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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 GOLDEN AFTERNOON When Ralph met Captain Horn that afternoon, there rose within him a sudden, involuntary appreciation of the captain's worthiness to possess a ship-load of gold and his sister Edna.
able
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From this reading He believed that he had thoroughly weighed and judged the character and capacities of the captain of the _Castor_, and he had said to himself, in his moments of reflection, that although Captain Horn was a good man, and a brave man, and an able man in many ways, there were other men in the world who were better fitted for the glorious double position into which this fortunate mariner had fallen.
acknowledged
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From this reading But now, as Ralph sat and gazed upon his sister's lover and heard him talk, and as he turned from him to Edna's glowing eyes, he acknowledged, without knowing it, the transforming power of those two great alchemists,--gold and love,--and from the bottom of his heart he approved the match.
AFTERNOONnounUS /ˈafternoon/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading A GOLDEN AFTERNOON When Ralph met Captain Horn that afternoon, there rose within him a sudden, involuntary appreciation of the captain's worthiness to possess a ship-load of gold and his sister Edna.
alchemists
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From this reading But now, as Ralph sat and gazed upon his sister's lover and heard him talk, and as he turned from him to Edna's glowing eyes, he acknowledged, without knowing it, the transforming power of those two great alchemists,--gold and love,--and from the bottom of his heart he approved the match.
althoughnounUS /ˈalthough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He believed that he had thoroughly weighed and judged the character and capacities of the captain of the _Castor_, and he had said to himself, in his moments of reflection, that although Captain Horn was a good man, and a brave man, and an able man in many ways, there were other men in the world who were better fitted for the glorious double position into which this fortunate mariner had fallen.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading He believed that he had thoroughly weighed and judged the character and capacities of the captain of the _Castor_, and he had said to himself, in his moments of reflection, that although Captain Horn was a good man, and a brave man, and an able man in many ways, there were other men in the world who were better fitted for the glorious double position into which this fortunate mariner had fallen.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A GOLDEN AFTERNOON When Ralph met Captain Horn that afternoon, there rose within him a sudden, involuntary appreciation of the captain's worthiness to possess a ship-load of gold and his sister Edna.
appreciation
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From this reading A GOLDEN AFTERNOON When Ralph met Captain Horn that afternoon, there rose within him a sudden, involuntary appreciation of the captain's worthiness to possess a ship-load of gold and his sister Edna.
approved
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From this reading But now, as Ralph sat and gazed upon his sister's lover and heard him talk, and as he turned from him to Edna's glowing eyes, he acknowledged, without knowing it, the transforming power of those two great alchemists,--gold and love,--and from the bottom of his heart he approved the match.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading But now, as Ralph sat and gazed upon his sister's lover and heard him talk, and as he turned from him to Edna's glowing eyes, he acknowledged, without knowing it, the transforming power of those two great alchemists,--gold and love,--and from the bottom of his heart he approved the match.
assure
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From this reading Upon Mrs. Cliff the first sight of Captain Horn had been a little startling, and had she not hastened to assure herself that the compact with Edna was a thing fixed and settled, she might have been possessed with the fear that perhaps this gentleman might have views for his future life very different from those upon which she had set her heart.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Before that meeting there had been doubts in the boy's mind in regard to this worthiness.
BeforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Before that meeting there had been doubts in the boy's mind in regard to this worthiness.
believed
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From this reading He believed that he had thoroughly weighed and judged the character and capacities of the captain of the _Castor_, and he had said to himself, in his moments of reflection, that although Captain Horn was a good man, and a brave man, and an able man in many ways, there were other men in the world who were better fitted for the glorious double position into which this fortunate mariner had fallen.
better
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From this reading He believed that he had thoroughly weighed and judged the character and capacities of the captain of the _Castor_, and he had said to himself, in his moments of reflection, that although Captain Horn was a good man, and a brave man, and an able man in many ways, there were other men in the world who were better fitted for the glorious double position into which this fortunate mariner had fallen.
bottom
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From this reading But now, as Ralph sat and gazed upon his sister's lover and heard him talk, and as he turned from him to Edna's glowing eyes, he acknowledged, without knowing it, the transforming power of those two great alchemists,--gold and love,--and from the bottom of his heart he approved the match.
boy's
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From this reading Before that meeting there had been doubts in the boy's mind in regard to this worthiness.
