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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 A COUNSEL OF PERFECTION To Winnie's few but devoted adherents Cyril Maxon was not a man, but a monster, a type of tyranny, the embodied symbol of an intolerable servitude; even Dick Dennehy, staunch champion of the institution, had no charity for the individual.
addednounUS /added/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Or, again, an extremely clever and diplomatic woman--but she can make a good husband out of the rawest of raw material, mere flesh and bone with (as Stephen Aikenhead would certainly have added) the economic prerequisite.
adherents
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From this reading A COUNSEL OF PERFECTION To Winnie's few but devoted adherents Cyril Maxon was not a man, but a monster, a type of tyranny, the embodied symbol of an intolerable servitude; even Dick Dennehy, staunch champion of the institution, had no charity for the individual.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Or, again, an extremely clever and diplomatic woman--but she can make a good husband out of the rawest of raw material, mere flesh and bone with (as Stephen Aikenhead would certainly have added) the economic prerequisite.
Aikenhead
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From this reading Or, again, an extremely clever and diplomatic woman--but she can make a good husband out of the rawest of raw material, mere flesh and bone with (as Stephen Aikenhead would certainly have added) the economic prerequisite.
all
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From this reading Needless to say that this was not at all the view Mr. Maxon took of himself, and not entirely the judgment which an impartial observer would form of him.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading A COUNSEL OF PERFECTION To Winnie's few but devoted adherents Cyril Maxon was not a man, but a monster, a type of tyranny, the embodied symbol of an intolerable servitude; even Dick Dennehy, staunch champion of the institution, had no charity for the individual.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Needless to say that this was not at all the view Mr. Maxon took of himself, and not entirely the judgment which an impartial observer would form of him.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Or, again, an extremely clever and diplomatic woman--but she can make a good husband out of the rawest of raw material, mere flesh and bone with (as Stephen Aikenhead would certainly have added) the economic prerequisite.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Needless to say that this was not at all the view Mr. Maxon took of himself, and not entirely the judgment which an impartial observer would form of him.
attack
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From this reading He would not have been hard to hoodwink, had Winnie been content to attack her problem in that old-fashioned way.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading He would not have been hard to hoodwink, had Winnie been content to attack her problem in that old-fashioned way.
bone
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From this reading Or, again, an extremely clever and diplomatic woman--but she can make a good husband out of the rawest of raw material, mere flesh and bone with (as Stephen Aikenhead would certainly have added) the economic prerequisite.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading A COUNSEL OF PERFECTION To Winnie's few but devoted adherents Cyril Maxon was not a man, but a monster, a type of tyranny, the embodied symbol of an intolerable servitude; even Dick Dennehy, staunch champion of the institution, had no charity for the individual.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Or, again, an extremely clever and diplomatic woman--but she can make a good husband out of the rawest of raw material, mere flesh and bone with (as Stephen Aikenhead would certainly have added) the economic prerequisite.
certainly
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From this reading Or, again, an extremely clever and diplomatic woman--but she can make a good husband out of the rawest of raw material, mere flesh and bone with (as Stephen Aikenhead would certainly have added) the economic prerequisite.
champion
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From this reading A COUNSEL OF PERFECTION To Winnie's few but devoted adherents Cyril Maxon was not a man, but a monster, a type of tyranny, the embodied symbol of an intolerable servitude; even Dick Dennehy, staunch champion of the institution, had no charity for the individual.
charity
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From this reading A COUNSEL OF PERFECTION To Winnie's few but devoted adherents Cyril Maxon was not a man, but a monster, a type of tyranny, the embodied symbol of an intolerable servitude; even Dick Dennehy, staunch champion of the institution, had no charity for the individual.
clever
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From this reading Or, again, an extremely clever and diplomatic woman--but she can make a good husband out of the rawest of raw material, mere flesh and bone with (as Stephen Aikenhead would certainly have added) the economic prerequisite.
content
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From this reading He would not have been hard to hoodwink, had Winnie been content to attack her problem in that old-fashioned way.
COUNSEL
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From this reading A COUNSEL OF PERFECTION To Winnie's few but devoted adherents Cyril Maxon was not a man, but a monster, a type of tyranny, the embodied symbol of an intolerable servitude; even Dick Dennehy, staunch champion of the institution, had no charity for the individual.
Cyril
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From this reading A COUNSEL OF PERFECTION To Winnie's few but devoted adherents Cyril Maxon was not a man, but a monster, a type of tyranny, the embodied symbol of an intolerable servitude; even Dick Dennehy, staunch champion of the institution, had no charity for the individual.
