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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 Notwithstanding all the hinderances that envious fate could send, the news so important to the family got itself circulated among them at last, with the result that the strangest excitement, elation, and despondency, a complication of feelings utterly unknown in their healthful history, took possession of the Penton family.
abandoned
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From this reading They had now to go back again, to forget all those innumerable consultations, arrangements, conclusions of all kinds, and take up their old plans where they had been abandoned.
adapted
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From this reading They had adapted themselves, the young ones with the flexibility of youth, to the supposed change in their fortunes.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They had now to go back again, to forget all those innumerable consultations, arrangements, conclusions of all kinds, and take up their old plans where they had been abandoned.
all
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From this reading Notwithstanding all the hinderances that envious fate could send, the news so important to the family got itself circulated among them at last, with the result that the strangest excitement, elation, and despondency, a complication of feelings utterly unknown in their healthful history, took possession of the Penton family.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading Notwithstanding all the hinderances that envious fate could send, the news so important to the family got itself circulated among them at last, with the result that the strangest excitement, elation, and despondency, a complication of feelings utterly unknown in their healthful history, took possession of the Penton family.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Notwithstanding all the hinderances that envious fate could send, the news so important to the family got itself circulated among them at last, with the result that the strangest excitement, elation, and despondency, a complication of feelings utterly unknown in their healthful history, took possession of the Penton family.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading They had made up their minds to one thing--they now found themselves and all their projects and plans swallowed up in another.
arrangements
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From this reading They had now to go back again, to forget all those innumerable consultations, arrangements, conclusions of all kinds, and take up their old plans where they had been abandoned.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Notwithstanding all the hinderances that envious fate could send, the news so important to the family got itself circulated among them at last, with the result that the strangest excitement, elation, and despondency, a complication of feelings utterly unknown in their healthful history, took possession of the Penton family.
back
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From this reading They had now to go back again, to forget all those innumerable consultations, arrangements, conclusions of all kinds, and take up their old plans where they had been abandoned.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading They had now to go back again, to forget all those innumerable consultations, arrangements, conclusions of all kinds, and take up their old plans where they had been abandoned.
change
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From this reading They had adapted themselves, the young ones with the flexibility of youth, to the supposed change in their fortunes.
circulated
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From this reading Notwithstanding all the hinderances that envious fate could send, the news so important to the family got itself circulated among them at last, with the result that the strangest excitement, elation, and despondency, a complication of feelings utterly unknown in their healthful history, took possession of the Penton family.
complication
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From this reading Notwithstanding all the hinderances that envious fate could send, the news so important to the family got itself circulated among them at last, with the result that the strangest excitement, elation, and despondency, a complication of feelings utterly unknown in their healthful history, took possession of the Penton family.
conclusions
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From this reading They had now to go back again, to forget all those innumerable consultations, arrangements, conclusions of all kinds, and take up their old plans where they had been abandoned.
consultations
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From this reading They had now to go back again, to forget all those innumerable consultations, arrangements, conclusions of all kinds, and take up their old plans where they had been abandoned.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Notwithstanding all the hinderances that envious fate could send, the news so important to the family got itself circulated among them at last, with the result that the strangest excitement, elation, and despondency, a complication of feelings utterly unknown in their healthful history, took possession of the Penton family.
despondency
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From this reading Notwithstanding all the hinderances that envious fate could send, the news so important to the family got itself circulated among them at last, with the result that the strangest excitement, elation, and despondency, a complication of feelings utterly unknown in their healthful history, took possession of the Penton family.
elation
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From this reading Notwithstanding all the hinderances that envious fate could send, the news so important to the family got itself circulated among them at last, with the result that the strangest excitement, elation, and despondency, a complication of feelings utterly unknown in their healthful history, took possession of the Penton family.
envious
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From this reading Notwithstanding all the hinderances that envious fate could send, the news so important to the family got itself circulated among them at last, with the result that the strangest excitement, elation, and despondency, a complication of feelings utterly unknown in their healthful history, took possession of the Penton family.
excitement
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From this reading Notwithstanding all the hinderances that envious fate could send, the news so important to the family got itself circulated among them at last, with the result that the strangest excitement, elation, and despondency, a complication of feelings utterly unknown in their healthful history, took possession of the Penton family.
family
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From this reading Notwithstanding all the hinderances that envious fate could send, the news so important to the family got itself circulated among them at last, with the result that the strangest excitement, elation, and despondency, a complication of feelings utterly unknown in their healthful history, took possession of the Penton family.
fate
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From this reading Notwithstanding all the hinderances that envious fate could send, the news so important to the family got itself circulated among them at last, with the result that the strangest excitement, elation, and despondency, a complication of feelings utterly unknown in their healthful history, took possession of the Penton family.
