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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 The natural superiority of a free, sincere spirit, brought up, as it were in a desert and strengthened by religion, had given her a sort of untrammelled grandeur and certain needs, to which the provincial world she lived in offered no sustenance.
action
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From this reading Love was in her heart, like seeds in the earth, awaiting the action of the sun.
actor
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From this reading Many a time she must have lived again that old romantic poem, making herself both the actor and the subject of it.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Many a time she must have lived again that old romantic poem, making herself both the actor and the subject of it.
All
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From this reading All books pictured Love to her, and she sought for the evidence of its existence, but nowhere could she see the passion of which she read.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The natural superiority of a free, sincere spirit, brought up, as it were in a desert and strengthened by religion, had given her a sort of untrammelled grandeur and certain needs, to which the provincial world she lived in offered no sustenance.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The natural superiority of a free, sincere spirit, brought up, as it were in a desert and strengthened by religion, had given her a sort of untrammelled grandeur and certain needs, to which the provincial world she lived in offered no sustenance.
awaiting
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From this reading Love was in her heart, like seeds in the earth, awaiting the action of the sun.
back
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From this reading Her deep melancholy, caused by constant meditation on herself, brought her back by hidden by-ways to the brilliant dreams of her girlish days.
booksnounUS /bʊks/
Bound written or printed works.
From this reading All books pictured Love to her, and she sought for the evidence of its existence, but nowhere could she see the passion of which she read.
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading Many a time she must have lived again that old romantic poem, making herself both the actor and the subject of it.
brilliant
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From this reading Her deep melancholy, caused by constant meditation on herself, brought her back by hidden by-ways to the brilliant dreams of her girlish days.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The natural superiority of a free, sincere spirit, brought up, as it were in a desert and strengthened by religion, had given her a sort of untrammelled grandeur and certain needs, to which the provincial world she lived in offered no sustenance.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading All books pictured Love to her, and she sought for the evidence of its existence, but nowhere could she see the passion of which she read.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The natural superiority of a free, sincere spirit, brought up, as it were in a desert and strengthened by religion, had given her a sort of untrammelled grandeur and certain needs, to which the provincial world she lived in offered no sustenance.
by-ways
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From this reading Her deep melancholy, caused by constant meditation on herself, brought her back by hidden by-ways to the brilliant dreams of her girlish days.
caused
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From this reading Her deep melancholy, caused by constant meditation on herself, brought her back by hidden by-ways to the brilliant dreams of her girlish days.
certain
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From this reading The natural superiority of a free, sincere spirit, brought up, as it were in a desert and strengthened by religion, had given her a sort of untrammelled grandeur and certain needs, to which the provincial world she lived in offered no sustenance.
constant
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From this reading Her deep melancholy, caused by constant meditation on herself, brought her back by hidden by-ways to the brilliant dreams of her girlish days.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading All books pictured Love to her, and she sought for the evidence of its existence, but nowhere could she see the passion of which she read.
days
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From this reading Her deep melancholy, caused by constant meditation on herself, brought her back by hidden by-ways to the brilliant dreams of her girlish days.
deep
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From this reading Her deep melancholy, caused by constant meditation on herself, brought her back by hidden by-ways to the brilliant dreams of her girlish days.
desert
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From this reading The natural superiority of a free, sincere spirit, brought up, as it were in a desert and strengthened by religion, had given her a sort of untrammelled grandeur and certain needs, to which the provincial world she lived in offered no sustenance.
dreams
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From this reading Her deep melancholy, caused by constant meditation on herself, brought her back by hidden by-ways to the brilliant dreams of her girlish days.
earth
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From this reading Love was in her heart, like seeds in the earth, awaiting the action of the sun.
evidence
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From this reading All books pictured Love to her, and she sought for the evidence of its existence, but nowhere could she see the passion of which she read.
existence
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From this reading All books pictured Love to her, and she sought for the evidence of its existence, but nowhere could she see the passion of which she read.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading All books pictured Love to her, and she sought for the evidence of its existence, but nowhere could she see the passion of which she read.
freeadjectiveUS /friː/
acting without enough restraint or discipline
From this reading The natural superiority of a free, sincere spirit, brought up, as it were in a desert and strengthened by religion, had given her a sort of untrammelled grandeur and certain needs, to which the provincial world she lived in offered no sustenance.
girlish
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From this reading Her deep melancholy, caused by constant meditation on herself, brought her back by hidden by-ways to the brilliant dreams of her girlish days.
