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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 For a time after the Squire had driven away, Clement had sat his horse and stared after him, and in his rage had wished him dead.
admitted
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From this reading But in the scene which his fancy had pictured, his part had been one of dignity; he had owned his aspirations like a man, he had admitted his insufficiency with modesty, he had pleaded the power of love with eloquence, he had won even from the Squire a meed of unwilling approbation.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading For a time after the Squire had driven away, Clement had sat his horse and stared after him, and in his rage had wished him dead.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading For a time after the Squire had driven away, Clement had sat his horse and stared after him, and in his rage had wished him dead.
approbation
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From this reading But in the scene which his fancy had pictured, his part had been one of dignity; he had owned his aspirations like a man, he had admitted his insufficiency with modesty, he had pleaded the power of love with eloquence, he had won even from the Squire a meed of unwilling approbation.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading But the scene, as played, had run on other lines.
aspirations
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From this reading But in the scene which his fancy had pictured, his part had been one of dignity; he had owned his aspirations like a man, he had admitted his insufficiency with modesty, he had pleaded the power of love with eloquence, he had won even from the Squire a meed of unwilling approbation.
away
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From this reading For a time after the Squire had driven away, Clement had sat his horse and stared after him, and in his rage had wished him dead.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading He had prepared himself for opposition, he had looked to be repulsed—he had expected nothing else.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading But in the scene which his fancy had pictured, his part had been one of dignity; he had owned his aspirations like a man, he had admitted his insufficiency with modesty, he had pleaded the power of love with eloquence, he had won even from the Squire a meed of unwilling approbation.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But in the scene which his fancy had pictured, his part had been one of dignity; he had owned his aspirations like a man, he had admitted his insufficiency with modesty, he had pleaded the power of love with eloquence, he had won even from the Squire a meed of unwilling approbation.
Clement
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From this reading For a time after the Squire had driven away, Clement had sat his horse and stared after him, and in his rage had wished him dead.
crushed
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From this reading The old man had crushed him.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For a time after the Squire had driven away, Clement had sat his horse and stared after him, and in his rage had wished him dead.
dignity
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From this reading But in the scene which his fancy had pictured, his part had been one of dignity; he had owned his aspirations like a man, he had admitted his insufficiency with modesty, he had pleaded the power of love with eloquence, he had won even from the Squire a meed of unwilling approbation.
driven
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From this reading For a time after the Squire had driven away, Clement had sat his horse and stared after him, and in his rage had wished him dead.
eloquencenounUS /ˈel.ə.kwəns/
Fluent, persuasive, and graceful speaking or writing. (Sự hùng biện, tài ăn nói lưu loát.)
From this reading But in the scene which his fancy had pictured, his part had been one of dignity; he had owned his aspirations like a man, he had admitted his insufficiency with modesty, he had pleaded the power of love with eloquence, he had won even from the Squire a meed of unwilling approbation.
else
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From this reading He had prepared himself for opposition, he had looked to be repulsed—he had expected nothing else.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But in the scene which his fancy had pictured, his part had been one of dignity; he had owned his aspirations like a man, he had admitted his insufficiency with modesty, he had pleaded the power of love with eloquence, he had won even from the Squire a meed of unwilling approbation.
expected
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From this reading He had prepared himself for opposition, he had looked to be repulsed—he had expected nothing else.
fancy
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From this reading But in the scene which his fancy had pictured, his part had been one of dignity; he had owned his aspirations like a man, he had admitted his insufficiency with modesty, he had pleaded the power of love with eloquence, he had won even from the Squire a meed of unwilling approbation.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For a time after the Squire had driven away, Clement had sat his horse and stared after him, and in his rage had wished him dead.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading But in the scene which his fancy had pictured, his part had been one of dignity; he had owned his aspirations like a man, he had admitted his insufficiency with modesty, he had pleaded the power of love with eloquence, he had won even from the Squire a meed of unwilling approbation.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading For a time after the Squire had driven away, Clement had sat his horse and stared after him, and in his rage had wished him dead.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had prepared himself for opposition, he had looked to be repulsed—he had expected nothing else.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading For a time after the Squire had driven away, Clement had sat his horse and stared after him, and in his rage had wished him dead.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading He had prepared himself for opposition, he had looked to be repulsed—he had expected nothing else.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading For a time after the Squire had driven away, Clement had sat his horse and stared after him, and in his rage had wished him dead.
horse
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From this reading For a time after the Squire had driven away, Clement had sat his horse and stared after him, and in his rage had wished him dead.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading For a time after the Squire had driven away, Clement had sat his horse and stared after him, and in his rage had wished him dead.
insufficiency
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From this reading But in the scene which his fancy had pictured, his part had been one of dignity; he had owned his aspirations like a man, he had admitted his insufficiency with modesty, he had pleaded the power of love with eloquence, he had won even from the Squire a meed of unwilling approbation.
like
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From this reading But in the scene which his fancy had pictured, his part had been one of dignity; he had owned his aspirations like a man, he had admitted his insufficiency with modesty, he had pleaded the power of love with eloquence, he had won even from the Squire a meed of unwilling approbation.
lines
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From this reading But the scene, as played, had run on other lines.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had prepared himself for opposition, he had looked to be repulsed—he had expected nothing else.
