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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 Ten days after Langham’s return to Oxford, Elsmere received a characteristic letter from him, asking whether their friendship was to be considered as still existing or at an end.
addressed
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From this reading In comparison with the man who had just addressed him, the tutor of his undergraduate recollections was a vigorous and sociable human being.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Ten days after Langham’s return to Oxford, Elsmere received a characteristic letter from him, asking whether their friendship was to be considered as still existing or at an end.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But this second period bore the marks of an even profounder depression of all the vital forces than the first, and as Elsmere, with a deep sigh, half-angry, half-relenting, put down the letter, he felt the conviction that no fresh influence from the outside world would ever again be allowed to penetrate the solitude of Langham’s life.
all
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From this reading But this second period bore the marks of an even profounder depression of all the vital forces than the first, and as Elsmere, with a deep sigh, half-angry, half-relenting, put down the letter, he felt the conviction that no fresh influence from the outside world would ever again be allowed to penetrate the solitude of Langham’s life.
allowed
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From this reading But this second period bore the marks of an even profounder depression of all the vital forces than the first, and as Elsmere, with a deep sigh, half-angry, half-relenting, put down the letter, he felt the conviction that no fresh influence from the outside world would ever again be allowed to penetrate the solitude of Langham’s life.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Ten days after Langham’s return to Oxford, Elsmere received a characteristic letter from him, asking whether their friendship was to be considered as still existing or at an end.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The calm and even proud melancholy of the letter showed a considerable subsidence of that state of half-frenzied irritation and discomfort in which Elsmere had last seen him.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The writer, indeed, was clearly settling down into another period of pessimistic quietism such as that which had followed upon his first young efforts at self-assertion years before.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Ten days after Langham’s return to Oxford, Elsmere received a characteristic letter from him, asking whether their friendship was to be considered as still existing or at an end.
asking
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From this reading Ten days after Langham’s return to Oxford, Elsmere received a characteristic letter from him, asking whether their friendship was to be considered as still existing or at an end.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Ten days after Langham’s return to Oxford, Elsmere received a characteristic letter from him, asking whether their friendship was to be considered as still existing or at an end.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Ten days after Langham’s return to Oxford, Elsmere received a characteristic letter from him, asking whether their friendship was to be considered as still existing or at an end.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading The writer, indeed, was clearly settling down into another period of pessimistic quietism such as that which had followed upon his first young efforts at self-assertion years before.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading In comparison with the man who had just addressed him, the tutor of his undergraduate recollections was a vigorous and sociable human being.
bore
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From this reading But this second period bore the marks of an even profounder depression of all the vital forces than the first, and as Elsmere, with a deep sigh, half-angry, half-relenting, put down the letter, he felt the conviction that no fresh influence from the outside world would ever again be allowed to penetrate the solitude of Langham’s life.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But this second period bore the marks of an even profounder depression of all the vital forces than the first, and as Elsmere, with a deep sigh, half-angry, half-relenting, put down the letter, he felt the conviction that no fresh influence from the outside world would ever again be allowed to penetrate the solitude of Langham’s life.
calm
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From this reading The calm and even proud melancholy of the letter showed a considerable subsidence of that state of half-frenzied irritation and discomfort in which Elsmere had last seen him.
characteristic
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From this reading Ten days after Langham’s return to Oxford, Elsmere received a characteristic letter from him, asking whether their friendship was to be considered as still existing or at an end.
clearly
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From this reading The writer, indeed, was clearly settling down into another period of pessimistic quietism such as that which had followed upon his first young efforts at self-assertion years before.
comparison
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From this reading In comparison with the man who had just addressed him, the tutor of his undergraduate recollections was a vigorous and sociable human being.
considerable
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From this reading The calm and even proud melancholy of the letter showed a considerable subsidence of that state of half-frenzied irritation and discomfort in which Elsmere had last seen him.
considered
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From this reading Ten days after Langham’s return to Oxford, Elsmere received a characteristic letter from him, asking whether their friendship was to be considered as still existing or at an end.
conviction
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From this reading But this second period bore the marks of an even profounder depression of all the vital forces than the first, and as Elsmere, with a deep sigh, half-angry, half-relenting, put down the letter, he felt the conviction that no fresh influence from the outside world would ever again be allowed to penetrate the solitude of Langham’s life.
