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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 There was a little set of shelves in Judith’s bedroom which contained the whole of her modest library, some twenty books in all--_Lorna Doone_; Carlyle’s _Sterling_; Macaulay’s _Essays_; _Hypatia_; _The Life of Palmerston_; the _Life of Lord Beaconsfield_: these were among her favourites, and they had all been given to her by Reuben Sachs.
all
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From this reading There was a little set of shelves in Judith’s bedroom which contained the whole of her modest library, some twenty books in all--_Lorna Doone_; Carlyle’s _Sterling_; Macaulay’s _Essays_; _Hypatia_; _The Life of Palmerston_; the _Life of Lord Beaconsfield_: these were among her favourites, and they had all been given to her by Reuben Sachs.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading There was a little set of shelves in Judith’s bedroom which contained the whole of her modest library, some twenty books in all--_Lorna Doone_; Carlyle’s _Sterling_; Macaulay’s _Essays_; _Hypatia_; _The Life of Palmerston_; the _Life of Lord Beaconsfield_: these were among her favourites, and they had all been given to her by Reuben Sachs.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There was a little set of shelves in Judith’s bedroom which contained the whole of her modest library, some twenty books in all--_Lorna Doone_; Carlyle’s _Sterling_; Macaulay’s _Essays_; _Hypatia_; _The Life of Palmerston_; the _Life of Lord Beaconsfield_: these were among her favourites, and they had all been given to her by Reuben Sachs.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It was a matter of surprise to her that clever creatures, like Leo and Esther for instance, should pass whole days when the fit was on in the perusal of such works as _Cometh Up as a Flower_, and _Molly Bawn_.
ass
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From this reading Wer nie sein Brod mit Thraenen ass, Wer nie die kummervollen Naechte Auf seinem Bette weinend sass, Der Kennt euch nicht, ihr himmlische Maechte!
Auf
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From this reading Wer nie sein Brod mit Thraenen ass, Wer nie die kummervollen Naechte Auf seinem Bette weinend sass, Der Kennt euch nicht, ihr himmlische Maechte!
Bawn
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From this reading It was a matter of surprise to her that clever creatures, like Leo and Esther for instance, should pass whole days when the fit was on in the perusal of such works as _Cometh Up as a Flower_, and _Molly Bawn_.
Beaconsfield
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From this reading There was a little set of shelves in Judith’s bedroom which contained the whole of her modest library, some twenty books in all--_Lorna Doone_; Carlyle’s _Sterling_; Macaulay’s _Essays_; _Hypatia_; _The Life of Palmerston_; the _Life of Lord Beaconsfield_: these were among her favourites, and they had all been given to her by Reuben Sachs.
bedroom
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From this reading There was a little set of shelves in Judith’s bedroom which contained the whole of her modest library, some twenty books in all--_Lorna Doone_; Carlyle’s _Sterling_; Macaulay’s _Essays_; _Hypatia_; _The Life of Palmerston_; the _Life of Lord Beaconsfield_: these were among her favourites, and they had all been given to her by Reuben Sachs.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading There was a little set of shelves in Judith’s bedroom which contained the whole of her modest library, some twenty books in all--_Lorna Doone_; Carlyle’s _Sterling_; Macaulay’s _Essays_; _Hypatia_; _The Life of Palmerston_; the _Life of Lord Beaconsfield_: these were among her favourites, and they had all been given to her by Reuben Sachs.
Bette
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From this reading Wer nie sein Brod mit Thraenen ass, Wer nie die kummervollen Naechte Auf seinem Bette weinend sass, Der Kennt euch nicht, ihr himmlische Maechte!
booksnounUS /bʊks/
Bound written or printed works.
From this reading There was a little set of shelves in Judith’s bedroom which contained the whole of her modest library, some twenty books in all--_Lorna Doone_; Carlyle’s _Sterling_; Macaulay’s _Essays_; _Hypatia_; _The Life of Palmerston_; the _Life of Lord Beaconsfield_: these were among her favourites, and they had all been given to her by Reuben Sachs.
