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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 Her first _désillusionment_ in respect to Cousin Ellen, who for one bright and brief moment seemed about to bring glory to her young existence, was very poignant and bitter: but by the time Hester was nineteen she had ceased to remember that there had been so sharp a sting in it, and no longer felt it possible that Ellen, with all her finery, could at any moment have affected her with any particular sentiment.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Her first _désillusionment_ in respect to Cousin Ellen, who for one bright and brief moment seemed about to bring glory to her young existence, was very poignant and bitter: but by the time Hester was nineteen she had ceased to remember that there had been so sharp a sting in it, and no longer felt it possible that Ellen, with all her finery, could at any moment have affected her with any particular sentiment.
affected
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From this reading Her first _désillusionment_ in respect to Cousin Ellen, who for one bright and brief moment seemed about to bring glory to her young existence, was very poignant and bitter: but by the time Hester was nineteen she had ceased to remember that there had been so sharp a sting in it, and no longer felt it possible that Ellen, with all her finery, could at any moment have affected her with any particular sentiment.
all
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From this reading Her first _désillusionment_ in respect to Cousin Ellen, who for one bright and brief moment seemed about to bring glory to her young existence, was very poignant and bitter: but by the time Hester was nineteen she had ceased to remember that there had been so sharp a sting in it, and no longer felt it possible that Ellen, with all her finery, could at any moment have affected her with any particular sentiment.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading Such were the scenes and the people among whom Hester Vernon grew up.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Such were the scenes and the people among whom Hester Vernon grew up.
any
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From this reading Her first _désillusionment_ in respect to Cousin Ellen, who for one bright and brief moment seemed about to bring glory to her young existence, was very poignant and bitter: but by the time Hester was nineteen she had ceased to remember that there had been so sharp a sting in it, and no longer felt it possible that Ellen, with all her finery, could at any moment have affected her with any particular sentiment.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Her first _désillusionment_ in respect to Cousin Ellen, who for one bright and brief moment seemed about to bring glory to her young existence, was very poignant and bitter: but by the time Hester was nineteen she had ceased to remember that there had been so sharp a sting in it, and no longer felt it possible that Ellen, with all her finery, could at any moment have affected her with any particular sentiment.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Her first _désillusionment_ in respect to Cousin Ellen, who for one bright and brief moment seemed about to bring glory to her young existence, was very poignant and bitter: but by the time Hester was nineteen she had ceased to remember that there had been so sharp a sting in it, and no longer felt it possible that Ellen, with all her finery, could at any moment have affected her with any particular sentiment.
bitter
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From this reading Her first _désillusionment_ in respect to Cousin Ellen, who for one bright and brief moment seemed about to bring glory to her young existence, was very poignant and bitter: but by the time Hester was nineteen she had ceased to remember that there had been so sharp a sting in it, and no longer felt it possible that Ellen, with all her finery, could at any moment have affected her with any particular sentiment.
brief
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From this reading Her first _désillusionment_ in respect to Cousin Ellen, who for one bright and brief moment seemed about to bring glory to her young existence, was very poignant and bitter: but by the time Hester was nineteen she had ceased to remember that there had been so sharp a sting in it, and no longer felt it possible that Ellen, with all her finery, could at any moment have affected her with any particular sentiment.
bright
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From this reading Her first _désillusionment_ in respect to Cousin Ellen, who for one bright and brief moment seemed about to bring glory to her young existence, was very poignant and bitter: but by the time Hester was nineteen she had ceased to remember that there had been so sharp a sting in it, and no longer felt it possible that Ellen, with all her finery, could at any moment have affected her with any particular sentiment.
