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adopted
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From this reading One hears much of Platonism, and, occasionally, of those brother and sisterly affections which are adopted to compensate for dearer and tenderer ties.
affections
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From this reading One hears much of Platonism, and, occasionally, of those brother and sisterly affections which are adopted to compensate for dearer and tenderer ties.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Our time is now brief with our reader, and we would not trespass on him longer by dwelling on the mere details of those struggles to which Helen and Forester were reduced by daily association and companionship.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading One hears much of Platonism, and, occasionally, of those brother and sisterly affections which are adopted to compensate for dearer and tenderer ties.
association
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From this reading Our time is now brief with our reader, and we would not trespass on him longer by dwelling on the mere details of those struggles to which Helen and Forester were reduced by daily association and companionship.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading We are far, very far, from doubting that friendship, the truest and closest, can subsist between individuals of opposite sex.
brief
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From this reading Our time is now brief with our reader, and we would not trespass on him longer by dwelling on the mere details of those struggles to which Helen and Forester were reduced by daily association and companionship.
brother
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From this reading One hears much of Platonism, and, occasionally, of those brother and sisterly affections which are adopted to compensate for dearer and tenderer ties.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Our time is now brief with our reader, and we would not trespass on him longer by dwelling on the mere details of those struggles to which Helen and Forester were reduced by daily association and companionship.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading We are far, very far, from doubting that friendship, the truest and closest, can subsist between individuals of opposite sex.
closest
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From this reading We are far, very far, from doubting that friendship, the truest and closest, can subsist between individuals of opposite sex.
compact
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From this reading Has the world ever presented one single successful instance of the compact?
companionship
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From this reading Our time is now brief with our reader, and we would not trespass on him longer by dwelling on the mere details of those struggles to which Helen and Forester were reduced by daily association and companionship.
compensate
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From this reading One hears much of Platonism, and, occasionally, of those brother and sisterly affections which are adopted to compensate for dearer and tenderer ties.
daily
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From this reading Our time is now brief with our reader, and we would not trespass on him longer by dwelling on the mere details of those struggles to which Helen and Forester were reduced by daily association and companionship.
dearer
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From this reading One hears much of Platonism, and, occasionally, of those brother and sisterly affections which are adopted to compensate for dearer and tenderer ties.
details
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From this reading Our time is now brief with our reader, and we would not trespass on him longer by dwelling on the mere details of those struggles to which Helen and Forester were reduced by daily association and companionship.
Doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Do they ever really exist?
doubting
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From this reading We are far, very far, from doubting that friendship, the truest and closest, can subsist between individuals of opposite sex.
dwelling
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From this reading Our time is now brief with our reader, and we would not trespass on him longer by dwelling on the mere details of those struggles to which Helen and Forester were reduced by daily association and companionship.
ever
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From this reading Do they ever really exist?
exist
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From this reading Do they ever really exist?
far
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From this reading We are far, very far, from doubting that friendship, the truest and closest, can subsist between individuals of opposite sex.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading One hears much of Platonism, and, occasionally, of those brother and sisterly affections which are adopted to compensate for dearer and tenderer ties.
Forester
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From this reading Our time is now brief with our reader, and we would not trespass on him longer by dwelling on the mere details of those struggles to which Helen and Forester were reduced by daily association and companionship.
friendship
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From this reading We are far, very far, from doubting that friendship, the truest and closest, can subsist between individuals of opposite sex.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading We are far, very far, from doubting that friendship, the truest and closest, can subsist between individuals of opposite sex.
Hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Has the world ever presented one single successful instance of the compact?
hears
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From this reading One hears much of Platonism, and, occasionally, of those brother and sisterly affections which are adopted to compensate for dearer and tenderer ties.
Helen
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From this reading Our time is now brief with our reader, and we would not trespass on him longer by dwelling on the mere details of those struggles to which Helen and Forester were reduced by daily association and companionship.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Our time is now brief with our reader, and we would not trespass on him longer by dwelling on the mere details of those struggles to which Helen and Forester were reduced by daily association and companionship.
individuals
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From this reading We are far, very far, from doubting that friendship, the truest and closest, can subsist between individuals of opposite sex.
instance
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From this reading Has the world ever presented one single successful instance of the compact?
