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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 From that moment Casanova with everything that concerned him was covered by a pall of oblivion.
adventurer
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From this reading The only adventurer who found favour now was he who took the glad news of salvation to the heathen, or mowed them down to make new openings for trade.
age
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From this reading The new age of strenuous commercialism and complacent philanthropy was in its vigorous youth, a sword in its right hand and a Bible in its left.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He seems to have been carelessly cast aside, together with the century of which he was so characteristic, and, as it now appears, so memorable a child.
appears
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From this reading He seems to have been carelessly cast aside, together with the century of which he was so characteristic, and, as it now appears, so memorable a child.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He seems to have been carelessly cast aside, together with the century of which he was so characteristic, and, as it now appears, so memorable a child.
aside
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From this reading He seems to have been carelessly cast aside, together with the century of which he was so characteristic, and, as it now appears, so memorable a child.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading He seems to have been carelessly cast aside, together with the century of which he was so characteristic, and, as it now appears, so memorable a child.
Bible
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From this reading The new age of strenuous commercialism and complacent philanthropy was in its vigorous youth, a sword in its right hand and a Bible in its left.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading From that moment Casanova with everything that concerned him was covered by a pall of oblivion.
carelessly
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From this reading He seems to have been carelessly cast aside, together with the century of which he was so characteristic, and, as it now appears, so memorable a child.
Casanova
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From this reading From that moment Casanova with everything that concerned him was covered by a pall of oblivion.
cast
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From this reading He seems to have been carelessly cast aside, together with the century of which he was so characteristic, and, as it now appears, so memorable a child.
century
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From this reading He seems to have been carelessly cast aside, together with the century of which he was so characteristic, and, as it now appears, so memorable a child.
characteristic
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From this reading He seems to have been carelessly cast aside, together with the century of which he was so characteristic, and, as it now appears, so memorable a child.
child
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From this reading He seems to have been carelessly cast aside, together with the century of which he was so characteristic, and, as it now appears, so memorable a child.
commercialism
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From this reading The new age of strenuous commercialism and complacent philanthropy was in its vigorous youth, a sword in its right hand and a Bible in its left.
complacent
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From this reading The new age of strenuous commercialism and complacent philanthropy was in its vigorous youth, a sword in its right hand and a Bible in its left.
completely
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From this reading The world in which he had lived so joyously and completely had been transformed by the Revolution.
concerned
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From this reading From that moment Casanova with everything that concerned him was covered by a pall of oblivion.
covered
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From this reading From that moment Casanova with everything that concerned him was covered by a pall of oblivion.
down
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From this reading The only adventurer who found favour now was he who took the glad news of salvation to the heathen, or mowed them down to make new openings for trade.
everythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/
all things; all of a situation
From this reading From that moment Casanova with everything that concerned him was covered by a pall of oblivion.
favour
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From this reading The only adventurer who found favour now was he who took the glad news of salvation to the heathen, or mowed them down to make new openings for trade.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The only adventurer who found favour now was he who took the glad news of salvation to the heathen, or mowed them down to make new openings for trade.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The only adventurer who found favour now was he who took the glad news of salvation to the heathen, or mowed them down to make new openings for trade.
FromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading From that moment Casanova with everything that concerned him was covered by a pall of oblivion.
glad
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From this reading The only adventurer who found favour now was he who took the glad news of salvation to the heathen, or mowed them down to make new openings for trade.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The world in which he had lived so joyously and completely had been transformed by the Revolution.
hand
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From this reading The new age of strenuous commercialism and complacent philanthropy was in its vigorous youth, a sword in its right hand and a Bible in its left.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading He seems to have been carelessly cast aside, together with the century of which he was so characteristic, and, as it now appears, so memorable a child.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He seems to have been carelessly cast aside, together with the century of which he was so characteristic, and, as it now appears, so memorable a child.
heathen
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From this reading The only adventurer who found favour now was he who took the glad news of salvation to the heathen, or mowed them down to make new openings for trade.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading From that moment Casanova with everything that concerned him was covered by a pall of oblivion.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The world in which he had lived so joyously and completely had been transformed by the Revolution.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He seems to have been carelessly cast aside, together with the century of which he was so characteristic, and, as it now appears, so memorable a child.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The new age of strenuous commercialism and complacent philanthropy was in its vigorous youth, a sword in its right hand and a Bible in its left.
