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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 At a distance of about three miles from the residence of the fair Juliet dwelt Farmer Lovegood, having an only son, who, as he grew up, looked so like a picture of the leader of the Israelites in the farmer's old family Bible, that he was called Moses by common consent, and was soon known by no other name.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading At a distance of about three miles from the residence of the fair Juliet dwelt Farmer Lovegood, having an only son, who, as he grew up, looked so like a picture of the leader of the Israelites in the farmer's old family Bible, that he was called Moses by common consent, and was soon known by no other name.
always
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From this reading This unsophisticated youth had always been remarkable for bashfulness in the presence of the opposite sex.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading At a distance of about three miles from the residence of the fair Juliet dwelt Farmer Lovegood, having an only son, who, as he grew up, looked so like a picture of the leader of the Israelites in the farmer's old family Bible, that he was called Moses by common consent, and was soon known by no other name.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The marriage of Juliet to Romeo had made one young man supremely happy, and another intensely miserable.
anotherdeterminerUS /əˈnʌðər/
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading The marriage of Juliet to Romeo had made one young man supremely happy, and another intensely miserable.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading At a distance of about three miles from the residence of the fair Juliet dwelt Farmer Lovegood, having an only son, who, as he grew up, looked so like a picture of the leader of the Israelites in the farmer's old family Bible, that he was called Moses by common consent, and was soon known by no other name.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At a distance of about three miles from the residence of the fair Juliet dwelt Farmer Lovegood, having an only son, who, as he grew up, looked so like a picture of the leader of the Israelites in the farmer's old family Bible, that he was called Moses by common consent, and was soon known by no other name.
away
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From this reading So vividly had his imagination depicted the horrors of a captivity in the hands of these merciless foes of the masculine gender that, at the first glimpse of a petticoat, he would frequently glide away as if he had beheld "the devil in disguise."
bashfulness
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From this reading This unsophisticated youth had always been remarkable for bashfulness in the presence of the opposite sex.
beautiful
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From this reading But on a certain Sabbath he saw the beautiful Juliet, seated in her father's pew, and was cruelly enamored.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading This unsophisticated youth had always been remarkable for bashfulness in the presence of the opposite sex.
beheld
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From this reading So vividly had his imagination depicted the horrors of a captivity in the hands of these merciless foes of the masculine gender that, at the first glimpse of a petticoat, he would frequently glide away as if he had beheld "the devil in disguise."
Bible
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From this reading At a distance of about three miles from the residence of the fair Juliet dwelt Farmer Lovegood, having an only son, who, as he grew up, looked so like a picture of the leader of the Israelites in the farmer's old family Bible, that he was called Moses by common consent, and was soon known by no other name.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But on a certain Sabbath he saw the beautiful Juliet, seated in her father's pew, and was cruelly enamored.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading At a distance of about three miles from the residence of the fair Juliet dwelt Farmer Lovegood, having an only son, who, as he grew up, looked so like a picture of the leader of the Israelites in the farmer's old family Bible, that he was called Moses by common consent, and was soon known by no other name.
called
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From this reading At a distance of about three miles from the residence of the fair Juliet dwelt Farmer Lovegood, having an only son, who, as he grew up, looked so like a picture of the leader of the Israelites in the farmer's old family Bible, that he was called Moses by common consent, and was soon known by no other name.
captivity
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From this reading So vividly had his imagination depicted the horrors of a captivity in the hands of these merciless foes of the masculine gender that, at the first glimpse of a petticoat, he would frequently glide away as if he had beheld "the devil in disguise."
certain
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From this reading But on a certain Sabbath he saw the beautiful Juliet, seated in her father's pew, and was cruelly enamored.
common
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From this reading At a distance of about three miles from the residence of the fair Juliet dwelt Farmer Lovegood, having an only son, who, as he grew up, looked so like a picture of the leader of the Israelites in the farmer's old family Bible, that he was called Moses by common consent, and was soon known by no other name.
consent
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From this reading At a distance of about three miles from the residence of the fair Juliet dwelt Farmer Lovegood, having an only son, who, as he grew up, looked so like a picture of the leader of the Israelites in the farmer's old family Bible, that he was called Moses by common consent, and was soon known by no other name.
cruelly
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From this reading But on a certain Sabbath he saw the beautiful Juliet, seated in her father's pew, and was cruelly enamored.
depicted
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From this reading So vividly had his imagination depicted the horrors of a captivity in the hands of these merciless foes of the masculine gender that, at the first glimpse of a petticoat, he would frequently glide away as if he had beheld "the devil in disguise."
devil
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From this reading So vividly had his imagination depicted the horrors of a captivity in the hands of these merciless foes of the masculine gender that, at the first glimpse of a petticoat, he would frequently glide away as if he had beheld "the devil in disguise."
disguisenounUS /dɪsˈɡaɪz/
A means of altering one's appearance to conceal one's identity.