bring
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From this reading Her first _désillusionment_ in respect to Cousin Ellen, who for one bright and brief moment seemed about to bring glory to her young existence, was very poignant and bitter: but by the time Hester was nineteen she had ceased to remember that there had been so sharp a sting in it, and no longer felt it possible that Ellen, with all her finery, could at any moment have affected her with any particular sentiment.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Her first _désillusionment_ in respect to Cousin Ellen, who for one bright and brief moment seemed about to bring glory to her young existence, was very poignant and bitter: but by the time Hester was nineteen she had ceased to remember that there had been so sharp a sting in it, and no longer felt it possible that Ellen, with all her finery, could at any moment have affected her with any particular sentiment.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Her first _désillusionment_ in respect to Cousin Ellen, who for one bright and brief moment seemed about to bring glory to her young existence, was very poignant and bitter: but by the time Hester was nineteen she had ceased to remember that there had been so sharp a sting in it, and no longer felt it possible that Ellen, with all her finery, could at any moment have affected her with any particular sentiment.
ceased
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From this reading Her first _désillusionment_ in respect to Cousin Ellen, who for one bright and brief moment seemed about to bring glory to her young existence, was very poignant and bitter: but by the time Hester was nineteen she had ceased to remember that there had been so sharp a sting in it, and no longer felt it possible that Ellen, with all her finery, could at any moment have affected her with any particular sentiment.
circumstances
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From this reading She was less self-confident, less sure of her own powers to conduct everything, from her mother--the most easily guided of all subject intelligences in the old days--upwards to all human circumstances, and even to life itself, which it had seemed perfectly simple to the girl that she should shape at her own pleasure.
conduct
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From this reading She was less self-confident, less sure of her own powers to conduct everything, from her mother--the most easily guided of all subject intelligences in the old days--upwards to all human circumstances, and even to life itself, which it had seemed perfectly simple to the girl that she should shape at her own pleasure.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Her first _désillusionment_ in respect to Cousin Ellen, who for one bright and brief moment seemed about to bring glory to her young existence, was very poignant and bitter: but by the time Hester was nineteen she had ceased to remember that there had been so sharp a sting in it, and no longer felt it possible that Ellen, with all her finery, could at any moment have affected her with any particular sentiment.
Cousin
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From this reading Her first _désillusionment_ in respect to Cousin Ellen, who for one bright and brief moment seemed about to bring glory to her young existence, was very poignant and bitter: but by the time Hester was nineteen she had ceased to remember that there had been so sharp a sting in it, and no longer felt it possible that Ellen, with all her finery, could at any moment have affected her with any particular sentiment.
days
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From this reading She was less self-confident, less sure of her own powers to conduct everything, from her mother--the most easily guided of all subject intelligences in the old days--upwards to all human circumstances, and even to life itself, which it had seemed perfectly simple to the girl that she should shape at her own pleasure.
deal
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From this reading These years made a great deal of difference in Hester.
difference
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From this reading These years made a great deal of difference in Hester.
désillusionment
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From this reading Her first _désillusionment_ in respect to Cousin Ellen, who for one bright and brief moment seemed about to bring glory to her young existence, was very poignant and bitter: but by the time Hester was nineteen she had ceased to remember that there had been so sharp a sting in it, and no longer felt it possible that Ellen, with all her finery, could at any moment have affected her with any particular sentiment.
easily
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From this reading She was less self-confident, less sure of her own powers to conduct everything, from her mother--the most easily guided of all subject intelligences in the old days--upwards to all human circumstances, and even to life itself, which it had seemed perfectly simple to the girl that she should shape at her own pleasure.
Ellen
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From this reading Her first _désillusionment_ in respect to Cousin Ellen, who for one bright and brief moment seemed about to bring glory to her young existence, was very poignant and bitter: but by the time Hester was nineteen she had ceased to remember that there had been so sharp a sting in it, and no longer felt it possible that Ellen, with all her finery, could at any moment have affected her with any particular sentiment.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She was less self-confident, less sure of her own powers to conduct everything, from her mother--the most easily guided of all subject intelligences in the old days--upwards to all human circumstances, and even to life itself, which it had seemed perfectly simple to the girl that she should shape at her own pleasure.
everythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/
all things; all of a situation
From this reading She was less self-confident, less sure of her own powers to conduct everything, from her mother--the most easily guided of all subject intelligences in the old days--upwards to all human circumstances, and even to life itself, which it had seemed perfectly simple to the girl that she should shape at her own pleasure.
