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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 September, her marriage to Siward excitingly imminent, Sylvia had been seized with a passion for wholesale renunciation and rigid self-chastisement.
adjacent
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From this reading Down went the miniature golden calf from the altar in her private shrine, its tiny crashing fall making considerable racket throughout her world, and the planets and satellites adjacent to that section of the social system which she had long been expected to dominate.
Agatha
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From this reading The amazing announcement of Quarrier's engagement to Agatha Caithness stupefied the elect, rendering in one harrowing instant null and void the thousand petty plans and plots, intrigues and schemes, upon which future social constructions on the social structure had been based.
All
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From this reading All that had been so materially desirable to her in life, all that she had heretofore worshipped, in and belonging to her own world, she now denied.
altar
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amazing
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From this reading The amazing announcement of Quarrier's engagement to Agatha Caithness stupefied the elect, rendering in one harrowing instant null and void the thousand petty plans and plots, intrigues and schemes, upon which future social constructions on the social structure had been based.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading In September, her marriage to Siward excitingly imminent, Sylvia had been seized with a passion for wholesale renunciation and rigid self-chastisement.
announcement
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From this reading The amazing announcement of Quarrier's engagement to Agatha Caithness stupefied the elect, rendering in one harrowing instant null and void the thousand petty plans and plots, intrigues and schemes, upon which future social constructions on the social structure had been based.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The spectacle of their youthful ruler-elect in sackcloth as the future bride of a business man had more than disconcerted them.
based
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From this reading The amazing announcement of Quarrier's engagement to Agatha Caithness stupefied the elect, rendering in one harrowing instant null and void the thousand petty plans and plots, intrigues and schemes, upon which future social constructions on the social structure had been based.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading In September, her marriage to Siward excitingly imminent, Sylvia had been seized with a passion for wholesale renunciation and rigid self-chastisement.
belonging
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From this reading All that had been so materially desirable to her in life, all that she had heretofore worshipped, in and belonging to her own world, she now denied.
bride
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From this reading The spectacle of their youthful ruler-elect in sackcloth as the future bride of a business man had more than disconcerted them.
business
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From this reading The spectacle of their youthful ruler-elect in sackcloth as the future bride of a business man had more than disconcerted them.
Caithness
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From this reading The amazing announcement of Quarrier's engagement to Agatha Caithness stupefied the elect, rendering in one harrowing instant null and void the thousand petty plans and plots, intrigues and schemes, upon which future social constructions on the social structure had been based.
calf
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considerable
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constructions
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crashing
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denied
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From this reading All that had been so materially desirable to her in life, all that she had heretofore worshipped, in and belonging to her own world, she now denied.
desirable
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From this reading All that had been so materially desirable to her in life, all that she had heretofore worshipped, in and belonging to her own world, she now denied.
disconcerted
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From this reading The spectacle of their youthful ruler-elect in sackcloth as the future bride of a business man had more than disconcerted them.
dominate
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From this reading Down went the miniature golden calf from the altar in her private shrine, its tiny crashing fall making considerable racket throughout her world, and the planets and satellites adjacent to that section of the social system which she had long been expected to dominate.
Down
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From this reading Down went the miniature golden calf from the altar in her private shrine, its tiny crashing fall making considerable racket throughout her world, and the planets and satellites adjacent to that section of the social system which she had long been expected to dominate.
elect
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engagement
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From this reading The amazing announcement of Quarrier's engagement to Agatha Caithness stupefied the elect, rendering in one harrowing instant null and void the thousand petty plans and plots, intrigues and schemes, upon which future social constructions on the social structure had been based.
excitingly
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From this reading In September, her marriage to Siward excitingly imminent, Sylvia had been seized with a passion for wholesale renunciation and rigid self-chastisement.
expected
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From this reading Down went the miniature golden calf from the altar in her private shrine, its tiny crashing fall making considerable racket throughout her world, and the planets and satellites adjacent to that section of the social system which she had long been expected to dominate.
