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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 An idle, average sensual man, and an idle woman from whom wantonness emanates like a perfume, cannot meet each other every day for a couple of weeks without finding themselves progressing by leaps and bounds in mutual intimacy.
acquaintance
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From this reading Except that of an old club acquaintance whom he had run across in the gaming-rooms, he had no other society than Minna’s in Monte Carlo.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Except that of an old club acquaintance whom he had run across in the gaming-rooms, he had no other society than Minna’s in Monte Carlo.
AndeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading An idle, average sensual man, and an idle woman from whom wantonness emanates like a perfume, cannot meet each other every day for a couple of weeks without finding themselves progressing by leaps and bounds in mutual intimacy.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading An idle, average sensual man, and an idle woman from whom wantonness emanates like a perfume, cannot meet each other every day for a couple of weeks without finding themselves progressing by leaps and bounds in mutual intimacy.
attraction
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From this reading The attraction which Gerard first felt towards the transfigured money-lender’s daughter developed quickly into a more vivid sentiment.
average
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From this reading An idle, average sensual man, and an idle woman from whom wantonness emanates like a perfume, cannot meet each other every day for a couple of weeks without finding themselves progressing by leaps and bounds in mutual intimacy.
beatifically
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From this reading The flesh speaks, the world is complaisant, and the devil leers beatifically.
became
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From this reading She became his occupation.
bounds
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From this reading An idle, average sensual man, and an idle woman from whom wantonness emanates like a perfume, cannot meet each other every day for a couple of weeks without finding themselves progressing by leaps and bounds in mutual intimacy.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading An idle, average sensual man, and an idle woman from whom wantonness emanates like a perfume, cannot meet each other every day for a couple of weeks without finding themselves progressing by leaps and bounds in mutual intimacy.
cannot
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From this reading An idle, average sensual man, and an idle woman from whom wantonness emanates like a perfume, cannot meet each other every day for a couple of weeks without finding themselves progressing by leaps and bounds in mutual intimacy.
Carlo
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From this reading Except that of an old club acquaintance whom he had run across in the gaming-rooms, he had no other society than Minna’s in Monte Carlo.
club
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From this reading Except that of an old club acquaintance whom he had run across in the gaming-rooms, he had no other society than Minna’s in Monte Carlo.
complaisant
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From this reading The flesh speaks, the world is complaisant, and the devil leers beatifically.
couplenounUS /ˈkʌpəl/
two people or things considered together
From this reading An idle, average sensual man, and an idle woman from whom wantonness emanates like a perfume, cannot meet each other every day for a couple of weeks without finding themselves progressing by leaps and bounds in mutual intimacy.
daughter
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From this reading The attraction which Gerard first felt towards the transfigured money-lender’s daughter developed quickly into a more vivid sentiment.
day
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From this reading An idle, average sensual man, and an idle woman from whom wantonness emanates like a perfume, cannot meet each other every day for a couple of weeks without finding themselves progressing by leaps and bounds in mutual intimacy.
developed
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From this reading The attraction which Gerard first felt towards the transfigured money-lender’s daughter developed quickly into a more vivid sentiment.
devil
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From this reading The flesh speaks, the world is complaisant, and the devil leers beatifically.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading An idle, average sensual man, and an idle woman from whom wantonness emanates like a perfume, cannot meet each other every day for a couple of weeks without finding themselves progressing by leaps and bounds in mutual intimacy.
emanates
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From this reading An idle, average sensual man, and an idle woman from whom wantonness emanates like a perfume, cannot meet each other every day for a couple of weeks without finding themselves progressing by leaps and bounds in mutual intimacy.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading An idle, average sensual man, and an idle woman from whom wantonness emanates like a perfume, cannot meet each other every day for a couple of weeks without finding themselves progressing by leaps and bounds in mutual intimacy.