Brod
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From this reading Wer nie sein Brod mit Thraenen ass, Wer nie die kummervollen Naechte Auf seinem Bette weinend sass, Der Kennt euch nicht, ihr himmlische Maechte!
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading There was a little set of shelves in Judith’s bedroom which contained the whole of her modest library, some twenty books in all--_Lorna Doone_; Carlyle’s _Sterling_; Macaulay’s _Essays_; _Hypatia_; _The Life of Palmerston_; the _Life of Lord Beaconsfield_: these were among her favourites, and they had all been given to her by Reuben Sachs.
Carlyle's
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From this reading There was a little set of shelves in Judith’s bedroom which contained the whole of her modest library, some twenty books in all--_Lorna Doone_; Carlyle’s _Sterling_; Macaulay’s _Essays_; _Hypatia_; _The Life of Palmerston_; the _Life of Lord Beaconsfield_: these were among her favourites, and they had all been given to her by Reuben Sachs.
clever
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From this reading It was a matter of surprise to her that clever creatures, like Leo and Esther for instance, should pass whole days when the fit was on in the perusal of such works as _Cometh Up as a Flower_, and _Molly Bawn_.
Cometh
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From this reading It was a matter of surprise to her that clever creatures, like Leo and Esther for instance, should pass whole days when the fit was on in the perusal of such works as _Cometh Up as a Flower_, and _Molly Bawn_.
contained
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From this reading There was a little set of shelves in Judith’s bedroom which contained the whole of her modest library, some twenty books in all--_Lorna Doone_; Carlyle’s _Sterling_; Macaulay’s _Essays_; _Hypatia_; _The Life of Palmerston_; the _Life of Lord Beaconsfield_: these were among her favourites, and they had all been given to her by Reuben Sachs.
creatures
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From this reading It was a matter of surprise to her that clever creatures, like Leo and Esther for instance, should pass whole days when the fit was on in the perusal of such works as _Cometh Up as a Flower_, and _Molly Bawn_.
days
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From this reading It was a matter of surprise to her that clever creatures, like Leo and Esther for instance, should pass whole days when the fit was on in the perusal of such works as _Cometh Up as a Flower_, and _Molly Bawn_.
Der
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From this reading Wer nie sein Brod mit Thraenen ass, Wer nie die kummervollen Naechte Auf seinem Bette weinend sass, Der Kennt euch nicht, ihr himmlische Maechte!
die
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From this reading Wer nie sein Brod mit Thraenen ass, Wer nie die kummervollen Naechte Auf seinem Bette weinend sass, Der Kennt euch nicht, ihr himmlische Maechte!
Doone
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From this reading There was a little set of shelves in Judith’s bedroom which contained the whole of her modest library, some twenty books in all--_Lorna Doone_; Carlyle’s _Sterling_; Macaulay’s _Essays_; _Hypatia_; _The Life of Palmerston_; the _Life of Lord Beaconsfield_: these were among her favourites, and they had all been given to her by Reuben Sachs.
Essays
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From this reading There was a little set of shelves in Judith’s bedroom which contained the whole of her modest library, some twenty books in all--_Lorna Doone_; Carlyle’s _Sterling_; Macaulay’s _Essays_; _Hypatia_; _The Life of Palmerston_; the _Life of Lord Beaconsfield_: these were among her favourites, and they had all been given to her by Reuben Sachs.
Esther
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From this reading It was a matter of surprise to her that clever creatures, like Leo and Esther for instance, should pass whole days when the fit was on in the perusal of such works as _Cometh Up as a Flower_, and _Molly Bawn_.
euch
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From this reading Wer nie sein Brod mit Thraenen ass, Wer nie die kummervollen Naechte Auf seinem Bette weinend sass, Der Kennt euch nicht, ihr himmlische Maechte!
