From this reading Awakened to vast and grand objects, Maltravers was a dreamer no more.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading ERNEST stayed several days at Lord Doningdale's, and every day he rode out with Valerie, but it was with a large party; and every evening he conversed with her, but the whole world might have overheard what they said.
more
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From this reading Awakened to vast and grand objects, Maltravers was a dreamer no more.
much
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From this reading In fact, the sympathy that had once existed between the young dreamer and the proud, discontented woman had in much passed away.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Awakened to vast and grand objects, Maltravers was a dreamer no more.
objects
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From this reading Awakened to vast and grand objects, Maltravers was a dreamer no more.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Whence that low voice, a whisper from the heart, That told of days long past?"--WORDSWORTH.
once
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From this reading In fact, the sympathy that had once existed between the young dreamer and the proud, discontented woman had in much passed away.
out
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From this reading ERNEST stayed several days at Lord Doningdale's, and every day he rode out with Valerie, but it was with a large party; and every evening he conversed with her, but the whole world might have overheard what they said.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Inured to the life of trifles she had once loathed, Valerie had settled down into the usages and thoughts of the common world--she had no longer the superiority of earthly wisdom over Maltravers, and his romance was sobered in its eloquence, and her ear dulled to its tone.
overheardnounUS /ˈoverheard/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading ERNEST stayed several days at Lord Doningdale's, and every day he rode out with Valerie, but it was with a large party; and every evening he conversed with her, but the whole world might have overheard what they said.
partynounUS /party/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ERNEST stayed several days at Lord Doningdale's, and every day he rode out with Valerie, but it was with a large party; and every evening he conversed with her, but the whole world might have overheard what they said.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In fact, the sympathy that had once existed between the young dreamer and the proud, discontented woman had in much passed away.
past
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From this reading "Whence that low voice, a whisper from the heart, That told of days long past?"--WORDSWORTH.
proud
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From this reading In fact, the sympathy that had once existed between the young dreamer and the proud, discontented woman had in much passed away.
rode
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From this reading ERNEST stayed several days at Lord Doningdale's, and every day he rode out with Valerie, but it was with a large party; and every evening he conversed with her, but the whole world might have overheard what they said.
romance
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From this reading Inured to the life of trifles she had once loathed, Valerie had settled down into the usages and thoughts of the common world--she had no longer the superiority of earthly wisdom over Maltravers, and his romance was sobered in its eloquence, and her ear dulled to its tone.
said
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From this reading ERNEST stayed several days at Lord Doningdale's, and every day he rode out with Valerie, but it was with a large party; and every evening he conversed with her, but the whole world might have overheard what they said.
settled
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From this reading Inured to the life of trifles she had once loathed, Valerie had settled down into the usages and thoughts of the common world--she had no longer the superiority of earthly wisdom over Maltravers, and his romance was sobered in its eloquence, and her ear dulled to its tone.
several
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From this reading ERNEST stayed several days at Lord Doningdale's, and every day he rode out with Valerie, but it was with a large party; and every evening he conversed with her, but the whole world might have overheard what they said.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Inured to the life of trifles she had once loathed, Valerie had settled down into the usages and thoughts of the common world--she had no longer the superiority of earthly wisdom over Maltravers, and his romance was sobered in its eloquence, and her ear dulled to its tone.
sobered
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From this reading Inured to the life of trifles she had once loathed, Valerie had settled down into the usages and thoughts of the common world--she had no longer the superiority of earthly wisdom over Maltravers, and his romance was sobered in its eloquence, and her ear dulled to its tone.
stayed
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From this reading ERNEST stayed several days at Lord Doningdale's, and every day he rode out with Valerie, but it was with a large party; and every evening he conversed with her, but the whole world might have overheard what they said.
superiority
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From this reading Inured to the life of trifles she had once loathed, Valerie had settled down into the usages and thoughts of the common world--she had no longer the superiority of earthly wisdom over Maltravers, and his romance was sobered in its eloquence, and her ear dulled to its tone.