existence
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From this reading Her first _désillusionment_ in respect to Cousin Ellen, who for one bright and brief moment seemed about to bring glory to her young existence, was very poignant and bitter: but by the time Hester was nineteen she had ceased to remember that there had been so sharp a sting in it, and no longer felt it possible that Ellen, with all her finery, could at any moment have affected her with any particular sentiment.
felt
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From this reading Her first _désillusionment_ in respect to Cousin Ellen, who for one bright and brief moment seemed about to bring glory to her young existence, was very poignant and bitter: but by the time Hester was nineteen she had ceased to remember that there had been so sharp a sting in it, and no longer felt it possible that Ellen, with all her finery, could at any moment have affected her with any particular sentiment.
finery
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From this reading Her first _désillusionment_ in respect to Cousin Ellen, who for one bright and brief moment seemed about to bring glory to her young existence, was very poignant and bitter: but by the time Hester was nineteen she had ceased to remember that there had been so sharp a sting in it, and no longer felt it possible that Ellen, with all her finery, could at any moment have affected her with any particular sentiment.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Her first _désillusionment_ in respect to Cousin Ellen, who for one bright and brief moment seemed about to bring glory to her young existence, was very poignant and bitter: but by the time Hester was nineteen she had ceased to remember that there had been so sharp a sting in it, and no longer felt it possible that Ellen, with all her finery, could at any moment have affected her with any particular sentiment.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Her first _désillusionment_ in respect to Cousin Ellen, who for one bright and brief moment seemed about to bring glory to her young existence, was very poignant and bitter: but by the time Hester was nineteen she had ceased to remember that there had been so sharp a sting in it, and no longer felt it possible that Ellen, with all her finery, could at any moment have affected her with any particular sentiment.
fourteen
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From this reading She was at the same time younger and older at nineteen than at fourteen.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading She was less self-confident, less sure of her own powers to conduct everything, from her mother--the most easily guided of all subject intelligences in the old days--upwards to all human circumstances, and even to life itself, which it had seemed perfectly simple to the girl that she should shape at her own pleasure.
girl
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From this reading She was less self-confident, less sure of her own powers to conduct everything, from her mother--the most easily guided of all subject intelligences in the old days--upwards to all human circumstances, and even to life itself, which it had seemed perfectly simple to the girl that she should shape at her own pleasure.
glory
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From this reading Her first _désillusionment_ in respect to Cousin Ellen, who for one bright and brief moment seemed about to bring glory to her young existence, was very poignant and bitter: but by the time Hester was nineteen she had ceased to remember that there had been so sharp a sting in it, and no longer felt it possible that Ellen, with all her finery, could at any moment have affected her with any particular sentiment.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading These years made a great deal of difference in Hester.
grew
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From this reading Such were the scenes and the people among whom Hester Vernon grew up.
guided
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From this reading She was less self-confident, less sure of her own powers to conduct everything, from her mother--the most easily guided of all subject intelligences in the old days--upwards to all human circumstances, and even to life itself, which it had seemed perfectly simple to the girl that she should shape at her own pleasure.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Her first _désillusionment_ in respect to Cousin Ellen, who for one bright and brief moment seemed about to bring glory to her young existence, was very poignant and bitter: but by the time Hester was nineteen she had ceased to remember that there had been so sharp a sting in it, and no longer felt it possible that Ellen, with all her finery, could at any moment have affected her with any particular sentiment.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Her first _désillusionment_ in respect to Cousin Ellen, who for one bright and brief moment seemed about to bring glory to her young existence, was very poignant and bitter: but by the time Hester was nineteen she had ceased to remember that there had been so sharp a sting in it, and no longer felt it possible that Ellen, with all her finery, could at any moment have affected her with any particular sentiment.
HerdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Her first _désillusionment_ in respect to Cousin Ellen, who for one bright and brief moment seemed about to bring glory to her young existence, was very poignant and bitter: but by the time Hester was nineteen she had ceased to remember that there had been so sharp a sting in it, and no longer felt it possible that Ellen, with all her finery, could at any moment have affected her with any particular sentiment.
Hester
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From this reading Such were the scenes and the people among whom Hester Vernon grew up.
human
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From this reading She was less self-confident, less sure of her own powers to conduct everything, from her mother--the most easily guided of all subject intelligences in the old days--upwards to all human circumstances, and even to life itself, which it had seemed perfectly simple to the girl that she should shape at her own pleasure.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Her first _désillusionment_ in respect to Cousin Ellen, who for one bright and brief moment seemed about to bring glory to her young existence, was very poignant and bitter: but by the time Hester was nineteen she had ceased to remember that there had been so sharp a sting in it, and no longer felt it possible that Ellen, with all her finery, could at any moment have affected her with any particular sentiment.
intelligences
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From this reading She was less self-confident, less sure of her own powers to conduct everything, from her mother--the most easily guided of all subject intelligences in the old days--upwards to all human circumstances, and even to life itself, which it had seemed perfectly simple to the girl that she should shape at her own pleasure.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Her first _désillusionment_ in respect to Cousin Ellen, who for one bright and brief moment seemed about to bring glory to her young existence, was very poignant and bitter: but by the time Hester was nineteen she had ceased to remember that there had been so sharp a sting in it, and no longer felt it possible that Ellen, with all her finery, could at any moment have affected her with any particular sentiment.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading She was less self-confident, less sure of her own powers to conduct everything, from her mother--the most easily guided of all subject intelligences in the old days--upwards to all human circumstances, and even to life itself, which it had seemed perfectly simple to the girl that she should shape at her own pleasure.
less
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From this reading She was less self-confident, less sure of her own powers to conduct everything, from her mother--the most easily guided of all subject intelligences in the old days--upwards to all human circumstances, and even to life itself, which it had seemed perfectly simple to the girl that she should shape at her own pleasure.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She was less self-confident, less sure of her own powers to conduct everything, from her mother--the most easily guided of all subject intelligences in the old days--upwards to all human circumstances, and even to life itself, which it had seemed perfectly simple to the girl that she should shape at her own pleasure.
longer
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From this reading Her first _désillusionment_ in respect to Cousin Ellen, who for one bright and brief moment seemed about to bring glory to her young existence, was very poignant and bitter: but by the time Hester was nineteen she had ceased to remember that there had been so sharp a sting in it, and no longer felt it possible that Ellen, with all her finery, could at any moment have affected her with any particular sentiment.
made
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From this reading These years made a great deal of difference in Hester.
moment
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From this reading Her first _désillusionment_ in respect to Cousin Ellen, who for one bright and brief moment seemed about to bring glory to her young existence, was very poignant and bitter: but by the time Hester was nineteen she had ceased to remember that there had been so sharp a sting in it, and no longer felt it possible that Ellen, with all her finery, could at any moment have affected her with any particular sentiment.
most
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From this reading She was less self-confident, less sure of her own powers to conduct everything, from her mother--the most easily guided of all subject intelligences in the old days--upwards to all human circumstances, and even to life itself, which it had seemed perfectly simple to the girl that she should shape at her own pleasure.
mother
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From this reading She was less self-confident, less sure of her own powers to conduct everything, from her mother--the most easily guided of all subject intelligences in the old days--upwards to all human circumstances, and even to life itself, which it had seemed perfectly simple to the girl that she should shape at her own pleasure.
nineteennounUS /ˈnineteen/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Her first _désillusionment_ in respect to Cousin Ellen, who for one bright and brief moment seemed about to bring glory to her young existence, was very poignant and bitter: but by the time Hester was nineteen she had ceased to remember that there had been so sharp a sting in it, and no longer felt it possible that Ellen, with all her finery, could at any moment have affected her with any particular sentiment.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Her first _désillusionment_ in respect to Cousin Ellen, who for one bright and brief moment seemed about to bring glory to her young existence, was very poignant and bitter: but by the time Hester was nineteen she had ceased to remember that there had been so sharp a sting in it, and no longer felt it possible that Ellen, with all her finery, could at any moment have affected her with any particular sentiment.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading These years made a great deal of difference in Hester.
