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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 CONCERNING THE BEST KIND OF WIFE FOR A POET We are apt sometimes to complain that so much of importance in our lives is at the dispensation of accident, yet how often too are we compelled to confess that some of the happiest and most fruitful circumstances of our lives are due to the far-seeing diplomacies of chance.
accident
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From this reading CONCERNING THE BEST KIND OF WIFE FOR A POET We are apt sometimes to complain that so much of importance in our lives is at the dispensation of accident, yet how often too are we compelled to confess that some of the happiest and most fruitful circumstances of our lives are due to the far-seeing diplomacies of chance.
AmongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading Among no set of circumstances is this more true than in the fateful relations of men and women.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The woman we choose appears at the wrong time, in the wrong place, in an undesirable environment, with hair and eyes and general complexion different in colour from what we had predestined for ourselves, short when we had made up our minds for tall, and tall when we had hoped for short.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading CONCERNING THE BEST KIND OF WIFE FOR A POET We are apt sometimes to complain that so much of importance in our lives is at the dispensation of accident, yet how often too are we compelled to confess that some of the happiest and most fruitful circumstances of our lives are due to the far-seeing diplomacies of chance.
antecedent
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From this reading Frequently our brains, our antecedent plans, have no part in the decision.
appears
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From this reading The woman we choose appears at the wrong time, in the wrong place, in an undesirable environment, with hair and eyes and general complexion different in colour from what we had predestined for ourselves, short when we had made up our minds for tall, and tall when we had hoped for short.
apt
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From this reading CONCERNING THE BEST KIND OF WIFE FOR A POET We are apt sometimes to complain that so much of importance in our lives is at the dispensation of accident, yet how often too are we compelled to confess that some of the happiest and most fruitful circumstances of our lives are due to the far-seeing diplomacies of chance.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading CONCERNING THE BEST KIND OF WIFE FOR A POET We are apt sometimes to complain that so much of importance in our lives is at the dispensation of accident, yet how often too are we compelled to confess that some of the happiest and most fruitful circumstances of our lives are due to the far-seeing diplomacies of chance.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading CONCERNING THE BEST KIND OF WIFE FOR A POET We are apt sometimes to complain that so much of importance in our lives is at the dispensation of accident, yet how often too are we compelled to confess that some of the happiest and most fruitful circumstances of our lives are due to the far-seeing diplomacies of chance.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading While, in a blind sort of way, we may be said to choose for ourselves the man or woman with whom we are to share the joys and sorrows of our years, yet the choice is only superficially ours.
BEST
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From this reading CONCERNING THE BEST KIND OF WIFE FOR A POET We are apt sometimes to complain that so much of importance in our lives is at the dispensation of accident, yet how often too are we compelled to confess that some of the happiest and most fruitful circumstances of our lives are due to the far-seeing diplomacies of chance.
blind
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From this reading While, in a blind sort of way, we may be said to choose for ourselves the man or woman with whom we are to share the joys and sorrows of our years, yet the choice is only superficially ours.
brains
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From this reading Frequently our brains, our antecedent plans, have no part in the decision.
chance
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From this reading CONCERNING THE BEST KIND OF WIFE FOR A POET We are apt sometimes to complain that so much of importance in our lives is at the dispensation of accident, yet how often too are we compelled to confess that some of the happiest and most fruitful circumstances of our lives are due to the far-seeing diplomacies of chance.
choice
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From this reading While, in a blind sort of way, we may be said to choose for ourselves the man or woman with whom we are to share the joys and sorrows of our years, yet the choice is only superficially ours.
choosenounUS /choose/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading While, in a blind sort of way, we may be said to choose for ourselves the man or woman with whom we are to share the joys and sorrows of our years, yet the choice is only superficially ours.
circumstances
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From this reading CONCERNING THE BEST KIND OF WIFE FOR A POET We are apt sometimes to complain that so much of importance in our lives is at the dispensation of accident, yet how often too are we compelled to confess that some of the happiest and most fruitful circumstances of our lives are due to the far-seeing diplomacies of chance.