given
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From this reading The natural superiority of a free, sincere spirit, brought up, as it were in a desert and strengthened by religion, had given her a sort of untrammelled grandeur and certain needs, to which the provincial world she lived in offered no sustenance.
grandeur
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From this reading The natural superiority of a free, sincere spirit, brought up, as it were in a desert and strengthened by religion, had given her a sort of untrammelled grandeur and certain needs, to which the provincial world she lived in offered no sustenance.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The natural superiority of a free, sincere spirit, brought up, as it were in a desert and strengthened by religion, had given her a sort of untrammelled grandeur and certain needs, to which the provincial world she lived in offered no sustenance.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Many a time she must have lived again that old romantic poem, making herself both the actor and the subject of it.
heart
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From this reading Love was in her heart, like seeds in the earth, awaiting the action of the sun.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The natural superiority of a free, sincere spirit, brought up, as it were in a desert and strengthened by religion, had given her a sort of untrammelled grandeur and certain needs, to which the provincial world she lived in offered no sustenance.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Her deep melancholy, caused by constant meditation on herself, brought her back by hidden by-ways to the brilliant dreams of her girlish days.
hidden
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From this reading Her deep melancholy, caused by constant meditation on herself, brought her back by hidden by-ways to the brilliant dreams of her girlish days.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The natural superiority of a free, sincere spirit, brought up, as it were in a desert and strengthened by religion, had given her a sort of untrammelled grandeur and certain needs, to which the provincial world she lived in offered no sustenance.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The natural superiority of a free, sincere spirit, brought up, as it were in a desert and strengthened by religion, had given her a sort of untrammelled grandeur and certain needs, to which the provincial world she lived in offered no sustenance.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading All books pictured Love to her, and she sought for the evidence of its existence, but nowhere could she see the passion of which she read.
like
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From this reading Love was in her heart, like seeds in the earth, awaiting the action of the sun.
lived
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From this reading The natural superiority of a free, sincere spirit, brought up, as it were in a desert and strengthened by religion, had given her a sort of untrammelled grandeur and certain needs, to which the provincial world she lived in offered no sustenance.
Love
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From this reading All books pictured Love to her, and she sought for the evidence of its existence, but nowhere could she see the passion of which she read.
making
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From this reading Many a time she must have lived again that old romantic poem, making herself both the actor and the subject of it.
Many
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From this reading Many a time she must have lived again that old romantic poem, making herself both the actor and the subject of it.
meditation
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From this reading Her deep melancholy, caused by constant meditation on herself, brought her back by hidden by-ways to the brilliant dreams of her girlish days.
melancholy
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From this reading Her deep melancholy, caused by constant meditation on herself, brought her back by hidden by-ways to the brilliant dreams of her girlish days.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Many a time she must have lived again that old romantic poem, making herself both the actor and the subject of it.
natural
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From this reading The natural superiority of a free, sincere spirit, brought up, as it were in a desert and strengthened by religion, had given her a sort of untrammelled grandeur and certain needs, to which the provincial world she lived in offered no sustenance.
needs
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From this reading The natural superiority of a free, sincere spirit, brought up, as it were in a desert and strengthened by religion, had given her a sort of untrammelled grandeur and certain needs, to which the provincial world she lived in offered no sustenance.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading The natural superiority of a free, sincere spirit, brought up, as it were in a desert and strengthened by religion, had given her a sort of untrammelled grandeur and certain needs, to which the provincial world she lived in offered no sustenance.
nowhere
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From this reading All books pictured Love to her, and she sought for the evidence of its existence, but nowhere could she see the passion of which she read.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The natural superiority of a free, sincere spirit, brought up, as it were in a desert and strengthened by religion, had given her a sort of untrammelled grandeur and certain needs, to which the provincial world she lived in offered no sustenance.
offered
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From this reading The natural superiority of a free, sincere spirit, brought up, as it were in a desert and strengthened by religion, had given her a sort of untrammelled grandeur and certain needs, to which the provincial world she lived in offered no sustenance.
old
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From this reading Many a time she must have lived again that old romantic poem, making herself both the actor and the subject of it.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Her deep melancholy, caused by constant meditation on herself, brought her back by hidden by-ways to the brilliant dreams of her girlish days.
passion
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From this reading All books pictured Love to her, and she sought for the evidence of its existence, but nowhere could she see the passion of which she read.
pictured
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From this reading All books pictured Love to her, and she sought for the evidence of its existence, but nowhere could she see the passion of which she read.