Dennehy
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From this reading A COUNSEL OF PERFECTION To Winnie's few but devoted adherents Cyril Maxon was not a man, but a monster, a type of tyranny, the embodied symbol of an intolerable servitude; even Dick Dennehy, staunch champion of the institution, had no charity for the individual.
devoted
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From this reading A COUNSEL OF PERFECTION To Winnie's few but devoted adherents Cyril Maxon was not a man, but a monster, a type of tyranny, the embodied symbol of an intolerable servitude; even Dick Dennehy, staunch champion of the institution, had no charity for the individual.
Dick
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From this reading A COUNSEL OF PERFECTION To Winnie's few but devoted adherents Cyril Maxon was not a man, but a monster, a type of tyranny, the embodied symbol of an intolerable servitude; even Dick Dennehy, staunch champion of the institution, had no charity for the individual.
diplomatic
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From this reading Or, again, an extremely clever and diplomatic woman--but she can make a good husband out of the rawest of raw material, mere flesh and bone with (as Stephen Aikenhead would certainly have added) the economic prerequisite.
economic
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From this reading Or, again, an extremely clever and diplomatic woman--but she can make a good husband out of the rawest of raw material, mere flesh and bone with (as Stephen Aikenhead would certainly have added) the economic prerequisite.
embodied
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From this reading A COUNSEL OF PERFECTION To Winnie's few but devoted adherents Cyril Maxon was not a man, but a monster, a type of tyranny, the embodied symbol of an intolerable servitude; even Dick Dennehy, staunch champion of the institution, had no charity for the individual.
entirelynounUS /ˈentirely/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Needless to say that this was not at all the view Mr. Maxon took of himself, and not entirely the judgment which an impartial observer would form of him.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A COUNSEL OF PERFECTION To Winnie's few but devoted adherents Cyril Maxon was not a man, but a monster, a type of tyranny, the embodied symbol of an intolerable servitude; even Dick Dennehy, staunch champion of the institution, had no charity for the individual.
extremely
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From this reading Or, again, an extremely clever and diplomatic woman--but she can make a good husband out of the rawest of raw material, mere flesh and bone with (as Stephen Aikenhead would certainly have added) the economic prerequisite.
few
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From this reading A COUNSEL OF PERFECTION To Winnie's few but devoted adherents Cyril Maxon was not a man, but a monster, a type of tyranny, the embodied symbol of an intolerable servitude; even Dick Dennehy, staunch champion of the institution, had no charity for the individual.
flesh
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From this reading Or, again, an extremely clever and diplomatic woman--but she can make a good husband out of the rawest of raw material, mere flesh and bone with (as Stephen Aikenhead would certainly have added) the economic prerequisite.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading A COUNSEL OF PERFECTION To Winnie's few but devoted adherents Cyril Maxon was not a man, but a monster, a type of tyranny, the embodied symbol of an intolerable servitude; even Dick Dennehy, staunch champion of the institution, had no charity for the individual.
form
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From this reading Needless to say that this was not at all the view Mr. Maxon took of himself, and not entirely the judgment which an impartial observer would form of him.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Or, again, an extremely clever and diplomatic woman--but she can make a good husband out of the rawest of raw material, mere flesh and bone with (as Stephen Aikenhead would certainly have added) the economic prerequisite.
got
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From this reading There were many women with whom he might have got on very well, women of a submissive temper, meek women, limited women, sly women who hoodwinked under a show of perfect obedience.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading A COUNSEL OF PERFECTION To Winnie's few but devoted adherents Cyril Maxon was not a man, but a monster, a type of tyranny, the embodied symbol of an intolerable servitude; even Dick Dennehy, staunch champion of the institution, had no charity for the individual.
hard
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From this reading He would not have been hard to hoodwink, had Winnie been content to attack her problem in that old-fashioned way.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading There were many women with whom he might have got on very well, women of a submissive temper, meek women, limited women, sly women who hoodwinked under a show of perfect obedience.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading There were many women with whom he might have got on very well, women of a submissive temper, meek women, limited women, sly women who hoodwinked under a show of perfect obedience.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading He would not have been hard to hoodwink, had Winnie been content to attack her problem in that old-fashioned way.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Needless to say that this was not at all the view Mr. Maxon took of himself, and not entirely the judgment which an impartial observer would form of him.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Needless to say that this was not at all the view Mr. Maxon took of himself, and not entirely the judgment which an impartial observer would form of him.
