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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 "Lionel Haughton," said Guy Darrell, regaining his young cousin's side, and speaking in a firm and measured voice, "I have to thank you for one very happy minute; the sight of a heart so fresh in the limpid purity of goodness is a luxury you cannot comprehend till you have come to my age; journeyed, like me, from Dan to Beersheba, and found all barren.
age
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From this reading "Lionel Haughton," said Guy Darrell, regaining his young cousin's side, and speaking in a firm and measured voice, "I have to thank you for one very happy minute; the sight of a heart so fresh in the limpid purity of goodness is a luxury you cannot comprehend till you have come to my age; journeyed, like me, from Dan to Beersheba, and found all barren.
alarm
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From this reading Had I been your father, I should have taken alarm and frowned.
all
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From this reading "Lionel Haughton," said Guy Darrell, regaining his young cousin's side, and speaking in a firm and measured voice, "I have to thank you for one very happy minute; the sight of a heart so fresh in the limpid purity of goodness is a luxury you cannot comprehend till you have come to my age; journeyed, like me, from Dan to Beersheba, and found all barren.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Guy Darrell gives way to an impulse, and quickly decides what he will do with it.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Guy Darrell gives way to an impulse, and quickly decides what he will do with it.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Heed me: if you had been half-a-dozen years older, and this child for whom you plead had been a fair young woman, perhaps just as innocent, just as charming,--more in peril,--my benevolence would have lain as dormant as a stone.
barren
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From this reading "Lionel Haughton," said Guy Darrell, regaining his young cousin's side, and speaking in a firm and measured voice, "I have to thank you for one very happy minute; the sight of a heart so fresh in the limpid purity of goodness is a luxury you cannot comprehend till you have come to my age; journeyed, like me, from Dan to Beersheba, and found all barren.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Heed me: if you had been half-a-dozen years older, and this child for whom you plead had been a fair young woman, perhaps just as innocent, just as charming,--more in peril,--my benevolence would have lain as dormant as a stone.
Beersheba
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From this reading "Lionel Haughton," said Guy Darrell, regaining his young cousin's side, and speaking in a firm and measured voice, "I have to thank you for one very happy minute; the sight of a heart so fresh in the limpid purity of goodness is a luxury you cannot comprehend till you have come to my age; journeyed, like me, from Dan to Beersheba, and found all barren.
benevolencenounUS /bəˈnev.əl.əns/
The quality of being well meaning; kindness and generosity. (Lòng nhân ái, sự nhân từ độ lượng.)
From this reading Heed me: if you had been half-a-dozen years older, and this child for whom you plead had been a fair young woman, perhaps just as innocent, just as charming,--more in peril,--my benevolence would have lain as dormant as a stone.
Beware
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From this reading A young man's foolish sentiment for a pretty girl,--as your true friend, I should have shrugged my shoulders and said, 'Beware!'
cannot
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From this reading "Lionel Haughton," said Guy Darrell, regaining his young cousin's side, and speaking in a firm and measured voice, "I have to thank you for one very happy minute; the sight of a heart so fresh in the limpid purity of goodness is a luxury you cannot comprehend till you have come to my age; journeyed, like me, from Dan to Beersheba, and found all barren.
charming
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From this reading Heed me: if you had been half-a-dozen years older, and this child for whom you plead had been a fair young woman, perhaps just as innocent, just as charming,--more in peril,--my benevolence would have lain as dormant as a stone.
child
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From this reading Heed me: if you had been half-a-dozen years older, and this child for whom you plead had been a fair young woman, perhaps just as innocent, just as charming,--more in peril,--my benevolence would have lain as dormant as a stone.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Lionel Haughton," said Guy Darrell, regaining his young cousin's side, and speaking in a firm and measured voice, "I have to thank you for one very happy minute; the sight of a heart so fresh in the limpid purity of goodness is a luxury you cannot comprehend till you have come to my age; journeyed, like me, from Dan to Beersheba, and found all barren.
comprehend
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From this reading "Lionel Haughton," said Guy Darrell, regaining his young cousin's side, and speaking in a firm and measured voice, "I have to thank you for one very happy minute; the sight of a heart so fresh in the limpid purity of goodness is a luxury you cannot comprehend till you have come to my age; journeyed, like me, from Dan to Beersheba, and found all barren.
cousin's
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From this reading "Lionel Haughton," said Guy Darrell, regaining his young cousin's side, and speaking in a firm and measured voice, "I have to thank you for one very happy minute; the sight of a heart so fresh in the limpid purity of goodness is a luxury you cannot comprehend till you have come to my age; journeyed, like me, from Dan to Beersheba, and found all barren.
