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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 ONE of the novice Gerard's self-imposed penances was to receive Ludovico kindly, feeling secretly as to a slimy serpent.
all
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From this reading Never was self-denial better bestowed: and, like most rational penances, it soon became no penance at all.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Never was self-denial better bestowed: and, like most rational penances, it soon became no penance at all.
anotherdeterminerUS /əˈnʌðər/
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading One good thing follows another through the aperture.
aperture
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From this reading One good thing follows another through the aperture.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading ONE of the novice Gerard's self-imposed penances was to receive Ludovico kindly, feeling secretly as to a slimy serpent.
assassin
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From this reading At first the pride and complacency, with which the assassin gazed on the one life he had saved, was perhaps as ludicrous as pathetic; but it is a great thing to open a good door in a heart.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Never was self-denial better bestowed: and, like most rational penances, it soon became no penance at all.
averse
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From this reading Finding it so sweet to save life, the miscreant went on to be averse to taking it; and from that to remorse; and from remorse to something very like penitence.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Finding it so sweet to save life, the miscreant went on to be averse to taking it; and from that to remorse; and from remorse to something very like penitence.
became
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From this reading Never was self-denial better bestowed: and, like most rational penances, it soon became no penance at all.
bestowed
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From this reading Never was self-denial better bestowed: and, like most rational penances, it soon became no penance at all.
better
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From this reading Never was self-denial better bestowed: and, like most rational penances, it soon became no penance at all.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading At first the pride and complacency, with which the assassin gazed on the one life he had saved, was perhaps as ludicrous as pathetic; but it is a great thing to open a good door in a heart.
complacency
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From this reading At first the pride and complacency, with which the assassin gazed on the one life he had saved, was perhaps as ludicrous as pathetic; but it is a great thing to open a good door in a heart.
door
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From this reading At first the pride and complacency, with which the assassin gazed on the one life he had saved, was perhaps as ludicrous as pathetic; but it is a great thing to open a good door in a heart.
feeling
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From this reading ONE of the novice Gerard's self-imposed penances was to receive Ludovico kindly, feeling secretly as to a slimy serpent.
Finding
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From this reading Finding it so sweet to save life, the miscreant went on to be averse to taking it; and from that to remorse; and from remorse to something very like penitence.
first
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From this reading At first the pride and complacency, with which the assassin gazed on the one life he had saved, was perhaps as ludicrous as pathetic; but it is a great thing to open a good door in a heart.
follows
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From this reading One good thing follows another through the aperture.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Finding it so sweet to save life, the miscreant went on to be averse to taking it; and from that to remorse; and from remorse to something very like penitence.
gazed
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From this reading At first the pride and complacency, with which the assassin gazed on the one life he had saved, was perhaps as ludicrous as pathetic; but it is a great thing to open a good door in a heart.
Gerard's
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From this reading ONE of the novice Gerard's self-imposed penances was to receive Ludovico kindly, feeling secretly as to a slimy serpent.
good
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From this reading At first the pride and complacency, with which the assassin gazed on the one life he had saved, was perhaps as ludicrous as pathetic; but it is a great thing to open a good door in a heart.
great
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From this reading At first the pride and complacency, with which the assassin gazed on the one life he had saved, was perhaps as ludicrous as pathetic; but it is a great thing to open a good door in a heart.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading At first the pride and complacency, with which the assassin gazed on the one life he had saved, was perhaps as ludicrous as pathetic; but it is a great thing to open a good door in a heart.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading At first the pride and complacency, with which the assassin gazed on the one life he had saved, was perhaps as ludicrous as pathetic; but it is a great thing to open a good door in a heart.
heart
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From this reading At first the pride and complacency, with which the assassin gazed on the one life he had saved, was perhaps as ludicrous as pathetic; but it is a great thing to open a good door in a heart.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading At first the pride and complacency, with which the assassin gazed on the one life he had saved, was perhaps as ludicrous as pathetic; but it is a great thing to open a good door in a heart.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading At first the pride and complacency, with which the assassin gazed on the one life he had saved, was perhaps as ludicrous as pathetic; but it is a great thing to open a good door in a heart.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Never was self-denial better bestowed: and, like most rational penances, it soon became no penance at all.
kindly
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From this reading ONE of the novice Gerard's self-imposed penances was to receive Ludovico kindly, feeling secretly as to a slimy serpent.
life
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From this reading At first the pride and complacency, with which the assassin gazed on the one life he had saved, was perhaps as ludicrous as pathetic; but it is a great thing to open a good door in a heart.
like
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From this reading Never was self-denial better bestowed: and, like most rational penances, it soon became no penance at all.
ludicrous
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From this reading At first the pride and complacency, with which the assassin gazed on the one life he had saved, was perhaps as ludicrous as pathetic; but it is a great thing to open a good door in a heart.
Ludovico
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From this reading ONE of the novice Gerard's self-imposed penances was to receive Ludovico kindly, feeling secretly as to a slimy serpent.
miscreant
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From this reading Finding it so sweet to save life, the miscreant went on to be averse to taking it; and from that to remorse; and from remorse to something very like penitence.
most
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From this reading Never was self-denial better bestowed: and, like most rational penances, it soon became no penance at all.
