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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 This is a story of Heinrich Heine and his Mathilda.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading This is one chapter of the more complete book by Richard Le Gallienne which contains additional true love tales about other famous people.} The love story of Heine and his Mathilde is another of those stories which fix a type of loving.
additional
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From this reading This is one chapter of the more complete book by Richard Le Gallienne which contains additional true love tales about other famous people.} The love story of Heine and his Mathilde is another of those stories which fix a type of loving.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading This is a story of Heinrich Heine and his Mathilda.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading This is one chapter of the more complete book by Richard Le Gallienne which contains additional true love tales about other famous people.} The love story of Heine and his Mathilde is another of those stories which fix a type of loving.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At present we have only this one chapter/story of this book.
book
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From this reading At present we have only this one chapter/story of this book.
brilliant
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From this reading It is the love of a man of the most brilliant genius, the most relentless, mocking intellect, for a simple, pretty woman, who could no more understand him than a cow can understand a comet.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading This is one chapter of the more complete book by Richard Le Gallienne which contains additional true love tales about other famous people.} The love story of Heine and his Mathilde is another of those stories which fix a type of loving.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading It is the love of a man of the most brilliant genius, the most relentless, mocking intellect, for a simple, pretty woman, who could no more understand him than a cow can understand a comet.
chapter
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From this reading At present we have only this one chapter/story of this book.
comet
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From this reading It is the love of a man of the most brilliant genius, the most relentless, mocking intellect, for a simple, pretty woman, who could no more understand him than a cow can understand a comet.
completenounUS /complete/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This is one chapter of the more complete book by Richard Le Gallienne which contains additional true love tales about other famous people.} The love story of Heine and his Mathilde is another of those stories which fix a type of loving.
contains
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From this reading This is one chapter of the more complete book by Richard Le Gallienne which contains additional true love tales about other famous people.} The love story of Heine and his Mathilde is another of those stories which fix a type of loving.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading It is the love of a man of the most brilliant genius, the most relentless, mocking intellect, for a simple, pretty woman, who could no more understand him than a cow can understand a comet.
coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Many men of genius have loved just such women, and the world, of course, has wondered.
cow
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From this reading It is the love of a man of the most brilliant genius, the most relentless, mocking intellect, for a simple, pretty woman, who could no more understand him than a cow can understand a comet.
famous
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From this reading This is one chapter of the more complete book by Richard Le Gallienne which contains additional true love tales about other famous people.} The love story of Heine and his Mathilde is another of those stories which fix a type of loving.
fix
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From this reading This is one chapter of the more complete book by Richard Le Gallienne which contains additional true love tales about other famous people.} The love story of Heine and his Mathilde is another of those stories which fix a type of loving.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It is the love of a man of the most brilliant genius, the most relentless, mocking intellect, for a simple, pretty woman, who could no more understand him than a cow can understand a comet.
Gallienne
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From this reading This is one chapter of the more complete book by Richard Le Gallienne which contains additional true love tales about other famous people.} The love story of Heine and his Mathilde is another of those stories which fix a type of loving.
genius
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From this reading It is the love of a man of the most brilliant genius, the most relentless, mocking intellect, for a simple, pretty woman, who could no more understand him than a cow can understand a comet.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Many men of genius have loved just such women, and the world, of course, has wondered.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading At present we have only this one chapter/story of this book.
Heine
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From this reading This is a story of Heinrich Heine and his Mathilda.
Heinrich
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From this reading This is a story of Heinrich Heine and his Mathilda.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It is the love of a man of the most brilliant genius, the most relentless, mocking intellect, for a simple, pretty woman, who could no more understand him than a cow can understand a comet.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading This is a story of Heinrich Heine and his Mathilda.
intellect
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From this reading It is the love of a man of the most brilliant genius, the most relentless, mocking intellect, for a simple, pretty woman, who could no more understand him than a cow can understand a comet.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This is a story of Heinrich Heine and his Mathilda.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is the love of a man of the most brilliant genius, the most relentless, mocking intellect, for a simple, pretty woman, who could no more understand him than a cow can understand a comet.
just
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From this reading Many men of genius have loved just such women, and the world, of course, has wondered.
Le
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From this reading This is one chapter of the more complete book by Richard Le Gallienne which contains additional true love tales about other famous people.} The love story of Heine and his Mathilde is another of those stories which fix a type of loving.
love
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From this reading This is one chapter of the more complete book by Richard Le Gallienne which contains additional true love tales about other famous people.} The love story of Heine and his Mathilde is another of those stories which fix a type of loving.
loved
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From this reading Many men of genius have loved just such women, and the world, of course, has wondered.
loving
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From this reading This is one chapter of the more complete book by Richard Le Gallienne which contains additional true love tales about other famous people.} The love story of Heine and his Mathilde is another of those stories which fix a type of loving.
man
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From this reading It is the love of a man of the most brilliant genius, the most relentless, mocking intellect, for a simple, pretty woman, who could no more understand him than a cow can understand a comet.
