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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 Though its anticipation and memory can fill a lifetime, the actual emotion must inevitably measure its intensity by its brevity.
abiding
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From this reading Ecstasy and despair, those hill-tops of human experience, can offer, in the nature of things, no abiding place for a pilgrim’s feet.
active
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From this reading With the return of the mere capacity for thought, Laura declined rapidly from her timeless bliss into a mood of active, bustling pleasure.
actual
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From this reading Though its anticipation and memory can fill a lifetime, the actual emotion must inevitably measure its intensity by its brevity.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Though its anticipation and memory can fill a lifetime, the actual emotion must inevitably measure its intensity by its brevity.
anticipation
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From this reading Though its anticipation and memory can fill a lifetime, the actual emotion must inevitably measure its intensity by its brevity.
anticipationsplural nounUS /ænˌtɪsəˈpeɪʃənz/
feelings of excitement about something expected to happen
From this reading A thousand devices and anticipations flitted through her mind as, in feverish excitement, she mapped out the day.
appearing
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From this reading She would start at once, as soon as she had satisfied Nurse by appearing for milk and biscuits....
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading A thousand devices and anticipations flitted through her mind as, in feverish excitement, she mapped out the day.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She would start at once, as soon as she had satisfied Nurse by appearing for milk and biscuits....
biscuits
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From this reading She would start at once, as soon as she had satisfied Nurse by appearing for milk and biscuits....
bliss
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From this reading With the return of the mere capacity for thought, Laura declined rapidly from her timeless bliss into a mood of active, bustling pleasure.
brevity
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From this reading Though its anticipation and memory can fill a lifetime, the actual emotion must inevitably measure its intensity by its brevity.
bustling
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From this reading With the return of the mere capacity for thought, Laura declined rapidly from her timeless bliss into a mood of active, bustling pleasure.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Though its anticipation and memory can fill a lifetime, the actual emotion must inevitably measure its intensity by its brevity.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Though its anticipation and memory can fill a lifetime, the actual emotion must inevitably measure its intensity by its brevity.
capacity
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From this reading With the return of the mere capacity for thought, Laura declined rapidly from her timeless bliss into a mood of active, bustling pleasure.
day
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From this reading A thousand devices and anticipations flitted through her mind as, in feverish excitement, she mapped out the day.
declined
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From this reading With the return of the mere capacity for thought, Laura declined rapidly from her timeless bliss into a mood of active, bustling pleasure.
despair
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From this reading Ecstasy and despair, those hill-tops of human experience, can offer, in the nature of things, no abiding place for a pilgrim’s feet.
devices
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From this reading A thousand devices and anticipations flitted through her mind as, in feverish excitement, she mapped out the day.
Ecstasy
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From this reading Ecstasy and despair, those hill-tops of human experience, can offer, in the nature of things, no abiding place for a pilgrim’s feet.
emotion
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From this reading Though its anticipation and memory can fill a lifetime, the actual emotion must inevitably measure its intensity by its brevity.
excitement
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From this reading A thousand devices and anticipations flitted through her mind as, in feverish excitement, she mapped out the day.
experience
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From this reading Ecstasy and despair, those hill-tops of human experience, can offer, in the nature of things, no abiding place for a pilgrim’s feet.
feet
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From this reading Ecstasy and despair, those hill-tops of human experience, can offer, in the nature of things, no abiding place for a pilgrim’s feet.
feverish
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From this reading A thousand devices and anticipations flitted through her mind as, in feverish excitement, she mapped out the day.
fill
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From this reading Though its anticipation and memory can fill a lifetime, the actual emotion must inevitably measure its intensity by its brevity.
flitted
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From this reading A thousand devices and anticipations flitted through her mind as, in feverish excitement, she mapped out the day.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Ecstasy and despair, those hill-tops of human experience, can offer, in the nature of things, no abiding place for a pilgrim’s feet.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading With the return of the mere capacity for thought, Laura declined rapidly from her timeless bliss into a mood of active, bustling pleasure.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She would start at once, as soon as she had satisfied Nurse by appearing for milk and biscuits....
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading With the return of the mere capacity for thought, Laura declined rapidly from her timeless bliss into a mood of active, bustling pleasure.
hill-tops
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From this reading Ecstasy and despair, those hill-tops of human experience, can offer, in the nature of things, no abiding place for a pilgrim’s feet.
human
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From this reading Ecstasy and despair, those hill-tops of human experience, can offer, in the nature of things, no abiding place for a pilgrim’s feet.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Ecstasy and despair, those hill-tops of human experience, can offer, in the nature of things, no abiding place for a pilgrim’s feet.
inevitably
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From this reading Though its anticipation and memory can fill a lifetime, the actual emotion must inevitably measure its intensity by its brevity.
intensity
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From this reading Though its anticipation and memory can fill a lifetime, the actual emotion must inevitably measure its intensity by its brevity.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading With the return of the mere capacity for thought, Laura declined rapidly from her timeless bliss into a mood of active, bustling pleasure.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Though its anticipation and memory can fill a lifetime, the actual emotion must inevitably measure its intensity by its brevity.
