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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 It happened to be on a Saturday evening that Will Ladislaw had that little discussion with Lydgate.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Its effect when he went to his own rooms was to make him sit up half the night, thinking over again, under a new irritation, all that he had before thought of his having settled in Middlemarch and harnessed himself with Mr. Brooke.
all
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From this reading Its effect when he went to his own rooms was to make him sit up half the night, thinking over again, under a new irritation, all that he had before thought of his having settled in Middlemarch and harnessed himself with Mr. Brooke.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading So in heaven’s spot and hour Springs the little native flower, Downward root and upward eye, Shapen by the earth and sky.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading No art can make it: it must spring Where elements are fostering.
artauxiliary verbUS /ɑːrt/
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading No art can make it: it must spring Where elements are fostering.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It happened to be on a Saturday evening that Will Ladislaw had that little discussion with Lydgate.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Its effect when he went to his own rooms was to make him sit up half the night, thinking over again, under a new irritation, all that he had before thought of his having settled in Middlemarch and harnessed himself with Mr. Brooke.
Brooke
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From this reading Its effect when he went to his own rooms was to make him sit up half the night, thinking over again, under a new irritation, all that he had before thought of his having settled in Middlemarch and harnessed himself with Mr. Brooke.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading So in heaven’s spot and hour Springs the little native flower, Downward root and upward eye, Shapen by the earth and sky.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading No art can make it: it must spring Where elements are fostering.
discussion
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From this reading It happened to be on a Saturday evening that Will Ladislaw had that little discussion with Lydgate.
Downward
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From this reading So in heaven’s spot and hour Springs the little native flower, Downward root and upward eye, Shapen by the earth and sky.
earth
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From this reading So in heaven’s spot and hour Springs the little native flower, Downward root and upward eye, Shapen by the earth and sky.
effect
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From this reading Its effect when he went to his own rooms was to make him sit up half the night, thinking over again, under a new irritation, all that he had before thought of his having settled in Middlemarch and harnessed himself with Mr. Brooke.
elements
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From this reading No art can make it: it must spring Where elements are fostering.
evening
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From this reading It happened to be on a Saturday evening that Will Ladislaw had that little discussion with Lydgate.
eye
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From this reading So in heaven’s spot and hour Springs the little native flower, Downward root and upward eye, Shapen by the earth and sky.
flower
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From this reading So in heaven’s spot and hour Springs the little native flower, Downward root and upward eye, Shapen by the earth and sky.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Was never true love loved in vain, For truest love is highest gain.
fostering
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From this reading No art can make it: it must spring Where elements are fostering.
gain
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From this reading Was never true love loved in vain, For truest love is highest gain.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It happened to be on a Saturday evening that Will Ladislaw had that little discussion with Lydgate.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Its effect when he went to his own rooms was to make him sit up half the night, thinking over again, under a new irritation, all that he had before thought of his having settled in Middlemarch and harnessed himself with Mr. Brooke.
happened
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From this reading It happened to be on a Saturday evening that Will Ladislaw had that little discussion with Lydgate.
harnessed
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From this reading Its effect when he went to his own rooms was to make him sit up half the night, thinking over again, under a new irritation, all that he had before thought of his having settled in Middlemarch and harnessed himself with Mr. Brooke.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading Its effect when he went to his own rooms was to make him sit up half the night, thinking over again, under a new irritation, all that he had before thought of his having settled in Middlemarch and harnessed himself with Mr. Brooke.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Its effect when he went to his own rooms was to make him sit up half the night, thinking over again, under a new irritation, all that he had before thought of his having settled in Middlemarch and harnessed himself with Mr. Brooke.
heaven's
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From this reading So in heaven’s spot and hour Springs the little native flower, Downward root and upward eye, Shapen by the earth and sky.
highest
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From this reading Was never true love loved in vain, For truest love is highest gain.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Its effect when he went to his own rooms was to make him sit up half the night, thinking over again, under a new irritation, all that he had before thought of his having settled in Middlemarch and harnessed himself with Mr. Brooke.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Its effect when he went to his own rooms was to make him sit up half the night, thinking over again, under a new irritation, all that he had before thought of his having settled in Middlemarch and harnessed himself with Mr. Brooke.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Its effect when he went to his own rooms was to make him sit up half the night, thinking over again, under a new irritation, all that he had before thought of his having settled in Middlemarch and harnessed himself with Mr. Brooke.
hour
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From this reading So in heaven’s spot and hour Springs the little native flower, Downward root and upward eye, Shapen by the earth and sky.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Was never true love loved in vain, For truest love is highest gain.
irritation
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From this reading Its effect when he went to his own rooms was to make him sit up half the night, thinking over again, under a new irritation, all that he had before thought of his having settled in Middlemarch and harnessed himself with Mr. Brooke.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Was never true love loved in vain, For truest love is highest gain.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading No art can make it: it must spring Where elements are fostering.
ItsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Its effect when he went to his own rooms was to make him sit up half the night, thinking over again, under a new irritation, all that he had before thought of his having settled in Middlemarch and harnessed himself with Mr. Brooke.
Ladislaw
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From this reading It happened to be on a Saturday evening that Will Ladislaw had that little discussion with Lydgate.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So in heaven’s spot and hour Springs the little native flower, Downward root and upward eye, Shapen by the earth and sky.
love
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From this reading Was never true love loved in vain, For truest love is highest gain.
loved
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From this reading Was never true love loved in vain, For truest love is highest gain.
Lydgate
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From this reading It happened to be on a Saturday evening that Will Ladislaw had that little discussion with Lydgate.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading No art can make it: it must spring Where elements are fostering.
