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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 She might be defined, I reflected, as The Woman Who Is Worthy Of Us; but the improbability which every healthily conceited young man must feel of ever finding such a one made the definition seem a little unserviceable.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Or, if you prefer, since we seem to be dealing with impossibles, we might turn about and more truly define her as The Woman of Whom We are Worthy, for who dare say that she exists?
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading If, again, she were defined as the Woman our More Fortunate Friend Marries, her unapproachableness would rob the definition of any practical value.
ALL
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From this reading CONCERNING THE PERFECT WOMAN, AND THEREFORE CONCERNING ALL FEMININE READERS As I once more got under way, my thoughts slowly loitered back to the theme which had been occupying them before I dropped asleep.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading CONCERNING THE PERFECT WOMAN, AND THEREFORE CONCERNING ALL FEMININE READERS As I once more got under way, my thoughts slowly loitered back to the theme which had been occupying them before I dropped asleep.
any
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From this reading If, again, she were defined as the Woman our More Fortunate Friend Marries, her unapproachableness would rob the definition of any practical value.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Or, if you prefer, since we seem to be dealing with impossibles, we might turn about and more truly define her as The Woman of Whom We are Worthy, for who dare say that she exists?
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading CONCERNING THE PERFECT WOMAN, AND THEREFORE CONCERNING ALL FEMININE READERS As I once more got under way, my thoughts slowly loitered back to the theme which had been occupying them before I dropped asleep.
asleep
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From this reading CONCERNING THE PERFECT WOMAN, AND THEREFORE CONCERNING ALL FEMININE READERS As I once more got under way, my thoughts slowly loitered back to the theme which had been occupying them before I dropped asleep.
back
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From this reading CONCERNING THE PERFECT WOMAN, AND THEREFORE CONCERNING ALL FEMININE READERS As I once more got under way, my thoughts slowly loitered back to the theme which had been occupying them before I dropped asleep.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading She might be defined, I reflected, as The Woman Who Is Worthy Of Us; but the improbability which every healthily conceited young man must feel of ever finding such a one made the definition seem a little unserviceable.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading CONCERNING THE PERFECT WOMAN, AND THEREFORE CONCERNING ALL FEMININE READERS As I once more got under way, my thoughts slowly loitered back to the theme which had been occupying them before I dropped asleep.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading CONCERNING THE PERFECT WOMAN, AND THEREFORE CONCERNING ALL FEMININE READERS As I once more got under way, my thoughts slowly loitered back to the theme which had been occupying them before I dropped asleep.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading She might be defined, I reflected, as The Woman Who Is Worthy Of Us; but the improbability which every healthily conceited young man must feel of ever finding such a one made the definition seem a little unserviceable.
conceited
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From this reading She might be defined, I reflected, as The Woman Who Is Worthy Of Us; but the improbability which every healthily conceited young man must feel of ever finding such a one made the definition seem a little unserviceable.
CONCERNING
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From this reading CONCERNING THE PERFECT WOMAN, AND THEREFORE CONCERNING ALL FEMININE READERS As I once more got under way, my thoughts slowly loitered back to the theme which had been occupying them before I dropped asleep.
dare
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dealing
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define
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defined
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From this reading She might be defined, I reflected, as The Woman Who Is Worthy Of Us; but the improbability which every healthily conceited young man must feel of ever finding such a one made the definition seem a little unserviceable.
definition
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From this reading She might be defined, I reflected, as The Woman Who Is Worthy Of Us; but the improbability which every healthily conceited young man must feel of ever finding such a one made the definition seem a little unserviceable.
dropped
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From this reading CONCERNING THE PERFECT WOMAN, AND THEREFORE CONCERNING ALL FEMININE READERS As I once more got under way, my thoughts slowly loitered back to the theme which had been occupying them before I dropped asleep.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She might be defined, I reflected, as The Woman Who Is Worthy Of Us; but the improbability which every healthily conceited young man must feel of ever finding such a one made the definition seem a little unserviceable.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading She might be defined, I reflected, as The Woman Who Is Worthy Of Us; but the improbability which every healthily conceited young man must feel of ever finding such a one made the definition seem a little unserviceable.
exists
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feel
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From this reading She might be defined, I reflected, as The Woman Who Is Worthy Of Us; but the improbability which every healthily conceited young man must feel of ever finding such a one made the definition seem a little unserviceable.
