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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 A NIGHT ON THE ROAD In a man of green age and inexperience a hasty judgment may gain pardon and none need wonder that his hopes carry him on straightway to conclusions born of desire rather than of reason.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It did not enter my mind that they must raise their heads again, and that friendship, or even companionship, must be impossible between the two whom I, desperately seeking some refuge, had thrown together.
age
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From this reading A NIGHT ON THE ROAD In a man of green age and inexperience a hasty judgment may gain pardon and none need wonder that his hopes carry him on straightway to conclusions born of desire rather than of reason.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Yet an endeavour was made, and that on both sides; obligation blunted the edge of Mistress Barbara's scorn, freedom's respect for virtue's chain schooled Nell to an unwonted staidness of demeanour.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A NIGHT ON THE ROAD In a man of green age and inexperience a hasty judgment may gain pardon and none need wonder that his hopes carry him on straightway to conclusions born of desire rather than of reason.
Barbara's
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From this reading Yet an endeavour was made, and that on both sides; obligation blunted the edge of Mistress Barbara's scorn, freedom's respect for virtue's chain schooled Nell to an unwonted staidness of demeanour.
barriers
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From this reading The meeting I feared had passed off so softly that I forgot how strange and delicate it was, and what were the barriers which a gust of sympathy had for the moment levelled.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It did not enter my mind that they must raise their heads again, and that friendship, or even companionship, must be impossible between the two whom I, desperately seeking some refuge, had thrown together.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading It did not enter my mind that they must raise their heads again, and that friendship, or even companionship, must be impossible between the two whom I, desperately seeking some refuge, had thrown together.
blunted
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From this reading Yet an endeavour was made, and that on both sides; obligation blunted the edge of Mistress Barbara's scorn, freedom's respect for virtue's chain schooled Nell to an unwonted staidness of demeanour.
bornnounUS /born/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A NIGHT ON THE ROAD In a man of green age and inexperience a hasty judgment may gain pardon and none need wonder that his hopes carry him on straightway to conclusions born of desire rather than of reason.
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading Yet an endeavour was made, and that on both sides; obligation blunted the edge of Mistress Barbara's scorn, freedom's respect for virtue's chain schooled Nell to an unwonted staidness of demeanour.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The fires of war but smouldered, the faintest puff of smoke showing only here and there.
carry
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From this reading A NIGHT ON THE ROAD In a man of green age and inexperience a hasty judgment may gain pardon and none need wonder that his hopes carry him on straightway to conclusions born of desire rather than of reason.
chain
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From this reading Yet an endeavour was made, and that on both sides; obligation blunted the edge of Mistress Barbara's scorn, freedom's respect for virtue's chain schooled Nell to an unwonted staidness of demeanour.
companionship
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From this reading It did not enter my mind that they must raise their heads again, and that friendship, or even companionship, must be impossible between the two whom I, desperately seeking some refuge, had thrown together.
conclusions
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From this reading A NIGHT ON THE ROAD In a man of green age and inexperience a hasty judgment may gain pardon and none need wonder that his hopes carry him on straightway to conclusions born of desire rather than of reason.
delicate
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From this reading The meeting I feared had passed off so softly that I forgot how strange and delicate it was, and what were the barriers which a gust of sympathy had for the moment levelled.
demeanour
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From this reading Yet an endeavour was made, and that on both sides; obligation blunted the edge of Mistress Barbara's scorn, freedom's respect for virtue's chain schooled Nell to an unwonted staidness of demeanour.
desire
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From this reading A NIGHT ON THE ROAD In a man of green age and inexperience a hasty judgment may gain pardon and none need wonder that his hopes carry him on straightway to conclusions born of desire rather than of reason.
desperately
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From this reading It did not enter my mind that they must raise their heads again, and that friendship, or even companionship, must be impossible between the two whom I, desperately seeking some refuge, had thrown together.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading It did not enter my mind that they must raise their heads again, and that friendship, or even companionship, must be impossible between the two whom I, desperately seeking some refuge, had thrown together.
