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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 NANG’S VIGIL Sing Kung Yah was away temporarily from her important post as Wu Nang Ping’s chaperone-guard, spending a few weeks of semi-religious villeggiatura in a Taoist nunnery with a kinswoman who was its abbess.
abbess
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From this reading NANG’S VIGIL Sing Kung Yah was away temporarily from her important post as Wu Nang Ping’s chaperone-guard, spending a few weeks of semi-religious villeggiatura in a Taoist nunnery with a kinswoman who was its abbess.
able
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From this reading So powerful was Wu’s personality and his wealth that he had been able to command for his widowed kinswoman and for her participation in the gala things of life, even from the most conventional of his countrymen, considerable courteous toleration.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading Every tong in China would have torn at the vitals of any one rash enough to exercise against Sing Kung Yah a social ostracism contrary to his wish.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading So powerful was Wu’s personality and his wealth that he had been able to command for his widowed kinswoman and for her participation in the gala things of life, even from the most conventional of his countrymen, considerable courteous toleration.
any
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From this reading Every tong in China would have torn at the vitals of any one rash enough to exercise against Sing Kung Yah a social ostracism contrary to his wish.
approval
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From this reading But it was toleration only, and never approval.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading NANG’S VIGIL Sing Kung Yah was away temporarily from her important post as Wu Nang Ping’s chaperone-guard, spending a few weeks of semi-religious villeggiatura in a Taoist nunnery with a kinswoman who was its abbess.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Every tong in China would have torn at the vitals of any one rash enough to exercise against Sing Kung Yah a social ostracism contrary to his wish.
away
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From this reading NANG’S VIGIL Sing Kung Yah was away temporarily from her important post as Wu Nang Ping’s chaperone-guard, spending a few weeks of semi-religious villeggiatura in a Taoist nunnery with a kinswoman who was its abbess.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading So powerful was Wu’s personality and his wealth that he had been able to command for his widowed kinswoman and for her participation in the gala things of life, even from the most conventional of his countrymen, considerable courteous toleration.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But it was toleration only, and never approval.
chaperone-guard
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From this reading NANG’S VIGIL Sing Kung Yah was away temporarily from her important post as Wu Nang Ping’s chaperone-guard, spending a few weeks of semi-religious villeggiatura in a Taoist nunnery with a kinswoman who was its abbess.
China
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From this reading Every tong in China would have torn at the vitals of any one rash enough to exercise against Sing Kung Yah a social ostracism contrary to his wish.
command
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From this reading So powerful was Wu’s personality and his wealth that he had been able to command for his widowed kinswoman and for her participation in the gala things of life, even from the most conventional of his countrymen, considerable courteous toleration.
considerable
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From this reading So powerful was Wu’s personality and his wealth that he had been able to command for his widowed kinswoman and for her participation in the gala things of life, even from the most conventional of his countrymen, considerable courteous toleration.
contrary
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From this reading Every tong in China would have torn at the vitals of any one rash enough to exercise against Sing Kung Yah a social ostracism contrary to his wish.
conventional
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From this reading So powerful was Wu’s personality and his wealth that he had been able to command for his widowed kinswoman and for her participation in the gala things of life, even from the most conventional of his countrymen, considerable courteous toleration.
countrymen
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From this reading So powerful was Wu’s personality and his wealth that he had been able to command for his widowed kinswoman and for her participation in the gala things of life, even from the most conventional of his countrymen, considerable courteous toleration.
courteous
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From this reading So powerful was Wu’s personality and his wealth that he had been able to command for his widowed kinswoman and for her participation in the gala things of life, even from the most conventional of his countrymen, considerable courteous toleration.
enormous
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From this reading His influence was enormous.
enough
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From this reading Every tong in China would have torn at the vitals of any one rash enough to exercise against Sing Kung Yah a social ostracism contrary to his wish.
even
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From this reading So powerful was Wu’s personality and his wealth that he had been able to command for his widowed kinswoman and for her participation in the gala things of life, even from the most conventional of his countrymen, considerable courteous toleration.
EverydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Every tong in China would have torn at the vitals of any one rash enough to exercise against Sing Kung Yah a social ostracism contrary to his wish.
exercise
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From this reading Every tong in China would have torn at the vitals of any one rash enough to exercise against Sing Kung Yah a social ostracism contrary to his wish.
few
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From this reading NANG’S VIGIL Sing Kung Yah was away temporarily from her important post as Wu Nang Ping’s chaperone-guard, spending a few weeks of semi-religious villeggiatura in a Taoist nunnery with a kinswoman who was its abbess.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading So powerful was Wu’s personality and his wealth that he had been able to command for his widowed kinswoman and for her participation in the gala things of life, even from the most conventional of his countrymen, considerable courteous toleration.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading NANG’S VIGIL Sing Kung Yah was away temporarily from her important post as Wu Nang Ping’s chaperone-guard, spending a few weeks of semi-religious villeggiatura in a Taoist nunnery with a kinswoman who was its abbess.
gala
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From this reading So powerful was Wu’s personality and his wealth that he had been able to command for his widowed kinswoman and for her participation in the gala things of life, even from the most conventional of his countrymen, considerable courteous toleration.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading So powerful was Wu’s personality and his wealth that he had been able to command for his widowed kinswoman and for her participation in the gala things of life, even from the most conventional of his countrymen, considerable courteous toleration.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Every tong in China would have torn at the vitals of any one rash enough to exercise against Sing Kung Yah a social ostracism contrary to his wish.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading So powerful was Wu’s personality and his wealth that he had been able to command for his widowed kinswoman and for her participation in the gala things of life, even from the most conventional of his countrymen, considerable courteous toleration.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading NANG’S VIGIL Sing Kung Yah was away temporarily from her important post as Wu Nang Ping’s chaperone-guard, spending a few weeks of semi-religious villeggiatura in a Taoist nunnery with a kinswoman who was its abbess.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading So powerful was Wu’s personality and his wealth that he had been able to command for his widowed kinswoman and for her participation in the gala things of life, even from the most conventional of his countrymen, considerable courteous toleration.
important
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From this reading NANG’S VIGIL Sing Kung Yah was away temporarily from her important post as Wu Nang Ping’s chaperone-guard, spending a few weeks of semi-religious villeggiatura in a Taoist nunnery with a kinswoman who was its abbess.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading NANG’S VIGIL Sing Kung Yah was away temporarily from her important post as Wu Nang Ping’s chaperone-guard, spending a few weeks of semi-religious villeggiatura in a Taoist nunnery with a kinswoman who was its abbess.
influence
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From this reading His influence was enormous.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading But it was toleration only, and never approval.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading NANG’S VIGIL Sing Kung Yah was away temporarily from her important post as Wu Nang Ping’s chaperone-guard, spending a few weeks of semi-religious villeggiatura in a Taoist nunnery with a kinswoman who was its abbess.
kinswoman
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From this reading NANG’S VIGIL Sing Kung Yah was away temporarily from her important post as Wu Nang Ping’s chaperone-guard, spending a few weeks of semi-religious villeggiatura in a Taoist nunnery with a kinswoman who was its abbess.
Kung
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From this reading NANG’S VIGIL Sing Kung Yah was away temporarily from her important post as Wu Nang Ping’s chaperone-guard, spending a few weeks of semi-religious villeggiatura in a Taoist nunnery with a kinswoman who was its abbess.
life
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From this reading So powerful was Wu’s personality and his wealth that he had been able to command for his widowed kinswoman and for her participation in the gala things of life, even from the most conventional of his countrymen, considerable courteous toleration.
most
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From this reading So powerful was Wu’s personality and his wealth that he had been able to command for his widowed kinswoman and for her participation in the gala things of life, even from the most conventional of his countrymen, considerable courteous toleration.
Nang
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From this reading NANG’S VIGIL Sing Kung Yah was away temporarily from her important post as Wu Nang Ping’s chaperone-guard, spending a few weeks of semi-religious villeggiatura in a Taoist nunnery with a kinswoman who was its abbess.
