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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 Now I am moved to remember, and I might add almost to regret these things, because I would like much at this pinch to color for you a right picture of the fair, innocent, unfortunate Peg O'Neal.
add
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From this reading Now I am moved to remember, and I might add almost to regret these things, because I would like much at this pinch to color for you a right picture of the fair, innocent, unfortunate Peg O'Neal.
almost
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From this reading Now I am moved to remember, and I might add almost to regret these things, because I would like much at this pinch to color for you a right picture of the fair, innocent, unfortunate Peg O'Neal.
amauxiliary verbUS /æm/
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading Now I am moved to remember, and I might add almost to regret these things, because I would like much at this pinch to color for you a right picture of the fair, innocent, unfortunate Peg O'Neal.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was my fate, I will not say my misfortune--being too proud--to dwell overmuch with camps and caucuses and transact more than stood best for me of politics and war.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Sometimes I think this pity, for I was conceived, you are to notice, with no scanty promise of fineness to my fiber.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Now I am moved to remember, and I might add almost to regret these things, because I would like much at this pinch to color for you a right picture of the fair, innocent, unfortunate Peg O'Neal.
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading Now I am moved to remember, and I might add almost to regret these things, because I would like much at this pinch to color for you a right picture of the fair, innocent, unfortunate Peg O'Neal.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading It was my fate, I will not say my misfortune--being too proud--to dwell overmuch with camps and caucuses and transact more than stood best for me of politics and war.
best
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From this reading It was my fate, I will not say my misfortune--being too proud--to dwell overmuch with camps and caucuses and transact more than stood best for me of politics and war.
camps
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From this reading It was my fate, I will not say my misfortune--being too proud--to dwell overmuch with camps and caucuses and transact more than stood best for me of politics and war.
caucuses
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From this reading It was my fate, I will not say my misfortune--being too proud--to dwell overmuch with camps and caucuses and transact more than stood best for me of politics and war.
coarse
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From this reading These were my schools, and they sadly served to make me coarse and turn me hard.
color
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From this reading Now I am moved to remember, and I might add almost to regret these things, because I would like much at this pinch to color for you a right picture of the fair, innocent, unfortunate Peg O'Neal.
conceived
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From this reading Sometimes I think this pity, for I was conceived, you are to notice, with no scanty promise of fineness to my fiber.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Yet how am I to do this?--I, loaded of a sluggish fancy and a genius without touch!
dwell
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From this reading It was my fate, I will not say my misfortune--being too proud--to dwell overmuch with camps and caucuses and transact more than stood best for me of politics and war.
fairnounUS /fair/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Now I am moved to remember, and I might add almost to regret these things, because I would like much at this pinch to color for you a right picture of the fair, innocent, unfortunate Peg O'Neal.
fancy
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From this reading Yet how am I to do this?--I, loaded of a sluggish fancy and a genius without touch!
fate
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From this reading It was my fate, I will not say my misfortune--being too proud--to dwell overmuch with camps and caucuses and transact more than stood best for me of politics and war.
fiber
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From this reading Sometimes I think this pity, for I was conceived, you are to notice, with no scanty promise of fineness to my fiber.
fineness
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From this reading Sometimes I think this pity, for I was conceived, you are to notice, with no scanty promise of fineness to my fiber.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It was my fate, I will not say my misfortune--being too proud--to dwell overmuch with camps and caucuses and transact more than stood best for me of politics and war.
genius
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From this reading Yet how am I to do this?--I, loaded of a sluggish fancy and a genius without touch!
hard
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From this reading These were my schools, and they sadly served to make me coarse and turn me hard.
how
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From this reading Yet how am I to do this?--I, loaded of a sluggish fancy and a genius without touch!
