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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 BULLSOM At no time in his life was Brooks conscious of so profound a feeling of dissatisfaction with regard to himself, his work, and his judgment, as during the next few weeks.
administer
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From this reading His friendship with Mary Scott, which had been a more pleasant thing than he had ever realized, seemed to him to be practically at an end, he had received a stinging rebuke from the one man in the world whose right to administer it he would have vigorously denied, and he was forced to admit to himself that his last few weeks had been spent in a fool's paradise, into which he ought never to have ventured.
admit
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From this reading His friendship with Mary Scott, which had been a more pleasant thing than he had ever realized, seemed to him to be practically at an end, he had received a stinging rebuke from the one man in the world whose right to administer it he would have vigorously denied, and he was forced to admit to himself that his last few weeks had been spent in a fool's paradise, into which he ought never to have ventured.
ADVICE
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From this reading THE ADVICE OF MR.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading So, after a day of indecision and nerveless hesitation, he turned back once more to his work.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading He had the feeling of having been pulled up sharply in the midst of a very delightful interlude--and the whole thing seemed to him to come as a warning against any deviation whatsoever from the life which he had marked out for himself.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading His friendship with Mary Scott, which had been a more pleasant thing than he had ever realized, seemed to him to be practically at an end, he had received a stinging rebuke from the one man in the world whose right to administer it he would have vigorously denied, and he was forced to admit to himself that his last few weeks had been spent in a fool's paradise, into which he ought never to have ventured.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading BULLSOM At no time in his life was Brooks conscious of so profound a feeling of dissatisfaction with regard to himself, his work, and his judgment, as during the next few weeks.
any
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From this reading He had the feeling of having been pulled up sharply in the midst of a very delightful interlude--and the whole thing seemed to him to come as a warning against any deviation whatsoever from the life which he had marked out for himself.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading BULLSOM At no time in his life was Brooks conscious of so profound a feeling of dissatisfaction with regard to himself, his work, and his judgment, as during the next few weeks.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading BULLSOM At no time in his life was Brooks conscious of so profound a feeling of dissatisfaction with regard to himself, his work, and his judgment, as during the next few weeks.
back
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From this reading So, after a day of indecision and nerveless hesitation, he turned back once more to his work.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading His friendship with Mary Scott, which had been a more pleasant thing than he had ever realized, seemed to him to be practically at an end, he had received a stinging rebuke from the one man in the world whose right to administer it he would have vigorously denied, and he was forced to admit to himself that his last few weeks had been spent in a fool's paradise, into which he ought never to have ventured.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading His friendship with Mary Scott, which had been a more pleasant thing than he had ever realized, seemed to him to be practically at an end, he had received a stinging rebuke from the one man in the world whose right to administer it he would have vigorously denied, and he was forced to admit to himself that his last few weeks had been spent in a fool's paradise, into which he ought never to have ventured.
Brooks
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From this reading BULLSOM At no time in his life was Brooks conscious of so profound a feeling of dissatisfaction with regard to himself, his work, and his judgment, as during the next few weeks.
BULLSOM
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From this reading BULLSOM At no time in his life was Brooks conscious of so profound a feeling of dissatisfaction with regard to himself, his work, and his judgment, as during the next few weeks.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had the feeling of having been pulled up sharply in the midst of a very delightful interlude--and the whole thing seemed to him to come as a warning against any deviation whatsoever from the life which he had marked out for himself.
conscious
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From this reading BULLSOM At no time in his life was Brooks conscious of so profound a feeling of dissatisfaction with regard to himself, his work, and his judgment, as during the next few weeks.
day
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From this reading So, after a day of indecision and nerveless hesitation, he turned back once more to his work.
delightful
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From this reading He had the feeling of having been pulled up sharply in the midst of a very delightful interlude--and the whole thing seemed to him to come as a warning against any deviation whatsoever from the life which he had marked out for himself.