FEMININE
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From this reading CONCERNING THE PERFECT WOMAN, AND THEREFORE CONCERNING ALL FEMININE READERS As I once more got under way, my thoughts slowly loitered back to the theme which had been occupying them before I dropped asleep.
finding
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From this reading She might be defined, I reflected, as The Woman Who Is Worthy Of Us; but the improbability which every healthily conceited young man must feel of ever finding such a one made the definition seem a little unserviceable.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Or, if you prefer, since we seem to be dealing with impossibles, we might turn about and more truly define her as The Woman of Whom We are Worthy, for who dare say that she exists?
Fortunate
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From this reading If, again, she were defined as the Woman our More Fortunate Friend Marries, her unapproachableness would rob the definition of any practical value.
Friend
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From this reading If, again, she were defined as the Woman our More Fortunate Friend Marries, her unapproachableness would rob the definition of any practical value.
got
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From this reading CONCERNING THE PERFECT WOMAN, AND THEREFORE CONCERNING ALL FEMININE READERS As I once more got under way, my thoughts slowly loitered back to the theme which had been occupying them before I dropped asleep.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading CONCERNING THE PERFECT WOMAN, AND THEREFORE CONCERNING ALL FEMININE READERS As I once more got under way, my thoughts slowly loitered back to the theme which had been occupying them before I dropped asleep.
healthily
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From this reading She might be defined, I reflected, as The Woman Who Is Worthy Of Us; but the improbability which every healthily conceited young man must feel of ever finding such a one made the definition seem a little unserviceable.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Or, if you prefer, since we seem to be dealing with impossibles, we might turn about and more truly define her as The Woman of Whom We are Worthy, for who dare say that she exists?
hypothesis
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From this reading What was my working hypothesis of the Perfect Woman, towards whom I was thus leisurely strolling?
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading CONCERNING THE PERFECT WOMAN, AND THEREFORE CONCERNING ALL FEMININE READERS As I once more got under way, my thoughts slowly loitered back to the theme which had been occupying them before I dropped asleep.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Or, if you prefer, since we seem to be dealing with impossibles, we might turn about and more truly define her as The Woman of Whom We are Worthy, for who dare say that she exists?
impossibles
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improbability
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From this reading She might be defined, I reflected, as The Woman Who Is Worthy Of Us; but the improbability which every healthily conceited young man must feel of ever finding such a one made the definition seem a little unserviceable.
Isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She might be defined, I reflected, as The Woman Who Is Worthy Of Us; but the improbability which every healthily conceited young man must feel of ever finding such a one made the definition seem a little unserviceable.
leisurely
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From this reading What was my working hypothesis of the Perfect Woman, towards whom I was thus leisurely strolling?
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She might be defined, I reflected, as The Woman Who Is Worthy Of Us; but the improbability which every healthily conceited young man must feel of ever finding such a one made the definition seem a little unserviceable.
loitered
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From this reading CONCERNING THE PERFECT WOMAN, AND THEREFORE CONCERNING ALL FEMININE READERS As I once more got under way, my thoughts slowly loitered back to the theme which had been occupying them before I dropped asleep.
made
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From this reading She might be defined, I reflected, as The Woman Who Is Worthy Of Us; but the improbability which every healthily conceited young man must feel of ever finding such a one made the definition seem a little unserviceable.
man
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From this reading She might be defined, I reflected, as The Woman Who Is Worthy Of Us; but the improbability which every healthily conceited young man must feel of ever finding such a one made the definition seem a little unserviceable.
