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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 Among his fellow-men he had forged a self-centred, confident way to the front; and had met there not ultimate achievement, but a young girl, Valerie West.
achievement
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From this reading Among his fellow-men he had forged a self-centred, confident way to the front; and had met there not ultimate achievement, but a young girl, Valerie West.
admitted
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From this reading Through her, somehow, already was coming into his life and into his work that indefinite, elusive quality--that _something_, the existence of which, until the last winter, he had never even admitted.
all
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From this reading Because, so far in his life of twenty-eight years, everything he had desired very much had come true--everything he had really believed in and worked for, had happened as he foresaw it would, in spite of the doubts, the fears, the apprehensions that all creators of circumstances and makers of their own destiny experience.
alreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Through her, somehow, already was coming into his life and into his work that indefinite, elusive quality--that _something_, the existence of which, until the last winter, he had never even admitted.
AmongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading Among his fellow-men he had forged a self-centred, confident way to the front; and had met there not ultimate achievement, but a young girl, Valerie West.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Because, so far in his life of twenty-eight years, everything he had desired very much had come true--everything he had really believed in and worked for, had happened as he foresaw it would, in spite of the doubts, the fears, the apprehensions that all creators of circumstances and makers of their own destiny experience.
apprehensions
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From this reading Because, so far in his life of twenty-eight years, everything he had desired very much had come true--everything he had really believed in and worked for, had happened as he foresaw it would, in spite of the doubts, the fears, the apprehensions that all creators of circumstances and makers of their own destiny experience.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Because, so far in his life of twenty-eight years, everything he had desired very much had come true--everything he had really believed in and worked for, had happened as he foresaw it would, in spite of the doubts, the fears, the apprehensions that all creators of circumstances and makers of their own destiny experience.
astronomers
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From this reading But it was coming; he first became conscious of it through his need of it; suspected its existence as astronomers suspect the presence of a star yet uncharted and unseen.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He never doubted that, when at length the time came for the great change--though perhaps not until the last moment--Valerie would consent to marry him.
became
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From this reading But it was coming; he first became conscious of it through his need of it; suspected its existence as astronomers suspect the presence of a star yet uncharted and unseen.
BecauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading Because, so far in his life of twenty-eight years, everything he had desired very much had come true--everything he had really believed in and worked for, had happened as he foresaw it would, in spite of the doubts, the fears, the apprehensions that all creators of circumstances and makers of their own destiny experience.
believed
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From this reading Because, so far in his life of twenty-eight years, everything he had desired very much had come true--everything he had really believed in and worked for, had happened as he foresaw it would, in spite of the doubts, the fears, the apprehensions that all creators of circumstances and makers of their own destiny experience.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Among his fellow-men he had forged a self-centred, confident way to the front; and had met there not ultimate achievement, but a young girl, Valerie West.
came
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From this reading He never doubted that, when at length the time came for the great change--though perhaps not until the last moment--Valerie would consent to marry him.
change
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From this reading He never doubted that, when at length the time came for the great change--though perhaps not until the last moment--Valerie would consent to marry him.
circumstances
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From this reading Because, so far in his life of twenty-eight years, everything he had desired very much had come true--everything he had really believed in and worked for, had happened as he foresaw it would, in spite of the doubts, the fears, the apprehensions that all creators of circumstances and makers of their own destiny experience.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Because, so far in his life of twenty-eight years, everything he had desired very much had come true--everything he had really believed in and worked for, had happened as he foresaw it would, in spite of the doubts, the fears, the apprehensions that all creators of circumstances and makers of their own destiny experience.
coming
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From this reading Through her, somehow, already was coming into his life and into his work that indefinite, elusive quality--that _something_, the existence of which, until the last winter, he had never even admitted.
confident
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From this reading Among his fellow-men he had forged a self-centred, confident way to the front; and had met there not ultimate achievement, but a young girl, Valerie West.
conscious
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From this reading But it was coming; he first became conscious of it through his need of it; suspected its existence as astronomers suspect the presence of a star yet uncharted and unseen.
consent
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From this reading He never doubted that, when at length the time came for the great change--though perhaps not until the last moment--Valerie would consent to marry him.
creators
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From this reading Because, so far in his life of twenty-eight years, everything he had desired very much had come true--everything he had really believed in and worked for, had happened as he foresaw it would, in spite of the doubts, the fears, the apprehensions that all creators of circumstances and makers of their own destiny experience.
desired
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From this reading Because, so far in his life of twenty-eight years, everything he had desired very much had come true--everything he had really believed in and worked for, had happened as he foresaw it would, in spite of the doubts, the fears, the apprehensions that all creators of circumstances and makers of their own destiny experience.