brave
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From this reading He believed that he had thoroughly weighed and judged the character and capacities of the captain of the _Castor_, and he had said to himself, in his moments of reflection, that although Captain Horn was a good man, and a brave man, and an able man in many ways, there were other men in the world who were better fitted for the glorious double position into which this fortunate mariner had fallen.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But now, as Ralph sat and gazed upon his sister's lover and heard him talk, and as he turned from him to Edna's glowing eyes, he acknowledged, without knowing it, the transforming power of those two great alchemists,--gold and love,--and from the bottom of his heart he approved the match.
capacities
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From this reading He believed that he had thoroughly weighed and judged the character and capacities of the captain of the _Castor_, and he had said to himself, in his moments of reflection, that although Captain Horn was a good man, and a brave man, and an able man in many ways, there were other men in the world who were better fitted for the glorious double position into which this fortunate mariner had fallen.
CaptainnounUS /ˈcaptain/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading A GOLDEN AFTERNOON When Ralph met Captain Horn that afternoon, there rose within him a sudden, involuntary appreciation of the captain's worthiness to possess a ship-load of gold and his sister Edna.
captain's
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From this reading A GOLDEN AFTERNOON When Ralph met Captain Horn that afternoon, there rose within him a sudden, involuntary appreciation of the captain's worthiness to possess a ship-load of gold and his sister Edna.
Castor
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From this reading He believed that he had thoroughly weighed and judged the character and capacities of the captain of the _Castor_, and he had said to himself, in his moments of reflection, that although Captain Horn was a good man, and a brave man, and an able man in many ways, there were other men in the world who were better fitted for the glorious double position into which this fortunate mariner had fallen.
character
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From this reading He believed that he had thoroughly weighed and judged the character and capacities of the captain of the _Castor_, and he had said to himself, in his moments of reflection, that although Captain Horn was a good man, and a brave man, and an able man in many ways, there were other men in the world who were better fitted for the glorious double position into which this fortunate mariner had fallen.
Cliff
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From this reading Upon Mrs. Cliff the first sight of Captain Horn had been a little startling, and had she not hastened to assure herself that the compact with Edna was a thing fixed and settled, she might have been possessed with the fear that perhaps this gentleman might have views for his future life very different from those upon which she had set her heart.
compact
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From this reading Upon Mrs. Cliff the first sight of Captain Horn had been a little startling, and had she not hastened to assure herself that the compact with Edna was a thing fixed and settled, she might have been possessed with the fear that perhaps this gentleman might have views for his future life very different from those upon which she had set her heart.
differentnounUS /ˈdifferent/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Upon Mrs. Cliff the first sight of Captain Horn had been a little startling, and had she not hastened to assure herself that the compact with Edna was a thing fixed and settled, she might have been possessed with the fear that perhaps this gentleman might have views for his future life very different from those upon which she had set her heart.
double
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From this reading He believed that he had thoroughly weighed and judged the character and capacities of the captain of the _Castor_, and he had said to himself, in his moments of reflection, that although Captain Horn was a good man, and a brave man, and an able man in many ways, there were other men in the world who were better fitted for the glorious double position into which this fortunate mariner had fallen.
doubts
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From this reading Before that meeting there had been doubts in the boy's mind in regard to this worthiness.
Edna
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From this reading A GOLDEN AFTERNOON When Ralph met Captain Horn that afternoon, there rose within him a sudden, involuntary appreciation of the captain's worthiness to possess a ship-load of gold and his sister Edna.
Edna's
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From this reading But now, as Ralph sat and gazed upon his sister's lover and heard him talk, and as he turned from him to Edna's glowing eyes, he acknowledged, without knowing it, the transforming power of those two great alchemists,--gold and love,--and from the bottom of his heart he approved the match.
eyes
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From this reading But now, as Ralph sat and gazed upon his sister's lover and heard him talk, and as he turned from him to Edna's glowing eyes, he acknowledged, without knowing it, the transforming power of those two great alchemists,--gold and love,--and from the bottom of his heart he approved the match.
fallen
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From this reading He believed that he had thoroughly weighed and judged the character and capacities of the captain of the _Castor_, and he had said to himself, in his moments of reflection, that although Captain Horn was a good man, and a brave man, and an able man in many ways, there were other men in the world who were better fitted for the glorious double position into which this fortunate mariner had fallen.