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Like many wholly unliterary people, she preferred the mildly instructive even in her fiction.
favouritesplural nounUS /ˈfeɪvərɪts/
people given special treatment
From this reading There was a little set of shelves in Judith’s bedroom which contained the whole of her modest library, some twenty books in all--_Lorna Doone_; Carlyle’s _Sterling_; Macaulay’s _Essays_; _Hypatia_; _The Life of Palmerston_; the _Life of Lord Beaconsfield_: these were among her favourites, and they had all been given to her by Reuben Sachs.
fiction
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From this reading Like many wholly unliterary people, she preferred the mildly instructive even in her fiction.
fit
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From this reading It was a matter of surprise to her that clever creatures, like Leo and Esther for instance, should pass whole days when the fit was on in the perusal of such works as _Cometh Up as a Flower_, and _Molly Bawn_.
Flower
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From this reading It was a matter of surprise to her that clever creatures, like Leo and Esther for instance, should pass whole days when the fit was on in the perusal of such works as _Cometh Up as a Flower_, and _Molly Bawn_.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It was a matter of surprise to her that clever creatures, like Leo and Esther for instance, should pass whole days when the fit was on in the perusal of such works as _Cometh Up as a Flower_, and _Molly Bawn_.
given
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From this reading There was a little set of shelves in Judith’s bedroom which contained the whole of her modest library, some twenty books in all--_Lorna Doone_; Carlyle’s _Sterling_; Macaulay’s _Essays_; _Hypatia_; _The Life of Palmerston_; the _Life of Lord Beaconsfield_: these were among her favourites, and they had all been given to her by Reuben Sachs.
GOETHE
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From this reading GOETHE.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading There was a little set of shelves in Judith’s bedroom which contained the whole of her modest library, some twenty books in all--_Lorna Doone_; Carlyle’s _Sterling_; Macaulay’s _Essays_; _Hypatia_; _The Life of Palmerston_; the _Life of Lord Beaconsfield_: these were among her favourites, and they had all been given to her by Reuben Sachs.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading There was a little set of shelves in Judith’s bedroom which contained the whole of her modest library, some twenty books in all--_Lorna Doone_; Carlyle’s _Sterling_; Macaulay’s _Essays_; _Hypatia_; _The Life of Palmerston_; the _Life of Lord Beaconsfield_: these were among her favourites, and they had all been given to her by Reuben Sachs.
himmlische
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From this reading Wer nie sein Brod mit Thraenen ass, Wer nie die kummervollen Naechte Auf seinem Bette weinend sass, Der Kennt euch nicht, ihr himmlische Maechte!
Hypatia
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From this reading There was a little set of shelves in Judith’s bedroom which contained the whole of her modest library, some twenty books in all--_Lorna Doone_; Carlyle’s _Sterling_; Macaulay’s _Essays_; _Hypatia_; _The Life of Palmerston_; the _Life of Lord Beaconsfield_: these were among her favourites, and they had all been given to her by Reuben Sachs.
ihr
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From this reading Wer nie sein Brod mit Thraenen ass, Wer nie die kummervollen Naechte Auf seinem Bette weinend sass, Der Kennt euch nicht, ihr himmlische Maechte!
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There was a little set of shelves in Judith’s bedroom which contained the whole of her modest library, some twenty books in all--_Lorna Doone_; Carlyle’s _Sterling_; Macaulay’s _Essays_; _Hypatia_; _The Life of Palmerston_; the _Life of Lord Beaconsfield_: these were among her favourites, and they had all been given to her by Reuben Sachs.
instance
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From this reading It was a matter of surprise to her that clever creatures, like Leo and Esther for instance, should pass whole days when the fit was on in the perusal of such works as _Cometh Up as a Flower_, and _Molly Bawn_.
instructive
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From this reading Like many wholly unliterary people, she preferred the mildly instructive even in her fiction.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a matter of surprise to her that clever creatures, like Leo and Esther for instance, should pass whole days when the fit was on in the perusal of such works as _Cometh Up as a Flower_, and _Molly Bawn_.
