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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
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aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading Few of the pious legends have conceived so strange and yet celestial a picture as this of the pilot in the sky, leaning on his helm above the empty heavens, and carrying his cargo of souls higher than the loneliest cloud.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
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apply
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areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
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asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
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beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Subsequent inquiry has taught me that the term is intended to be comic and even contemptuous; but in that first freshness of it I went home repeating it to myself like a new poem.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
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cargo
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carrying
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celestial
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cloud
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comic
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conceived
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contemptuous
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DICKENS
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empty
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evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
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expression
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exquisite
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Few
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firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
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freshness
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funny
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hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Subsequent inquiry has taught me that the term is intended to be comic and even contemptuous; but in that first freshness of it I went home repeating it to myself like a new poem.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
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hearing
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heated
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heavens
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helm
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higher
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hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
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home
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Hyde
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IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
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inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
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inquiry
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instance
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intended
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intentionally
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isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Subsequent inquiry has taught me that the term is intended to be comic and even contemptuous; but in that first freshness of it I went home repeating it to myself like a new poem.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
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leaning
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legends
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like
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loneliest
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lyric
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From this reading The phrase is like a lyric of Shelley.
many
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mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
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myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
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new
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OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
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onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
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onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading I remember, to take one instance out of many, hearing a heated Secularist in Hyde Park apply to some parson or other the exquisite expression, “a sky-pilot.”
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
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other
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out
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Park
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parson
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phrase
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phrases
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picture
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picturesque
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pilot
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pious
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poem
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poetical
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popular
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rememberverbUS /rɪˈmɛm.bər/
To recall to mind.
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repeating
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Secularist
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Shelley
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From this reading The phrase is like a lyric of Shelley.
sky
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sky-pilot
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soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
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some
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souls
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strange
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Subsequent
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takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
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taught
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term
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thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
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thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
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THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
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There
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theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
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thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Few of the pious legends have conceived so strange and yet celestial a picture as this of the pilot in the sky, leaning on his helm above the empty heavens, and carrying his cargo of souls higher than the loneliest cloud.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
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unintentionally
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wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
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whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
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yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
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YOUTH
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