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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 In giving to the world a narrative of her journey to Iceland, and her wanderings through Norway and Sweden, Madame Pfeiffer anticipated certain objections that would be advanced by the over-refined.
accomplished
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From this reading We might have been induced to pardon her pilgrimage to the Holy Land, though it was sufficiently hazardous for a solitary woman, because it was prompted, perhaps, by her religious feelings,--and incredible things, as we all know, are frequently accomplished under such an impulse.
advanced
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From this reading In giving to the world a narrative of her journey to Iceland, and her wanderings through Norway and Sweden, Madame Pfeiffer anticipated certain objections that would be advanced by the over-refined.
all
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From this reading We might have been induced to pardon her pilgrimage to the Holy Land, though it was sufficiently hazardous for a solitary woman, because it was prompted, perhaps, by her religious feelings,--and incredible things, as we all know, are frequently accomplished under such an impulse.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading We might have been induced to pardon her pilgrimage to the Holy Land, though it was sufficiently hazardous for a solitary woman, because it was prompted, perhaps, by her religious feelings,--and incredible things, as we all know, are frequently accomplished under such an impulse.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading In giving to the world a narrative of her journey to Iceland, and her wanderings through Norway and Sweden, Madame Pfeiffer anticipated certain objections that would be advanced by the over-refined.
AnothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "Another journey !" she supposed them to exclaim; "and that to regions far more likely to repel than attract the general traveller!
anticipated
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From this reading In giving to the world a narrative of her journey to Iceland, and her wanderings through Norway and Sweden, Madame Pfeiffer anticipated certain objections that would be advanced by the over-refined.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading We might have been induced to pardon her pilgrimage to the Holy Land, though it was sufficiently hazardous for a solitary woman, because it was prompted, perhaps, by her religious feelings,--and incredible things, as we all know, are frequently accomplished under such an impulse.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading We might have been induced to pardon her pilgrimage to the Holy Land, though it was sufficiently hazardous for a solitary woman, because it was prompted, perhaps, by her religious feelings,--and incredible things, as we all know, are frequently accomplished under such an impulse.
astonishment
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From this reading What object could this woman have had in visiting them, but a desire to excite our astonishment and raise our curiosity?
attract
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From this reading "Another journey !" she supposed them to exclaim; "and that to regions far more likely to repel than attract the general traveller!
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading In giving to the world a narrative of her journey to Iceland, and her wanderings through Norway and Sweden, Madame Pfeiffer anticipated certain objections that would be advanced by the over-refined.
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading We might have been induced to pardon her pilgrimage to the Holy Land, though it was sufficiently hazardous for a solitary woman, because it was prompted, perhaps, by her religious feelings,--and incredible things, as we all know, are frequently accomplished under such an impulse.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading We might have been induced to pardon her pilgrimage to the Holy Land, though it was sufficiently hazardous for a solitary woman, because it was prompted, perhaps, by her religious feelings,--and incredible things, as we all know, are frequently accomplished under such an impulse.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading What object could this woman have had in visiting them, but a desire to excite our astonishment and raise our curiosity?
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading In giving to the world a narrative of her journey to Iceland, and her wanderings through Norway and Sweden, Madame Pfeiffer anticipated certain objections that would be advanced by the over-refined.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading But, for the present expedition, what reasonable motive can possibly be suggested?"
certain
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From this reading In giving to the world a narrative of her journey to Iceland, and her wanderings through Norway and Sweden, Madame Pfeiffer anticipated certain objections that would be advanced by the over-refined.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading What object could this woman have had in visiting them, but a desire to excite our astonishment and raise our curiosity?
curiosity
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From this reading What object could this woman have had in visiting them, but a desire to excite our astonishment and raise our curiosity?
desire
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From this reading What object could this woman have had in visiting them, but a desire to excite our astonishment and raise our curiosity?
excite
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From this reading What object could this woman have had in visiting them, but a desire to excite our astonishment and raise our curiosity?
exclaim
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From this reading "Another journey !" she supposed them to exclaim; "and that to regions far more likely to repel than attract the general traveller!
expedition
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From this reading But, for the present expedition, what reasonable motive can possibly be suggested?"
