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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 was like the mariner amidst unknown seas, who finds carved upon some desert isle a familiar household name.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading And this creature of genius and of sorrow-whose existence he had only learned by her song, and whose death created, in the simple heart of her sister, so passionate a grief, after the lapse of so many years--supplied to the romance awaking in his young heart the ideal which it unconsciously sought.
amidstprepositionUS /əˈmɪdst/
in the middle of; surrounded by
From this reading It was like the mariner amidst unknown seas, who finds carved upon some desert isle a familiar household name.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Some one belonging to his own humble race had, then, preceded him in his struggling flight towards the loftier regions of Intelligence and Desire.
awaking
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From this reading And this creature of genius and of sorrow-whose existence he had only learned by her song, and whose death created, in the simple heart of her sister, so passionate a grief, after the lapse of so many years--supplied to the romance awaking in his young heart the ideal which it unconsciously sought.
beautiful
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From this reading He was pleased to hear that she had been beautiful and good.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading He was pleased to hear that she had been beautiful and good.
belonging
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From this reading Some one belonging to his own humble race had, then, preceded him in his struggling flight towards the loftier regions of Intelligence and Desire.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading And this creature of genius and of sorrow-whose existence he had only learned by her song, and whose death created, in the simple heart of her sister, so passionate a grief, after the lapse of so many years--supplied to the romance awaking in his young heart the ideal which it unconsciously sought.
carved
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From this reading It was like the mariner amidst unknown seas, who finds carved upon some desert isle a familiar household name.
created
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From this reading And this creature of genius and of sorrow-whose existence he had only learned by her song, and whose death created, in the simple heart of her sister, so passionate a grief, after the lapse of so many years--supplied to the romance awaking in his young heart the ideal which it unconsciously sought.
creaturenounUS /ˈcreature/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading And this creature of genius and of sorrow-whose existence he had only learned by her song, and whose death created, in the simple heart of her sister, so passionate a grief, after the lapse of so many years--supplied to the romance awaking in his young heart the ideal which it unconsciously sought.
death
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From this reading And this creature of genius and of sorrow-whose existence he had only learned by her song, and whose death created, in the simple heart of her sister, so passionate a grief, after the lapse of so many years--supplied to the romance awaking in his young heart the ideal which it unconsciously sought.
desert
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From this reading It was like the mariner amidst unknown seas, who finds carved upon some desert isle a familiar household name.
Desire
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From this reading Some one belonging to his own humble race had, then, preceded him in his struggling flight towards the loftier regions of Intelligence and Desire.
difficult
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From this reading It is difficult to exaggerate the effect that this discovery produced on Leonard's train of thought.
discovery
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From this reading It is difficult to exaggerate the effect that this discovery produced on Leonard's train of thought.
effect
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From this reading It is difficult to exaggerate the effect that this discovery produced on Leonard's train of thought.
exaggerate
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From this reading It is difficult to exaggerate the effect that this discovery produced on Leonard's train of thought.
existence
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From this reading And this creature of genius and of sorrow-whose existence he had only learned by her song, and whose death created, in the simple heart of her sister, so passionate a grief, after the lapse of so many years--supplied to the romance awaking in his young heart the ideal which it unconsciously sought.
familiar
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From this reading It was like the mariner amidst unknown seas, who finds carved upon some desert isle a familiar household name.
finds
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From this reading It was like the mariner amidst unknown seas, who finds carved upon some desert isle a familiar household name.
flight
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From this reading Some one belonging to his own humble race had, then, preceded him in his struggling flight towards the loftier regions of Intelligence and Desire.
genius
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From this reading And this creature of genius and of sorrow-whose existence he had only learned by her song, and whose death created, in the simple heart of her sister, so passionate a grief, after the lapse of so many years--supplied to the romance awaking in his young heart the ideal which it unconsciously sought.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was pleased to hear that she had been beautiful and good.
grief
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From this reading And this creature of genius and of sorrow-whose existence he had only learned by her song, and whose death created, in the simple heart of her sister, so passionate a grief, after the lapse of so many years--supplied to the romance awaking in his young heart the ideal which it unconsciously sought.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Some one belonging to his own humble race had, then, preceded him in his struggling flight towards the loftier regions of Intelligence and Desire.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And this creature of genius and of sorrow-whose existence he had only learned by her song, and whose death created, in the simple heart of her sister, so passionate a grief, after the lapse of so many years--supplied to the romance awaking in his young heart the ideal which it unconsciously sought.
hearnounUS /hear/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was pleased to hear that she had been beautiful and good.