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading It was my fate, I will not say my misfortune--being too proud--to dwell overmuch with camps and caucuses and transact more than stood best for me of politics and war.
innocent
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From this reading Now I am moved to remember, and I might add almost to regret these things, because I would like much at this pinch to color for you a right picture of the fair, innocent, unfortunate Peg O'Neal.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was my fate, I will not say my misfortune--being too proud--to dwell overmuch with camps and caucuses and transact more than stood best for me of politics and war.
like
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From this reading Now I am moved to remember, and I might add almost to regret these things, because I would like much at this pinch to color for you a right picture of the fair, innocent, unfortunate Peg O'Neal.
loaded
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From this reading Yet how am I to do this?--I, loaded of a sluggish fancy and a genius without touch!
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading These were my schools, and they sadly served to make me coarse and turn me hard.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It was my fate, I will not say my misfortune--being too proud--to dwell overmuch with camps and caucuses and transact more than stood best for me of politics and war.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Now I am moved to remember, and I might add almost to regret these things, because I would like much at this pinch to color for you a right picture of the fair, innocent, unfortunate Peg O'Neal.
misfortune
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From this reading It was my fate, I will not say my misfortune--being too proud--to dwell overmuch with camps and caucuses and transact more than stood best for me of politics and war.
more
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From this reading It was my fate, I will not say my misfortune--being too proud--to dwell overmuch with camps and caucuses and transact more than stood best for me of politics and war.
moved
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From this reading Now I am moved to remember, and I might add almost to regret these things, because I would like much at this pinch to color for you a right picture of the fair, innocent, unfortunate Peg O'Neal.
much
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From this reading Now I am moved to remember, and I might add almost to regret these things, because I would like much at this pinch to color for you a right picture of the fair, innocent, unfortunate Peg O'Neal.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading It was my fate, I will not say my misfortune--being too proud--to dwell overmuch with camps and caucuses and transact more than stood best for me of politics and war.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Sometimes I think this pity, for I was conceived, you are to notice, with no scanty promise of fineness to my fiber.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It was my fate, I will not say my misfortune--being too proud--to dwell overmuch with camps and caucuses and transact more than stood best for me of politics and war.
notice
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From this reading Sometimes I think this pity, for I was conceived, you are to notice, with no scanty promise of fineness to my fiber.
Now
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From this reading Now I am moved to remember, and I might add almost to regret these things, because I would like much at this pinch to color for you a right picture of the fair, innocent, unfortunate Peg O'Neal.
O'Neal
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From this reading Now I am moved to remember, and I might add almost to regret these things, because I would like much at this pinch to color for you a right picture of the fair, innocent, unfortunate Peg O'Neal.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was my fate, I will not say my misfortune--being too proud--to dwell overmuch with camps and caucuses and transact more than stood best for me of politics and war.
overmuch
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From this reading It was my fate, I will not say my misfortune--being too proud--to dwell overmuch with camps and caucuses and transact more than stood best for me of politics and war.
Peg
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From this reading Now I am moved to remember, and I might add almost to regret these things, because I would like much at this pinch to color for you a right picture of the fair, innocent, unfortunate Peg O'Neal.
picture
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From this reading Now I am moved to remember, and I might add almost to regret these things, because I would like much at this pinch to color for you a right picture of the fair, innocent, unfortunate Peg O'Neal.
pinch
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From this reading Now I am moved to remember, and I might add almost to regret these things, because I would like much at this pinch to color for you a right picture of the fair, innocent, unfortunate Peg O'Neal.
pity
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From this reading Sometimes I think this pity, for I was conceived, you are to notice, with no scanty promise of fineness to my fiber.
politics
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From this reading It was my fate, I will not say my misfortune--being too proud--to dwell overmuch with camps and caucuses and transact more than stood best for me of politics and war.
promise
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From this reading Sometimes I think this pity, for I was conceived, you are to notice, with no scanty promise of fineness to my fiber.
proud
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From this reading It was my fate, I will not say my misfortune--being too proud--to dwell overmuch with camps and caucuses and transact more than stood best for me of politics and war.
regret
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From this reading Now I am moved to remember, and I might add almost to regret these things, because I would like much at this pinch to color for you a right picture of the fair, innocent, unfortunate Peg O'Neal.
rememberverbUS /rɪˈmɛm.bər/
To recall to mind.