denied
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From this reading His friendship with Mary Scott, which had been a more pleasant thing than he had ever realized, seemed to him to be practically at an end, he had received a stinging rebuke from the one man in the world whose right to administer it he would have vigorously denied, and he was forced to admit to himself that his last few weeks had been spent in a fool's paradise, into which he ought never to have ventured.
deviation
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From this reading He had the feeling of having been pulled up sharply in the midst of a very delightful interlude--and the whole thing seemed to him to come as a warning against any deviation whatsoever from the life which he had marked out for himself.
dissatisfaction
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From this reading BULLSOM At no time in his life was Brooks conscious of so profound a feeling of dissatisfaction with regard to himself, his work, and his judgment, as during the next few weeks.
duringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading BULLSOM At no time in his life was Brooks conscious of so profound a feeling of dissatisfaction with regard to himself, his work, and his judgment, as during the next few weeks.
end
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From this reading His friendship with Mary Scott, which had been a more pleasant thing than he had ever realized, seemed to him to be practically at an end, he had received a stinging rebuke from the one man in the world whose right to administer it he would have vigorously denied, and he was forced to admit to himself that his last few weeks had been spent in a fool's paradise, into which he ought never to have ventured.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His friendship with Mary Scott, which had been a more pleasant thing than he had ever realized, seemed to him to be practically at an end, he had received a stinging rebuke from the one man in the world whose right to administer it he would have vigorously denied, and he was forced to admit to himself that his last few weeks had been spent in a fool's paradise, into which he ought never to have ventured.
feelingnounUS /ˈfeeling/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading BULLSOM At no time in his life was Brooks conscious of so profound a feeling of dissatisfaction with regard to himself, his work, and his judgment, as during the next few weeks.
few
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From this reading BULLSOM At no time in his life was Brooks conscious of so profound a feeling of dissatisfaction with regard to himself, his work, and his judgment, as during the next few weeks.
fool's
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From this reading His friendship with Mary Scott, which had been a more pleasant thing than he had ever realized, seemed to him to be practically at an end, he had received a stinging rebuke from the one man in the world whose right to administer it he would have vigorously denied, and he was forced to admit to himself that his last few weeks had been spent in a fool's paradise, into which he ought never to have ventured.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He had the feeling of having been pulled up sharply in the midst of a very delightful interlude--and the whole thing seemed to him to come as a warning against any deviation whatsoever from the life which he had marked out for himself.
forced
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From this reading His friendship with Mary Scott, which had been a more pleasant thing than he had ever realized, seemed to him to be practically at an end, he had received a stinging rebuke from the one man in the world whose right to administer it he would have vigorously denied, and he was forced to admit to himself that his last few weeks had been spent in a fool's paradise, into which he ought never to have ventured.
friendship
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From this reading His friendship with Mary Scott, which had been a more pleasant thing than he had ever realized, seemed to him to be practically at an end, he had received a stinging rebuke from the one man in the world whose right to administer it he would have vigorously denied, and he was forced to admit to himself that his last few weeks had been spent in a fool's paradise, into which he ought never to have ventured.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading His friendship with Mary Scott, which had been a more pleasant thing than he had ever realized, seemed to him to be practically at an end, he had received a stinging rebuke from the one man in the world whose right to administer it he would have vigorously denied, and he was forced to admit to himself that his last few weeks had been spent in a fool's paradise, into which he ought never to have ventured.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading His friendship with Mary Scott, which had been a more pleasant thing than he had ever realized, seemed to him to be practically at an end, he had received a stinging rebuke from the one man in the world whose right to administer it he would have vigorously denied, and he was forced to admit to himself that his last few weeks had been spent in a fool's paradise, into which he ought never to have ventured.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading His friendship with Mary Scott, which had been a more pleasant thing than he had ever realized, seemed to him to be practically at an end, he had received a stinging rebuke from the one man in the world whose right to administer it he would have vigorously denied, and he was forced to admit to himself that his last few weeks had been spent in a fool's paradise, into which he ought never to have ventured.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading He had the feeling of having been pulled up sharply in the midst of a very delightful interlude--and the whole thing seemed to him to come as a warning against any deviation whatsoever from the life which he had marked out for himself.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading His friendship with Mary Scott, which had been a more pleasant thing than he had ever realized, seemed to him to be practically at an end, he had received a stinging rebuke from the one man in the world whose right to administer it he would have vigorously denied, and he was forced to admit to himself that his last few weeks had been spent in a fool's paradise, into which he ought never to have ventured.
