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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 He stared at me in a rapture with the matchless music, and then uttered all his adoration and despair in one word.
acquainted
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adoration
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afternoonnounUS /ˈafternoon/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading If I dropped in upon him in the afternoon I was apt to find him reading the old French poets, or the plays of Calderon, or the ‘Divina Commedia’, which he magnanimously supposed me much better acquainted with than I was because I knew some passages of it by heart.
al
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all
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From this reading He stared at me in a rapture with the matchless music, and then uttered all his adoration and despair in one word.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He stared at me in a rapture with the matchless music, and then uttered all his adoration and despair in one word.
apt
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asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I believe he instantly proposed a walk that day, as if his study walls with all their vistas into the great literatures cramped his soul liberated to a sense of ineffable beauty of the verse of the ‘somma poeta’.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He stared at me in a rapture with the matchless music, and then uttered all his adoration and despair in one word.
beauty
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becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading If I dropped in upon him in the afternoon I was apt to find him reading the old French poets, or the plays of Calderon, or the ‘Divina Commedia’, which he magnanimously supposed me much better acquainted with than I was because I knew some passages of it by heart.
believenounUS /ˈbelieve/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
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better
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byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading If I dropped in upon him in the afternoon I was apt to find him reading the old French poets, or the plays of Calderon, or the ‘Divina Commedia’, which he magnanimously supposed me much better acquainted with than I was because I knew some passages of it by heart.
Calderon
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came
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cantava
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Che
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Commedia
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cramped
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Damn
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day
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despair
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dismago
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Divina
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dolce
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dropped
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find
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French
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greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I believe he instantly proposed a walk that day, as if his study walls with all their vistas into the great literatures cramped his soul liberated to a sense of ineffable beauty of the verse of the ‘somma poeta’.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading If I dropped in upon him in the afternoon I was apt to find him reading the old French poets, or the plays of Calderon, or the ‘Divina Commedia’, which he magnanimously supposed me much better acquainted with than I was because I knew some passages of it by heart.
heart
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himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading If I dropped in upon him in the afternoon I was apt to find him reading the old French poets, or the plays of Calderon, or the ‘Divina Commedia’, which he magnanimously supposed me much better acquainted with than I was because I knew some passages of it by heart.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He stared at me in a rapture with the matchless music, and then uttered all his adoration and despair in one word.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading If I dropped in upon him in the afternoon I was apt to find him reading the old French poets, or the plays of Calderon, or the ‘Divina Commedia’, which he magnanimously supposed me much better acquainted with than I was because I knew some passages of it by heart.
IfconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If I dropped in upon him in the afternoon I was apt to find him reading the old French poets, or the plays of Calderon, or the ‘Divina Commedia’, which he magnanimously supposed me much better acquainted with than I was because I knew some passages of it by heart.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading If I dropped in upon him in the afternoon I was apt to find him reading the old French poets, or the plays of Calderon, or the ‘Divina Commedia’, which he magnanimously supposed me much better acquainted with than I was because I knew some passages of it by heart.
ineffable
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instantly
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intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
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Io
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itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading If I dropped in upon him in the afternoon I was apt to find him reading the old French poets, or the plays of Calderon, or the ‘Divina Commedia’, which he magnanimously supposed me much better acquainted with than I was because I knew some passages of it by heart.
knew
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liberated
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literatures
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magnanimously
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mar
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From this reading One day I came in quoting “Io son, cantava, io son dolce Sirena, Che i marinai in mezzo al mar dismago.”
marinai
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From this reading One day I came in quoting “Io son, cantava, io son dolce Sirena, Che i marinai in mezzo al mar dismago.”
matchless
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From this reading He stared at me in a rapture with the matchless music, and then uttered all his adoration and despair in one word.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading If I dropped in upon him in the afternoon I was apt to find him reading the old French poets, or the plays of Calderon, or the ‘Divina Commedia’, which he magnanimously supposed me much better acquainted with than I was because I knew some passages of it by heart.
mezzo
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more
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much
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music
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From this reading He stared at me in a rapture with the matchless music, and then uttered all his adoration and despair in one word.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading “Damn!” he said, and no more.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading If I dropped in upon him in the afternoon I was apt to find him reading the old French poets, or the plays of Calderon, or the ‘Divina Commedia’, which he magnanimously supposed me much better acquainted with than I was because I knew some passages of it by heart.
old
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OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One day I came in quoting “Io son, cantava, io son dolce Sirena, Che i marinai in mezzo al mar dismago.”
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading If I dropped in upon him in the afternoon I was apt to find him reading the old French poets, or the plays of Calderon, or the ‘Divina Commedia’, which he magnanimously supposed me much better acquainted with than I was because I knew some passages of it by heart.
passages
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plays
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poeta
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poets
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proposed
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quoting
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rapture
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From this reading He stared at me in a rapture with the matchless music, and then uttered all his adoration and despair in one word.
reading
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said
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sense
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Sirena
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some
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somma
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son
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soul
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stared
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study
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supposed
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thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading If I dropped in upon him in the afternoon I was apt to find him reading the old French poets, or the plays of Calderon, or the ‘Divina Commedia’, which he magnanimously supposed me much better acquainted with than I was because I knew some passages of it by heart.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I believe he instantly proposed a walk that day, as if his study walls with all their vistas into the great literatures cramped his soul liberated to a sense of ineffable beauty of the verse of the ‘somma poeta’.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading If I dropped in upon him in the afternoon I was apt to find him reading the old French poets, or the plays of Calderon, or the ‘Divina Commedia’, which he magnanimously supposed me much better acquainted with than I was because I knew some passages of it by heart.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
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then
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From this reading He stared at me in a rapture with the matchless music, and then uttered all his adoration and despair in one word.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading If I dropped in upon him in the afternoon I was apt to find him reading the old French poets, or the plays of Calderon, or the ‘Divina Commedia’, which he magnanimously supposed me much better acquainted with than I was because I knew some passages of it by heart.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading If I dropped in upon him in the afternoon I was apt to find him reading the old French poets, or the plays of Calderon, or the ‘Divina Commedia’, which he magnanimously supposed me much better acquainted with than I was because I knew some passages of it by heart.
utterednounUS /ˈuttered/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He stared at me in a rapture with the matchless music, and then uttered all his adoration and despair in one word.
verse
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vistas
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walk
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walls
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wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading If I dropped in upon him in the afternoon I was apt to find him reading the old French poets, or the plays of Calderon, or the ‘Divina Commedia’, which he magnanimously supposed me much better acquainted with than I was because I knew some passages of it by heart.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading If I dropped in upon him in the afternoon I was apt to find him reading the old French poets, or the plays of Calderon, or the ‘Divina Commedia’, which he magnanimously supposed me much better acquainted with than I was because I knew some passages of it by heart.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading If I dropped in upon him in the afternoon I was apt to find him reading the old French poets, or the plays of Calderon, or the ‘Divina Commedia’, which he magnanimously supposed me much better acquainted with than I was because I knew some passages of it by heart.
word
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