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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 knew the post-nuptial problem of retaining a husband's love, as few wives of any class knew it, just as she knew the pre-nuptial problem of selecting a husband, as few girls of the working class knew it.
all
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From this reading Saxon had been clear-eyed all her days, though her field of vision had been restricted.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading She had of herself developed an eminently rational philosophy of love.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Clear-eyed, from her childhood days with the saloonkeeper Cady and Cady's good-natured but unmoral spouse, she had observed, and, later, generalized much upon sex.
any
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From this reading She knew the post-nuptial problem of retaining a husband's love, as few wives of any class knew it, just as she knew the pre-nuptial problem of selecting a husband, as few girls of the working class knew it.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading She knew the post-nuptial problem of retaining a husband's love, as few wives of any class knew it, just as she knew the pre-nuptial problem of selecting a husband, as few girls of the working class knew it.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Saxon had been clear-eyed all her days, though her field of vision had been restricted.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Clear-eyed, from her childhood days with the saloonkeeper Cady and Cady's good-natured but unmoral spouse, she had observed, and, later, generalized much upon sex.
Cady
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From this reading Clear-eyed, from her childhood days with the saloonkeeper Cady and Cady's good-natured but unmoral spouse, she had observed, and, later, generalized much upon sex.
Cady's
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From this reading Clear-eyed, from her childhood days with the saloonkeeper Cady and Cady's good-natured but unmoral spouse, she had observed, and, later, generalized much upon sex.
childhood
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From this reading Clear-eyed, from her childhood days with the saloonkeeper Cady and Cady's good-natured but unmoral spouse, she had observed, and, later, generalized much upon sex.
class
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From this reading She knew the post-nuptial problem of retaining a husband's love, as few wives of any class knew it, just as she knew the pre-nuptial problem of selecting a husband, as few girls of the working class knew it.
clear-eyed
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From this reading Saxon had been clear-eyed all her days, though her field of vision had been restricted.
commonplace
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From this reading Instinctively, and consciously, too, she had made toward delicacy, and shunned the perils of the habitual and commonplace.
consciously
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From this reading Instinctively, and consciously, too, she had made toward delicacy, and shunned the perils of the habitual and commonplace.
days
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From this reading Saxon had been clear-eyed all her days, though her field of vision had been restricted.
delicacy
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From this reading Instinctively, and consciously, too, she had made toward delicacy, and shunned the perils of the habitual and commonplace.
developed
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From this reading She had of herself developed an eminently rational philosophy of love.
eminently
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From this reading She had of herself developed an eminently rational philosophy of love.
few
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From this reading She knew the post-nuptial problem of retaining a husband's love, as few wives of any class knew it, just as she knew the pre-nuptial problem of selecting a husband, as few girls of the working class knew it.
field
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From this reading Saxon had been clear-eyed all her days, though her field of vision had been restricted.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Clear-eyed, from her childhood days with the saloonkeeper Cady and Cady's good-natured but unmoral spouse, she had observed, and, later, generalized much upon sex.
generalized
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From this reading Clear-eyed, from her childhood days with the saloonkeeper Cady and Cady's good-natured but unmoral spouse, she had observed, and, later, generalized much upon sex.
girls
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From this reading She knew the post-nuptial problem of retaining a husband's love, as few wives of any class knew it, just as she knew the pre-nuptial problem of selecting a husband, as few girls of the working class knew it.
good-natured
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From this reading Clear-eyed, from her childhood days with the saloonkeeper Cady and Cady's good-natured but unmoral spouse, she had observed, and, later, generalized much upon sex.
habitual
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From this reading Instinctively, and consciously, too, she had made toward delicacy, and shunned the perils of the habitual and commonplace.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Saxon had been clear-eyed all her days, though her field of vision had been restricted.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Saxon had been clear-eyed all her days, though her field of vision had been restricted.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading She had of herself developed an eminently rational philosophy of love.
husband
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From this reading She knew the post-nuptial problem of retaining a husband's love, as few wives of any class knew it, just as she knew the pre-nuptial problem of selecting a husband, as few girls of the working class knew it.
husband's
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From this reading She knew the post-nuptial problem of retaining a husband's love, as few wives of any class knew it, just as she knew the pre-nuptial problem of selecting a husband, as few girls of the working class knew it.