ExceptprepositionUS /ɪkˈsept/
apart from; not including
From this reading Except that of an old club acquaintance whom he had run across in the gaming-rooms, he had no other society than Minna’s in Monte Carlo.
felt
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From this reading The attraction which Gerard first felt towards the transfigured money-lender’s daughter developed quickly into a more vivid sentiment.
finding
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From this reading An idle, average sensual man, and an idle woman from whom wantonness emanates like a perfume, cannot meet each other every day for a couple of weeks without finding themselves progressing by leaps and bounds in mutual intimacy.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The attraction which Gerard first felt towards the transfigured money-lender’s daughter developed quickly into a more vivid sentiment.
flesh
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From this reading The flesh speaks, the world is complaisant, and the devil leers beatifically.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading An idle, average sensual man, and an idle woman from whom wantonness emanates like a perfume, cannot meet each other every day for a couple of weeks without finding themselves progressing by leaps and bounds in mutual intimacy.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading An idle, average sensual man, and an idle woman from whom wantonness emanates like a perfume, cannot meet each other every day for a couple of weeks without finding themselves progressing by leaps and bounds in mutual intimacy.
gaming-rooms
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From this reading Except that of an old club acquaintance whom he had run across in the gaming-rooms, he had no other society than Minna’s in Monte Carlo.
Gerard
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From this reading The attraction which Gerard first felt towards the transfigured money-lender’s daughter developed quickly into a more vivid sentiment.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Except that of an old club acquaintance whom he had run across in the gaming-rooms, he had no other society than Minna’s in Monte Carlo.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Except that of an old club acquaintance whom he had run across in the gaming-rooms, he had no other society than Minna’s in Monte Carlo.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading She became his occupation.
idle
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From this reading An idle, average sensual man, and an idle woman from whom wantonness emanates like a perfume, cannot meet each other every day for a couple of weeks without finding themselves progressing by leaps and bounds in mutual intimacy.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading An idle, average sensual man, and an idle woman from whom wantonness emanates like a perfume, cannot meet each other every day for a couple of weeks without finding themselves progressing by leaps and bounds in mutual intimacy.
intimacy
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From this reading An idle, average sensual man, and an idle woman from whom wantonness emanates like a perfume, cannot meet each other every day for a couple of weeks without finding themselves progressing by leaps and bounds in mutual intimacy.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The attraction which Gerard first felt towards the transfigured money-lender’s daughter developed quickly into a more vivid sentiment.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The flesh speaks, the world is complaisant, and the devil leers beatifically.
leaps
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From this reading An idle, average sensual man, and an idle woman from whom wantonness emanates like a perfume, cannot meet each other every day for a couple of weeks without finding themselves progressing by leaps and bounds in mutual intimacy.
leers
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From this reading The flesh speaks, the world is complaisant, and the devil leers beatifically.
like
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From this reading An idle, average sensual man, and an idle woman from whom wantonness emanates like a perfume, cannot meet each other every day for a couple of weeks without finding themselves progressing by leaps and bounds in mutual intimacy.
man
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From this reading An idle, average sensual man, and an idle woman from whom wantonness emanates like a perfume, cannot meet each other every day for a couple of weeks without finding themselves progressing by leaps and bounds in mutual intimacy.
meet
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From this reading An idle, average sensual man, and an idle woman from whom wantonness emanates like a perfume, cannot meet each other every day for a couple of weeks without finding themselves progressing by leaps and bounds in mutual intimacy.
Minna's
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From this reading Except that of an old club acquaintance whom he had run across in the gaming-rooms, he had no other society than Minna’s in Monte Carlo.
money-lender's
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From this reading The attraction which Gerard first felt towards the transfigured money-lender’s daughter developed quickly into a more vivid sentiment.
