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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 As soon as Providence plucked me out of one web, back I would bumble into another, though I had no time for a love affair of my own.
affair
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From this reading As soon as Providence plucked me out of one web, back I would bumble into another, though I had no time for a love affair of my own.
affairs
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From this reading MAROONED Had any human fly ever buzzed himself so fatally into the spider-webs of other people's love affairs?
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading When the _Enchantress Isis_ had slipped past many miles of desert shore, black-striped and tawny as a leopard's skin, and other desert shores so fiercely yellow as to create an effect of sunshine under gray skies, we arrived at Assuan.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading When the _Enchantress Isis_ had slipped past many miles of desert shore, black-striped and tawny as a leopard's skin, and other desert shores so fiercely yellow as to create an effect of sunshine under gray skies, we arrived at Assuan.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading As soon as Providence plucked me out of one web, back I would bumble into another, though I had no time for a love affair of my own.
any
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From this reading MAROONED Had any human fly ever buzzed himself so fatally into the spider-webs of other people's love affairs?
arrived
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From this reading When the _Enchantress Isis_ had slipped past many miles of desert shore, black-striped and tawny as a leopard's skin, and other desert shores so fiercely yellow as to create an effect of sunshine under gray skies, we arrived at Assuan.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As soon as Providence plucked me out of one web, back I would bumble into another, though I had no time for a love affair of my own.
askednounUS /asked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I asked myself sternly.
Assuan
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From this reading When the _Enchantress Isis_ had slipped past many miles of desert shore, black-striped and tawny as a leopard's skin, and other desert shores so fiercely yellow as to create an effect of sunshine under gray skies, we arrived at Assuan.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading When the _Enchantress Isis_ had slipped past many miles of desert shore, black-striped and tawny as a leopard's skin, and other desert shores so fiercely yellow as to create an effect of sunshine under gray skies, we arrived at Assuan.
back
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From this reading As soon as Providence plucked me out of one web, back I would bumble into another, though I had no time for a love affair of my own.
black-striped
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From this reading When the _Enchantress Isis_ had slipped past many miles of desert shore, black-striped and tawny as a leopard's skin, and other desert shores so fiercely yellow as to create an effect of sunshine under gray skies, we arrived at Assuan.
bumble
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From this reading As soon as Providence plucked me out of one web, back I would bumble into another, though I had no time for a love affair of my own.
buzzed
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From this reading MAROONED Had any human fly ever buzzed himself so fatally into the spider-webs of other people's love affairs?
courage
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From this reading I had not yet kept my promise to Rachel, though whether from lack of opportunity or courage I was not sure.
create
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From this reading When the _Enchantress Isis_ had slipped past many miles of desert shore, black-striped and tawny as a leopard's skin, and other desert shores so fiercely yellow as to create an effect of sunshine under gray skies, we arrived at Assuan.
desert
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From this reading When the _Enchantress Isis_ had slipped past many miles of desert shore, black-striped and tawny as a leopard's skin, and other desert shores so fiercely yellow as to create an effect of sunshine under gray skies, we arrived at Assuan.
effect
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From this reading When the _Enchantress Isis_ had slipped past many miles of desert shore, black-striped and tawny as a leopard's skin, and other desert shores so fiercely yellow as to create an effect of sunshine under gray skies, we arrived at Assuan.
Enchantress
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From this reading When the _Enchantress Isis_ had slipped past many miles of desert shore, black-striped and tawny as a leopard's skin, and other desert shores so fiercely yellow as to create an effect of sunshine under gray skies, we arrived at Assuan.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading MAROONED Had any human fly ever buzzed himself so fatally into the spider-webs of other people's love affairs?
fatally
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From this reading MAROONED Had any human fly ever buzzed himself so fatally into the spider-webs of other people's love affairs?
fiercely
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From this reading When the _Enchantress Isis_ had slipped past many miles of desert shore, black-striped and tawny as a leopard's skin, and other desert shores so fiercely yellow as to create an effect of sunshine under gray skies, we arrived at Assuan.
fly
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From this reading MAROONED Had any human fly ever buzzed himself so fatally into the spider-webs of other people's love affairs?