far
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From this reading "Another journey !" she supposed them to exclaim; "and that to regions far more likely to repel than attract the general traveller!
feelings
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From this reading We might have been induced to pardon her pilgrimage to the Holy Land, though it was sufficiently hazardous for a solitary woman, because it was prompted, perhaps, by her religious feelings,--and incredible things, as we all know, are frequently accomplished under such an impulse.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading We might have been induced to pardon her pilgrimage to the Holy Land, though it was sufficiently hazardous for a solitary woman, because it was prompted, perhaps, by her religious feelings,--and incredible things, as we all know, are frequently accomplished under such an impulse.
frequently
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From this reading We might have been induced to pardon her pilgrimage to the Holy Land, though it was sufficiently hazardous for a solitary woman, because it was prompted, perhaps, by her religious feelings,--and incredible things, as we all know, are frequently accomplished under such an impulse.
general
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From this reading "Another journey !" she supposed them to exclaim; "and that to regions far more likely to repel than attract the general traveller!
giving
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From this reading In giving to the world a narrative of her journey to Iceland, and her wanderings through Norway and Sweden, Madame Pfeiffer anticipated certain objections that would be advanced by the over-refined.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading What object could this woman have had in visiting them, but a desire to excite our astonishment and raise our curiosity?
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading What object could this woman have had in visiting them, but a desire to excite our astonishment and raise our curiosity?
hazardous
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From this reading We might have been induced to pardon her pilgrimage to the Holy Land, though it was sufficiently hazardous for a solitary woman, because it was prompted, perhaps, by her religious feelings,--and incredible things, as we all know, are frequently accomplished under such an impulse.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading In giving to the world a narrative of her journey to Iceland, and her wanderings through Norway and Sweden, Madame Pfeiffer anticipated certain objections that would be advanced by the over-refined.
Holy
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From this reading We might have been induced to pardon her pilgrimage to the Holy Land, though it was sufficiently hazardous for a solitary woman, because it was prompted, perhaps, by her religious feelings,--and incredible things, as we all know, are frequently accomplished under such an impulse.
Iceland
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From this reading In giving to the world a narrative of her journey to Iceland, and her wanderings through Norway and Sweden, Madame Pfeiffer anticipated certain objections that would be advanced by the over-refined.
impulsenounUS /ˈɪmpʌls/
a sudden strong desire to act
From this reading We might have been induced to pardon her pilgrimage to the Holy Land, though it was sufficiently hazardous for a solitary woman, because it was prompted, perhaps, by her religious feelings,--and incredible things, as we all know, are frequently accomplished under such an impulse.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In giving to the world a narrative of her journey to Iceland, and her wanderings through Norway and Sweden, Madame Pfeiffer anticipated certain objections that would be advanced by the over-refined.
incredible
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From this reading We might have been induced to pardon her pilgrimage to the Holy Land, though it was sufficiently hazardous for a solitary woman, because it was prompted, perhaps, by her religious feelings,--and incredible things, as we all know, are frequently accomplished under such an impulse.
induced
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From this reading We might have been induced to pardon her pilgrimage to the Holy Land, though it was sufficiently hazardous for a solitary woman, because it was prompted, perhaps, by her religious feelings,--and incredible things, as we all know, are frequently accomplished under such an impulse.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading We might have been induced to pardon her pilgrimage to the Holy Land, though it was sufficiently hazardous for a solitary woman, because it was prompted, perhaps, by her religious feelings,--and incredible things, as we all know, are frequently accomplished under such an impulse.
journeynounUS /ˈjourney/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading In giving to the world a narrative of her journey to Iceland, and her wanderings through Norway and Sweden, Madame Pfeiffer anticipated certain objections that would be advanced by the over-refined.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We might have been induced to pardon her pilgrimage to the Holy Land, though it was sufficiently hazardous for a solitary woman, because it was prompted, perhaps, by her religious feelings,--and incredible things, as we all know, are frequently accomplished under such an impulse.
Land
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From this reading We might have been induced to pardon her pilgrimage to the Holy Land, though it was sufficiently hazardous for a solitary woman, because it was prompted, perhaps, by her religious feelings,--and incredible things, as we all know, are frequently accomplished under such an impulse.
likely
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From this reading "Another journey !" she supposed them to exclaim; "and that to regions far more likely to repel than attract the general traveller!