Judith's
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From this reading There was a little set of shelves in Judith’s bedroom which contained the whole of her modest library, some twenty books in all--_Lorna Doone_; Carlyle’s _Sterling_; Macaulay’s _Essays_; _Hypatia_; _The Life of Palmerston_; the _Life of Lord Beaconsfield_: these were among her favourites, and they had all been given to her by Reuben Sachs.
Kennt
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From this reading Wer nie sein Brod mit Thraenen ass, Wer nie die kummervollen Naechte Auf seinem Bette weinend sass, Der Kennt euch nicht, ihr himmlische Maechte!
kummervollen
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From this reading Wer nie sein Brod mit Thraenen ass, Wer nie die kummervollen Naechte Auf seinem Bette weinend sass, Der Kennt euch nicht, ihr himmlische Maechte!
Leo
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From this reading It was a matter of surprise to her that clever creatures, like Leo and Esther for instance, should pass whole days when the fit was on in the perusal of such works as _Cometh Up as a Flower_, and _Molly Bawn_.
library
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From this reading There was a little set of shelves in Judith’s bedroom which contained the whole of her modest library, some twenty books in all--_Lorna Doone_; Carlyle’s _Sterling_; Macaulay’s _Essays_; _Hypatia_; _The Life of Palmerston_; the _Life of Lord Beaconsfield_: these were among her favourites, and they had all been given to her by Reuben Sachs.
LifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was a little set of shelves in Judith’s bedroom which contained the whole of her modest library, some twenty books in all--_Lorna Doone_; Carlyle’s _Sterling_; Macaulay’s _Essays_; _Hypatia_; _The Life of Palmerston_; the _Life of Lord Beaconsfield_: these were among her favourites, and they had all been given to her by Reuben Sachs.
Like
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From this reading Like many wholly unliterary people, she preferred the mildly instructive even in her fiction.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was a little set of shelves in Judith’s bedroom which contained the whole of her modest library, some twenty books in all--_Lorna Doone_; Carlyle’s _Sterling_; Macaulay’s _Essays_; _Hypatia_; _The Life of Palmerston_; the _Life of Lord Beaconsfield_: these were among her favourites, and they had all been given to her by Reuben Sachs.
Lord
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From this reading There was a little set of shelves in Judith’s bedroom which contained the whole of her modest library, some twenty books in all--_Lorna Doone_; Carlyle’s _Sterling_; Macaulay’s _Essays_; _Hypatia_; _The Life of Palmerston_; the _Life of Lord Beaconsfield_: these were among her favourites, and they had all been given to her by Reuben Sachs.
Lorna
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From this reading There was a little set of shelves in Judith’s bedroom which contained the whole of her modest library, some twenty books in all--_Lorna Doone_; Carlyle’s _Sterling_; Macaulay’s _Essays_; _Hypatia_; _The Life of Palmerston_; the _Life of Lord Beaconsfield_: these were among her favourites, and they had all been given to her by Reuben Sachs.
Macaulay's
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From this reading There was a little set of shelves in Judith’s bedroom which contained the whole of her modest library, some twenty books in all--_Lorna Doone_; Carlyle’s _Sterling_; Macaulay’s _Essays_; _Hypatia_; _The Life of Palmerston_; the _Life of Lord Beaconsfield_: these were among her favourites, and they had all been given to her by Reuben Sachs.
Maechte
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From this reading Wer nie sein Brod mit Thraenen ass, Wer nie die kummervollen Naechte Auf seinem Bette weinend sass, Der Kennt euch nicht, ihr himmlische Maechte!
many
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From this reading Like many wholly unliterary people, she preferred the mildly instructive even in her fiction.
matter
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From this reading It was a matter of surprise to her that clever creatures, like Leo and Esther for instance, should pass whole days when the fit was on in the perusal of such works as _Cometh Up as a Flower_, and _Molly Bawn_.
mildly
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From this reading Like many wholly unliterary people, she preferred the mildly instructive even in her fiction.
mit
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From this reading Wer nie sein Brod mit Thraenen ass, Wer nie die kummervollen Naechte Auf seinem Bette weinend sass, Der Kennt euch nicht, ihr himmlische Maechte!
modest
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From this reading There was a little set of shelves in Judith’s bedroom which contained the whole of her modest library, some twenty books in all--_Lorna Doone_; Carlyle’s _Sterling_; Macaulay’s _Essays_; _Hypatia_; _The Life of Palmerston_; the _Life of Lord Beaconsfield_: these were among her favourites, and they had all been given to her by Reuben Sachs.
