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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 To symbolize moral or spiritual disease by disease of the body; as thus, --when a person committed any sin, it might appear in some form on the body,--this to be wrought out.
Adriatic
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From this reading In my museum, all the ducal rings that have been thrown into the Adriatic.
all
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From this reading In my museum, all the ducal rings that have been thrown into the Adriatic.
AndeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading An association of literary men in the other world,--or dialogues of the dead, or something of that kind.
any
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From this reading To symbolize moral or spiritual disease by disease of the body; as thus, --when a person committed any sin, it might appear in some form on the body,--this to be wrought out.
appear
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From this reading To symbolize moral or spiritual disease by disease of the body; as thus, --when a person committed any sin, it might appear in some form on the body,--this to be wrought out.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading To symbolize moral or spiritual disease by disease of the body; as thus, --when a person committed any sin, it might appear in some form on the body,--this to be wrought out.
association
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From this reading An association of literary men in the other world,--or dialogues of the dead, or something of that kind.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading To symbolize moral or spiritual disease by disease of the body; as thus, --when a person committed any sin, it might appear in some form on the body,--this to be wrought out.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading In my museum, all the ducal rings that have been thrown into the Adriatic.
bodynounUS /body/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To symbolize moral or spiritual disease by disease of the body; as thus, --when a person committed any sin, it might appear in some form on the body,--this to be wrought out.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading To symbolize moral or spiritual disease by disease of the body; as thus, --when a person committed any sin, it might appear in some form on the body,--this to be wrought out.
committed
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From this reading To symbolize moral or spiritual disease by disease of the body; as thus, --when a person committed any sin, it might appear in some form on the body,--this to be wrought out.
cured
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From this reading Imaginary diseases to be cured by impossible remedies,--as a dose of the Grand Elixir, in the yolk of a Phoenix's egg.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading An association of literary men in the other world,--or dialogues of the dead, or something of that kind.
dialogues
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From this reading An association of literary men in the other world,--or dialogues of the dead, or something of that kind.
disease
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From this reading To symbolize moral or spiritual disease by disease of the body; as thus, --when a person committed any sin, it might appear in some form on the body,--this to be wrought out.
diseases
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From this reading Imaginary diseases to be cured by impossible remedies,--as a dose of the Grand Elixir, in the yolk of a Phoenix's egg.
dose
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From this reading Imaginary diseases to be cured by impossible remedies,--as a dose of the Grand Elixir, in the yolk of a Phoenix's egg.
ducal
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From this reading In my museum, all the ducal rings that have been thrown into the Adriatic.
egg
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From this reading Imaginary diseases to be cured by impossible remedies,--as a dose of the Grand Elixir, in the yolk of a Phoenix's egg.
Elixir
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From this reading Imaginary diseases to be cured by impossible remedies,--as a dose of the Grand Elixir, in the yolk of a Phoenix's egg.
fish
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From this reading "Shrieking fish," a strange idea of Leigh Hunt.
form
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From this reading To symbolize moral or spiritual disease by disease of the body; as thus, --when a person committed any sin, it might appear in some form on the body,--this to be wrought out.
Grand
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From this reading Imaginary diseases to be cured by impossible remedies,--as a dose of the Grand Elixir, in the yolk of a Phoenix's egg.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading In my museum, all the ducal rings that have been thrown into the Adriatic.
Hunt
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From this reading "Shrieking fish," a strange idea of Leigh Hunt.
idea
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From this reading "Shrieking fish," a strange idea of Leigh Hunt.
Imaginary
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From this reading Imaginary diseases to be cured by impossible remedies,--as a dose of the Grand Elixir, in the yolk of a Phoenix's egg.
impossible
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From this reading Imaginary diseases to be cured by impossible remedies,--as a dose of the Grand Elixir, in the yolk of a Phoenix's egg.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading To symbolize moral or spiritual disease by disease of the body; as thus, --when a person committed any sin, it might appear in some form on the body,--this to be wrought out.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading In my museum, all the ducal rings that have been thrown into the Adriatic.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading To symbolize moral or spiritual disease by disease of the body; as thus, --when a person committed any sin, it might appear in some form on the body,--this to be wrought out.
kind
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From this reading An association of literary men in the other world,--or dialogues of the dead, or something of that kind.
