adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading He hath a word for thee to speak.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading No difference was made to Aurelia’s visits to Mr. Belamour on Sunday evenings, but he respected her scruples against indulgence in profane literature, and encouraged her to repeat passages of Scripture, beginning to taste the beauty of the grand cadences falling from her soft measured voice.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading No difference was made to Aurelia’s visits to Mr. Belamour on Sunday evenings, but he respected her scruples against indulgence in profane literature, and encouraged her to repeat passages of Scripture, beginning to taste the beauty of the grand cadences falling from her soft measured voice.
Aurelia's
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From this reading No difference was made to Aurelia’s visits to Mr. Belamour on Sunday evenings, but he respected her scruples against indulgence in profane literature, and encouraged her to repeat passages of Scripture, beginning to taste the beauty of the grand cadences falling from her soft measured voice.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Thus had she come to the Sermon on the Mount, and found herself repeating the expansion of the Sixth Commandment ending with, “And thou be cast into prison.
beautynounUS /ˈbjuːti/
the qualities that give pleasure to the senses
From this reading No difference was made to Aurelia’s visits to Mr. Belamour on Sunday evenings, but he respected her scruples against indulgence in profane literature, and encouraged her to repeat passages of Scripture, beginning to taste the beauty of the grand cadences falling from her soft measured voice.
beginningnounUS /bɪˈɡɪnɪŋ/
the event consisting of the start of something
From this reading No difference was made to Aurelia’s visits to Mr. Belamour on Sunday evenings, but he respected her scruples against indulgence in profane literature, and encouraged her to repeat passages of Scripture, beginning to taste the beauty of the grand cadences falling from her soft measured voice.
Belamour
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From this reading No difference was made to Aurelia’s visits to Mr. Belamour on Sunday evenings, but he respected her scruples against indulgence in profane literature, and encouraged her to repeat passages of Scripture, beginning to taste the beauty of the grand cadences falling from her soft measured voice.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading No difference was made to Aurelia’s visits to Mr. Belamour on Sunday evenings, but he respected her scruples against indulgence in profane literature, and encouraged her to repeat passages of Scripture, beginning to taste the beauty of the grand cadences falling from her soft measured voice.
cadencesnounUS /ˈkeɪdənsɪz/
plural of “cadence” — (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
From this reading No difference was made to Aurelia’s visits to Mr. Belamour on Sunday evenings, but he respected her scruples against indulgence in profane literature, and encouraged her to repeat passages of Scripture, beginning to taste the beauty of the grand cadences falling from her soft measured voice.
castverbUS /kæst/
put or send forth
From this reading Thus had she come to the Sermon on the Mount, and found herself repeating the expansion of the Sixth Commandment ending with, “And thou be cast into prison.
comeverbUS /kʌm/
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Thus had she come to the Sermon on the Mount, and found herself repeating the expansion of the Sixth Commandment ending with, “And thou be cast into prison.
CommandmentnounUS /kəˈmændmənt/
something that is commanded
From this reading Thus had she come to the Sermon on the Mount, and found herself repeating the expansion of the Sixth Commandment ending with, “And thou be cast into prison.
differencenounUS /ˈdɪfərəns/
the quality of being unlike or dissimilar
From this reading No difference was made to Aurelia’s visits to Mr. Belamour on Sunday evenings, but he respected her scruples against indulgence in profane literature, and encouraged her to repeat passages of Scripture, beginning to taste the beauty of the grand cadences falling from her soft measured voice.
encouragedadjectiveUS /enˈkɜːrɪdʒd/
inspired with confidence
From this reading No difference was made to Aurelia’s visits to Mr. Belamour on Sunday evenings, but he respected her scruples against indulgence in profane literature, and encouraged her to repeat passages of Scripture, beginning to taste the beauty of the grand cadences falling from her soft measured voice.
endingnounUS /ˈendɪŋ/
the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme)
From this reading Thus had she come to the Sermon on the Mount, and found herself repeating the expansion of the Sixth Commandment ending with, “And thou be cast into prison.
eveningsnounUS /ˈiːvnɪŋz/
plural of “evening” — the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
From this reading No difference was made to Aurelia’s visits to Mr. Belamour on Sunday evenings, but he respected her scruples against indulgence in profane literature, and encouraged her to repeat passages of Scripture, beginning to taste the beauty of the grand cadences falling from her soft measured voice.