Molly
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From this reading It was a matter of surprise to her that clever creatures, like Leo and Esther for instance, should pass whole days when the fit was on in the perusal of such works as _Cometh Up as a Flower_, and _Molly Bawn_.
Naechte
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From this reading Wer nie sein Brod mit Thraenen ass, Wer nie die kummervollen Naechte Auf seinem Bette weinend sass, Der Kennt euch nicht, ihr himmlische Maechte!
nicht
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From this reading Wer nie sein Brod mit Thraenen ass, Wer nie die kummervollen Naechte Auf seinem Bette weinend sass, Der Kennt euch nicht, ihr himmlische Maechte!
nie
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From this reading Wer nie sein Brod mit Thraenen ass, Wer nie die kummervollen Naechte Auf seinem Bette weinend sass, Der Kennt euch nicht, ihr himmlische Maechte!
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There was a little set of shelves in Judith’s bedroom which contained the whole of her modest library, some twenty books in all--_Lorna Doone_; Carlyle’s _Sterling_; Macaulay’s _Essays_; _Hypatia_; _The Life of Palmerston_; the _Life of Lord Beaconsfield_: these were among her favourites, and they had all been given to her by Reuben Sachs.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It was a matter of surprise to her that clever creatures, like Leo and Esther for instance, should pass whole days when the fit was on in the perusal of such works as _Cometh Up as a Flower_, and _Molly Bawn_.
Palmerston
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From this reading There was a little set of shelves in Judith’s bedroom which contained the whole of her modest library, some twenty books in all--_Lorna Doone_; Carlyle’s _Sterling_; Macaulay’s _Essays_; _Hypatia_; _The Life of Palmerston_; the _Life of Lord Beaconsfield_: these were among her favourites, and they had all been given to her by Reuben Sachs.
pass
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From this reading It was a matter of surprise to her that clever creatures, like Leo and Esther for instance, should pass whole days when the fit was on in the perusal of such works as _Cometh Up as a Flower_, and _Molly Bawn_.
people
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From this reading Like many wholly unliterary people, she preferred the mildly instructive even in her fiction.
perusal
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From this reading It was a matter of surprise to her that clever creatures, like Leo and Esther for instance, should pass whole days when the fit was on in the perusal of such works as _Cometh Up as a Flower_, and _Molly Bawn_.
preferred
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From this reading Like many wholly unliterary people, she preferred the mildly instructive even in her fiction.
Reuben
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From this reading There was a little set of shelves in Judith’s bedroom which contained the whole of her modest library, some twenty books in all--_Lorna Doone_; Carlyle’s _Sterling_; Macaulay’s _Essays_; _Hypatia_; _The Life of Palmerston_; the _Life of Lord Beaconsfield_: these were among her favourites, and they had all been given to her by Reuben Sachs.
Sachs
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From this reading There was a little set of shelves in Judith’s bedroom which contained the whole of her modest library, some twenty books in all--_Lorna Doone_; Carlyle’s _Sterling_; Macaulay’s _Essays_; _Hypatia_; _The Life of Palmerston_; the _Life of Lord Beaconsfield_: these were among her favourites, and they had all been given to her by Reuben Sachs.
sass
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From this reading Wer nie sein Brod mit Thraenen ass, Wer nie die kummervollen Naechte Auf seinem Bette weinend sass, Der Kennt euch nicht, ihr himmlische Maechte!