Marries
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From this reading If, again, she were defined as the Woman our More Fortunate Friend Marries, her unapproachableness would rob the definition of any practical value.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading She might be defined, I reflected, as The Woman Who Is Worthy Of Us; but the improbability which every healthily conceited young man must feel of ever finding such a one made the definition seem a little unserviceable.
more
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From this reading CONCERNING THE PERFECT WOMAN, AND THEREFORE CONCERNING ALL FEMININE READERS As I once more got under way, my thoughts slowly loitered back to the theme which had been occupying them before I dropped asleep.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading She might be defined, I reflected, as The Woman Who Is Worthy Of Us; but the improbability which every healthily conceited young man must feel of ever finding such a one made the definition seem a little unserviceable.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading CONCERNING THE PERFECT WOMAN, AND THEREFORE CONCERNING ALL FEMININE READERS As I once more got under way, my thoughts slowly loitered back to the theme which had been occupying them before I dropped asleep.
occupying
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From this reading CONCERNING THE PERFECT WOMAN, AND THEREFORE CONCERNING ALL FEMININE READERS As I once more got under way, my thoughts slowly loitered back to the theme which had been occupying them before I dropped asleep.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading What was my working hypothesis of the Perfect Woman, towards whom I was thus leisurely strolling?
once
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From this reading CONCERNING THE PERFECT WOMAN, AND THEREFORE CONCERNING ALL FEMININE READERS As I once more got under way, my thoughts slowly loitered back to the theme which had been occupying them before I dropped asleep.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading She might be defined, I reflected, as The Woman Who Is Worthy Of Us; but the improbability which every healthily conceited young man must feel of ever finding such a one made the definition seem a little unserviceable.
OrconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Or, if you prefer, since we seem to be dealing with impossibles, we might turn about and more truly define her as The Woman of Whom We are Worthy, for who dare say that she exists?
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading If, again, she were defined as the Woman our More Fortunate Friend Marries, her unapproachableness would rob the definition of any practical value.
PERFECT
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From this reading CONCERNING THE PERFECT WOMAN, AND THEREFORE CONCERNING ALL FEMININE READERS As I once more got under way, my thoughts slowly loitered back to the theme which had been occupying them before I dropped asleep.
practical
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From this reading If, again, she were defined as the Woman our More Fortunate Friend Marries, her unapproachableness would rob the definition of any practical value.
prefer
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READERS
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From this reading CONCERNING THE PERFECT WOMAN, AND THEREFORE CONCERNING ALL FEMININE READERS As I once more got under way, my thoughts slowly loitered back to the theme which had been occupying them before I dropped asleep.
reflected
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From this reading She might be defined, I reflected, as The Woman Who Is Worthy Of Us; but the improbability which every healthily conceited young man must feel of ever finding such a one made the definition seem a little unserviceable.
rob
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From this reading If, again, she were defined as the Woman our More Fortunate Friend Marries, her unapproachableness would rob the definition of any practical value.
say
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seem
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From this reading She might be defined, I reflected, as The Woman Who Is Worthy Of Us; but the improbability which every healthily conceited young man must feel of ever finding such a one made the definition seem a little unserviceable.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She might be defined, I reflected, as The Woman Who Is Worthy Of Us; but the improbability which every healthily conceited young man must feel of ever finding such a one made the definition seem a little unserviceable.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
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slowly
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From this reading CONCERNING THE PERFECT WOMAN, AND THEREFORE CONCERNING ALL FEMININE READERS As I once more got under way, my thoughts slowly loitered back to the theme which had been occupying them before I dropped asleep.
strolling
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From this reading What was my working hypothesis of the Perfect Woman, towards whom I was thus leisurely strolling?
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading She might be defined, I reflected, as The Woman Who Is Worthy Of Us; but the improbability which every healthily conceited young man must feel of ever finding such a one made the definition seem a little unserviceable.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Or, if you prefer, since we seem to be dealing with impossibles, we might turn about and more truly define her as The Woman of Whom We are Worthy, for who dare say that she exists?
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading CONCERNING THE PERFECT WOMAN, AND THEREFORE CONCERNING ALL FEMININE READERS As I once more got under way, my thoughts slowly loitered back to the theme which had been occupying them before I dropped asleep.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading CONCERNING THE PERFECT WOMAN, AND THEREFORE CONCERNING ALL FEMININE READERS As I once more got under way, my thoughts slowly loitered back to the theme which had been occupying them before I dropped asleep.
theme
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From this reading CONCERNING THE PERFECT WOMAN, AND THEREFORE CONCERNING ALL FEMININE READERS As I once more got under way, my thoughts slowly loitered back to the theme which had been occupying them before I dropped asleep.