fear
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From this reading Upon Mrs. Cliff the first sight of Captain Horn had been a little startling, and had she not hastened to assure herself that the compact with Edna was a thing fixed and settled, she might have been possessed with the fear that perhaps this gentleman might have views for his future life very different from those upon which she had set her heart.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Upon Mrs. Cliff the first sight of Captain Horn had been a little startling, and had she not hastened to assure herself that the compact with Edna was a thing fixed and settled, she might have been possessed with the fear that perhaps this gentleman might have views for his future life very different from those upon which she had set her heart.
fittedadjectiveUS /ˈfɪtɪd/
prepared and equipped for a particular purpose
From this reading He believed that he had thoroughly weighed and judged the character and capacities of the captain of the _Castor_, and he had said to himself, in his moments of reflection, that although Captain Horn was a good man, and a brave man, and an able man in many ways, there were other men in the world who were better fitted for the glorious double position into which this fortunate mariner had fallen.
fixed
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From this reading Upon Mrs. Cliff the first sight of Captain Horn had been a little startling, and had she not hastened to assure herself that the compact with Edna was a thing fixed and settled, she might have been possessed with the fear that perhaps this gentleman might have views for his future life very different from those upon which she had set her heart.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He believed that he had thoroughly weighed and judged the character and capacities of the captain of the _Castor_, and he had said to himself, in his moments of reflection, that although Captain Horn was a good man, and a brave man, and an able man in many ways, there were other men in the world who were better fitted for the glorious double position into which this fortunate mariner had fallen.
fortunate
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From this reading He believed that he had thoroughly weighed and judged the character and capacities of the captain of the _Castor_, and he had said to himself, in his moments of reflection, that although Captain Horn was a good man, and a brave man, and an able man in many ways, there were other men in the world who were better fitted for the glorious double position into which this fortunate mariner had fallen.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading But now, as Ralph sat and gazed upon his sister's lover and heard him talk, and as he turned from him to Edna's glowing eyes, he acknowledged, without knowing it, the transforming power of those two great alchemists,--gold and love,--and from the bottom of his heart he approved the match.
future
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From this reading Upon Mrs. Cliff the first sight of Captain Horn had been a little startling, and had she not hastened to assure herself that the compact with Edna was a thing fixed and settled, she might have been possessed with the fear that perhaps this gentleman might have views for his future life very different from those upon which she had set her heart.
gazed
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From this reading But now, as Ralph sat and gazed upon his sister's lover and heard him talk, and as he turned from him to Edna's glowing eyes, he acknowledged, without knowing it, the transforming power of those two great alchemists,--gold and love,--and from the bottom of his heart he approved the match.
gentlemannounUS /ˈgentleman/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Upon Mrs. Cliff the first sight of Captain Horn had been a little startling, and had she not hastened to assure herself that the compact with Edna was a thing fixed and settled, she might have been possessed with the fear that perhaps this gentleman might have views for his future life very different from those upon which she had set her heart.
glorious
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From this reading He believed that he had thoroughly weighed and judged the character and capacities of the captain of the _Castor_, and he had said to himself, in his moments of reflection, that although Captain Horn was a good man, and a brave man, and an able man in many ways, there were other men in the world who were better fitted for the glorious double position into which this fortunate mariner had fallen.
glowingnounUS /ˈglowing/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading But now, as Ralph sat and gazed upon his sister's lover and heard him talk, and as he turned from him to Edna's glowing eyes, he acknowledged, without knowing it, the transforming power of those two great alchemists,--gold and love,--and from the bottom of his heart he approved the match.
gold
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From this reading A GOLDEN AFTERNOON When Ralph met Captain Horn that afternoon, there rose within him a sudden, involuntary appreciation of the captain's worthiness to possess a ship-load of gold and his sister Edna.