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Our time is now brief with our reader, and we would not trespass on him longer by dwelling on the mere details of those struggles to which Helen and Forester were reduced by daily association and companionship.
longer
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From this reading Our time is now brief with our reader, and we would not trespass on him longer by dwelling on the mere details of those struggles to which Helen and Forester were reduced by daily association and companionship.
mere
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From this reading Our time is now brief with our reader, and we would not trespass on him longer by dwelling on the mere details of those struggles to which Helen and Forester were reduced by daily association and companionship.
much
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From this reading One hears much of Platonism, and, occasionally, of those brother and sisterly affections which are adopted to compensate for dearer and tenderer ties.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Our time is now brief with our reader, and we would not trespass on him longer by dwelling on the mere details of those struggles to which Helen and Forester were reduced by daily association and companionship.
now
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From this reading Our time is now brief with our reader, and we would not trespass on him longer by dwelling on the mere details of those struggles to which Helen and Forester were reduced by daily association and companionship.
occasionally
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From this reading One hears much of Platonism, and, occasionally, of those brother and sisterly affections which are adopted to compensate for dearer and tenderer ties.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Our time is now brief with our reader, and we would not trespass on him longer by dwelling on the mere details of those struggles to which Helen and Forester were reduced by daily association and companionship.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Our time is now brief with our reader, and we would not trespass on him longer by dwelling on the mere details of those struggles to which Helen and Forester were reduced by daily association and companionship.
OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One hears much of Platonism, and, occasionally, of those brother and sisterly affections which are adopted to compensate for dearer and tenderer ties.
opposite
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From this reading We are far, very far, from doubting that friendship, the truest and closest, can subsist between individuals of opposite sex.
OurdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Our time is now brief with our reader, and we would not trespass on him longer by dwelling on the mere details of those struggles to which Helen and Forester were reduced by daily association and companionship.
Platonism
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From this reading One hears much of Platonism, and, occasionally, of those brother and sisterly affections which are adopted to compensate for dearer and tenderer ties.
presented
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From this reading Has the world ever presented one single successful instance of the compact?
reader
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From this reading Our time is now brief with our reader, and we would not trespass on him longer by dwelling on the mere details of those struggles to which Helen and Forester were reduced by daily association and companionship.
really
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From this reading Do they ever really exist?
reduced
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From this reading Our time is now brief with our reader, and we would not trespass on him longer by dwelling on the mere details of those struggles to which Helen and Forester were reduced by daily association and companionship.
sex
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From this reading We are far, very far, from doubting that friendship, the truest and closest, can subsist between individuals of opposite sex.
single
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From this reading Has the world ever presented one single successful instance of the compact?
sisterly
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From this reading One hears much of Platonism, and, occasionally, of those brother and sisterly affections which are adopted to compensate for dearer and tenderer ties.
struggles
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From this reading Our time is now brief with our reader, and we would not trespass on him longer by dwelling on the mere details of those struggles to which Helen and Forester were reduced by daily association and companionship.
subsist
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From this reading We are far, very far, from doubting that friendship, the truest and closest, can subsist between individuals of opposite sex.
successful
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From this reading Has the world ever presented one single successful instance of the compact?
tenderer
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From this reading One hears much of Platonism, and, occasionally, of those brother and sisterly affections which are adopted to compensate for dearer and tenderer ties.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading We are far, very far, from doubting that friendship, the truest and closest, can subsist between individuals of opposite sex.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Our time is now brief with our reader, and we would not trespass on him longer by dwelling on the mere details of those struggles to which Helen and Forester were reduced by daily association and companionship.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Do they ever really exist?
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Our time is now brief with our reader, and we would not trespass on him longer by dwelling on the mere details of those struggles to which Helen and Forester were reduced by daily association and companionship.
ties
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From this reading One hears much of Platonism, and, occasionally, of those brother and sisterly affections which are adopted to compensate for dearer and tenderer ties.
time
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From this reading Our time is now brief with our reader, and we would not trespass on him longer by dwelling on the mere details of those struggles to which Helen and Forester were reduced by daily association and companionship.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Our time is now brief with our reader, and we would not trespass on him longer by dwelling on the mere details of those struggles to which Helen and Forester were reduced by daily association and companionship.
trespass
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From this reading Our time is now brief with our reader, and we would not trespass on him longer by dwelling on the mere details of those struggles to which Helen and Forester were reduced by daily association and companionship.
truest
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From this reading We are far, very far, from doubting that friendship, the truest and closest, can subsist between individuals of opposite sex.
very
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From this reading We are far, very far, from doubting that friendship, the truest and closest, can subsist between individuals of opposite sex.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Our time is now brief with our reader, and we would not trespass on him longer by dwelling on the mere details of those struggles to which Helen and Forester were reduced by daily association and companionship.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Our time is now brief with our reader, and we would not trespass on him longer by dwelling on the mere details of those struggles to which Helen and Forester were reduced by daily association and companionship.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Our time is now brief with our reader, and we would not trespass on him longer by dwelling on the mere details of those struggles to which Helen and Forester were reduced by daily association and companionship.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Our time is now brief with our reader, and we would not trespass on him longer by dwelling on the mere details of those struggles to which Helen and Forester were reduced by daily association and companionship.
world
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From this reading Has the world ever presented one single successful instance of the compact?
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Our time is now brief with our reader, and we would not trespass on him longer by dwelling on the mere details of those struggles to which Helen and Forester were reduced by daily association and companionship.