From this reading So vividly had his imagination depicted the horrors of a captivity in the hands of these merciless foes of the masculine gender that, at the first glimpse of a petticoat, he would frequently glide away as if he had beheld "the devil in disguise."
distance
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From this reading At a distance of about three miles from the residence of the fair Juliet dwelt Farmer Lovegood, having an only son, who, as he grew up, looked so like a picture of the leader of the Israelites in the farmer's old family Bible, that he was called Moses by common consent, and was soon known by no other name.
dwelt
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From this reading At a distance of about three miles from the residence of the fair Juliet dwelt Farmer Lovegood, having an only son, who, as he grew up, looked so like a picture of the leader of the Israelites in the farmer's old family Bible, that he was called Moses by common consent, and was soon known by no other name.
enamored
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From this reading But on a certain Sabbath he saw the beautiful Juliet, seated in her father's pew, and was cruelly enamored.
fair
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From this reading At a distance of about three miles from the residence of the fair Juliet dwelt Farmer Lovegood, having an only son, who, as he grew up, looked so like a picture of the leader of the Israelites in the farmer's old family Bible, that he was called Moses by common consent, and was soon known by no other name.
family
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From this reading At a distance of about three miles from the residence of the fair Juliet dwelt Farmer Lovegood, having an only son, who, as he grew up, looked so like a picture of the leader of the Israelites in the farmer's old family Bible, that he was called Moses by common consent, and was soon known by no other name.
Farmer
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From this reading At a distance of about three miles from the residence of the fair Juliet dwelt Farmer Lovegood, having an only son, who, as he grew up, looked so like a picture of the leader of the Israelites in the farmer's old family Bible, that he was called Moses by common consent, and was soon known by no other name.
farmer's
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From this reading At a distance of about three miles from the residence of the fair Juliet dwelt Farmer Lovegood, having an only son, who, as he grew up, looked so like a picture of the leader of the Israelites in the farmer's old family Bible, that he was called Moses by common consent, and was soon known by no other name.
father's
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From this reading But on a certain Sabbath he saw the beautiful Juliet, seated in her father's pew, and was cruelly enamored.
first
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From this reading So vividly had his imagination depicted the horrors of a captivity in the hands of these merciless foes of the masculine gender that, at the first glimpse of a petticoat, he would frequently glide away as if he had beheld "the devil in disguise."
foes
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From this reading So vividly had his imagination depicted the horrors of a captivity in the hands of these merciless foes of the masculine gender that, at the first glimpse of a petticoat, he would frequently glide away as if he had beheld "the devil in disguise."
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading This unsophisticated youth had always been remarkable for bashfulness in the presence of the opposite sex.
frequently
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From this reading So vividly had his imagination depicted the horrors of a captivity in the hands of these merciless foes of the masculine gender that, at the first glimpse of a petticoat, he would frequently glide away as if he had beheld "the devil in disguise."
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading At a distance of about three miles from the residence of the fair Juliet dwelt Farmer Lovegood, having an only son, who, as he grew up, looked so like a picture of the leader of the Israelites in the farmer's old family Bible, that he was called Moses by common consent, and was soon known by no other name.
gender
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From this reading So vividly had his imagination depicted the horrors of a captivity in the hands of these merciless foes of the masculine gender that, at the first glimpse of a petticoat, he would frequently glide away as if he had beheld "the devil in disguise."
glide
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From this reading So vividly had his imagination depicted the horrors of a captivity in the hands of these merciless foes of the masculine gender that, at the first glimpse of a petticoat, he would frequently glide away as if he had beheld "the devil in disguise."