edge
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From this reading Yet an endeavour was made, and that on both sides; obligation blunted the edge of Mistress Barbara's scorn, freedom's respect for virtue's chain schooled Nell to an unwonted staidness of demeanour.
endeavour
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From this reading Yet an endeavour was made, and that on both sides; obligation blunted the edge of Mistress Barbara's scorn, freedom's respect for virtue's chain schooled Nell to an unwonted staidness of demeanour.
enter
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From this reading It did not enter my mind that they must raise their heads again, and that friendship, or even companionship, must be impossible between the two whom I, desperately seeking some refuge, had thrown together.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It did not enter my mind that they must raise their heads again, and that friendship, or even companionship, must be impossible between the two whom I, desperately seeking some refuge, had thrown together.
faintest
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From this reading The fires of war but smouldered, the faintest puff of smoke showing only here and there.
feared
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From this reading The meeting I feared had passed off so softly that I forgot how strange and delicate it was, and what were the barriers which a gust of sympathy had for the moment levelled.
fires
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From this reading The fires of war but smouldered, the faintest puff of smoke showing only here and there.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The meeting I feared had passed off so softly that I forgot how strange and delicate it was, and what were the barriers which a gust of sympathy had for the moment levelled.
forgot
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From this reading The meeting I feared had passed off so softly that I forgot how strange and delicate it was, and what were the barriers which a gust of sympathy had for the moment levelled.
freedom's
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From this reading Yet an endeavour was made, and that on both sides; obligation blunted the edge of Mistress Barbara's scorn, freedom's respect for virtue's chain schooled Nell to an unwonted staidness of demeanour.
friendship
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From this reading It did not enter my mind that they must raise their heads again, and that friendship, or even companionship, must be impossible between the two whom I, desperately seeking some refuge, had thrown together.
gain
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From this reading A NIGHT ON THE ROAD In a man of green age and inexperience a hasty judgment may gain pardon and none need wonder that his hopes carry him on straightway to conclusions born of desire rather than of reason.
green
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From this reading A NIGHT ON THE ROAD In a man of green age and inexperience a hasty judgment may gain pardon and none need wonder that his hopes carry him on straightway to conclusions born of desire rather than of reason.
gust
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From this reading The meeting I feared had passed off so softly that I forgot how strange and delicate it was, and what were the barriers which a gust of sympathy had for the moment levelled.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The meeting I feared had passed off so softly that I forgot how strange and delicate it was, and what were the barriers which a gust of sympathy had for the moment levelled.
hasty
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From this reading A NIGHT ON THE ROAD In a man of green age and inexperience a hasty judgment may gain pardon and none need wonder that his hopes carry him on straightway to conclusions born of desire rather than of reason.
heads
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From this reading It did not enter my mind that they must raise their heads again, and that friendship, or even companionship, must be impossible between the two whom I, desperately seeking some refuge, had thrown together.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The fires of war but smouldered, the faintest puff of smoke showing only here and there.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading A NIGHT ON THE ROAD In a man of green age and inexperience a hasty judgment may gain pardon and none need wonder that his hopes carry him on straightway to conclusions born of desire rather than of reason.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading A NIGHT ON THE ROAD In a man of green age and inexperience a hasty judgment may gain pardon and none need wonder that his hopes carry him on straightway to conclusions born of desire rather than of reason.
hopes
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From this reading A NIGHT ON THE ROAD In a man of green age and inexperience a hasty judgment may gain pardon and none need wonder that his hopes carry him on straightway to conclusions born of desire rather than of reason.
how
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From this reading The meeting I feared had passed off so softly that I forgot how strange and delicate it was, and what were the barriers which a gust of sympathy had for the moment levelled.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading The meeting I feared had passed off so softly that I forgot how strange and delicate it was, and what were the barriers which a gust of sympathy had for the moment levelled.