old
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From this reading She was less self-confident, less sure of her own powers to conduct everything, from her mother--the most easily guided of all subject intelligences in the old days--upwards to all human circumstances, and even to life itself, which it had seemed perfectly simple to the girl that she should shape at her own pleasure.
older
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From this reading She was at the same time younger and older at nineteen than at fourteen.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Her first _désillusionment_ in respect to Cousin Ellen, who for one bright and brief moment seemed about to bring glory to her young existence, was very poignant and bitter: but by the time Hester was nineteen she had ceased to remember that there had been so sharp a sting in it, and no longer felt it possible that Ellen, with all her finery, could at any moment have affected her with any particular sentiment.
own
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From this reading She was less self-confident, less sure of her own powers to conduct everything, from her mother--the most easily guided of all subject intelligences in the old days--upwards to all human circumstances, and even to life itself, which it had seemed perfectly simple to the girl that she should shape at her own pleasure.
particular
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From this reading Her first _désillusionment_ in respect to Cousin Ellen, who for one bright and brief moment seemed about to bring glory to her young existence, was very poignant and bitter: but by the time Hester was nineteen she had ceased to remember that there had been so sharp a sting in it, and no longer felt it possible that Ellen, with all her finery, could at any moment have affected her with any particular sentiment.
people
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From this reading Such were the scenes and the people among whom Hester Vernon grew up.
perfectly
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From this reading She was less self-confident, less sure of her own powers to conduct everything, from her mother--the most easily guided of all subject intelligences in the old days--upwards to all human circumstances, and even to life itself, which it had seemed perfectly simple to the girl that she should shape at her own pleasure.
pleasure
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From this reading She was less self-confident, less sure of her own powers to conduct everything, from her mother--the most easily guided of all subject intelligences in the old days--upwards to all human circumstances, and even to life itself, which it had seemed perfectly simple to the girl that she should shape at her own pleasure.
poignant
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From this reading Her first _désillusionment_ in respect to Cousin Ellen, who for one bright and brief moment seemed about to bring glory to her young existence, was very poignant and bitter: but by the time Hester was nineteen she had ceased to remember that there had been so sharp a sting in it, and no longer felt it possible that Ellen, with all her finery, could at any moment have affected her with any particular sentiment.
possible
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From this reading Her first _désillusionment_ in respect to Cousin Ellen, who for one bright and brief moment seemed about to bring glory to her young existence, was very poignant and bitter: but by the time Hester was nineteen she had ceased to remember that there had been so sharp a sting in it, and no longer felt it possible that Ellen, with all her finery, could at any moment have affected her with any particular sentiment.
powersnounUS /powers/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She was less self-confident, less sure of her own powers to conduct everything, from her mother--the most easily guided of all subject intelligences in the old days--upwards to all human circumstances, and even to life itself, which it had seemed perfectly simple to the girl that she should shape at her own pleasure.
rememberverbUS /rɪˈmɛm.bər/
To recall to mind.
From this reading Her first _désillusionment_ in respect to Cousin Ellen, who for one bright and brief moment seemed about to bring glory to her young existence, was very poignant and bitter: but by the time Hester was nineteen she had ceased to remember that there had been so sharp a sting in it, and no longer felt it possible that Ellen, with all her finery, could at any moment have affected her with any particular sentiment.
respect
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From this reading Her first _désillusionment_ in respect to Cousin Ellen, who for one bright and brief moment seemed about to bring glory to her young existence, was very poignant and bitter: but by the time Hester was nineteen she had ceased to remember that there had been so sharp a sting in it, and no longer felt it possible that Ellen, with all her finery, could at any moment have affected her with any particular sentiment.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She was at the same time younger and older at nineteen than at fourteen.
