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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 THE LEADING OF THE BLIND ON the morrow’s morning Brant went to his work with a choir of new resolves making melody in his heart.
all
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From this reading And in the end he would win her and wear her in the face of all the world, and none should say him nay.
amendment
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From this reading He would get speech with Dorothy by fair means or other and make a frank avowal of his love, telling her what she should know of his past, and pleading only for the time wherein to make good his promises of amendment.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He would get speech with Dorothy by fair means or other and make a frank avowal of his love, telling her what she should know of his past, and pleading only for the time wherein to make good his promises of amendment.
appearancenounUS /ˈappearance/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Then he would settle down to his work, walking straitly and shunning even the appearance of evil through the weeks or months or years of his probation.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Thus he planned as he bent over the drawing-board, etching in the scheme of the future while he traced the intricate lines of the map.
avowal
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From this reading He would get speech with Dorothy by fair means or other and make a frank avowal of his love, telling her what she should know of his past, and pleading only for the time wherein to make good his promises of amendment.
bent
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From this reading Thus he planned as he bent over the drawing-board, etching in the scheme of the future while he traced the intricate lines of the map.
BLIND
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From this reading THE LEADING OF THE BLIND ON the morrow’s morning Brant went to his work with a choir of new resolves making melody in his heart.
Brant
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From this reading THE LEADING OF THE BLIND ON the morrow’s morning Brant went to his work with a choir of new resolves making melody in his heart.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading He would get speech with Dorothy by fair means or other and make a frank avowal of his love, telling her what she should know of his past, and pleading only for the time wherein to make good his promises of amendment.
choir
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From this reading THE LEADING OF THE BLIND ON the morrow’s morning Brant went to his work with a choir of new resolves making melody in his heart.
Dorothy
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From this reading He would get speech with Dorothy by fair means or other and make a frank avowal of his love, telling her what she should know of his past, and pleading only for the time wherein to make good his promises of amendment.
down
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From this reading Then he would settle down to his work, walking straitly and shunning even the appearance of evil through the weeks or months or years of his probation.
drawing-board
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From this reading Thus he planned as he bent over the drawing-board, etching in the scheme of the future while he traced the intricate lines of the map.
end
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From this reading And in the end he would win her and wear her in the face of all the world, and none should say him nay.
etching
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From this reading Thus he planned as he bent over the drawing-board, etching in the scheme of the future while he traced the intricate lines of the map.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then he would settle down to his work, walking straitly and shunning even the appearance of evil through the weeks or months or years of his probation.
evil
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From this reading Then he would settle down to his work, walking straitly and shunning even the appearance of evil through the weeks or months or years of his probation.
face
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From this reading And in the end he would win her and wear her in the face of all the world, and none should say him nay.
fairnounUS /fair/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He would get speech with Dorothy by fair means or other and make a frank avowal of his love, telling her what she should know of his past, and pleading only for the time wherein to make good his promises of amendment.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He would get speech with Dorothy by fair means or other and make a frank avowal of his love, telling her what she should know of his past, and pleading only for the time wherein to make good his promises of amendment.
frank
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From this reading He would get speech with Dorothy by fair means or other and make a frank avowal of his love, telling her what she should know of his past, and pleading only for the time wherein to make good his promises of amendment.
future
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From this reading Thus he planned as he bent over the drawing-board, etching in the scheme of the future while he traced the intricate lines of the map.
get
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From this reading He would get speech with Dorothy by fair means or other and make a frank avowal of his love, telling her what she should know of his past, and pleading only for the time wherein to make good his promises of amendment.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He would get speech with Dorothy by fair means or other and make a frank avowal of his love, telling her what she should know of his past, and pleading only for the time wherein to make good his promises of amendment.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He would get speech with Dorothy by fair means or other and make a frank avowal of his love, telling her what she should know of his past, and pleading only for the time wherein to make good his promises of amendment.