colour
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From this reading The woman we choose appears at the wrong time, in the wrong place, in an undesirable environment, with hair and eyes and general complexion different in colour from what we had predestined for ourselves, short when we had made up our minds for tall, and tall when we had hoped for short.
compelled
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From this reading CONCERNING THE BEST KIND OF WIFE FOR A POET We are apt sometimes to complain that so much of importance in our lives is at the dispensation of accident, yet how often too are we compelled to confess that some of the happiest and most fruitful circumstances of our lives are due to the far-seeing diplomacies of chance.
complain
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From this reading CONCERNING THE BEST KIND OF WIFE FOR A POET We are apt sometimes to complain that so much of importance in our lives is at the dispensation of accident, yet how often too are we compelled to confess that some of the happiest and most fruitful circumstances of our lives are due to the far-seeing diplomacies of chance.
complexion
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From this reading The woman we choose appears at the wrong time, in the wrong place, in an undesirable environment, with hair and eyes and general complexion different in colour from what we had predestined for ourselves, short when we had made up our minds for tall, and tall when we had hoped for short.
CONCERNING
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From this reading CONCERNING THE BEST KIND OF WIFE FOR A POET We are apt sometimes to complain that so much of importance in our lives is at the dispensation of accident, yet how often too are we compelled to confess that some of the happiest and most fruitful circumstances of our lives are due to the far-seeing diplomacies of chance.
confess
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From this reading CONCERNING THE BEST KIND OF WIFE FOR A POET We are apt sometimes to complain that so much of importance in our lives is at the dispensation of accident, yet how often too are we compelled to confess that some of the happiest and most fruitful circumstances of our lives are due to the far-seeing diplomacies of chance.
decision
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From this reading Frequently our brains, our antecedent plans, have no part in the decision.
differentnounUS /ˈdifferent/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The woman we choose appears at the wrong time, in the wrong place, in an undesirable environment, with hair and eyes and general complexion different in colour from what we had predestined for ourselves, short when we had made up our minds for tall, and tall when we had hoped for short.
diplomacies
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From this reading CONCERNING THE BEST KIND OF WIFE FOR A POET We are apt sometimes to complain that so much of importance in our lives is at the dispensation of accident, yet how often too are we compelled to confess that some of the happiest and most fruitful circumstances of our lives are due to the far-seeing diplomacies of chance.
dispensation
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From this reading CONCERNING THE BEST KIND OF WIFE FOR A POET We are apt sometimes to complain that so much of importance in our lives is at the dispensation of accident, yet how often too are we compelled to confess that some of the happiest and most fruitful circumstances of our lives are due to the far-seeing diplomacies of chance.
due
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From this reading CONCERNING THE BEST KIND OF WIFE FOR A POET We are apt sometimes to complain that so much of importance in our lives is at the dispensation of accident, yet how often too are we compelled to confess that some of the happiest and most fruitful circumstances of our lives are due to the far-seeing diplomacies of chance.
environment
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From this reading The woman we choose appears at the wrong time, in the wrong place, in an undesirable environment, with hair and eyes and general complexion different in colour from what we had predestined for ourselves, short when we had made up our minds for tall, and tall when we had hoped for short.
eyes
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From this reading The woman we choose appears at the wrong time, in the wrong place, in an undesirable environment, with hair and eyes and general complexion different in colour from what we had predestined for ourselves, short when we had made up our minds for tall, and tall when we had hoped for short.
far-seeing
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From this reading CONCERNING THE BEST KIND OF WIFE FOR A POET We are apt sometimes to complain that so much of importance in our lives is at the dispensation of accident, yet how often too are we compelled to confess that some of the happiest and most fruitful circumstances of our lives are due to the far-seeing diplomacies of chance.
fateful
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From this reading Among no set of circumstances is this more true than in the fateful relations of men and women.
FORprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading CONCERNING THE BEST KIND OF WIFE FOR A POET We are apt sometimes to complain that so much of importance in our lives is at the dispensation of accident, yet how often too are we compelled to confess that some of the happiest and most fruitful circumstances of our lives are due to the far-seeing diplomacies of chance.
Frequently
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From this reading Frequently our brains, our antecedent plans, have no part in the decision.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The woman we choose appears at the wrong time, in the wrong place, in an undesirable environment, with hair and eyes and general complexion different in colour from what we had predestined for ourselves, short when we had made up our minds for tall, and tall when we had hoped for short.
fruitful
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From this reading CONCERNING THE BEST KIND OF WIFE FOR A POET We are apt sometimes to complain that so much of importance in our lives is at the dispensation of accident, yet how often too are we compelled to confess that some of the happiest and most fruitful circumstances of our lives are due to the far-seeing diplomacies of chance.
general
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From this reading The woman we choose appears at the wrong time, in the wrong place, in an undesirable environment, with hair and eyes and general complexion different in colour from what we had predestined for ourselves, short when we had made up our minds for tall, and tall when we had hoped for short.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The woman we choose appears at the wrong time, in the wrong place, in an undesirable environment, with hair and eyes and general complexion different in colour from what we had predestined for ourselves, short when we had made up our minds for tall, and tall when we had hoped for short.
hair
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From this reading The woman we choose appears at the wrong time, in the wrong place, in an undesirable environment, with hair and eyes and general complexion different in colour from what we had predestined for ourselves, short when we had made up our minds for tall, and tall when we had hoped for short.
happiest
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From this reading CONCERNING THE BEST KIND OF WIFE FOR A POET We are apt sometimes to complain that so much of importance in our lives is at the dispensation of accident, yet how often too are we compelled to confess that some of the happiest and most fruitful circumstances of our lives are due to the far-seeing diplomacies of chance.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Frequently our brains, our antecedent plans, have no part in the decision.
hoped
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From this reading The woman we choose appears at the wrong time, in the wrong place, in an undesirable environment, with hair and eyes and general complexion different in colour from what we had predestined for ourselves, short when we had made up our minds for tall, and tall when we had hoped for short.
how
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From this reading CONCERNING THE BEST KIND OF WIFE FOR A POET We are apt sometimes to complain that so much of importance in our lives is at the dispensation of accident, yet how often too are we compelled to confess that some of the happiest and most fruitful circumstances of our lives are due to the far-seeing diplomacies of chance.
importance
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From this reading CONCERNING THE BEST KIND OF WIFE FOR A POET We are apt sometimes to complain that so much of importance in our lives is at the dispensation of accident, yet how often too are we compelled to confess that some of the happiest and most fruitful circumstances of our lives are due to the far-seeing diplomacies of chance.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading CONCERNING THE BEST KIND OF WIFE FOR A POET We are apt sometimes to complain that so much of importance in our lives is at the dispensation of accident, yet how often too are we compelled to confess that some of the happiest and most fruitful circumstances of our lives are due to the far-seeing diplomacies of chance.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading CONCERNING THE BEST KIND OF WIFE FOR A POET We are apt sometimes to complain that so much of importance in our lives is at the dispensation of accident, yet how often too are we compelled to confess that some of the happiest and most fruitful circumstances of our lives are due to the far-seeing diplomacies of chance.
joys
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From this reading While, in a blind sort of way, we may be said to choose for ourselves the man or woman with whom we are to share the joys and sorrows of our years, yet the choice is only superficially ours.