NANG'S
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From this reading NANG’S VIGIL Sing Kung Yah was away temporarily from her important post as Wu Nang Ping’s chaperone-guard, spending a few weeks of semi-religious villeggiatura in a Taoist nunnery with a kinswoman who was its abbess.
never
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From this reading But it was toleration only, and never approval.
nunnery
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From this reading NANG’S VIGIL Sing Kung Yah was away temporarily from her important post as Wu Nang Ping’s chaperone-guard, spending a few weeks of semi-religious villeggiatura in a Taoist nunnery with a kinswoman who was its abbess.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading NANG’S VIGIL Sing Kung Yah was away temporarily from her important post as Wu Nang Ping’s chaperone-guard, spending a few weeks of semi-religious villeggiatura in a Taoist nunnery with a kinswoman who was its abbess.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Every tong in China would have torn at the vitals of any one rash enough to exercise against Sing Kung Yah a social ostracism contrary to his wish.
only
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From this reading But it was toleration only, and never approval.
ostracism
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From this reading Every tong in China would have torn at the vitals of any one rash enough to exercise against Sing Kung Yah a social ostracism contrary to his wish.
participation
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From this reading So powerful was Wu’s personality and his wealth that he had been able to command for his widowed kinswoman and for her participation in the gala things of life, even from the most conventional of his countrymen, considerable courteous toleration.
personality
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From this reading So powerful was Wu’s personality and his wealth that he had been able to command for his widowed kinswoman and for her participation in the gala things of life, even from the most conventional of his countrymen, considerable courteous toleration.
Ping's
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From this reading NANG’S VIGIL Sing Kung Yah was away temporarily from her important post as Wu Nang Ping’s chaperone-guard, spending a few weeks of semi-religious villeggiatura in a Taoist nunnery with a kinswoman who was its abbess.
post
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From this reading NANG’S VIGIL Sing Kung Yah was away temporarily from her important post as Wu Nang Ping’s chaperone-guard, spending a few weeks of semi-religious villeggiatura in a Taoist nunnery with a kinswoman who was its abbess.
powerful
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From this reading So powerful was Wu’s personality and his wealth that he had been able to command for his widowed kinswoman and for her participation in the gala things of life, even from the most conventional of his countrymen, considerable courteous toleration.
rash
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From this reading Every tong in China would have torn at the vitals of any one rash enough to exercise against Sing Kung Yah a social ostracism contrary to his wish.
semi-religious
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From this reading NANG’S VIGIL Sing Kung Yah was away temporarily from her important post as Wu Nang Ping’s chaperone-guard, spending a few weeks of semi-religious villeggiatura in a Taoist nunnery with a kinswoman who was its abbess.
Sing
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From this reading NANG’S VIGIL Sing Kung Yah was away temporarily from her important post as Wu Nang Ping’s chaperone-guard, spending a few weeks of semi-religious villeggiatura in a Taoist nunnery with a kinswoman who was its abbess.
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So powerful was Wu’s personality and his wealth that he had been able to command for his widowed kinswoman and for her participation in the gala things of life, even from the most conventional of his countrymen, considerable courteous toleration.
social
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From this reading Every tong in China would have torn at the vitals of any one rash enough to exercise against Sing Kung Yah a social ostracism contrary to his wish.
spendingnounUS /ˈspending/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading NANG’S VIGIL Sing Kung Yah was away temporarily from her important post as Wu Nang Ping’s chaperone-guard, spending a few weeks of semi-religious villeggiatura in a Taoist nunnery with a kinswoman who was its abbess.
Taoist
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From this reading NANG’S VIGIL Sing Kung Yah was away temporarily from her important post as Wu Nang Ping’s chaperone-guard, spending a few weeks of semi-religious villeggiatura in a Taoist nunnery with a kinswoman who was its abbess.
temporarily
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From this reading NANG’S VIGIL Sing Kung Yah was away temporarily from her important post as Wu Nang Ping’s chaperone-guard, spending a few weeks of semi-religious villeggiatura in a Taoist nunnery with a kinswoman who was its abbess.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading So powerful was Wu’s personality and his wealth that he had been able to command for his widowed kinswoman and for her participation in the gala things of life, even from the most conventional of his countrymen, considerable courteous toleration.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading So powerful was Wu’s personality and his wealth that he had been able to command for his widowed kinswoman and for her participation in the gala things of life, even from the most conventional of his countrymen, considerable courteous toleration.