fall
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From this reading Down went the miniature golden calf from the altar in her private shrine, its tiny crashing fall making considerable racket throughout her world, and the planets and satellites adjacent to that section of the social system which she had long been expected to dominate.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading In September, her marriage to Siward excitingly imminent, Sylvia had been seized with a passion for wholesale renunciation and rigid self-chastisement.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Down went the miniature golden calf from the altar in her private shrine, its tiny crashing fall making considerable racket throughout her world, and the planets and satellites adjacent to that section of the social system which she had long been expected to dominate.
future
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From this reading The spectacle of their youthful ruler-elect in sackcloth as the future bride of a business man had more than disconcerted them.
golden
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From this reading Down went the miniature golden calf from the altar in her private shrine, its tiny crashing fall making considerable racket throughout her world, and the planets and satellites adjacent to that section of the social system which she had long been expected to dominate.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading In September, her marriage to Siward excitingly imminent, Sylvia had been seized with a passion for wholesale renunciation and rigid self-chastisement.
harrowing
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From this reading The amazing announcement of Quarrier's engagement to Agatha Caithness stupefied the elect, rendering in one harrowing instant null and void the thousand petty plans and plots, intrigues and schemes, upon which future social constructions on the social structure had been based.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading In September, her marriage to Siward excitingly imminent, Sylvia had been seized with a passion for wholesale renunciation and rigid self-chastisement.
heretofore
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From this reading All that had been so materially desirable to her in life, all that she had heretofore worshipped, in and belonging to her own world, she now denied.
imminent
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From this reading In September, her marriage to Siward excitingly imminent, Sylvia had been seized with a passion for wholesale renunciation and rigid self-chastisement.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In September, her marriage to Siward excitingly imminent, Sylvia had been seized with a passion for wholesale renunciation and rigid self-chastisement.
instant
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From this reading The amazing announcement of Quarrier's engagement to Agatha Caithness stupefied the elect, rendering in one harrowing instant null and void the thousand petty plans and plots, intrigues and schemes, upon which future social constructions on the social structure had been based.
intrigues
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From this reading The amazing announcement of Quarrier's engagement to Agatha Caithness stupefied the elect, rendering in one harrowing instant null and void the thousand petty plans and plots, intrigues and schemes, upon which future social constructions on the social structure had been based.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Down went the miniature golden calf from the altar in her private shrine, its tiny crashing fall making considerable racket throughout her world, and the planets and satellites adjacent to that section of the social system which she had long been expected to dominate.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading All that had been so materially desirable to her in life, all that she had heretofore worshipped, in and belonging to her own world, she now denied.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Down went the miniature golden calf from the altar in her private shrine, its tiny crashing fall making considerable racket throughout her world, and the planets and satellites adjacent to that section of the social system which she had long been expected to dominate.
making
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man
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From this reading The spectacle of their youthful ruler-elect in sackcloth as the future bride of a business man had more than disconcerted them.
marriage
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From this reading In September, her marriage to Siward excitingly imminent, Sylvia had been seized with a passion for wholesale renunciation and rigid self-chastisement.
materially
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From this reading All that had been so materially desirable to her in life, all that she had heretofore worshipped, in and belonging to her own world, she now denied.
miniature
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more
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From this reading The spectacle of their youthful ruler-elect in sackcloth as the future bride of a business man had more than disconcerted them.
now
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From this reading All that had been so materially desirable to her in life, all that she had heretofore worshipped, in and belonging to her own world, she now denied.
null
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From this reading The amazing announcement of Quarrier's engagement to Agatha Caithness stupefied the elect, rendering in one harrowing instant null and void the thousand petty plans and plots, intrigues and schemes, upon which future social constructions on the social structure had been based.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Down went the miniature golden calf from the altar in her private shrine, its tiny crashing fall making considerable racket throughout her world, and the planets and satellites adjacent to that section of the social system which she had long been expected to dominate.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The amazing announcement of Quarrier's engagement to Agatha Caithness stupefied the elect, rendering in one harrowing instant null and void the thousand petty plans and plots, intrigues and schemes, upon which future social constructions on the social structure had been based.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The amazing announcement of Quarrier's engagement to Agatha Caithness stupefied the elect, rendering in one harrowing instant null and void the thousand petty plans and plots, intrigues and schemes, upon which future social constructions on the social structure had been based.