hesitation
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From this reading So, after a day of indecision and nerveless hesitation, he turned back once more to his work.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading His friendship with Mary Scott, which had been a more pleasant thing than he had ever realized, seemed to him to be practically at an end, he had received a stinging rebuke from the one man in the world whose right to administer it he would have vigorously denied, and he was forced to admit to himself that his last few weeks had been spent in a fool's paradise, into which he ought never to have ventured.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading BULLSOM At no time in his life was Brooks conscious of so profound a feeling of dissatisfaction with regard to himself, his work, and his judgment, as during the next few weeks.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading BULLSOM At no time in his life was Brooks conscious of so profound a feeling of dissatisfaction with regard to himself, his work, and his judgment, as during the next few weeks.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading BULLSOM At no time in his life was Brooks conscious of so profound a feeling of dissatisfaction with regard to himself, his work, and his judgment, as during the next few weeks.
indecision
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From this reading So, after a day of indecision and nerveless hesitation, he turned back once more to his work.
interlude
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From this reading He had the feeling of having been pulled up sharply in the midst of a very delightful interlude--and the whole thing seemed to him to come as a warning against any deviation whatsoever from the life which he had marked out for himself.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading His friendship with Mary Scott, which had been a more pleasant thing than he had ever realized, seemed to him to be practically at an end, he had received a stinging rebuke from the one man in the world whose right to administer it he would have vigorously denied, and he was forced to admit to himself that his last few weeks had been spent in a fool's paradise, into which he ought never to have ventured.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading His friendship with Mary Scott, which had been a more pleasant thing than he had ever realized, seemed to him to be practically at an end, he had received a stinging rebuke from the one man in the world whose right to administer it he would have vigorously denied, and he was forced to admit to himself that his last few weeks had been spent in a fool's paradise, into which he ought never to have ventured.
judgment
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From this reading BULLSOM At no time in his life was Brooks conscious of so profound a feeling of dissatisfaction with regard to himself, his work, and his judgment, as during the next few weeks.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His friendship with Mary Scott, which had been a more pleasant thing than he had ever realized, seemed to him to be practically at an end, he had received a stinging rebuke from the one man in the world whose right to administer it he would have vigorously denied, and he was forced to admit to himself that his last few weeks had been spent in a fool's paradise, into which he ought never to have ventured.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading BULLSOM At no time in his life was Brooks conscious of so profound a feeling of dissatisfaction with regard to himself, his work, and his judgment, as during the next few weeks.
man
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From this reading His friendship with Mary Scott, which had been a more pleasant thing than he had ever realized, seemed to him to be practically at an end, he had received a stinging rebuke from the one man in the world whose right to administer it he would have vigorously denied, and he was forced to admit to himself that his last few weeks had been spent in a fool's paradise, into which he ought never to have ventured.
marked
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From this reading He had the feeling of having been pulled up sharply in the midst of a very delightful interlude--and the whole thing seemed to him to come as a warning against any deviation whatsoever from the life which he had marked out for himself.
