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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 THE WARNING Like a bell the preacher's voice rang through the crowded church.
addresses
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From this reading After the delivery of the solemn and menacing text of warning, Joseph began, suddenly and swiftly, without any of the usual preliminary platitudes with which so many preachers in all the churches commence their addresses.
AfterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading After the delivery of the solemn and menacing text of warning, Joseph began, suddenly and swiftly, without any of the usual preliminary platitudes with which so many preachers in all the churches commence their addresses.
all
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From this reading After the delivery of the solemn and menacing text of warning, Joseph began, suddenly and swiftly, without any of the usual preliminary platitudes with which so many preachers in all the churches commence their addresses.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading "I look down upon you and see you with an inward and spiritual vision.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading After the delivery of the solemn and menacing text of warning, Joseph began, suddenly and swiftly, without any of the usual preliminary platitudes with which so many preachers in all the churches commence their addresses.
any
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From this reading After the delivery of the solemn and menacing text of warning, Joseph began, suddenly and swiftly, without any of the usual preliminary platitudes with which so many preachers in all the churches commence their addresses.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading And to me, you men and women in your wealth, your temporal power, your beauty, your curiosity and your sin, seem as a vast Slough of Despond.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "I need no such fantastic images, powerful and skilful as they may be, by means of which Dante or Milton portrayed the horrors of hell, to show me a horror more real and terrible than any of which they wrote.
beauty
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From this reading And to me, you men and women in your wealth, your temporal power, your beauty, your curiosity and your sin, seem as a vast Slough of Despond.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading After the delivery of the solemn and menacing text of warning, Joseph began, suddenly and swiftly, without any of the usual preliminary platitudes with which so many preachers in all the churches commence their addresses.
bell
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From this reading THE WARNING Like a bell the preacher's voice rang through the crowded church.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading "I need no such fantastic images, powerful and skilful as they may be, by means of which Dante or Milton portrayed the horrors of hell, to show me a horror more real and terrible than any of which they wrote.
church
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From this reading THE WARNING Like a bell the preacher's voice rang through the crowded church.
churches
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From this reading After the delivery of the solemn and menacing text of warning, Joseph began, suddenly and swiftly, without any of the usual preliminary platitudes with which so many preachers in all the churches commence their addresses.
commence
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From this reading After the delivery of the solemn and menacing text of warning, Joseph began, suddenly and swiftly, without any of the usual preliminary platitudes with which so many preachers in all the churches commence their addresses.
crowded
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From this reading THE WARNING Like a bell the preacher's voice rang through the crowded church.
curiosity
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From this reading And to me, you men and women in your wealth, your temporal power, your beauty, your curiosity and your sin, seem as a vast Slough of Despond.
Dante
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From this reading "I need no such fantastic images, powerful and skilful as they may be, by means of which Dante or Milton portrayed the horrors of hell, to show me a horror more real and terrible than any of which they wrote.
delivery
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From this reading After the delivery of the solemn and menacing text of warning, Joseph began, suddenly and swiftly, without any of the usual preliminary platitudes with which so many preachers in all the churches commence their addresses.
Despond
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From this reading And to me, you men and women in your wealth, your temporal power, your beauty, your curiosity and your sin, seem as a vast Slough of Despond.
down
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From this reading "I look down upon you and see you with an inward and spiritual vision.
fantastic
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From this reading "I need no such fantastic images, powerful and skilful as they may be, by means of which Dante or Milton portrayed the horrors of hell, to show me a horror more real and terrible than any of which they wrote.
hell
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From this reading "I need no such fantastic images, powerful and skilful as they may be, by means of which Dante or Milton portrayed the horrors of hell, to show me a horror more real and terrible than any of which they wrote.
horror
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From this reading "I need no such fantastic images, powerful and skilful as they may be, by means of which Dante or Milton portrayed the horrors of hell, to show me a horror more real and terrible than any of which they wrote.
horrors
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From this reading "I need no such fantastic images, powerful and skilful as they may be, by means of which Dante or Milton portrayed the horrors of hell, to show me a horror more real and terrible than any of which they wrote.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I look down upon you and see you with an inward and spiritual vision.
images
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From this reading "I need no such fantastic images, powerful and skilful as they may be, by means of which Dante or Milton portrayed the horrors of hell, to show me a horror more real and terrible than any of which they wrote.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading After the delivery of the solemn and menacing text of warning, Joseph began, suddenly and swiftly, without any of the usual preliminary platitudes with which so many preachers in all the churches commence their addresses.
inward
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From this reading "I look down upon you and see you with an inward and spiritual vision.