Leigh
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From this reading "Shrieking fish," a strange idea of Leigh Hunt.
literary
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From this reading An association of literary men in the other world,--or dialogues of the dead, or something of that kind.
men
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From this reading An association of literary men in the other world,--or dialogues of the dead, or something of that kind.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading To symbolize moral or spiritual disease by disease of the body; as thus, --when a person committed any sin, it might appear in some form on the body,--this to be wrought out.
moral
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From this reading To symbolize moral or spiritual disease by disease of the body; as thus, --when a person committed any sin, it might appear in some form on the body,--this to be wrought out.
museum
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From this reading In my museum, all the ducal rings that have been thrown into the Adriatic.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading In my museum, all the ducal rings that have been thrown into the Adriatic.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading To symbolize moral or spiritual disease by disease of the body; as thus, --when a person committed any sin, it might appear in some form on the body,--this to be wrought out.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading To symbolize moral or spiritual disease by disease of the body; as thus, --when a person committed any sin, it might appear in some form on the body,--this to be wrought out.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading To symbolize moral or spiritual disease by disease of the body; as thus, --when a person committed any sin, it might appear in some form on the body,--this to be wrought out.
other
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From this reading An association of literary men in the other world,--or dialogues of the dead, or something of that kind.
out
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From this reading To symbolize moral or spiritual disease by disease of the body; as thus, --when a person committed any sin, it might appear in some form on the body,--this to be wrought out.
person
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From this reading To symbolize moral or spiritual disease by disease of the body; as thus, --when a person committed any sin, it might appear in some form on the body,--this to be wrought out.
Phoenix's
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From this reading Imaginary diseases to be cured by impossible remedies,--as a dose of the Grand Elixir, in the yolk of a Phoenix's egg.
remedies
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From this reading Imaginary diseases to be cured by impossible remedies,--as a dose of the Grand Elixir, in the yolk of a Phoenix's egg.
rings
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From this reading In my museum, all the ducal rings that have been thrown into the Adriatic.
Shrieking
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From this reading "Shrieking fish," a strange idea of Leigh Hunt.
sin
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From this reading To symbolize moral or spiritual disease by disease of the body; as thus, --when a person committed any sin, it might appear in some form on the body,--this to be wrought out.
some
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From this reading To symbolize moral or spiritual disease by disease of the body; as thus, --when a person committed any sin, it might appear in some form on the body,--this to be wrought out.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading An association of literary men in the other world,--or dialogues of the dead, or something of that kind.
spiritual
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From this reading To symbolize moral or spiritual disease by disease of the body; as thus, --when a person committed any sin, it might appear in some form on the body,--this to be wrought out.
strange
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From this reading "Shrieking fish," a strange idea of Leigh Hunt.
symbolize
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From this reading To symbolize moral or spiritual disease by disease of the body; as thus, --when a person committed any sin, it might appear in some form on the body,--this to be wrought out.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading In my museum, all the ducal rings that have been thrown into the Adriatic.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading To symbolize moral or spiritual disease by disease of the body; as thus, --when a person committed any sin, it might appear in some form on the body,--this to be wrought out.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading To symbolize moral or spiritual disease by disease of the body; as thus, --when a person committed any sin, it might appear in some form on the body,--this to be wrought out.
thrown
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From this reading In my museum, all the ducal rings that have been thrown into the Adriatic.
thus
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From this reading To symbolize moral or spiritual disease by disease of the body; as thus, --when a person committed any sin, it might appear in some form on the body,--this to be wrought out.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To symbolize moral or spiritual disease by disease of the body; as thus, --when a person committed any sin, it might appear in some form on the body,--this to be wrought out.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading To symbolize moral or spiritual disease by disease of the body; as thus, --when a person committed any sin, it might appear in some form on the body,--this to be wrought out.
world
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From this reading An association of literary men in the other world,--or dialogues of the dead, or something of that kind.
wrought
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From this reading To symbolize moral or spiritual disease by disease of the body; as thus, --when a person committed any sin, it might appear in some form on the body,--this to be wrought out.
yolk
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From this reading Imaginary diseases to be cured by impossible remedies,--as a dose of the Grand Elixir, in the yolk of a Phoenix's egg.