Mary
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From this reading His friendship with Mary Scott, which had been a more pleasant thing than he had ever realized, seemed to him to be practically at an end, he had received a stinging rebuke from the one man in the world whose right to administer it he would have vigorously denied, and he was forced to admit to himself that his last few weeks had been spent in a fool's paradise, into which he ought never to have ventured.
midst
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From this reading He had the feeling of having been pulled up sharply in the midst of a very delightful interlude--and the whole thing seemed to him to come as a warning against any deviation whatsoever from the life which he had marked out for himself.
more
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From this reading His friendship with Mary Scott, which had been a more pleasant thing than he had ever realized, seemed to him to be practically at an end, he had received a stinging rebuke from the one man in the world whose right to administer it he would have vigorously denied, and he was forced to admit to himself that his last few weeks had been spent in a fool's paradise, into which he ought never to have ventured.
MR
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From this reading THE ADVICE OF MR.
nerveless
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From this reading So, after a day of indecision and nerveless hesitation, he turned back once more to his work.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His friendship with Mary Scott, which had been a more pleasant thing than he had ever realized, seemed to him to be practically at an end, he had received a stinging rebuke from the one man in the world whose right to administer it he would have vigorously denied, and he was forced to admit to himself that his last few weeks had been spent in a fool's paradise, into which he ought never to have ventured.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading BULLSOM At no time in his life was Brooks conscious of so profound a feeling of dissatisfaction with regard to himself, his work, and his judgment, as during the next few weeks.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading BULLSOM At no time in his life was Brooks conscious of so profound a feeling of dissatisfaction with regard to himself, his work, and his judgment, as during the next few weeks.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE ADVICE OF MR.
once
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From this reading So, after a day of indecision and nerveless hesitation, he turned back once more to his work.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading His friendship with Mary Scott, which had been a more pleasant thing than he had ever realized, seemed to him to be practically at an end, he had received a stinging rebuke from the one man in the world whose right to administer it he would have vigorously denied, and he was forced to admit to himself that his last few weeks had been spent in a fool's paradise, into which he ought never to have ventured.
oughtmodal verbUS /ɔːt/
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading His friendship with Mary Scott, which had been a more pleasant thing than he had ever realized, seemed to him to be practically at an end, he had received a stinging rebuke from the one man in the world whose right to administer it he would have vigorously denied, and he was forced to admit to himself that his last few weeks had been spent in a fool's paradise, into which he ought never to have ventured.
out
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From this reading He had the feeling of having been pulled up sharply in the midst of a very delightful interlude--and the whole thing seemed to him to come as a warning against any deviation whatsoever from the life which he had marked out for himself.
paradise
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From this reading His friendship with Mary Scott, which had been a more pleasant thing than he had ever realized, seemed to him to be practically at an end, he had received a stinging rebuke from the one man in the world whose right to administer it he would have vigorously denied, and he was forced to admit to himself that his last few weeks had been spent in a fool's paradise, into which he ought never to have ventured.
pleasantnounUS /pleasant/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His friendship with Mary Scott, which had been a more pleasant thing than he had ever realized, seemed to him to be practically at an end, he had received a stinging rebuke from the one man in the world whose right to administer it he would have vigorously denied, and he was forced to admit to himself that his last few weeks had been spent in a fool's paradise, into which he ought never to have ventured.
practically
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From this reading His friendship with Mary Scott, which had been a more pleasant thing than he had ever realized, seemed to him to be practically at an end, he had received a stinging rebuke from the one man in the world whose right to administer it he would have vigorously denied, and he was forced to admit to himself that his last few weeks had been spent in a fool's paradise, into which he ought never to have ventured.
profound
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From this reading BULLSOM At no time in his life was Brooks conscious of so profound a feeling of dissatisfaction with regard to himself, his work, and his judgment, as during the next few weeks.
pullednounUS /pulled/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had the feeling of having been pulled up sharply in the midst of a very delightful interlude--and the whole thing seemed to him to come as a warning against any deviation whatsoever from the life which he had marked out for himself.
realized
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From this reading His friendship with Mary Scott, which had been a more pleasant thing than he had ever realized, seemed to him to be practically at an end, he had received a stinging rebuke from the one man in the world whose right to administer it he would have vigorously denied, and he was forced to admit to himself that his last few weeks had been spent in a fool's paradise, into which he ought never to have ventured.