Joseph
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From this reading After the delivery of the solemn and menacing text of warning, Joseph began, suddenly and swiftly, without any of the usual preliminary platitudes with which so many preachers in all the churches commence their addresses.
Like
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From this reading THE WARNING Like a bell the preacher's voice rang through the crowded church.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "I look down upon you and see you with an inward and spiritual vision.
many
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From this reading After the delivery of the solemn and menacing text of warning, Joseph began, suddenly and swiftly, without any of the usual preliminary platitudes with which so many preachers in all the churches commence their addresses.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading "I need no such fantastic images, powerful and skilful as they may be, by means of which Dante or Milton portrayed the horrors of hell, to show me a horror more real and terrible than any of which they wrote.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading And to me, you men and women in your wealth, your temporal power, your beauty, your curiosity and your sin, seem as a vast Slough of Despond.
means
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From this reading "I need no such fantastic images, powerful and skilful as they may be, by means of which Dante or Milton portrayed the horrors of hell, to show me a horror more real and terrible than any of which they wrote.
men
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From this reading And to me, you men and women in your wealth, your temporal power, your beauty, your curiosity and your sin, seem as a vast Slough of Despond.
menacing
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From this reading After the delivery of the solemn and menacing text of warning, Joseph began, suddenly and swiftly, without any of the usual preliminary platitudes with which so many preachers in all the churches commence their addresses.
Milton
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From this reading "I need no such fantastic images, powerful and skilful as they may be, by means of which Dante or Milton portrayed the horrors of hell, to show me a horror more real and terrible than any of which they wrote.
more
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From this reading "I need no such fantastic images, powerful and skilful as they may be, by means of which Dante or Milton portrayed the horrors of hell, to show me a horror more real and terrible than any of which they wrote.
neednounUS /need/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "I need no such fantastic images, powerful and skilful as they may be, by means of which Dante or Milton portrayed the horrors of hell, to show me a horror more real and terrible than any of which they wrote.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading "I need no such fantastic images, powerful and skilful as they may be, by means of which Dante or Milton portrayed the horrors of hell, to show me a horror more real and terrible than any of which they wrote.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading After the delivery of the solemn and menacing text of warning, Joseph began, suddenly and swiftly, without any of the usual preliminary platitudes with which so many preachers in all the churches commence their addresses.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading "I need no such fantastic images, powerful and skilful as they may be, by means of which Dante or Milton portrayed the horrors of hell, to show me a horror more real and terrible than any of which they wrote.
platitudes
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From this reading After the delivery of the solemn and menacing text of warning, Joseph began, suddenly and swiftly, without any of the usual preliminary platitudes with which so many preachers in all the churches commence their addresses.
portrayedverbUS /pɔːrˈtreɪd/
showed or described something in a particular way
From this reading "I need no such fantastic images, powerful and skilful as they may be, by means of which Dante or Milton portrayed the horrors of hell, to show me a horror more real and terrible than any of which they wrote.
power
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From this reading And to me, you men and women in your wealth, your temporal power, your beauty, your curiosity and your sin, seem as a vast Slough of Despond.
powerful
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From this reading "I need no such fantastic images, powerful and skilful as they may be, by means of which Dante or Milton portrayed the horrors of hell, to show me a horror more real and terrible than any of which they wrote.
preacher's
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From this reading THE WARNING Like a bell the preacher's voice rang through the crowded church.
preachers
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From this reading After the delivery of the solemn and menacing text of warning, Joseph began, suddenly and swiftly, without any of the usual preliminary platitudes with which so many preachers in all the churches commence their addresses.
preliminary
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From this reading After the delivery of the solemn and menacing text of warning, Joseph began, suddenly and swiftly, without any of the usual preliminary platitudes with which so many preachers in all the churches commence their addresses.
rang
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From this reading THE WARNING Like a bell the preacher's voice rang through the crowded church.
real
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From this reading "I need no such fantastic images, powerful and skilful as they may be, by means of which Dante or Milton portrayed the horrors of hell, to show me a horror more real and terrible than any of which they wrote.
see
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From this reading "I look down upon you and see you with an inward and spiritual vision.
seem
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From this reading And to me, you men and women in your wealth, your temporal power, your beauty, your curiosity and your sin, seem as a vast Slough of Despond.
show
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From this reading "I need no such fantastic images, powerful and skilful as they may be, by means of which Dante or Milton portrayed the horrors of hell, to show me a horror more real and terrible than any of which they wrote.
sin
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From this reading And to me, you men and women in your wealth, your temporal power, your beauty, your curiosity and your sin, seem as a vast Slough of Despond.
skilful
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From this reading "I need no such fantastic images, powerful and skilful as they may be, by means of which Dante or Milton portrayed the horrors of hell, to show me a horror more real and terrible than any of which they wrote.
