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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 A DISAPPOINTMENT.
amorphous
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From this reading Clara was to me as yet only the type of general womanhood, around which the amorphous loves of my manhood had begun to gather, not the one woman whom the individual man in me had chosen and loved.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Therefore, when the wings of sleep had fanned the motes from my brain, I was cool enough, notwithstanding an occasional tongue of indignant flame from the ashes of last night’s fire, to sit down to my books, and read with tolerable attention my morning portion of Plato.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Clara was to me as yet only the type of general womanhood, around which the amorphous loves of my manhood had begun to gather, not the one woman whom the individual man in me had chosen and loved.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Clara was to me as yet only the type of general womanhood, around which the amorphous loves of my manhood had begun to gather, not the one woman whom the individual man in me had chosen and loved.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I trust it will not be regarded as a sign of shallowness of nature that I rose in the morning comparatively calm.
ashesnounUS /ˈæʃ.ɪz/
The powdery residue left after the burning of a substance.
From this reading Therefore, when the wings of sleep had fanned the motes from my brain, I was cool enough, notwithstanding an occasional tongue of indignant flame from the ashes of last night’s fire, to sit down to my books, and read with tolerable attention my morning portion of Plato.
attention
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From this reading Therefore, when the wings of sleep had fanned the motes from my brain, I was cool enough, notwithstanding an occasional tongue of indignant flame from the ashes of last night’s fire, to sit down to my books, and read with tolerable attention my morning portion of Plato.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I trust it will not be regarded as a sign of shallowness of nature that I rose in the morning comparatively calm.
begun
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From this reading Clara was to me as yet only the type of general womanhood, around which the amorphous loves of my manhood had begun to gather, not the one woman whom the individual man in me had chosen and loved.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading How could I _love_ that which I did not yet know: she was but the heroine of my objective life, as projected from me by my imagination--not the love of my being.
booksnounUS /bʊks/
Bound written or printed works.
From this reading Therefore, when the wings of sleep had fanned the motes from my brain, I was cool enough, notwithstanding an occasional tongue of indignant flame from the ashes of last night’s fire, to sit down to my books, and read with tolerable attention my morning portion of Plato.
brain
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From this reading Therefore, when the wings of sleep had fanned the motes from my brain, I was cool enough, notwithstanding an occasional tongue of indignant flame from the ashes of last night’s fire, to sit down to my books, and read with tolerable attention my morning portion of Plato.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading How could I _love_ that which I did not yet know: she was but the heroine of my objective life, as projected from me by my imagination--not the love of my being.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading How could I _love_ that which I did not yet know: she was but the heroine of my objective life, as projected from me by my imagination--not the love of my being.
calm
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From this reading I trust it will not be regarded as a sign of shallowness of nature that I rose in the morning comparatively calm.
chosen
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From this reading Clara was to me as yet only the type of general womanhood, around which the amorphous loves of my manhood had begun to gather, not the one woman whom the individual man in me had chosen and loved.
Clara
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From this reading Clara was to me as yet only the type of general womanhood, around which the amorphous loves of my manhood had begun to gather, not the one woman whom the individual man in me had chosen and loved.
comparatively
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From this reading I trust it will not be regarded as a sign of shallowness of nature that I rose in the morning comparatively calm.
cool
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From this reading Therefore, when the wings of sleep had fanned the motes from my brain, I was cool enough, notwithstanding an occasional tongue of indignant flame from the ashes of last night’s fire, to sit down to my books, and read with tolerable attention my morning portion of Plato.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading How could I _love_ that which I did not yet know: she was but the heroine of my objective life, as projected from me by my imagination--not the love of my being.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading How could I _love_ that which I did not yet know: she was but the heroine of my objective life, as projected from me by my imagination--not the love of my being.