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading As soon as Providence plucked me out of one web, back I would bumble into another, though I had no time for a love affair of my own.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading I had not yet kept my promise to Rachel, though whether from lack of opportunity or courage I was not sure.
gray
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From this reading When the _Enchantress Isis_ had slipped past many miles of desert shore, black-striped and tawny as a leopard's skin, and other desert shores so fiercely yellow as to create an effect of sunshine under gray skies, we arrived at Assuan.
Hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading MAROONED Had any human fly ever buzzed himself so fatally into the spider-webs of other people's love affairs?
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading MAROONED Had any human fly ever buzzed himself so fatally into the spider-webs of other people's love affairs?
human
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From this reading MAROONED Had any human fly ever buzzed himself so fatally into the spider-webs of other people's love affairs?
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I asked myself sternly.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading MAROONED Had any human fly ever buzzed himself so fatally into the spider-webs of other people's love affairs?
Isis
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From this reading When the _Enchantress Isis_ had slipped past many miles of desert shore, black-striped and tawny as a leopard's skin, and other desert shores so fiercely yellow as to create an effect of sunshine under gray skies, we arrived at Assuan.
kept
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From this reading I had not yet kept my promise to Rachel, though whether from lack of opportunity or courage I was not sure.
lack
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From this reading I had not yet kept my promise to Rachel, though whether from lack of opportunity or courage I was not sure.
leopard's
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From this reading When the _Enchantress Isis_ had slipped past many miles of desert shore, black-striped and tawny as a leopard's skin, and other desert shores so fiercely yellow as to create an effect of sunshine under gray skies, we arrived at Assuan.
love
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From this reading MAROONED Had any human fly ever buzzed himself so fatally into the spider-webs of other people's love affairs?
many
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From this reading When the _Enchantress Isis_ had slipped past many miles of desert shore, black-striped and tawny as a leopard's skin, and other desert shores so fiercely yellow as to create an effect of sunshine under gray skies, we arrived at Assuan.
MAROONED
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From this reading MAROONED Had any human fly ever buzzed himself so fatally into the spider-webs of other people's love affairs?
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading As soon as Providence plucked me out of one web, back I would bumble into another, though I had no time for a love affair of my own.
miles
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From this reading When the _Enchantress Isis_ had slipped past many miles of desert shore, black-striped and tawny as a leopard's skin, and other desert shores so fiercely yellow as to create an effect of sunshine under gray skies, we arrived at Assuan.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading As soon as Providence plucked me out of one web, back I would bumble into another, though I had no time for a love affair of my own.
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading I asked myself sternly.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading As soon as Providence plucked me out of one web, back I would bumble into another, though I had no time for a love affair of my own.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I had not yet kept my promise to Rachel, though whether from lack of opportunity or courage I was not sure.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading MAROONED Had any human fly ever buzzed himself so fatally into the spider-webs of other people's love affairs?
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading As soon as Providence plucked me out of one web, back I would bumble into another, though I had no time for a love affair of my own.
opportunity
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From this reading I had not yet kept my promise to Rachel, though whether from lack of opportunity or courage I was not sure.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading I had not yet kept my promise to Rachel, though whether from lack of opportunity or courage I was not sure.
other
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From this reading MAROONED Had any human fly ever buzzed himself so fatally into the spider-webs of other people's love affairs?
out
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From this reading As soon as Providence plucked me out of one web, back I would bumble into another, though I had no time for a love affair of my own.
own
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From this reading As soon as Providence plucked me out of one web, back I would bumble into another, though I had no time for a love affair of my own.
past
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From this reading When the _Enchantress Isis_ had slipped past many miles of desert shore, black-striped and tawny as a leopard's skin, and other desert shores so fiercely yellow as to create an effect of sunshine under gray skies, we arrived at Assuan.
people's
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From this reading MAROONED Had any human fly ever buzzed himself so fatally into the spider-webs of other people's love affairs?
plucked
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From this reading As soon as Providence plucked me out of one web, back I would bumble into another, though I had no time for a love affair of my own.
promise
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From this reading I had not yet kept my promise to Rachel, though whether from lack of opportunity or courage I was not sure.
ProvidencenounUS /ˈprɑː.və.dəns/
The protective care of God or nature as a spiritual power. (Sự quan phòng, thiên ý phù hộ.)
From this reading As soon as Providence plucked me out of one web, back I would bumble into another, though I had no time for a love affair of my own.