Dan
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From this reading "Lionel Haughton," said Guy Darrell, regaining his young cousin's side, and speaking in a firm and measured voice, "I have to thank you for one very happy minute; the sight of a heart so fresh in the limpid purity of goodness is a luxury you cannot comprehend till you have come to my age; journeyed, like me, from Dan to Beersheba, and found all barren.
Darrell
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From this reading Guy Darrell gives way to an impulse, and quickly decides what he will do with it.
decides
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From this reading Guy Darrell gives way to an impulse, and quickly decides what he will do with it.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Guy Darrell gives way to an impulse, and quickly decides what he will do with it.
dormant
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From this reading Heed me: if you had been half-a-dozen years older, and this child for whom you plead had been a fair young woman, perhaps just as innocent, just as charming,--more in peril,--my benevolence would have lain as dormant as a stone.
fairnounUS /fair/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Heed me: if you had been half-a-dozen years older, and this child for whom you plead had been a fair young woman, perhaps just as innocent, just as charming,--more in peril,--my benevolence would have lain as dormant as a stone.
father
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From this reading Had I been your father, I should have taken alarm and frowned.
firm
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From this reading "Lionel Haughton," said Guy Darrell, regaining his young cousin's side, and speaking in a firm and measured voice, "I have to thank you for one very happy minute; the sight of a heart so fresh in the limpid purity of goodness is a luxury you cannot comprehend till you have come to my age; journeyed, like me, from Dan to Beersheba, and found all barren.
foolish
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From this reading A young man's foolish sentiment for a pretty girl,--as your true friend, I should have shrugged my shoulders and said, 'Beware!'
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "Lionel Haughton," said Guy Darrell, regaining his young cousin's side, and speaking in a firm and measured voice, "I have to thank you for one very happy minute; the sight of a heart so fresh in the limpid purity of goodness is a luxury you cannot comprehend till you have come to my age; journeyed, like me, from Dan to Beersheba, and found all barren.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Lionel Haughton," said Guy Darrell, regaining his young cousin's side, and speaking in a firm and measured voice, "I have to thank you for one very happy minute; the sight of a heart so fresh in the limpid purity of goodness is a luxury you cannot comprehend till you have come to my age; journeyed, like me, from Dan to Beersheba, and found all barren.
fresh
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From this reading "Lionel Haughton," said Guy Darrell, regaining his young cousin's side, and speaking in a firm and measured voice, "I have to thank you for one very happy minute; the sight of a heart so fresh in the limpid purity of goodness is a luxury you cannot comprehend till you have come to my age; journeyed, like me, from Dan to Beersheba, and found all barren.
friend
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From this reading A young man's foolish sentiment for a pretty girl,--as your true friend, I should have shrugged my shoulders and said, 'Beware!'
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "Lionel Haughton," said Guy Darrell, regaining his young cousin's side, and speaking in a firm and measured voice, "I have to thank you for one very happy minute; the sight of a heart so fresh in the limpid purity of goodness is a luxury you cannot comprehend till you have come to my age; journeyed, like me, from Dan to Beersheba, and found all barren.
frowned
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From this reading Had I been your father, I should have taken alarm and frowned.
girl
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From this reading A young man's foolish sentiment for a pretty girl,--as your true friend, I should have shrugged my shoulders and said, 'Beware!'
gives
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From this reading Guy Darrell gives way to an impulse, and quickly decides what he will do with it.
goodness
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From this reading "Lionel Haughton," said Guy Darrell, regaining his young cousin's side, and speaking in a firm and measured voice, "I have to thank you for one very happy minute; the sight of a heart so fresh in the limpid purity of goodness is a luxury you cannot comprehend till you have come to my age; journeyed, like me, from Dan to Beersheba, and found all barren.