impossible
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From this reading It did not enter my mind that they must raise their heads again, and that friendship, or even companionship, must be impossible between the two whom I, desperately seeking some refuge, had thrown together.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A NIGHT ON THE ROAD In a man of green age and inexperience a hasty judgment may gain pardon and none need wonder that his hopes carry him on straightway to conclusions born of desire rather than of reason.
inexperience
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From this reading A NIGHT ON THE ROAD In a man of green age and inexperience a hasty judgment may gain pardon and none need wonder that his hopes carry him on straightway to conclusions born of desire rather than of reason.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The meeting I feared had passed off so softly that I forgot how strange and delicate it was, and what were the barriers which a gust of sympathy had for the moment levelled.
judgment
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From this reading A NIGHT ON THE ROAD In a man of green age and inexperience a hasty judgment may gain pardon and none need wonder that his hopes carry him on straightway to conclusions born of desire rather than of reason.
levelled
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From this reading The meeting I feared had passed off so softly that I forgot how strange and delicate it was, and what were the barriers which a gust of sympathy had for the moment levelled.
made
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From this reading Yet an endeavour was made, and that on both sides; obligation blunted the edge of Mistress Barbara's scorn, freedom's respect for virtue's chain schooled Nell to an unwonted staidness of demeanour.
man
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From this reading A NIGHT ON THE ROAD In a man of green age and inexperience a hasty judgment may gain pardon and none need wonder that his hopes carry him on straightway to conclusions born of desire rather than of reason.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading A NIGHT ON THE ROAD In a man of green age and inexperience a hasty judgment may gain pardon and none need wonder that his hopes carry him on straightway to conclusions born of desire rather than of reason.
meeting
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From this reading The meeting I feared had passed off so softly that I forgot how strange and delicate it was, and what were the barriers which a gust of sympathy had for the moment levelled.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It did not enter my mind that they must raise their heads again, and that friendship, or even companionship, must be impossible between the two whom I, desperately seeking some refuge, had thrown together.
Mistress
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From this reading Yet an endeavour was made, and that on both sides; obligation blunted the edge of Mistress Barbara's scorn, freedom's respect for virtue's chain schooled Nell to an unwonted staidness of demeanour.
moment
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From this reading The meeting I feared had passed off so softly that I forgot how strange and delicate it was, and what were the barriers which a gust of sympathy had for the moment levelled.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading It did not enter my mind that they must raise their heads again, and that friendship, or even companionship, must be impossible between the two whom I, desperately seeking some refuge, had thrown together.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading It did not enter my mind that they must raise their heads again, and that friendship, or even companionship, must be impossible between the two whom I, desperately seeking some refuge, had thrown together.
neednounUS /need/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A NIGHT ON THE ROAD In a man of green age and inexperience a hasty judgment may gain pardon and none need wonder that his hopes carry him on straightway to conclusions born of desire rather than of reason.
Nell
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From this reading Yet an endeavour was made, and that on both sides; obligation blunted the edge of Mistress Barbara's scorn, freedom's respect for virtue's chain schooled Nell to an unwonted staidness of demeanour.
NIGHT
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From this reading A NIGHT ON THE ROAD In a man of green age and inexperience a hasty judgment may gain pardon and none need wonder that his hopes carry him on straightway to conclusions born of desire rather than of reason.
nonepronounUS /nʌn/
not one, and not any
From this reading A NIGHT ON THE ROAD In a man of green age and inexperience a hasty judgment may gain pardon and none need wonder that his hopes carry him on straightway to conclusions born of desire rather than of reason.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It did not enter my mind that they must raise their heads again, and that friendship, or even companionship, must be impossible between the two whom I, desperately seeking some refuge, had thrown together.
obligation
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From this reading Yet an endeavour was made, and that on both sides; obligation blunted the edge of Mistress Barbara's scorn, freedom's respect for virtue's chain schooled Nell to an unwonted staidness of demeanour.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A NIGHT ON THE ROAD In a man of green age and inexperience a hasty judgment may gain pardon and none need wonder that his hopes carry him on straightway to conclusions born of desire rather than of reason.
off
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From this reading The meeting I feared had passed off so softly that I forgot how strange and delicate it was, and what were the barriers which a gust of sympathy had for the moment levelled.
ONprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading A NIGHT ON THE ROAD In a man of green age and inexperience a hasty judgment may gain pardon and none need wonder that his hopes carry him on straightway to conclusions born of desire rather than of reason.
only
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From this reading The fires of war but smouldered, the faintest puff of smoke showing only here and there.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading It did not enter my mind that they must raise their heads again, and that friendship, or even companionship, must be impossible between the two whom I, desperately seeking some refuge, had thrown together.
pardon
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From this reading A NIGHT ON THE ROAD In a man of green age and inexperience a hasty judgment may gain pardon and none need wonder that his hopes carry him on straightway to conclusions born of desire rather than of reason.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The meeting I feared had passed off so softly that I forgot how strange and delicate it was, and what were the barriers which a gust of sympathy had for the moment levelled.
puff
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From this reading The fires of war but smouldered, the faintest puff of smoke showing only here and there.
raise
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From this reading It did not enter my mind that they must raise their heads again, and that friendship, or even companionship, must be impossible between the two whom I, desperately seeking some refuge, had thrown together.
rather
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From this reading A NIGHT ON THE ROAD In a man of green age and inexperience a hasty judgment may gain pardon and none need wonder that his hopes carry him on straightway to conclusions born of desire rather than of reason.
reason
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From this reading A NIGHT ON THE ROAD In a man of green age and inexperience a hasty judgment may gain pardon and none need wonder that his hopes carry him on straightway to conclusions born of desire rather than of reason.
refuge
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From this reading It did not enter my mind that they must raise their heads again, and that friendship, or even companionship, must be impossible between the two whom I, desperately seeking some refuge, had thrown together.
respect
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From this reading Yet an endeavour was made, and that on both sides; obligation blunted the edge of Mistress Barbara's scorn, freedom's respect for virtue's chain schooled Nell to an unwonted staidness of demeanour.
ROAD
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From this reading A NIGHT ON THE ROAD In a man of green age and inexperience a hasty judgment may gain pardon and none need wonder that his hopes carry him on straightway to conclusions born of desire rather than of reason.
schooled
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From this reading Yet an endeavour was made, and that on both sides; obligation blunted the edge of Mistress Barbara's scorn, freedom's respect for virtue's chain schooled Nell to an unwonted staidness of demeanour.
scorn
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From this reading Yet an endeavour was made, and that on both sides; obligation blunted the edge of Mistress Barbara's scorn, freedom's respect for virtue's chain schooled Nell to an unwonted staidness of demeanour.
seeking
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From this reading It did not enter my mind that they must raise their heads again, and that friendship, or even companionship, must be impossible between the two whom I, desperately seeking some refuge, had thrown together.
showing
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From this reading The fires of war but smouldered, the faintest puff of smoke showing only here and there.
sides
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From this reading Yet an endeavour was made, and that on both sides; obligation blunted the edge of Mistress Barbara's scorn, freedom's respect for virtue's chain schooled Nell to an unwonted staidness of demeanour.
smoke
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From this reading The fires of war but smouldered, the faintest puff of smoke showing only here and there.
smouldered
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From this reading The fires of war but smouldered, the faintest puff of smoke showing only here and there.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The meeting I feared had passed off so softly that I forgot how strange and delicate it was, and what were the barriers which a gust of sympathy had for the moment levelled.
softly
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From this reading The meeting I feared had passed off so softly that I forgot how strange and delicate it was, and what were the barriers which a gust of sympathy had for the moment levelled.
some
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From this reading It did not enter my mind that they must raise their heads again, and that friendship, or even companionship, must be impossible between the two whom I, desperately seeking some refuge, had thrown together.
