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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 In her inner mind—she was not very articulate, or at all theoretical, about it—but in her inner mind she seemed to re-value each of such incidents by an individual and personal standard which, in its coolness and intellectual detachment, certainly approached what most of us good human creatures—so ready to cry, as we are so ready to laugh—would call a degree of callousness.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading In her inner mind—she was not very articulate, or at all theoretical, about it—but in her inner mind she seemed to re-value each of such incidents by an individual and personal standard which, in its coolness and intellectual detachment, certainly approached what most of us good human creatures—so ready to cry, as we are so ready to laugh—would call a degree of callousness.
accept
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From this reading She did not accept these things at their face value, or in what one may call their universal aspect.
accused
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From this reading HOMAGE LUCINDA’S mental idiosyncrasy resisted any attempt at idealization; for all that she had accused me of making the attempt.
all
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From this reading HOMAGE LUCINDA’S mental idiosyncrasy resisted any attempt at idealization; for all that she had accused me of making the attempt.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading In her inner mind—she was not very articulate, or at all theoretical, about it—but in her inner mind she seemed to re-value each of such incidents by an individual and personal standard which, in its coolness and intellectual detachment, certainly approached what most of us good human creatures—so ready to cry, as we are so ready to laugh—would call a degree of callousness.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Though she would not persist in cruelty, and would remove herself from the temptation to it when once she had realized what it was, yet she could be, and had been, cruel.
any
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From this reading HOMAGE LUCINDA’S mental idiosyncrasy resisted any attempt at idealization; for all that she had accused me of making the attempt.
appeal
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From this reading In like manner she could be hard and callous, very inaccessible to sentimentality, to that obvious appeal to the emotions which takes its strength from our common humanity, with its common incidents—its battle, murder, and sudden death—and so on.
approached
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From this reading In her inner mind—she was not very articulate, or at all theoretical, about it—but in her inner mind she seemed to re-value each of such incidents by an individual and personal standard which, in its coolness and intellectual detachment, certainly approached what most of us good human creatures—so ready to cry, as we are so ready to laugh—would call a degree of callousness.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading In her inner mind—she was not very articulate, or at all theoretical, about it—but in her inner mind she seemed to re-value each of such incidents by an individual and personal standard which, in its coolness and intellectual detachment, certainly approached what most of us good human creatures—so ready to cry, as we are so ready to laugh—would call a degree of callousness.
articulate
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From this reading In her inner mind—she was not very articulate, or at all theoretical, about it—but in her inner mind she seemed to re-value each of such incidents by an individual and personal standard which, in its coolness and intellectual detachment, certainly approached what most of us good human creatures—so ready to cry, as we are so ready to laugh—would call a degree of callousness.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading In her inner mind—she was not very articulate, or at all theoretical, about it—but in her inner mind she seemed to re-value each of such incidents by an individual and personal standard which, in its coolness and intellectual detachment, certainly approached what most of us good human creatures—so ready to cry, as we are so ready to laugh—would call a degree of callousness.
aspect
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From this reading She did not accept these things at their face value, or in what one may call their universal aspect.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading HOMAGE LUCINDA’S mental idiosyncrasy resisted any attempt at idealization; for all that she had accused me of making the attempt.
attempt
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From this reading HOMAGE LUCINDA’S mental idiosyncrasy resisted any attempt at idealization; for all that she had accused me of making the attempt.
battle
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From this reading In like manner she could be hard and callous, very inaccessible to sentimentality, to that obvious appeal to the emotions which takes its strength from our common humanity, with its common incidents—its battle, murder, and sudden death—and so on.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Though she would not persist in cruelty, and would remove herself from the temptation to it when once she had realized what it was, yet she could be, and had been, cruel.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Though she would not persist in cruelty, and would remove herself from the temptation to it when once she had realized what it was, yet she could be, and had been, cruel.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading In her inner mind—she was not very articulate, or at all theoretical, about it—but in her inner mind she seemed to re-value each of such incidents by an individual and personal standard which, in its coolness and intellectual detachment, certainly approached what most of us good human creatures—so ready to cry, as we are so ready to laugh—would call a degree of callousness.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading In her inner mind—she was not very articulate, or at all theoretical, about it—but in her inner mind she seemed to re-value each of such incidents by an individual and personal standard which, in its coolness and intellectual detachment, certainly approached what most of us good human creatures—so ready to cry, as we are so ready to laugh—would call a degree of callousness.
call
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From this reading She did not accept these things at their face value, or in what one may call their universal aspect.