own
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From this reading All that had been so materially desirable to her in life, all that she had heretofore worshipped, in and belonging to her own world, she now denied.
passion
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From this reading In September, her marriage to Siward excitingly imminent, Sylvia had been seized with a passion for wholesale renunciation and rigid self-chastisement.
petty
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From this reading The amazing announcement of Quarrier's engagement to Agatha Caithness stupefied the elect, rendering in one harrowing instant null and void the thousand petty plans and plots, intrigues and schemes, upon which future social constructions on the social structure had been based.
planets
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plans
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plots
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private
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From this reading Down went the miniature golden calf from the altar in her private shrine, its tiny crashing fall making considerable racket throughout her world, and the planets and satellites adjacent to that section of the social system which she had long been expected to dominate.
Quarrier's
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racket
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From this reading Down went the miniature golden calf from the altar in her private shrine, its tiny crashing fall making considerable racket throughout her world, and the planets and satellites adjacent to that section of the social system which she had long been expected to dominate.
rendering
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From this reading The amazing announcement of Quarrier's engagement to Agatha Caithness stupefied the elect, rendering in one harrowing instant null and void the thousand petty plans and plots, intrigues and schemes, upon which future social constructions on the social structure had been based.
renunciation
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From this reading In September, her marriage to Siward excitingly imminent, Sylvia had been seized with a passion for wholesale renunciation and rigid self-chastisement.
rigid
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From this reading In September, her marriage to Siward excitingly imminent, Sylvia had been seized with a passion for wholesale renunciation and rigid self-chastisement.
ruler-elect
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From this reading The spectacle of their youthful ruler-elect in sackcloth as the future bride of a business man had more than disconcerted them.
sackcloth
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From this reading The spectacle of their youthful ruler-elect in sackcloth as the future bride of a business man had more than disconcerted them.
satellites
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From this reading Down went the miniature golden calf from the altar in her private shrine, its tiny crashing fall making considerable racket throughout her world, and the planets and satellites adjacent to that section of the social system which she had long been expected to dominate.
schemes
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From this reading The amazing announcement of Quarrier's engagement to Agatha Caithness stupefied the elect, rendering in one harrowing instant null and void the thousand petty plans and plots, intrigues and schemes, upon which future social constructions on the social structure had been based.
section
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From this reading Down went the miniature golden calf from the altar in her private shrine, its tiny crashing fall making considerable racket throughout her world, and the planets and satellites adjacent to that section of the social system which she had long been expected to dominate.
seized
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From this reading In September, her marriage to Siward excitingly imminent, Sylvia had been seized with a passion for wholesale renunciation and rigid self-chastisement.
self-chastisement
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From this reading In September, her marriage to Siward excitingly imminent, Sylvia had been seized with a passion for wholesale renunciation and rigid self-chastisement.
September
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From this reading In September, her marriage to Siward excitingly imminent, Sylvia had been seized with a passion for wholesale renunciation and rigid self-chastisement.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading All that had been so materially desirable to her in life, all that she had heretofore worshipped, in and belonging to her own world, she now denied.
shrine
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From this reading Down went the miniature golden calf from the altar in her private shrine, its tiny crashing fall making considerable racket throughout her world, and the planets and satellites adjacent to that section of the social system which she had long been expected to dominate.
