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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 Destiny, with its mysterious and fatal patience, slowly drew together these two beings, all charged and all languishing with the stormy electricity of passion, these two souls which were laden with love as two clouds are laden with lightning, and which were bound to overflow and mingle in a look like the clouds in a flash of fire.
abused
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From this reading The glance has been so much abused in love romances that it has finally fallen into disrepute.
all
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From this reading Cosette in her shadow, like Marius in his, was all ready to take fire.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Destiny, with its mysterious and fatal patience, slowly drew together these two beings, all charged and all languishing with the stormy electricity of passion, these two souls which were laden with love as two clouds are laden with lightning, and which were bound to overflow and mingle in a look like the clouds in a flash of fire.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Destiny, with its mysterious and fatal patience, slowly drew together these two beings, all charged and all languishing with the stormy electricity of passion, these two souls which were laden with love as two clouds are laden with lightning, and which were bound to overflow and mingle in a look like the clouds in a flash of fire.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Destiny, with its mysterious and fatal patience, slowly drew together these two beings, all charged and all languishing with the stormy electricity of passion, these two souls which were laden with love as two clouds are laden with lightning, and which were bound to overflow and mingle in a look like the clouds in a flash of fire.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading One hardly dares to say, nowadays, that two beings fell in love because they looked at each other.
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading One hardly dares to say, nowadays, that two beings fell in love because they looked at each other.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The glance has been so much abused in love romances that it has finally fallen into disrepute.
beings
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From this reading Destiny, with its mysterious and fatal patience, slowly drew together these two beings, all charged and all languishing with the stormy electricity of passion, these two souls which were laden with love as two clouds are laden with lightning, and which were bound to overflow and mingle in a look like the clouds in a flash of fire.
bound
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From this reading Destiny, with its mysterious and fatal patience, slowly drew together these two beings, all charged and all languishing with the stormy electricity of passion, these two souls which were laden with love as two clouds are laden with lightning, and which were bound to overflow and mingle in a look like the clouds in a flash of fire.
charged
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From this reading Destiny, with its mysterious and fatal patience, slowly drew together these two beings, all charged and all languishing with the stormy electricity of passion, these two souls which were laden with love as two clouds are laden with lightning, and which were bound to overflow and mingle in a look like the clouds in a flash of fire.
clouds
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From this reading Destiny, with its mysterious and fatal patience, slowly drew together these two beings, all charged and all languishing with the stormy electricity of passion, these two souls which were laden with love as two clouds are laden with lightning, and which were bound to overflow and mingle in a look like the clouds in a flash of fire.
Cosette
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From this reading Cosette in her shadow, like Marius in his, was all ready to take fire.
dares
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From this reading One hardly dares to say, nowadays, that two beings fell in love because they looked at each other.
Destiny
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From this reading Destiny, with its mysterious and fatal patience, slowly drew together these two beings, all charged and all languishing with the stormy electricity of passion, these two souls which were laden with love as two clouds are laden with lightning, and which were bound to overflow and mingle in a look like the clouds in a flash of fire.
disrepute
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From this reading The glance has been so much abused in love romances that it has finally fallen into disrepute.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading That is the way people do fall in love, nevertheless, and the only way.
drewnounUS /drew/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Destiny, with its mysterious and fatal patience, slowly drew together these two beings, all charged and all languishing with the stormy electricity of passion, these two souls which were laden with love as two clouds are laden with lightning, and which were bound to overflow and mingle in a look like the clouds in a flash of fire.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading One hardly dares to say, nowadays, that two beings fell in love because they looked at each other.
electricity
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From this reading Destiny, with its mysterious and fatal patience, slowly drew together these two beings, all charged and all languishing with the stormy electricity of passion, these two souls which were laden with love as two clouds are laden with lightning, and which were bound to overflow and mingle in a look like the clouds in a flash of fire.
fall
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From this reading That is the way people do fall in love, nevertheless, and the only way.
fallen
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From this reading The glance has been so much abused in love romances that it has finally fallen into disrepute.
fatal
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From this reading Destiny, with its mysterious and fatal patience, slowly drew together these two beings, all charged and all languishing with the stormy electricity of passion, these two souls which were laden with love as two clouds are laden with lightning, and which were bound to overflow and mingle in a look like the clouds in a flash of fire.
fell
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From this reading One hardly dares to say, nowadays, that two beings fell in love because they looked at each other.
finally
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From this reading The glance has been so much abused in love romances that it has finally fallen into disrepute.