sein
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From this reading Wer nie sein Brod mit Thraenen ass, Wer nie die kummervollen Naechte Auf seinem Bette weinend sass, Der Kennt euch nicht, ihr himmlische Maechte!
seinem
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From this reading Wer nie sein Brod mit Thraenen ass, Wer nie die kummervollen Naechte Auf seinem Bette weinend sass, Der Kennt euch nicht, ihr himmlische Maechte!
set
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From this reading There was a little set of shelves in Judith’s bedroom which contained the whole of her modest library, some twenty books in all--_Lorna Doone_; Carlyle’s _Sterling_; Macaulay’s _Essays_; _Hypatia_; _The Life of Palmerston_; the _Life of Lord Beaconsfield_: these were among her favourites, and they had all been given to her by Reuben Sachs.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Like many wholly unliterary people, she preferred the mildly instructive even in her fiction.
shelvesnounUS /ʃelvz/
Plural of shelf; the vast wooden or stone structures holding archives.
From this reading There was a little set of shelves in Judith’s bedroom which contained the whole of her modest library, some twenty books in all--_Lorna Doone_; Carlyle’s _Sterling_; Macaulay’s _Essays_; _Hypatia_; _The Life of Palmerston_; the _Life of Lord Beaconsfield_: these were among her favourites, and they had all been given to her by Reuben Sachs.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading It was a matter of surprise to her that clever creatures, like Leo and Esther for instance, should pass whole days when the fit was on in the perusal of such works as _Cometh Up as a Flower_, and _Molly Bawn_.
some
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From this reading There was a little set of shelves in Judith’s bedroom which contained the whole of her modest library, some twenty books in all--_Lorna Doone_; Carlyle’s _Sterling_; Macaulay’s _Essays_; _Hypatia_; _The Life of Palmerston_; the _Life of Lord Beaconsfield_: these were among her favourites, and they had all been given to her by Reuben Sachs.
Sterling
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From this reading There was a little set of shelves in Judith’s bedroom which contained the whole of her modest library, some twenty books in all--_Lorna Doone_; Carlyle’s _Sterling_; Macaulay’s _Essays_; _Hypatia_; _The Life of Palmerston_; the _Life of Lord Beaconsfield_: these were among her favourites, and they had all been given to her by Reuben Sachs.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading It was a matter of surprise to her that clever creatures, like Leo and Esther for instance, should pass whole days when the fit was on in the perusal of such works as _Cometh Up as a Flower_, and _Molly Bawn_.
surprise
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From this reading It was a matter of surprise to her that clever creatures, like Leo and Esther for instance, should pass whole days when the fit was on in the perusal of such works as _Cometh Up as a Flower_, and _Molly Bawn_.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was a matter of surprise to her that clever creatures, like Leo and Esther for instance, should pass whole days when the fit was on in the perusal of such works as _Cometh Up as a Flower_, and _Molly Bawn_.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There was a little set of shelves in Judith’s bedroom which contained the whole of her modest library, some twenty books in all--_Lorna Doone_; Carlyle’s _Sterling_; Macaulay’s _Essays_; _Hypatia_; _The Life of Palmerston_; the _Life of Lord Beaconsfield_: these were among her favourites, and they had all been given to her by Reuben Sachs.
There
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From this reading There was a little set of shelves in Judith’s bedroom which contained the whole of her modest library, some twenty books in all--_Lorna Doone_; Carlyle’s _Sterling_; Macaulay’s _Essays_; _Hypatia_; _The Life of Palmerston_; the _Life of Lord Beaconsfield_: these were among her favourites, and they had all been given to her by Reuben Sachs.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading There was a little set of shelves in Judith’s bedroom which contained the whole of her modest library, some twenty books in all--_Lorna Doone_; Carlyle’s _Sterling_; Macaulay’s _Essays_; _Hypatia_; _The Life of Palmerston_; the _Life of Lord Beaconsfield_: these were among her favourites, and they had all been given to her by Reuben Sachs.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading There was a little set of shelves in Judith’s bedroom which contained the whole of her modest library, some twenty books in all--_Lorna Doone_; Carlyle’s _Sterling_; Macaulay’s _Essays_; _Hypatia_; _The Life of Palmerston_; the _Life of Lord Beaconsfield_: these were among her favourites, and they had all been given to her by Reuben Sachs.