sympathy
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From this reading In fact, the sympathy that had once existed between the young dreamer and the proud, discontented woman had in much passed away.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Whence that low voice, a whisper from the heart, That told of days long past?"--WORDSWORTH.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Whence that low voice, a whisper from the heart, That told of days long past?"--WORDSWORTH.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading ERNEST stayed several days at Lord Doningdale's, and every day he rode out with Valerie, but it was with a large party; and every evening he conversed with her, but the whole world might have overheard what they said.
thoughts
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From this reading Inured to the life of trifles she had once loathed, Valerie had settled down into the usages and thoughts of the common world--she had no longer the superiority of earthly wisdom over Maltravers, and his romance was sobered in its eloquence, and her ear dulled to its tone.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Awakened to vast and grand objects, Maltravers was a dreamer no more.
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Whence that low voice, a whisper from the heart, That told of days long past?"--WORDSWORTH.
tone
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From this reading Inured to the life of trifles she had once loathed, Valerie had settled down into the usages and thoughts of the common world--she had no longer the superiority of earthly wisdom over Maltravers, and his romance was sobered in its eloquence, and her ear dulled to its tone.
trifles
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From this reading Inured to the life of trifles she had once loathed, Valerie had settled down into the usages and thoughts of the common world--she had no longer the superiority of earthly wisdom over Maltravers, and his romance was sobered in its eloquence, and her ear dulled to its tone.
usages
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From this reading Inured to the life of trifles she had once loathed, Valerie had settled down into the usages and thoughts of the common world--she had no longer the superiority of earthly wisdom over Maltravers, and his romance was sobered in its eloquence, and her ear dulled to its tone.
Valerie
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From this reading ERNEST stayed several days at Lord Doningdale's, and every day he rode out with Valerie, but it was with a large party; and every evening he conversed with her, but the whole world might have overheard what they said.
vast
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From this reading Awakened to vast and grand objects, Maltravers was a dreamer no more.
voice
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From this reading "Whence that low voice, a whisper from the heart, That told of days long past?"--WORDSWORTH.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ERNEST stayed several days at Lord Doningdale's, and every day he rode out with Valerie, but it was with a large party; and every evening he conversed with her, but the whole world might have overheard what they said.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading ERNEST stayed several days at Lord Doningdale's, and every day he rode out with Valerie, but it was with a large party; and every evening he conversed with her, but the whole world might have overheard what they said.
WhenceadverbUS /wens/
an old word meaning “from where”
From this reading "Whence that low voice, a whisper from the heart, That told of days long past?"--WORDSWORTH.
whisper
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From this reading "Whence that low voice, a whisper from the heart, That told of days long past?"--WORDSWORTH.
whole
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From this reading ERNEST stayed several days at Lord Doningdale's, and every day he rode out with Valerie, but it was with a large party; and every evening he conversed with her, but the whole world might have overheard what they said.
wisdom
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From this reading Inured to the life of trifles she had once loathed, Valerie had settled down into the usages and thoughts of the common world--she had no longer the superiority of earthly wisdom over Maltravers, and his romance was sobered in its eloquence, and her ear dulled to its tone.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading ERNEST stayed several days at Lord Doningdale's, and every day he rode out with Valerie, but it was with a large party; and every evening he conversed with her, but the whole world might have overheard what they said.
woman
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From this reading In fact, the sympathy that had once existed between the young dreamer and the proud, discontented woman had in much passed away.
WORDSWORTH
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From this reading "Whence that low voice, a whisper from the heart, That told of days long past?"--WORDSWORTH.
world
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From this reading ERNEST stayed several days at Lord Doningdale's, and every day he rode out with Valerie, but it was with a large party; and every evening he conversed with her, but the whole world might have overheard what they said.
young
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From this reading In fact, the sympathy that had once existed between the young dreamer and the proud, discontented woman had in much passed away.