days
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From this reading Ten days after Langham’s return to Oxford, Elsmere received a characteristic letter from him, asking whether their friendship was to be considered as still existing or at an end.
deep
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From this reading But this second period bore the marks of an even profounder depression of all the vital forces than the first, and as Elsmere, with a deep sigh, half-angry, half-relenting, put down the letter, he felt the conviction that no fresh influence from the outside world would ever again be allowed to penetrate the solitude of Langham’s life.
depression
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From this reading But this second period bore the marks of an even profounder depression of all the vital forces than the first, and as Elsmere, with a deep sigh, half-angry, half-relenting, put down the letter, he felt the conviction that no fresh influence from the outside world would ever again be allowed to penetrate the solitude of Langham’s life.
discomfort
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From this reading The calm and even proud melancholy of the letter showed a considerable subsidence of that state of half-frenzied irritation and discomfort in which Elsmere had last seen him.
down
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From this reading The writer, indeed, was clearly settling down into another period of pessimistic quietism such as that which had followed upon his first young efforts at self-assertion years before.
efforts
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From this reading The writer, indeed, was clearly settling down into another period of pessimistic quietism such as that which had followed upon his first young efforts at self-assertion years before.
Elsmere
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From this reading Ten days after Langham’s return to Oxford, Elsmere received a characteristic letter from him, asking whether their friendship was to be considered as still existing or at an end.
end
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From this reading Ten days after Langham’s return to Oxford, Elsmere received a characteristic letter from him, asking whether their friendship was to be considered as still existing or at an end.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The calm and even proud melancholy of the letter showed a considerable subsidence of that state of half-frenzied irritation and discomfort in which Elsmere had last seen him.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But this second period bore the marks of an even profounder depression of all the vital forces than the first, and as Elsmere, with a deep sigh, half-angry, half-relenting, put down the letter, he felt the conviction that no fresh influence from the outside world would ever again be allowed to penetrate the solitude of Langham’s life.
existing
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From this reading Ten days after Langham’s return to Oxford, Elsmere received a characteristic letter from him, asking whether their friendship was to be considered as still existing or at an end.
felt
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From this reading But this second period bore the marks of an even profounder depression of all the vital forces than the first, and as Elsmere, with a deep sigh, half-angry, half-relenting, put down the letter, he felt the conviction that no fresh influence from the outside world would ever again be allowed to penetrate the solitude of Langham’s life.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The writer, indeed, was clearly settling down into another period of pessimistic quietism such as that which had followed upon his first young efforts at self-assertion years before.
followed
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From this reading The writer, indeed, was clearly settling down into another period of pessimistic quietism such as that which had followed upon his first young efforts at self-assertion years before.
forces
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From this reading But this second period bore the marks of an even profounder depression of all the vital forces than the first, and as Elsmere, with a deep sigh, half-angry, half-relenting, put down the letter, he felt the conviction that no fresh influence from the outside world would ever again be allowed to penetrate the solitude of Langham’s life.
fresh
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From this reading But this second period bore the marks of an even profounder depression of all the vital forces than the first, and as Elsmere, with a deep sigh, half-angry, half-relenting, put down the letter, he felt the conviction that no fresh influence from the outside world would ever again be allowed to penetrate the solitude of Langham’s life.
friendship
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From this reading Ten days after Langham’s return to Oxford, Elsmere received a characteristic letter from him, asking whether their friendship was to be considered as still existing or at an end.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Ten days after Langham’s return to Oxford, Elsmere received a characteristic letter from him, asking whether their friendship was to be considered as still existing or at an end.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The calm and even proud melancholy of the letter showed a considerable subsidence of that state of half-frenzied irritation and discomfort in which Elsmere had last seen him.
half-angry
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From this reading But this second period bore the marks of an even profounder depression of all the vital forces than the first, and as Elsmere, with a deep sigh, half-angry, half-relenting, put down the letter, he felt the conviction that no fresh influence from the outside world would ever again be allowed to penetrate the solitude of Langham’s life.
half-frenzied
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From this reading The calm and even proud melancholy of the letter showed a considerable subsidence of that state of half-frenzied irritation and discomfort in which Elsmere had last seen him.