Siward
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From this reading In September, her marriage to Siward excitingly imminent, Sylvia had been seized with a passion for wholesale renunciation and rigid self-chastisement.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading All that had been so materially desirable to her in life, all that she had heretofore worshipped, in and belonging to her own world, she now denied.
social
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spectacle
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From this reading The spectacle of their youthful ruler-elect in sackcloth as the future bride of a business man had more than disconcerted them.
structure
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From this reading The amazing announcement of Quarrier's engagement to Agatha Caithness stupefied the elect, rendering in one harrowing instant null and void the thousand petty plans and plots, intrigues and schemes, upon which future social constructions on the social structure had been based.
stupefied
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From this reading The amazing announcement of Quarrier's engagement to Agatha Caithness stupefied the elect, rendering in one harrowing instant null and void the thousand petty plans and plots, intrigues and schemes, upon which future social constructions on the social structure had been based.
Sylvia
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From this reading In September, her marriage to Siward excitingly imminent, Sylvia had been seized with a passion for wholesale renunciation and rigid self-chastisement.
system
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From this reading Down went the miniature golden calf from the altar in her private shrine, its tiny crashing fall making considerable racket throughout her world, and the planets and satellites adjacent to that section of the social system which she had long been expected to dominate.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading The spectacle of their youthful ruler-elect in sackcloth as the future bride of a business man had more than disconcerted them.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading All that had been so materially desirable to her in life, all that she had heretofore worshipped, in and belonging to her own world, she now denied.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Down went the miniature golden calf from the altar in her private shrine, its tiny crashing fall making considerable racket throughout her world, and the planets and satellites adjacent to that section of the social system which she had long been expected to dominate.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The spectacle of their youthful ruler-elect in sackcloth as the future bride of a business man had more than disconcerted them.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The spectacle of their youthful ruler-elect in sackcloth as the future bride of a business man had more than disconcerted them.
thousand
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From this reading The amazing announcement of Quarrier's engagement to Agatha Caithness stupefied the elect, rendering in one harrowing instant null and void the thousand petty plans and plots, intrigues and schemes, upon which future social constructions on the social structure had been based.
throughoutprepositionUS /θruːˈaʊt/
in every part of a place, or for the whole of a period
From this reading Down went the miniature golden calf from the altar in her private shrine, its tiny crashing fall making considerable racket throughout her world, and the planets and satellites adjacent to that section of the social system which she had long been expected to dominate.
tiny
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From this reading Down went the miniature golden calf from the altar in her private shrine, its tiny crashing fall making considerable racket throughout her world, and the planets and satellites adjacent to that section of the social system which she had long been expected to dominate.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading In September, her marriage to Siward excitingly imminent, Sylvia had been seized with a passion for wholesale renunciation and rigid self-chastisement.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The amazing announcement of Quarrier's engagement to Agatha Caithness stupefied the elect, rendering in one harrowing instant null and void the thousand petty plans and plots, intrigues and schemes, upon which future social constructions on the social structure had been based.
void
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From this reading The amazing announcement of Quarrier's engagement to Agatha Caithness stupefied the elect, rendering in one harrowing instant null and void the thousand petty plans and plots, intrigues and schemes, upon which future social constructions on the social structure had been based.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Down went the miniature golden calf from the altar in her private shrine, its tiny crashing fall making considerable racket throughout her world, and the planets and satellites adjacent to that section of the social system which she had long been expected to dominate.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Down went the miniature golden calf from the altar in her private shrine, its tiny crashing fall making considerable racket throughout her world, and the planets and satellites adjacent to that section of the social system which she had long been expected to dominate.
wholesale
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From this reading In September, her marriage to Siward excitingly imminent, Sylvia had been seized with a passion for wholesale renunciation and rigid self-chastisement.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading In September, her marriage to Siward excitingly imminent, Sylvia had been seized with a passion for wholesale renunciation and rigid self-chastisement.
world
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From this reading All that had been so materially desirable to her in life, all that she had heretofore worshipped, in and belonging to her own world, she now denied.
worshipped
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From this reading All that had been so materially desirable to her in life, all that she had heretofore worshipped, in and belonging to her own world, she now denied.
youthful
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From this reading The spectacle of their youthful ruler-elect in sackcloth as the future bride of a business man had more than disconcerted them.