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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 By degrees, as Maltravers sobered down from the first shock of that unexpected meeting, and from the prolonged disappointment that followed it, he became sensible of a strange kind of happiness or contentment.
able
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From this reading "Tell me, sir, Have you cast up your state, rated your land, And find it able to endure the charge?"
Alice
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From this reading Alice was not in poverty, she was not eating the unhallowed bread of vice, or earning the bitter wages of laborious penury.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Tell me, sir, Have you cast up your state, rated your land, And find it able to endure the charge?"
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading By degrees, as Maltravers sobered down from the first shock of that unexpected meeting, and from the prolonged disappointment that followed it, he became sensible of a strange kind of happiness or contentment.
became
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From this reading By degrees, as Maltravers sobered down from the first shock of that unexpected meeting, and from the prolonged disappointment that followed it, he became sensible of a strange kind of happiness or contentment.
bitter
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From this reading Alice was not in poverty, she was not eating the unhallowed bread of vice, or earning the bitter wages of laborious penury.
bread
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From this reading Alice was not in poverty, she was not eating the unhallowed bread of vice, or earning the bitter wages of laborious penury.
ByprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading By degrees, as Maltravers sobered down from the first shock of that unexpected meeting, and from the prolonged disappointment that followed it, he became sensible of a strange kind of happiness or contentment.
cast
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From this reading "Tell me, sir, Have you cast up your state, rated your land, And find it able to endure the charge?"
charge
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From this reading "Tell me, sir, Have you cast up your state, rated your land, And find it able to endure the charge?"
circumstances
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From this reading He saw her in reputable, nay, opulent circumstances.
contentment
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From this reading By degrees, as Maltravers sobered down from the first shock of that unexpected meeting, and from the prolonged disappointment that followed it, he became sensible of a strange kind of happiness or contentment.
degrees
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From this reading By degrees, as Maltravers sobered down from the first shock of that unexpected meeting, and from the prolonged disappointment that followed it, he became sensible of a strange kind of happiness or contentment.
disappointmentnounUS /ˈdisappointment/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading By degrees, as Maltravers sobered down from the first shock of that unexpected meeting, and from the prolonged disappointment that followed it, he became sensible of a strange kind of happiness or contentment.
down
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From this reading By degrees, as Maltravers sobered down from the first shock of that unexpected meeting, and from the prolonged disappointment that followed it, he became sensible of a strange kind of happiness or contentment.
earning
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From this reading Alice was not in poverty, she was not eating the unhallowed bread of vice, or earning the bitter wages of laborious penury.
eating
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From this reading Alice was not in poverty, she was not eating the unhallowed bread of vice, or earning the bitter wages of laborious penury.
endure
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From this reading "Tell me, sir, Have you cast up your state, rated your land, And find it able to endure the charge?"
find
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From this reading "Tell me, sir, Have you cast up your state, rated your land, And find it able to endure the charge?"
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading By degrees, as Maltravers sobered down from the first shock of that unexpected meeting, and from the prolonged disappointment that followed it, he became sensible of a strange kind of happiness or contentment.
followed
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From this reading By degrees, as Maltravers sobered down from the first shock of that unexpected meeting, and from the prolonged disappointment that followed it, he became sensible of a strange kind of happiness or contentment.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading By degrees, as Maltravers sobered down from the first shock of that unexpected meeting, and from the prolonged disappointment that followed it, he became sensible of a strange kind of happiness or contentment.
GentlemannounUS /ˈgentleman/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading /The Noble Gentleman/.
happiness
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From this reading By degrees, as Maltravers sobered down from the first shock of that unexpected meeting, and from the prolonged disappointment that followed it, he became sensible of a strange kind of happiness or contentment.
Haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Tell me, sir, Have you cast up your state, rated your land, And find it able to endure the charge?"
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading By degrees, as Maltravers sobered down from the first shock of that unexpected meeting, and from the prolonged disappointment that followed it, he became sensible of a strange kind of happiness or contentment.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading He saw her in reputable, nay, opulent circumstances.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Alice was not in poverty, she was not eating the unhallowed bread of vice, or earning the bitter wages of laborious penury.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Tell me, sir, Have you cast up your state, rated your land, And find it able to endure the charge?"
kind
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From this reading By degrees, as Maltravers sobered down from the first shock of that unexpected meeting, and from the prolonged disappointment that followed it, he became sensible of a strange kind of happiness or contentment.
laborious
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From this reading Alice was not in poverty, she was not eating the unhallowed bread of vice, or earning the bitter wages of laborious penury.
land
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From this reading "Tell me, sir, Have you cast up your state, rated your land, And find it able to endure the charge?"
