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absorbed
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From this reading There were two people sitting there, to all appearance completely absorbed in one another.
all
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From this reading There were two people sitting there, to all appearance completely absorbed in one another.
ambitions
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From this reading There are flashes struck from midnights, there are fire-flames noondays kindle, Whereby piled-up honours perish, whereby swollen ambitions dwindle....
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading There were two people sitting there, to all appearance completely absorbed in one another.
appearancenounUS /ˈappearance/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading There were two people sitting there, to all appearance completely absorbed in one another.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There are flashes struck from midnights, there are fire-flames noondays kindle, Whereby piled-up honours perish, whereby swollen ambitions dwindle....
BROWNING
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From this reading BROWNING: _Christina_.
Christina
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From this reading BROWNING: _Christina_.
completely
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From this reading There were two people sitting there, to all appearance completely absorbed in one another.
coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Of course, next moment, the world’s honours, in derision, Trampled out the light for ever.
derision
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From this reading Of course, next moment, the world’s honours, in derision, Trampled out the light for ever.
dwindle
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From this reading There are flashes struck from midnights, there are fire-flames noondays kindle, Whereby piled-up honours perish, whereby swollen ambitions dwindle....
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Of course, next moment, the world’s honours, in derision, Trampled out the light for ever.
fire-flames
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From this reading There are flashes struck from midnights, there are fire-flames noondays kindle, Whereby piled-up honours perish, whereby swollen ambitions dwindle....
flashes
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From this reading There are flashes struck from midnights, there are fire-flames noondays kindle, Whereby piled-up honours perish, whereby swollen ambitions dwindle....
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Of course, next moment, the world’s honours, in derision, Trampled out the light for ever.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading There are flashes struck from midnights, there are fire-flames noondays kindle, Whereby piled-up honours perish, whereby swollen ambitions dwindle....
honours
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From this reading There are flashes struck from midnights, there are fire-flames noondays kindle, Whereby piled-up honours perish, whereby swollen ambitions dwindle....
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Of course, next moment, the world’s honours, in derision, Trampled out the light for ever.
kindle
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From this reading There are flashes struck from midnights, there are fire-flames noondays kindle, Whereby piled-up honours perish, whereby swollen ambitions dwindle....
light
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From this reading Of course, next moment, the world’s honours, in derision, Trampled out the light for ever.
midnights
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From this reading There are flashes struck from midnights, there are fire-flames noondays kindle, Whereby piled-up honours perish, whereby swollen ambitions dwindle....
moment
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From this reading Of course, next moment, the world’s honours, in derision, Trampled out the light for ever.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Of course, next moment, the world’s honours, in derision, Trampled out the light for ever.
noondays
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From this reading There are flashes struck from midnights, there are fire-flames noondays kindle, Whereby piled-up honours perish, whereby swollen ambitions dwindle....
observe
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From this reading * * * * * Oh, observe!
OfprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Of course, next moment, the world’s honours, in derision, Trampled out the light for ever.
Oh
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From this reading * * * * * Oh, observe!
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading There were two people sitting there, to all appearance completely absorbed in one another.
out
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From this reading Of course, next moment, the world’s honours, in derision, Trampled out the light for ever.
people
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From this reading There were two people sitting there, to all appearance completely absorbed in one another.
perish
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From this reading There are flashes struck from midnights, there are fire-flames noondays kindle, Whereby piled-up honours perish, whereby swollen ambitions dwindle....
piled-up
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From this reading There are flashes struck from midnights, there are fire-flames noondays kindle, Whereby piled-up honours perish, whereby swollen ambitions dwindle....
sitting
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From this reading There were two people sitting there, to all appearance completely absorbed in one another.
strucknounUS /struck/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There are flashes struck from midnights, there are fire-flames noondays kindle, Whereby piled-up honours perish, whereby swollen ambitions dwindle....
swollen
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From this reading There are flashes struck from midnights, there are fire-flames noondays kindle, Whereby piled-up honours perish, whereby swollen ambitions dwindle....
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Of course, next moment, the world’s honours, in derision, Trampled out the light for ever.
There
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From this reading There are flashes struck from midnights, there are fire-flames noondays kindle, Whereby piled-up honours perish, whereby swollen ambitions dwindle....
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There were two people sitting there, to all appearance completely absorbed in one another.
Trampled
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From this reading Of course, next moment, the world’s honours, in derision, Trampled out the light for ever.
two
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From this reading There were two people sitting there, to all appearance completely absorbed in one another.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There were two people sitting there, to all appearance completely absorbed in one another.
Whereby
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From this reading There are flashes struck from midnights, there are fire-flames noondays kindle, Whereby piled-up honours perish, whereby swollen ambitions dwindle....
world's
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From this reading Of course, next moment, the world’s honours, in derision, Trampled out the light for ever.