fire
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From this reading Cosette in her shadow, like Marius in his, was all ready to take fire.
flash
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From this reading Destiny, with its mysterious and fatal patience, slowly drew together these two beings, all charged and all languishing with the stormy electricity of passion, these two souls which were laden with love as two clouds are laden with lightning, and which were bound to overflow and mingle in a look like the clouds in a flash of fire.
glance
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From this reading The glance has been so much abused in love romances that it has finally fallen into disrepute.
hardly
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From this reading One hardly dares to say, nowadays, that two beings fell in love because they looked at each other.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The glance has been so much abused in love romances that it has finally fallen into disrepute.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Cosette in her shadow, like Marius in his, was all ready to take fire.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Cosette in her shadow, like Marius in his, was all ready to take fire.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Cosette in her shadow, like Marius in his, was all ready to take fire.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The glance has been so much abused in love romances that it has finally fallen into disrepute.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That is the way people do fall in love, nevertheless, and the only way.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The glance has been so much abused in love romances that it has finally fallen into disrepute.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Destiny, with its mysterious and fatal patience, slowly drew together these two beings, all charged and all languishing with the stormy electricity of passion, these two souls which were laden with love as two clouds are laden with lightning, and which were bound to overflow and mingle in a look like the clouds in a flash of fire.
laden
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From this reading Destiny, with its mysterious and fatal patience, slowly drew together these two beings, all charged and all languishing with the stormy electricity of passion, these two souls which were laden with love as two clouds are laden with lightning, and which were bound to overflow and mingle in a look like the clouds in a flash of fire.
languishing
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From this reading Destiny, with its mysterious and fatal patience, slowly drew together these two beings, all charged and all languishing with the stormy electricity of passion, these two souls which were laden with love as two clouds are laden with lightning, and which were bound to overflow and mingle in a look like the clouds in a flash of fire.
lightning
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From this reading Destiny, with its mysterious and fatal patience, slowly drew together these two beings, all charged and all languishing with the stormy electricity of passion, these two souls which were laden with love as two clouds are laden with lightning, and which were bound to overflow and mingle in a look like the clouds in a flash of fire.
like
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From this reading Cosette in her shadow, like Marius in his, was all ready to take fire.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Destiny, with its mysterious and fatal patience, slowly drew together these two beings, all charged and all languishing with the stormy electricity of passion, these two souls which were laden with love as two clouds are laden with lightning, and which were bound to overflow and mingle in a look like the clouds in a flash of fire.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One hardly dares to say, nowadays, that two beings fell in love because they looked at each other.
love
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From this reading Destiny, with its mysterious and fatal patience, slowly drew together these two beings, all charged and all languishing with the stormy electricity of passion, these two souls which were laden with love as two clouds are laden with lightning, and which were bound to overflow and mingle in a look like the clouds in a flash of fire.
Marius
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From this reading Cosette in her shadow, like Marius in his, was all ready to take fire.
mingle
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From this reading Destiny, with its mysterious and fatal patience, slowly drew together these two beings, all charged and all languishing with the stormy electricity of passion, these two souls which were laden with love as two clouds are laden with lightning, and which were bound to overflow and mingle in a look like the clouds in a flash of fire.
much
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From this reading The glance has been so much abused in love romances that it has finally fallen into disrepute.
mysteriousadjectiveUS /mɪˈstɪriəs/
difficult to explain or understand
From this reading Destiny, with its mysterious and fatal patience, slowly drew together these two beings, all charged and all languishing with the stormy electricity of passion, these two souls which were laden with love as two clouds are laden with lightning, and which were bound to overflow and mingle in a look like the clouds in a flash of fire.
neverthelessadverbUS /ˌnevərðəˈles/
in spite of what has just been said
From this reading That is the way people do fall in love, nevertheless, and the only way.
nowadays
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From this reading One hardly dares to say, nowadays, that two beings fell in love because they looked at each other.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Destiny, with its mysterious and fatal patience, slowly drew together these two beings, all charged and all languishing with the stormy electricity of passion, these two souls which were laden with love as two clouds are laden with lightning, and which were bound to overflow and mingle in a look like the clouds in a flash of fire.
OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One hardly dares to say, nowadays, that two beings fell in love because they looked at each other.
only
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From this reading That is the way people do fall in love, nevertheless, and the only way.
other
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From this reading One hardly dares to say, nowadays, that two beings fell in love because they looked at each other.
overflow
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From this reading Destiny, with its mysterious and fatal patience, slowly drew together these two beings, all charged and all languishing with the stormy electricity of passion, these two souls which were laden with love as two clouds are laden with lightning, and which were bound to overflow and mingle in a look like the clouds in a flash of fire.
passion
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From this reading Destiny, with its mysterious and fatal patience, slowly drew together these two beings, all charged and all languishing with the stormy electricity of passion, these two souls which were laden with love as two clouds are laden with lightning, and which were bound to overflow and mingle in a look like the clouds in a flash of fire.
patience
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From this reading Destiny, with its mysterious and fatal patience, slowly drew together these two beings, all charged and all languishing with the stormy electricity of passion, these two souls which were laden with love as two clouds are laden with lightning, and which were bound to overflow and mingle in a look like the clouds in a flash of fire.
people
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From this reading That is the way people do fall in love, nevertheless, and the only way.
ready
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From this reading Cosette in her shadow, like Marius in his, was all ready to take fire.
romances
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From this reading The glance has been so much abused in love romances that it has finally fallen into disrepute.
say
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From this reading One hardly dares to say, nowadays, that two beings fell in love because they looked at each other.
shadownounUS /ˈʃæd.oʊ/
A dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.
From this reading Cosette in her shadow, like Marius in his, was all ready to take fire.
slowly
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From this reading Destiny, with its mysterious and fatal patience, slowly drew together these two beings, all charged and all languishing with the stormy electricity of passion, these two souls which were laden with love as two clouds are laden with lightning, and which were bound to overflow and mingle in a look like the clouds in a flash of fire.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The glance has been so much abused in love romances that it has finally fallen into disrepute.
souls
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From this reading Destiny, with its mysterious and fatal patience, slowly drew together these two beings, all charged and all languishing with the stormy electricity of passion, these two souls which were laden with love as two clouds are laden with lightning, and which were bound to overflow and mingle in a look like the clouds in a flash of fire.
stormy
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From this reading Destiny, with its mysterious and fatal patience, slowly drew together these two beings, all charged and all languishing with the stormy electricity of passion, these two souls which were laden with love as two clouds are laden with lightning, and which were bound to overflow and mingle in a look like the clouds in a flash of fire.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Cosette in her shadow, like Marius in his, was all ready to take fire.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The glance has been so much abused in love romances that it has finally fallen into disrepute.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Destiny, with its mysterious and fatal patience, slowly drew together these two beings, all charged and all languishing with the stormy electricity of passion, these two souls which were laden with love as two clouds are laden with lightning, and which were bound to overflow and mingle in a look like the clouds in a flash of fire.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Destiny, with its mysterious and fatal patience, slowly drew together these two beings, all charged and all languishing with the stormy electricity of passion, these two souls which were laden with love as two clouds are laden with lightning, and which were bound to overflow and mingle in a look like the clouds in a flash of fire.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading One hardly dares to say, nowadays, that two beings fell in love because they looked at each other.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Cosette in her shadow, like Marius in his, was all ready to take fire.
together
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From this reading Destiny, with its mysterious and fatal patience, slowly drew together these two beings, all charged and all languishing with the stormy electricity of passion, these two souls which were laden with love as two clouds are laden with lightning, and which were bound to overflow and mingle in a look like the clouds in a flash of fire.
two
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From this reading Destiny, with its mysterious and fatal patience, slowly drew together these two beings, all charged and all languishing with the stormy electricity of passion, these two souls which were laden with love as two clouds are laden with lightning, and which were bound to overflow and mingle in a look like the clouds in a flash of fire.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Cosette in her shadow, like Marius in his, was all ready to take fire.
way
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From this reading That is the way people do fall in love, nevertheless, and the only way.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Destiny, with its mysterious and fatal patience, slowly drew together these two beings, all charged and all languishing with the stormy electricity of passion, these two souls which were laden with love as two clouds are laden with lightning, and which were bound to overflow and mingle in a look like the clouds in a flash of fire.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Destiny, with its mysterious and fatal patience, slowly drew together these two beings, all charged and all languishing with the stormy electricity of passion, these two souls which were laden with love as two clouds are laden with lightning, and which were bound to overflow and mingle in a look like the clouds in a flash of fire.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Destiny, with its mysterious and fatal patience, slowly drew together these two beings, all charged and all languishing with the stormy electricity of passion, these two souls which were laden with love as two clouds are laden with lightning, and which were bound to overflow and mingle in a look like the clouds in a flash of fire.