expansionnounUS /ɪkˈspænʃən/
the act of increasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope
From this reading Thus had she come to the Sermon on the Mount, and found herself repeating the expansion of the Sixth Commandment ending with, “And thou be cast into prison.
fallingadjectiveUS /ˈfɑːlɪŋ/
decreasing in amount or degree
From this reading No difference was made to Aurelia’s visits to Mr. Belamour on Sunday evenings, but he respected her scruples against indulgence in profane literature, and encouraged her to repeat passages of Scripture, beginning to taste the beauty of the grand cadences falling from her soft measured voice.
farthingnounUS /ˈfɑːrðɪŋ/
a former British bronze coin worth a quarter of a penny
From this reading Verily I say unto thee, thou shalt not come out thence until thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.”
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He hath a word for thee to speak.
foundverbUS /faʊnd/
set up or found
From this reading Thus had she come to the Sermon on the Mount, and found herself repeating the expansion of the Sixth Commandment ending with, “And thou be cast into prison.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading No difference was made to Aurelia’s visits to Mr. Belamour on Sunday evenings, but he respected her scruples against indulgence in profane literature, and encouraged her to repeat passages of Scripture, beginning to taste the beauty of the grand cadences falling from her soft measured voice.
grandadjectiveUS /ɡrænd/
of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope
From this reading No difference was made to Aurelia’s visits to Mr. Belamour on Sunday evenings, but he respected her scruples against indulgence in profane literature, and encouraged her to repeat passages of Scripture, beginning to taste the beauty of the grand cadences falling from her soft measured voice.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Thus had she come to the Sermon on the Mount, and found herself repeating the expansion of the Sixth Commandment ending with, “And thou be cast into prison.
hastauxiliary verbUS /hæst/
an old form of “have”, used with “thou”
From this reading Verily I say unto thee, thou shalt not come out thence until thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.”
hathauxiliary verbUS /hæθ/
an old form of “has”
From this reading He hath a word for thee to speak.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He hath a word for thee to speak.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading No difference was made to Aurelia’s visits to Mr. Belamour on Sunday evenings, but he respected her scruples against indulgence in profane literature, and encouraged her to repeat passages of Scripture, beginning to taste the beauty of the grand cadences falling from her soft measured voice.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Thus had she come to the Sermon on the Mount, and found herself repeating the expansion of the Sixth Commandment ending with, “And thou be cast into prison.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Verily I say unto thee, thou shalt not come out thence until thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.”
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading No difference was made to Aurelia’s visits to Mr. Belamour on Sunday evenings, but he respected her scruples against indulgence in profane literature, and encouraged her to repeat passages of Scripture, beginning to taste the beauty of the grand cadences falling from her soft measured voice.
indulgencenounUS /ˌɪnˈdʌldʒəns/
an inability to resist the gratification of whims and desires
From this reading No difference was made to Aurelia’s visits to Mr. Belamour on Sunday evenings, but he respected her scruples against indulgence in profane literature, and encouraged her to repeat passages of Scripture, beginning to taste the beauty of the grand cadences falling from her soft measured voice.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Thus had she come to the Sermon on the Mount, and found herself repeating the expansion of the Sixth Commandment ending with, “And thou be cast into prison.
KEBLEnoun
English clergyman who (with John Henry Newman and Edward Pusey) founded the Oxford movement (1792-1866)
From this reading KEBLE.
literaturenounUS /ˈlɪtərətʃər/
creative writing of recognized artistic value
From this reading No difference was made to Aurelia’s visits to Mr. Belamour on Sunday evenings, but he respected her scruples against indulgence in profane literature, and encouraged her to repeat passages of Scripture, beginning to taste the beauty of the grand cadences falling from her soft measured voice.
madeadjectiveUS /meɪd/
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading No difference was made to Aurelia’s visits to Mr. Belamour on Sunday evenings, but he respected her scruples against indulgence in profane literature, and encouraged her to repeat passages of Scripture, beginning to taste the beauty of the grand cadences falling from her soft measured voice.
measuredadjectiveUS /ˈmeʒərd/
having notes of fixed rhythmic value
From this reading No difference was made to Aurelia’s visits to Mr. Belamour on Sunday evenings, but he respected her scruples against indulgence in profane literature, and encouraged her to repeat passages of Scripture, beginning to taste the beauty of the grand cadences falling from her soft measured voice.