THEREFOREadverbUS /ˈðerfɔːr/
for that reason; as a result
From this reading CONCERNING THE PERFECT WOMAN, AND THEREFORE CONCERNING ALL FEMININE READERS As I once more got under way, my thoughts slowly loitered back to the theme which had been occupying them before I dropped asleep.
thoughts
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thus
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toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading CONCERNING THE PERFECT WOMAN, AND THEREFORE CONCERNING ALL FEMININE READERS As I once more got under way, my thoughts slowly loitered back to the theme which had been occupying them before I dropped asleep.
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading What was my working hypothesis of the Perfect Woman, towards whom I was thus leisurely strolling?
truly
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turn
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unapproachableness
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From this reading If, again, she were defined as the Woman our More Fortunate Friend Marries, her unapproachableness would rob the definition of any practical value.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading CONCERNING THE PERFECT WOMAN, AND THEREFORE CONCERNING ALL FEMININE READERS As I once more got under way, my thoughts slowly loitered back to the theme which had been occupying them before I dropped asleep.
unserviceable
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From this reading She might be defined, I reflected, as The Woman Who Is Worthy Of Us; but the improbability which every healthily conceited young man must feel of ever finding such a one made the definition seem a little unserviceable.
UspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She might be defined, I reflected, as The Woman Who Is Worthy Of Us; but the improbability which every healthily conceited young man must feel of ever finding such a one made the definition seem a little unserviceable.
value
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From this reading If, again, she were defined as the Woman our More Fortunate Friend Marries, her unapproachableness would rob the definition of any practical value.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading What was my working hypothesis of the Perfect Woman, towards whom I was thus leisurely strolling?
way
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From this reading CONCERNING THE PERFECT WOMAN, AND THEREFORE CONCERNING ALL FEMININE READERS As I once more got under way, my thoughts slowly loitered back to the theme which had been occupying them before I dropped asleep.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Or, if you prefer, since we seem to be dealing with impossibles, we might turn about and more truly define her as The Woman of Whom We are Worthy, for who dare say that she exists?
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading If, again, she were defined as the Woman our More Fortunate Friend Marries, her unapproachableness would rob the definition of any practical value.
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What was my working hypothesis of the Perfect Woman, towards whom I was thus leisurely strolling?
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading CONCERNING THE PERFECT WOMAN, AND THEREFORE CONCERNING ALL FEMININE READERS As I once more got under way, my thoughts slowly loitered back to the theme which had been occupying them before I dropped asleep.
WhopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading She might be defined, I reflected, as The Woman Who Is Worthy Of Us; but the improbability which every healthily conceited young man must feel of ever finding such a one made the definition seem a little unserviceable.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading What was my working hypothesis of the Perfect Woman, towards whom I was thus leisurely strolling?
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Or, if you prefer, since we seem to be dealing with impossibles, we might turn about and more truly define her as The Woman of Whom We are Worthy, for who dare say that she exists?
WOMAN
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From this reading CONCERNING THE PERFECT WOMAN, AND THEREFORE CONCERNING ALL FEMININE READERS As I once more got under way, my thoughts slowly loitered back to the theme which had been occupying them before I dropped asleep.
working
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WorthyadjectiveUS /ˈwɜːr.ði/
Having or showing the qualities or abilities that merit recognition in character or magic.
From this reading She might be defined, I reflected, as The Woman Who Is Worthy Of Us; but the improbability which every healthily conceited young man must feel of ever finding such a one made the definition seem a little unserviceable.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading If, again, she were defined as the Woman our More Fortunate Friend Marries, her unapproachableness would rob the definition of any practical value.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Or, if you prefer, since we seem to be dealing with impossibles, we might turn about and more truly define her as The Woman of Whom We are Worthy, for who dare say that she exists?
young
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From this reading She might be defined, I reflected, as The Woman Who Is Worthy Of Us; but the improbability which every healthily conceited young man must feel of ever finding such a one made the definition seem a little unserviceable.
