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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 CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS A GENEALOGY The egregious Miss Bashkirtseff did not greatly fascinate Esther.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Her egotism was too hard, too self-bounded, even for egotism, and there was generally about her a lack of sympathy.
all
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From this reading In all these young Mesuriers there was implicit,--partly as a bye-product of the sense of humour, and partly as an unconscious mysticism,--a surprising instinct for allowing the successes of this world their proper value and no more.
allowing
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From this reading In all these young Mesuriers there was implicit,--partly as a bye-product of the sense of humour, and partly as an unconscious mysticism,--a surprising instinct for allowing the successes of this world their proper value and no more.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading In all these young Mesuriers there was implicit,--partly as a bye-product of the sense of humour, and partly as an unconscious mysticism,--a surprising instinct for allowing the successes of this world their proper value and no more.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Her egotism was too hard, too self-bounded, even for egotism, and there was generally about her a lack of sympathy.
anxiety
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From this reading Her passion for fame had something provincial in its eagerness, and her broadest ideals seemed to become limited by her very anxiety to compass them.
artauxiliary verbUS /ɑːrt/
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading Even her love of art seemed a form of snobbery.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading In all these young Mesuriers there was implicit,--partly as a bye-product of the sense of humour, and partly as an unconscious mysticism,--a surprising instinct for allowing the successes of this world their proper value and no more.
Bashkirtseff
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From this reading CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS A GENEALOGY The egregious Miss Bashkirtseff did not greatly fascinate Esther.
become
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From this reading Her passion for fame had something provincial in its eagerness, and her broadest ideals seemed to become limited by her very anxiety to compass them.
broadest
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From this reading Her passion for fame had something provincial in its eagerness, and her broadest ideals seemed to become limited by her very anxiety to compass them.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Her passion for fame had something provincial in its eagerness, and her broadest ideals seemed to become limited by her very anxiety to compass them.
bye-product
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From this reading In all these young Mesuriers there was implicit,--partly as a bye-product of the sense of humour, and partly as an unconscious mysticism,--a surprising instinct for allowing the successes of this world their proper value and no more.
compass
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From this reading Her passion for fame had something provincial in its eagerness, and her broadest ideals seemed to become limited by her very anxiety to compass them.
CONTRIBUTIONS
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From this reading CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS A GENEALOGY The egregious Miss Bashkirtseff did not greatly fascinate Esther.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS A GENEALOGY The egregious Miss Bashkirtseff did not greatly fascinate Esther.
eagerness
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From this reading Her passion for fame had something provincial in its eagerness, and her broadest ideals seemed to become limited by her very anxiety to compass them.
egotism
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From this reading Her egotism was too hard, too self-bounded, even for egotism, and there was generally about her a lack of sympathy.
egregious
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From this reading CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS A GENEALOGY The egregious Miss Bashkirtseff did not greatly fascinate Esther.
Esther
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From this reading CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS A GENEALOGY The egregious Miss Bashkirtseff did not greatly fascinate Esther.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Her egotism was too hard, too self-bounded, even for egotism, and there was generally about her a lack of sympathy.
fame
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From this reading Her passion for fame had something provincial in its eagerness, and her broadest ideals seemed to become limited by her very anxiety to compass them.
fascinate
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From this reading CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS A GENEALOGY The egregious Miss Bashkirtseff did not greatly fascinate Esther.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Her egotism was too hard, too self-bounded, even for egotism, and there was generally about her a lack of sympathy.
form
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From this reading Even her love of art seemed a form of snobbery.
GENEALOGY
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From this reading CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS A GENEALOGY The egregious Miss Bashkirtseff did not greatly fascinate Esther.
generally
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From this reading Her egotism was too hard, too self-bounded, even for egotism, and there was generally about her a lack of sympathy.
greatly
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From this reading CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS A GENEALOGY The egregious Miss Bashkirtseff did not greatly fascinate Esther.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Her passion for fame had something provincial in its eagerness, and her broadest ideals seemed to become limited by her very anxiety to compass them.
hard
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From this reading Her egotism was too hard, too self-bounded, even for egotism, and there was generally about her a lack of sympathy.
HerdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Her egotism was too hard, too self-bounded, even for egotism, and there was generally about her a lack of sympathy.
humour
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From this reading In all these young Mesuriers there was implicit,--partly as a bye-product of the sense of humour, and partly as an unconscious mysticism,--a surprising instinct for allowing the successes of this world their proper value and no more.
ideals
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From this reading Her passion for fame had something provincial in its eagerness, and her broadest ideals seemed to become limited by her very anxiety to compass them.
implicit
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From this reading In all these young Mesuriers there was implicit,--partly as a bye-product of the sense of humour, and partly as an unconscious mysticism,--a surprising instinct for allowing the successes of this world their proper value and no more.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Her passion for fame had something provincial in its eagerness, and her broadest ideals seemed to become limited by her very anxiety to compass them.
instinct
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From this reading In all these young Mesuriers there was implicit,--partly as a bye-product of the sense of humour, and partly as an unconscious mysticism,--a surprising instinct for allowing the successes of this world their proper value and no more.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Her passion for fame had something provincial in its eagerness, and her broadest ideals seemed to become limited by her very anxiety to compass them.
lack
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From this reading Her egotism was too hard, too self-bounded, even for egotism, and there was generally about her a lack of sympathy.
limited
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From this reading Her passion for fame had something provincial in its eagerness, and her broadest ideals seemed to become limited by her very anxiety to compass them.
love
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From this reading Even her love of art seemed a form of snobbery.