hoodwink
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From this reading He would not have been hard to hoodwink, had Winnie been content to attack her problem in that old-fashioned way.
hoodwinked
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From this reading There were many women with whom he might have got on very well, women of a submissive temper, meek women, limited women, sly women who hoodwinked under a show of perfect obedience.
husband
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From this reading Or, again, an extremely clever and diplomatic woman--but she can make a good husband out of the rawest of raw material, mere flesh and bone with (as Stephen Aikenhead would certainly have added) the economic prerequisite.
impartial
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From this reading Needless to say that this was not at all the view Mr. Maxon took of himself, and not entirely the judgment which an impartial observer would form of him.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He would not have been hard to hoodwink, had Winnie been content to attack her problem in that old-fashioned way.
individual
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From this reading A COUNSEL OF PERFECTION To Winnie's few but devoted adherents Cyril Maxon was not a man, but a monster, a type of tyranny, the embodied symbol of an intolerable servitude; even Dick Dennehy, staunch champion of the institution, had no charity for the individual.
institution
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From this reading A COUNSEL OF PERFECTION To Winnie's few but devoted adherents Cyril Maxon was not a man, but a monster, a type of tyranny, the embodied symbol of an intolerable servitude; even Dick Dennehy, staunch champion of the institution, had no charity for the individual.
intolerable
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From this reading A COUNSEL OF PERFECTION To Winnie's few but devoted adherents Cyril Maxon was not a man, but a monster, a type of tyranny, the embodied symbol of an intolerable servitude; even Dick Dennehy, staunch champion of the institution, had no charity for the individual.
judgment
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From this reading Needless to say that this was not at all the view Mr. Maxon took of himself, and not entirely the judgment which an impartial observer would form of him.
limited
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From this reading There were many women with whom he might have got on very well, women of a submissive temper, meek women, limited women, sly women who hoodwinked under a show of perfect obedience.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Or, again, an extremely clever and diplomatic woman--but she can make a good husband out of the rawest of raw material, mere flesh and bone with (as Stephen Aikenhead would certainly have added) the economic prerequisite.
man
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From this reading A COUNSEL OF PERFECTION To Winnie's few but devoted adherents Cyril Maxon was not a man, but a monster, a type of tyranny, the embodied symbol of an intolerable servitude; even Dick Dennehy, staunch champion of the institution, had no charity for the individual.
many
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From this reading There were many women with whom he might have got on very well, women of a submissive temper, meek women, limited women, sly women who hoodwinked under a show of perfect obedience.
material
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From this reading Or, again, an extremely clever and diplomatic woman--but she can make a good husband out of the rawest of raw material, mere flesh and bone with (as Stephen Aikenhead would certainly have added) the economic prerequisite.
Maxon
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From this reading A COUNSEL OF PERFECTION To Winnie's few but devoted adherents Cyril Maxon was not a man, but a monster, a type of tyranny, the embodied symbol of an intolerable servitude; even Dick Dennehy, staunch champion of the institution, had no charity for the individual.
meek
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From this reading There were many women with whom he might have got on very well, women of a submissive temper, meek women, limited women, sly women who hoodwinked under a show of perfect obedience.
mere
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From this reading Or, again, an extremely clever and diplomatic woman--but she can make a good husband out of the rawest of raw material, mere flesh and bone with (as Stephen Aikenhead would certainly have added) the economic prerequisite.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading There were many women with whom he might have got on very well, women of a submissive temper, meek women, limited women, sly women who hoodwinked under a show of perfect obedience.
monster
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From this reading A COUNSEL OF PERFECTION To Winnie's few but devoted adherents Cyril Maxon was not a man, but a monster, a type of tyranny, the embodied symbol of an intolerable servitude; even Dick Dennehy, staunch champion of the institution, had no charity for the individual.
Mr
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From this reading Needless to say that this was not at all the view Mr. Maxon took of himself, and not entirely the judgment which an impartial observer would form of him.