Rachel
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From this reading I had not yet kept my promise to Rachel, though whether from lack of opportunity or courage I was not sure.
shore
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From this reading When the _Enchantress Isis_ had slipped past many miles of desert shore, black-striped and tawny as a leopard's skin, and other desert shores so fiercely yellow as to create an effect of sunshine under gray skies, we arrived at Assuan.
shores
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From this reading When the _Enchantress Isis_ had slipped past many miles of desert shore, black-striped and tawny as a leopard's skin, and other desert shores so fiercely yellow as to create an effect of sunshine under gray skies, we arrived at Assuan.
skies
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From this reading When the _Enchantress Isis_ had slipped past many miles of desert shore, black-striped and tawny as a leopard's skin, and other desert shores so fiercely yellow as to create an effect of sunshine under gray skies, we arrived at Assuan.
skin
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From this reading When the _Enchantress Isis_ had slipped past many miles of desert shore, black-striped and tawny as a leopard's skin, and other desert shores so fiercely yellow as to create an effect of sunshine under gray skies, we arrived at Assuan.
slipped
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From this reading When the _Enchantress Isis_ had slipped past many miles of desert shore, black-striped and tawny as a leopard's skin, and other desert shores so fiercely yellow as to create an effect of sunshine under gray skies, we arrived at Assuan.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading MAROONED Had any human fly ever buzzed himself so fatally into the spider-webs of other people's love affairs?
soon
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From this reading As soon as Providence plucked me out of one web, back I would bumble into another, though I had no time for a love affair of my own.
spider-webs
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From this reading MAROONED Had any human fly ever buzzed himself so fatally into the spider-webs of other people's love affairs?
sternly
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From this reading I asked myself sternly.
sunshine
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From this reading When the _Enchantress Isis_ had slipped past many miles of desert shore, black-striped and tawny as a leopard's skin, and other desert shores so fiercely yellow as to create an effect of sunshine under gray skies, we arrived at Assuan.
surenounUS /sure/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I had not yet kept my promise to Rachel, though whether from lack of opportunity or courage I was not sure.
tawny
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From this reading When the _Enchantress Isis_ had slipped past many miles of desert shore, black-striped and tawny as a leopard's skin, and other desert shores so fiercely yellow as to create an effect of sunshine under gray skies, we arrived at Assuan.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading MAROONED Had any human fly ever buzzed himself so fatally into the spider-webs of other people's love affairs?
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading As soon as Providence plucked me out of one web, back I would bumble into another, though I had no time for a love affair of my own.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As soon as Providence plucked me out of one web, back I would bumble into another, though I had no time for a love affair of my own.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading When the _Enchantress Isis_ had slipped past many miles of desert shore, black-striped and tawny as a leopard's skin, and other desert shores so fiercely yellow as to create an effect of sunshine under gray skies, we arrived at Assuan.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading When the _Enchantress Isis_ had slipped past many miles of desert shore, black-striped and tawny as a leopard's skin, and other desert shores so fiercely yellow as to create an effect of sunshine under gray skies, we arrived at Assuan.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I had not yet kept my promise to Rachel, though whether from lack of opportunity or courage I was not sure.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading When the _Enchantress Isis_ had slipped past many miles of desert shore, black-striped and tawny as a leopard's skin, and other desert shores so fiercely yellow as to create an effect of sunshine under gray skies, we arrived at Assuan.
web
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From this reading As soon as Providence plucked me out of one web, back I would bumble into another, though I had no time for a love affair of my own.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When the _Enchantress Isis_ had slipped past many miles of desert shore, black-striped and tawny as a leopard's skin, and other desert shores so fiercely yellow as to create an effect of sunshine under gray skies, we arrived at Assuan.
whetherconjunctionUS /ˈweðər/
used to introduce two or more possibilities
From this reading I had not yet kept my promise to Rachel, though whether from lack of opportunity or courage I was not sure.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading As soon as Providence plucked me out of one web, back I would bumble into another, though I had no time for a love affair of my own.
yellow
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From this reading When the _Enchantress Isis_ had slipped past many miles of desert shore, black-striped and tawny as a leopard's skin, and other desert shores so fiercely yellow as to create an effect of sunshine under gray skies, we arrived at Assuan.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading I had not yet kept my promise to Rachel, though whether from lack of opportunity or courage I was not sure.