heart
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From this reading And this creature of genius and of sorrow-whose existence he had only learned by her song, and whose death created, in the simple heart of her sister, so passionate a grief, after the lapse of so many years--supplied to the romance awaking in his young heart the ideal which it unconsciously sought.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading And this creature of genius and of sorrow-whose existence he had only learned by her song, and whose death created, in the simple heart of her sister, so passionate a grief, after the lapse of so many years--supplied to the romance awaking in his young heart the ideal which it unconsciously sought.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Some one belonging to his own humble race had, then, preceded him in his struggling flight towards the loftier regions of Intelligence and Desire.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Some one belonging to his own humble race had, then, preceded him in his struggling flight towards the loftier regions of Intelligence and Desire.
household
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From this reading It was like the mariner amidst unknown seas, who finds carved upon some desert isle a familiar household name.
humble
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From this reading Some one belonging to his own humble race had, then, preceded him in his struggling flight towards the loftier regions of Intelligence and Desire.
ideal
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From this reading And this creature of genius and of sorrow-whose existence he had only learned by her song, and whose death created, in the simple heart of her sister, so passionate a grief, after the lapse of so many years--supplied to the romance awaking in his young heart the ideal which it unconsciously sought.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Some one belonging to his own humble race had, then, preceded him in his struggling flight towards the loftier regions of Intelligence and Desire.
Intelligence
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From this reading Some one belonging to his own humble race had, then, preceded him in his struggling flight towards the loftier regions of Intelligence and Desire.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is difficult to exaggerate the effect that this discovery produced on Leonard's train of thought.
isle
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From this reading It was like the mariner amidst unknown seas, who finds carved upon some desert isle a familiar household name.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is difficult to exaggerate the effect that this discovery produced on Leonard's train of thought.
lapse
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From this reading And this creature of genius and of sorrow-whose existence he had only learned by her song, and whose death created, in the simple heart of her sister, so passionate a grief, after the lapse of so many years--supplied to the romance awaking in his young heart the ideal which it unconsciously sought.
learned
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From this reading And this creature of genius and of sorrow-whose existence he had only learned by her song, and whose death created, in the simple heart of her sister, so passionate a grief, after the lapse of so many years--supplied to the romance awaking in his young heart the ideal which it unconsciously sought.
Leonard's
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From this reading It is difficult to exaggerate the effect that this discovery produced on Leonard's train of thought.
like
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From this reading It was like the mariner amidst unknown seas, who finds carved upon some desert isle a familiar household name.
loftier
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From this reading Some one belonging to his own humble race had, then, preceded him in his struggling flight towards the loftier regions of Intelligence and Desire.
many
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From this reading And this creature of genius and of sorrow-whose existence he had only learned by her song, and whose death created, in the simple heart of her sister, so passionate a grief, after the lapse of so many years--supplied to the romance awaking in his young heart the ideal which it unconsciously sought.
mariner
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From this reading It was like the mariner amidst unknown seas, who finds carved upon some desert isle a familiar household name.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was like the mariner amidst unknown seas, who finds carved upon some desert isle a familiar household name.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It is difficult to exaggerate the effect that this discovery produced on Leonard's train of thought.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It is difficult to exaggerate the effect that this discovery produced on Leonard's train of thought.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Some one belonging to his own humble race had, then, preceded him in his struggling flight towards the loftier regions of Intelligence and Desire.
only
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From this reading And this creature of genius and of sorrow-whose existence he had only learned by her song, and whose death created, in the simple heart of her sister, so passionate a grief, after the lapse of so many years--supplied to the romance awaking in his young heart the ideal which it unconsciously sought.
own
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From this reading Some one belonging to his own humble race had, then, preceded him in his struggling flight towards the loftier regions of Intelligence and Desire.
passionate
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From this reading And this creature of genius and of sorrow-whose existence he had only learned by her song, and whose death created, in the simple heart of her sister, so passionate a grief, after the lapse of so many years--supplied to the romance awaking in his young heart the ideal which it unconsciously sought.
pleasednounUS /ˈpleased/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He was pleased to hear that she had been beautiful and good.
preceded
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From this reading Some one belonging to his own humble race had, then, preceded him in his struggling flight towards the loftier regions of Intelligence and Desire.
produced
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From this reading It is difficult to exaggerate the effect that this discovery produced on Leonard's train of thought.
race
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From this reading Some one belonging to his own humble race had, then, preceded him in his struggling flight towards the loftier regions of Intelligence and Desire.
regions
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From this reading Some one belonging to his own humble race had, then, preceded him in his struggling flight towards the loftier regions of Intelligence and Desire.
romance
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From this reading And this creature of genius and of sorrow-whose existence he had only learned by her song, and whose death created, in the simple heart of her sister, so passionate a grief, after the lapse of so many years--supplied to the romance awaking in his young heart the ideal which it unconsciously sought.