Needless
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From this reading Needless to say that this was not at all the view Mr. Maxon took of himself, and not entirely the judgment which an impartial observer would form of him.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading A COUNSEL OF PERFECTION To Winnie's few but devoted adherents Cyril Maxon was not a man, but a monster, a type of tyranny, the embodied symbol of an intolerable servitude; even Dick Dennehy, staunch champion of the institution, had no charity for the individual.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading A COUNSEL OF PERFECTION To Winnie's few but devoted adherents Cyril Maxon was not a man, but a monster, a type of tyranny, the embodied symbol of an intolerable servitude; even Dick Dennehy, staunch champion of the institution, had no charity for the individual.
obedience
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From this reading There were many women with whom he might have got on very well, women of a submissive temper, meek women, limited women, sly women who hoodwinked under a show of perfect obedience.
observer
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From this reading Needless to say that this was not at all the view Mr. Maxon took of himself, and not entirely the judgment which an impartial observer would form of him.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A COUNSEL OF PERFECTION To Winnie's few but devoted adherents Cyril Maxon was not a man, but a monster, a type of tyranny, the embodied symbol of an intolerable servitude; even Dick Dennehy, staunch champion of the institution, had no charity for the individual.
old-fashioned
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From this reading He would not have been hard to hoodwink, had Winnie been content to attack her problem in that old-fashioned way.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading There were many women with whom he might have got on very well, women of a submissive temper, meek women, limited women, sly women who hoodwinked under a show of perfect obedience.
OrconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Or, again, an extremely clever and diplomatic woman--but she can make a good husband out of the rawest of raw material, mere flesh and bone with (as Stephen Aikenhead would certainly have added) the economic prerequisite.
out
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From this reading Or, again, an extremely clever and diplomatic woman--but she can make a good husband out of the rawest of raw material, mere flesh and bone with (as Stephen Aikenhead would certainly have added) the economic prerequisite.
perfect
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From this reading There were many women with whom he might have got on very well, women of a submissive temper, meek women, limited women, sly women who hoodwinked under a show of perfect obedience.
PERFECTION
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From this reading A COUNSEL OF PERFECTION To Winnie's few but devoted adherents Cyril Maxon was not a man, but a monster, a type of tyranny, the embodied symbol of an intolerable servitude; even Dick Dennehy, staunch champion of the institution, had no charity for the individual.
prerequisite
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From this reading Or, again, an extremely clever and diplomatic woman--but she can make a good husband out of the rawest of raw material, mere flesh and bone with (as Stephen Aikenhead would certainly have added) the economic prerequisite.
problem
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From this reading He would not have been hard to hoodwink, had Winnie been content to attack her problem in that old-fashioned way.
raw
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From this reading Or, again, an extremely clever and diplomatic woman--but she can make a good husband out of the rawest of raw material, mere flesh and bone with (as Stephen Aikenhead would certainly have added) the economic prerequisite.
rawest
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From this reading Or, again, an extremely clever and diplomatic woman--but she can make a good husband out of the rawest of raw material, mere flesh and bone with (as Stephen Aikenhead would certainly have added) the economic prerequisite.
say
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From this reading Needless to say that this was not at all the view Mr. Maxon took of himself, and not entirely the judgment which an impartial observer would form of him.
servitude
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From this reading A COUNSEL OF PERFECTION To Winnie's few but devoted adherents Cyril Maxon was not a man, but a monster, a type of tyranny, the embodied symbol of an intolerable servitude; even Dick Dennehy, staunch champion of the institution, had no charity for the individual.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Or, again, an extremely clever and diplomatic woman--but she can make a good husband out of the rawest of raw material, mere flesh and bone with (as Stephen Aikenhead would certainly have added) the economic prerequisite.
show
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From this reading There were many women with whom he might have got on very well, women of a submissive temper, meek women, limited women, sly women who hoodwinked under a show of perfect obedience.
sly
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From this reading There were many women with whom he might have got on very well, women of a submissive temper, meek women, limited women, sly women who hoodwinked under a show of perfect obedience.
staunch
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From this reading A COUNSEL OF PERFECTION To Winnie's few but devoted adherents Cyril Maxon was not a man, but a monster, a type of tyranny, the embodied symbol of an intolerable servitude; even Dick Dennehy, staunch champion of the institution, had no charity for the individual.