From this reading Now I am moved to remember, and I might add almost to regret these things, because I would like much at this pinch to color for you a right picture of the fair, innocent, unfortunate Peg O'Neal.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Now I am moved to remember, and I might add almost to regret these things, because I would like much at this pinch to color for you a right picture of the fair, innocent, unfortunate Peg O'Neal.
sadly
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From this reading These were my schools, and they sadly served to make me coarse and turn me hard.
say
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From this reading It was my fate, I will not say my misfortune--being too proud--to dwell overmuch with camps and caucuses and transact more than stood best for me of politics and war.
scantyadjectiveUS /ˈskænti/
small or barely sufficient in amount
From this reading Sometimes I think this pity, for I was conceived, you are to notice, with no scanty promise of fineness to my fiber.
schools
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From this reading These were my schools, and they sadly served to make me coarse and turn me hard.
served
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From this reading These were my schools, and they sadly served to make me coarse and turn me hard.
sluggish
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From this reading Yet how am I to do this?--I, loaded of a sluggish fancy and a genius without touch!
Sometimes
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From this reading Sometimes I think this pity, for I was conceived, you are to notice, with no scanty promise of fineness to my fiber.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was my fate, I will not say my misfortune--being too proud--to dwell overmuch with camps and caucuses and transact more than stood best for me of politics and war.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading It was my fate, I will not say my misfortune--being too proud--to dwell overmuch with camps and caucuses and transact more than stood best for me of politics and war.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Now I am moved to remember, and I might add almost to regret these things, because I would like much at this pinch to color for you a right picture of the fair, innocent, unfortunate Peg O'Neal.
ThesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading These were my schools, and they sadly served to make me coarse and turn me hard.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading These were my schools, and they sadly served to make me coarse and turn me hard.
things
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From this reading Now I am moved to remember, and I might add almost to regret these things, because I would like much at this pinch to color for you a right picture of the fair, innocent, unfortunate Peg O'Neal.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Sometimes I think this pity, for I was conceived, you are to notice, with no scanty promise of fineness to my fiber.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Sometimes I think this pity, for I was conceived, you are to notice, with no scanty promise of fineness to my fiber.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was my fate, I will not say my misfortune--being too proud--to dwell overmuch with camps and caucuses and transact more than stood best for me of politics and war.
too
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From this reading It was my fate, I will not say my misfortune--being too proud--to dwell overmuch with camps and caucuses and transact more than stood best for me of politics and war.
touch
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From this reading Yet how am I to do this?--I, loaded of a sluggish fancy and a genius without touch!
transact
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From this reading It was my fate, I will not say my misfortune--being too proud--to dwell overmuch with camps and caucuses and transact more than stood best for me of politics and war.
turn
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From this reading These were my schools, and they sadly served to make me coarse and turn me hard.
unfortunate
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From this reading Now I am moved to remember, and I might add almost to regret these things, because I would like much at this pinch to color for you a right picture of the fair, innocent, unfortunate Peg O'Neal.
war
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From this reading It was my fate, I will not say my misfortune--being too proud--to dwell overmuch with camps and caucuses and transact more than stood best for me of politics and war.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was my fate, I will not say my misfortune--being too proud--to dwell overmuch with camps and caucuses and transact more than stood best for me of politics and war.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading These were my schools, and they sadly served to make me coarse and turn me hard.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading It was my fate, I will not say my misfortune--being too proud--to dwell overmuch with camps and caucuses and transact more than stood best for me of politics and war.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading It was my fate, I will not say my misfortune--being too proud--to dwell overmuch with camps and caucuses and transact more than stood best for me of politics and war.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Yet how am I to do this?--I, loaded of a sluggish fancy and a genius without touch!
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Now I am moved to remember, and I might add almost to regret these things, because I would like much at this pinch to color for you a right picture of the fair, innocent, unfortunate Peg O'Neal.
YetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet how am I to do this?--I, loaded of a sluggish fancy and a genius without touch!
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Sometimes I think this pity, for I was conceived, you are to notice, with no scanty promise of fineness to my fiber.