Guy
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From this reading Guy Darrell gives way to an impulse, and quickly decides what he will do with it.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Heed me: if you had been half-a-dozen years older, and this child for whom you plead had been a fair young woman, perhaps just as innocent, just as charming,--more in peril,--my benevolence would have lain as dormant as a stone.
half-a-dozen
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From this reading Heed me: if you had been half-a-dozen years older, and this child for whom you plead had been a fair young woman, perhaps just as innocent, just as charming,--more in peril,--my benevolence would have lain as dormant as a stone.
happy
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From this reading "Lionel Haughton," said Guy Darrell, regaining his young cousin's side, and speaking in a firm and measured voice, "I have to thank you for one very happy minute; the sight of a heart so fresh in the limpid purity of goodness is a luxury you cannot comprehend till you have come to my age; journeyed, like me, from Dan to Beersheba, and found all barren.
Haughton
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From this reading "Lionel Haughton," said Guy Darrell, regaining his young cousin's side, and speaking in a firm and measured voice, "I have to thank you for one very happy minute; the sight of a heart so fresh in the limpid purity of goodness is a luxury you cannot comprehend till you have come to my age; journeyed, like me, from Dan to Beersheba, and found all barren.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Lionel Haughton," said Guy Darrell, regaining his young cousin's side, and speaking in a firm and measured voice, "I have to thank you for one very happy minute; the sight of a heart so fresh in the limpid purity of goodness is a luxury you cannot comprehend till you have come to my age; journeyed, like me, from Dan to Beersheba, and found all barren.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Guy Darrell gives way to an impulse, and quickly decides what he will do with it.
heart
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From this reading "Lionel Haughton," said Guy Darrell, regaining his young cousin's side, and speaking in a firm and measured voice, "I have to thank you for one very happy minute; the sight of a heart so fresh in the limpid purity of goodness is a luxury you cannot comprehend till you have come to my age; journeyed, like me, from Dan to Beersheba, and found all barren.
Heed
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From this reading Heed me: if you had been half-a-dozen years older, and this child for whom you plead had been a fair young woman, perhaps just as innocent, just as charming,--more in peril,--my benevolence would have lain as dormant as a stone.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "Lionel Haughton," said Guy Darrell, regaining his young cousin's side, and speaking in a firm and measured voice, "I have to thank you for one very happy minute; the sight of a heart so fresh in the limpid purity of goodness is a luxury you cannot comprehend till you have come to my age; journeyed, like me, from Dan to Beersheba, and found all barren.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Lionel Haughton," said Guy Darrell, regaining his young cousin's side, and speaking in a firm and measured voice, "I have to thank you for one very happy minute; the sight of a heart so fresh in the limpid purity of goodness is a luxury you cannot comprehend till you have come to my age; journeyed, like me, from Dan to Beersheba, and found all barren.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Heed me: if you had been half-a-dozen years older, and this child for whom you plead had been a fair young woman, perhaps just as innocent, just as charming,--more in peril,--my benevolence would have lain as dormant as a stone.
impulsenounUS /ˈɪmpʌls/
a sudden strong desire to act
From this reading Guy Darrell gives way to an impulse, and quickly decides what he will do with it.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Lionel Haughton," said Guy Darrell, regaining his young cousin's side, and speaking in a firm and measured voice, "I have to thank you for one very happy minute; the sight of a heart so fresh in the limpid purity of goodness is a luxury you cannot comprehend till you have come to my age; journeyed, like me, from Dan to Beersheba, and found all barren.
innocent
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From this reading Heed me: if you had been half-a-dozen years older, and this child for whom you plead had been a fair young woman, perhaps just as innocent, just as charming,--more in peril,--my benevolence would have lain as dormant as a stone.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Lionel Haughton," said Guy Darrell, regaining his young cousin's side, and speaking in a firm and measured voice, "I have to thank you for one very happy minute; the sight of a heart so fresh in the limpid purity of goodness is a luxury you cannot comprehend till you have come to my age; journeyed, like me, from Dan to Beersheba, and found all barren.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Guy Darrell gives way to an impulse, and quickly decides what he will do with it.
journeyed
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From this reading "Lionel Haughton," said Guy Darrell, regaining his young cousin's side, and speaking in a firm and measured voice, "I have to thank you for one very happy minute; the sight of a heart so fresh in the limpid purity of goodness is a luxury you cannot comprehend till you have come to my age; journeyed, like me, from Dan to Beersheba, and found all barren.