KIND
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From this reading CONCERNING THE BEST KIND OF WIFE FOR A POET We are apt sometimes to complain that so much of importance in our lives is at the dispensation of accident, yet how often too are we compelled to confess that some of the happiest and most fruitful circumstances of our lives are due to the far-seeing diplomacies of chance.
lives
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From this reading CONCERNING THE BEST KIND OF WIFE FOR A POET We are apt sometimes to complain that so much of importance in our lives is at the dispensation of accident, yet how often too are we compelled to confess that some of the happiest and most fruitful circumstances of our lives are due to the far-seeing diplomacies of chance.
made
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From this reading The woman we choose appears at the wrong time, in the wrong place, in an undesirable environment, with hair and eyes and general complexion different in colour from what we had predestined for ourselves, short when we had made up our minds for tall, and tall when we had hoped for short.
man
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From this reading While, in a blind sort of way, we may be said to choose for ourselves the man or woman with whom we are to share the joys and sorrows of our years, yet the choice is only superficially ours.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading While, in a blind sort of way, we may be said to choose for ourselves the man or woman with whom we are to share the joys and sorrows of our years, yet the choice is only superficially ours.
men
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From this reading Among no set of circumstances is this more true than in the fateful relations of men and women.
minds
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From this reading The woman we choose appears at the wrong time, in the wrong place, in an undesirable environment, with hair and eyes and general complexion different in colour from what we had predestined for ourselves, short when we had made up our minds for tall, and tall when we had hoped for short.
more
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From this reading Among no set of circumstances is this more true than in the fateful relations of men and women.
most
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From this reading CONCERNING THE BEST KIND OF WIFE FOR A POET We are apt sometimes to complain that so much of importance in our lives is at the dispensation of accident, yet how often too are we compelled to confess that some of the happiest and most fruitful circumstances of our lives are due to the far-seeing diplomacies of chance.
much
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From this reading CONCERNING THE BEST KIND OF WIFE FOR A POET We are apt sometimes to complain that so much of importance in our lives is at the dispensation of accident, yet how often too are we compelled to confess that some of the happiest and most fruitful circumstances of our lives are due to the far-seeing diplomacies of chance.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Among no set of circumstances is this more true than in the fateful relations of men and women.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading CONCERNING THE BEST KIND OF WIFE FOR A POET We are apt sometimes to complain that so much of importance in our lives is at the dispensation of accident, yet how often too are we compelled to confess that some of the happiest and most fruitful circumstances of our lives are due to the far-seeing diplomacies of chance.
often
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From this reading CONCERNING THE BEST KIND OF WIFE FOR A POET We are apt sometimes to complain that so much of importance in our lives is at the dispensation of accident, yet how often too are we compelled to confess that some of the happiest and most fruitful circumstances of our lives are due to the far-seeing diplomacies of chance.
only
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From this reading While, in a blind sort of way, we may be said to choose for ourselves the man or woman with whom we are to share the joys and sorrows of our years, yet the choice is only superficially ours.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading While, in a blind sort of way, we may be said to choose for ourselves the man or woman with whom we are to share the joys and sorrows of our years, yet the choice is only superficially ours.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading CONCERNING THE BEST KIND OF WIFE FOR A POET We are apt sometimes to complain that so much of importance in our lives is at the dispensation of accident, yet how often too are we compelled to confess that some of the happiest and most fruitful circumstances of our lives are due to the far-seeing diplomacies of chance.
ourspronounUS /ˈaʊərz/
the one or ones belonging to us
From this reading While, in a blind sort of way, we may be said to choose for ourselves the man or woman with whom we are to share the joys and sorrows of our years, yet the choice is only superficially ours.
ourselvespronounUS /aʊərˈselvz/
used when we are both doing the action and receiving it
From this reading While, in a blind sort of way, we may be said to choose for ourselves the man or woman with whom we are to share the joys and sorrows of our years, yet the choice is only superficially ours.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Frequently our brains, our antecedent plans, have no part in the decision.
place
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From this reading The woman we choose appears at the wrong time, in the wrong place, in an undesirable environment, with hair and eyes and general complexion different in colour from what we had predestined for ourselves, short when we had made up our minds for tall, and tall when we had hoped for short.
plans
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From this reading Frequently our brains, our antecedent plans, have no part in the decision.