destiny
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From this reading Because, so far in his life of twenty-eight years, everything he had desired very much had come true--everything he had really believed in and worked for, had happened as he foresaw it would, in spite of the doubts, the fears, the apprehensions that all creators of circumstances and makers of their own destiny experience.
doubted
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From this reading He never doubted that, when at length the time came for the great change--though perhaps not until the last moment--Valerie would consent to marry him.
doubts
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From this reading Because, so far in his life of twenty-eight years, everything he had desired very much had come true--everything he had really believed in and worked for, had happened as he foresaw it would, in spite of the doubts, the fears, the apprehensions that all creators of circumstances and makers of their own destiny experience.
elusive
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From this reading Through her, somehow, already was coming into his life and into his work that indefinite, elusive quality--that _something_, the existence of which, until the last winter, he had never even admitted.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Through her, somehow, already was coming into his life and into his work that indefinite, elusive quality--that _something_, the existence of which, until the last winter, he had never even admitted.
everythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/
all things; all of a situation
From this reading Because, so far in his life of twenty-eight years, everything he had desired very much had come true--everything he had really believed in and worked for, had happened as he foresaw it would, in spite of the doubts, the fears, the apprehensions that all creators of circumstances and makers of their own destiny experience.
existence
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From this reading Through her, somehow, already was coming into his life and into his work that indefinite, elusive quality--that _something_, the existence of which, until the last winter, he had never even admitted.
experience
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From this reading Because, so far in his life of twenty-eight years, everything he had desired very much had come true--everything he had really believed in and worked for, had happened as he foresaw it would, in spite of the doubts, the fears, the apprehensions that all creators of circumstances and makers of their own destiny experience.
far
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From this reading Because, so far in his life of twenty-eight years, everything he had desired very much had come true--everything he had really believed in and worked for, had happened as he foresaw it would, in spite of the doubts, the fears, the apprehensions that all creators of circumstances and makers of their own destiny experience.
fears
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From this reading Because, so far in his life of twenty-eight years, everything he had desired very much had come true--everything he had really believed in and worked for, had happened as he foresaw it would, in spite of the doubts, the fears, the apprehensions that all creators of circumstances and makers of their own destiny experience.
fellow-men
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From this reading Among his fellow-men he had forged a self-centred, confident way to the front; and had met there not ultimate achievement, but a young girl, Valerie West.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But it was coming; he first became conscious of it through his need of it; suspected its existence as astronomers suspect the presence of a star yet uncharted and unseen.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He never doubted that, when at length the time came for the great change--though perhaps not until the last moment--Valerie would consent to marry him.
foresaw
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From this reading Because, so far in his life of twenty-eight years, everything he had desired very much had come true--everything he had really believed in and worked for, had happened as he foresaw it would, in spite of the doubts, the fears, the apprehensions that all creators of circumstances and makers of their own destiny experience.
forged
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From this reading Among his fellow-men he had forged a self-centred, confident way to the front; and had met there not ultimate achievement, but a young girl, Valerie West.
front
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From this reading Among his fellow-men he had forged a self-centred, confident way to the front; and had met there not ultimate achievement, but a young girl, Valerie West.
girl
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From this reading Among his fellow-men he had forged a self-centred, confident way to the front; and had met there not ultimate achievement, but a young girl, Valerie West.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He never doubted that, when at length the time came for the great change--though perhaps not until the last moment--Valerie would consent to marry him.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Because, so far in his life of twenty-eight years, everything he had desired very much had come true--everything he had really believed in and worked for, had happened as he foresaw it would, in spite of the doubts, the fears, the apprehensions that all creators of circumstances and makers of their own destiny experience.
happened
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From this reading Because, so far in his life of twenty-eight years, everything he had desired very much had come true--everything he had really believed in and worked for, had happened as he foresaw it would, in spite of the doubts, the fears, the apprehensions that all creators of circumstances and makers of their own destiny experience.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He never doubted that, when at length the time came for the great change--though perhaps not until the last moment--Valerie would consent to marry him.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Through her, somehow, already was coming into his life and into his work that indefinite, elusive quality--that _something_, the existence of which, until the last winter, he had never even admitted.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He never doubted that, when at length the time came for the great change--though perhaps not until the last moment--Valerie would consent to marry him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Because, so far in his life of twenty-eight years, everything he had desired very much had come true--everything he had really believed in and worked for, had happened as he foresaw it would, in spite of the doubts, the fears, the apprehensions that all creators of circumstances and makers of their own destiny experience.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Because, so far in his life of twenty-eight years, everything he had desired very much had come true--everything he had really believed in and worked for, had happened as he foresaw it would, in spite of the doubts, the fears, the apprehensions that all creators of circumstances and makers of their own destiny experience.