glimpse
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From this reading So vividly had his imagination depicted the horrors of a captivity in the hands of these merciless foes of the masculine gender that, at the first glimpse of a petticoat, he would frequently glide away as if he had beheld "the devil in disguise."
grew
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From this reading At a distance of about three miles from the residence of the fair Juliet dwelt Farmer Lovegood, having an only son, who, as he grew up, looked so like a picture of the leader of the Israelites in the farmer's old family Bible, that he was called Moses by common consent, and was soon known by no other name.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The marriage of Juliet to Romeo had made one young man supremely happy, and another intensely miserable.
hands
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From this reading So vividly had his imagination depicted the horrors of a captivity in the hands of these merciless foes of the masculine gender that, at the first glimpse of a petticoat, he would frequently glide away as if he had beheld "the devil in disguise."
happy
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From this reading The marriage of Juliet to Romeo had made one young man supremely happy, and another intensely miserable.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading At a distance of about three miles from the residence of the fair Juliet dwelt Farmer Lovegood, having an only son, who, as he grew up, looked so like a picture of the leader of the Israelites in the farmer's old family Bible, that he was called Moses by common consent, and was soon known by no other name.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading At a distance of about three miles from the residence of the fair Juliet dwelt Farmer Lovegood, having an only son, who, as he grew up, looked so like a picture of the leader of the Israelites in the farmer's old family Bible, that he was called Moses by common consent, and was soon known by no other name.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading But on a certain Sabbath he saw the beautiful Juliet, seated in her father's pew, and was cruelly enamored.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading So vividly had his imagination depicted the horrors of a captivity in the hands of these merciless foes of the masculine gender that, at the first glimpse of a petticoat, he would frequently glide away as if he had beheld "the devil in disguise."
horrors
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From this reading So vividly had his imagination depicted the horrors of a captivity in the hands of these merciless foes of the masculine gender that, at the first glimpse of a petticoat, he would frequently glide away as if he had beheld "the devil in disguise."
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading So vividly had his imagination depicted the horrors of a captivity in the hands of these merciless foes of the masculine gender that, at the first glimpse of a petticoat, he would frequently glide away as if he had beheld "the devil in disguise."
imagination
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From this reading So vividly had his imagination depicted the horrors of a captivity in the hands of these merciless foes of the masculine gender that, at the first glimpse of a petticoat, he would frequently glide away as if he had beheld "the devil in disguise."
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading At a distance of about three miles from the residence of the fair Juliet dwelt Farmer Lovegood, having an only son, who, as he grew up, looked so like a picture of the leader of the Israelites in the farmer's old family Bible, that he was called Moses by common consent, and was soon known by no other name.
intensely
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From this reading The marriage of Juliet to Romeo had made one young man supremely happy, and another intensely miserable.
Israelites
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From this reading At a distance of about three miles from the residence of the fair Juliet dwelt Farmer Lovegood, having an only son, who, as he grew up, looked so like a picture of the leader of the Israelites in the farmer's old family Bible, that he was called Moses by common consent, and was soon known by no other name.
Juliet
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From this reading The marriage of Juliet to Romeo had made one young man supremely happy, and another intensely miserable.
known
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From this reading At a distance of about three miles from the residence of the fair Juliet dwelt Farmer Lovegood, having an only son, who, as he grew up, looked so like a picture of the leader of the Israelites in the farmer's old family Bible, that he was called Moses by common consent, and was soon known by no other name.
leader
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From this reading At a distance of about three miles from the residence of the fair Juliet dwelt Farmer Lovegood, having an only son, who, as he grew up, looked so like a picture of the leader of the Israelites in the farmer's old family Bible, that he was called Moses by common consent, and was soon known by no other name.
like
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From this reading At a distance of about three miles from the residence of the fair Juliet dwelt Farmer Lovegood, having an only son, who, as he grew up, looked so like a picture of the leader of the Israelites in the farmer's old family Bible, that he was called Moses by common consent, and was soon known by no other name.
looked
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From this reading At a distance of about three miles from the residence of the fair Juliet dwelt Farmer Lovegood, having an only son, who, as he grew up, looked so like a picture of the leader of the Israelites in the farmer's old family Bible, that he was called Moses by common consent, and was soon known by no other name.
