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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 The music throbbed in a voice of singular and delicate power; the air was resonant with melody, love and pain.
air
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From this reading The music throbbed in a voice of singular and delicate power; the air was resonant with melody, love and pain.
Al'mah
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From this reading Yet, apparently, not all the vast audience were hypnotized by the unknown and unheralded singer, whose stage name was Al'mah.
all
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From this reading Yet, apparently, not all the vast audience were hypnotized by the unknown and unheralded singer, whose stage name was Al'mah.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The music throbbed in a voice of singular and delicate power; the air was resonant with melody, love and pain.
apparently
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From this reading Yet, apparently, not all the vast audience were hypnotized by the unknown and unheralded singer, whose stage name was Al'mah.
appeal
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From this reading At the moment of the opera's supreme appeal the eyes of three people at least were not in the thraldom of the singer.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At the moment of the opera's supreme appeal the eyes of three people at least were not in the thraldom of the singer.
audience
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From this reading Yet, apparently, not all the vast audience were hypnotized by the unknown and unheralded singer, whose stage name was Al'mah.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The meanest Italian in the gallery far up beneath the ceiling, the most exalted of the land in the boxes and the stalls, leaned indulgently forward, to be swept by this sweet storm of song.
beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading The meanest Italian in the gallery far up beneath the ceiling, the most exalted of the land in the boxes and the stalls, leaned indulgently forward, to be swept by this sweet storm of song.
boxes
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From this reading The meanest Italian in the gallery far up beneath the ceiling, the most exalted of the land in the boxes and the stalls, leaned indulgently forward, to be swept by this sweet storm of song.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The meanest Italian in the gallery far up beneath the ceiling, the most exalted of the land in the boxes and the stalls, leaned indulgently forward, to be swept by this sweet storm of song.
ceiling
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From this reading The meanest Italian in the gallery far up beneath the ceiling, the most exalted of the land in the boxes and the stalls, leaned indulgently forward, to be swept by this sweet storm of song.
Covent
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From this reading They yielded themselves utterly to the power of the triumphant debutante who was making "Manassa" the musical feast of the year, renewing to Covent Garden a reputation which recent lack of enterprise had somewhat forfeited.
debutante
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From this reading They yielded themselves utterly to the power of the triumphant debutante who was making "Manassa" the musical feast of the year, renewing to Covent Garden a reputation which recent lack of enterprise had somewhat forfeited.
delicate
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From this reading The music throbbed in a voice of singular and delicate power; the air was resonant with melody, love and pain.
enterprise
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From this reading They yielded themselves utterly to the power of the triumphant debutante who was making "Manassa" the musical feast of the year, renewing to Covent Garden a reputation which recent lack of enterprise had somewhat forfeited.
exalted
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From this reading The meanest Italian in the gallery far up beneath the ceiling, the most exalted of the land in the boxes and the stalls, leaned indulgently forward, to be swept by this sweet storm of song.
eyes
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From this reading At the moment of the opera's supreme appeal the eyes of three people at least were not in the thraldom of the singer.
far
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From this reading The meanest Italian in the gallery far up beneath the ceiling, the most exalted of the land in the boxes and the stalls, leaned indulgently forward, to be swept by this sweet storm of song.
feast
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From this reading They yielded themselves utterly to the power of the triumphant debutante who was making "Manassa" the musical feast of the year, renewing to Covent Garden a reputation which recent lack of enterprise had somewhat forfeited.
forfeited
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From this reading They yielded themselves utterly to the power of the triumphant debutante who was making "Manassa" the musical feast of the year, renewing to Covent Garden a reputation which recent lack of enterprise had somewhat forfeited.
forwardnounUS /forward/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The meanest Italian in the gallery far up beneath the ceiling, the most exalted of the land in the boxes and the stalls, leaned indulgently forward, to be swept by this sweet storm of song.
gallery
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From this reading The meanest Italian in the gallery far up beneath the ceiling, the most exalted of the land in the boxes and the stalls, leaned indulgently forward, to be swept by this sweet storm of song.
Garden
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From this reading They yielded themselves utterly to the power of the triumphant debutante who was making "Manassa" the musical feast of the year, renewing to Covent Garden a reputation which recent lack of enterprise had somewhat forfeited.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading They yielded themselves utterly to the power of the triumphant debutante who was making "Manassa" the musical feast of the year, renewing to Covent Garden a reputation which recent lack of enterprise had somewhat forfeited.
hypnotized
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From this reading Yet, apparently, not all the vast audience were hypnotized by the unknown and unheralded singer, whose stage name was Al'mah.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The music throbbed in a voice of singular and delicate power; the air was resonant with melody, love and pain.
indulgently
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From this reading The meanest Italian in the gallery far up beneath the ceiling, the most exalted of the land in the boxes and the stalls, leaned indulgently forward, to be swept by this sweet storm of song.