callousadjectiveUS /ˈkæləs/
showing no sympathy for other people’s suffering
From this reading In like manner she could be hard and callous, very inaccessible to sentimentality, to that obvious appeal to the emotions which takes its strength from our common humanity, with its common incidents—its battle, murder, and sudden death—and so on.
callousness
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From this reading In her inner mind—she was not very articulate, or at all theoretical, about it—but in her inner mind she seemed to re-value each of such incidents by an individual and personal standard which, in its coolness and intellectual detachment, certainly approached what most of us good human creatures—so ready to cry, as we are so ready to laugh—would call a degree of callousness.
certainly
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From this reading In her inner mind—she was not very articulate, or at all theoretical, about it—but in her inner mind she seemed to re-value each of such incidents by an individual and personal standard which, in its coolness and intellectual detachment, certainly approached what most of us good human creatures—so ready to cry, as we are so ready to laugh—would call a degree of callousness.
common
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From this reading In like manner she could be hard and callous, very inaccessible to sentimentality, to that obvious appeal to the emotions which takes its strength from our common humanity, with its common incidents—its battle, murder, and sudden death—and so on.
coolness
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From this reading In her inner mind—she was not very articulate, or at all theoretical, about it—but in her inner mind she seemed to re-value each of such incidents by an individual and personal standard which, in its coolness and intellectual detachment, certainly approached what most of us good human creatures—so ready to cry, as we are so ready to laugh—would call a degree of callousness.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Though she would not persist in cruelty, and would remove herself from the temptation to it when once she had realized what it was, yet she could be, and had been, cruel.
creatures
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From this reading In her inner mind—she was not very articulate, or at all theoretical, about it—but in her inner mind she seemed to re-value each of such incidents by an individual and personal standard which, in its coolness and intellectual detachment, certainly approached what most of us good human creatures—so ready to cry, as we are so ready to laugh—would call a degree of callousness.
crueladjectiveUS /ˈkruːəl/
causing pain or showing no kindness
From this reading Though she would not persist in cruelty, and would remove herself from the temptation to it when once she had realized what it was, yet she could be, and had been, cruel.
cruelty
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From this reading Though she would not persist in cruelty, and would remove herself from the temptation to it when once she had realized what it was, yet she could be, and had been, cruel.
cry
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From this reading In her inner mind—she was not very articulate, or at all theoretical, about it—but in her inner mind she seemed to re-value each of such incidents by an individual and personal standard which, in its coolness and intellectual detachment, certainly approached what most of us good human creatures—so ready to cry, as we are so ready to laugh—would call a degree of callousness.
death
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From this reading In like manner she could be hard and callous, very inaccessible to sentimentality, to that obvious appeal to the emotions which takes its strength from our common humanity, with its common incidents—its battle, murder, and sudden death—and so on.
degree
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From this reading In her inner mind—she was not very articulate, or at all theoretical, about it—but in her inner mind she seemed to re-value each of such incidents by an individual and personal standard which, in its coolness and intellectual detachment, certainly approached what most of us good human creatures—so ready to cry, as we are so ready to laugh—would call a degree of callousness.
detachment
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From this reading In her inner mind—she was not very articulate, or at all theoretical, about it—but in her inner mind she seemed to re-value each of such incidents by an individual and personal standard which, in its coolness and intellectual detachment, certainly approached what most of us good human creatures—so ready to cry, as we are so ready to laugh—would call a degree of callousness.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading She did not accept these things at their face value, or in what one may call their universal aspect.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading In her inner mind—she was not very articulate, or at all theoretical, about it—but in her inner mind she seemed to re-value each of such incidents by an individual and personal standard which, in its coolness and intellectual detachment, certainly approached what most of us good human creatures—so ready to cry, as we are so ready to laugh—would call a degree of callousness.
emotions
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From this reading In like manner she could be hard and callous, very inaccessible to sentimentality, to that obvious appeal to the emotions which takes its strength from our common humanity, with its common incidents—its battle, murder, and sudden death—and so on.
face
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From this reading She did not accept these things at their face value, or in what one may call their universal aspect.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading HOMAGE LUCINDA’S mental idiosyncrasy resisted any attempt at idealization; for all that she had accused me of making the attempt.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Though she would not persist in cruelty, and would remove herself from the temptation to it when once she had realized what it was, yet she could be, and had been, cruel.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In her inner mind—she was not very articulate, or at all theoretical, about it—but in her inner mind she seemed to re-value each of such incidents by an individual and personal standard which, in its coolness and intellectual detachment, certainly approached what most of us good human creatures—so ready to cry, as we are so ready to laugh—would call a degree of callousness.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading HOMAGE LUCINDA’S mental idiosyncrasy resisted any attempt at idealization; for all that she had accused me of making the attempt.