Slough
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From this reading And to me, you men and women in your wealth, your temporal power, your beauty, your curiosity and your sin, seem as a vast Slough of Despond.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading After the delivery of the solemn and menacing text of warning, Joseph began, suddenly and swiftly, without any of the usual preliminary platitudes with which so many preachers in all the churches commence their addresses.
solemn
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From this reading After the delivery of the solemn and menacing text of warning, Joseph began, suddenly and swiftly, without any of the usual preliminary platitudes with which so many preachers in all the churches commence their addresses.
spiritual
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From this reading "I look down upon you and see you with an inward and spiritual vision.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading "I need no such fantastic images, powerful and skilful as they may be, by means of which Dante or Milton portrayed the horrors of hell, to show me a horror more real and terrible than any of which they wrote.
suddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading After the delivery of the solemn and menacing text of warning, Joseph began, suddenly and swiftly, without any of the usual preliminary platitudes with which so many preachers in all the churches commence their addresses.
swiftly
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From this reading After the delivery of the solemn and menacing text of warning, Joseph began, suddenly and swiftly, without any of the usual preliminary platitudes with which so many preachers in all the churches commence their addresses.
temporal
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From this reading And to me, you men and women in your wealth, your temporal power, your beauty, your curiosity and your sin, seem as a vast Slough of Despond.
terriblenounUS /ˈterrible/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "I need no such fantastic images, powerful and skilful as they may be, by means of which Dante or Milton portrayed the horrors of hell, to show me a horror more real and terrible than any of which they wrote.
text
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From this reading After the delivery of the solemn and menacing text of warning, Joseph began, suddenly and swiftly, without any of the usual preliminary platitudes with which so many preachers in all the churches commence their addresses.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading "I need no such fantastic images, powerful and skilful as they may be, by means of which Dante or Milton portrayed the horrors of hell, to show me a horror more real and terrible than any of which they wrote.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE WARNING Like a bell the preacher's voice rang through the crowded church.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading After the delivery of the solemn and menacing text of warning, Joseph began, suddenly and swiftly, without any of the usual preliminary platitudes with which so many preachers in all the churches commence their addresses.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "I need no such fantastic images, powerful and skilful as they may be, by means of which Dante or Milton portrayed the horrors of hell, to show me a horror more real and terrible than any of which they wrote.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading THE WARNING Like a bell the preacher's voice rang through the crowded church.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And to me, you men and women in your wealth, your temporal power, your beauty, your curiosity and your sin, seem as a vast Slough of Despond.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading "I look down upon you and see you with an inward and spiritual vision.
usual
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From this reading After the delivery of the solemn and menacing text of warning, Joseph began, suddenly and swiftly, without any of the usual preliminary platitudes with which so many preachers in all the churches commence their addresses.
vast
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From this reading And to me, you men and women in your wealth, your temporal power, your beauty, your curiosity and your sin, seem as a vast Slough of Despond.
vision
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From this reading "I look down upon you and see you with an inward and spiritual vision.
voice
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From this reading THE WARNING Like a bell the preacher's voice rang through the crowded church.
WARNING
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From this reading THE WARNING Like a bell the preacher's voice rang through the crowded church.
wealth
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From this reading And to me, you men and women in your wealth, your temporal power, your beauty, your curiosity and your sin, seem as a vast Slough of Despond.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading After the delivery of the solemn and menacing text of warning, Joseph began, suddenly and swiftly, without any of the usual preliminary platitudes with which so many preachers in all the churches commence their addresses.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading After the delivery of the solemn and menacing text of warning, Joseph began, suddenly and swiftly, without any of the usual preliminary platitudes with which so many preachers in all the churches commence their addresses.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading After the delivery of the solemn and menacing text of warning, Joseph began, suddenly and swiftly, without any of the usual preliminary platitudes with which so many preachers in all the churches commence their addresses.
women
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From this reading And to me, you men and women in your wealth, your temporal power, your beauty, your curiosity and your sin, seem as a vast Slough of Despond.
wrote
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From this reading "I need no such fantastic images, powerful and skilful as they may be, by means of which Dante or Milton portrayed the horrors of hell, to show me a horror more real and terrible than any of which they wrote.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "I look down upon you and see you with an inward and spiritual vision.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading And to me, you men and women in your wealth, your temporal power, your beauty, your curiosity and your sin, seem as a vast Slough of Despond.