Italian
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From this reading The meanest Italian in the gallery far up beneath the ceiling, the most exalted of the land in the boxes and the stalls, leaned indulgently forward, to be swept by this sweet storm of song.
lack
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From this reading They yielded themselves utterly to the power of the triumphant debutante who was making "Manassa" the musical feast of the year, renewing to Covent Garden a reputation which recent lack of enterprise had somewhat forfeited.
land
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From this reading The meanest Italian in the gallery far up beneath the ceiling, the most exalted of the land in the boxes and the stalls, leaned indulgently forward, to be swept by this sweet storm of song.
leaned
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From this reading The meanest Italian in the gallery far up beneath the ceiling, the most exalted of the land in the boxes and the stalls, leaned indulgently forward, to be swept by this sweet storm of song.
leastnounUS /least/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At the moment of the opera's supreme appeal the eyes of three people at least were not in the thraldom of the singer.
love
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From this reading The music throbbed in a voice of singular and delicate power; the air was resonant with melody, love and pain.
making
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From this reading They yielded themselves utterly to the power of the triumphant debutante who was making "Manassa" the musical feast of the year, renewing to Covent Garden a reputation which recent lack of enterprise had somewhat forfeited.
Manassa
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From this reading They yielded themselves utterly to the power of the triumphant debutante who was making "Manassa" the musical feast of the year, renewing to Covent Garden a reputation which recent lack of enterprise had somewhat forfeited.
meanest
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From this reading The meanest Italian in the gallery far up beneath the ceiling, the most exalted of the land in the boxes and the stalls, leaned indulgently forward, to be swept by this sweet storm of song.
melody
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From this reading The music throbbed in a voice of singular and delicate power; the air was resonant with melody, love and pain.
moment
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From this reading At the moment of the opera's supreme appeal the eyes of three people at least were not in the thraldom of the singer.
most
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From this reading The meanest Italian in the gallery far up beneath the ceiling, the most exalted of the land in the boxes and the stalls, leaned indulgently forward, to be swept by this sweet storm of song.
music
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From this reading The music throbbed in a voice of singular and delicate power; the air was resonant with melody, love and pain.
musical
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From this reading They yielded themselves utterly to the power of the triumphant debutante who was making "Manassa" the musical feast of the year, renewing to Covent Garden a reputation which recent lack of enterprise had somewhat forfeited.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Yet, apparently, not all the vast audience were hypnotized by the unknown and unheralded singer, whose stage name was Al'mah.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Yet, apparently, not all the vast audience were hypnotized by the unknown and unheralded singer, whose stage name was Al'mah.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The music throbbed in a voice of singular and delicate power; the air was resonant with melody, love and pain.
opera's
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From this reading At the moment of the opera's supreme appeal the eyes of three people at least were not in the thraldom of the singer.
pain
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From this reading The music throbbed in a voice of singular and delicate power; the air was resonant with melody, love and pain.
people
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From this reading At the moment of the opera's supreme appeal the eyes of three people at least were not in the thraldom of the singer.
power
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From this reading The music throbbed in a voice of singular and delicate power; the air was resonant with melody, love and pain.
recent
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From this reading They yielded themselves utterly to the power of the triumphant debutante who was making "Manassa" the musical feast of the year, renewing to Covent Garden a reputation which recent lack of enterprise had somewhat forfeited.
renewing
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From this reading They yielded themselves utterly to the power of the triumphant debutante who was making "Manassa" the musical feast of the year, renewing to Covent Garden a reputation which recent lack of enterprise had somewhat forfeited.
reputation
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From this reading They yielded themselves utterly to the power of the triumphant debutante who was making "Manassa" the musical feast of the year, renewing to Covent Garden a reputation which recent lack of enterprise had somewhat forfeited.
resonant
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From this reading The music throbbed in a voice of singular and delicate power; the air was resonant with melody, love and pain.
singer
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From this reading Yet, apparently, not all the vast audience were hypnotized by the unknown and unheralded singer, whose stage name was Al'mah.
singular
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From this reading The music throbbed in a voice of singular and delicate power; the air was resonant with melody, love and pain.
somewhat
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From this reading They yielded themselves utterly to the power of the triumphant debutante who was making "Manassa" the musical feast of the year, renewing to Covent Garden a reputation which recent lack of enterprise had somewhat forfeited.
song
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From this reading The meanest Italian in the gallery far up beneath the ceiling, the most exalted of the land in the boxes and the stalls, leaned indulgently forward, to be swept by this sweet storm of song.