heart
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From this reading THE LEADING OF THE BLIND ON the morrow’s morning Brant went to his work with a choir of new resolves making melody in his heart.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading He would get speech with Dorothy by fair means or other and make a frank avowal of his love, telling her what she should know of his past, and pleading only for the time wherein to make good his promises of amendment.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading And in the end he would win her and wear her in the face of all the world, and none should say him nay.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading THE LEADING OF THE BLIND ON the morrow’s morning Brant went to his work with a choir of new resolves making melody in his heart.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE LEADING OF THE BLIND ON the morrow’s morning Brant went to his work with a choir of new resolves making melody in his heart.
intricate
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From this reading Thus he planned as he bent over the drawing-board, etching in the scheme of the future while he traced the intricate lines of the map.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He would get speech with Dorothy by fair means or other and make a frank avowal of his love, telling her what she should know of his past, and pleading only for the time wherein to make good his promises of amendment.
LEADING
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From this reading THE LEADING OF THE BLIND ON the morrow’s morning Brant went to his work with a choir of new resolves making melody in his heart.
lines
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From this reading Thus he planned as he bent over the drawing-board, etching in the scheme of the future while he traced the intricate lines of the map.
love
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From this reading He would get speech with Dorothy by fair means or other and make a frank avowal of his love, telling her what she should know of his past, and pleading only for the time wherein to make good his promises of amendment.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He would get speech with Dorothy by fair means or other and make a frank avowal of his love, telling her what she should know of his past, and pleading only for the time wherein to make good his promises of amendment.
making
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From this reading THE LEADING OF THE BLIND ON the morrow’s morning Brant went to his work with a choir of new resolves making melody in his heart.
map
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From this reading Thus he planned as he bent over the drawing-board, etching in the scheme of the future while he traced the intricate lines of the map.
means
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From this reading He would get speech with Dorothy by fair means or other and make a frank avowal of his love, telling her what she should know of his past, and pleading only for the time wherein to make good his promises of amendment.
melody
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From this reading THE LEADING OF THE BLIND ON the morrow’s morning Brant went to his work with a choir of new resolves making melody in his heart.
months
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From this reading Then he would settle down to his work, walking straitly and shunning even the appearance of evil through the weeks or months or years of his probation.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE LEADING OF THE BLIND ON the morrow’s morning Brant went to his work with a choir of new resolves making melody in his heart.
morrow's
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From this reading THE LEADING OF THE BLIND ON the morrow’s morning Brant went to his work with a choir of new resolves making melody in his heart.
nayexclamationUS /neɪ/
an old word for “no”
From this reading And in the end he would win her and wear her in the face of all the world, and none should say him nay.
new
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From this reading THE LEADING OF THE BLIND ON the morrow’s morning Brant went to his work with a choir of new resolves making melody in his heart.
nonepronounUS /nʌn/
not one, and not any
From this reading And in the end he would win her and wear her in the face of all the world, and none should say him nay.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE LEADING OF THE BLIND ON the morrow’s morning Brant went to his work with a choir of new resolves making melody in his heart.
ONprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading THE LEADING OF THE BLIND ON the morrow’s morning Brant went to his work with a choir of new resolves making melody in his heart.
only
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From this reading He would get speech with Dorothy by fair means or other and make a frank avowal of his love, telling her what she should know of his past, and pleading only for the time wherein to make good his promises of amendment.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading He would get speech with Dorothy by fair means or other and make a frank avowal of his love, telling her what she should know of his past, and pleading only for the time wherein to make good his promises of amendment.
other
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From this reading He would get speech with Dorothy by fair means or other and make a frank avowal of his love, telling her what she should know of his past, and pleading only for the time wherein to make good his promises of amendment.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Thus he planned as he bent over the drawing-board, etching in the scheme of the future while he traced the intricate lines of the map.
past
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From this reading He would get speech with Dorothy by fair means or other and make a frank avowal of his love, telling her what she should know of his past, and pleading only for the time wherein to make good his promises of amendment.
planned
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From this reading Thus he planned as he bent over the drawing-board, etching in the scheme of the future while he traced the intricate lines of the map.
pleading
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From this reading He would get speech with Dorothy by fair means or other and make a frank avowal of his love, telling her what she should know of his past, and pleading only for the time wherein to make good his promises of amendment.
probation
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From this reading Then he would settle down to his work, walking straitly and shunning even the appearance of evil through the weeks or months or years of his probation.