Mesuriers
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From this reading In all these young Mesuriers there was implicit,--partly as a bye-product of the sense of humour, and partly as an unconscious mysticism,--a surprising instinct for allowing the successes of this world their proper value and no more.
Miss
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From this reading CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS A GENEALOGY The egregious Miss Bashkirtseff did not greatly fascinate Esther.
more
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From this reading In all these young Mesuriers there was implicit,--partly as a bye-product of the sense of humour, and partly as an unconscious mysticism,--a surprising instinct for allowing the successes of this world their proper value and no more.
mysticism
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From this reading In all these young Mesuriers there was implicit,--partly as a bye-product of the sense of humour, and partly as an unconscious mysticism,--a surprising instinct for allowing the successes of this world their proper value and no more.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading In all these young Mesuriers there was implicit,--partly as a bye-product of the sense of humour, and partly as an unconscious mysticism,--a surprising instinct for allowing the successes of this world their proper value and no more.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS A GENEALOGY The egregious Miss Bashkirtseff did not greatly fascinate Esther.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Her egotism was too hard, too self-bounded, even for egotism, and there was generally about her a lack of sympathy.
partly
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From this reading In all these young Mesuriers there was implicit,--partly as a bye-product of the sense of humour, and partly as an unconscious mysticism,--a surprising instinct for allowing the successes of this world their proper value and no more.
passion
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From this reading Her passion for fame had something provincial in its eagerness, and her broadest ideals seemed to become limited by her very anxiety to compass them.
proper
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From this reading In all these young Mesuriers there was implicit,--partly as a bye-product of the sense of humour, and partly as an unconscious mysticism,--a surprising instinct for allowing the successes of this world their proper value and no more.
provincial
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From this reading Her passion for fame had something provincial in its eagerness, and her broadest ideals seemed to become limited by her very anxiety to compass them.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Her passion for fame had something provincial in its eagerness, and her broadest ideals seemed to become limited by her very anxiety to compass them.
self-bounded
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From this reading Her egotism was too hard, too self-bounded, even for egotism, and there was generally about her a lack of sympathy.
sense
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From this reading In all these young Mesuriers there was implicit,--partly as a bye-product of the sense of humour, and partly as an unconscious mysticism,--a surprising instinct for allowing the successes of this world their proper value and no more.
snobbery
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From this reading Even her love of art seemed a form of snobbery.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Her passion for fame had something provincial in its eagerness, and her broadest ideals seemed to become limited by her very anxiety to compass them.
successes
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From this reading In all these young Mesuriers there was implicit,--partly as a bye-product of the sense of humour, and partly as an unconscious mysticism,--a surprising instinct for allowing the successes of this world their proper value and no more.
surprising
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From this reading In all these young Mesuriers there was implicit,--partly as a bye-product of the sense of humour, and partly as an unconscious mysticism,--a surprising instinct for allowing the successes of this world their proper value and no more.
sympathy
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From this reading Her egotism was too hard, too self-bounded, even for egotism, and there was generally about her a lack of sympathy.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS A GENEALOGY The egregious Miss Bashkirtseff did not greatly fascinate Esther.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading In all these young Mesuriers there was implicit,--partly as a bye-product of the sense of humour, and partly as an unconscious mysticism,--a surprising instinct for allowing the successes of this world their proper value and no more.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Her passion for fame had something provincial in its eagerness, and her broadest ideals seemed to become limited by her very anxiety to compass them.
there
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From this reading Her egotism was too hard, too self-bounded, even for egotism, and there was generally about her a lack of sympathy.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading In all these young Mesuriers there was implicit,--partly as a bye-product of the sense of humour, and partly as an unconscious mysticism,--a surprising instinct for allowing the successes of this world their proper value and no more.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading In all these young Mesuriers there was implicit,--partly as a bye-product of the sense of humour, and partly as an unconscious mysticism,--a surprising instinct for allowing the successes of this world their proper value and no more.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Her passion for fame had something provincial in its eagerness, and her broadest ideals seemed to become limited by her very anxiety to compass them.
too
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From this reading Her egotism was too hard, too self-bounded, even for egotism, and there was generally about her a lack of sympathy.
TOWARDSprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS A GENEALOGY The egregious Miss Bashkirtseff did not greatly fascinate Esther.
unconscious
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From this reading In all these young Mesuriers there was implicit,--partly as a bye-product of the sense of humour, and partly as an unconscious mysticism,--a surprising instinct for allowing the successes of this world their proper value and no more.
value
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From this reading In all these young Mesuriers there was implicit,--partly as a bye-product of the sense of humour, and partly as an unconscious mysticism,--a surprising instinct for allowing the successes of this world their proper value and no more.
very
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From this reading Her passion for fame had something provincial in its eagerness, and her broadest ideals seemed to become limited by her very anxiety to compass them.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Her egotism was too hard, too self-bounded, even for egotism, and there was generally about her a lack of sympathy.
world
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From this reading In all these young Mesuriers there was implicit,--partly as a bye-product of the sense of humour, and partly as an unconscious mysticism,--a surprising instinct for allowing the successes of this world their proper value and no more.
young
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From this reading In all these young Mesuriers there was implicit,--partly as a bye-product of the sense of humour, and partly as an unconscious mysticism,--a surprising instinct for allowing the successes of this world their proper value and no more.