hard
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From this reading In like manner she could be hard and callous, very inaccessible to sentimentality, to that obvious appeal to the emotions which takes its strength from our common humanity, with its common incidents—its battle, murder, and sudden death—and so on.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading In her inner mind—she was not very articulate, or at all theoretical, about it—but in her inner mind she seemed to re-value each of such incidents by an individual and personal standard which, in its coolness and intellectual detachment, certainly approached what most of us good human creatures—so ready to cry, as we are so ready to laugh—would call a degree of callousness.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Though she would not persist in cruelty, and would remove herself from the temptation to it when once she had realized what it was, yet she could be, and had been, cruel.
HOMAGE
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From this reading HOMAGE LUCINDA’S mental idiosyncrasy resisted any attempt at idealization; for all that she had accused me of making the attempt.
human
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From this reading In her inner mind—she was not very articulate, or at all theoretical, about it—but in her inner mind she seemed to re-value each of such incidents by an individual and personal standard which, in its coolness and intellectual detachment, certainly approached what most of us good human creatures—so ready to cry, as we are so ready to laugh—would call a degree of callousness.
humanity
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From this reading In like manner she could be hard and callous, very inaccessible to sentimentality, to that obvious appeal to the emotions which takes its strength from our common humanity, with its common incidents—its battle, murder, and sudden death—and so on.
idealization
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From this reading HOMAGE LUCINDA’S mental idiosyncrasy resisted any attempt at idealization; for all that she had accused me of making the attempt.
idiosyncrasy
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From this reading HOMAGE LUCINDA’S mental idiosyncrasy resisted any attempt at idealization; for all that she had accused me of making the attempt.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Though she would not persist in cruelty, and would remove herself from the temptation to it when once she had realized what it was, yet she could be, and had been, cruel.
inaccessible
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From this reading In like manner she could be hard and callous, very inaccessible to sentimentality, to that obvious appeal to the emotions which takes its strength from our common humanity, with its common incidents—its battle, murder, and sudden death—and so on.
incidents
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From this reading In like manner she could be hard and callous, very inaccessible to sentimentality, to that obvious appeal to the emotions which takes its strength from our common humanity, with its common incidents—its battle, murder, and sudden death—and so on.
individual
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From this reading In her inner mind—she was not very articulate, or at all theoretical, about it—but in her inner mind she seemed to re-value each of such incidents by an individual and personal standard which, in its coolness and intellectual detachment, certainly approached what most of us good human creatures—so ready to cry, as we are so ready to laugh—would call a degree of callousness.
inner
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From this reading In her inner mind—she was not very articulate, or at all theoretical, about it—but in her inner mind she seemed to re-value each of such incidents by an individual and personal standard which, in its coolness and intellectual detachment, certainly approached what most of us good human creatures—so ready to cry, as we are so ready to laugh—would call a degree of callousness.
intellectual
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From this reading In her inner mind—she was not very articulate, or at all theoretical, about it—but in her inner mind she seemed to re-value each of such incidents by an individual and personal standard which, in its coolness and intellectual detachment, certainly approached what most of us good human creatures—so ready to cry, as we are so ready to laugh—would call a degree of callousness.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Though she would not persist in cruelty, and would remove herself from the temptation to it when once she had realized what it was, yet she could be, and had been, cruel.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading In like manner she could be hard and callous, very inaccessible to sentimentality, to that obvious appeal to the emotions which takes its strength from our common humanity, with its common incidents—its battle, murder, and sudden death—and so on.
laugh
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From this reading In her inner mind—she was not very articulate, or at all theoretical, about it—but in her inner mind she seemed to re-value each of such incidents by an individual and personal standard which, in its coolness and intellectual detachment, certainly approached what most of us good human creatures—so ready to cry, as we are so ready to laugh—would call a degree of callousness.
like
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From this reading In like manner she could be hard and callous, very inaccessible to sentimentality, to that obvious appeal to the emotions which takes its strength from our common humanity, with its common incidents—its battle, murder, and sudden death—and so on.