GOLDEN
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From this reading A GOLDEN AFTERNOON When Ralph met Captain Horn that afternoon, there rose within him a sudden, involuntary appreciation of the captain's worthiness to possess a ship-load of gold and his sister Edna.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He believed that he had thoroughly weighed and judged the character and capacities of the captain of the _Castor_, and he had said to himself, in his moments of reflection, that although Captain Horn was a good man, and a brave man, and an able man in many ways, there were other men in the world who were better fitted for the glorious double position into which this fortunate mariner had fallen.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But now, as Ralph sat and gazed upon his sister's lover and heard him talk, and as he turned from him to Edna's glowing eyes, he acknowledged, without knowing it, the transforming power of those two great alchemists,--gold and love,--and from the bottom of his heart he approved the match.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Before that meeting there had been doubts in the boy's mind in regard to this worthiness.
hastened
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From this reading Upon Mrs. Cliff the first sight of Captain Horn had been a little startling, and had she not hastened to assure herself that the compact with Edna was a thing fixed and settled, she might have been possessed with the fear that perhaps this gentleman might have views for his future life very different from those upon which she had set her heart.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Upon Mrs. Cliff the first sight of Captain Horn had been a little startling, and had she not hastened to assure herself that the compact with Edna was a thing fixed and settled, she might have been possessed with the fear that perhaps this gentleman might have views for his future life very different from those upon which she had set her heart.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He believed that he had thoroughly weighed and judged the character and capacities of the captain of the _Castor_, and he had said to himself, in his moments of reflection, that although Captain Horn was a good man, and a brave man, and an able man in many ways, there were other men in the world who were better fitted for the glorious double position into which this fortunate mariner had fallen.
heard
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From this reading But now, as Ralph sat and gazed upon his sister's lover and heard him talk, and as he turned from him to Edna's glowing eyes, he acknowledged, without knowing it, the transforming power of those two great alchemists,--gold and love,--and from the bottom of his heart he approved the match.
heart
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From this reading But now, as Ralph sat and gazed upon his sister's lover and heard him talk, and as he turned from him to Edna's glowing eyes, he acknowledged, without knowing it, the transforming power of those two great alchemists,--gold and love,--and from the bottom of his heart he approved the match.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Upon Mrs. Cliff the first sight of Captain Horn had been a little startling, and had she not hastened to assure herself that the compact with Edna was a thing fixed and settled, she might have been possessed with the fear that perhaps this gentleman might have views for his future life very different from those upon which she had set her heart.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Upon Mrs. Cliff the first sight of Captain Horn had been a little startling, and had she not hastened to assure herself that the compact with Edna was a thing fixed and settled, she might have been possessed with the fear that perhaps this gentleman might have views for his future life very different from those upon which she had set her heart.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading A GOLDEN AFTERNOON When Ralph met Captain Horn that afternoon, there rose within him a sudden, involuntary appreciation of the captain's worthiness to possess a ship-load of gold and his sister Edna.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading He believed that he had thoroughly weighed and judged the character and capacities of the captain of the _Castor_, and he had said to himself, in his moments of reflection, that although Captain Horn was a good man, and a brave man, and an able man in many ways, there were other men in the world who were better fitted for the glorious double position into which this fortunate mariner had fallen.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading A GOLDEN AFTERNOON When Ralph met Captain Horn that afternoon, there rose within him a sudden, involuntary appreciation of the captain's worthiness to possess a ship-load of gold and his sister Edna.
Horn
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From this reading A GOLDEN AFTERNOON When Ralph met Captain Horn that afternoon, there rose within him a sudden, involuntary appreciation of the captain's worthiness to possess a ship-load of gold and his sister Edna.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Before that meeting there had been doubts in the boy's mind in regard to this worthiness.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading He believed that he had thoroughly weighed and judged the character and capacities of the captain of the _Castor_, and he had said to himself, in his moments of reflection, that although Captain Horn was a good man, and a brave man, and an able man in many ways, there were other men in the world who were better fitted for the glorious double position into which this fortunate mariner had fallen.
involuntary
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From this reading A GOLDEN AFTERNOON When Ralph met Captain Horn that afternoon, there rose within him a sudden, involuntary appreciation of the captain's worthiness to possess a ship-load of gold and his sister Edna.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading But now, as Ralph sat and gazed upon his sister's lover and heard him talk, and as he turned from him to Edna's glowing eyes, he acknowledged, without knowing it, the transforming power of those two great alchemists,--gold and love,--and from the bottom of his heart he approved the match.
judged
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From this reading He believed that he had thoroughly weighed and judged the character and capacities of the captain of the _Castor_, and he had said to himself, in his moments of reflection, that although Captain Horn was a good man, and a brave man, and an able man in many ways, there were other men in the world who were better fitted for the glorious double position into which this fortunate mariner had fallen.