Thraenen
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From this reading Wer nie sein Brod mit Thraenen ass, Wer nie die kummervollen Naechte Auf seinem Bette weinend sass, Der Kennt euch nicht, ihr himmlische Maechte!
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There was a little set of shelves in Judith’s bedroom which contained the whole of her modest library, some twenty books in all--_Lorna Doone_; Carlyle’s _Sterling_; Macaulay’s _Essays_; _Hypatia_; _The Life of Palmerston_; the _Life of Lord Beaconsfield_: these were among her favourites, and they had all been given to her by Reuben Sachs.
twenty
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From this reading There was a little set of shelves in Judith’s bedroom which contained the whole of her modest library, some twenty books in all--_Lorna Doone_; Carlyle’s _Sterling_; Macaulay’s _Essays_; _Hypatia_; _The Life of Palmerston_; the _Life of Lord Beaconsfield_: these were among her favourites, and they had all been given to her by Reuben Sachs.
unliterary
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From this reading Like many wholly unliterary people, she preferred the mildly instructive even in her fiction.
Up
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From this reading It was a matter of surprise to her that clever creatures, like Leo and Esther for instance, should pass whole days when the fit was on in the perusal of such works as _Cometh Up as a Flower_, and _Molly Bawn_.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was a little set of shelves in Judith’s bedroom which contained the whole of her modest library, some twenty books in all--_Lorna Doone_; Carlyle’s _Sterling_; Macaulay’s _Essays_; _Hypatia_; _The Life of Palmerston_; the _Life of Lord Beaconsfield_: these were among her favourites, and they had all been given to her by Reuben Sachs.
weinend
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From this reading Wer nie sein Brod mit Thraenen ass, Wer nie die kummervollen Naechte Auf seinem Bette weinend sass, Der Kennt euch nicht, ihr himmlische Maechte!
Wer
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From this reading Wer nie sein Brod mit Thraenen ass, Wer nie die kummervollen Naechte Auf seinem Bette weinend sass, Der Kennt euch nicht, ihr himmlische Maechte!
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There was a little set of shelves in Judith’s bedroom which contained the whole of her modest library, some twenty books in all--_Lorna Doone_; Carlyle’s _Sterling_; Macaulay’s _Essays_; _Hypatia_; _The Life of Palmerston_; the _Life of Lord Beaconsfield_: these were among her favourites, and they had all been given to her by Reuben Sachs.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading It was a matter of surprise to her that clever creatures, like Leo and Esther for instance, should pass whole days when the fit was on in the perusal of such works as _Cometh Up as a Flower_, and _Molly Bawn_.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading There was a little set of shelves in Judith’s bedroom which contained the whole of her modest library, some twenty books in all--_Lorna Doone_; Carlyle’s _Sterling_; Macaulay’s _Essays_; _Hypatia_; _The Life of Palmerston_; the _Life of Lord Beaconsfield_: these were among her favourites, and they had all been given to her by Reuben Sachs.
whole
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From this reading There was a little set of shelves in Judith’s bedroom which contained the whole of her modest library, some twenty books in all--_Lorna Doone_; Carlyle’s _Sterling_; Macaulay’s _Essays_; _Hypatia_; _The Life of Palmerston_; the _Life of Lord Beaconsfield_: these were among her favourites, and they had all been given to her by Reuben Sachs.
wholly
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From this reading Like many wholly unliterary people, she preferred the mildly instructive even in her fiction.
works
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From this reading It was a matter of surprise to her that clever creatures, like Leo and Esther for instance, should pass whole days when the fit was on in the perusal of such works as _Cometh Up as a Flower_, and _Molly Bawn_.