seas
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From this reading It was like the mariner amidst unknown seas, who finds carved upon some desert isle a familiar household name.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was pleased to hear that she had been beautiful and good.
simple
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From this reading And this creature of genius and of sorrow-whose existence he had only learned by her song, and whose death created, in the simple heart of her sister, so passionate a grief, after the lapse of so many years--supplied to the romance awaking in his young heart the ideal which it unconsciously sought.
sister
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From this reading And this creature of genius and of sorrow-whose existence he had only learned by her song, and whose death created, in the simple heart of her sister, so passionate a grief, after the lapse of so many years--supplied to the romance awaking in his young heart the ideal which it unconsciously sought.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading And this creature of genius and of sorrow-whose existence he had only learned by her song, and whose death created, in the simple heart of her sister, so passionate a grief, after the lapse of so many years--supplied to the romance awaking in his young heart the ideal which it unconsciously sought.
Some
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From this reading Some one belonging to his own humble race had, then, preceded him in his struggling flight towards the loftier regions of Intelligence and Desire.
song
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From this reading And this creature of genius and of sorrow-whose existence he had only learned by her song, and whose death created, in the simple heart of her sister, so passionate a grief, after the lapse of so many years--supplied to the romance awaking in his young heart the ideal which it unconsciously sought.
sorrow-whose
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From this reading And this creature of genius and of sorrow-whose existence he had only learned by her song, and whose death created, in the simple heart of her sister, so passionate a grief, after the lapse of so many years--supplied to the romance awaking in his young heart the ideal which it unconsciously sought.
sought
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From this reading And this creature of genius and of sorrow-whose existence he had only learned by her song, and whose death created, in the simple heart of her sister, so passionate a grief, after the lapse of so many years--supplied to the romance awaking in his young heart the ideal which it unconsciously sought.
struggling
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From this reading Some one belonging to his own humble race had, then, preceded him in his struggling flight towards the loftier regions of Intelligence and Desire.
supplied
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From this reading And this creature of genius and of sorrow-whose existence he had only learned by her song, and whose death created, in the simple heart of her sister, so passionate a grief, after the lapse of so many years--supplied to the romance awaking in his young heart the ideal which it unconsciously sought.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It is difficult to exaggerate the effect that this discovery produced on Leonard's train of thought.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It is difficult to exaggerate the effect that this discovery produced on Leonard's train of thought.
then
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From this reading Some one belonging to his own humble race had, then, preceded him in his struggling flight towards the loftier regions of Intelligence and Desire.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading It is difficult to exaggerate the effect that this discovery produced on Leonard's train of thought.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It is difficult to exaggerate the effect that this discovery produced on Leonard's train of thought.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It is difficult to exaggerate the effect that this discovery produced on Leonard's train of thought.
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading Some one belonging to his own humble race had, then, preceded him in his struggling flight towards the loftier regions of Intelligence and Desire.
train
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From this reading It is difficult to exaggerate the effect that this discovery produced on Leonard's train of thought.
unconsciously
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From this reading And this creature of genius and of sorrow-whose existence he had only learned by her song, and whose death created, in the simple heart of her sister, so passionate a grief, after the lapse of so many years--supplied to the romance awaking in his young heart the ideal which it unconsciously sought.
unknown
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From this reading It was like the mariner amidst unknown seas, who finds carved upon some desert isle a familiar household name.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading It was like the mariner amidst unknown seas, who finds carved upon some desert isle a familiar household name.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was like the mariner amidst unknown seas, who finds carved upon some desert isle a familiar household name.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading And this creature of genius and of sorrow-whose existence he had only learned by her song, and whose death created, in the simple heart of her sister, so passionate a grief, after the lapse of so many years--supplied to the romance awaking in his young heart the ideal which it unconsciously sought.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading It was like the mariner amidst unknown seas, who finds carved upon some desert isle a familiar household name.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading And this creature of genius and of sorrow-whose existence he had only learned by her song, and whose death created, in the simple heart of her sister, so passionate a grief, after the lapse of so many years--supplied to the romance awaking in his young heart the ideal which it unconsciously sought.
years
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From this reading And this creature of genius and of sorrow-whose existence he had only learned by her song, and whose death created, in the simple heart of her sister, so passionate a grief, after the lapse of so many years--supplied to the romance awaking in his young heart the ideal which it unconsciously sought.
young
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From this reading And this creature of genius and of sorrow-whose existence he had only learned by her song, and whose death created, in the simple heart of her sister, so passionate a grief, after the lapse of so many years--supplied to the romance awaking in his young heart the ideal which it unconsciously sought.