rebuke
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From this reading His friendship with Mary Scott, which had been a more pleasant thing than he had ever realized, seemed to him to be practically at an end, he had received a stinging rebuke from the one man in the world whose right to administer it he would have vigorously denied, and he was forced to admit to himself that his last few weeks had been spent in a fool's paradise, into which he ought never to have ventured.
received
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From this reading His friendship with Mary Scott, which had been a more pleasant thing than he had ever realized, seemed to him to be practically at an end, he had received a stinging rebuke from the one man in the world whose right to administer it he would have vigorously denied, and he was forced to admit to himself that his last few weeks had been spent in a fool's paradise, into which he ought never to have ventured.
regard
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From this reading BULLSOM At no time in his life was Brooks conscious of so profound a feeling of dissatisfaction with regard to himself, his work, and his judgment, as during the next few weeks.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His friendship with Mary Scott, which had been a more pleasant thing than he had ever realized, seemed to him to be practically at an end, he had received a stinging rebuke from the one man in the world whose right to administer it he would have vigorously denied, and he was forced to admit to himself that his last few weeks had been spent in a fool's paradise, into which he ought never to have ventured.
Scott
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From this reading His friendship with Mary Scott, which had been a more pleasant thing than he had ever realized, seemed to him to be practically at an end, he had received a stinging rebuke from the one man in the world whose right to administer it he would have vigorously denied, and he was forced to admit to himself that his last few weeks had been spent in a fool's paradise, into which he ought never to have ventured.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His friendship with Mary Scott, which had been a more pleasant thing than he had ever realized, seemed to him to be practically at an end, he had received a stinging rebuke from the one man in the world whose right to administer it he would have vigorously denied, and he was forced to admit to himself that his last few weeks had been spent in a fool's paradise, into which he ought never to have ventured.
sharplynounUS /ˈsharply/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He had the feeling of having been pulled up sharply in the midst of a very delightful interlude--and the whole thing seemed to him to come as a warning against any deviation whatsoever from the life which he had marked out for himself.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading BULLSOM At no time in his life was Brooks conscious of so profound a feeling of dissatisfaction with regard to himself, his work, and his judgment, as during the next few weeks.
spent
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From this reading His friendship with Mary Scott, which had been a more pleasant thing than he had ever realized, seemed to him to be practically at an end, he had received a stinging rebuke from the one man in the world whose right to administer it he would have vigorously denied, and he was forced to admit to himself that his last few weeks had been spent in a fool's paradise, into which he ought never to have ventured.
stinging
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From this reading His friendship with Mary Scott, which had been a more pleasant thing than he had ever realized, seemed to him to be practically at an end, he had received a stinging rebuke from the one man in the world whose right to administer it he would have vigorously denied, and he was forced to admit to himself that his last few weeks had been spent in a fool's paradise, into which he ought never to have ventured.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading His friendship with Mary Scott, which had been a more pleasant thing than he had ever realized, seemed to him to be practically at an end, he had received a stinging rebuke from the one man in the world whose right to administer it he would have vigorously denied, and he was forced to admit to himself that his last few weeks had been spent in a fool's paradise, into which he ought never to have ventured.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading His friendship with Mary Scott, which had been a more pleasant thing than he had ever realized, seemed to him to be practically at an end, he had received a stinging rebuke from the one man in the world whose right to administer it he would have vigorously denied, and he was forced to admit to himself that his last few weeks had been spent in a fool's paradise, into which he ought never to have ventured.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE ADVICE OF MR.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His friendship with Mary Scott, which had been a more pleasant thing than he had ever realized, seemed to him to be practically at an end, he had received a stinging rebuke from the one man in the world whose right to administer it he would have vigorously denied, and he was forced to admit to himself that his last few weeks had been spent in a fool's paradise, into which he ought never to have ventured.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading BULLSOM At no time in his life was Brooks conscious of so profound a feeling of dissatisfaction with regard to himself, his work, and his judgment, as during the next few weeks.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading BULLSOM At no time in his life was Brooks conscious of so profound a feeling of dissatisfaction with regard to himself, his work, and his judgment, as during the next few weeks.