half-relenting
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From this reading But this second period bore the marks of an even profounder depression of all the vital forces than the first, and as Elsmere, with a deep sigh, half-angry, half-relenting, put down the letter, he felt the conviction that no fresh influence from the outside world would ever again be allowed to penetrate the solitude of Langham’s life.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But this second period bore the marks of an even profounder depression of all the vital forces than the first, and as Elsmere, with a deep sigh, half-angry, half-relenting, put down the letter, he felt the conviction that no fresh influence from the outside world would ever again be allowed to penetrate the solitude of Langham’s life.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Ten days after Langham’s return to Oxford, Elsmere received a characteristic letter from him, asking whether their friendship was to be considered as still existing or at an end.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The writer, indeed, was clearly settling down into another period of pessimistic quietism such as that which had followed upon his first young efforts at self-assertion years before.
human
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From this reading In comparison with the man who had just addressed him, the tutor of his undergraduate recollections was a vigorous and sociable human being.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The calm and even proud melancholy of the letter showed a considerable subsidence of that state of half-frenzied irritation and discomfort in which Elsmere had last seen him.
indeed
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From this reading The writer, indeed, was clearly settling down into another period of pessimistic quietism such as that which had followed upon his first young efforts at self-assertion years before.
influence
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From this reading But this second period bore the marks of an even profounder depression of all the vital forces than the first, and as Elsmere, with a deep sigh, half-angry, half-relenting, put down the letter, he felt the conviction that no fresh influence from the outside world would ever again be allowed to penetrate the solitude of Langham’s life.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The writer, indeed, was clearly settling down into another period of pessimistic quietism such as that which had followed upon his first young efforts at self-assertion years before.
irritation
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From this reading The calm and even proud melancholy of the letter showed a considerable subsidence of that state of half-frenzied irritation and discomfort in which Elsmere had last seen him.
just
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From this reading In comparison with the man who had just addressed him, the tutor of his undergraduate recollections was a vigorous and sociable human being.
Langham's
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From this reading Ten days after Langham’s return to Oxford, Elsmere received a characteristic letter from him, asking whether their friendship was to be considered as still existing or at an end.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The calm and even proud melancholy of the letter showed a considerable subsidence of that state of half-frenzied irritation and discomfort in which Elsmere had last seen him.
letter
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From this reading Ten days after Langham’s return to Oxford, Elsmere received a characteristic letter from him, asking whether their friendship was to be considered as still existing or at an end.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But this second period bore the marks of an even profounder depression of all the vital forces than the first, and as Elsmere, with a deep sigh, half-angry, half-relenting, put down the letter, he felt the conviction that no fresh influence from the outside world would ever again be allowed to penetrate the solitude of Langham’s life.
man
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From this reading In comparison with the man who had just addressed him, the tutor of his undergraduate recollections was a vigorous and sociable human being.
marks
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From this reading But this second period bore the marks of an even profounder depression of all the vital forces than the first, and as Elsmere, with a deep sigh, half-angry, half-relenting, put down the letter, he felt the conviction that no fresh influence from the outside world would ever again be allowed to penetrate the solitude of Langham’s life.
melancholy
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From this reading The calm and even proud melancholy of the letter showed a considerable subsidence of that state of half-frenzied irritation and discomfort in which Elsmere had last seen him.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading But this second period bore the marks of an even profounder depression of all the vital forces than the first, and as Elsmere, with a deep sigh, half-angry, half-relenting, put down the letter, he felt the conviction that no fresh influence from the outside world would ever again be allowed to penetrate the solitude of Langham’s life.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The calm and even proud melancholy of the letter showed a considerable subsidence of that state of half-frenzied irritation and discomfort in which Elsmere had last seen him.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Ten days after Langham’s return to Oxford, Elsmere received a characteristic letter from him, asking whether their friendship was to be considered as still existing or at an end.
outsidenounUS /ˈoutside/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading But this second period bore the marks of an even profounder depression of all the vital forces than the first, and as Elsmere, with a deep sigh, half-angry, half-relenting, put down the letter, he felt the conviction that no fresh influence from the outside world would ever again be allowed to penetrate the solitude of Langham’s life.