staidness
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From this reading Yet an endeavour was made, and that on both sides; obligation blunted the edge of Mistress Barbara's scorn, freedom's respect for virtue's chain schooled Nell to an unwonted staidness of demeanour.
straightway
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strange
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From this reading The meeting I feared had passed off so softly that I forgot how strange and delicate it was, and what were the barriers which a gust of sympathy had for the moment levelled.
sympathy
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From this reading The meeting I feared had passed off so softly that I forgot how strange and delicate it was, and what were the barriers which a gust of sympathy had for the moment levelled.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading A NIGHT ON THE ROAD In a man of green age and inexperience a hasty judgment may gain pardon and none need wonder that his hopes carry him on straightway to conclusions born of desire rather than of reason.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading A NIGHT ON THE ROAD In a man of green age and inexperience a hasty judgment may gain pardon and none need wonder that his hopes carry him on straightway to conclusions born of desire rather than of reason.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A NIGHT ON THE ROAD In a man of green age and inexperience a hasty judgment may gain pardon and none need wonder that his hopes carry him on straightway to conclusions born of desire rather than of reason.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading It did not enter my mind that they must raise their heads again, and that friendship, or even companionship, must be impossible between the two whom I, desperately seeking some refuge, had thrown together.
there
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From this reading The fires of war but smouldered, the faintest puff of smoke showing only here and there.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It did not enter my mind that they must raise their heads again, and that friendship, or even companionship, must be impossible between the two whom I, desperately seeking some refuge, had thrown together.
thrown
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From this reading It did not enter my mind that they must raise their heads again, and that friendship, or even companionship, must be impossible between the two whom I, desperately seeking some refuge, had thrown together.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A NIGHT ON THE ROAD In a man of green age and inexperience a hasty judgment may gain pardon and none need wonder that his hopes carry him on straightway to conclusions born of desire rather than of reason.
together
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From this reading It did not enter my mind that they must raise their heads again, and that friendship, or even companionship, must be impossible between the two whom I, desperately seeking some refuge, had thrown together.
two
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From this reading It did not enter my mind that they must raise their heads again, and that friendship, or even companionship, must be impossible between the two whom I, desperately seeking some refuge, had thrown together.
unwonted
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From this reading Yet an endeavour was made, and that on both sides; obligation blunted the edge of Mistress Barbara's scorn, freedom's respect for virtue's chain schooled Nell to an unwonted staidness of demeanour.
virtue's
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From this reading Yet an endeavour was made, and that on both sides; obligation blunted the edge of Mistress Barbara's scorn, freedom's respect for virtue's chain schooled Nell to an unwonted staidness of demeanour.
war
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From this reading The fires of war but smouldered, the faintest puff of smoke showing only here and there.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The meeting I feared had passed off so softly that I forgot how strange and delicate it was, and what were the barriers which a gust of sympathy had for the moment levelled.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The meeting I feared had passed off so softly that I forgot how strange and delicate it was, and what were the barriers which a gust of sympathy had for the moment levelled.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading The meeting I feared had passed off so softly that I forgot how strange and delicate it was, and what were the barriers which a gust of sympathy had for the moment levelled.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The meeting I feared had passed off so softly that I forgot how strange and delicate it was, and what were the barriers which a gust of sympathy had for the moment levelled.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It did not enter my mind that they must raise their heads again, and that friendship, or even companionship, must be impossible between the two whom I, desperately seeking some refuge, had thrown together.
wonder
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From this reading A NIGHT ON THE ROAD In a man of green age and inexperience a hasty judgment may gain pardon and none need wonder that his hopes carry him on straightway to conclusions born of desire rather than of reason.
YetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet an endeavour was made, and that on both sides; obligation blunted the edge of Mistress Barbara's scorn, freedom's respect for virtue's chain schooled Nell to an unwonted staidness of demeanour.