DISAPPOINTMENTnounUS /ˈdisappointment/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading A DISAPPOINTMENT.
down
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From this reading Therefore, when the wings of sleep had fanned the motes from my brain, I was cool enough, notwithstanding an occasional tongue of indignant flame from the ashes of last night’s fire, to sit down to my books, and read with tolerable attention my morning portion of Plato.
enough
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From this reading Therefore, when the wings of sleep had fanned the motes from my brain, I was cool enough, notwithstanding an occasional tongue of indignant flame from the ashes of last night’s fire, to sit down to my books, and read with tolerable attention my morning portion of Plato.
fanned
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From this reading Therefore, when the wings of sleep had fanned the motes from my brain, I was cool enough, notwithstanding an occasional tongue of indignant flame from the ashes of last night’s fire, to sit down to my books, and read with tolerable attention my morning portion of Plato.
fire
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From this reading Therefore, when the wings of sleep had fanned the motes from my brain, I was cool enough, notwithstanding an occasional tongue of indignant flame from the ashes of last night’s fire, to sit down to my books, and read with tolerable attention my morning portion of Plato.
flamenounUS /fleɪm/
A hot glowing body of ignited gas produced by fire.
From this reading Therefore, when the wings of sleep had fanned the motes from my brain, I was cool enough, notwithstanding an occasional tongue of indignant flame from the ashes of last night’s fire, to sit down to my books, and read with tolerable attention my morning portion of Plato.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading How could I _love_ that which I did not yet know: she was but the heroine of my objective life, as projected from me by my imagination--not the love of my being.
gather
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From this reading Clara was to me as yet only the type of general womanhood, around which the amorphous loves of my manhood had begun to gather, not the one woman whom the individual man in me had chosen and loved.
general
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From this reading Clara was to me as yet only the type of general womanhood, around which the amorphous loves of my manhood had begun to gather, not the one woman whom the individual man in me had chosen and loved.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Clara was to me as yet only the type of general womanhood, around which the amorphous loves of my manhood had begun to gather, not the one woman whom the individual man in me had chosen and loved.
heroine
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From this reading How could I _love_ that which I did not yet know: she was but the heroine of my objective life, as projected from me by my imagination--not the love of my being.
How
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From this reading How could I _love_ that which I did not yet know: she was but the heroine of my objective life, as projected from me by my imagination--not the love of my being.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I trust it will not be regarded as a sign of shallowness of nature that I rose in the morning comparatively calm.
imagination
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From this reading How could I _love_ that which I did not yet know: she was but the heroine of my objective life, as projected from me by my imagination--not the love of my being.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I trust it will not be regarded as a sign of shallowness of nature that I rose in the morning comparatively calm.
indignant
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From this reading Therefore, when the wings of sleep had fanned the motes from my brain, I was cool enough, notwithstanding an occasional tongue of indignant flame from the ashes of last night’s fire, to sit down to my books, and read with tolerable attention my morning portion of Plato.
individual
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From this reading Clara was to me as yet only the type of general womanhood, around which the amorphous loves of my manhood had begun to gather, not the one woman whom the individual man in me had chosen and loved.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I trust it will not be regarded as a sign of shallowness of nature that I rose in the morning comparatively calm.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading How could I _love_ that which I did not yet know: she was but the heroine of my objective life, as projected from me by my imagination--not the love of my being.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Therefore, when the wings of sleep had fanned the motes from my brain, I was cool enough, notwithstanding an occasional tongue of indignant flame from the ashes of last night’s fire, to sit down to my books, and read with tolerable attention my morning portion of Plato.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading How could I _love_ that which I did not yet know: she was but the heroine of my objective life, as projected from me by my imagination--not the love of my being.
love
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From this reading How could I _love_ that which I did not yet know: she was but the heroine of my objective life, as projected from me by my imagination--not the love of my being.
loved
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From this reading Clara was to me as yet only the type of general womanhood, around which the amorphous loves of my manhood had begun to gather, not the one woman whom the individual man in me had chosen and loved.
loves
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From this reading Clara was to me as yet only the type of general womanhood, around which the amorphous loves of my manhood had begun to gather, not the one woman whom the individual man in me had chosen and loved.