things
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From this reading So powerful was Wu’s personality and his wealth that he had been able to command for his widowed kinswoman and for her participation in the gala things of life, even from the most conventional of his countrymen, considerable courteous toleration.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading So powerful was Wu’s personality and his wealth that he had been able to command for his widowed kinswoman and for her participation in the gala things of life, even from the most conventional of his countrymen, considerable courteous toleration.
toleration
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From this reading So powerful was Wu’s personality and his wealth that he had been able to command for his widowed kinswoman and for her participation in the gala things of life, even from the most conventional of his countrymen, considerable courteous toleration.
tong
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From this reading Every tong in China would have torn at the vitals of any one rash enough to exercise against Sing Kung Yah a social ostracism contrary to his wish.
torn
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From this reading Every tong in China would have torn at the vitals of any one rash enough to exercise against Sing Kung Yah a social ostracism contrary to his wish.
VIGIL
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From this reading NANG’S VIGIL Sing Kung Yah was away temporarily from her important post as Wu Nang Ping’s chaperone-guard, spending a few weeks of semi-religious villeggiatura in a Taoist nunnery with a kinswoman who was its abbess.
villeggiatura
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From this reading NANG’S VIGIL Sing Kung Yah was away temporarily from her important post as Wu Nang Ping’s chaperone-guard, spending a few weeks of semi-religious villeggiatura in a Taoist nunnery with a kinswoman who was its abbess.
vitals
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From this reading Every tong in China would have torn at the vitals of any one rash enough to exercise against Sing Kung Yah a social ostracism contrary to his wish.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading NANG’S VIGIL Sing Kung Yah was away temporarily from her important post as Wu Nang Ping’s chaperone-guard, spending a few weeks of semi-religious villeggiatura in a Taoist nunnery with a kinswoman who was its abbess.
wealth
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From this reading So powerful was Wu’s personality and his wealth that he had been able to command for his widowed kinswoman and for her participation in the gala things of life, even from the most conventional of his countrymen, considerable courteous toleration.
weeks
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From this reading NANG’S VIGIL Sing Kung Yah was away temporarily from her important post as Wu Nang Ping’s chaperone-guard, spending a few weeks of semi-religious villeggiatura in a Taoist nunnery with a kinswoman who was its abbess.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading NANG’S VIGIL Sing Kung Yah was away temporarily from her important post as Wu Nang Ping’s chaperone-guard, spending a few weeks of semi-religious villeggiatura in a Taoist nunnery with a kinswoman who was its abbess.
widowed
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From this reading So powerful was Wu’s personality and his wealth that he had been able to command for his widowed kinswoman and for her participation in the gala things of life, even from the most conventional of his countrymen, considerable courteous toleration.
wish
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From this reading Every tong in China would have torn at the vitals of any one rash enough to exercise against Sing Kung Yah a social ostracism contrary to his wish.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading NANG’S VIGIL Sing Kung Yah was away temporarily from her important post as Wu Nang Ping’s chaperone-guard, spending a few weeks of semi-religious villeggiatura in a Taoist nunnery with a kinswoman who was its abbess.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Every tong in China would have torn at the vitals of any one rash enough to exercise against Sing Kung Yah a social ostracism contrary to his wish.
Wu
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From this reading NANG’S VIGIL Sing Kung Yah was away temporarily from her important post as Wu Nang Ping’s chaperone-guard, spending a few weeks of semi-religious villeggiatura in a Taoist nunnery with a kinswoman who was its abbess.
Wu's
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From this reading So powerful was Wu’s personality and his wealth that he had been able to command for his widowed kinswoman and for her participation in the gala things of life, even from the most conventional of his countrymen, considerable courteous toleration.
Yah
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From this reading NANG’S VIGIL Sing Kung Yah was away temporarily from her important post as Wu Nang Ping’s chaperone-guard, spending a few weeks of semi-religious villeggiatura in a Taoist nunnery with a kinswoman who was its abbess.