MountverbUS /maʊnt/
attach to a support
From this reading Thus had she come to the Sermon on the Mount, and found herself repeating the expansion of the Sixth Commandment ending with, “And thou be cast into prison.
MrnounUS /ˈmɪstər/
a form of address for a man
From this reading No difference was made to Aurelia’s visits to Mr. Belamour on Sunday evenings, but he respected her scruples against indulgence in profane literature, and encouraged her to repeat passages of Scripture, beginning to taste the beauty of the grand cadences falling from her soft measured voice.
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading No difference was made to Aurelia’s visits to Mr. Belamour on Sunday evenings, but he respected her scruples against indulgence in profane literature, and encouraged her to repeat passages of Scripture, beginning to taste the beauty of the grand cadences falling from her soft measured voice.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Verily I say unto thee, thou shalt not come out thence until thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.”
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading No difference was made to Aurelia’s visits to Mr. Belamour on Sunday evenings, but he respected her scruples against indulgence in profane literature, and encouraged her to repeat passages of Scripture, beginning to taste the beauty of the grand cadences falling from her soft measured voice.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading No difference was made to Aurelia’s visits to Mr. Belamour on Sunday evenings, but he respected her scruples against indulgence in profane literature, and encouraged her to repeat passages of Scripture, beginning to taste the beauty of the grand cadences falling from her soft measured voice.
outadjectiveUS /aʊt/
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Verily I say unto thee, thou shalt not come out thence until thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.”
paidadjectiveUS /peɪd/
marked by the reception of pay
From this reading Verily I say unto thee, thou shalt not come out thence until thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.”
passagesnounUS /ˈpæsədʒəz/
plural of “passage” — the act of passing from one state or place to the next
From this reading No difference was made to Aurelia’s visits to Mr. Belamour on Sunday evenings, but he respected her scruples against indulgence in profane literature, and encouraged her to repeat passages of Scripture, beginning to taste the beauty of the grand cadences falling from her soft measured voice.
prisonnounUS /ˈprɪzən/
a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment
From this reading Thus had she come to the Sermon on the Mount, and found herself repeating the expansion of the Sixth Commandment ending with, “And thou be cast into prison.
profaneadjectiveUS /proʊˈfeɪn/
characterized by profanity or cursing
From this reading No difference was made to Aurelia’s visits to Mr. Belamour on Sunday evenings, but he respected her scruples against indulgence in profane literature, and encouraged her to repeat passages of Scripture, beginning to taste the beauty of the grand cadences falling from her soft measured voice.
repeatverbUS /rɪˈpiːt/
to say, state, or perform again
From this reading No difference was made to Aurelia’s visits to Mr. Belamour on Sunday evenings, but he respected her scruples against indulgence in profane literature, and encouraged her to repeat passages of Scripture, beginning to taste the beauty of the grand cadences falling from her soft measured voice.
repeatingnounUS /rɪˈpiːtɪŋ/
the act of doing or performing again
From this reading Thus had she come to the Sermon on the Mount, and found herself repeating the expansion of the Sixth Commandment ending with, “And thou be cast into prison.
respectedadjectiveUS /rɪˈspektɪd/
receiving deferential regard
From this reading No difference was made to Aurelia’s visits to Mr. Belamour on Sunday evenings, but he respected her scruples against indulgence in profane literature, and encouraged her to repeat passages of Scripture, beginning to taste the beauty of the grand cadences falling from her soft measured voice.
sayverbUS /seɪ/
express in words
From this reading Verily I say unto thee, thou shalt not come out thence until thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.”
ScripturenounUS /ˈskrɪptʃər/
the sacred writings of the Christian religions
From this reading No difference was made to Aurelia’s visits to Mr. Belamour on Sunday evenings, but he respected her scruples against indulgence in profane literature, and encouraged her to repeat passages of Scripture, beginning to taste the beauty of the grand cadences falling from her soft measured voice.
scruplesnounUS /ˈskruːpəlz/
motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions
From this reading No difference was made to Aurelia’s visits to Mr. Belamour on Sunday evenings, but he respected her scruples against indulgence in profane literature, and encouraged her to repeat passages of Scripture, beginning to taste the beauty of the grand cadences falling from her soft measured voice.