Madame
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From this reading In giving to the world a narrative of her journey to Iceland, and her wanderings through Norway and Sweden, Madame Pfeiffer anticipated certain objections that would be advanced by the over-refined.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading We might have been induced to pardon her pilgrimage to the Holy Land, though it was sufficiently hazardous for a solitary woman, because it was prompted, perhaps, by her religious feelings,--and incredible things, as we all know, are frequently accomplished under such an impulse.
more
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From this reading "Another journey !" she supposed them to exclaim; "and that to regions far more likely to repel than attract the general traveller!
motive
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From this reading But, for the present expedition, what reasonable motive can possibly be suggested?"
narrative
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From this reading In giving to the world a narrative of her journey to Iceland, and her wanderings through Norway and Sweden, Madame Pfeiffer anticipated certain objections that would be advanced by the over-refined.
Norway
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From this reading In giving to the world a narrative of her journey to Iceland, and her wanderings through Norway and Sweden, Madame Pfeiffer anticipated certain objections that would be advanced by the over-refined.
object
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From this reading What object could this woman have had in visiting them, but a desire to excite our astonishment and raise our curiosity?
objections
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From this reading In giving to the world a narrative of her journey to Iceland, and her wanderings through Norway and Sweden, Madame Pfeiffer anticipated certain objections that would be advanced by the over-refined.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In giving to the world a narrative of her journey to Iceland, and her wanderings through Norway and Sweden, Madame Pfeiffer anticipated certain objections that would be advanced by the over-refined.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading What object could this woman have had in visiting them, but a desire to excite our astonishment and raise our curiosity?
over-refined
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From this reading In giving to the world a narrative of her journey to Iceland, and her wanderings through Norway and Sweden, Madame Pfeiffer anticipated certain objections that would be advanced by the over-refined.
pardon
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From this reading We might have been induced to pardon her pilgrimage to the Holy Land, though it was sufficiently hazardous for a solitary woman, because it was prompted, perhaps, by her religious feelings,--and incredible things, as we all know, are frequently accomplished under such an impulse.
perhaps
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From this reading We might have been induced to pardon her pilgrimage to the Holy Land, though it was sufficiently hazardous for a solitary woman, because it was prompted, perhaps, by her religious feelings,--and incredible things, as we all know, are frequently accomplished under such an impulse.
Pfeiffer
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From this reading In giving to the world a narrative of her journey to Iceland, and her wanderings through Norway and Sweden, Madame Pfeiffer anticipated certain objections that would be advanced by the over-refined.
pilgrimage
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From this reading We might have been induced to pardon her pilgrimage to the Holy Land, though it was sufficiently hazardous for a solitary woman, because it was prompted, perhaps, by her religious feelings,--and incredible things, as we all know, are frequently accomplished under such an impulse.
possibly
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From this reading But, for the present expedition, what reasonable motive can possibly be suggested?"
present
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From this reading But, for the present expedition, what reasonable motive can possibly be suggested?"
prompted
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From this reading We might have been induced to pardon her pilgrimage to the Holy Land, though it was sufficiently hazardous for a solitary woman, because it was prompted, perhaps, by her religious feelings,--and incredible things, as we all know, are frequently accomplished under such an impulse.
raise
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From this reading What object could this woman have had in visiting them, but a desire to excite our astonishment and raise our curiosity?
reasonable
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From this reading But, for the present expedition, what reasonable motive can possibly be suggested?"
regions
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From this reading "Another journey !" she supposed them to exclaim; "and that to regions far more likely to repel than attract the general traveller!
religious
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From this reading We might have been induced to pardon her pilgrimage to the Holy Land, though it was sufficiently hazardous for a solitary woman, because it was prompted, perhaps, by her religious feelings,--and incredible things, as we all know, are frequently accomplished under such an impulse.
repel
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From this reading "Another journey !" she supposed them to exclaim; "and that to regions far more likely to repel than attract the general traveller!