knowing
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From this reading But now, as Ralph sat and gazed upon his sister's lover and heard him talk, and as he turned from him to Edna's glowing eyes, he acknowledged, without knowing it, the transforming power of those two great alchemists,--gold and love,--and from the bottom of his heart he approved the match.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Upon Mrs. Cliff the first sight of Captain Horn had been a little startling, and had she not hastened to assure herself that the compact with Edna was a thing fixed and settled, she might have been possessed with the fear that perhaps this gentleman might have views for his future life very different from those upon which she had set her heart.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Upon Mrs. Cliff the first sight of Captain Horn had been a little startling, and had she not hastened to assure herself that the compact with Edna was a thing fixed and settled, she might have been possessed with the fear that perhaps this gentleman might have views for his future life very different from those upon which she had set her heart.
love
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From this reading But now, as Ralph sat and gazed upon his sister's lover and heard him talk, and as he turned from him to Edna's glowing eyes, he acknowledged, without knowing it, the transforming power of those two great alchemists,--gold and love,--and from the bottom of his heart he approved the match.
lover
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From this reading But now, as Ralph sat and gazed upon his sister's lover and heard him talk, and as he turned from him to Edna's glowing eyes, he acknowledged, without knowing it, the transforming power of those two great alchemists,--gold and love,--and from the bottom of his heart he approved the match.
man
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From this reading He believed that he had thoroughly weighed and judged the character and capacities of the captain of the _Castor_, and he had said to himself, in his moments of reflection, that although Captain Horn was a good man, and a brave man, and an able man in many ways, there were other men in the world who were better fitted for the glorious double position into which this fortunate mariner had fallen.
many
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From this reading He believed that he had thoroughly weighed and judged the character and capacities of the captain of the _Castor_, and he had said to himself, in his moments of reflection, that although Captain Horn was a good man, and a brave man, and an able man in many ways, there were other men in the world who were better fitted for the glorious double position into which this fortunate mariner had fallen.
mariner
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From this reading He believed that he had thoroughly weighed and judged the character and capacities of the captain of the _Castor_, and he had said to himself, in his moments of reflection, that although Captain Horn was a good man, and a brave man, and an able man in many ways, there were other men in the world who were better fitted for the glorious double position into which this fortunate mariner had fallen.
match
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From this reading But now, as Ralph sat and gazed upon his sister's lover and heard him talk, and as he turned from him to Edna's glowing eyes, he acknowledged, without knowing it, the transforming power of those two great alchemists,--gold and love,--and from the bottom of his heart he approved the match.
meeting
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From this reading Before that meeting there had been doubts in the boy's mind in regard to this worthiness.
men
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From this reading He believed that he had thoroughly weighed and judged the character and capacities of the captain of the _Castor_, and he had said to himself, in his moments of reflection, that although Captain Horn was a good man, and a brave man, and an able man in many ways, there were other men in the world who were better fitted for the glorious double position into which this fortunate mariner had fallen.
met
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From this reading A GOLDEN AFTERNOON When Ralph met Captain Horn that afternoon, there rose within him a sudden, involuntary appreciation of the captain's worthiness to possess a ship-load of gold and his sister Edna.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Upon Mrs. Cliff the first sight of Captain Horn had been a little startling, and had she not hastened to assure herself that the compact with Edna was a thing fixed and settled, she might have been possessed with the fear that perhaps this gentleman might have views for his future life very different from those upon which she had set her heart.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Before that meeting there had been doubts in the boy's mind in regard to this worthiness.
moments
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From this reading He believed that he had thoroughly weighed and judged the character and capacities of the captain of the _Castor_, and he had said to himself, in his moments of reflection, that although Captain Horn was a good man, and a brave man, and an able man in many ways, there were other men in the world who were better fitted for the glorious double position into which this fortunate mariner had fallen.