scenes
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From this reading Such were the scenes and the people among whom Hester Vernon grew up.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Her first _désillusionment_ in respect to Cousin Ellen, who for one bright and brief moment seemed about to bring glory to her young existence, was very poignant and bitter: but by the time Hester was nineteen she had ceased to remember that there had been so sharp a sting in it, and no longer felt it possible that Ellen, with all her finery, could at any moment have affected her with any particular sentiment.
self-confident
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From this reading She was less self-confident, less sure of her own powers to conduct everything, from her mother--the most easily guided of all subject intelligences in the old days--upwards to all human circumstances, and even to life itself, which it had seemed perfectly simple to the girl that she should shape at her own pleasure.
sentiment
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From this reading Her first _désillusionment_ in respect to Cousin Ellen, who for one bright and brief moment seemed about to bring glory to her young existence, was very poignant and bitter: but by the time Hester was nineteen she had ceased to remember that there had been so sharp a sting in it, and no longer felt it possible that Ellen, with all her finery, could at any moment have affected her with any particular sentiment.
shape
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From this reading She was less self-confident, less sure of her own powers to conduct everything, from her mother--the most easily guided of all subject intelligences in the old days--upwards to all human circumstances, and even to life itself, which it had seemed perfectly simple to the girl that she should shape at her own pleasure.
sharp
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From this reading Her first _désillusionment_ in respect to Cousin Ellen, who for one bright and brief moment seemed about to bring glory to her young existence, was very poignant and bitter: but by the time Hester was nineteen she had ceased to remember that there had been so sharp a sting in it, and no longer felt it possible that Ellen, with all her finery, could at any moment have affected her with any particular sentiment.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Her first _désillusionment_ in respect to Cousin Ellen, who for one bright and brief moment seemed about to bring glory to her young existence, was very poignant and bitter: but by the time Hester was nineteen she had ceased to remember that there had been so sharp a sting in it, and no longer felt it possible that Ellen, with all her finery, could at any moment have affected her with any particular sentiment.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading She was less self-confident, less sure of her own powers to conduct everything, from her mother--the most easily guided of all subject intelligences in the old days--upwards to all human circumstances, and even to life itself, which it had seemed perfectly simple to the girl that she should shape at her own pleasure.
simple
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From this reading She was less self-confident, less sure of her own powers to conduct everything, from her mother--the most easily guided of all subject intelligences in the old days--upwards to all human circumstances, and even to life itself, which it had seemed perfectly simple to the girl that she should shape at her own pleasure.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Her first _désillusionment_ in respect to Cousin Ellen, who for one bright and brief moment seemed about to bring glory to her young existence, was very poignant and bitter: but by the time Hester was nineteen she had ceased to remember that there had been so sharp a sting in it, and no longer felt it possible that Ellen, with all her finery, could at any moment have affected her with any particular sentiment.
sting
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From this reading Her first _désillusionment_ in respect to Cousin Ellen, who for one bright and brief moment seemed about to bring glory to her young existence, was very poignant and bitter: but by the time Hester was nineteen she had ceased to remember that there had been so sharp a sting in it, and no longer felt it possible that Ellen, with all her finery, could at any moment have affected her with any particular sentiment.
subject
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From this reading She was less self-confident, less sure of her own powers to conduct everything, from her mother--the most easily guided of all subject intelligences in the old days--upwards to all human circumstances, and even to life itself, which it had seemed perfectly simple to the girl that she should shape at her own pleasure.
SuchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Such were the scenes and the people among whom Hester Vernon grew up.
surenounUS /sure/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She was less self-confident, less sure of her own powers to conduct everything, from her mother--the most easily guided of all subject intelligences in the old days--upwards to all human circumstances, and even to life itself, which it had seemed perfectly simple to the girl that she should shape at her own pleasure.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading She was at the same time younger and older at nineteen than at fourteen.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Her first _désillusionment_ in respect to Cousin Ellen, who for one bright and brief moment seemed about to bring glory to her young existence, was very poignant and bitter: but by the time Hester was nineteen she had ceased to remember that there had been so sharp a sting in it, and no longer felt it possible that Ellen, with all her finery, could at any moment have affected her with any particular sentiment.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Such were the scenes and the people among whom Hester Vernon grew up.
there
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From this reading Her first _désillusionment_ in respect to Cousin Ellen, who for one bright and brief moment seemed about to bring glory to her young existence, was very poignant and bitter: but by the time Hester was nineteen she had ceased to remember that there had been so sharp a sting in it, and no longer felt it possible that Ellen, with all her finery, could at any moment have affected her with any particular sentiment.
ThesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading These years made a great deal of difference in Hester.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Her first _désillusionment_ in respect to Cousin Ellen, who for one bright and brief moment seemed about to bring glory to her young existence, was very poignant and bitter: but by the time Hester was nineteen she had ceased to remember that there had been so sharp a sting in it, and no longer felt it possible that Ellen, with all her finery, could at any moment have affected her with any particular sentiment.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Her first _désillusionment_ in respect to Cousin Ellen, who for one bright and brief moment seemed about to bring glory to her young existence, was very poignant and bitter: but by the time Hester was nineteen she had ceased to remember that there had been so sharp a sting in it, and no longer felt it possible that Ellen, with all her finery, could at any moment have affected her with any particular sentiment.
up
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From this reading Such were the scenes and the people among whom Hester Vernon grew up.
upwards
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From this reading She was less self-confident, less sure of her own powers to conduct everything, from her mother--the most easily guided of all subject intelligences in the old days--upwards to all human circumstances, and even to life itself, which it had seemed perfectly simple to the girl that she should shape at her own pleasure.
Vernon
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From this reading Such were the scenes and the people among whom Hester Vernon grew up.
very
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From this reading Her first _désillusionment_ in respect to Cousin Ellen, who for one bright and brief moment seemed about to bring glory to her young existence, was very poignant and bitter: but by the time Hester was nineteen she had ceased to remember that there had been so sharp a sting in it, and no longer felt it possible that Ellen, with all her finery, could at any moment have affected her with any particular sentiment.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Her first _désillusionment_ in respect to Cousin Ellen, who for one bright and brief moment seemed about to bring glory to her young existence, was very poignant and bitter: but by the time Hester was nineteen she had ceased to remember that there had been so sharp a sting in it, and no longer felt it possible that Ellen, with all her finery, could at any moment have affected her with any particular sentiment.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Such were the scenes and the people among whom Hester Vernon grew up.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading She was less self-confident, less sure of her own powers to conduct everything, from her mother--the most easily guided of all subject intelligences in the old days--upwards to all human circumstances, and even to life itself, which it had seemed perfectly simple to the girl that she should shape at her own pleasure.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Her first _désillusionment_ in respect to Cousin Ellen, who for one bright and brief moment seemed about to bring glory to her young existence, was very poignant and bitter: but by the time Hester was nineteen she had ceased to remember that there had been so sharp a sting in it, and no longer felt it possible that Ellen, with all her finery, could at any moment have affected her with any particular sentiment.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Such were the scenes and the people among whom Hester Vernon grew up.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Her first _désillusionment_ in respect to Cousin Ellen, who for one bright and brief moment seemed about to bring glory to her young existence, was very poignant and bitter: but by the time Hester was nineteen she had ceased to remember that there had been so sharp a sting in it, and no longer felt it possible that Ellen, with all her finery, could at any moment have affected her with any particular sentiment.
years
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From this reading These years made a great deal of difference in Hester.
young
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From this reading Her first _désillusionment_ in respect to Cousin Ellen, who for one bright and brief moment seemed about to bring glory to her young existence, was very poignant and bitter: but by the time Hester was nineteen she had ceased to remember that there had been so sharp a sting in it, and no longer felt it possible that Ellen, with all her finery, could at any moment have affected her with any particular sentiment.
younger
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From this reading She was at the same time younger and older at nineteen than at fourteen.