SermonnounUS /ˈsɜːrmən/
an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service)
From this reading Thus had she come to the Sermon on the Mount, and found herself repeating the expansion of the Sixth Commandment ending with, “And thou be cast into prison.
shaltmodal verbUS /ʃælt/
an old form of “shall”, used with “thou”
From this reading Verily I say unto thee, thou shalt not come out thence until thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.”
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Thus had she come to the Sermon on the Mount, and found herself repeating the expansion of the Sixth Commandment ending with, “And thou be cast into prison.
SixthadjectiveUS /sɪksθ/
coming next after the fifth and just before the seventh in position
From this reading Thus had she come to the Sermon on the Mount, and found herself repeating the expansion of the Sixth Commandment ending with, “And thou be cast into prison.
softadjectiveUS /sɑːft/
yielding readily to pressure or weight
From this reading No difference was made to Aurelia’s visits to Mr. Belamour on Sunday evenings, but he respected her scruples against indulgence in profane literature, and encouraged her to repeat passages of Scripture, beginning to taste the beauty of the grand cadences falling from her soft measured voice.
speakverbUS /spiːk/
express in speech
From this reading He hath a word for thee to speak.
SundaynounUS /ˈsʌndeɪ/
first day of the week; observed as a day of rest and worship by most Christians
From this reading No difference was made to Aurelia’s visits to Mr. Belamour on Sunday evenings, but he respected her scruples against indulgence in profane literature, and encouraged her to repeat passages of Scripture, beginning to taste the beauty of the grand cadences falling from her soft measured voice.
tasteverbUS /teɪst/
To perceive flavor through the mouth.
From this reading No difference was made to Aurelia’s visits to Mr. Belamour on Sunday evenings, but he respected her scruples against indulgence in profane literature, and encouraged her to repeat passages of Scripture, beginning to taste the beauty of the grand cadences falling from her soft measured voice.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading No difference was made to Aurelia’s visits to Mr. Belamour on Sunday evenings, but he respected her scruples against indulgence in profane literature, and encouraged her to repeat passages of Scripture, beginning to taste the beauty of the grand cadences falling from her soft measured voice.
theepronounUS /ðiː/
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading He hath a word for thee to speak.
thenceadverbUS /ðens/
from that place or that time
From this reading Verily I say unto thee, thou shalt not come out thence until thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.”
thoupronounUS /ðaʊ/
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading Thus had she come to the Sermon on the Mount, and found herself repeating the expansion of the Sixth Commandment ending with, “And thou be cast into prison.
ThusadverbUS /ðʌs/
(used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result
From this reading Thus had she come to the Sermon on the Mount, and found herself repeating the expansion of the Sixth Commandment ending with, “And thou be cast into prison.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He hath a word for thee to speak.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading Verily I say unto thee, thou shalt not come out thence until thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.”
untoprepositionUS /ˈʌntuː/
an old word for “to”
From this reading Verily I say unto thee, thou shalt not come out thence until thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.”
uttermostadjective
of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity
From this reading Verily I say unto thee, thou shalt not come out thence until thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.”
Verilyadverb
in truth; certainly
From this reading Verily I say unto thee, thou shalt not come out thence until thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.”
visitsnounUS /ˈvɪzɪts/
plural of “visit” — the act of going to see some person or place or thing for a short time
From this reading No difference was made to Aurelia’s visits to Mr. Belamour on Sunday evenings, but he respected her scruples against indulgence in profane literature, and encouraged her to repeat passages of Scripture, beginning to taste the beauty of the grand cadences falling from her soft measured voice.
voicenounUS /vɔɪs/
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading No difference was made to Aurelia’s visits to Mr. Belamour on Sunday evenings, but he respected her scruples against indulgence in profane literature, and encouraged her to repeat passages of Scripture, beginning to taste the beauty of the grand cadences falling from her soft measured voice.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading No difference was made to Aurelia’s visits to Mr. Belamour on Sunday evenings, but he respected her scruples against indulgence in profane literature, and encouraged her to repeat passages of Scripture, beginning to taste the beauty of the grand cadences falling from her soft measured voice.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Thus had she come to the Sermon on the Mount, and found herself repeating the expansion of the Sixth Commandment ending with, “And thou be cast into prison.
wordnounUS /wɜːrd/
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading He hath a word for thee to speak.