poem
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From this reading Many a time she must have lived again that old romantic poem, making herself both the actor and the subject of it.
provincial
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From this reading The natural superiority of a free, sincere spirit, brought up, as it were in a desert and strengthened by religion, had given her a sort of untrammelled grandeur and certain needs, to which the provincial world she lived in offered no sustenance.
read
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From this reading All books pictured Love to her, and she sought for the evidence of its existence, but nowhere could she see the passion of which she read.
religion
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From this reading The natural superiority of a free, sincere spirit, brought up, as it were in a desert and strengthened by religion, had given her a sort of untrammelled grandeur and certain needs, to which the provincial world she lived in offered no sustenance.
romantic
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From this reading Many a time she must have lived again that old romantic poem, making herself both the actor and the subject of it.
see
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From this reading All books pictured Love to her, and she sought for the evidence of its existence, but nowhere could she see the passion of which she read.
seeds
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From this reading Love was in her heart, like seeds in the earth, awaiting the action of the sun.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The natural superiority of a free, sincere spirit, brought up, as it were in a desert and strengthened by religion, had given her a sort of untrammelled grandeur and certain needs, to which the provincial world she lived in offered no sustenance.
sincere
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From this reading The natural superiority of a free, sincere spirit, brought up, as it were in a desert and strengthened by religion, had given her a sort of untrammelled grandeur and certain needs, to which the provincial world she lived in offered no sustenance.
sort
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From this reading The natural superiority of a free, sincere spirit, brought up, as it were in a desert and strengthened by religion, had given her a sort of untrammelled grandeur and certain needs, to which the provincial world she lived in offered no sustenance.
sought
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From this reading All books pictured Love to her, and she sought for the evidence of its existence, but nowhere could she see the passion of which she read.
spirit
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From this reading The natural superiority of a free, sincere spirit, brought up, as it were in a desert and strengthened by religion, had given her a sort of untrammelled grandeur and certain needs, to which the provincial world she lived in offered no sustenance.
strengthened
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From this reading The natural superiority of a free, sincere spirit, brought up, as it were in a desert and strengthened by religion, had given her a sort of untrammelled grandeur and certain needs, to which the provincial world she lived in offered no sustenance.
subject
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From this reading Many a time she must have lived again that old romantic poem, making herself both the actor and the subject of it.
sun
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From this reading Love was in her heart, like seeds in the earth, awaiting the action of the sun.
superiority
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From this reading The natural superiority of a free, sincere spirit, brought up, as it were in a desert and strengthened by religion, had given her a sort of untrammelled grandeur and certain needs, to which the provincial world she lived in offered no sustenance.
sustenance
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From this reading The natural superiority of a free, sincere spirit, brought up, as it were in a desert and strengthened by religion, had given her a sort of untrammelled grandeur and certain needs, to which the provincial world she lived in offered no sustenance.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Many a time she must have lived again that old romantic poem, making herself both the actor and the subject of it.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The natural superiority of a free, sincere spirit, brought up, as it were in a desert and strengthened by religion, had given her a sort of untrammelled grandeur and certain needs, to which the provincial world she lived in offered no sustenance.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Many a time she must have lived again that old romantic poem, making herself both the actor and the subject of it.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The natural superiority of a free, sincere spirit, brought up, as it were in a desert and strengthened by religion, had given her a sort of untrammelled grandeur and certain needs, to which the provincial world she lived in offered no sustenance.
untrammelled
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From this reading The natural superiority of a free, sincere spirit, brought up, as it were in a desert and strengthened by religion, had given her a sort of untrammelled grandeur and certain needs, to which the provincial world she lived in offered no sustenance.
up
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From this reading The natural superiority of a free, sincere spirit, brought up, as it were in a desert and strengthened by religion, had given her a sort of untrammelled grandeur and certain needs, to which the provincial world she lived in offered no sustenance.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Love was in her heart, like seeds in the earth, awaiting the action of the sun.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The natural superiority of a free, sincere spirit, brought up, as it were in a desert and strengthened by religion, had given her a sort of untrammelled grandeur and certain needs, to which the provincial world she lived in offered no sustenance.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The natural superiority of a free, sincere spirit, brought up, as it were in a desert and strengthened by religion, had given her a sort of untrammelled grandeur and certain needs, to which the provincial world she lived in offered no sustenance.
world
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From this reading The natural superiority of a free, sincere spirit, brought up, as it were in a desert and strengthened by religion, had given her a sort of untrammelled grandeur and certain needs, to which the provincial world she lived in offered no sustenance.