Maltravers
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From this reading By degrees, as Maltravers sobered down from the first shock of that unexpected meeting, and from the prolonged disappointment that followed it, he became sensible of a strange kind of happiness or contentment.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Tell me, sir, Have you cast up your state, rated your land, And find it able to endure the charge?"
meeting
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From this reading By degrees, as Maltravers sobered down from the first shock of that unexpected meeting, and from the prolonged disappointment that followed it, he became sensible of a strange kind of happiness or contentment.
nayexclamationUS /neɪ/
an old word for “no”
From this reading He saw her in reputable, nay, opulent circumstances.
Noble
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From this reading /The Noble Gentleman/.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Alice was not in poverty, she was not eating the unhallowed bread of vice, or earning the bitter wages of laborious penury.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading By degrees, as Maltravers sobered down from the first shock of that unexpected meeting, and from the prolonged disappointment that followed it, he became sensible of a strange kind of happiness or contentment.
opulent
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From this reading He saw her in reputable, nay, opulent circumstances.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading By degrees, as Maltravers sobered down from the first shock of that unexpected meeting, and from the prolonged disappointment that followed it, he became sensible of a strange kind of happiness or contentment.
penury
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From this reading Alice was not in poverty, she was not eating the unhallowed bread of vice, or earning the bitter wages of laborious penury.
poverty
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From this reading Alice was not in poverty, she was not eating the unhallowed bread of vice, or earning the bitter wages of laborious penury.
prolonged
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From this reading By degrees, as Maltravers sobered down from the first shock of that unexpected meeting, and from the prolonged disappointment that followed it, he became sensible of a strange kind of happiness or contentment.
ratedverbUS /ˈreɪtɪd/
considered or classified as
From this reading "Tell me, sir, Have you cast up your state, rated your land, And find it able to endure the charge?"
reputable
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From this reading He saw her in reputable, nay, opulent circumstances.
saw
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From this reading He saw her in reputable, nay, opulent circumstances.
sensible
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From this reading By degrees, as Maltravers sobered down from the first shock of that unexpected meeting, and from the prolonged disappointment that followed it, he became sensible of a strange kind of happiness or contentment.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Alice was not in poverty, she was not eating the unhallowed bread of vice, or earning the bitter wages of laborious penury.
shock
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From this reading By degrees, as Maltravers sobered down from the first shock of that unexpected meeting, and from the prolonged disappointment that followed it, he became sensible of a strange kind of happiness or contentment.
sir
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From this reading "Tell me, sir, Have you cast up your state, rated your land, And find it able to endure the charge?"
sobered
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From this reading By degrees, as Maltravers sobered down from the first shock of that unexpected meeting, and from the prolonged disappointment that followed it, he became sensible of a strange kind of happiness or contentment.
state
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From this reading "Tell me, sir, Have you cast up your state, rated your land, And find it able to endure the charge?"
strange
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From this reading By degrees, as Maltravers sobered down from the first shock of that unexpected meeting, and from the prolonged disappointment that followed it, he became sensible of a strange kind of happiness or contentment.
TellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Tell me, sir, Have you cast up your state, rated your land, And find it able to endure the charge?"
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading By degrees, as Maltravers sobered down from the first shock of that unexpected meeting, and from the prolonged disappointment that followed it, he became sensible of a strange kind of happiness or contentment.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Tell me, sir, Have you cast up your state, rated your land, And find it able to endure the charge?"
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Tell me, sir, Have you cast up your state, rated your land, And find it able to endure the charge?"
unexpected
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From this reading By degrees, as Maltravers sobered down from the first shock of that unexpected meeting, and from the prolonged disappointment that followed it, he became sensible of a strange kind of happiness or contentment.
unhallowed
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From this reading Alice was not in poverty, she was not eating the unhallowed bread of vice, or earning the bitter wages of laborious penury.
up
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From this reading "Tell me, sir, Have you cast up your state, rated your land, And find it able to endure the charge?"
vice
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From this reading Alice was not in poverty, she was not eating the unhallowed bread of vice, or earning the bitter wages of laborious penury.
wagesplural nounUS /ˈweɪdʒɪz/
money or a reward earned for work
From this reading Alice was not in poverty, she was not eating the unhallowed bread of vice, or earning the bitter wages of laborious penury.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Alice was not in poverty, she was not eating the unhallowed bread of vice, or earning the bitter wages of laborious penury.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Tell me, sir, Have you cast up your state, rated your land, And find it able to endure the charge?"
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Tell me, sir, Have you cast up your state, rated your land, And find it able to endure the charge?"