Middlemarch
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From this reading Its effect when he went to his own rooms was to make him sit up half the night, thinking over again, under a new irritation, all that he had before thought of his having settled in Middlemarch and harnessed himself with Mr. Brooke.
Mr
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From this reading Its effect when he went to his own rooms was to make him sit up half the night, thinking over again, under a new irritation, all that he had before thought of his having settled in Middlemarch and harnessed himself with Mr. Brooke.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading No art can make it: it must spring Where elements are fostering.
native
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From this reading So in heaven’s spot and hour Springs the little native flower, Downward root and upward eye, Shapen by the earth and sky.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Was never true love loved in vain, For truest love is highest gain.
new
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From this reading Its effect when he went to his own rooms was to make him sit up half the night, thinking over again, under a new irritation, all that he had before thought of his having settled in Middlemarch and harnessed himself with Mr. Brooke.
night
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From this reading Its effect when he went to his own rooms was to make him sit up half the night, thinking over again, under a new irritation, all that he had before thought of his having settled in Middlemarch and harnessed himself with Mr. Brooke.
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading No art can make it: it must spring Where elements are fostering.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Its effect when he went to his own rooms was to make him sit up half the night, thinking over again, under a new irritation, all that he had before thought of his having settled in Middlemarch and harnessed himself with Mr. Brooke.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It happened to be on a Saturday evening that Will Ladislaw had that little discussion with Lydgate.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Its effect when he went to his own rooms was to make him sit up half the night, thinking over again, under a new irritation, all that he had before thought of his having settled in Middlemarch and harnessed himself with Mr. Brooke.
own
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From this reading Its effect when he went to his own rooms was to make him sit up half the night, thinking over again, under a new irritation, all that he had before thought of his having settled in Middlemarch and harnessed himself with Mr. Brooke.
rooms
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From this reading Its effect when he went to his own rooms was to make him sit up half the night, thinking over again, under a new irritation, all that he had before thought of his having settled in Middlemarch and harnessed himself with Mr. Brooke.
root
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From this reading So in heaven’s spot and hour Springs the little native flower, Downward root and upward eye, Shapen by the earth and sky.
Saturday
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From this reading It happened to be on a Saturday evening that Will Ladislaw had that little discussion with Lydgate.
settled
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From this reading Its effect when he went to his own rooms was to make him sit up half the night, thinking over again, under a new irritation, all that he had before thought of his having settled in Middlemarch and harnessed himself with Mr. Brooke.
Shapen
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From this reading So in heaven’s spot and hour Springs the little native flower, Downward root and upward eye, Shapen by the earth and sky.
sit
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From this reading Its effect when he went to his own rooms was to make him sit up half the night, thinking over again, under a new irritation, all that he had before thought of his having settled in Middlemarch and harnessed himself with Mr. Brooke.
sky
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From this reading So in heaven’s spot and hour Springs the little native flower, Downward root and upward eye, Shapen by the earth and sky.
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So in heaven’s spot and hour Springs the little native flower, Downward root and upward eye, Shapen by the earth and sky.
spot
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From this reading So in heaven’s spot and hour Springs the little native flower, Downward root and upward eye, Shapen by the earth and sky.
spring
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From this reading No art can make it: it must spring Where elements are fostering.
Springs
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From this reading So in heaven’s spot and hour Springs the little native flower, Downward root and upward eye, Shapen by the earth and sky.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It happened to be on a Saturday evening that Will Ladislaw had that little discussion with Lydgate.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading So in heaven’s spot and hour Springs the little native flower, Downward root and upward eye, Shapen by the earth and sky.
thinkingnounUS /thinking/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Its effect when he went to his own rooms was to make him sit up half the night, thinking over again, under a new irritation, all that he had before thought of his having settled in Middlemarch and harnessed himself with Mr. Brooke.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Its effect when he went to his own rooms was to make him sit up half the night, thinking over again, under a new irritation, all that he had before thought of his having settled in Middlemarch and harnessed himself with Mr. Brooke.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It happened to be on a Saturday evening that Will Ladislaw had that little discussion with Lydgate.
true
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From this reading Was never true love loved in vain, For truest love is highest gain.
truest
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From this reading Was never true love loved in vain, For truest love is highest gain.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Its effect when he went to his own rooms was to make him sit up half the night, thinking over again, under a new irritation, all that he had before thought of his having settled in Middlemarch and harnessed himself with Mr. Brooke.
up
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From this reading Its effect when he went to his own rooms was to make him sit up half the night, thinking over again, under a new irritation, all that he had before thought of his having settled in Middlemarch and harnessed himself with Mr. Brooke.
upward
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From this reading So in heaven’s spot and hour Springs the little native flower, Downward root and upward eye, Shapen by the earth and sky.
vain
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From this reading Was never true love loved in vain, For truest love is highest gain.
Wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Was never true love loved in vain, For truest love is highest gain.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Its effect when he went to his own rooms was to make him sit up half the night, thinking over again, under a new irritation, all that he had before thought of his having settled in Middlemarch and harnessed himself with Mr. Brooke.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Its effect when he went to his own rooms was to make him sit up half the night, thinking over again, under a new irritation, all that he had before thought of his having settled in Middlemarch and harnessed himself with Mr. Brooke.
WhereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading No art can make it: it must spring Where elements are fostering.
Willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading It happened to be on a Saturday evening that Will Ladislaw had that little discussion with Lydgate.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading It happened to be on a Saturday evening that Will Ladislaw had that little discussion with Lydgate.