Mrs
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From this reading Upon Mrs. Cliff the first sight of Captain Horn had been a little startling, and had she not hastened to assure herself that the compact with Edna was a thing fixed and settled, she might have been possessed with the fear that perhaps this gentleman might have views for his future life very different from those upon which she had set her heart.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Upon Mrs. Cliff the first sight of Captain Horn had been a little startling, and had she not hastened to assure herself that the compact with Edna was a thing fixed and settled, she might have been possessed with the fear that perhaps this gentleman might have views for his future life very different from those upon which she had set her heart.
now
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From this reading But now, as Ralph sat and gazed upon his sister's lover and heard him talk, and as he turned from him to Edna's glowing eyes, he acknowledged, without knowing it, the transforming power of those two great alchemists,--gold and love,--and from the bottom of his heart he approved the match.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A GOLDEN AFTERNOON When Ralph met Captain Horn that afternoon, there rose within him a sudden, involuntary appreciation of the captain's worthiness to possess a ship-load of gold and his sister Edna.
other
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From this reading He believed that he had thoroughly weighed and judged the character and capacities of the captain of the _Castor_, and he had said to himself, in his moments of reflection, that although Captain Horn was a good man, and a brave man, and an able man in many ways, there were other men in the world who were better fitted for the glorious double position into which this fortunate mariner had fallen.
perhaps
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From this reading Upon Mrs. Cliff the first sight of Captain Horn had been a little startling, and had she not hastened to assure herself that the compact with Edna was a thing fixed and settled, she might have been possessed with the fear that perhaps this gentleman might have views for his future life very different from those upon which she had set her heart.
position
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From this reading He believed that he had thoroughly weighed and judged the character and capacities of the captain of the _Castor_, and he had said to himself, in his moments of reflection, that although Captain Horn was a good man, and a brave man, and an able man in many ways, there were other men in the world who were better fitted for the glorious double position into which this fortunate mariner had fallen.
possess
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From this reading A GOLDEN AFTERNOON When Ralph met Captain Horn that afternoon, there rose within him a sudden, involuntary appreciation of the captain's worthiness to possess a ship-load of gold and his sister Edna.
possessed
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From this reading Upon Mrs. Cliff the first sight of Captain Horn had been a little startling, and had she not hastened to assure herself that the compact with Edna was a thing fixed and settled, she might have been possessed with the fear that perhaps this gentleman might have views for his future life very different from those upon which she had set her heart.
power
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From this reading But now, as Ralph sat and gazed upon his sister's lover and heard him talk, and as he turned from him to Edna's glowing eyes, he acknowledged, without knowing it, the transforming power of those two great alchemists,--gold and love,--and from the bottom of his heart he approved the match.
Ralph
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From this reading A GOLDEN AFTERNOON When Ralph met Captain Horn that afternoon, there rose within him a sudden, involuntary appreciation of the captain's worthiness to possess a ship-load of gold and his sister Edna.
reflection
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From this reading He believed that he had thoroughly weighed and judged the character and capacities of the captain of the _Castor_, and he had said to himself, in his moments of reflection, that although Captain Horn was a good man, and a brave man, and an able man in many ways, there were other men in the world who were better fitted for the glorious double position into which this fortunate mariner had fallen.
regard
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From this reading Before that meeting there had been doubts in the boy's mind in regard to this worthiness.
rose
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From this reading A GOLDEN AFTERNOON When Ralph met Captain Horn that afternoon, there rose within him a sudden, involuntary appreciation of the captain's worthiness to possess a ship-load of gold and his sister Edna.
said
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From this reading He believed that he had thoroughly weighed and judged the character and capacities of the captain of the _Castor_, and he had said to himself, in his moments of reflection, that although Captain Horn was a good man, and a brave man, and an able man in many ways, there were other men in the world who were better fitted for the glorious double position into which this fortunate mariner had fallen.
sat
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From this reading But now, as Ralph sat and gazed upon his sister's lover and heard him talk, and as he turned from him to Edna's glowing eyes, he acknowledged, without knowing it, the transforming power of those two great alchemists,--gold and love,--and from the bottom of his heart he approved the match.
set
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From this reading Upon Mrs. Cliff the first sight of Captain Horn had been a little startling, and had she not hastened to assure herself that the compact with Edna was a thing fixed and settled, she might have been possessed with the fear that perhaps this gentleman might have views for his future life very different from those upon which she had set her heart.
settled
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From this reading Upon Mrs. Cliff the first sight of Captain Horn had been a little startling, and had she not hastened to assure herself that the compact with Edna was a thing fixed and settled, she might have been possessed with the fear that perhaps this gentleman might have views for his future life very different from those upon which she had set her heart.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Upon Mrs. Cliff the first sight of Captain Horn had been a little startling, and had she not hastened to assure herself that the compact with Edna was a thing fixed and settled, she might have been possessed with the fear that perhaps this gentleman might have views for his future life very different from those upon which she had set her heart.
