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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 But if the spectators, on leaving the theatre, resumed their customary calm, if they quietly regained their homes, preserving only a sort of passing stupefaction, they had none the less undergone a remarkable exaltation, and overcome and weary as if they had committed some excess of dissipation, they fell heavily upon their beds.
agitation
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From this reading Memory returned to these worthy people, and with it a certain shame for their unjustifiable agitation.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading It seemed to them an orgy in which they were the unconscious heroes and heroines.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading But if the spectators, on leaving the theatre, resumed their customary calm, if they quietly regained their homes, preserving only a sort of passing stupefaction, they had none the less undergone a remarkable exaltation, and overcome and weary as if they had committed some excess of dissipation, they fell heavily upon their beds.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading One missed his hat, lost in the hubbub; another a coat-flap, torn in the brawl; one her delicately fashioned shoe, another her best mantle.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading But if the spectators, on leaving the theatre, resumed their customary calm, if they quietly regained their homes, preserving only a sort of passing stupefaction, they had none the less undergone a remarkable exaltation, and overcome and weary as if they had committed some excess of dissipation, they fell heavily upon their beds.
beds
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From this reading But if the spectators, on leaving the theatre, resumed their customary calm, if they quietly regained their homes, preserving only a sort of passing stupefaction, they had none the less undergone a remarkable exaltation, and overcome and weary as if they had committed some excess of dissipation, they fell heavily upon their beds.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading The next day each Quiquendonian had a kind of recollection of what had occurred the evening before.
best
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From this reading One missed his hat, lost in the hubbub; another a coat-flap, torn in the brawl; one her delicately fashioned shoe, another her best mantle.
brawl
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From this reading One missed his hat, lost in the hubbub; another a coat-flap, torn in the brawl; one her delicately fashioned shoe, another her best mantle.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But if the spectators, on leaving the theatre, resumed their customary calm, if they quietly regained their homes, preserving only a sort of passing stupefaction, they had none the less undergone a remarkable exaltation, and overcome and weary as if they had committed some excess of dissipation, they fell heavily upon their beds.
calm
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From this reading But if the spectators, on leaving the theatre, resumed their customary calm, if they quietly regained their homes, preserving only a sort of passing stupefaction, they had none the less undergone a remarkable exaltation, and overcome and weary as if they had committed some excess of dissipation, they fell heavily upon their beds.
certain
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From this reading Memory returned to these worthy people, and with it a certain shame for their unjustifiable agitation.
coat-flap
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From this reading One missed his hat, lost in the hubbub; another a coat-flap, torn in the brawl; one her delicately fashioned shoe, another her best mantle.
committed
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From this reading But if the spectators, on leaving the theatre, resumed their customary calm, if they quietly regained their homes, preserving only a sort of passing stupefaction, they had none the less undergone a remarkable exaltation, and overcome and weary as if they had committed some excess of dissipation, they fell heavily upon their beds.
customary
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From this reading But if the spectators, on leaving the theatre, resumed their customary calm, if they quietly regained their homes, preserving only a sort of passing stupefaction, they had none the less undergone a remarkable exaltation, and overcome and weary as if they had committed some excess of dissipation, they fell heavily upon their beds.
day
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From this reading The next day each Quiquendonian had a kind of recollection of what had occurred the evening before.
delicately
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From this reading One missed his hat, lost in the hubbub; another a coat-flap, torn in the brawl; one her delicately fashioned shoe, another her best mantle.
dissipation
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From this reading But if the spectators, on leaving the theatre, resumed their customary calm, if they quietly regained their homes, preserving only a sort of passing stupefaction, they had none the less undergone a remarkable exaltation, and overcome and weary as if they had committed some excess of dissipation, they fell heavily upon their beds.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading The next day each Quiquendonian had a kind of recollection of what had occurred the evening before.
evening
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From this reading The next day each Quiquendonian had a kind of recollection of what had occurred the evening before.
exaltation
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From this reading But if the spectators, on leaving the theatre, resumed their customary calm, if they quietly regained their homes, preserving only a sort of passing stupefaction, they had none the less undergone a remarkable exaltation, and overcome and weary as if they had committed some excess of dissipation, they fell heavily upon their beds.
