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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 Nothing is more painful to the human mind than, after the feelings have been worked up by a quick succession of events, the dead calmness of inaction and certainty which follows and deprives the soul both of hope and fear.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Nothing is more painful to the human mind than, after the feelings have been worked up by a quick succession of events, the dead calmness of inaction and certainty which follows and deprives the soul both of hope and fear.
alive
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From this reading Justine died, she rested, and I was alive.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Sleep fled from my eyes; I wandered like an evil spirit, for I had committed deeds of mischief beyond description horrible, and more, much more (I persuaded myself) was yet behind.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Nothing is more painful to the human mind than, after the feelings have been worked up by a quick succession of events, the dead calmness of inaction and certainty which follows and deprives the soul both of hope and fear.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Nothing is more painful to the human mind than, after the feelings have been worked up by a quick succession of events, the dead calmness of inaction and certainty which follows and deprives the soul both of hope and fear.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Sleep fled from my eyes; I wandered like an evil spirit, for I had committed deeds of mischief beyond description horrible, and more, much more (I persuaded myself) was yet behind.
beyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/
on the far side of; further than
From this reading Sleep fled from my eyes; I wandered like an evil spirit, for I had committed deeds of mischief beyond description horrible, and more, much more (I persuaded myself) was yet behind.
bloodnounUS /blood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The blood flowed freely in my veins, but a weight of despair and remorse pressed on my heart which nothing could remove.
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading Nothing is more painful to the human mind than, after the feelings have been worked up by a quick succession of events, the dead calmness of inaction and certainty which follows and deprives the soul both of hope and fear.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The blood flowed freely in my veins, but a weight of despair and remorse pressed on my heart which nothing could remove.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Nothing is more painful to the human mind than, after the feelings have been worked up by a quick succession of events, the dead calmness of inaction and certainty which follows and deprives the soul both of hope and fear.
calmness
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From this reading Nothing is more painful to the human mind than, after the feelings have been worked up by a quick succession of events, the dead calmness of inaction and certainty which follows and deprives the soul both of hope and fear.
certainty
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From this reading Nothing is more painful to the human mind than, after the feelings have been worked up by a quick succession of events, the dead calmness of inaction and certainty which follows and deprives the soul both of hope and fear.
committed
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From this reading Sleep fled from my eyes; I wandered like an evil spirit, for I had committed deeds of mischief beyond description horrible, and more, much more (I persuaded myself) was yet behind.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading The blood flowed freely in my veins, but a weight of despair and remorse pressed on my heart which nothing could remove.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Nothing is more painful to the human mind than, after the feelings have been worked up by a quick succession of events, the dead calmness of inaction and certainty which follows and deprives the soul both of hope and fear.
deeds
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From this reading Sleep fled from my eyes; I wandered like an evil spirit, for I had committed deeds of mischief beyond description horrible, and more, much more (I persuaded myself) was yet behind.
deprives
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From this reading Nothing is more painful to the human mind than, after the feelings have been worked up by a quick succession of events, the dead calmness of inaction and certainty which follows and deprives the soul both of hope and fear.
description
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From this reading Sleep fled from my eyes; I wandered like an evil spirit, for I had committed deeds of mischief beyond description horrible, and more, much more (I persuaded myself) was yet behind.
despair
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From this reading The blood flowed freely in my veins, but a weight of despair and remorse pressed on my heart which nothing could remove.
died
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From this reading Justine died, she rested, and I was alive.
events
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From this reading Nothing is more painful to the human mind than, after the feelings have been worked up by a quick succession of events, the dead calmness of inaction and certainty which follows and deprives the soul both of hope and fear.
evil
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From this reading Sleep fled from my eyes; I wandered like an evil spirit, for I had committed deeds of mischief beyond description horrible, and more, much more (I persuaded myself) was yet behind.
eyes
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From this reading Sleep fled from my eyes; I wandered like an evil spirit, for I had committed deeds of mischief beyond description horrible, and more, much more (I persuaded myself) was yet behind.
fear
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From this reading Nothing is more painful to the human mind than, after the feelings have been worked up by a quick succession of events, the dead calmness of inaction and certainty which follows and deprives the soul both of hope and fear.