just
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From this reading Heed me: if you had been half-a-dozen years older, and this child for whom you plead had been a fair young woman, perhaps just as innocent, just as charming,--more in peril,--my benevolence would have lain as dormant as a stone.
lain
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From this reading Heed me: if you had been half-a-dozen years older, and this child for whom you plead had been a fair young woman, perhaps just as innocent, just as charming,--more in peril,--my benevolence would have lain as dormant as a stone.
like
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From this reading "Lionel Haughton," said Guy Darrell, regaining his young cousin's side, and speaking in a firm and measured voice, "I have to thank you for one very happy minute; the sight of a heart so fresh in the limpid purity of goodness is a luxury you cannot comprehend till you have come to my age; journeyed, like me, from Dan to Beersheba, and found all barren.
limpid
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From this reading "Lionel Haughton," said Guy Darrell, regaining his young cousin's side, and speaking in a firm and measured voice, "I have to thank you for one very happy minute; the sight of a heart so fresh in the limpid purity of goodness is a luxury you cannot comprehend till you have come to my age; journeyed, like me, from Dan to Beersheba, and found all barren.
Lionel
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From this reading "Lionel Haughton," said Guy Darrell, regaining his young cousin's side, and speaking in a firm and measured voice, "I have to thank you for one very happy minute; the sight of a heart so fresh in the limpid purity of goodness is a luxury you cannot comprehend till you have come to my age; journeyed, like me, from Dan to Beersheba, and found all barren.
luxury
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From this reading "Lionel Haughton," said Guy Darrell, regaining his young cousin's side, and speaking in a firm and measured voice, "I have to thank you for one very happy minute; the sight of a heart so fresh in the limpid purity of goodness is a luxury you cannot comprehend till you have come to my age; journeyed, like me, from Dan to Beersheba, and found all barren.
man's
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From this reading A young man's foolish sentiment for a pretty girl,--as your true friend, I should have shrugged my shoulders and said, 'Beware!'
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Lionel Haughton," said Guy Darrell, regaining his young cousin's side, and speaking in a firm and measured voice, "I have to thank you for one very happy minute; the sight of a heart so fresh in the limpid purity of goodness is a luxury you cannot comprehend till you have come to my age; journeyed, like me, from Dan to Beersheba, and found all barren.
measured
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From this reading "Lionel Haughton," said Guy Darrell, regaining his young cousin's side, and speaking in a firm and measured voice, "I have to thank you for one very happy minute; the sight of a heart so fresh in the limpid purity of goodness is a luxury you cannot comprehend till you have come to my age; journeyed, like me, from Dan to Beersheba, and found all barren.
minute
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From this reading "Lionel Haughton," said Guy Darrell, regaining his young cousin's side, and speaking in a firm and measured voice, "I have to thank you for one very happy minute; the sight of a heart so fresh in the limpid purity of goodness is a luxury you cannot comprehend till you have come to my age; journeyed, like me, from Dan to Beersheba, and found all barren.
more
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From this reading Heed me: if you had been half-a-dozen years older, and this child for whom you plead had been a fair young woman, perhaps just as innocent, just as charming,--more in peril,--my benevolence would have lain as dormant as a stone.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "Lionel Haughton," said Guy Darrell, regaining his young cousin's side, and speaking in a firm and measured voice, "I have to thank you for one very happy minute; the sight of a heart so fresh in the limpid purity of goodness is a luxury you cannot comprehend till you have come to my age; journeyed, like me, from Dan to Beersheba, and found all barren.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Lionel Haughton," said Guy Darrell, regaining his young cousin's side, and speaking in a firm and measured voice, "I have to thank you for one very happy minute; the sight of a heart so fresh in the limpid purity of goodness is a luxury you cannot comprehend till you have come to my age; journeyed, like me, from Dan to Beersheba, and found all barren.
older
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From this reading Heed me: if you had been half-a-dozen years older, and this child for whom you plead had been a fair young woman, perhaps just as innocent, just as charming,--more in peril,--my benevolence would have lain as dormant as a stone.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "Lionel Haughton," said Guy Darrell, regaining his young cousin's side, and speaking in a firm and measured voice, "I have to thank you for one very happy minute; the sight of a heart so fresh in the limpid purity of goodness is a luxury you cannot comprehend till you have come to my age; journeyed, like me, from Dan to Beersheba, and found all barren.