excess
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From this reading But if the spectators, on leaving the theatre, resumed their customary calm, if they quietly regained their homes, preserving only a sort of passing stupefaction, they had none the less undergone a remarkable exaltation, and overcome and weary as if they had committed some excess of dissipation, they fell heavily upon their beds.
fashioned
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From this reading One missed his hat, lost in the hubbub; another a coat-flap, torn in the brawl; one her delicately fashioned shoe, another her best mantle.
fell
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From this reading But if the spectators, on leaving the theatre, resumed their customary calm, if they quietly regained their homes, preserving only a sort of passing stupefaction, they had none the less undergone a remarkable exaltation, and overcome and weary as if they had committed some excess of dissipation, they fell heavily upon their beds.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Memory returned to these worthy people, and with it a certain shame for their unjustifiable agitation.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading But if the spectators, on leaving the theatre, resumed their customary calm, if they quietly regained their homes, preserving only a sort of passing stupefaction, they had none the less undergone a remarkable exaltation, and overcome and weary as if they had committed some excess of dissipation, they fell heavily upon their beds.
hat
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From this reading One missed his hat, lost in the hubbub; another a coat-flap, torn in the brawl; one her delicately fashioned shoe, another her best mantle.
heavily
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From this reading But if the spectators, on leaving the theatre, resumed their customary calm, if they quietly regained their homes, preserving only a sort of passing stupefaction, they had none the less undergone a remarkable exaltation, and overcome and weary as if they had committed some excess of dissipation, they fell heavily upon their beds.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading One missed his hat, lost in the hubbub; another a coat-flap, torn in the brawl; one her delicately fashioned shoe, another her best mantle.
heroes
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From this reading It seemed to them an orgy in which they were the unconscious heroes and heroines.
heroines
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From this reading It seemed to them an orgy in which they were the unconscious heroes and heroines.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading One missed his hat, lost in the hubbub; another a coat-flap, torn in the brawl; one her delicately fashioned shoe, another her best mantle.
homes
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From this reading But if the spectators, on leaving the theatre, resumed their customary calm, if they quietly regained their homes, preserving only a sort of passing stupefaction, they had none the less undergone a remarkable exaltation, and overcome and weary as if they had committed some excess of dissipation, they fell heavily upon their beds.
hubbub
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From this reading One missed his hat, lost in the hubbub; another a coat-flap, torn in the brawl; one her delicately fashioned shoe, another her best mantle.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading But if the spectators, on leaving the theatre, resumed their customary calm, if they quietly regained their homes, preserving only a sort of passing stupefaction, they had none the less undergone a remarkable exaltation, and overcome and weary as if they had committed some excess of dissipation, they fell heavily upon their beds.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading One missed his hat, lost in the hubbub; another a coat-flap, torn in the brawl; one her delicately fashioned shoe, another her best mantle.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Memory returned to these worthy people, and with it a certain shame for their unjustifiable agitation.
kind
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From this reading The next day each Quiquendonian had a kind of recollection of what had occurred the evening before.
leaving
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From this reading But if the spectators, on leaving the theatre, resumed their customary calm, if they quietly regained their homes, preserving only a sort of passing stupefaction, they had none the less undergone a remarkable exaltation, and overcome and weary as if they had committed some excess of dissipation, they fell heavily upon their beds.
less
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From this reading But if the spectators, on leaving the theatre, resumed their customary calm, if they quietly regained their homes, preserving only a sort of passing stupefaction, they had none the less undergone a remarkable exaltation, and overcome and weary as if they had committed some excess of dissipation, they fell heavily upon their beds.
lost
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From this reading One missed his hat, lost in the hubbub; another a coat-flap, torn in the brawl; one her delicately fashioned shoe, another her best mantle.
mantlenounUS /ˈmæntəl/
a loose covering like a cloak
From this reading One missed his hat, lost in the hubbub; another a coat-flap, torn in the brawl; one her delicately fashioned shoe, another her best mantle.
MemorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading Memory returned to these worthy people, and with it a certain shame for their unjustifiable agitation.
missed
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From this reading One missed his hat, lost in the hubbub; another a coat-flap, torn in the brawl; one her delicately fashioned shoe, another her best mantle.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The next day each Quiquendonian had a kind of recollection of what had occurred the evening before.
nonepronounUS /nʌn/
not one, and not any
From this reading But if the spectators, on leaving the theatre, resumed their customary calm, if they quietly regained their homes, preserving only a sort of passing stupefaction, they had none the less undergone a remarkable exaltation, and overcome and weary as if they had committed some excess of dissipation, they fell heavily upon their beds.
occurred
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From this reading The next day each Quiquendonian had a kind of recollection of what had occurred the evening before.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading But if the spectators, on leaving the theatre, resumed their customary calm, if they quietly regained their homes, preserving only a sort of passing stupefaction, they had none the less undergone a remarkable exaltation, and overcome and weary as if they had committed some excess of dissipation, they fell heavily upon their beds.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading But if the spectators, on leaving the theatre, resumed their customary calm, if they quietly regained their homes, preserving only a sort of passing stupefaction, they had none the less undergone a remarkable exaltation, and overcome and weary as if they had committed some excess of dissipation, they fell heavily upon their beds.
OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One missed his hat, lost in the hubbub; another a coat-flap, torn in the brawl; one her delicately fashioned shoe, another her best mantle.
only
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From this reading But if the spectators, on leaving the theatre, resumed their customary calm, if they quietly regained their homes, preserving only a sort of passing stupefaction, they had none the less undergone a remarkable exaltation, and overcome and weary as if they had committed some excess of dissipation, they fell heavily upon their beds.
orgy
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From this reading It seemed to them an orgy in which they were the unconscious heroes and heroines.
overcome
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From this reading But if the spectators, on leaving the theatre, resumed their customary calm, if they quietly regained their homes, preserving only a sort of passing stupefaction, they had none the less undergone a remarkable exaltation, and overcome and weary as if they had committed some excess of dissipation, they fell heavily upon their beds.
passing
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From this reading But if the spectators, on leaving the theatre, resumed their customary calm, if they quietly regained their homes, preserving only a sort of passing stupefaction, they had none the less undergone a remarkable exaltation, and overcome and weary as if they had committed some excess of dissipation, they fell heavily upon their beds.
people
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From this reading Memory returned to these worthy people, and with it a certain shame for their unjustifiable agitation.
preserving
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From this reading But if the spectators, on leaving the theatre, resumed their customary calm, if they quietly regained their homes, preserving only a sort of passing stupefaction, they had none the less undergone a remarkable exaltation, and overcome and weary as if they had committed some excess of dissipation, they fell heavily upon their beds.
quietly
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From this reading But if the spectators, on leaving the theatre, resumed their customary calm, if they quietly regained their homes, preserving only a sort of passing stupefaction, they had none the less undergone a remarkable exaltation, and overcome and weary as if they had committed some excess of dissipation, they fell heavily upon their beds.
Quiquendonian
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From this reading The next day each Quiquendonian had a kind of recollection of what had occurred the evening before.
recollection
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From this reading The next day each Quiquendonian had a kind of recollection of what had occurred the evening before.
regained
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From this reading But if the spectators, on leaving the theatre, resumed their customary calm, if they quietly regained their homes, preserving only a sort of passing stupefaction, they had none the less undergone a remarkable exaltation, and overcome and weary as if they had committed some excess of dissipation, they fell heavily upon their beds.
remarkablenounUS /ˈremarkable/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading But if the spectators, on leaving the theatre, resumed their customary calm, if they quietly regained their homes, preserving only a sort of passing stupefaction, they had none the less undergone a remarkable exaltation, and overcome and weary as if they had committed some excess of dissipation, they fell heavily upon their beds.
resumednounUS /ˈresumed/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading But if the spectators, on leaving the theatre, resumed their customary calm, if they quietly regained their homes, preserving only a sort of passing stupefaction, they had none the less undergone a remarkable exaltation, and overcome and weary as if they had committed some excess of dissipation, they fell heavily upon their beds.
returnednounUS /ˈreturned/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Memory returned to these worthy people, and with it a certain shame for their unjustifiable agitation.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It seemed to them an orgy in which they were the unconscious heroes and heroines.
shame
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From this reading Memory returned to these worthy people, and with it a certain shame for their unjustifiable agitation.
shoe
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From this reading One missed his hat, lost in the hubbub; another a coat-flap, torn in the brawl; one her delicately fashioned shoe, another her best mantle.
