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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 To forgive his father--that was a strange inversion of the attitude of Felix's mind in regard to his father's memory.
admiration
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From this reading He had been taught to think of him with reverence, and admiration, and deep filial love.
ANdeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading AN OLD MAN'S PARDON.
ancestry
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From this reading As Felicita looked back on the long line of her distinguished ancestry with an exaltation of feeling which, if it was pride, was a legitimate pride, so had Felix looked back upon the line of good men from whom his own being had sprung.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He had been taught to think of him with reverence, and admiration, and deep filial love.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As Felicita looked back on the long line of her distinguished ancestry with an exaltation of feeling which, if it was pride, was a legitimate pride, so had Felix looked back upon the line of good men from whom his own being had sprung.
attitude
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From this reading To forgive his father--that was a strange inversion of the attitude of Felix's mind in regard to his father's memory.
back
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From this reading As Felicita looked back on the long line of her distinguished ancestry with an exaltation of feeling which, if it was pride, was a legitimate pride, so had Felix looked back upon the line of good men from whom his own being had sprung.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading He had been taught to think of him with reverence, and admiration, and deep filial love.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading As Felicita looked back on the long line of her distinguished ancestry with an exaltation of feeling which, if it was pride, was a legitimate pride, so had Felix looked back upon the line of good men from whom his own being had sprung.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading He had felt himself pledged to a Christian life by the eminently Christian lives of his forefathers.
Christian
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From this reading He had felt himself pledged to a Christian life by the eminently Christian lives of his forefathers.
deep
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From this reading He had been taught to think of him with reverence, and admiration, and deep filial love.
distinguished
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From this reading As Felicita looked back on the long line of her distinguished ancestry with an exaltation of feeling which, if it was pride, was a legitimate pride, so had Felix looked back upon the line of good men from whom his own being had sprung.
eminently
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From this reading He had felt himself pledged to a Christian life by the eminently Christian lives of his forefathers.
exaltation
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From this reading As Felicita looked back on the long line of her distinguished ancestry with an exaltation of feeling which, if it was pride, was a legitimate pride, so had Felix looked back upon the line of good men from whom his own being had sprung.
father
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From this reading To forgive his father--that was a strange inversion of the attitude of Felix's mind in regard to his father's memory.
father's
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From this reading To forgive his father--that was a strange inversion of the attitude of Felix's mind in regard to his father's memory.
feelingnounUS /ˈfeeling/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading As Felicita looked back on the long line of her distinguished ancestry with an exaltation of feeling which, if it was pride, was a legitimate pride, so had Felix looked back upon the line of good men from whom his own being had sprung.
Felicita
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From this reading As Felicita looked back on the long line of her distinguished ancestry with an exaltation of feeling which, if it was pride, was a legitimate pride, so had Felix looked back upon the line of good men from whom his own being had sprung.
Felix
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From this reading As Felicita looked back on the long line of her distinguished ancestry with an exaltation of feeling which, if it was pride, was a legitimate pride, so had Felix looked back upon the line of good men from whom his own being had sprung.
Felix's
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From this reading To forgive his father--that was a strange inversion of the attitude of Felix's mind in regard to his father's memory.
felt
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From this reading He had felt himself pledged to a Christian life by the eminently Christian lives of his forefathers.
filial
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From this reading He had been taught to think of him with reverence, and admiration, and deep filial love.
forefathers
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From this reading He had felt himself pledged to a Christian life by the eminently Christian lives of his forefathers.
forgive
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From this reading To forgive his father--that was a strange inversion of the attitude of Felix's mind in regard to his father's memory.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading As Felicita looked back on the long line of her distinguished ancestry with an exaltation of feeling which, if it was pride, was a legitimate pride, so had Felix looked back upon the line of good men from whom his own being had sprung.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As Felicita looked back on the long line of her distinguished ancestry with an exaltation of feeling which, if it was pride, was a legitimate pride, so had Felix looked back upon the line of good men from whom his own being had sprung.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had been taught to think of him with reverence, and admiration, and deep filial love.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had been taught to think of him with reverence, and admiration, and deep filial love.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading As Felicita looked back on the long line of her distinguished ancestry with an exaltation of feeling which, if it was pride, was a legitimate pride, so had Felix looked back upon the line of good men from whom his own being had sprung.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He had been taught to think of him with reverence, and admiration, and deep filial love.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading He had felt himself pledged to a Christian life by the eminently Christian lives of his forefathers.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading To forgive his father--that was a strange inversion of the attitude of Felix's mind in regard to his father's memory.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading As Felicita looked back on the long line of her distinguished ancestry with an exaltation of feeling which, if it was pride, was a legitimate pride, so had Felix looked back upon the line of good men from whom his own being had sprung.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading To forgive his father--that was a strange inversion of the attitude of Felix's mind in regard to his father's memory.