Oxford
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From this reading Ten days after Langham’s return to Oxford, Elsmere received a characteristic letter from him, asking whether their friendship was to be considered as still existing or at an end.
penetrate
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From this reading But this second period bore the marks of an even profounder depression of all the vital forces than the first, and as Elsmere, with a deep sigh, half-angry, half-relenting, put down the letter, he felt the conviction that no fresh influence from the outside world would ever again be allowed to penetrate the solitude of Langham’s life.
period
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From this reading The writer, indeed, was clearly settling down into another period of pessimistic quietism such as that which had followed upon his first young efforts at self-assertion years before.
pessimistic
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From this reading The writer, indeed, was clearly settling down into another period of pessimistic quietism such as that which had followed upon his first young efforts at self-assertion years before.
profounder
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From this reading But this second period bore the marks of an even profounder depression of all the vital forces than the first, and as Elsmere, with a deep sigh, half-angry, half-relenting, put down the letter, he felt the conviction that no fresh influence from the outside world would ever again be allowed to penetrate the solitude of Langham’s life.
proud
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From this reading The calm and even proud melancholy of the letter showed a considerable subsidence of that state of half-frenzied irritation and discomfort in which Elsmere had last seen him.
put
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From this reading But this second period bore the marks of an even profounder depression of all the vital forces than the first, and as Elsmere, with a deep sigh, half-angry, half-relenting, put down the letter, he felt the conviction that no fresh influence from the outside world would ever again be allowed to penetrate the solitude of Langham’s life.
quietism
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From this reading The writer, indeed, was clearly settling down into another period of pessimistic quietism such as that which had followed upon his first young efforts at self-assertion years before.
received
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From this reading Ten days after Langham’s return to Oxford, Elsmere received a characteristic letter from him, asking whether their friendship was to be considered as still existing or at an end.
recollections
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From this reading In comparison with the man who had just addressed him, the tutor of his undergraduate recollections was a vigorous and sociable human being.
return
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From this reading Ten days after Langham’s return to Oxford, Elsmere received a characteristic letter from him, asking whether their friendship was to be considered as still existing or at an end.
second
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From this reading But this second period bore the marks of an even profounder depression of all the vital forces than the first, and as Elsmere, with a deep sigh, half-angry, half-relenting, put down the letter, he felt the conviction that no fresh influence from the outside world would ever again be allowed to penetrate the solitude of Langham’s life.
seen
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From this reading The calm and even proud melancholy of the letter showed a considerable subsidence of that state of half-frenzied irritation and discomfort in which Elsmere had last seen him.
self-assertion
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From this reading The writer, indeed, was clearly settling down into another period of pessimistic quietism such as that which had followed upon his first young efforts at self-assertion years before.
settling
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From this reading The writer, indeed, was clearly settling down into another period of pessimistic quietism such as that which had followed upon his first young efforts at self-assertion years before.
showed
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From this reading The calm and even proud melancholy of the letter showed a considerable subsidence of that state of half-frenzied irritation and discomfort in which Elsmere had last seen him.
sigh
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From this reading But this second period bore the marks of an even profounder depression of all the vital forces than the first, and as Elsmere, with a deep sigh, half-angry, half-relenting, put down the letter, he felt the conviction that no fresh influence from the outside world would ever again be allowed to penetrate the solitude of Langham’s life.
sociable
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From this reading In comparison with the man who had just addressed him, the tutor of his undergraduate recollections was a vigorous and sociable human being.
solitude
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From this reading But this second period bore the marks of an even profounder depression of all the vital forces than the first, and as Elsmere, with a deep sigh, half-angry, half-relenting, put down the letter, he felt the conviction that no fresh influence from the outside world would ever again be allowed to penetrate the solitude of Langham’s life.
state
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From this reading The calm and even proud melancholy of the letter showed a considerable subsidence of that state of half-frenzied irritation and discomfort in which Elsmere had last seen him.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Ten days after Langham’s return to Oxford, Elsmere received a characteristic letter from him, asking whether their friendship was to be considered as still existing or at an end.
subsidence
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From this reading The calm and even proud melancholy of the letter showed a considerable subsidence of that state of half-frenzied irritation and discomfort in which Elsmere had last seen him.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading The writer, indeed, was clearly settling down into another period of pessimistic quietism such as that which had followed upon his first young efforts at self-assertion years before.