man
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From this reading Clara was to me as yet only the type of general womanhood, around which the amorphous loves of my manhood had begun to gather, not the one woman whom the individual man in me had chosen and loved.
manhood
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From this reading Clara was to me as yet only the type of general womanhood, around which the amorphous loves of my manhood had begun to gather, not the one woman whom the individual man in me had chosen and loved.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Clara was to me as yet only the type of general womanhood, around which the amorphous loves of my manhood had begun to gather, not the one woman whom the individual man in me had chosen and loved.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I trust it will not be regarded as a sign of shallowness of nature that I rose in the morning comparatively calm.
motes
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From this reading Therefore, when the wings of sleep had fanned the motes from my brain, I was cool enough, notwithstanding an occasional tongue of indignant flame from the ashes of last night’s fire, to sit down to my books, and read with tolerable attention my morning portion of Plato.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Clara was to me as yet only the type of general womanhood, around which the amorphous loves of my manhood had begun to gather, not the one woman whom the individual man in me had chosen and loved.
nature
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From this reading I trust it will not be regarded as a sign of shallowness of nature that I rose in the morning comparatively calm.
night's
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From this reading Therefore, when the wings of sleep had fanned the motes from my brain, I was cool enough, notwithstanding an occasional tongue of indignant flame from the ashes of last night’s fire, to sit down to my books, and read with tolerable attention my morning portion of Plato.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I trust it will not be regarded as a sign of shallowness of nature that I rose in the morning comparatively calm.
notwithstanding
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From this reading Therefore, when the wings of sleep had fanned the motes from my brain, I was cool enough, notwithstanding an occasional tongue of indignant flame from the ashes of last night’s fire, to sit down to my books, and read with tolerable attention my morning portion of Plato.
objective
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From this reading How could I _love_ that which I did not yet know: she was but the heroine of my objective life, as projected from me by my imagination--not the love of my being.
occasional
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From this reading Therefore, when the wings of sleep had fanned the motes from my brain, I was cool enough, notwithstanding an occasional tongue of indignant flame from the ashes of last night’s fire, to sit down to my books, and read with tolerable attention my morning portion of Plato.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I trust it will not be regarded as a sign of shallowness of nature that I rose in the morning comparatively calm.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Clara was to me as yet only the type of general womanhood, around which the amorphous loves of my manhood had begun to gather, not the one woman whom the individual man in me had chosen and loved.
only
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From this reading Clara was to me as yet only the type of general womanhood, around which the amorphous loves of my manhood had begun to gather, not the one woman whom the individual man in me had chosen and loved.
Plato
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From this reading Therefore, when the wings of sleep had fanned the motes from my brain, I was cool enough, notwithstanding an occasional tongue of indignant flame from the ashes of last night’s fire, to sit down to my books, and read with tolerable attention my morning portion of Plato.
portion
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From this reading Therefore, when the wings of sleep had fanned the motes from my brain, I was cool enough, notwithstanding an occasional tongue of indignant flame from the ashes of last night’s fire, to sit down to my books, and read with tolerable attention my morning portion of Plato.
projected
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From this reading How could I _love_ that which I did not yet know: she was but the heroine of my objective life, as projected from me by my imagination--not the love of my being.
read
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From this reading Therefore, when the wings of sleep had fanned the motes from my brain, I was cool enough, notwithstanding an occasional tongue of indignant flame from the ashes of last night’s fire, to sit down to my books, and read with tolerable attention my morning portion of Plato.
regarded
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From this reading I trust it will not be regarded as a sign of shallowness of nature that I rose in the morning comparatively calm.
rose
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From this reading I trust it will not be regarded as a sign of shallowness of nature that I rose in the morning comparatively calm.
shallowness
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From this reading I trust it will not be regarded as a sign of shallowness of nature that I rose in the morning comparatively calm.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading How could I _love_ that which I did not yet know: she was but the heroine of my objective life, as projected from me by my imagination--not the love of my being.
