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From this reading 3.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together.
Abandoning
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From this reading "Abandoning my heart, and rapt in ecstasy, I ran after her till I came to a place in which religion and reason forsook me."
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading "Abandoning my heart, and rapt in ecstasy, I ran after her till I came to a place in which religion and reason forsook me."
All's
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From this reading _All's Well That Ends Well_, iv.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together.
came
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From this reading "Abandoning my heart, and rapt in ecstasy, I ran after her till I came to a place in which religion and reason forsook me."
ecstasy
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From this reading "Abandoning my heart, and rapt in ecstasy, I ran after her till I came to a place in which religion and reason forsook me."
Ends
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From this reading _All's Well That Ends Well_, iv.
forsook
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From this reading "Abandoning my heart, and rapt in ecstasy, I ran after her till I came to a place in which religion and reason forsook me."
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together.
heart
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From this reading "Abandoning my heart, and rapt in ecstasy, I ran after her till I came to a place in which religion and reason forsook me."
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "Abandoning my heart, and rapt in ecstasy, I ran after her till I came to a place in which religion and reason forsook me."
Hymn
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From this reading _Persian Religious Hymn.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Abandoning my heart, and rapt in ecstasy, I ran after her till I came to a place in which religion and reason forsook me."
ill
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From this reading The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Abandoning my heart, and rapt in ecstasy, I ran after her till I came to a place in which religion and reason forsook me."
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together.
iv
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From this reading _All's Well That Ends Well_, iv.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Abandoning my heart, and rapt in ecstasy, I ran after her till I came to a place in which religion and reason forsook me."
mingled
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From this reading The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "Abandoning my heart, and rapt in ecstasy, I ran after her till I came to a place in which religion and reason forsook me."
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together.
Persian
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From this reading _Persian Religious Hymn.
place
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From this reading "Abandoning my heart, and rapt in ecstasy, I ran after her till I came to a place in which religion and reason forsook me."
ran
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From this reading "Abandoning my heart, and rapt in ecstasy, I ran after her till I came to a place in which religion and reason forsook me."
rapt
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From this reading "Abandoning my heart, and rapt in ecstasy, I ran after her till I came to a place in which religion and reason forsook me."
reason
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From this reading "Abandoning my heart, and rapt in ecstasy, I ran after her till I came to a place in which religion and reason forsook me."
religion
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From this reading "Abandoning my heart, and rapt in ecstasy, I ran after her till I came to a place in which religion and reason forsook me."
Religious
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From this reading _Persian Religious Hymn.
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading _All's Well That Ends Well_, iv.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together.
tillprepositionUS /tɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading "Abandoning my heart, and rapt in ecstasy, I ran after her till I came to a place in which religion and reason forsook me."
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Abandoning my heart, and rapt in ecstasy, I ran after her till I came to a place in which religion and reason forsook me."
together
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From this reading The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together.
web
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From this reading The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together.
Well
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From this reading _All's Well That Ends Well_, iv.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading "Abandoning my heart, and rapt in ecstasy, I ran after her till I came to a place in which religion and reason forsook me."
yarnnounUS /jɑrn/
an informal story or conversation
From this reading The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together.