indefinite
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From this reading Through her, somehow, already was coming into his life and into his work that indefinite, elusive quality--that _something_, the existence of which, until the last winter, he had never even admitted.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Through her, somehow, already was coming into his life and into his work that indefinite, elusive quality--that _something_, the existence of which, until the last winter, he had never even admitted.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Because, so far in his life of twenty-eight years, everything he had desired very much had come true--everything he had really believed in and worked for, had happened as he foresaw it would, in spite of the doubts, the fears, the apprehensions that all creators of circumstances and makers of their own destiny experience.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading But it was coming; he first became conscious of it through his need of it; suspected its existence as astronomers suspect the presence of a star yet uncharted and unseen.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He never doubted that, when at length the time came for the great change--though perhaps not until the last moment--Valerie would consent to marry him.
lengthnounUS /leŋθ/
a period of time or extent
From this reading He never doubted that, when at length the time came for the great change--though perhaps not until the last moment--Valerie would consent to marry him.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Because, so far in his life of twenty-eight years, everything he had desired very much had come true--everything he had really believed in and worked for, had happened as he foresaw it would, in spite of the doubts, the fears, the apprehensions that all creators of circumstances and makers of their own destiny experience.
makers
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From this reading Because, so far in his life of twenty-eight years, everything he had desired very much had come true--everything he had really believed in and worked for, had happened as he foresaw it would, in spite of the doubts, the fears, the apprehensions that all creators of circumstances and makers of their own destiny experience.
marry
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From this reading He never doubted that, when at length the time came for the great change--though perhaps not until the last moment--Valerie would consent to marry him.
met
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From this reading Among his fellow-men he had forged a self-centred, confident way to the front; and had met there not ultimate achievement, but a young girl, Valerie West.
moment
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From this reading He never doubted that, when at length the time came for the great change--though perhaps not until the last moment--Valerie would consent to marry him.
much
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From this reading Because, so far in his life of twenty-eight years, everything he had desired very much had come true--everything he had really believed in and worked for, had happened as he foresaw it would, in spite of the doubts, the fears, the apprehensions that all creators of circumstances and makers of their own destiny experience.
neednounUS /need/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But it was coming; he first became conscious of it through his need of it; suspected its existence as astronomers suspect the presence of a star yet uncharted and unseen.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He never doubted that, when at length the time came for the great change--though perhaps not until the last moment--Valerie would consent to marry him.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading He never doubted that, when at length the time came for the great change--though perhaps not until the last moment--Valerie would consent to marry him.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Because, so far in his life of twenty-eight years, everything he had desired very much had come true--everything he had really believed in and worked for, had happened as he foresaw it would, in spite of the doubts, the fears, the apprehensions that all creators of circumstances and makers of their own destiny experience.
own
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From this reading Because, so far in his life of twenty-eight years, everything he had desired very much had come true--everything he had really believed in and worked for, had happened as he foresaw it would, in spite of the doubts, the fears, the apprehensions that all creators of circumstances and makers of their own destiny experience.
perhaps
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From this reading He never doubted that, when at length the time came for the great change--though perhaps not until the last moment--Valerie would consent to marry him.
presence
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From this reading But it was coming; he first became conscious of it through his need of it; suspected its existence as astronomers suspect the presence of a star yet uncharted and unseen.
quality
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From this reading Through her, somehow, already was coming into his life and into his work that indefinite, elusive quality--that _something_, the existence of which, until the last winter, he had never even admitted.
really
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From this reading Because, so far in his life of twenty-eight years, everything he had desired very much had come true--everything he had really believed in and worked for, had happened as he foresaw it would, in spite of the doubts, the fears, the apprehensions that all creators of circumstances and makers of their own destiny experience.
self-centred
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From this reading Among his fellow-men he had forged a self-centred, confident way to the front; and had met there not ultimate achievement, but a young girl, Valerie West.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Because, so far in his life of twenty-eight years, everything he had desired very much had come true--everything he had really believed in and worked for, had happened as he foresaw it would, in spite of the doubts, the fears, the apprehensions that all creators of circumstances and makers of their own destiny experience.
somehow
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From this reading Through her, somehow, already was coming into his life and into his work that indefinite, elusive quality--that _something_, the existence of which, until the last winter, he had never even admitted.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Through her, somehow, already was coming into his life and into his work that indefinite, elusive quality--that _something_, the existence of which, until the last winter, he had never even admitted.
spite
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From this reading Because, so far in his life of twenty-eight years, everything he had desired very much had come true--everything he had really believed in and worked for, had happened as he foresaw it would, in spite of the doubts, the fears, the apprehensions that all creators of circumstances and makers of their own destiny experience.
star
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From this reading But it was coming; he first became conscious of it through his need of it; suspected its existence as astronomers suspect the presence of a star yet uncharted and unseen.