some
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From this reading But if the spectators, on leaving the theatre, resumed their customary calm, if they quietly regained their homes, preserving only a sort of passing stupefaction, they had none the less undergone a remarkable exaltation, and overcome and weary as if they had committed some excess of dissipation, they fell heavily upon their beds.
sort
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From this reading But if the spectators, on leaving the theatre, resumed their customary calm, if they quietly regained their homes, preserving only a sort of passing stupefaction, they had none the less undergone a remarkable exaltation, and overcome and weary as if they had committed some excess of dissipation, they fell heavily upon their beds.
spectators
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From this reading But if the spectators, on leaving the theatre, resumed their customary calm, if they quietly regained their homes, preserving only a sort of passing stupefaction, they had none the less undergone a remarkable exaltation, and overcome and weary as if they had committed some excess of dissipation, they fell heavily upon their beds.
stupefaction
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From this reading But if the spectators, on leaving the theatre, resumed their customary calm, if they quietly regained their homes, preserving only a sort of passing stupefaction, they had none the less undergone a remarkable exaltation, and overcome and weary as if they had committed some excess of dissipation, they fell heavily upon their beds.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading But if the spectators, on leaving the theatre, resumed their customary calm, if they quietly regained their homes, preserving only a sort of passing stupefaction, they had none the less undergone a remarkable exaltation, and overcome and weary as if they had committed some excess of dissipation, they fell heavily upon their beds.
theatre
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From this reading But if the spectators, on leaving the theatre, resumed their customary calm, if they quietly regained their homes, preserving only a sort of passing stupefaction, they had none the less undergone a remarkable exaltation, and overcome and weary as if they had committed some excess of dissipation, they fell heavily upon their beds.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading But if the spectators, on leaving the theatre, resumed their customary calm, if they quietly regained their homes, preserving only a sort of passing stupefaction, they had none the less undergone a remarkable exaltation, and overcome and weary as if they had committed some excess of dissipation, they fell heavily upon their beds.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading It seemed to them an orgy in which they were the unconscious heroes and heroines.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Memory returned to these worthy people, and with it a certain shame for their unjustifiable agitation.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But if the spectators, on leaving the theatre, resumed their customary calm, if they quietly regained their homes, preserving only a sort of passing stupefaction, they had none the less undergone a remarkable exaltation, and overcome and weary as if they had committed some excess of dissipation, they fell heavily upon their beds.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Memory returned to these worthy people, and with it a certain shame for their unjustifiable agitation.
torn
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From this reading One missed his hat, lost in the hubbub; another a coat-flap, torn in the brawl; one her delicately fashioned shoe, another her best mantle.
unconscious
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From this reading It seemed to them an orgy in which they were the unconscious heroes and heroines.
undergone
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From this reading But if the spectators, on leaving the theatre, resumed their customary calm, if they quietly regained their homes, preserving only a sort of passing stupefaction, they had none the less undergone a remarkable exaltation, and overcome and weary as if they had committed some excess of dissipation, they fell heavily upon their beds.
unjustifiable
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From this reading Memory returned to these worthy people, and with it a certain shame for their unjustifiable agitation.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading But if the spectators, on leaving the theatre, resumed their customary calm, if they quietly regained their homes, preserving only a sort of passing stupefaction, they had none the less undergone a remarkable exaltation, and overcome and weary as if they had committed some excess of dissipation, they fell heavily upon their beds.
weary
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From this reading But if the spectators, on leaving the theatre, resumed their customary calm, if they quietly regained their homes, preserving only a sort of passing stupefaction, they had none the less undergone a remarkable exaltation, and overcome and weary as if they had committed some excess of dissipation, they fell heavily upon their beds.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading It seemed to them an orgy in which they were the unconscious heroes and heroines.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading The next day each Quiquendonian had a kind of recollection of what had occurred the evening before.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading It seemed to them an orgy in which they were the unconscious heroes and heroines.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Memory returned to these worthy people, and with it a certain shame for their unjustifiable agitation.
worthyadjectiveUS /ˈwɜːr.ði/
Having or showing the qualities or abilities that merit recognition in character or magic.
From this reading Memory returned to these worthy people, and with it a certain shame for their unjustifiable agitation.