LUCINDA'S
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From this reading HOMAGE LUCINDA’S mental idiosyncrasy resisted any attempt at idealization; for all that she had accused me of making the attempt.
making
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From this reading HOMAGE LUCINDA’S mental idiosyncrasy resisted any attempt at idealization; for all that she had accused me of making the attempt.
manner
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From this reading In like manner she could be hard and callous, very inaccessible to sentimentality, to that obvious appeal to the emotions which takes its strength from our common humanity, with its common incidents—its battle, murder, and sudden death—and so on.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading She did not accept these things at their face value, or in what one may call their universal aspect.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading HOMAGE LUCINDA’S mental idiosyncrasy resisted any attempt at idealization; for all that she had accused me of making the attempt.
mental
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From this reading HOMAGE LUCINDA’S mental idiosyncrasy resisted any attempt at idealization; for all that she had accused me of making the attempt.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In her inner mind—she was not very articulate, or at all theoretical, about it—but in her inner mind she seemed to re-value each of such incidents by an individual and personal standard which, in its coolness and intellectual detachment, certainly approached what most of us good human creatures—so ready to cry, as we are so ready to laugh—would call a degree of callousness.
most
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From this reading In her inner mind—she was not very articulate, or at all theoretical, about it—but in her inner mind she seemed to re-value each of such incidents by an individual and personal standard which, in its coolness and intellectual detachment, certainly approached what most of us good human creatures—so ready to cry, as we are so ready to laugh—would call a degree of callousness.
murder
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From this reading In like manner she could be hard and callous, very inaccessible to sentimentality, to that obvious appeal to the emotions which takes its strength from our common humanity, with its common incidents—its battle, murder, and sudden death—and so on.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Though she would not persist in cruelty, and would remove herself from the temptation to it when once she had realized what it was, yet she could be, and had been, cruel.
obvious
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From this reading In like manner she could be hard and callous, very inaccessible to sentimentality, to that obvious appeal to the emotions which takes its strength from our common humanity, with its common incidents—its battle, murder, and sudden death—and so on.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading HOMAGE LUCINDA’S mental idiosyncrasy resisted any attempt at idealization; for all that she had accused me of making the attempt.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading In like manner she could be hard and callous, very inaccessible to sentimentality, to that obvious appeal to the emotions which takes its strength from our common humanity, with its common incidents—its battle, murder, and sudden death—and so on.
once
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From this reading Though she would not persist in cruelty, and would remove herself from the temptation to it when once she had realized what it was, yet she could be, and had been, cruel.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading She did not accept these things at their face value, or in what one may call their universal aspect.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading She did not accept these things at their face value, or in what one may call their universal aspect.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading In like manner she could be hard and callous, very inaccessible to sentimentality, to that obvious appeal to the emotions which takes its strength from our common humanity, with its common incidents—its battle, murder, and sudden death—and so on.
persist
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From this reading Though she would not persist in cruelty, and would remove herself from the temptation to it when once she had realized what it was, yet she could be, and had been, cruel.
personal
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From this reading In her inner mind—she was not very articulate, or at all theoretical, about it—but in her inner mind she seemed to re-value each of such incidents by an individual and personal standard which, in its coolness and intellectual detachment, certainly approached what most of us good human creatures—so ready to cry, as we are so ready to laugh—would call a degree of callousness.
re-value
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From this reading In her inner mind—she was not very articulate, or at all theoretical, about it—but in her inner mind she seemed to re-value each of such incidents by an individual and personal standard which, in its coolness and intellectual detachment, certainly approached what most of us good human creatures—so ready to cry, as we are so ready to laugh—would call a degree of callousness.
ready
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From this reading In her inner mind—she was not very articulate, or at all theoretical, about it—but in her inner mind she seemed to re-value each of such incidents by an individual and personal standard which, in its coolness and intellectual detachment, certainly approached what most of us good human creatures—so ready to cry, as we are so ready to laugh—would call a degree of callousness.
realized
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From this reading Though she would not persist in cruelty, and would remove herself from the temptation to it when once she had realized what it was, yet she could be, and had been, cruel.
remove
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From this reading Though she would not persist in cruelty, and would remove herself from the temptation to it when once she had realized what it was, yet she could be, and had been, cruel.
resisted
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From this reading HOMAGE LUCINDA’S mental idiosyncrasy resisted any attempt at idealization; for all that she had accused me of making the attempt.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In her inner mind—she was not very articulate, or at all theoretical, about it—but in her inner mind she seemed to re-value each of such incidents by an individual and personal standard which, in its coolness and intellectual detachment, certainly approached what most of us good human creatures—so ready to cry, as we are so ready to laugh—would call a degree of callousness.
sentimentality
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From this reading In like manner she could be hard and callous, very inaccessible to sentimentality, to that obvious appeal to the emotions which takes its strength from our common humanity, with its common incidents—its battle, murder, and sudden death—and so on.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading HOMAGE LUCINDA’S mental idiosyncrasy resisted any attempt at idealization; for all that she had accused me of making the attempt.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading In like manner she could be hard and callous, very inaccessible to sentimentality, to that obvious appeal to the emotions which takes its strength from our common humanity, with its common incidents—its battle, murder, and sudden death—and so on.