Lovegood
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From this reading At a distance of about three miles from the residence of the fair Juliet dwelt Farmer Lovegood, having an only son, who, as he grew up, looked so like a picture of the leader of the Israelites in the farmer's old family Bible, that he was called Moses by common consent, and was soon known by no other name.
made
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From this reading The marriage of Juliet to Romeo had made one young man supremely happy, and another intensely miserable.
man
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From this reading The marriage of Juliet to Romeo had made one young man supremely happy, and another intensely miserable.
marriage
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From this reading The marriage of Juliet to Romeo had made one young man supremely happy, and another intensely miserable.
masculine
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From this reading So vividly had his imagination depicted the horrors of a captivity in the hands of these merciless foes of the masculine gender that, at the first glimpse of a petticoat, he would frequently glide away as if he had beheld "the devil in disguise."
merciless
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From this reading So vividly had his imagination depicted the horrors of a captivity in the hands of these merciless foes of the masculine gender that, at the first glimpse of a petticoat, he would frequently glide away as if he had beheld "the devil in disguise."
miles
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From this reading At a distance of about three miles from the residence of the fair Juliet dwelt Farmer Lovegood, having an only son, who, as he grew up, looked so like a picture of the leader of the Israelites in the farmer's old family Bible, that he was called Moses by common consent, and was soon known by no other name.
miserable
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From this reading The marriage of Juliet to Romeo had made one young man supremely happy, and another intensely miserable.
Moses
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From this reading At a distance of about three miles from the residence of the fair Juliet dwelt Farmer Lovegood, having an only son, who, as he grew up, looked so like a picture of the leader of the Israelites in the farmer's old family Bible, that he was called Moses by common consent, and was soon known by no other name.
name
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From this reading At a distance of about three miles from the residence of the fair Juliet dwelt Farmer Lovegood, having an only son, who, as he grew up, looked so like a picture of the leader of the Israelites in the farmer's old family Bible, that he was called Moses by common consent, and was soon known by no other name.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading At a distance of about three miles from the residence of the fair Juliet dwelt Farmer Lovegood, having an only son, who, as he grew up, looked so like a picture of the leader of the Israelites in the farmer's old family Bible, that he was called Moses by common consent, and was soon known by no other name.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The marriage of Juliet to Romeo had made one young man supremely happy, and another intensely miserable.
old
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From this reading At a distance of about three miles from the residence of the fair Juliet dwelt Farmer Lovegood, having an only son, who, as he grew up, looked so like a picture of the leader of the Israelites in the farmer's old family Bible, that he was called Moses by common consent, and was soon known by no other name.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading But on a certain Sabbath he saw the beautiful Juliet, seated in her father's pew, and was cruelly enamored.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The marriage of Juliet to Romeo had made one young man supremely happy, and another intensely miserable.
only
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From this reading At a distance of about three miles from the residence of the fair Juliet dwelt Farmer Lovegood, having an only son, who, as he grew up, looked so like a picture of the leader of the Israelites in the farmer's old family Bible, that he was called Moses by common consent, and was soon known by no other name.
opposite
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From this reading This unsophisticated youth had always been remarkable for bashfulness in the presence of the opposite sex.
other
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From this reading At a distance of about three miles from the residence of the fair Juliet dwelt Farmer Lovegood, having an only son, who, as he grew up, looked so like a picture of the leader of the Israelites in the farmer's old family Bible, that he was called Moses by common consent, and was soon known by no other name.
petticoat
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From this reading So vividly had his imagination depicted the horrors of a captivity in the hands of these merciless foes of the masculine gender that, at the first glimpse of a petticoat, he would frequently glide away as if he had beheld "the devil in disguise."
pew
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From this reading But on a certain Sabbath he saw the beautiful Juliet, seated in her father's pew, and was cruelly enamored.
picture
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From this reading At a distance of about three miles from the residence of the fair Juliet dwelt Farmer Lovegood, having an only son, who, as he grew up, looked so like a picture of the leader of the Israelites in the farmer's old family Bible, that he was called Moses by common consent, and was soon known by no other name.
presence
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From this reading This unsophisticated youth had always been remarkable for bashfulness in the presence of the opposite sex.
remarkable
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From this reading This unsophisticated youth had always been remarkable for bashfulness in the presence of the opposite sex.
residence
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From this reading At a distance of about three miles from the residence of the fair Juliet dwelt Farmer Lovegood, having an only son, who, as he grew up, looked so like a picture of the leader of the Israelites in the farmer's old family Bible, that he was called Moses by common consent, and was soon known by no other name.
