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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 We know from Harrison and Pride that Cromwell, when young, loved women and pleasure, a taste which, at times (another reading of the text “Woman”), betrays a seditious man.
always
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From this reading Lord Linnæus Clancharlie had not always been old and proscribed; he had had his phase of youth and passion.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Lord Linnæus Clancharlie had not always been old and proscribed; he had had his phase of youth and passion.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading We know from Harrison and Pride that Cromwell, when young, loved women and pleasure, a taste which, at times (another reading of the text “Woman”), betrays a seditious man.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading We know from Harrison and Pride that Cromwell, when young, loved women and pleasure, a taste which, at times (another reading of the text “Woman”), betrays a seditious man.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Lord Linnæus Clancharlie had not always been old and proscribed; he had had his phase of youth and passion.
betrays
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From this reading We know from Harrison and Pride that Cromwell, when young, loved women and pleasure, a taste which, at times (another reading of the text “Woman”), betrays a seditious man.
Clancharlie
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From this reading Lord Linnæus Clancharlie had not always been old and proscribed; he had had his phase of youth and passion.
Cromwell
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From this reading We know from Harrison and Pride that Cromwell, when young, loved women and pleasure, a taste which, at times (another reading of the text “Woman”), betrays a seditious man.
DAVID
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From this reading LORD DAVID DIRRY-MOIR.
DIRRY-MOIR
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From this reading LORD DAVID DIRRY-MOIR.
Distrust
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From this reading Distrust the loosely-clasped girdle.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading We know from Harrison and Pride that Cromwell, when young, loved women and pleasure, a taste which, at times (another reading of the text “Woman”), betrays a seditious man.
girdle
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From this reading Distrust the loosely-clasped girdle.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Lord Linnæus Clancharlie had not always been old and proscribed; he had had his phase of youth and passion.
Harrison
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From this reading We know from Harrison and Pride that Cromwell, when young, loved women and pleasure, a taste which, at times (another reading of the text “Woman”), betrays a seditious man.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Lord Linnæus Clancharlie had not always been old and proscribed; he had had his phase of youth and passion.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Lord Linnæus Clancharlie had not always been old and proscribed; he had had his phase of youth and passion.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We know from Harrison and Pride that Cromwell, when young, loved women and pleasure, a taste which, at times (another reading of the text “Woman”), betrays a seditious man.
Linnæus
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From this reading Lord Linnæus Clancharlie had not always been old and proscribed; he had had his phase of youth and passion.
loosely-clasped
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From this reading Distrust the loosely-clasped girdle.
LORD
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From this reading LORD DAVID DIRRY-MOIR.
loved
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From this reading We know from Harrison and Pride that Cromwell, when young, loved women and pleasure, a taste which, at times (another reading of the text “Woman”), betrays a seditious man.
man
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From this reading We know from Harrison and Pride that Cromwell, when young, loved women and pleasure, a taste which, at times (another reading of the text “Woman”), betrays a seditious man.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Lord Linnæus Clancharlie had not always been old and proscribed; he had had his phase of youth and passion.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Lord Linnæus Clancharlie had not always been old and proscribed; he had had his phase of youth and passion.
old
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From this reading Lord Linnæus Clancharlie had not always been old and proscribed; he had had his phase of youth and passion.
passion
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From this reading Lord Linnæus Clancharlie had not always been old and proscribed; he had had his phase of youth and passion.
phase
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From this reading Lord Linnæus Clancharlie had not always been old and proscribed; he had had his phase of youth and passion.
pleasure
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From this reading We know from Harrison and Pride that Cromwell, when young, loved women and pleasure, a taste which, at times (another reading of the text “Woman”), betrays a seditious man.
Pride
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From this reading We know from Harrison and Pride that Cromwell, when young, loved women and pleasure, a taste which, at times (another reading of the text “Woman”), betrays a seditious man.
proscribed
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From this reading Lord Linnæus Clancharlie had not always been old and proscribed; he had had his phase of youth and passion.
reading
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From this reading We know from Harrison and Pride that Cromwell, when young, loved women and pleasure, a taste which, at times (another reading of the text “Woman”), betrays a seditious man.
seditious
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From this reading We know from Harrison and Pride that Cromwell, when young, loved women and pleasure, a taste which, at times (another reading of the text “Woman”), betrays a seditious man.
tasteverbUS /teɪst/
To perceive flavor through the mouth.
From this reading We know from Harrison and Pride that Cromwell, when young, loved women and pleasure, a taste which, at times (another reading of the text “Woman”), betrays a seditious man.
text
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From this reading We know from Harrison and Pride that Cromwell, when young, loved women and pleasure, a taste which, at times (another reading of the text “Woman”), betrays a seditious man.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading We know from Harrison and Pride that Cromwell, when young, loved women and pleasure, a taste which, at times (another reading of the text “Woman”), betrays a seditious man.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading We know from Harrison and Pride that Cromwell, when young, loved women and pleasure, a taste which, at times (another reading of the text “Woman”), betrays a seditious man.
times
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From this reading We know from Harrison and Pride that Cromwell, when young, loved women and pleasure, a taste which, at times (another reading of the text “Woman”), betrays a seditious man.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We know from Harrison and Pride that Cromwell, when young, loved women and pleasure, a taste which, at times (another reading of the text “Woman”), betrays a seditious man.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading We know from Harrison and Pride that Cromwell, when young, loved women and pleasure, a taste which, at times (another reading of the text “Woman”), betrays a seditious man.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading We know from Harrison and Pride that Cromwell, when young, loved women and pleasure, a taste which, at times (another reading of the text “Woman”), betrays a seditious man.
Woman
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From this reading We know from Harrison and Pride that Cromwell, when young, loved women and pleasure, a taste which, at times (another reading of the text “Woman”), betrays a seditious man.
women
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From this reading We know from Harrison and Pride that Cromwell, when young, loved women and pleasure, a taste which, at times (another reading of the text “Woman”), betrays a seditious man.
young
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From this reading We know from Harrison and Pride that Cromwell, when young, loved women and pleasure, a taste which, at times (another reading of the text “Woman”), betrays a seditious man.
youth
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From this reading Lord Linnæus Clancharlie had not always been old and proscribed; he had had his phase of youth and passion.