Instinctively
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From this reading Instinctively, and consciously, too, she had made toward delicacy, and shunned the perils of the habitual and commonplace.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She knew the post-nuptial problem of retaining a husband's love, as few wives of any class knew it, just as she knew the pre-nuptial problem of selecting a husband, as few girls of the working class knew it.
just
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From this reading She knew the post-nuptial problem of retaining a husband's love, as few wives of any class knew it, just as she knew the pre-nuptial problem of selecting a husband, as few girls of the working class knew it.
knew
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From this reading She knew the post-nuptial problem of retaining a husband's love, as few wives of any class knew it, just as she knew the pre-nuptial problem of selecting a husband, as few girls of the working class knew it.
later
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From this reading Clear-eyed, from her childhood days with the saloonkeeper Cady and Cady's good-natured but unmoral spouse, she had observed, and, later, generalized much upon sex.
love
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From this reading She knew the post-nuptial problem of retaining a husband's love, as few wives of any class knew it, just as she knew the pre-nuptial problem of selecting a husband, as few girls of the working class knew it.
made
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From this reading Instinctively, and consciously, too, she had made toward delicacy, and shunned the perils of the habitual and commonplace.
much
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From this reading Clear-eyed, from her childhood days with the saloonkeeper Cady and Cady's good-natured but unmoral spouse, she had observed, and, later, generalized much upon sex.
observed
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From this reading Clear-eyed, from her childhood days with the saloonkeeper Cady and Cady's good-natured but unmoral spouse, she had observed, and, later, generalized much upon sex.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Saxon had been clear-eyed all her days, though her field of vision had been restricted.
perils
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From this reading Instinctively, and consciously, too, she had made toward delicacy, and shunned the perils of the habitual and commonplace.
philosophynounUS /fɪˈlɑː.sə.fi/
The study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence. (Triết học, đạo lý nhân sinh.)
From this reading She had of herself developed an eminently rational philosophy of love.
post-nuptial
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From this reading She knew the post-nuptial problem of retaining a husband's love, as few wives of any class knew it, just as she knew the pre-nuptial problem of selecting a husband, as few girls of the working class knew it.
pre-nuptial
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From this reading She knew the post-nuptial problem of retaining a husband's love, as few wives of any class knew it, just as she knew the pre-nuptial problem of selecting a husband, as few girls of the working class knew it.
problem
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From this reading She knew the post-nuptial problem of retaining a husband's love, as few wives of any class knew it, just as she knew the pre-nuptial problem of selecting a husband, as few girls of the working class knew it.
rationaladjectiveUS /ˈræʃ.ən.əl/
Based on or in accordance with reason or logic rather than turbulent emotions.
From this reading She had of herself developed an eminently rational philosophy of love.
restricted
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From this reading Saxon had been clear-eyed all her days, though her field of vision had been restricted.
retaining
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From this reading She knew the post-nuptial problem of retaining a husband's love, as few wives of any class knew it, just as she knew the pre-nuptial problem of selecting a husband, as few girls of the working class knew it.
saloonkeeper
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From this reading Clear-eyed, from her childhood days with the saloonkeeper Cady and Cady's good-natured but unmoral spouse, she had observed, and, later, generalized much upon sex.
Saxon
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From this reading Saxon had been clear-eyed all her days, though her field of vision had been restricted.
selecting
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From this reading She knew the post-nuptial problem of retaining a husband's love, as few wives of any class knew it, just as she knew the pre-nuptial problem of selecting a husband, as few girls of the working class knew it.
sex
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From this reading Clear-eyed, from her childhood days with the saloonkeeper Cady and Cady's good-natured but unmoral spouse, she had observed, and, later, generalized much upon sex.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Clear-eyed, from her childhood days with the saloonkeeper Cady and Cady's good-natured but unmoral spouse, she had observed, and, later, generalized much upon sex.
shunned
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From this reading Instinctively, and consciously, too, she had made toward delicacy, and shunned the perils of the habitual and commonplace.
spouse
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From this reading Clear-eyed, from her childhood days with the saloonkeeper Cady and Cady's good-natured but unmoral spouse, she had observed, and, later, generalized much upon sex.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Clear-eyed, from her childhood days with the saloonkeeper Cady and Cady's good-natured but unmoral spouse, she had observed, and, later, generalized much upon sex.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Saxon had been clear-eyed all her days, though her field of vision had been restricted.
too
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From this reading Instinctively, and consciously, too, she had made toward delicacy, and shunned the perils of the habitual and commonplace.
towardprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrd/
in the direction of
From this reading Instinctively, and consciously, too, she had made toward delicacy, and shunned the perils of the habitual and commonplace.
unmoral
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From this reading Clear-eyed, from her childhood days with the saloonkeeper Cady and Cady's good-natured but unmoral spouse, she had observed, and, later, generalized much upon sex.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Clear-eyed, from her childhood days with the saloonkeeper Cady and Cady's good-natured but unmoral spouse, she had observed, and, later, generalized much upon sex.
vision
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From this reading Saxon had been clear-eyed all her days, though her field of vision had been restricted.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Clear-eyed, from her childhood days with the saloonkeeper Cady and Cady's good-natured but unmoral spouse, she had observed, and, later, generalized much upon sex.
wives
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From this reading She knew the post-nuptial problem of retaining a husband's love, as few wives of any class knew it, just as she knew the pre-nuptial problem of selecting a husband, as few girls of the working class knew it.
working
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From this reading She knew the post-nuptial problem of retaining a husband's love, as few wives of any class knew it, just as she knew the pre-nuptial problem of selecting a husband, as few girls of the working class knew it.