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Another journey !" she supposed them to exclaim; "and that to regions far more likely to repel than attract the general traveller!
solitary
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From this reading We might have been induced to pardon her pilgrimage to the Holy Land, though it was sufficiently hazardous for a solitary woman, because it was prompted, perhaps, by her religious feelings,--and incredible things, as we all know, are frequently accomplished under such an impulse.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading We might have been induced to pardon her pilgrimage to the Holy Land, though it was sufficiently hazardous for a solitary woman, because it was prompted, perhaps, by her religious feelings,--and incredible things, as we all know, are frequently accomplished under such an impulse.
sufficiently
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From this reading We might have been induced to pardon her pilgrimage to the Holy Land, though it was sufficiently hazardous for a solitary woman, because it was prompted, perhaps, by her religious feelings,--and incredible things, as we all know, are frequently accomplished under such an impulse.
suggested
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From this reading But, for the present expedition, what reasonable motive can possibly be suggested?"
supposed
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From this reading "Another journey !" she supposed them to exclaim; "and that to regions far more likely to repel than attract the general traveller!
Sweden
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From this reading In giving to the world a narrative of her journey to Iceland, and her wanderings through Norway and Sweden, Madame Pfeiffer anticipated certain objections that would be advanced by the over-refined.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading "Another journey !" she supposed them to exclaim; "and that to regions far more likely to repel than attract the general traveller!
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading In giving to the world a narrative of her journey to Iceland, and her wanderings through Norway and Sweden, Madame Pfeiffer anticipated certain objections that would be advanced by the over-refined.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In giving to the world a narrative of her journey to Iceland, and her wanderings through Norway and Sweden, Madame Pfeiffer anticipated certain objections that would be advanced by the over-refined.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading "Another journey !" she supposed them to exclaim; "and that to regions far more likely to repel than attract the general traveller!
things
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From this reading We might have been induced to pardon her pilgrimage to the Holy Land, though it was sufficiently hazardous for a solitary woman, because it was prompted, perhaps, by her religious feelings,--and incredible things, as we all know, are frequently accomplished under such an impulse.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading What object could this woman have had in visiting them, but a desire to excite our astonishment and raise our curiosity?
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading We might have been induced to pardon her pilgrimage to the Holy Land, though it was sufficiently hazardous for a solitary woman, because it was prompted, perhaps, by her religious feelings,--and incredible things, as we all know, are frequently accomplished under such an impulse.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading In giving to the world a narrative of her journey to Iceland, and her wanderings through Norway and Sweden, Madame Pfeiffer anticipated certain objections that would be advanced by the over-refined.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading In giving to the world a narrative of her journey to Iceland, and her wanderings through Norway and Sweden, Madame Pfeiffer anticipated certain objections that would be advanced by the over-refined.
traveller
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From this reading "Another journey !" she supposed them to exclaim; "and that to regions far more likely to repel than attract the general traveller!
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading We might have been induced to pardon her pilgrimage to the Holy Land, though it was sufficiently hazardous for a solitary woman, because it was prompted, perhaps, by her religious feelings,--and incredible things, as we all know, are frequently accomplished under such an impulse.
visiting
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From this reading What object could this woman have had in visiting them, but a desire to excite our astonishment and raise our curiosity?
wanderings
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From this reading In giving to the world a narrative of her journey to Iceland, and her wanderings through Norway and Sweden, Madame Pfeiffer anticipated certain objections that would be advanced by the over-refined.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading We might have been induced to pardon her pilgrimage to the Holy Land, though it was sufficiently hazardous for a solitary woman, because it was prompted, perhaps, by her religious feelings,--and incredible things, as we all know, are frequently accomplished under such an impulse.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We might have been induced to pardon her pilgrimage to the Holy Land, though it was sufficiently hazardous for a solitary woman, because it was prompted, perhaps, by her religious feelings,--and incredible things, as we all know, are frequently accomplished under such an impulse.
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What object could this woman have had in visiting them, but a desire to excite our astonishment and raise our curiosity?
woman
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From this reading What object could this woman have had in visiting them, but a desire to excite our astonishment and raise our curiosity?
world
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From this reading In giving to the world a narrative of her journey to Iceland, and her wanderings through Norway and Sweden, Madame Pfeiffer anticipated certain objections that would be advanced by the over-refined.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading In giving to the world a narrative of her journey to Iceland, and her wanderings through Norway and Sweden, Madame Pfeiffer anticipated certain objections that would be advanced by the over-refined.