Never
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From this reading Never was self-denial better bestowed: and, like most rational penances, it soon became no penance at all.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Never was self-denial better bestowed: and, like most rational penances, it soon became no penance at all.
novice
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From this reading ONE of the novice Gerard's self-imposed penances was to receive Ludovico kindly, feeling secretly as to a slimy serpent.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading ONE of the novice Gerard's self-imposed penances was to receive Ludovico kindly, feeling secretly as to a slimy serpent.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading At first the pride and complacency, with which the assassin gazed on the one life he had saved, was perhaps as ludicrous as pathetic; but it is a great thing to open a good door in a heart.
ONEpronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading ONE of the novice Gerard's self-imposed penances was to receive Ludovico kindly, feeling secretly as to a slimy serpent.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading At first the pride and complacency, with which the assassin gazed on the one life he had saved, was perhaps as ludicrous as pathetic; but it is a great thing to open a good door in a heart.
pathetic
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From this reading At first the pride and complacency, with which the assassin gazed on the one life he had saved, was perhaps as ludicrous as pathetic; but it is a great thing to open a good door in a heart.
penance
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From this reading Never was self-denial better bestowed: and, like most rational penances, it soon became no penance at all.
penances
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From this reading ONE of the novice Gerard's self-imposed penances was to receive Ludovico kindly, feeling secretly as to a slimy serpent.
penitence
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From this reading Finding it so sweet to save life, the miscreant went on to be averse to taking it; and from that to remorse; and from remorse to something very like penitence.
perhaps
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From this reading At first the pride and complacency, with which the assassin gazed on the one life he had saved, was perhaps as ludicrous as pathetic; but it is a great thing to open a good door in a heart.
pride
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From this reading At first the pride and complacency, with which the assassin gazed on the one life he had saved, was perhaps as ludicrous as pathetic; but it is a great thing to open a good door in a heart.
rationaladjectiveUS /ˈræʃ.ən.əl/
Based on or in accordance with reason or logic rather than turbulent emotions.
From this reading Never was self-denial better bestowed: and, like most rational penances, it soon became no penance at all.
receive
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From this reading ONE of the novice Gerard's self-imposed penances was to receive Ludovico kindly, feeling secretly as to a slimy serpent.
remorse
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From this reading Finding it so sweet to save life, the miscreant went on to be averse to taking it; and from that to remorse; and from remorse to something very like penitence.
saveprepositionUS /seɪv/
except for; apart from
From this reading Finding it so sweet to save life, the miscreant went on to be averse to taking it; and from that to remorse; and from remorse to something very like penitence.
saved
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From this reading At first the pride and complacency, with which the assassin gazed on the one life he had saved, was perhaps as ludicrous as pathetic; but it is a great thing to open a good door in a heart.
secretly
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From this reading ONE of the novice Gerard's self-imposed penances was to receive Ludovico kindly, feeling secretly as to a slimy serpent.
self-denial
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From this reading Never was self-denial better bestowed: and, like most rational penances, it soon became no penance at all.
self-imposed
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From this reading ONE of the novice Gerard's self-imposed penances was to receive Ludovico kindly, feeling secretly as to a slimy serpent.
serpent
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From this reading ONE of the novice Gerard's self-imposed penances was to receive Ludovico kindly, feeling secretly as to a slimy serpent.
slimy
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From this reading ONE of the novice Gerard's self-imposed penances was to receive Ludovico kindly, feeling secretly as to a slimy serpent.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Finding it so sweet to save life, the miscreant went on to be averse to taking it; and from that to remorse; and from remorse to something very like penitence.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Finding it so sweet to save life, the miscreant went on to be averse to taking it; and from that to remorse; and from remorse to something very like penitence.
soon
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From this reading Never was self-denial better bestowed: and, like most rational penances, it soon became no penance at all.
sweet
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From this reading Finding it so sweet to save life, the miscreant went on to be averse to taking it; and from that to remorse; and from remorse to something very like penitence.
taking
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From this reading Finding it so sweet to save life, the miscreant went on to be averse to taking it; and from that to remorse; and from remorse to something very like penitence.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Finding it so sweet to save life, the miscreant went on to be averse to taking it; and from that to remorse; and from remorse to something very like penitence.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ONE of the novice Gerard's self-imposed penances was to receive Ludovico kindly, feeling secretly as to a slimy serpent.
thing
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From this reading At first the pride and complacency, with which the assassin gazed on the one life he had saved, was perhaps as ludicrous as pathetic; but it is a great thing to open a good door in a heart.
throughprepositionUS /θruː/
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading One good thing follows another through the aperture.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading ONE of the novice Gerard's self-imposed penances was to receive Ludovico kindly, feeling secretly as to a slimy serpent.
very
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From this reading Finding it so sweet to save life, the miscreant went on to be averse to taking it; and from that to remorse; and from remorse to something very like penitence.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ONE of the novice Gerard's self-imposed penances was to receive Ludovico kindly, feeling secretly as to a slimy serpent.
went
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From this reading Finding it so sweet to save life, the miscreant went on to be averse to taking it; and from that to remorse; and from remorse to something very like penitence.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading At first the pride and complacency, with which the assassin gazed on the one life he had saved, was perhaps as ludicrous as pathetic; but it is a great thing to open a good door in a heart.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading At first the pride and complacency, with which the assassin gazed on the one life he had saved, was perhaps as ludicrous as pathetic; but it is a great thing to open a good door in a heart.