suspect
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From this reading But it was coming; he first became conscious of it through his need of it; suspected its existence as astronomers suspect the presence of a star yet uncharted and unseen.
suspected
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From this reading But it was coming; he first became conscious of it through his need of it; suspected its existence as astronomers suspect the presence of a star yet uncharted and unseen.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He never doubted that, when at length the time came for the great change--though perhaps not until the last moment--Valerie would consent to marry him.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He never doubted that, when at length the time came for the great change--though perhaps not until the last moment--Valerie would consent to marry him.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Because, so far in his life of twenty-eight years, everything he had desired very much had come true--everything he had really believed in and worked for, had happened as he foresaw it would, in spite of the doubts, the fears, the apprehensions that all creators of circumstances and makers of their own destiny experience.
there
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From this reading Among his fellow-men he had forged a self-centred, confident way to the front; and had met there not ultimate achievement, but a young girl, Valerie West.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading He never doubted that, when at length the time came for the great change--though perhaps not until the last moment--Valerie would consent to marry him.
ThroughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Through her, somehow, already was coming into his life and into his work that indefinite, elusive quality--that _something_, the existence of which, until the last winter, he had never even admitted.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He never doubted that, when at length the time came for the great change--though perhaps not until the last moment--Valerie would consent to marry him.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He never doubted that, when at length the time came for the great change--though perhaps not until the last moment--Valerie would consent to marry him.
true
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From this reading Because, so far in his life of twenty-eight years, everything he had desired very much had come true--everything he had really believed in and worked for, had happened as he foresaw it would, in spite of the doubts, the fears, the apprehensions that all creators of circumstances and makers of their own destiny experience.
twenty-eight
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From this reading Because, so far in his life of twenty-eight years, everything he had desired very much had come true--everything he had really believed in and worked for, had happened as he foresaw it would, in spite of the doubts, the fears, the apprehensions that all creators of circumstances and makers of their own destiny experience.
ultimate
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From this reading Among his fellow-men he had forged a self-centred, confident way to the front; and had met there not ultimate achievement, but a young girl, Valerie West.
uncharted
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From this reading But it was coming; he first became conscious of it through his need of it; suspected its existence as astronomers suspect the presence of a star yet uncharted and unseen.
unseen
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From this reading But it was coming; he first became conscious of it through his need of it; suspected its existence as astronomers suspect the presence of a star yet uncharted and unseen.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading He never doubted that, when at length the time came for the great change--though perhaps not until the last moment--Valerie would consent to marry him.
Valerie
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From this reading He never doubted that, when at length the time came for the great change--though perhaps not until the last moment--Valerie would consent to marry him.
very
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From this reading Because, so far in his life of twenty-eight years, everything he had desired very much had come true--everything he had really believed in and worked for, had happened as he foresaw it would, in spite of the doubts, the fears, the apprehensions that all creators of circumstances and makers of their own destiny experience.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Through her, somehow, already was coming into his life and into his work that indefinite, elusive quality--that _something_, the existence of which, until the last winter, he had never even admitted.
way
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From this reading Among his fellow-men he had forged a self-centred, confident way to the front; and had met there not ultimate achievement, but a young girl, Valerie West.
West
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From this reading Among his fellow-men he had forged a self-centred, confident way to the front; and had met there not ultimate achievement, but a young girl, Valerie West.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading He never doubted that, when at length the time came for the great change--though perhaps not until the last moment--Valerie would consent to marry him.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Through her, somehow, already was coming into his life and into his work that indefinite, elusive quality--that _something_, the existence of which, until the last winter, he had never even admitted.
winter
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From this reading Through her, somehow, already was coming into his life and into his work that indefinite, elusive quality--that _something_, the existence of which, until the last winter, he had never even admitted.
work
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From this reading Through her, somehow, already was coming into his life and into his work that indefinite, elusive quality--that _something_, the existence of which, until the last winter, he had never even admitted.
worked
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From this reading Because, so far in his life of twenty-eight years, everything he had desired very much had come true--everything he had really believed in and worked for, had happened as he foresaw it would, in spite of the doubts, the fears, the apprehensions that all creators of circumstances and makers of their own destiny experience.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading He never doubted that, when at length the time came for the great change--though perhaps not until the last moment--Valerie would consent to marry him.
years
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From this reading Because, so far in his life of twenty-eight years, everything he had desired very much had come true--everything he had really believed in and worked for, had happened as he foresaw it would, in spite of the doubts, the fears, the apprehensions that all creators of circumstances and makers of their own destiny experience.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading But it was coming; he first became conscious of it through his need of it; suspected its existence as astronomers suspect the presence of a star yet uncharted and unseen.
young
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From this reading Among his fellow-men he had forged a self-centred, confident way to the front; and had met there not ultimate achievement, but a young girl, Valerie West.