stage
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From this reading Yet, apparently, not all the vast audience were hypnotized by the unknown and unheralded singer, whose stage name was Al'mah.
stalls
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From this reading The meanest Italian in the gallery far up beneath the ceiling, the most exalted of the land in the boxes and the stalls, leaned indulgently forward, to be swept by this sweet storm of song.
storm
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From this reading The meanest Italian in the gallery far up beneath the ceiling, the most exalted of the land in the boxes and the stalls, leaned indulgently forward, to be swept by this sweet storm of song.
supreme
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From this reading At the moment of the opera's supreme appeal the eyes of three people at least were not in the thraldom of the singer.
sweet
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From this reading The meanest Italian in the gallery far up beneath the ceiling, the most exalted of the land in the boxes and the stalls, leaned indulgently forward, to be swept by this sweet storm of song.
swept
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From this reading The meanest Italian in the gallery far up beneath the ceiling, the most exalted of the land in the boxes and the stalls, leaned indulgently forward, to be swept by this sweet storm of song.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The music throbbed in a voice of singular and delicate power; the air was resonant with melody, love and pain.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading They yielded themselves utterly to the power of the triumphant debutante who was making "Manassa" the musical feast of the year, renewing to Covent Garden a reputation which recent lack of enterprise had somewhat forfeited.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They yielded themselves utterly to the power of the triumphant debutante who was making "Manassa" the musical feast of the year, renewing to Covent Garden a reputation which recent lack of enterprise had somewhat forfeited.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The meanest Italian in the gallery far up beneath the ceiling, the most exalted of the land in the boxes and the stalls, leaned indulgently forward, to be swept by this sweet storm of song.
thraldom
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From this reading At the moment of the opera's supreme appeal the eyes of three people at least were not in the thraldom of the singer.
three
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From this reading At the moment of the opera's supreme appeal the eyes of three people at least were not in the thraldom of the singer.
throbbed
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From this reading The music throbbed in a voice of singular and delicate power; the air was resonant with melody, love and pain.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The meanest Italian in the gallery far up beneath the ceiling, the most exalted of the land in the boxes and the stalls, leaned indulgently forward, to be swept by this sweet storm of song.
triumphant
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From this reading They yielded themselves utterly to the power of the triumphant debutante who was making "Manassa" the musical feast of the year, renewing to Covent Garden a reputation which recent lack of enterprise had somewhat forfeited.
unheralded
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From this reading Yet, apparently, not all the vast audience were hypnotized by the unknown and unheralded singer, whose stage name was Al'mah.
unknown
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From this reading Yet, apparently, not all the vast audience were hypnotized by the unknown and unheralded singer, whose stage name was Al'mah.
up
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From this reading The meanest Italian in the gallery far up beneath the ceiling, the most exalted of the land in the boxes and the stalls, leaned indulgently forward, to be swept by this sweet storm of song.
utterly
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From this reading They yielded themselves utterly to the power of the triumphant debutante who was making "Manassa" the musical feast of the year, renewing to Covent Garden a reputation which recent lack of enterprise had somewhat forfeited.
vast
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From this reading Yet, apparently, not all the vast audience were hypnotized by the unknown and unheralded singer, whose stage name was Al'mah.
voice
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From this reading The music throbbed in a voice of singular and delicate power; the air was resonant with melody, love and pain.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The music throbbed in a voice of singular and delicate power; the air was resonant with melody, love and pain.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Yet, apparently, not all the vast audience were hypnotized by the unknown and unheralded singer, whose stage name was Al'mah.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading They yielded themselves utterly to the power of the triumphant debutante who was making "Manassa" the musical feast of the year, renewing to Covent Garden a reputation which recent lack of enterprise had somewhat forfeited.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading They yielded themselves utterly to the power of the triumphant debutante who was making "Manassa" the musical feast of the year, renewing to Covent Garden a reputation which recent lack of enterprise had somewhat forfeited.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading Yet, apparently, not all the vast audience were hypnotized by the unknown and unheralded singer, whose stage name was Al'mah.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The music throbbed in a voice of singular and delicate power; the air was resonant with melody, love and pain.
year
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From this reading They yielded themselves utterly to the power of the triumphant debutante who was making "Manassa" the musical feast of the year, renewing to Covent Garden a reputation which recent lack of enterprise had somewhat forfeited.
YetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet, apparently, not all the vast audience were hypnotized by the unknown and unheralded singer, whose stage name was Al'mah.
yielded
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From this reading They yielded themselves utterly to the power of the triumphant debutante who was making "Manassa" the musical feast of the year, renewing to Covent Garden a reputation which recent lack of enterprise had somewhat forfeited.