perhaps
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From this reading Heed me: if you had been half-a-dozen years older, and this child for whom you plead had been a fair young woman, perhaps just as innocent, just as charming,--more in peril,--my benevolence would have lain as dormant as a stone.
peril
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From this reading Heed me: if you had been half-a-dozen years older, and this child for whom you plead had been a fair young woman, perhaps just as innocent, just as charming,--more in peril,--my benevolence would have lain as dormant as a stone.
plead
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From this reading Heed me: if you had been half-a-dozen years older, and this child for whom you plead had been a fair young woman, perhaps just as innocent, just as charming,--more in peril,--my benevolence would have lain as dormant as a stone.
pretty
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From this reading A young man's foolish sentiment for a pretty girl,--as your true friend, I should have shrugged my shoulders and said, 'Beware!'
puritynounUS /ˈpjʊrəti/
the state of being morally clean and innocent
From this reading "Lionel Haughton," said Guy Darrell, regaining his young cousin's side, and speaking in a firm and measured voice, "I have to thank you for one very happy minute; the sight of a heart so fresh in the limpid purity of goodness is a luxury you cannot comprehend till you have come to my age; journeyed, like me, from Dan to Beersheba, and found all barren.
quickly
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From this reading Guy Darrell gives way to an impulse, and quickly decides what he will do with it.
regaining
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From this reading "Lionel Haughton," said Guy Darrell, regaining his young cousin's side, and speaking in a firm and measured voice, "I have to thank you for one very happy minute; the sight of a heart so fresh in the limpid purity of goodness is a luxury you cannot comprehend till you have come to my age; journeyed, like me, from Dan to Beersheba, and found all barren.
said
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From this reading "Lionel Haughton," said Guy Darrell, regaining his young cousin's side, and speaking in a firm and measured voice, "I have to thank you for one very happy minute; the sight of a heart so fresh in the limpid purity of goodness is a luxury you cannot comprehend till you have come to my age; journeyed, like me, from Dan to Beersheba, and found all barren.
sentiment
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From this reading A young man's foolish sentiment for a pretty girl,--as your true friend, I should have shrugged my shoulders and said, 'Beware!'
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading A young man's foolish sentiment for a pretty girl,--as your true friend, I should have shrugged my shoulders and said, 'Beware!'
shoulders
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From this reading A young man's foolish sentiment for a pretty girl,--as your true friend, I should have shrugged my shoulders and said, 'Beware!'
shrugged
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From this reading A young man's foolish sentiment for a pretty girl,--as your true friend, I should have shrugged my shoulders and said, 'Beware!'
side
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From this reading "Lionel Haughton," said Guy Darrell, regaining his young cousin's side, and speaking in a firm and measured voice, "I have to thank you for one very happy minute; the sight of a heart so fresh in the limpid purity of goodness is a luxury you cannot comprehend till you have come to my age; journeyed, like me, from Dan to Beersheba, and found all barren.
sight
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From this reading "Lionel Haughton," said Guy Darrell, regaining his young cousin's side, and speaking in a firm and measured voice, "I have to thank you for one very happy minute; the sight of a heart so fresh in the limpid purity of goodness is a luxury you cannot comprehend till you have come to my age; journeyed, like me, from Dan to Beersheba, and found all barren.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "Lionel Haughton," said Guy Darrell, regaining his young cousin's side, and speaking in a firm and measured voice, "I have to thank you for one very happy minute; the sight of a heart so fresh in the limpid purity of goodness is a luxury you cannot comprehend till you have come to my age; journeyed, like me, from Dan to Beersheba, and found all barren.
speaking
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From this reading "Lionel Haughton," said Guy Darrell, regaining his young cousin's side, and speaking in a firm and measured voice, "I have to thank you for one very happy minute; the sight of a heart so fresh in the limpid purity of goodness is a luxury you cannot comprehend till you have come to my age; journeyed, like me, from Dan to Beersheba, and found all barren.
