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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 A WOMAN'S INSTINCT The women of Barnriff were as keenly alive to the prevailing excitements as the men.
affected
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From this reading Perhaps they were affected differently, but this was only natural.
alive
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From this reading A WOMAN'S INSTINCT The women of Barnriff were as keenly alive to the prevailing excitements as the men.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading A WOMAN'S INSTINCT The women of Barnriff were as keenly alive to the prevailing excitements as the men.
Barnriff
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From this reading A WOMAN'S INSTINCT The women of Barnriff were as keenly alive to the prevailing excitements as the men.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Perhaps they were affected differently, but this was only natural.
consequence
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From this reading Their horizon possessed the narrowest limits in consequence.
differently
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doings
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From this reading The village, with its doings, its gossip, was their life.
drudgery
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From this reading The grinding monotony of household drudgery left them little margin for expansion.
excitements
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From this reading A WOMAN'S INSTINCT The women of Barnriff were as keenly alive to the prevailing excitements as the men.
expansion
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From this reading The grinding monotony of household drudgery left them little margin for expansion.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The grinding monotony of household drudgery left them little margin for expansion.
gossip
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From this reading The village, with its doings, its gossip, was their life.
grinding
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From this reading The grinding monotony of household drudgery left them little margin for expansion.
horizon
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From this reading Their horizon possessed the narrowest limits in consequence.
household
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From this reading The grinding monotony of household drudgery left them little margin for expansion.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Their horizon possessed the narrowest limits in consequence.
INSTINCT
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From this reading A WOMAN'S INSTINCT The women of Barnriff were as keenly alive to the prevailing excitements as the men.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The village, with its doings, its gossip, was their life.
keenly
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From this reading A WOMAN'S INSTINCT The women of Barnriff were as keenly alive to the prevailing excitements as the men.
left
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From this reading The grinding monotony of household drudgery left them little margin for expansion.
life
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From this reading The village, with its doings, its gossip, was their life.
limits
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From this reading Their horizon possessed the narrowest limits in consequence.
little
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margin
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men
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From this reading A WOMAN'S INSTINCT The women of Barnriff were as keenly alive to the prevailing excitements as the men.
monotony
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From this reading The grinding monotony of household drudgery left them little margin for expansion.
narrowest
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From this reading Their horizon possessed the narrowest limits in consequence.
natural
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From this reading Perhaps they were affected differently, but this was only natural.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A WOMAN'S INSTINCT The women of Barnriff were as keenly alive to the prevailing excitements as the men.
only
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Perhaps
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possessed
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From this reading Their horizon possessed the narrowest limits in consequence.
prevailing
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From this reading A WOMAN'S INSTINCT The women of Barnriff were as keenly alive to the prevailing excitements as the men.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A WOMAN'S INSTINCT The women of Barnriff were as keenly alive to the prevailing excitements as the men.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The village, with its doings, its gossip, was their life.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The grinding monotony of household drudgery left them little margin for expansion.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Perhaps they were affected differently, but this was only natural.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Perhaps they were affected differently, but this was only natural.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A WOMAN'S INSTINCT The women of Barnriff were as keenly alive to the prevailing excitements as the men.
village
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From this reading The village, with its doings, its gossip, was their life.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Perhaps they were affected differently, but this was only natural.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading A WOMAN'S INSTINCT The women of Barnriff were as keenly alive to the prevailing excitements as the men.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The village, with its doings, its gossip, was their life.
WOMAN'S
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From this reading A WOMAN'S INSTINCT The women of Barnriff were as keenly alive to the prevailing excitements as the men.
women
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From this reading A WOMAN'S INSTINCT The women of Barnriff were as keenly alive to the prevailing excitements as the men.