joyously
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From this reading The world in which he had lived so joyously and completely had been transformed by the Revolution.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The new age of strenuous commercialism and complacent philanthropy was in its vigorous youth, a sword in its right hand and a Bible in its left.
lived
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From this reading The world in which he had lived so joyously and completely had been transformed by the Revolution.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The only adventurer who found favour now was he who took the glad news of salvation to the heathen, or mowed them down to make new openings for trade.
memorable
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From this reading He seems to have been carelessly cast aside, together with the century of which he was so characteristic, and, as it now appears, so memorable a child.
moment
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From this reading From that moment Casanova with everything that concerned him was covered by a pall of oblivion.
mowed
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From this reading The only adventurer who found favour now was he who took the glad news of salvation to the heathen, or mowed them down to make new openings for trade.
new
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From this reading The new age of strenuous commercialism and complacent philanthropy was in its vigorous youth, a sword in its right hand and a Bible in its left.
news
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From this reading The only adventurer who found favour now was he who took the glad news of salvation to the heathen, or mowed them down to make new openings for trade.
now
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From this reading He seems to have been carelessly cast aside, together with the century of which he was so characteristic, and, as it now appears, so memorable a child.
oblivion
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From this reading From that moment Casanova with everything that concerned him was covered by a pall of oblivion.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading From that moment Casanova with everything that concerned him was covered by a pall of oblivion.
only
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From this reading The only adventurer who found favour now was he who took the glad news of salvation to the heathen, or mowed them down to make new openings for trade.
openings
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From this reading The only adventurer who found favour now was he who took the glad news of salvation to the heathen, or mowed them down to make new openings for trade.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The only adventurer who found favour now was he who took the glad news of salvation to the heathen, or mowed them down to make new openings for trade.
pall
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From this reading From that moment Casanova with everything that concerned him was covered by a pall of oblivion.
philanthropy
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From this reading The new age of strenuous commercialism and complacent philanthropy was in its vigorous youth, a sword in its right hand and a Bible in its left.
Revolution
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From this reading The world in which he had lived so joyously and completely had been transformed by the Revolution.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The new age of strenuous commercialism and complacent philanthropy was in its vigorous youth, a sword in its right hand and a Bible in its left.
salvation
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From this reading The only adventurer who found favour now was he who took the glad news of salvation to the heathen, or mowed them down to make new openings for trade.
seems
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From this reading He seems to have been carelessly cast aside, together with the century of which he was so characteristic, and, as it now appears, so memorable a child.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading He seems to have been carelessly cast aside, together with the century of which he was so characteristic, and, as it now appears, so memorable a child.
strenuous
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From this reading The new age of strenuous commercialism and complacent philanthropy was in its vigorous youth, a sword in its right hand and a Bible in its left.
sword
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From this reading The new age of strenuous commercialism and complacent philanthropy was in its vigorous youth, a sword in its right hand and a Bible in its left.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading From that moment Casanova with everything that concerned him was covered by a pall of oblivion.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He seems to have been carelessly cast aside, together with the century of which he was so characteristic, and, as it now appears, so memorable a child.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The only adventurer who found favour now was he who took the glad news of salvation to the heathen, or mowed them down to make new openings for trade.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He seems to have been carelessly cast aside, together with the century of which he was so characteristic, and, as it now appears, so memorable a child.
together
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From this reading He seems to have been carelessly cast aside, together with the century of which he was so characteristic, and, as it now appears, so memorable a child.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The only adventurer who found favour now was he who took the glad news of salvation to the heathen, or mowed them down to make new openings for trade.
trade
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From this reading The only adventurer who found favour now was he who took the glad news of salvation to the heathen, or mowed them down to make new openings for trade.
transformed
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From this reading The world in which he had lived so joyously and completely had been transformed by the Revolution.
vigorous
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From this reading The new age of strenuous commercialism and complacent philanthropy was in its vigorous youth, a sword in its right hand and a Bible in its left.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading From that moment Casanova with everything that concerned him was covered by a pall of oblivion.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading He seems to have been carelessly cast aside, together with the century of which he was so characteristic, and, as it now appears, so memorable a child.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading The only adventurer who found favour now was he who took the glad news of salvation to the heathen, or mowed them down to make new openings for trade.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading From that moment Casanova with everything that concerned him was covered by a pall of oblivion.
world
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From this reading The world in which he had lived so joyously and completely had been transformed by the Revolution.
youth
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From this reading The new age of strenuous commercialism and complacent philanthropy was in its vigorous youth, a sword in its right hand and a Bible in its left.