Ten
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From this reading Ten days after Langham’s return to Oxford, Elsmere received a characteristic letter from him, asking whether their friendship was to be considered as still existing or at an end.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading But this second period bore the marks of an even profounder depression of all the vital forces than the first, and as Elsmere, with a deep sigh, half-angry, half-relenting, put down the letter, he felt the conviction that no fresh influence from the outside world would ever again be allowed to penetrate the solitude of Langham’s life.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The calm and even proud melancholy of the letter showed a considerable subsidence of that state of half-frenzied irritation and discomfort in which Elsmere had last seen him.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The calm and even proud melancholy of the letter showed a considerable subsidence of that state of half-frenzied irritation and discomfort in which Elsmere had last seen him.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Ten days after Langham’s return to Oxford, Elsmere received a characteristic letter from him, asking whether their friendship was to be considered as still existing or at an end.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading But this second period bore the marks of an even profounder depression of all the vital forces than the first, and as Elsmere, with a deep sigh, half-angry, half-relenting, put down the letter, he felt the conviction that no fresh influence from the outside world would ever again be allowed to penetrate the solitude of Langham’s life.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Ten days after Langham’s return to Oxford, Elsmere received a characteristic letter from him, asking whether their friendship was to be considered as still existing or at an end.
tutor
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From this reading In comparison with the man who had just addressed him, the tutor of his undergraduate recollections was a vigorous and sociable human being.
undergraduate
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From this reading In comparison with the man who had just addressed him, the tutor of his undergraduate recollections was a vigorous and sociable human being.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The writer, indeed, was clearly settling down into another period of pessimistic quietism such as that which had followed upon his first young efforts at self-assertion years before.
vigorous
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From this reading In comparison with the man who had just addressed him, the tutor of his undergraduate recollections was a vigorous and sociable human being.
vital
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From this reading But this second period bore the marks of an even profounder depression of all the vital forces than the first, and as Elsmere, with a deep sigh, half-angry, half-relenting, put down the letter, he felt the conviction that no fresh influence from the outside world would ever again be allowed to penetrate the solitude of Langham’s life.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Ten days after Langham’s return to Oxford, Elsmere received a characteristic letter from him, asking whether their friendship was to be considered as still existing or at an end.
whetherconjunctionUS /ˈweðər/
used to introduce two or more possibilities
From this reading Ten days after Langham’s return to Oxford, Elsmere received a characteristic letter from him, asking whether their friendship was to be considered as still existing or at an end.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The calm and even proud melancholy of the letter showed a considerable subsidence of that state of half-frenzied irritation and discomfort in which Elsmere had last seen him.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading In comparison with the man who had just addressed him, the tutor of his undergraduate recollections was a vigorous and sociable human being.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading But this second period bore the marks of an even profounder depression of all the vital forces than the first, and as Elsmere, with a deep sigh, half-angry, half-relenting, put down the letter, he felt the conviction that no fresh influence from the outside world would ever again be allowed to penetrate the solitude of Langham’s life.
world
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From this reading But this second period bore the marks of an even profounder depression of all the vital forces than the first, and as Elsmere, with a deep sigh, half-angry, half-relenting, put down the letter, he felt the conviction that no fresh influence from the outside world would ever again be allowed to penetrate the solitude of Langham’s life.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading But this second period bore the marks of an even profounder depression of all the vital forces than the first, and as Elsmere, with a deep sigh, half-angry, half-relenting, put down the letter, he felt the conviction that no fresh influence from the outside world would ever again be allowed to penetrate the solitude of Langham’s life.
writer
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From this reading The writer, indeed, was clearly settling down into another period of pessimistic quietism such as that which had followed upon his first young efforts at self-assertion years before.
years
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From this reading The writer, indeed, was clearly settling down into another period of pessimistic quietism such as that which had followed upon his first young efforts at self-assertion years before.
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From this reading The writer, indeed, was clearly settling down into another period of pessimistic quietism such as that which had followed upon his first young efforts at self-assertion years before.