feelings
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From this reading Nothing is more painful to the human mind than, after the feelings have been worked up by a quick succession of events, the dead calmness of inaction and certainty which follows and deprives the soul both of hope and fear.
fled
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From this reading Sleep fled from my eyes; I wandered like an evil spirit, for I had committed deeds of mischief beyond description horrible, and more, much more (I persuaded myself) was yet behind.
flowed
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From this reading The blood flowed freely in my veins, but a weight of despair and remorse pressed on my heart which nothing could remove.
follows
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From this reading Nothing is more painful to the human mind than, after the feelings have been worked up by a quick succession of events, the dead calmness of inaction and certainty which follows and deprives the soul both of hope and fear.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Sleep fled from my eyes; I wandered like an evil spirit, for I had committed deeds of mischief beyond description horrible, and more, much more (I persuaded myself) was yet behind.
freely
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From this reading The blood flowed freely in my veins, but a weight of despair and remorse pressed on my heart which nothing could remove.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Sleep fled from my eyes; I wandered like an evil spirit, for I had committed deeds of mischief beyond description horrible, and more, much more (I persuaded myself) was yet behind.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Sleep fled from my eyes; I wandered like an evil spirit, for I had committed deeds of mischief beyond description horrible, and more, much more (I persuaded myself) was yet behind.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Nothing is more painful to the human mind than, after the feelings have been worked up by a quick succession of events, the dead calmness of inaction and certainty which follows and deprives the soul both of hope and fear.
heart
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From this reading The blood flowed freely in my veins, but a weight of despair and remorse pressed on my heart which nothing could remove.
hope
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From this reading Nothing is more painful to the human mind than, after the feelings have been worked up by a quick succession of events, the dead calmness of inaction and certainty which follows and deprives the soul both of hope and fear.
horrible
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From this reading Sleep fled from my eyes; I wandered like an evil spirit, for I had committed deeds of mischief beyond description horrible, and more, much more (I persuaded myself) was yet behind.
human
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From this reading Nothing is more painful to the human mind than, after the feelings have been worked up by a quick succession of events, the dead calmness of inaction and certainty which follows and deprives the soul both of hope and fear.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Justine died, she rested, and I was alive.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The blood flowed freely in my veins, but a weight of despair and remorse pressed on my heart which nothing could remove.
inaction
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From this reading Nothing is more painful to the human mind than, after the feelings have been worked up by a quick succession of events, the dead calmness of inaction and certainty which follows and deprives the soul both of hope and fear.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Nothing is more painful to the human mind than, after the feelings have been worked up by a quick succession of events, the dead calmness of inaction and certainty which follows and deprives the soul both of hope and fear.
Justine
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From this reading Justine died, she rested, and I was alive.
kindness
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From this reading Yet my heart overflowed with kindness and the love of virtue.
like
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From this reading Sleep fled from my eyes; I wandered like an evil spirit, for I had committed deeds of mischief beyond description horrible, and more, much more (I persuaded myself) was yet behind.
love
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From this reading Yet my heart overflowed with kindness and the love of virtue.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Nothing is more painful to the human mind than, after the feelings have been worked up by a quick succession of events, the dead calmness of inaction and certainty which follows and deprives the soul both of hope and fear.
mischief
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From this reading Sleep fled from my eyes; I wandered like an evil spirit, for I had committed deeds of mischief beyond description horrible, and more, much more (I persuaded myself) was yet behind.
more
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From this reading Nothing is more painful to the human mind than, after the feelings have been worked up by a quick succession of events, the dead calmness of inaction and certainty which follows and deprives the soul both of hope and fear.
much
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From this reading Sleep fled from my eyes; I wandered like an evil spirit, for I had committed deeds of mischief beyond description horrible, and more, much more (I persuaded myself) was yet behind.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading The blood flowed freely in my veins, but a weight of despair and remorse pressed on my heart which nothing could remove.
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading Sleep fled from my eyes; I wandered like an evil spirit, for I had committed deeds of mischief beyond description horrible, and more, much more (I persuaded myself) was yet behind.
NothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Nothing is more painful to the human mind than, after the feelings have been worked up by a quick succession of events, the dead calmness of inaction and certainty which follows and deprives the soul both of hope and fear.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Nothing is more painful to the human mind than, after the feelings have been worked up by a quick succession of events, the dead calmness of inaction and certainty which follows and deprives the soul both of hope and fear.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The blood flowed freely in my veins, but a weight of despair and remorse pressed on my heart which nothing could remove.
overflowed
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From this reading Yet my heart overflowed with kindness and the love of virtue.
painful
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From this reading Nothing is more painful to the human mind than, after the feelings have been worked up by a quick succession of events, the dead calmness of inaction and certainty which follows and deprives the soul both of hope and fear.
persuaded
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From this reading Sleep fled from my eyes; I wandered like an evil spirit, for I had committed deeds of mischief beyond description horrible, and more, much more (I persuaded myself) was yet behind.
pressed
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From this reading The blood flowed freely in my veins, but a weight of despair and remorse pressed on my heart which nothing could remove.
quick
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From this reading Nothing is more painful to the human mind than, after the feelings have been worked up by a quick succession of events, the dead calmness of inaction and certainty which follows and deprives the soul both of hope and fear.
remorse
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From this reading The blood flowed freely in my veins, but a weight of despair and remorse pressed on my heart which nothing could remove.
remove
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From this reading The blood flowed freely in my veins, but a weight of despair and remorse pressed on my heart which nothing could remove.
rested
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From this reading Justine died, she rested, and I was alive.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Justine died, she rested, and I was alive.
Sleep
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From this reading Sleep fled from my eyes; I wandered like an evil spirit, for I had committed deeds of mischief beyond description horrible, and more, much more (I persuaded myself) was yet behind.
soul
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From this reading Nothing is more painful to the human mind than, after the feelings have been worked up by a quick succession of events, the dead calmness of inaction and certainty which follows and deprives the soul both of hope and fear.
spirit
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From this reading Sleep fled from my eyes; I wandered like an evil spirit, for I had committed deeds of mischief beyond description horrible, and more, much more (I persuaded myself) was yet behind.
succession
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From this reading Nothing is more painful to the human mind than, after the feelings have been worked up by a quick succession of events, the dead calmness of inaction and certainty which follows and deprives the soul both of hope and fear.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Nothing is more painful to the human mind than, after the feelings have been worked up by a quick succession of events, the dead calmness of inaction and certainty which follows and deprives the soul both of hope and fear.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Nothing is more painful to the human mind than, after the feelings have been worked up by a quick succession of events, the dead calmness of inaction and certainty which follows and deprives the soul both of hope and fear.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Nothing is more painful to the human mind than, after the feelings have been worked up by a quick succession of events, the dead calmness of inaction and certainty which follows and deprives the soul both of hope and fear.
up
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From this reading Nothing is more painful to the human mind than, after the feelings have been worked up by a quick succession of events, the dead calmness of inaction and certainty which follows and deprives the soul both of hope and fear.
veins
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From this reading The blood flowed freely in my veins, but a weight of despair and remorse pressed on my heart which nothing could remove.
virtuenounUS /ˈvɝː.tʃuː/
Moral excellence and goodness of character; the highest human attainment in Stoic philosophy.
From this reading Yet my heart overflowed with kindness and the love of virtue.
wandered
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From this reading Sleep fled from my eyes; I wandered like an evil spirit, for I had committed deeds of mischief beyond description horrible, and more, much more (I persuaded myself) was yet behind.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Justine died, she rested, and I was alive.
weight
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From this reading The blood flowed freely in my veins, but a weight of despair and remorse pressed on my heart which nothing could remove.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Nothing is more painful to the human mind than, after the feelings have been worked up by a quick succession of events, the dead calmness of inaction and certainty which follows and deprives the soul both of hope and fear.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Yet my heart overflowed with kindness and the love of virtue.
worked
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From this reading Nothing is more painful to the human mind than, after the feelings have been worked up by a quick succession of events, the dead calmness of inaction and certainty which follows and deprives the soul both of hope and fear.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Sleep fled from my eyes; I wandered like an evil spirit, for I had committed deeds of mischief beyond description horrible, and more, much more (I persuaded myself) was yet behind.
