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achievement
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From this reading Nothing was so easy to him as to believe in other people’s goodness, or cleverness, or super-human achievement.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading And after this little scene, through the busy exciting weeks of the season which followed, Robert taxed to the utmost on all sides, yielded to the impulse of silence more and more.
all
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From this reading And after this little scene, through the busy exciting weeks of the season which followed, Robert taxed to the utmost on all sides, yielded to the impulse of silence more and more.
allowed
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From this reading Robert delighted in it so far as his East End life allowed him to have it.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And after this little scene, through the busy exciting weeks of the season which followed, Robert taxed to the utmost on all sides, yielded to the impulse of silence more and more.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Society was another difficulty between them.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Robert delighted in it so far as his East End life allowed him to have it.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading No one was ever more ready to take other men and women at their own valuation than he.
believenounUS /ˈbelieve/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Nothing was so easy to him as to believe in other people’s goodness, or cleverness, or super-human achievement.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading Society was another difficulty between them.
busy
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From this reading And after this little scene, through the busy exciting weeks of the season which followed, Robert taxed to the utmost on all sides, yielded to the impulse of silence more and more.
clevernessnounUS /ˈklev.ər.nəs/
The quality of being intelligent, quick to understand, and resourceful in danger.
From this reading Nothing was so easy to him as to believe in other people’s goodness, or cleverness, or super-human achievement.
delighted
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From this reading Robert delighted in it so far as his East End life allowed him to have it.
difficulty
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From this reading Society was another difficulty between them.
East
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From this reading Robert delighted in it so far as his East End life allowed him to have it.
easy
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From this reading Nothing was so easy to him as to believe in other people’s goodness, or cleverness, or super-human achievement.
End
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From this reading Robert delighted in it so far as his East End life allowed him to have it.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading No one was ever more ready to take other men and women at their own valuation than he.
exciting
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From this reading And after this little scene, through the busy exciting weeks of the season which followed, Robert taxed to the utmost on all sides, yielded to the impulse of silence more and more.
far
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From this reading Robert delighted in it so far as his East End life allowed him to have it.
followed
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From this reading And after this little scene, through the busy exciting weeks of the season which followed, Robert taxed to the utmost on all sides, yielded to the impulse of silence more and more.
goodness
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From this reading Nothing was so easy to him as to believe in other people’s goodness, or cleverness, or super-human achievement.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Robert delighted in it so far as his East End life allowed him to have it.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading No one was ever more ready to take other men and women at their own valuation than he.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Robert delighted in it so far as his East End life allowed him to have it.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Robert delighted in it so far as his East End life allowed him to have it.
impulsenounUS /ˈɪmpʌls/
a sudden strong desire to act
From this reading And after this little scene, through the busy exciting weeks of the season which followed, Robert taxed to the utmost on all sides, yielded to the impulse of silence more and more.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Robert delighted in it so far as his East End life allowed him to have it.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Robert delighted in it so far as his East End life allowed him to have it.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Robert delighted in it so far as his East End life allowed him to have it.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And after this little scene, through the busy exciting weeks of the season which followed, Robert taxed to the utmost on all sides, yielded to the impulse of silence more and more.
men
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From this reading No one was ever more ready to take other men and women at their own valuation than he.
more
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From this reading And after this little scene, through the busy exciting weeks of the season which followed, Robert taxed to the utmost on all sides, yielded to the impulse of silence more and more.
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading No one was ever more ready to take other men and women at their own valuation than he.
NothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Nothing was so easy to him as to believe in other people’s goodness, or cleverness, or super-human achievement.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And after this little scene, through the busy exciting weeks of the season which followed, Robert taxed to the utmost on all sides, yielded to the impulse of silence more and more.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading And after this little scene, through the busy exciting weeks of the season which followed, Robert taxed to the utmost on all sides, yielded to the impulse of silence more and more.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading No one was ever more ready to take other men and women at their own valuation than he.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Nothing was so easy to him as to believe in other people’s goodness, or cleverness, or super-human achievement.
other
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From this reading No one was ever more ready to take other men and women at their own valuation than he.
own
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From this reading No one was ever more ready to take other men and women at their own valuation than he.
people's
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From this reading Nothing was so easy to him as to believe in other people’s goodness, or cleverness, or super-human achievement.
ready
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From this reading No one was ever more ready to take other men and women at their own valuation than he.
Robert
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From this reading And after this little scene, through the busy exciting weeks of the season which followed, Robert taxed to the utmost on all sides, yielded to the impulse of silence more and more.
scene
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From this reading And after this little scene, through the busy exciting weeks of the season which followed, Robert taxed to the utmost on all sides, yielded to the impulse of silence more and more.
season
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From this reading And after this little scene, through the busy exciting weeks of the season which followed, Robert taxed to the utmost on all sides, yielded to the impulse of silence more and more.
sides
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From this reading And after this little scene, through the busy exciting weeks of the season which followed, Robert taxed to the utmost on all sides, yielded to the impulse of silence more and more.
silencenounUS /ˈsaɪ.ləns/
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading And after this little scene, through the busy exciting weeks of the season which followed, Robert taxed to the utmost on all sides, yielded to the impulse of silence more and more.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Robert delighted in it so far as his East End life allowed him to have it.
Society
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From this reading Society was another difficulty between them.
super-human
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From this reading Nothing was so easy to him as to believe in other people’s goodness, or cleverness, or super-human achievement.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading No one was ever more ready to take other men and women at their own valuation than he.
taxed
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From this reading And after this little scene, through the busy exciting weeks of the season which followed, Robert taxed to the utmost on all sides, yielded to the impulse of silence more and more.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading No one was ever more ready to take other men and women at their own valuation than he.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And after this little scene, through the busy exciting weeks of the season which followed, Robert taxed to the utmost on all sides, yielded to the impulse of silence more and more.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading No one was ever more ready to take other men and women at their own valuation than he.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Society was another difficulty between them.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading And after this little scene, through the busy exciting weeks of the season which followed, Robert taxed to the utmost on all sides, yielded to the impulse of silence more and more.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading And after this little scene, through the busy exciting weeks of the season which followed, Robert taxed to the utmost on all sides, yielded to the impulse of silence more and more.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And after this little scene, through the busy exciting weeks of the season which followed, Robert taxed to the utmost on all sides, yielded to the impulse of silence more and more.
utmost
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From this reading And after this little scene, through the busy exciting weeks of the season which followed, Robert taxed to the utmost on all sides, yielded to the impulse of silence more and more.
valuation
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From this reading No one was ever more ready to take other men and women at their own valuation than he.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Society was another difficulty between them.
weeks
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From this reading And after this little scene, through the busy exciting weeks of the season which followed, Robert taxed to the utmost on all sides, yielded to the impulse of silence more and more.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading And after this little scene, through the busy exciting weeks of the season which followed, Robert taxed to the utmost on all sides, yielded to the impulse of silence more and more.
women
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From this reading No one was ever more ready to take other men and women at their own valuation than he.
yielded
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From this reading And after this little scene, through the busy exciting weeks of the season which followed, Robert taxed to the utmost on all sides, yielded to the impulse of silence more and more.