POET
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From this reading CONCERNING THE BEST KIND OF WIFE FOR A POET We are apt sometimes to complain that so much of importance in our lives is at the dispensation of accident, yet how often too are we compelled to confess that some of the happiest and most fruitful circumstances of our lives are due to the far-seeing diplomacies of chance.
predestined
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From this reading The woman we choose appears at the wrong time, in the wrong place, in an undesirable environment, with hair and eyes and general complexion different in colour from what we had predestined for ourselves, short when we had made up our minds for tall, and tall when we had hoped for short.
relations
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From this reading Among no set of circumstances is this more true than in the fateful relations of men and women.
said
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From this reading While, in a blind sort of way, we may be said to choose for ourselves the man or woman with whom we are to share the joys and sorrows of our years, yet the choice is only superficially ours.
set
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From this reading Among no set of circumstances is this more true than in the fateful relations of men and women.
share
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From this reading While, in a blind sort of way, we may be said to choose for ourselves the man or woman with whom we are to share the joys and sorrows of our years, yet the choice is only superficially ours.
shortadjectiveUS /ʃɔrt/
brief or direct in expression
From this reading The woman we choose appears at the wrong time, in the wrong place, in an undesirable environment, with hair and eyes and general complexion different in colour from what we had predestined for ourselves, short when we had made up our minds for tall, and tall when we had hoped for short.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading CONCERNING THE BEST KIND OF WIFE FOR A POET We are apt sometimes to complain that so much of importance in our lives is at the dispensation of accident, yet how often too are we compelled to confess that some of the happiest and most fruitful circumstances of our lives are due to the far-seeing diplomacies of chance.
some
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From this reading CONCERNING THE BEST KIND OF WIFE FOR A POET We are apt sometimes to complain that so much of importance in our lives is at the dispensation of accident, yet how often too are we compelled to confess that some of the happiest and most fruitful circumstances of our lives are due to the far-seeing diplomacies of chance.
sometimes
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From this reading CONCERNING THE BEST KIND OF WIFE FOR A POET We are apt sometimes to complain that so much of importance in our lives is at the dispensation of accident, yet how often too are we compelled to confess that some of the happiest and most fruitful circumstances of our lives are due to the far-seeing diplomacies of chance.
sorrows
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From this reading While, in a blind sort of way, we may be said to choose for ourselves the man or woman with whom we are to share the joys and sorrows of our years, yet the choice is only superficially ours.
sort
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From this reading While, in a blind sort of way, we may be said to choose for ourselves the man or woman with whom we are to share the joys and sorrows of our years, yet the choice is only superficially ours.
superficially
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From this reading While, in a blind sort of way, we may be said to choose for ourselves the man or woman with whom we are to share the joys and sorrows of our years, yet the choice is only superficially ours.
tall
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From this reading The woman we choose appears at the wrong time, in the wrong place, in an undesirable environment, with hair and eyes and general complexion different in colour from what we had predestined for ourselves, short when we had made up our minds for tall, and tall when we had hoped for short.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Among no set of circumstances is this more true than in the fateful relations of men and women.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading CONCERNING THE BEST KIND OF WIFE FOR A POET We are apt sometimes to complain that so much of importance in our lives is at the dispensation of accident, yet how often too are we compelled to confess that some of the happiest and most fruitful circumstances of our lives are due to the far-seeing diplomacies of chance.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading CONCERNING THE BEST KIND OF WIFE FOR A POET We are apt sometimes to complain that so much of importance in our lives is at the dispensation of accident, yet how often too are we compelled to confess that some of the happiest and most fruitful circumstances of our lives are due to the far-seeing diplomacies of chance.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Among no set of circumstances is this more true than in the fateful relations of men and women.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The woman we choose appears at the wrong time, in the wrong place, in an undesirable environment, with hair and eyes and general complexion different in colour from what we had predestined for ourselves, short when we had made up our minds for tall, and tall when we had hoped for short.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading CONCERNING THE BEST KIND OF WIFE FOR A POET We are apt sometimes to complain that so much of importance in our lives is at the dispensation of accident, yet how often too are we compelled to confess that some of the happiest and most fruitful circumstances of our lives are due to the far-seeing diplomacies of chance.