Romeo
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From this reading The marriage of Juliet to Romeo had made one young man supremely happy, and another intensely miserable.
Sabbath
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From this reading But on a certain Sabbath he saw the beautiful Juliet, seated in her father's pew, and was cruelly enamored.
saw
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From this reading But on a certain Sabbath he saw the beautiful Juliet, seated in her father's pew, and was cruelly enamored.
seated
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From this reading But on a certain Sabbath he saw the beautiful Juliet, seated in her father's pew, and was cruelly enamored.
sex
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From this reading This unsophisticated youth had always been remarkable for bashfulness in the presence of the opposite sex.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading At a distance of about three miles from the residence of the fair Juliet dwelt Farmer Lovegood, having an only son, who, as he grew up, looked so like a picture of the leader of the Israelites in the farmer's old family Bible, that he was called Moses by common consent, and was soon known by no other name.
son
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From this reading At a distance of about three miles from the residence of the fair Juliet dwelt Farmer Lovegood, having an only son, who, as he grew up, looked so like a picture of the leader of the Israelites in the farmer's old family Bible, that he was called Moses by common consent, and was soon known by no other name.
soon
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From this reading At a distance of about three miles from the residence of the fair Juliet dwelt Farmer Lovegood, having an only son, who, as he grew up, looked so like a picture of the leader of the Israelites in the farmer's old family Bible, that he was called Moses by common consent, and was soon known by no other name.
supremely
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From this reading The marriage of Juliet to Romeo had made one young man supremely happy, and another intensely miserable.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading At a distance of about three miles from the residence of the fair Juliet dwelt Farmer Lovegood, having an only son, who, as he grew up, looked so like a picture of the leader of the Israelites in the farmer's old family Bible, that he was called Moses by common consent, and was soon known by no other name.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The marriage of Juliet to Romeo had made one young man supremely happy, and another intensely miserable.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading So vividly had his imagination depicted the horrors of a captivity in the hands of these merciless foes of the masculine gender that, at the first glimpse of a petticoat, he would frequently glide away as if he had beheld "the devil in disguise."
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This unsophisticated youth had always been remarkable for bashfulness in the presence of the opposite sex.
three
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From this reading At a distance of about three miles from the residence of the fair Juliet dwelt Farmer Lovegood, having an only son, who, as he grew up, looked so like a picture of the leader of the Israelites in the farmer's old family Bible, that he was called Moses by common consent, and was soon known by no other name.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The marriage of Juliet to Romeo had made one young man supremely happy, and another intensely miserable.
unsophisticated
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From this reading This unsophisticated youth had always been remarkable for bashfulness in the presence of the opposite sex.
up
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From this reading At a distance of about three miles from the residence of the fair Juliet dwelt Farmer Lovegood, having an only son, who, as he grew up, looked so like a picture of the leader of the Israelites in the farmer's old family Bible, that he was called Moses by common consent, and was soon known by no other name.
vividly
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From this reading So vividly had his imagination depicted the horrors of a captivity in the hands of these merciless foes of the masculine gender that, at the first glimpse of a petticoat, he would frequently glide away as if he had beheld "the devil in disguise."
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading At a distance of about three miles from the residence of the fair Juliet dwelt Farmer Lovegood, having an only son, who, as he grew up, looked so like a picture of the leader of the Israelites in the farmer's old family Bible, that he was called Moses by common consent, and was soon known by no other name.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading At a distance of about three miles from the residence of the fair Juliet dwelt Farmer Lovegood, having an only son, who, as he grew up, looked so like a picture of the leader of the Israelites in the farmer's old family Bible, that he was called Moses by common consent, and was soon known by no other name.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading So vividly had his imagination depicted the horrors of a captivity in the hands of these merciless foes of the masculine gender that, at the first glimpse of a petticoat, he would frequently glide away as if he had beheld "the devil in disguise."
young
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From this reading The marriage of Juliet to Romeo had made one young man supremely happy, and another intensely miserable.
youth
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From this reading This unsophisticated youth had always been remarkable for bashfulness in the presence of the opposite sex.