ship-load
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From this reading A GOLDEN AFTERNOON When Ralph met Captain Horn that afternoon, there rose within him a sudden, involuntary appreciation of the captain's worthiness to possess a ship-load of gold and his sister Edna.
sight
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From this reading Upon Mrs. Cliff the first sight of Captain Horn had been a little startling, and had she not hastened to assure herself that the compact with Edna was a thing fixed and settled, she might have been possessed with the fear that perhaps this gentleman might have views for his future life very different from those upon which she had set her heart.
sister
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From this reading A GOLDEN AFTERNOON When Ralph met Captain Horn that afternoon, there rose within him a sudden, involuntary appreciation of the captain's worthiness to possess a ship-load of gold and his sister Edna.
sister's
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From this reading But now, as Ralph sat and gazed upon his sister's lover and heard him talk, and as he turned from him to Edna's glowing eyes, he acknowledged, without knowing it, the transforming power of those two great alchemists,--gold and love,--and from the bottom of his heart he approved the match.
startling
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From this reading Upon Mrs. Cliff the first sight of Captain Horn had been a little startling, and had she not hastened to assure herself that the compact with Edna was a thing fixed and settled, she might have been possessed with the fear that perhaps this gentleman might have views for his future life very different from those upon which she had set her heart.
suddennounUS /sudden/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A GOLDEN AFTERNOON When Ralph met Captain Horn that afternoon, there rose within him a sudden, involuntary appreciation of the captain's worthiness to possess a ship-load of gold and his sister Edna.
talk
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From this reading But now, as Ralph sat and gazed upon his sister's lover and heard him talk, and as he turned from him to Edna's glowing eyes, he acknowledged, without knowing it, the transforming power of those two great alchemists,--gold and love,--and from the bottom of his heart he approved the match.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading A GOLDEN AFTERNOON When Ralph met Captain Horn that afternoon, there rose within him a sudden, involuntary appreciation of the captain's worthiness to possess a ship-load of gold and his sister Edna.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A GOLDEN AFTERNOON When Ralph met Captain Horn that afternoon, there rose within him a sudden, involuntary appreciation of the captain's worthiness to possess a ship-load of gold and his sister Edna.
there
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From this reading A GOLDEN AFTERNOON When Ralph met Captain Horn that afternoon, there rose within him a sudden, involuntary appreciation of the captain's worthiness to possess a ship-load of gold and his sister Edna.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Upon Mrs. Cliff the first sight of Captain Horn had been a little startling, and had she not hastened to assure herself that the compact with Edna was a thing fixed and settled, she might have been possessed with the fear that perhaps this gentleman might have views for his future life very different from those upon which she had set her heart.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Before that meeting there had been doubts in the boy's mind in regard to this worthiness.
thoroughly
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From this reading He believed that he had thoroughly weighed and judged the character and capacities of the captain of the _Castor_, and he had said to himself, in his moments of reflection, that although Captain Horn was a good man, and a brave man, and an able man in many ways, there were other men in the world who were better fitted for the glorious double position into which this fortunate mariner had fallen.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading But now, as Ralph sat and gazed upon his sister's lover and heard him talk, and as he turned from him to Edna's glowing eyes, he acknowledged, without knowing it, the transforming power of those two great alchemists,--gold and love,--and from the bottom of his heart he approved the match.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A GOLDEN AFTERNOON When Ralph met Captain Horn that afternoon, there rose within him a sudden, involuntary appreciation of the captain's worthiness to possess a ship-load of gold and his sister Edna.
transforming
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From this reading But now, as Ralph sat and gazed upon his sister's lover and heard him talk, and as he turned from him to Edna's glowing eyes, he acknowledged, without knowing it, the transforming power of those two great alchemists,--gold and love,--and from the bottom of his heart he approved the match.
turned
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From this reading But now, as Ralph sat and gazed upon his sister's lover and heard him talk, and as he turned from him to Edna's glowing eyes, he acknowledged, without knowing it, the transforming power of those two great alchemists,--gold and love,--and from the bottom of his heart he approved the match.