standard
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From this reading In her inner mind—she was not very articulate, or at all theoretical, about it—but in her inner mind she seemed to re-value each of such incidents by an individual and personal standard which, in its coolness and intellectual detachment, certainly approached what most of us good human creatures—so ready to cry, as we are so ready to laugh—would call a degree of callousness.
strengthnounUS /ˈstrength/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading In like manner she could be hard and callous, very inaccessible to sentimentality, to that obvious appeal to the emotions which takes its strength from our common humanity, with its common incidents—its battle, murder, and sudden death—and so on.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading In her inner mind—she was not very articulate, or at all theoretical, about it—but in her inner mind she seemed to re-value each of such incidents by an individual and personal standard which, in its coolness and intellectual detachment, certainly approached what most of us good human creatures—so ready to cry, as we are so ready to laugh—would call a degree of callousness.
suddennounUS /sudden/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In like manner she could be hard and callous, very inaccessible to sentimentality, to that obvious appeal to the emotions which takes its strength from our common humanity, with its common incidents—its battle, murder, and sudden death—and so on.
takes
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From this reading In like manner she could be hard and callous, very inaccessible to sentimentality, to that obvious appeal to the emotions which takes its strength from our common humanity, with its common incidents—its battle, murder, and sudden death—and so on.
temptation
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From this reading Though she would not persist in cruelty, and would remove herself from the temptation to it when once she had realized what it was, yet she could be, and had been, cruel.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading HOMAGE LUCINDA’S mental idiosyncrasy resisted any attempt at idealization; for all that she had accused me of making the attempt.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading HOMAGE LUCINDA’S mental idiosyncrasy resisted any attempt at idealization; for all that she had accused me of making the attempt.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading She did not accept these things at their face value, or in what one may call their universal aspect.
theoretical
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From this reading In her inner mind—she was not very articulate, or at all theoretical, about it—but in her inner mind she seemed to re-value each of such incidents by an individual and personal standard which, in its coolness and intellectual detachment, certainly approached what most of us good human creatures—so ready to cry, as we are so ready to laugh—would call a degree of callousness.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading She did not accept these things at their face value, or in what one may call their universal aspect.
things
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From this reading She did not accept these things at their face value, or in what one may call their universal aspect.
ThoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Though she would not persist in cruelty, and would remove herself from the temptation to it when once she had realized what it was, yet she could be, and had been, cruel.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Though she would not persist in cruelty, and would remove herself from the temptation to it when once she had realized what it was, yet she could be, and had been, cruel.
universal
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From this reading She did not accept these things at their face value, or in what one may call their universal aspect.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading In her inner mind—she was not very articulate, or at all theoretical, about it—but in her inner mind she seemed to re-value each of such incidents by an individual and personal standard which, in its coolness and intellectual detachment, certainly approached what most of us good human creatures—so ready to cry, as we are so ready to laugh—would call a degree of callousness.
value
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From this reading She did not accept these things at their face value, or in what one may call their universal aspect.
very
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From this reading In like manner she could be hard and callous, very inaccessible to sentimentality, to that obvious appeal to the emotions which takes its strength from our common humanity, with its common incidents—its battle, murder, and sudden death—and so on.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Though she would not persist in cruelty, and would remove herself from the temptation to it when once she had realized what it was, yet she could be, and had been, cruel.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading In her inner mind—she was not very articulate, or at all theoretical, about it—but in her inner mind she seemed to re-value each of such incidents by an individual and personal standard which, in its coolness and intellectual detachment, certainly approached what most of us good human creatures—so ready to cry, as we are so ready to laugh—would call a degree of callousness.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Though she would not persist in cruelty, and would remove herself from the temptation to it when once she had realized what it was, yet she could be, and had been, cruel.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Though she would not persist in cruelty, and would remove herself from the temptation to it when once she had realized what it was, yet she could be, and had been, cruel.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading In like manner she could be hard and callous, very inaccessible to sentimentality, to that obvious appeal to the emotions which takes its strength from our common humanity, with its common incidents—its battle, murder, and sudden death—and so on.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading In like manner she could be hard and callous, very inaccessible to sentimentality, to that obvious appeal to the emotions which takes its strength from our common humanity, with its common incidents—its battle, murder, and sudden death—and so on.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Though she would not persist in cruelty, and would remove herself from the temptation to it when once she had realized what it was, yet she could be, and had been, cruel.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Though she would not persist in cruelty, and would remove herself from the temptation to it when once she had realized what it was, yet she could be, and had been, cruel.