promises
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From this reading He would get speech with Dorothy by fair means or other and make a frank avowal of his love, telling her what she should know of his past, and pleading only for the time wherein to make good his promises of amendment.
resolves
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From this reading THE LEADING OF THE BLIND ON the morrow’s morning Brant went to his work with a choir of new resolves making melody in his heart.
say
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From this reading And in the end he would win her and wear her in the face of all the world, and none should say him nay.
scheme
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From this reading Thus he planned as he bent over the drawing-board, etching in the scheme of the future while he traced the intricate lines of the map.
settle
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From this reading Then he would settle down to his work, walking straitly and shunning even the appearance of evil through the weeks or months or years of his probation.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He would get speech with Dorothy by fair means or other and make a frank avowal of his love, telling her what she should know of his past, and pleading only for the time wherein to make good his promises of amendment.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading He would get speech with Dorothy by fair means or other and make a frank avowal of his love, telling her what she should know of his past, and pleading only for the time wherein to make good his promises of amendment.
shunning
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From this reading Then he would settle down to his work, walking straitly and shunning even the appearance of evil through the weeks or months or years of his probation.
speech
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From this reading He would get speech with Dorothy by fair means or other and make a frank avowal of his love, telling her what she should know of his past, and pleading only for the time wherein to make good his promises of amendment.
straitly
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From this reading Then he would settle down to his work, walking straitly and shunning even the appearance of evil through the weeks or months or years of his probation.
telling
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From this reading He would get speech with Dorothy by fair means or other and make a frank avowal of his love, telling her what she should know of his past, and pleading only for the time wherein to make good his promises of amendment.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE LEADING OF THE BLIND ON the morrow’s morning Brant went to his work with a choir of new resolves making melody in his heart.
Then
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From this reading Then he would settle down to his work, walking straitly and shunning even the appearance of evil through the weeks or months or years of his probation.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Then he would settle down to his work, walking straitly and shunning even the appearance of evil through the weeks or months or years of his probation.
Thus
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From this reading Thus he planned as he bent over the drawing-board, etching in the scheme of the future while he traced the intricate lines of the map.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He would get speech with Dorothy by fair means or other and make a frank avowal of his love, telling her what she should know of his past, and pleading only for the time wherein to make good his promises of amendment.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE LEADING OF THE BLIND ON the morrow’s morning Brant went to his work with a choir of new resolves making melody in his heart.
traced
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From this reading Thus he planned as he bent over the drawing-board, etching in the scheme of the future while he traced the intricate lines of the map.
walking
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From this reading Then he would settle down to his work, walking straitly and shunning even the appearance of evil through the weeks or months or years of his probation.
wear
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From this reading And in the end he would win her and wear her in the face of all the world, and none should say him nay.
weeks
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From this reading Then he would settle down to his work, walking straitly and shunning even the appearance of evil through the weeks or months or years of his probation.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE LEADING OF THE BLIND ON the morrow’s morning Brant went to his work with a choir of new resolves making melody in his heart.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading He would get speech with Dorothy by fair means or other and make a frank avowal of his love, telling her what she should know of his past, and pleading only for the time wherein to make good his promises of amendment.
wherein
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From this reading He would get speech with Dorothy by fair means or other and make a frank avowal of his love, telling her what she should know of his past, and pleading only for the time wherein to make good his promises of amendment.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading Thus he planned as he bent over the drawing-board, etching in the scheme of the future while he traced the intricate lines of the map.
win
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From this reading And in the end he would win her and wear her in the face of all the world, and none should say him nay.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading THE LEADING OF THE BLIND ON the morrow’s morning Brant went to his work with a choir of new resolves making melody in his heart.
work
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From this reading THE LEADING OF THE BLIND ON the morrow’s morning Brant went to his work with a choir of new resolves making melody in his heart.
world
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From this reading And in the end he would win her and wear her in the face of all the world, and none should say him nay.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading He would get speech with Dorothy by fair means or other and make a frank avowal of his love, telling her what she should know of his past, and pleading only for the time wherein to make good his promises of amendment.
years
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From this reading Then he would settle down to his work, walking straitly and shunning even the appearance of evil through the weeks or months or years of his probation.