inversion
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From this reading To forgive his father--that was a strange inversion of the attitude of Felix's mind in regard to his father's memory.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading As Felicita looked back on the long line of her distinguished ancestry with an exaltation of feeling which, if it was pride, was a legitimate pride, so had Felix looked back upon the line of good men from whom his own being had sprung.
legitimate
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From this reading As Felicita looked back on the long line of her distinguished ancestry with an exaltation of feeling which, if it was pride, was a legitimate pride, so had Felix looked back upon the line of good men from whom his own being had sprung.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had felt himself pledged to a Christian life by the eminently Christian lives of his forefathers.
line
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From this reading As Felicita looked back on the long line of her distinguished ancestry with an exaltation of feeling which, if it was pride, was a legitimate pride, so had Felix looked back upon the line of good men from whom his own being had sprung.
lives
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From this reading He had felt himself pledged to a Christian life by the eminently Christian lives of his forefathers.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As Felicita looked back on the long line of her distinguished ancestry with an exaltation of feeling which, if it was pride, was a legitimate pride, so had Felix looked back upon the line of good men from whom his own being had sprung.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As Felicita looked back on the long line of her distinguished ancestry with an exaltation of feeling which, if it was pride, was a legitimate pride, so had Felix looked back upon the line of good men from whom his own being had sprung.
love
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From this reading He had been taught to think of him with reverence, and admiration, and deep filial love.
MAN'S
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From this reading AN OLD MAN'S PARDON.
memorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading To forgive his father--that was a strange inversion of the attitude of Felix's mind in regard to his father's memory.
men
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From this reading As Felicita looked back on the long line of her distinguished ancestry with an exaltation of feeling which, if it was pride, was a legitimate pride, so had Felix looked back upon the line of good men from whom his own being had sprung.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To forgive his father--that was a strange inversion of the attitude of Felix's mind in regard to his father's memory.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading To forgive his father--that was a strange inversion of the attitude of Felix's mind in regard to his father's memory.
OLD
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From this reading AN OLD MAN'S PARDON.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading As Felicita looked back on the long line of her distinguished ancestry with an exaltation of feeling which, if it was pride, was a legitimate pride, so had Felix looked back upon the line of good men from whom his own being had sprung.
own
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From this reading As Felicita looked back on the long line of her distinguished ancestry with an exaltation of feeling which, if it was pride, was a legitimate pride, so had Felix looked back upon the line of good men from whom his own being had sprung.
PARDON
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From this reading AN OLD MAN'S PARDON.
pledged
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From this reading He had felt himself pledged to a Christian life by the eminently Christian lives of his forefathers.
pride
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From this reading As Felicita looked back on the long line of her distinguished ancestry with an exaltation of feeling which, if it was pride, was a legitimate pride, so had Felix looked back upon the line of good men from whom his own being had sprung.
regard
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From this reading To forgive his father--that was a strange inversion of the attitude of Felix's mind in regard to his father's memory.
reverence
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From this reading He had been taught to think of him with reverence, and admiration, and deep filial love.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading As Felicita looked back on the long line of her distinguished ancestry with an exaltation of feeling which, if it was pride, was a legitimate pride, so had Felix looked back upon the line of good men from whom his own being had sprung.
sprung
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From this reading As Felicita looked back on the long line of her distinguished ancestry with an exaltation of feeling which, if it was pride, was a legitimate pride, so had Felix looked back upon the line of good men from whom his own being had sprung.
strange
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From this reading To forgive his father--that was a strange inversion of the attitude of Felix's mind in regard to his father's memory.
taught
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From this reading He had been taught to think of him with reverence, and admiration, and deep filial love.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading To forgive his father--that was a strange inversion of the attitude of Felix's mind in regard to his father's memory.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading To forgive his father--that was a strange inversion of the attitude of Felix's mind in regard to his father's memory.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had been taught to think of him with reverence, and admiration, and deep filial love.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To forgive his father--that was a strange inversion of the attitude of Felix's mind in regard to his father's memory.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading As Felicita looked back on the long line of her distinguished ancestry with an exaltation of feeling which, if it was pride, was a legitimate pride, so had Felix looked back upon the line of good men from whom his own being had sprung.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading To forgive his father--that was a strange inversion of the attitude of Felix's mind in regard to his father's memory.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading As Felicita looked back on the long line of her distinguished ancestry with an exaltation of feeling which, if it was pride, was a legitimate pride, so had Felix looked back upon the line of good men from whom his own being had sprung.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading As Felicita looked back on the long line of her distinguished ancestry with an exaltation of feeling which, if it was pride, was a legitimate pride, so had Felix looked back upon the line of good men from whom his own being had sprung.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading He had been taught to think of him with reverence, and admiration, and deep filial love.