turned
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From this reading So, after a day of indecision and nerveless hesitation, he turned back once more to his work.
up
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From this reading He had the feeling of having been pulled up sharply in the midst of a very delightful interlude--and the whole thing seemed to him to come as a warning against any deviation whatsoever from the life which he had marked out for himself.
ventured
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From this reading His friendship with Mary Scott, which had been a more pleasant thing than he had ever realized, seemed to him to be practically at an end, he had received a stinging rebuke from the one man in the world whose right to administer it he would have vigorously denied, and he was forced to admit to himself that his last few weeks had been spent in a fool's paradise, into which he ought never to have ventured.
very
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From this reading He had the feeling of having been pulled up sharply in the midst of a very delightful interlude--and the whole thing seemed to him to come as a warning against any deviation whatsoever from the life which he had marked out for himself.
vigorously
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From this reading His friendship with Mary Scott, which had been a more pleasant thing than he had ever realized, seemed to him to be practically at an end, he had received a stinging rebuke from the one man in the world whose right to administer it he would have vigorously denied, and he was forced to admit to himself that his last few weeks had been spent in a fool's paradise, into which he ought never to have ventured.
warning
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From this reading He had the feeling of having been pulled up sharply in the midst of a very delightful interlude--and the whole thing seemed to him to come as a warning against any deviation whatsoever from the life which he had marked out for himself.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading BULLSOM At no time in his life was Brooks conscious of so profound a feeling of dissatisfaction with regard to himself, his work, and his judgment, as during the next few weeks.
weeks
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From this reading BULLSOM At no time in his life was Brooks conscious of so profound a feeling of dissatisfaction with regard to himself, his work, and his judgment, as during the next few weeks.
whatsoever
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From this reading He had the feeling of having been pulled up sharply in the midst of a very delightful interlude--and the whole thing seemed to him to come as a warning against any deviation whatsoever from the life which he had marked out for himself.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading His friendship with Mary Scott, which had been a more pleasant thing than he had ever realized, seemed to him to be practically at an end, he had received a stinging rebuke from the one man in the world whose right to administer it he would have vigorously denied, and he was forced to admit to himself that his last few weeks had been spent in a fool's paradise, into which he ought never to have ventured.
whole
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From this reading He had the feeling of having been pulled up sharply in the midst of a very delightful interlude--and the whole thing seemed to him to come as a warning against any deviation whatsoever from the life which he had marked out for himself.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading His friendship with Mary Scott, which had been a more pleasant thing than he had ever realized, seemed to him to be practically at an end, he had received a stinging rebuke from the one man in the world whose right to administer it he would have vigorously denied, and he was forced to admit to himself that his last few weeks had been spent in a fool's paradise, into which he ought never to have ventured.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading BULLSOM At no time in his life was Brooks conscious of so profound a feeling of dissatisfaction with regard to himself, his work, and his judgment, as during the next few weeks.
work
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From this reading BULLSOM At no time in his life was Brooks conscious of so profound a feeling of dissatisfaction with regard to himself, his work, and his judgment, as during the next few weeks.
world
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From this reading His friendship with Mary Scott, which had been a more pleasant thing than he had ever realized, seemed to him to be practically at an end, he had received a stinging rebuke from the one man in the world whose right to administer it he would have vigorously denied, and he was forced to admit to himself that his last few weeks had been spent in a fool's paradise, into which he ought never to have ventured.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading His friendship with Mary Scott, which had been a more pleasant thing than he had ever realized, seemed to him to be practically at an end, he had received a stinging rebuke from the one man in the world whose right to administer it he would have vigorously denied, and he was forced to admit to himself that his last few weeks had been spent in a fool's paradise, into which he ought never to have ventured.