two
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From this reading But now, as Ralph sat and gazed upon his sister's lover and heard him talk, and as he turned from him to Edna's glowing eyes, he acknowledged, without knowing it, the transforming power of those two great alchemists,--gold and love,--and from the bottom of his heart he approved the match.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading But now, as Ralph sat and gazed upon his sister's lover and heard him talk, and as he turned from him to Edna's glowing eyes, he acknowledged, without knowing it, the transforming power of those two great alchemists,--gold and love,--and from the bottom of his heart he approved the match.
very
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From this reading Upon Mrs. Cliff the first sight of Captain Horn had been a little startling, and had she not hastened to assure herself that the compact with Edna was a thing fixed and settled, she might have been possessed with the fear that perhaps this gentleman might have views for his future life very different from those upon which she had set her heart.
views
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From this reading Upon Mrs. Cliff the first sight of Captain Horn had been a little startling, and had she not hastened to assure herself that the compact with Edna was a thing fixed and settled, she might have been possessed with the fear that perhaps this gentleman might have views for his future life very different from those upon which she had set her heart.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He believed that he had thoroughly weighed and judged the character and capacities of the captain of the _Castor_, and he had said to himself, in his moments of reflection, that although Captain Horn was a good man, and a brave man, and an able man in many ways, there were other men in the world who were better fitted for the glorious double position into which this fortunate mariner had fallen.
ways
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From this reading He believed that he had thoroughly weighed and judged the character and capacities of the captain of the _Castor_, and he had said to himself, in his moments of reflection, that although Captain Horn was a good man, and a brave man, and an able man in many ways, there were other men in the world who were better fitted for the glorious double position into which this fortunate mariner had fallen.
weighednounUS /ˈweighed/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He believed that he had thoroughly weighed and judged the character and capacities of the captain of the _Castor_, and he had said to himself, in his moments of reflection, that although Captain Horn was a good man, and a brave man, and an able man in many ways, there were other men in the world who were better fitted for the glorious double position into which this fortunate mariner had fallen.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading He believed that he had thoroughly weighed and judged the character and capacities of the captain of the _Castor_, and he had said to himself, in his moments of reflection, that although Captain Horn was a good man, and a brave man, and an able man in many ways, there were other men in the world who were better fitted for the glorious double position into which this fortunate mariner had fallen.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading A GOLDEN AFTERNOON When Ralph met Captain Horn that afternoon, there rose within him a sudden, involuntary appreciation of the captain's worthiness to possess a ship-load of gold and his sister Edna.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading He believed that he had thoroughly weighed and judged the character and capacities of the captain of the _Castor_, and he had said to himself, in his moments of reflection, that although Captain Horn was a good man, and a brave man, and an able man in many ways, there were other men in the world who were better fitted for the glorious double position into which this fortunate mariner had fallen.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading He believed that he had thoroughly weighed and judged the character and capacities of the captain of the _Castor_, and he had said to himself, in his moments of reflection, that although Captain Horn was a good man, and a brave man, and an able man in many ways, there were other men in the world who were better fitted for the glorious double position into which this fortunate mariner had fallen.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Upon Mrs. Cliff the first sight of Captain Horn had been a little startling, and had she not hastened to assure herself that the compact with Edna was a thing fixed and settled, she might have been possessed with the fear that perhaps this gentleman might have views for his future life very different from those upon which she had set her heart.
withinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading A GOLDEN AFTERNOON When Ralph met Captain Horn that afternoon, there rose within him a sudden, involuntary appreciation of the captain's worthiness to possess a ship-load of gold and his sister Edna.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading But now, as Ralph sat and gazed upon his sister's lover and heard him talk, and as he turned from him to Edna's glowing eyes, he acknowledged, without knowing it, the transforming power of those two great alchemists,--gold and love,--and from the bottom of his heart he approved the match.
world
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From this reading He believed that he had thoroughly weighed and judged the character and capacities of the captain of the _Castor_, and he had said to himself, in his moments of reflection, that although Captain Horn was a good man, and a brave man, and an able man in many ways, there were other men in the world who were better fitted for the glorious double position into which this fortunate mariner had fallen.
worthiness
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From this reading A GOLDEN AFTERNOON When Ralph met Captain Horn that afternoon, there rose within him a sudden, involuntary appreciation of the captain's worthiness to possess a ship-load of gold and his sister Edna.