stone
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From this reading Heed me: if you had been half-a-dozen years older, and this child for whom you plead had been a fair young woman, perhaps just as innocent, just as charming,--more in peril,--my benevolence would have lain as dormant as a stone.
taken
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From this reading Had I been your father, I should have taken alarm and frowned.
thank
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From this reading "Lionel Haughton," said Guy Darrell, regaining his young cousin's side, and speaking in a firm and measured voice, "I have to thank you for one very happy minute; the sight of a heart so fresh in the limpid purity of goodness is a luxury you cannot comprehend till you have come to my age; journeyed, like me, from Dan to Beersheba, and found all barren.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Lionel Haughton," said Guy Darrell, regaining his young cousin's side, and speaking in a firm and measured voice, "I have to thank you for one very happy minute; the sight of a heart so fresh in the limpid purity of goodness is a luxury you cannot comprehend till you have come to my age; journeyed, like me, from Dan to Beersheba, and found all barren.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Heed me: if you had been half-a-dozen years older, and this child for whom you plead had been a fair young woman, perhaps just as innocent, just as charming,--more in peril,--my benevolence would have lain as dormant as a stone.
tillprepositionUS /tɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading "Lionel Haughton," said Guy Darrell, regaining his young cousin's side, and speaking in a firm and measured voice, "I have to thank you for one very happy minute; the sight of a heart so fresh in the limpid purity of goodness is a luxury you cannot comprehend till you have come to my age; journeyed, like me, from Dan to Beersheba, and found all barren.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Guy Darrell gives way to an impulse, and quickly decides what he will do with it.
true
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From this reading A young man's foolish sentiment for a pretty girl,--as your true friend, I should have shrugged my shoulders and said, 'Beware!'
very
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From this reading "Lionel Haughton," said Guy Darrell, regaining his young cousin's side, and speaking in a firm and measured voice, "I have to thank you for one very happy minute; the sight of a heart so fresh in the limpid purity of goodness is a luxury you cannot comprehend till you have come to my age; journeyed, like me, from Dan to Beersheba, and found all barren.
voice
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From this reading "Lionel Haughton," said Guy Darrell, regaining his young cousin's side, and speaking in a firm and measured voice, "I have to thank you for one very happy minute; the sight of a heart so fresh in the limpid purity of goodness is a luxury you cannot comprehend till you have come to my age; journeyed, like me, from Dan to Beersheba, and found all barren.
way
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From this reading Guy Darrell gives way to an impulse, and quickly decides what he will do with it.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Guy Darrell gives way to an impulse, and quickly decides what he will do with it.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Heed me: if you had been half-a-dozen years older, and this child for whom you plead had been a fair young woman, perhaps just as innocent, just as charming,--more in peril,--my benevolence would have lain as dormant as a stone.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Guy Darrell gives way to an impulse, and quickly decides what he will do with it.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Guy Darrell gives way to an impulse, and quickly decides what he will do with it.
woman
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From this reading Heed me: if you had been half-a-dozen years older, and this child for whom you plead had been a fair young woman, perhaps just as innocent, just as charming,--more in peril,--my benevolence would have lain as dormant as a stone.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Heed me: if you had been half-a-dozen years older, and this child for whom you plead had been a fair young woman, perhaps just as innocent, just as charming,--more in peril,--my benevolence would have lain as dormant as a stone.
years
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From this reading Heed me: if you had been half-a-dozen years older, and this child for whom you plead had been a fair young woman, perhaps just as innocent, just as charming,--more in peril,--my benevolence would have lain as dormant as a stone.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Lionel Haughton," said Guy Darrell, regaining his young cousin's side, and speaking in a firm and measured voice, "I have to thank you for one very happy minute; the sight of a heart so fresh in the limpid purity of goodness is a luxury you cannot comprehend till you have come to my age; journeyed, like me, from Dan to Beersheba, and found all barren.
young
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From this reading "Lionel Haughton," said Guy Darrell, regaining his young cousin's side, and speaking in a firm and measured voice, "I have to thank you for one very happy minute; the sight of a heart so fresh in the limpid purity of goodness is a luxury you cannot comprehend till you have come to my age; journeyed, like me, from Dan to Beersheba, and found all barren.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading A young man's foolish sentiment for a pretty girl,--as your true friend, I should have shrugged my shoulders and said, 'Beware!'
