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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 One would have thought that the moon had just appeared for the first time, and that no one had ever before caught a glimpse of her in the heavens.
ages
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From this reading The papers revived all the old anecdotes in which the "sun of the wolves" played a part; they recalled the influences which the ignorance of past ages ascribed to her; in short, all America was seized with seleno-mania, or had become moon-mad.
all
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From this reading The immediate result of Barbicane's proposition was to place upon the orders of the day all the astronomical facts relative to the Queen of Night.
America
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From this reading The papers revived all the old anecdotes in which the "sun of the wolves" played a part; they recalled the influences which the ignorance of past ages ascribed to her; in short, all America was seized with seleno-mania, or had become moon-mad.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE PERMISSIVE LIMITS OF IGNORANCE AND BELIEF IN THE UNITED STATES.
anecdotes
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From this reading The papers revived all the old anecdotes in which the "sun of the wolves" played a part; they recalled the influences which the ignorance of past ages ascribed to her; in short, all America was seized with seleno-mania, or had become moon-mad.
appeared
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From this reading One would have thought that the moon had just appeared for the first time, and that no one had ever before caught a glimpse of her in the heavens.
ascribed
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From this reading The papers revived all the old anecdotes in which the "sun of the wolves" played a part; they recalled the influences which the ignorance of past ages ascribed to her; in short, all America was seized with seleno-mania, or had become moon-mad.
assiduously
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From this reading Everybody set to work to study assiduously.
astronomical
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From this reading The immediate result of Barbicane's proposition was to place upon the orders of the day all the astronomical facts relative to the Queen of Night.
Barbicane's
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From this reading The immediate result of Barbicane's proposition was to place upon the orders of the day all the astronomical facts relative to the Queen of Night.
become
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From this reading The papers revived all the old anecdotes in which the "sun of the wolves" played a part; they recalled the influences which the ignorance of past ages ascribed to her; in short, all America was seized with seleno-mania, or had become moon-mad.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading One would have thought that the moon had just appeared for the first time, and that no one had ever before caught a glimpse of her in the heavens.
BELIEF
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From this reading THE PERMISSIVE LIMITS OF IGNORANCE AND BELIEF IN THE UNITED STATES.
caught
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From this reading One would have thought that the moon had just appeared for the first time, and that no one had ever before caught a glimpse of her in the heavens.
day
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From this reading The immediate result of Barbicane's proposition was to place upon the orders of the day all the astronomical facts relative to the Queen of Night.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One would have thought that the moon had just appeared for the first time, and that no one had ever before caught a glimpse of her in the heavens.
EverybodypronounUS /ˈevribɑːdi/
every person
From this reading Everybody set to work to study assiduously.
facts
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From this reading The immediate result of Barbicane's proposition was to place upon the orders of the day all the astronomical facts relative to the Queen of Night.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One would have thought that the moon had just appeared for the first time, and that no one had ever before caught a glimpse of her in the heavens.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading One would have thought that the moon had just appeared for the first time, and that no one had ever before caught a glimpse of her in the heavens.
glimpse
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From this reading One would have thought that the moon had just appeared for the first time, and that no one had ever before caught a glimpse of her in the heavens.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading One would have thought that the moon had just appeared for the first time, and that no one had ever before caught a glimpse of her in the heavens.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading One would have thought that the moon had just appeared for the first time, and that no one had ever before caught a glimpse of her in the heavens.
heavens
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From this reading One would have thought that the moon had just appeared for the first time, and that no one had ever before caught a glimpse of her in the heavens.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading One would have thought that the moon had just appeared for the first time, and that no one had ever before caught a glimpse of her in the heavens.
IGNORANCE
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From this reading THE PERMISSIVE LIMITS OF IGNORANCE AND BELIEF IN THE UNITED STATES.
immediate
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From this reading The immediate result of Barbicane's proposition was to place upon the orders of the day all the astronomical facts relative to the Queen of Night.
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE PERMISSIVE LIMITS OF IGNORANCE AND BELIEF IN THE UNITED STATES.
influences
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From this reading The papers revived all the old anecdotes in which the "sun of the wolves" played a part; they recalled the influences which the ignorance of past ages ascribed to her; in short, all America was seized with seleno-mania, or had become moon-mad.
just
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From this reading One would have thought that the moon had just appeared for the first time, and that no one had ever before caught a glimpse of her in the heavens.
LIMITS
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From this reading THE PERMISSIVE LIMITS OF IGNORANCE AND BELIEF IN THE UNITED STATES.
moon
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From this reading One would have thought that the moon had just appeared for the first time, and that no one had ever before caught a glimpse of her in the heavens.
moon-mad
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From this reading The papers revived all the old anecdotes in which the "sun of the wolves" played a part; they recalled the influences which the ignorance of past ages ascribed to her; in short, all America was seized with seleno-mania, or had become moon-mad.
Night
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From this reading The immediate result of Barbicane's proposition was to place upon the orders of the day all the astronomical facts relative to the Queen of Night.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading One would have thought that the moon had just appeared for the first time, and that no one had ever before caught a glimpse of her in the heavens.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE PERMISSIVE LIMITS OF IGNORANCE AND BELIEF IN THE UNITED STATES.
old
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From this reading The papers revived all the old anecdotes in which the "sun of the wolves" played a part; they recalled the influences which the ignorance of past ages ascribed to her; in short, all America was seized with seleno-mania, or had become moon-mad.
OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One would have thought that the moon had just appeared for the first time, and that no one had ever before caught a glimpse of her in the heavens.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The papers revived all the old anecdotes in which the "sun of the wolves" played a part; they recalled the influences which the ignorance of past ages ascribed to her; in short, all America was seized with seleno-mania, or had become moon-mad.
orders
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From this reading The immediate result of Barbicane's proposition was to place upon the orders of the day all the astronomical facts relative to the Queen of Night.
papers
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From this reading The papers revived all the old anecdotes in which the "sun of the wolves" played a part; they recalled the influences which the ignorance of past ages ascribed to her; in short, all America was seized with seleno-mania, or had become moon-mad.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The papers revived all the old anecdotes in which the "sun of the wolves" played a part; they recalled the influences which the ignorance of past ages ascribed to her; in short, all America was seized with seleno-mania, or had become moon-mad.
past
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From this reading The papers revived all the old anecdotes in which the "sun of the wolves" played a part; they recalled the influences which the ignorance of past ages ascribed to her; in short, all America was seized with seleno-mania, or had become moon-mad.
PERMISSIVE
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From this reading THE PERMISSIVE LIMITS OF IGNORANCE AND BELIEF IN THE UNITED STATES.
place
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From this reading The immediate result of Barbicane's proposition was to place upon the orders of the day all the astronomical facts relative to the Queen of Night.
played
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From this reading The papers revived all the old anecdotes in which the "sun of the wolves" played a part; they recalled the influences which the ignorance of past ages ascribed to her; in short, all America was seized with seleno-mania, or had become moon-mad.
proposition
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From this reading The immediate result of Barbicane's proposition was to place upon the orders of the day all the astronomical facts relative to the Queen of Night.
Queen
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From this reading The immediate result of Barbicane's proposition was to place upon the orders of the day all the astronomical facts relative to the Queen of Night.
recalled
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From this reading The papers revived all the old anecdotes in which the "sun of the wolves" played a part; they recalled the influences which the ignorance of past ages ascribed to her; in short, all America was seized with seleno-mania, or had become moon-mad.
relative
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From this reading The immediate result of Barbicane's proposition was to place upon the orders of the day all the astronomical facts relative to the Queen of Night.
result
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From this reading The immediate result of Barbicane's proposition was to place upon the orders of the day all the astronomical facts relative to the Queen of Night.
revived
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From this reading The papers revived all the old anecdotes in which the "sun of the wolves" played a part; they recalled the influences which the ignorance of past ages ascribed to her; in short, all America was seized with seleno-mania, or had become moon-mad.
seized
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From this reading The papers revived all the old anecdotes in which the "sun of the wolves" played a part; they recalled the influences which the ignorance of past ages ascribed to her; in short, all America was seized with seleno-mania, or had become moon-mad.
seleno-mania
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From this reading The papers revived all the old anecdotes in which the "sun of the wolves" played a part; they recalled the influences which the ignorance of past ages ascribed to her; in short, all America was seized with seleno-mania, or had become moon-mad.
set
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From this reading Everybody set to work to study assiduously.
shortadjectiveUS /ʃɔrt/
brief or direct in expression
From this reading The papers revived all the old anecdotes in which the "sun of the wolves" played a part; they recalled the influences which the ignorance of past ages ascribed to her; in short, all America was seized with seleno-mania, or had become moon-mad.
STATES
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study
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From this reading Everybody set to work to study assiduously.
sun
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From this reading The papers revived all the old anecdotes in which the "sun of the wolves" played a part; they recalled the influences which the ignorance of past ages ascribed to her; in short, all America was seized with seleno-mania, or had become moon-mad.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading One would have thought that the moon had just appeared for the first time, and that no one had ever before caught a glimpse of her in the heavens.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE PERMISSIVE LIMITS OF IGNORANCE AND BELIEF IN THE UNITED STATES.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The papers revived all the old anecdotes in which the "sun of the wolves" played a part; they recalled the influences which the ignorance of past ages ascribed to her; in short, all America was seized with seleno-mania, or had become moon-mad.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One would have thought that the moon had just appeared for the first time, and that no one had ever before caught a glimpse of her in the heavens.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One would have thought that the moon had just appeared for the first time, and that no one had ever before caught a glimpse of her in the heavens.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The immediate result of Barbicane's proposition was to place upon the orders of the day all the astronomical facts relative to the Queen of Night.
UNITED
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From this reading THE PERMISSIVE LIMITS OF IGNORANCE AND BELIEF IN THE UNITED STATES.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The immediate result of Barbicane's proposition was to place upon the orders of the day all the astronomical facts relative to the Queen of Night.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The immediate result of Barbicane's proposition was to place upon the orders of the day all the astronomical facts relative to the Queen of Night.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The papers revived all the old anecdotes in which the "sun of the wolves" played a part; they recalled the influences which the ignorance of past ages ascribed to her; in short, all America was seized with seleno-mania, or had become moon-mad.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The papers revived all the old anecdotes in which the "sun of the wolves" played a part; they recalled the influences which the ignorance of past ages ascribed to her; in short, all America was seized with seleno-mania, or had become moon-mad.
wolves
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From this reading The papers revived all the old anecdotes in which the "sun of the wolves" played a part; they recalled the influences which the ignorance of past ages ascribed to her; in short, all America was seized with seleno-mania, or had become moon-mad.
work
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From this reading Everybody set to work to study assiduously.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading One would have thought that the moon had just appeared for the first time, and that no one had ever before caught a glimpse of her in the heavens.