love
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From this reading But in the scene which his fancy had pictured, his part had been one of dignity; he had owned his aspirations like a man, he had admitted his insufficiency with modesty, he had pleaded the power of love with eloquence, he had won even from the Squire a meed of unwilling approbation.
man
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From this reading But in the scene which his fancy had pictured, his part had been one of dignity; he had owned his aspirations like a man, he had admitted his insufficiency with modesty, he had pleaded the power of love with eloquence, he had won even from the Squire a meed of unwilling approbation.
meed
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From this reading But in the scene which his fancy had pictured, his part had been one of dignity; he had owned his aspirations like a man, he had admitted his insufficiency with modesty, he had pleaded the power of love with eloquence, he had won even from the Squire a meed of unwilling approbation.
modesty
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From this reading But in the scene which his fancy had pictured, his part had been one of dignity; he had owned his aspirations like a man, he had admitted his insufficiency with modesty, he had pleaded the power of love with eloquence, he had won even from the Squire a meed of unwilling approbation.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading He had prepared himself for opposition, he had looked to be repulsed—he had expected nothing else.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading But in the scene which his fancy had pictured, his part had been one of dignity; he had owned his aspirations like a man, he had admitted his insufficiency with modesty, he had pleaded the power of love with eloquence, he had won even from the Squire a meed of unwilling approbation.
old
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From this reading The old man had crushed him.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading But the scene, as played, had run on other lines.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading But in the scene which his fancy had pictured, his part had been one of dignity; he had owned his aspirations like a man, he had admitted his insufficiency with modesty, he had pleaded the power of love with eloquence, he had won even from the Squire a meed of unwilling approbation.
opposition
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From this reading He had prepared himself for opposition, he had looked to be repulsed—he had expected nothing else.
other
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From this reading But the scene, as played, had run on other lines.
owned
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From this reading But in the scene which his fancy had pictured, his part had been one of dignity; he had owned his aspirations like a man, he had admitted his insufficiency with modesty, he had pleaded the power of love with eloquence, he had won even from the Squire a meed of unwilling approbation.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But in the scene which his fancy had pictured, his part had been one of dignity; he had owned his aspirations like a man, he had admitted his insufficiency with modesty, he had pleaded the power of love with eloquence, he had won even from the Squire a meed of unwilling approbation.
pictured
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From this reading But in the scene which his fancy had pictured, his part had been one of dignity; he had owned his aspirations like a man, he had admitted his insufficiency with modesty, he had pleaded the power of love with eloquence, he had won even from the Squire a meed of unwilling approbation.
played
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From this reading But the scene, as played, had run on other lines.
pleaded
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From this reading But in the scene which his fancy had pictured, his part had been one of dignity; he had owned his aspirations like a man, he had admitted his insufficiency with modesty, he had pleaded the power of love with eloquence, he had won even from the Squire a meed of unwilling approbation.
power
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From this reading But in the scene which his fancy had pictured, his part had been one of dignity; he had owned his aspirations like a man, he had admitted his insufficiency with modesty, he had pleaded the power of love with eloquence, he had won even from the Squire a meed of unwilling approbation.
prepared
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From this reading He had prepared himself for opposition, he had looked to be repulsed—he had expected nothing else.
rage
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From this reading For a time after the Squire had driven away, Clement had sat his horse and stared after him, and in his rage had wished him dead.
repulsed
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From this reading He had prepared himself for opposition, he had looked to be repulsed—he had expected nothing else.
run
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From this reading But the scene, as played, had run on other lines.
sat
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From this reading For a time after the Squire had driven away, Clement had sat his horse and stared after him, and in his rage had wished him dead.
scene
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From this reading But in the scene which his fancy had pictured, his part had been one of dignity; he had owned his aspirations like a man, he had admitted his insufficiency with modesty, he had pleaded the power of love with eloquence, he had won even from the Squire a meed of unwilling approbation.
Squire
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From this reading For a time after the Squire had driven away, Clement had sat his horse and stared after him, and in his rage had wished him dead.
stared
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From this reading For a time after the Squire had driven away, Clement had sat his horse and stared after him, and in his rage had wished him dead.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading For a time after the Squire had driven away, Clement had sat his horse and stared after him, and in his rage had wished him dead.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For a time after the Squire had driven away, Clement had sat his horse and stared after him, and in his rage had wished him dead.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He had prepared himself for opposition, he had looked to be repulsed—he had expected nothing else.
unwilling
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From this reading But in the scene which his fancy had pictured, his part had been one of dignity; he had owned his aspirations like a man, he had admitted his insufficiency with modesty, he had pleaded the power of love with eloquence, he had won even from the Squire a meed of unwilling approbation.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading But in the scene which his fancy had pictured, his part had been one of dignity; he had owned his aspirations like a man, he had admitted his insufficiency with modesty, he had pleaded the power of love with eloquence, he had won even from the Squire a meed of unwilling approbation.
wished
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From this reading For a time after the Squire had driven away, Clement had sat his horse and stared after him, and in his rage had wished him dead.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading But in the scene which his fancy had pictured, his part had been one of dignity; he had owned his aspirations like a man, he had admitted his insufficiency with modesty, he had pleaded the power of love with eloquence, he had won even from the Squire a meed of unwilling approbation.
won
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From this reading But in the scene which his fancy had pictured, his part had been one of dignity; he had owned his aspirations like a man, he had admitted his insufficiency with modesty, he had pleaded the power of love with eloquence, he had won even from the Squire a meed of unwilling approbation.