feelings
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From this reading Notwithstanding all the hinderances that envious fate could send, the news so important to the family got itself circulated among them at last, with the result that the strangest excitement, elation, and despondency, a complication of feelings utterly unknown in their healthful history, took possession of the Penton family.
flexibility
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From this reading They had adapted themselves, the young ones with the flexibility of youth, to the supposed change in their fortunes.
forget
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From this reading They had now to go back again, to forget all those innumerable consultations, arrangements, conclusions of all kinds, and take up their old plans where they had been abandoned.
fortunes
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From this reading They had adapted themselves, the young ones with the flexibility of youth, to the supposed change in their fortunes.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They had made up their minds to one thing--they now found themselves and all their projects and plans swallowed up in another.
go
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From this reading They had now to go back again, to forget all those innumerable consultations, arrangements, conclusions of all kinds, and take up their old plans where they had been abandoned.
got
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From this reading Notwithstanding all the hinderances that envious fate could send, the news so important to the family got itself circulated among them at last, with the result that the strangest excitement, elation, and despondency, a complication of feelings utterly unknown in their healthful history, took possession of the Penton family.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading They had made up their minds to one thing--they now found themselves and all their projects and plans swallowed up in another.
healthful
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From this reading Notwithstanding all the hinderances that envious fate could send, the news so important to the family got itself circulated among them at last, with the result that the strangest excitement, elation, and despondency, a complication of feelings utterly unknown in their healthful history, took possession of the Penton family.
hinderances
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From this reading Notwithstanding all the hinderances that envious fate could send, the news so important to the family got itself circulated among them at last, with the result that the strangest excitement, elation, and despondency, a complication of feelings utterly unknown in their healthful history, took possession of the Penton family.
history
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From this reading Notwithstanding all the hinderances that envious fate could send, the news so important to the family got itself circulated among them at last, with the result that the strangest excitement, elation, and despondency, a complication of feelings utterly unknown in their healthful history, took possession of the Penton family.
important
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From this reading Notwithstanding all the hinderances that envious fate could send, the news so important to the family got itself circulated among them at last, with the result that the strangest excitement, elation, and despondency, a complication of feelings utterly unknown in their healthful history, took possession of the Penton family.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Notwithstanding all the hinderances that envious fate could send, the news so important to the family got itself circulated among them at last, with the result that the strangest excitement, elation, and despondency, a complication of feelings utterly unknown in their healthful history, took possession of the Penton family.
innumerable
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From this reading They had now to go back again, to forget all those innumerable consultations, arrangements, conclusions of all kinds, and take up their old plans where they had been abandoned.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading Notwithstanding all the hinderances that envious fate could send, the news so important to the family got itself circulated among them at last, with the result that the strangest excitement, elation, and despondency, a complication of feelings utterly unknown in their healthful history, took possession of the Penton family.
kinds
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From this reading They had now to go back again, to forget all those innumerable consultations, arrangements, conclusions of all kinds, and take up their old plans where they had been abandoned.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Notwithstanding all the hinderances that envious fate could send, the news so important to the family got itself circulated among them at last, with the result that the strangest excitement, elation, and despondency, a complication of feelings utterly unknown in their healthful history, took possession of the Penton family.
made
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From this reading They had made up their minds to one thing--they now found themselves and all their projects and plans swallowed up in another.
minds
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From this reading They had made up their minds to one thing--they now found themselves and all their projects and plans swallowed up in another.
NEW
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From this reading NEW PLANS.
news
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From this reading Notwithstanding all the hinderances that envious fate could send, the news so important to the family got itself circulated among them at last, with the result that the strangest excitement, elation, and despondency, a complication of feelings utterly unknown in their healthful history, took possession of the Penton family.
Notwithstanding
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From this reading Notwithstanding all the hinderances that envious fate could send, the news so important to the family got itself circulated among them at last, with the result that the strangest excitement, elation, and despondency, a complication of feelings utterly unknown in their healthful history, took possession of the Penton family.
now
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From this reading They had made up their minds to one thing--they now found themselves and all their projects and plans swallowed up in another.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Notwithstanding all the hinderances that envious fate could send, the news so important to the family got itself circulated among them at last, with the result that the strangest excitement, elation, and despondency, a complication of feelings utterly unknown in their healthful history, took possession of the Penton family.
old
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From this reading They had now to go back again, to forget all those innumerable consultations, arrangements, conclusions of all kinds, and take up their old plans where they had been abandoned.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading They had made up their minds to one thing--they now found themselves and all their projects and plans swallowed up in another.
ones
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From this reading They had adapted themselves, the young ones with the flexibility of youth, to the supposed change in their fortunes.
Penton
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From this reading Notwithstanding all the hinderances that envious fate could send, the news so important to the family got itself circulated among them at last, with the result that the strangest excitement, elation, and despondency, a complication of feelings utterly unknown in their healthful history, took possession of the Penton family.