Stephen
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From this reading Or, again, an extremely clever and diplomatic woman--but she can make a good husband out of the rawest of raw material, mere flesh and bone with (as Stephen Aikenhead would certainly have added) the economic prerequisite.
submissive
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From this reading There were many women with whom he might have got on very well, women of a submissive temper, meek women, limited women, sly women who hoodwinked under a show of perfect obedience.
symbol
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From this reading A COUNSEL OF PERFECTION To Winnie's few but devoted adherents Cyril Maxon was not a man, but a monster, a type of tyranny, the embodied symbol of an intolerable servitude; even Dick Dennehy, staunch champion of the institution, had no charity for the individual.
temper
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From this reading There were many women with whom he might have got on very well, women of a submissive temper, meek women, limited women, sly women who hoodwinked under a show of perfect obedience.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Needless to say that this was not at all the view Mr. Maxon took of himself, and not entirely the judgment which an impartial observer would form of him.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A COUNSEL OF PERFECTION To Winnie's few but devoted adherents Cyril Maxon was not a man, but a monster, a type of tyranny, the embodied symbol of an intolerable servitude; even Dick Dennehy, staunch champion of the institution, had no charity for the individual.
There
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From this reading There were many women with whom he might have got on very well, women of a submissive temper, meek women, limited women, sly women who hoodwinked under a show of perfect obedience.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Needless to say that this was not at all the view Mr. Maxon took of himself, and not entirely the judgment which an impartial observer would form of him.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A COUNSEL OF PERFECTION To Winnie's few but devoted adherents Cyril Maxon was not a man, but a monster, a type of tyranny, the embodied symbol of an intolerable servitude; even Dick Dennehy, staunch champion of the institution, had no charity for the individual.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Needless to say that this was not at all the view Mr. Maxon took of himself, and not entirely the judgment which an impartial observer would form of him.
type
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From this reading A COUNSEL OF PERFECTION To Winnie's few but devoted adherents Cyril Maxon was not a man, but a monster, a type of tyranny, the embodied symbol of an intolerable servitude; even Dick Dennehy, staunch champion of the institution, had no charity for the individual.
tyranny
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From this reading A COUNSEL OF PERFECTION To Winnie's few but devoted adherents Cyril Maxon was not a man, but a monster, a type of tyranny, the embodied symbol of an intolerable servitude; even Dick Dennehy, staunch champion of the institution, had no charity for the individual.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading There were many women with whom he might have got on very well, women of a submissive temper, meek women, limited women, sly women who hoodwinked under a show of perfect obedience.
very
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From this reading There were many women with whom he might have got on very well, women of a submissive temper, meek women, limited women, sly women who hoodwinked under a show of perfect obedience.
view
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From this reading Needless to say that this was not at all the view Mr. Maxon took of himself, and not entirely the judgment which an impartial observer would form of him.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A COUNSEL OF PERFECTION To Winnie's few but devoted adherents Cyril Maxon was not a man, but a monster, a type of tyranny, the embodied symbol of an intolerable servitude; even Dick Dennehy, staunch champion of the institution, had no charity for the individual.
way
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From this reading He would not have been hard to hoodwink, had Winnie been content to attack her problem in that old-fashioned way.
well
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From this reading There were many women with whom he might have got on very well, women of a submissive temper, meek women, limited women, sly women who hoodwinked under a show of perfect obedience.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There were many women with whom he might have got on very well, women of a submissive temper, meek women, limited women, sly women who hoodwinked under a show of perfect obedience.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Needless to say that this was not at all the view Mr. Maxon took of himself, and not entirely the judgment which an impartial observer would form of him.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading There were many women with whom he might have got on very well, women of a submissive temper, meek women, limited women, sly women who hoodwinked under a show of perfect obedience.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading There were many women with whom he might have got on very well, women of a submissive temper, meek women, limited women, sly women who hoodwinked under a show of perfect obedience.
Winnie
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From this reading He would not have been hard to hoodwink, had Winnie been content to attack her problem in that old-fashioned way.
Winnie's
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From this reading A COUNSEL OF PERFECTION To Winnie's few but devoted adherents Cyril Maxon was not a man, but a monster, a type of tyranny, the embodied symbol of an intolerable servitude; even Dick Dennehy, staunch champion of the institution, had no charity for the individual.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading There were many women with whom he might have got on very well, women of a submissive temper, meek women, limited women, sly women who hoodwinked under a show of perfect obedience.
woman
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From this reading Or, again, an extremely clever and diplomatic woman--but she can make a good husband out of the rawest of raw material, mere flesh and bone with (as Stephen Aikenhead would certainly have added) the economic prerequisite.
women
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From this reading There were many women with whom he might have got on very well, women of a submissive temper, meek women, limited women, sly women who hoodwinked under a show of perfect obedience.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Needless to say that this was not at all the view Mr. Maxon took of himself, and not entirely the judgment which an impartial observer would form of him.