Laura
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From this reading With the return of the mere capacity for thought, Laura declined rapidly from her timeless bliss into a mood of active, bustling pleasure.
lifetime
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From this reading Though its anticipation and memory can fill a lifetime, the actual emotion must inevitably measure its intensity by its brevity.
mapped
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From this reading A thousand devices and anticipations flitted through her mind as, in feverish excitement, she mapped out the day.
measure
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From this reading Though its anticipation and memory can fill a lifetime, the actual emotion must inevitably measure its intensity by its brevity.
memorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading Though its anticipation and memory can fill a lifetime, the actual emotion must inevitably measure its intensity by its brevity.
mere
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From this reading With the return of the mere capacity for thought, Laura declined rapidly from her timeless bliss into a mood of active, bustling pleasure.
milk
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From this reading She would start at once, as soon as she had satisfied Nurse by appearing for milk and biscuits....
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A thousand devices and anticipations flitted through her mind as, in feverish excitement, she mapped out the day.
mood
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From this reading With the return of the mere capacity for thought, Laura declined rapidly from her timeless bliss into a mood of active, bustling pleasure.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Though its anticipation and memory can fill a lifetime, the actual emotion must inevitably measure its intensity by its brevity.
nature
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From this reading Ecstasy and despair, those hill-tops of human experience, can offer, in the nature of things, no abiding place for a pilgrim’s feet.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Ecstasy and despair, those hill-tops of human experience, can offer, in the nature of things, no abiding place for a pilgrim’s feet.
Nurse
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From this reading She would start at once, as soon as she had satisfied Nurse by appearing for milk and biscuits....
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Ecstasy and despair, those hill-tops of human experience, can offer, in the nature of things, no abiding place for a pilgrim’s feet.
offer
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From this reading Ecstasy and despair, those hill-tops of human experience, can offer, in the nature of things, no abiding place for a pilgrim’s feet.
once
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From this reading She would start at once, as soon as she had satisfied Nurse by appearing for milk and biscuits....
out
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From this reading A thousand devices and anticipations flitted through her mind as, in feverish excitement, she mapped out the day.
pilgrim's
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From this reading Ecstasy and despair, those hill-tops of human experience, can offer, in the nature of things, no abiding place for a pilgrim’s feet.
place
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From this reading Ecstasy and despair, those hill-tops of human experience, can offer, in the nature of things, no abiding place for a pilgrim’s feet.
pleasure
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From this reading With the return of the mere capacity for thought, Laura declined rapidly from her timeless bliss into a mood of active, bustling pleasure.
rapidly
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From this reading With the return of the mere capacity for thought, Laura declined rapidly from her timeless bliss into a mood of active, bustling pleasure.
return
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From this reading With the return of the mere capacity for thought, Laura declined rapidly from her timeless bliss into a mood of active, bustling pleasure.
satisfied
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From this reading She would start at once, as soon as she had satisfied Nurse by appearing for milk and biscuits....
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading A thousand devices and anticipations flitted through her mind as, in feverish excitement, she mapped out the day.
soon
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From this reading She would start at once, as soon as she had satisfied Nurse by appearing for milk and biscuits....
startnounUS /start/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She would start at once, as soon as she had satisfied Nurse by appearing for milk and biscuits....
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Though its anticipation and memory can fill a lifetime, the actual emotion must inevitably measure its intensity by its brevity.
things
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From this reading Ecstasy and despair, those hill-tops of human experience, can offer, in the nature of things, no abiding place for a pilgrim’s feet.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Ecstasy and despair, those hill-tops of human experience, can offer, in the nature of things, no abiding place for a pilgrim’s feet.
ThoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Though its anticipation and memory can fill a lifetime, the actual emotion must inevitably measure its intensity by its brevity.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading With the return of the mere capacity for thought, Laura declined rapidly from her timeless bliss into a mood of active, bustling pleasure.
thousand
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From this reading A thousand devices and anticipations flitted through her mind as, in feverish excitement, she mapped out the day.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading A thousand devices and anticipations flitted through her mind as, in feverish excitement, she mapped out the day.
timeless
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From this reading With the return of the mere capacity for thought, Laura declined rapidly from her timeless bliss into a mood of active, bustling pleasure.
WithprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading With the return of the mere capacity for thought, Laura declined rapidly from her timeless bliss into a mood of active, bustling pleasure.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading She would start at once, as soon as she had satisfied Nurse by appearing for milk and biscuits....