Many
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From this reading Many men of genius have loved just such women, and the world, of course, has wondered.
Mathilda
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From this reading This is a story of Heinrich Heine and his Mathilda.
Mathilde
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From this reading This is one chapter of the more complete book by Richard Le Gallienne which contains additional true love tales about other famous people.} The love story of Heine and his Mathilde is another of those stories which fix a type of loving.
men
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From this reading Many men of genius have loved just such women, and the world, of course, has wondered.
mocking
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From this reading It is the love of a man of the most brilliant genius, the most relentless, mocking intellect, for a simple, pretty woman, who could no more understand him than a cow can understand a comet.
more
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From this reading This is one chapter of the more complete book by Richard Le Gallienne which contains additional true love tales about other famous people.} The love story of Heine and his Mathilde is another of those stories which fix a type of loving.
most
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From this reading It is the love of a man of the most brilliant genius, the most relentless, mocking intellect, for a simple, pretty woman, who could no more understand him than a cow can understand a comet.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading It is the love of a man of the most brilliant genius, the most relentless, mocking intellect, for a simple, pretty woman, who could no more understand him than a cow can understand a comet.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading This is a story of Heinrich Heine and his Mathilda.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading At present we have only this one chapter/story of this book.
only
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From this reading At present we have only this one chapter/story of this book.
other
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From this reading This is one chapter of the more complete book by Richard Le Gallienne which contains additional true love tales about other famous people.} The love story of Heine and his Mathilde is another of those stories which fix a type of loving.
people
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From this reading This is one chapter of the more complete book by Richard Le Gallienne which contains additional true love tales about other famous people.} The love story of Heine and his Mathilde is another of those stories which fix a type of loving.
present
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From this reading At present we have only this one chapter/story of this book.
pretty
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From this reading It is the love of a man of the most brilliant genius, the most relentless, mocking intellect, for a simple, pretty woman, who could no more understand him than a cow can understand a comet.
relentless
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From this reading It is the love of a man of the most brilliant genius, the most relentless, mocking intellect, for a simple, pretty woman, who could no more understand him than a cow can understand a comet.
Richard
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From this reading This is one chapter of the more complete book by Richard Le Gallienne which contains additional true love tales about other famous people.} The love story of Heine and his Mathilde is another of those stories which fix a type of loving.
simple
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From this reading It is the love of a man of the most brilliant genius, the most relentless, mocking intellect, for a simple, pretty woman, who could no more understand him than a cow can understand a comet.
stories
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From this reading This is one chapter of the more complete book by Richard Le Gallienne which contains additional true love tales about other famous people.} The love story of Heine and his Mathilde is another of those stories which fix a type of loving.
story
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From this reading This is a story of Heinrich Heine and his Mathilda.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Many men of genius have loved just such women, and the world, of course, has wondered.
tales
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From this reading This is one chapter of the more complete book by Richard Le Gallienne which contains additional true love tales about other famous people.} The love story of Heine and his Mathilde is another of those stories which fix a type of loving.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading It is the love of a man of the most brilliant genius, the most relentless, mocking intellect, for a simple, pretty woman, who could no more understand him than a cow can understand a comet.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading This is one chapter of the more complete book by Richard Le Gallienne which contains additional true love tales about other famous people.} The love story of Heine and his Mathilde is another of those stories which fix a type of loving.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This is a story of Heinrich Heine and his Mathilda.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading This is one chapter of the more complete book by Richard Le Gallienne which contains additional true love tales about other famous people.} The love story of Heine and his Mathilde is another of those stories which fix a type of loving.
true
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From this reading This is one chapter of the more complete book by Richard Le Gallienne which contains additional true love tales about other famous people.} The love story of Heine and his Mathilde is another of those stories which fix a type of loving.
type
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From this reading This is one chapter of the more complete book by Richard Le Gallienne which contains additional true love tales about other famous people.} The love story of Heine and his Mathilde is another of those stories which fix a type of loving.
understandnounUS /understand/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It is the love of a man of the most brilliant genius, the most relentless, mocking intellect, for a simple, pretty woman, who could no more understand him than a cow can understand a comet.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading At present we have only this one chapter/story of this book.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading This is one chapter of the more complete book by Richard Le Gallienne which contains additional true love tales about other famous people.} The love story of Heine and his Mathilde is another of those stories which fix a type of loving.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading It is the love of a man of the most brilliant genius, the most relentless, mocking intellect, for a simple, pretty woman, who could no more understand him than a cow can understand a comet.
woman
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From this reading It is the love of a man of the most brilliant genius, the most relentless, mocking intellect, for a simple, pretty woman, who could no more understand him than a cow can understand a comet.
women
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From this reading Many men of genius have loved just such women, and the world, of course, has wondered.
wonderednounUS /wondered/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Many men of genius have loved just such women, and the world, of course, has wondered.
world
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From this reading Many men of genius have loved just such women, and the world, of course, has wondered.