Monte
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From this reading Except that of an old club acquaintance whom he had run across in the gaming-rooms, he had no other society than Minna’s in Monte Carlo.
more
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From this reading The attraction which Gerard first felt towards the transfigured money-lender’s daughter developed quickly into a more vivid sentiment.
mutual
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From this reading An idle, average sensual man, and an idle woman from whom wantonness emanates like a perfume, cannot meet each other every day for a couple of weeks without finding themselves progressing by leaps and bounds in mutual intimacy.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Except that of an old club acquaintance whom he had run across in the gaming-rooms, he had no other society than Minna’s in Monte Carlo.
occupation
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From this reading She became his occupation.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading An idle, average sensual man, and an idle woman from whom wantonness emanates like a perfume, cannot meet each other every day for a couple of weeks without finding themselves progressing by leaps and bounds in mutual intimacy.
old
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From this reading Except that of an old club acquaintance whom he had run across in the gaming-rooms, he had no other society than Minna’s in Monte Carlo.
other
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From this reading An idle, average sensual man, and an idle woman from whom wantonness emanates like a perfume, cannot meet each other every day for a couple of weeks without finding themselves progressing by leaps and bounds in mutual intimacy.
perfume
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From this reading An idle, average sensual man, and an idle woman from whom wantonness emanates like a perfume, cannot meet each other every day for a couple of weeks without finding themselves progressing by leaps and bounds in mutual intimacy.
progressing
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From this reading An idle, average sensual man, and an idle woman from whom wantonness emanates like a perfume, cannot meet each other every day for a couple of weeks without finding themselves progressing by leaps and bounds in mutual intimacy.
quickly
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From this reading The attraction which Gerard first felt towards the transfigured money-lender’s daughter developed quickly into a more vivid sentiment.
run
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From this reading Except that of an old club acquaintance whom he had run across in the gaming-rooms, he had no other society than Minna’s in Monte Carlo.
sensual
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From this reading An idle, average sensual man, and an idle woman from whom wantonness emanates like a perfume, cannot meet each other every day for a couple of weeks without finding themselves progressing by leaps and bounds in mutual intimacy.
sentiment
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From this reading The attraction which Gerard first felt towards the transfigured money-lender’s daughter developed quickly into a more vivid sentiment.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She became his occupation.
society
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From this reading Except that of an old club acquaintance whom he had run across in the gaming-rooms, he had no other society than Minna’s in Monte Carlo.
speaks
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From this reading The flesh speaks, the world is complaisant, and the devil leers beatifically.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Except that of an old club acquaintance whom he had run across in the gaming-rooms, he had no other society than Minna’s in Monte Carlo.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Except that of an old club acquaintance whom he had run across in the gaming-rooms, he had no other society than Minna’s in Monte Carlo.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The flesh speaks, the world is complaisant, and the devil leers beatifically.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading An idle, average sensual man, and an idle woman from whom wantonness emanates like a perfume, cannot meet each other every day for a couple of weeks without finding themselves progressing by leaps and bounds in mutual intimacy.
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading The attraction which Gerard first felt towards the transfigured money-lender’s daughter developed quickly into a more vivid sentiment.
transfigured
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From this reading The attraction which Gerard first felt towards the transfigured money-lender’s daughter developed quickly into a more vivid sentiment.
vivid
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From this reading The attraction which Gerard first felt towards the transfigured money-lender’s daughter developed quickly into a more vivid sentiment.
wantonness
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From this reading An idle, average sensual man, and an idle woman from whom wantonness emanates like a perfume, cannot meet each other every day for a couple of weeks without finding themselves progressing by leaps and bounds in mutual intimacy.
weeks
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From this reading An idle, average sensual man, and an idle woman from whom wantonness emanates like a perfume, cannot meet each other every day for a couple of weeks without finding themselves progressing by leaps and bounds in mutual intimacy.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The attraction which Gerard first felt towards the transfigured money-lender’s daughter developed quickly into a more vivid sentiment.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading An idle, average sensual man, and an idle woman from whom wantonness emanates like a perfume, cannot meet each other every day for a couple of weeks without finding themselves progressing by leaps and bounds in mutual intimacy.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading An idle, average sensual man, and an idle woman from whom wantonness emanates like a perfume, cannot meet each other every day for a couple of weeks without finding themselves progressing by leaps and bounds in mutual intimacy.
woman
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From this reading An idle, average sensual man, and an idle woman from whom wantonness emanates like a perfume, cannot meet each other every day for a couple of weeks without finding themselves progressing by leaps and bounds in mutual intimacy.
world
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From this reading The flesh speaks, the world is complaisant, and the devil leers beatifically.