PLANS
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From this reading NEW PLANS.
possession
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From this reading Notwithstanding all the hinderances that envious fate could send, the news so important to the family got itself circulated among them at last, with the result that the strangest excitement, elation, and despondency, a complication of feelings utterly unknown in their healthful history, took possession of the Penton family.
projects
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From this reading They had made up their minds to one thing--they now found themselves and all their projects and plans swallowed up in another.
result
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From this reading Notwithstanding all the hinderances that envious fate could send, the news so important to the family got itself circulated among them at last, with the result that the strangest excitement, elation, and despondency, a complication of feelings utterly unknown in their healthful history, took possession of the Penton family.
send
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From this reading Notwithstanding all the hinderances that envious fate could send, the news so important to the family got itself circulated among them at last, with the result that the strangest excitement, elation, and despondency, a complication of feelings utterly unknown in their healthful history, took possession of the Penton family.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Notwithstanding all the hinderances that envious fate could send, the news so important to the family got itself circulated among them at last, with the result that the strangest excitement, elation, and despondency, a complication of feelings utterly unknown in their healthful history, took possession of the Penton family.
strangest
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From this reading Notwithstanding all the hinderances that envious fate could send, the news so important to the family got itself circulated among them at last, with the result that the strangest excitement, elation, and despondency, a complication of feelings utterly unknown in their healthful history, took possession of the Penton family.
supposed
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From this reading They had adapted themselves, the young ones with the flexibility of youth, to the supposed change in their fortunes.
swallowed
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From this reading They had made up their minds to one thing--they now found themselves and all their projects and plans swallowed up in another.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They had now to go back again, to forget all those innumerable consultations, arrangements, conclusions of all kinds, and take up their old plans where they had been abandoned.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Notwithstanding all the hinderances that envious fate could send, the news so important to the family got itself circulated among them at last, with the result that the strangest excitement, elation, and despondency, a complication of feelings utterly unknown in their healthful history, took possession of the Penton family.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Notwithstanding all the hinderances that envious fate could send, the news so important to the family got itself circulated among them at last, with the result that the strangest excitement, elation, and despondency, a complication of feelings utterly unknown in their healthful history, took possession of the Penton family.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Notwithstanding all the hinderances that envious fate could send, the news so important to the family got itself circulated among them at last, with the result that the strangest excitement, elation, and despondency, a complication of feelings utterly unknown in their healthful history, took possession of the Penton family.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Notwithstanding all the hinderances that envious fate could send, the news so important to the family got itself circulated among them at last, with the result that the strangest excitement, elation, and despondency, a complication of feelings utterly unknown in their healthful history, took possession of the Penton family.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading They had made up their minds to one thing--they now found themselves and all their projects and plans swallowed up in another.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They had made up their minds to one thing--they now found themselves and all their projects and plans swallowed up in another.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They had made up their minds to one thing--they now found themselves and all their projects and plans swallowed up in another.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading They had now to go back again, to forget all those innumerable consultations, arrangements, conclusions of all kinds, and take up their old plans where they had been abandoned.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Notwithstanding all the hinderances that envious fate could send, the news so important to the family got itself circulated among them at last, with the result that the strangest excitement, elation, and despondency, a complication of feelings utterly unknown in their healthful history, took possession of the Penton family.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Notwithstanding all the hinderances that envious fate could send, the news so important to the family got itself circulated among them at last, with the result that the strangest excitement, elation, and despondency, a complication of feelings utterly unknown in their healthful history, took possession of the Penton family.
unknown
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From this reading Notwithstanding all the hinderances that envious fate could send, the news so important to the family got itself circulated among them at last, with the result that the strangest excitement, elation, and despondency, a complication of feelings utterly unknown in their healthful history, took possession of the Penton family.
up
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From this reading They had made up their minds to one thing--they now found themselves and all their projects and plans swallowed up in another.
utterly
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From this reading Notwithstanding all the hinderances that envious fate could send, the news so important to the family got itself circulated among them at last, with the result that the strangest excitement, elation, and despondency, a complication of feelings utterly unknown in their healthful history, took possession of the Penton family.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading They had now to go back again, to forget all those innumerable consultations, arrangements, conclusions of all kinds, and take up their old plans where they had been abandoned.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Notwithstanding all the hinderances that envious fate could send, the news so important to the family got itself circulated among them at last, with the result that the strangest excitement, elation, and despondency, a complication of feelings utterly unknown in their healthful history, took possession of the Penton family.
young
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From this reading They had adapted themselves, the young ones with the flexibility of youth, to the supposed change in their fortunes.
youth
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From this reading They had adapted themselves, the young ones with the flexibility of youth, to the supposed change in their fortunes.