sign
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From this reading I trust it will not be regarded as a sign of shallowness of nature that I rose in the morning comparatively calm.
sit
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From this reading Therefore, when the wings of sleep had fanned the motes from my brain, I was cool enough, notwithstanding an occasional tongue of indignant flame from the ashes of last night’s fire, to sit down to my books, and read with tolerable attention my morning portion of Plato.
sleep
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From this reading Therefore, when the wings of sleep had fanned the motes from my brain, I was cool enough, notwithstanding an occasional tongue of indignant flame from the ashes of last night’s fire, to sit down to my books, and read with tolerable attention my morning portion of Plato.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I trust it will not be regarded as a sign of shallowness of nature that I rose in the morning comparatively calm.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I trust it will not be regarded as a sign of shallowness of nature that I rose in the morning comparatively calm.
ThereforeadverbUS /ˈðerfɔːr/
for that reason; as a result
From this reading Therefore, when the wings of sleep had fanned the motes from my brain, I was cool enough, notwithstanding an occasional tongue of indignant flame from the ashes of last night’s fire, to sit down to my books, and read with tolerable attention my morning portion of Plato.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Clara was to me as yet only the type of general womanhood, around which the amorphous loves of my manhood had begun to gather, not the one woman whom the individual man in me had chosen and loved.
tolerable
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From this reading Therefore, when the wings of sleep had fanned the motes from my brain, I was cool enough, notwithstanding an occasional tongue of indignant flame from the ashes of last night’s fire, to sit down to my books, and read with tolerable attention my morning portion of Plato.
tonguenounUS /tongue/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Therefore, when the wings of sleep had fanned the motes from my brain, I was cool enough, notwithstanding an occasional tongue of indignant flame from the ashes of last night’s fire, to sit down to my books, and read with tolerable attention my morning portion of Plato.
trust
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From this reading I trust it will not be regarded as a sign of shallowness of nature that I rose in the morning comparatively calm.
type
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From this reading Clara was to me as yet only the type of general womanhood, around which the amorphous loves of my manhood had begun to gather, not the one woman whom the individual man in me had chosen and loved.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Clara was to me as yet only the type of general womanhood, around which the amorphous loves of my manhood had begun to gather, not the one woman whom the individual man in me had chosen and loved.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Therefore, when the wings of sleep had fanned the motes from my brain, I was cool enough, notwithstanding an occasional tongue of indignant flame from the ashes of last night’s fire, to sit down to my books, and read with tolerable attention my morning portion of Plato.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Clara was to me as yet only the type of general womanhood, around which the amorphous loves of my manhood had begun to gather, not the one woman whom the individual man in me had chosen and loved.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Clara was to me as yet only the type of general womanhood, around which the amorphous loves of my manhood had begun to gather, not the one woman whom the individual man in me had chosen and loved.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading I trust it will not be regarded as a sign of shallowness of nature that I rose in the morning comparatively calm.
wings
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From this reading Therefore, when the wings of sleep had fanned the motes from my brain, I was cool enough, notwithstanding an occasional tongue of indignant flame from the ashes of last night’s fire, to sit down to my books, and read with tolerable attention my morning portion of Plato.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Therefore, when the wings of sleep had fanned the motes from my brain, I was cool enough, notwithstanding an occasional tongue of indignant flame from the ashes of last night’s fire, to sit down to my books, and read with tolerable attention my morning portion of Plato.
woman
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From this reading Clara was to me as yet only the type of general womanhood, around which the amorphous loves of my manhood had begun to gather, not the one woman whom the individual man in me had chosen and loved.
womanhood
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From this reading Clara was to me as yet only the type of general womanhood, around which the amorphous loves of my manhood had begun to gather, not the one woman whom the individual man in me had chosen and loved.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Clara was to me as yet only the type of general womanhood, around which the amorphous loves of my manhood had begun to gather, not the one woman whom the individual man in me had chosen and loved.
