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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 It was long after midnight when Joy fell into a heavy sleep, the night of Arthur Stuart’s visit.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading It was long after midnight when Joy fell into a heavy sleep, the night of Arthur Stuart’s visit.
all
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From this reading The woman who thinks love is all ideality is more liable to follow into undreamed-of chasms than she who, through the complexity of her own emotions, realises its grosser elements.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE first shock of the awakened emotions brings recklessness to some women, and to others fear.
Arthur
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From this reading It was long after midnight when Joy fell into a heavy sleep, the night of Arthur Stuart’s visit.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The more intense draw back, startled at the unknown world before them.
awakened
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From this reading THE first shock of the awakened emotions brings recklessness to some women, and to others fear.
back
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From this reading The more intense draw back, startled at the unknown world before them.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading The more intense draw back, startled at the unknown world before them.
believing
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From this reading The more frivolous plunge forward like the drunken man who leaps from the open window believing space is water.
brings
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chasms
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From this reading The woman who thinks love is all ideality is more liable to follow into undreamed-of chasms than she who, through the complexity of her own emotions, realises its grosser elements.
complexity
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From this reading The woman who thinks love is all ideality is more liable to follow into undreamed-of chasms than she who, through the complexity of her own emotions, realises its grosser elements.
draw
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drunken
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elements
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From this reading The woman who thinks love is all ideality is more liable to follow into undreamed-of chasms than she who, through the complexity of her own emotions, realises its grosser elements.
emotions
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fear
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From this reading THE first shock of the awakened emotions brings recklessness to some women, and to others fear.
fell
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From this reading It was long after midnight when Joy fell into a heavy sleep, the night of Arthur Stuart’s visit.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE first shock of the awakened emotions brings recklessness to some women, and to others fear.
follow
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From this reading The woman who thinks love is all ideality is more liable to follow into undreamed-of chasms than she who, through the complexity of her own emotions, realises its grosser elements.
forwardnounUS /forward/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The more frivolous plunge forward like the drunken man who leaps from the open window believing space is water.
frivolous
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From this reading The more frivolous plunge forward like the drunken man who leaps from the open window believing space is water.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The more frivolous plunge forward like the drunken man who leaps from the open window believing space is water.
grosser
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From this reading The woman who thinks love is all ideality is more liable to follow into undreamed-of chasms than she who, through the complexity of her own emotions, realises its grosser elements.
heavy
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From this reading It was long after midnight when Joy fell into a heavy sleep, the night of Arthur Stuart’s visit.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The woman who thinks love is all ideality is more liable to follow into undreamed-of chasms than she who, through the complexity of her own emotions, realises its grosser elements.
ideality
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intense
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From this reading The more intense draw back, startled at the unknown world before them.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The woman who thinks love is all ideality is more liable to follow into undreamed-of chasms than she who, through the complexity of her own emotions, realises its grosser elements.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The more frivolous plunge forward like the drunken man who leaps from the open window believing space is water.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was long after midnight when Joy fell into a heavy sleep, the night of Arthur Stuart’s visit.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The woman who thinks love is all ideality is more liable to follow into undreamed-of chasms than she who, through the complexity of her own emotions, realises its grosser elements.
Joy
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From this reading It was long after midnight when Joy fell into a heavy sleep, the night of Arthur Stuart’s visit.
leaps
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From this reading The more frivolous plunge forward like the drunken man who leaps from the open window believing space is water.
liable
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From this reading The woman who thinks love is all ideality is more liable to follow into undreamed-of chasms than she who, through the complexity of her own emotions, realises its grosser elements.
like
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longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was long after midnight when Joy fell into a heavy sleep, the night of Arthur Stuart’s visit.
love
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man
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midnight
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From this reading It was long after midnight when Joy fell into a heavy sleep, the night of Arthur Stuart’s visit.
more
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night
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From this reading It was long after midnight when Joy fell into a heavy sleep, the night of Arthur Stuart’s visit.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE first shock of the awakened emotions brings recklessness to some women, and to others fear.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading The more frivolous plunge forward like the drunken man who leaps from the open window believing space is water.
others
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From this reading THE first shock of the awakened emotions brings recklessness to some women, and to others fear.
own
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From this reading The woman who thinks love is all ideality is more liable to follow into undreamed-of chasms than she who, through the complexity of her own emotions, realises its grosser elements.
plunge
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From this reading The more frivolous plunge forward like the drunken man who leaps from the open window believing space is water.
realises
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From this reading The woman who thinks love is all ideality is more liable to follow into undreamed-of chasms than she who, through the complexity of her own emotions, realises its grosser elements.
recklessness
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From this reading THE first shock of the awakened emotions brings recklessness to some women, and to others fear.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The woman who thinks love is all ideality is more liable to follow into undreamed-of chasms than she who, through the complexity of her own emotions, realises its grosser elements.
shock
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From this reading THE first shock of the awakened emotions brings recklessness to some women, and to others fear.
sleep
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From this reading It was long after midnight when Joy fell into a heavy sleep, the night of Arthur Stuart’s visit.
some
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space
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startled
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From this reading The more intense draw back, startled at the unknown world before them.
Stuart's
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From this reading It was long after midnight when Joy fell into a heavy sleep, the night of Arthur Stuart’s visit.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading The woman who thinks love is all ideality is more liable to follow into undreamed-of chasms than she who, through the complexity of her own emotions, realises its grosser elements.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE first shock of the awakened emotions brings recklessness to some women, and to others fear.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The more intense draw back, startled at the unknown world before them.
thinks
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From this reading The woman who thinks love is all ideality is more liable to follow into undreamed-of chasms than she who, through the complexity of her own emotions, realises its grosser elements.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The woman who thinks love is all ideality is more liable to follow into undreamed-of chasms than she who, through the complexity of her own emotions, realises its grosser elements.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE first shock of the awakened emotions brings recklessness to some women, and to others fear.
undreamed-of
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From this reading The woman who thinks love is all ideality is more liable to follow into undreamed-of chasms than she who, through the complexity of her own emotions, realises its grosser elements.
unknown
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From this reading The more intense draw back, startled at the unknown world before them.
visit
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From this reading It was long after midnight when Joy fell into a heavy sleep, the night of Arthur Stuart’s visit.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was long after midnight when Joy fell into a heavy sleep, the night of Arthur Stuart’s visit.
water
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From this reading The more frivolous plunge forward like the drunken man who leaps from the open window believing space is water.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading It was long after midnight when Joy fell into a heavy sleep, the night of Arthur Stuart’s visit.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading The more frivolous plunge forward like the drunken man who leaps from the open window believing space is water.
window
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woman
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women
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From this reading THE first shock of the awakened emotions brings recklessness to some women, and to others fear.
world
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From this reading The more intense draw back, startled at the unknown world before them.