too
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From this reading CONCERNING THE BEST KIND OF WIFE FOR A POET We are apt sometimes to complain that so much of importance in our lives is at the dispensation of accident, yet how often too are we compelled to confess that some of the happiest and most fruitful circumstances of our lives are due to the far-seeing diplomacies of chance.
true
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From this reading Among no set of circumstances is this more true than in the fateful relations of men and women.
undesirable
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From this reading The woman we choose appears at the wrong time, in the wrong place, in an undesirable environment, with hair and eyes and general complexion different in colour from what we had predestined for ourselves, short when we had made up our minds for tall, and tall when we had hoped for short.
up
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From this reading The woman we choose appears at the wrong time, in the wrong place, in an undesirable environment, with hair and eyes and general complexion different in colour from what we had predestined for ourselves, short when we had made up our minds for tall, and tall when we had hoped for short.
way
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From this reading While, in a blind sort of way, we may be said to choose for ourselves the man or woman with whom we are to share the joys and sorrows of our years, yet the choice is only superficially ours.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading CONCERNING THE BEST KIND OF WIFE FOR A POET We are apt sometimes to complain that so much of importance in our lives is at the dispensation of accident, yet how often too are we compelled to confess that some of the happiest and most fruitful circumstances of our lives are due to the far-seeing diplomacies of chance.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading The woman we choose appears at the wrong time, in the wrong place, in an undesirable environment, with hair and eyes and general complexion different in colour from what we had predestined for ourselves, short when we had made up our minds for tall, and tall when we had hoped for short.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading The woman we choose appears at the wrong time, in the wrong place, in an undesirable environment, with hair and eyes and general complexion different in colour from what we had predestined for ourselves, short when we had made up our minds for tall, and tall when we had hoped for short.
WhileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading While, in a blind sort of way, we may be said to choose for ourselves the man or woman with whom we are to share the joys and sorrows of our years, yet the choice is only superficially ours.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading While, in a blind sort of way, we may be said to choose for ourselves the man or woman with whom we are to share the joys and sorrows of our years, yet the choice is only superficially ours.
WIFE
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From this reading CONCERNING THE BEST KIND OF WIFE FOR A POET We are apt sometimes to complain that so much of importance in our lives is at the dispensation of accident, yet how often too are we compelled to confess that some of the happiest and most fruitful circumstances of our lives are due to the far-seeing diplomacies of chance.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading While, in a blind sort of way, we may be said to choose for ourselves the man or woman with whom we are to share the joys and sorrows of our years, yet the choice is only superficially ours.
woman
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From this reading While, in a blind sort of way, we may be said to choose for ourselves the man or woman with whom we are to share the joys and sorrows of our years, yet the choice is only superficially ours.
women
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From this reading Among no set of circumstances is this more true than in the fateful relations of men and women.
wrong
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From this reading The woman we choose appears at the wrong time, in the wrong place, in an undesirable environment, with hair and eyes and general complexion different in colour from what we had predestined for ourselves, short when we had made up our minds for tall, and tall when we had hoped for short.
years
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From this reading While, in a blind sort of way, we may be said to choose for ourselves the man or woman with whom we are to share the joys and sorrows of our years, yet the choice is only superficially ours.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading CONCERNING THE BEST KIND OF WIFE FOR A POET We are apt sometimes to complain that so much of importance in our lives is at the dispensation of accident, yet how often too are we compelled to confess that some of the happiest and most fruitful circumstances of our lives are due to the far-seeing diplomacies of chance.
