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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 In that month of June, for the first time in his deliberately active career, Neville experienced a disinclination to paint.
active
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From this reading In that month of June, for the first time in his deliberately active career, Neville experienced a disinclination to paint.
all
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From this reading Something--he didn't understand what--had suddenly left him satiated--and with all the uneasiness and discontent of satiation he forced matters until he could force no further.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading For the first time in all his life the blank canvas of an unexecuted commission left him untempted, unresponsive, weary.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And when he realised that it was disinclination, it appalled him.
appalled
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From this reading And when he realised that it was disinclination, it appalled him.
blank
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From this reading For the first time in all his life the blank canvas of an unexecuted commission left him untempted, unresponsive, weary.
canvas
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From this reading For the first time in all his life the blank canvas of an unexecuted commission left him untempted, unresponsive, weary.
career
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From this reading In that month of June, for the first time in his deliberately active career, Neville experienced a disinclination to paint.
commission
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From this reading For the first time in all his life the blank canvas of an unexecuted commission left him untempted, unresponsive, weary.
commissions
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From this reading He had commissions, several, and valuable; and let them lie.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Something--he didn't understand what--had suddenly left him satiated--and with all the uneasiness and discontent of satiation he forced matters until he could force no further.
deliberately
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From this reading In that month of June, for the first time in his deliberately active career, Neville experienced a disinclination to paint.
didn't
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From this reading Something--he didn't understand what--had suddenly left him satiated--and with all the uneasiness and discontent of satiation he forced matters until he could force no further.
discontent
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From this reading Something--he didn't understand what--had suddenly left him satiated--and with all the uneasiness and discontent of satiation he forced matters until he could force no further.
disinclination
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From this reading In that month of June, for the first time in his deliberately active career, Neville experienced a disinclination to paint.
experienced
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From this reading In that month of June, for the first time in his deliberately active career, Neville experienced a disinclination to paint.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In that month of June, for the first time in his deliberately active career, Neville experienced a disinclination to paint.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading In that month of June, for the first time in his deliberately active career, Neville experienced a disinclination to paint.
force
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From this reading Something--he didn't understand what--had suddenly left him satiated--and with all the uneasiness and discontent of satiation he forced matters until he could force no further.
forced
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From this reading Something--he didn't understand what--had suddenly left him satiated--and with all the uneasiness and discontent of satiation he forced matters until he could force no further.
further
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From this reading Something--he didn't understand what--had suddenly left him satiated--and with all the uneasiness and discontent of satiation he forced matters until he could force no further.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Something--he didn't understand what--had suddenly left him satiated--and with all the uneasiness and discontent of satiation he forced matters until he could force no further.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And when he realised that it was disinclination, it appalled him.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading And when he realised that it was disinclination, it appalled him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading In that month of June, for the first time in his deliberately active career, Neville experienced a disinclination to paint.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In that month of June, for the first time in his deliberately active career, Neville experienced a disinclination to paint.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading And when he realised that it was disinclination, it appalled him.
June
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From this reading In that month of June, for the first time in his deliberately active career, Neville experienced a disinclination to paint.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Something--he didn't understand what--had suddenly left him satiated--and with all the uneasiness and discontent of satiation he forced matters until he could force no further.
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading He had commissions, several, and valuable; and let them lie.
lie
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From this reading He had commissions, several, and valuable; and let them lie.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For the first time in all his life the blank canvas of an unexecuted commission left him untempted, unresponsive, weary.
matters
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From this reading Something--he didn't understand what--had suddenly left him satiated--and with all the uneasiness and discontent of satiation he forced matters until he could force no further.
month
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From this reading In that month of June, for the first time in his deliberately active career, Neville experienced a disinclination to paint.
Neville
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From this reading In that month of June, for the first time in his deliberately active career, Neville experienced a disinclination to paint.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Something--he didn't understand what--had suddenly left him satiated--and with all the uneasiness and discontent of satiation he forced matters until he could force no further.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In that month of June, for the first time in his deliberately active career, Neville experienced a disinclination to paint.
paint
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From this reading In that month of June, for the first time in his deliberately active career, Neville experienced a disinclination to paint.
realised
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From this reading And when he realised that it was disinclination, it appalled him.
satiated
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From this reading Something--he didn't understand what--had suddenly left him satiated--and with all the uneasiness and discontent of satiation he forced matters until he could force no further.
satiation
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From this reading Something--he didn't understand what--had suddenly left him satiated--and with all the uneasiness and discontent of satiation he forced matters until he could force no further.
several
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From this reading He had commissions, several, and valuable; and let them lie.
SomethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Something--he didn't understand what--had suddenly left him satiated--and with all the uneasiness and discontent of satiation he forced matters until he could force no further.
suddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Something--he didn't understand what--had suddenly left him satiated--and with all the uneasiness and discontent of satiation he forced matters until he could force no further.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading In that month of June, for the first time in his deliberately active career, Neville experienced a disinclination to paint.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In that month of June, for the first time in his deliberately active career, Neville experienced a disinclination to paint.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading He had commissions, several, and valuable; and let them lie.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In that month of June, for the first time in his deliberately active career, Neville experienced a disinclination to paint.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading In that month of June, for the first time in his deliberately active career, Neville experienced a disinclination to paint.
understandnounUS /understand/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Something--he didn't understand what--had suddenly left him satiated--and with all the uneasiness and discontent of satiation he forced matters until he could force no further.
uneasiness
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From this reading Something--he didn't understand what--had suddenly left him satiated--and with all the uneasiness and discontent of satiation he forced matters until he could force no further.
unexecuted
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From this reading For the first time in all his life the blank canvas of an unexecuted commission left him untempted, unresponsive, weary.
unresponsive
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From this reading For the first time in all his life the blank canvas of an unexecuted commission left him untempted, unresponsive, weary.
untempted
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From this reading For the first time in all his life the blank canvas of an unexecuted commission left him untempted, unresponsive, weary.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading Something--he didn't understand what--had suddenly left him satiated--and with all the uneasiness and discontent of satiation he forced matters until he could force no further.
valuable
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From this reading He had commissions, several, and valuable; and let them lie.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And when he realised that it was disinclination, it appalled him.
weary
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From this reading For the first time in all his life the blank canvas of an unexecuted commission left him untempted, unresponsive, weary.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Something--he didn't understand what--had suddenly left him satiated--and with all the uneasiness and discontent of satiation he forced matters until he could force no further.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading And when he realised that it was disinclination, it appalled him.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Something--he didn't understand what--had suddenly left him satiated--and with all the uneasiness and discontent of satiation he forced matters until he could force no further.
