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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 Love is a subject which concerns and interests the whole world, and though there is not much that is novel to be said about it, it is the event or accident in life of which the gentle reader never tires.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Love is a subject which concerns and interests the whole world, and though there is not much that is novel to be said about it, it is the event or accident in life of which the gentle reader never tires.
accident
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From this reading Love is a subject which concerns and interests the whole world, and though there is not much that is novel to be said about it, it is the event or accident in life of which the gentle reader never tires.
all
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From this reading Sometimes it is the influence which shapes our lives, but sometimes, also, it is so slight an episode that we are disposed to smile or to sneer at the prevailing human prejudice which makes it the chief centre of existence in all song and story.
also
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From this reading Sometimes it is the influence which shapes our lives, but sometimes, also, it is so slight an episode that we are disposed to smile or to sneer at the prevailing human prejudice which makes it the chief centre of existence in all song and story.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Let not that kind listener be shocked if I call it an accident.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The story of such sudden passions as this, which had come upon Frederick Eastwood, are common enough and well known.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The story of such sudden passions as this, which had come upon Frederick Eastwood, are common enough and well known.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The story of such sudden passions as this, which had come upon Frederick Eastwood, are common enough and well known.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Sometimes it is the influence which shapes our lives, but sometimes, also, it is so slight an episode that we are disposed to smile or to sneer at the prevailing human prejudice which makes it the chief centre of existence in all song and story.
BEauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading WHAT IT IS TO BE “IN LOVE.”
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Sometimes it is the influence which shapes our lives, but sometimes, also, it is so slight an episode that we are disposed to smile or to sneer at the prevailing human prejudice which makes it the chief centre of existence in all song and story.
call
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From this reading Let not that kind listener be shocked if I call it an accident.
centre
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From this reading Sometimes it is the influence which shapes our lives, but sometimes, also, it is so slight an episode that we are disposed to smile or to sneer at the prevailing human prejudice which makes it the chief centre of existence in all song and story.
chief
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From this reading Sometimes it is the influence which shapes our lives, but sometimes, also, it is so slight an episode that we are disposed to smile or to sneer at the prevailing human prejudice which makes it the chief centre of existence in all song and story.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The story of such sudden passions as this, which had come upon Frederick Eastwood, are common enough and well known.
common
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From this reading The story of such sudden passions as this, which had come upon Frederick Eastwood, are common enough and well known.
concerns
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From this reading Love is a subject which concerns and interests the whole world, and though there is not much that is novel to be said about it, it is the event or accident in life of which the gentle reader never tires.
disposednounUS /ˈdisposed/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Sometimes it is the influence which shapes our lives, but sometimes, also, it is so slight an episode that we are disposed to smile or to sneer at the prevailing human prejudice which makes it the chief centre of existence in all song and story.
Eastwood
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From this reading The story of such sudden passions as this, which had come upon Frederick Eastwood, are common enough and well known.
enough
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From this reading The story of such sudden passions as this, which had come upon Frederick Eastwood, are common enough and well known.
episode
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From this reading Sometimes it is the influence which shapes our lives, but sometimes, also, it is so slight an episode that we are disposed to smile or to sneer at the prevailing human prejudice which makes it the chief centre of existence in all song and story.
event
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From this reading Love is a subject which concerns and interests the whole world, and though there is not much that is novel to be said about it, it is the event or accident in life of which the gentle reader never tires.
existence
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From this reading Sometimes it is the influence which shapes our lives, but sometimes, also, it is so slight an episode that we are disposed to smile or to sneer at the prevailing human prejudice which makes it the chief centre of existence in all song and story.
Frederick
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From this reading The story of such sudden passions as this, which had come upon Frederick Eastwood, are common enough and well known.
gentle
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From this reading Love is a subject which concerns and interests the whole world, and though there is not much that is novel to be said about it, it is the event or accident in life of which the gentle reader never tires.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The story of such sudden passions as this, which had come upon Frederick Eastwood, are common enough and well known.
human
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From this reading Sometimes it is the influence which shapes our lives, but sometimes, also, it is so slight an episode that we are disposed to smile or to sneer at the prevailing human prejudice which makes it the chief centre of existence in all song and story.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Let not that kind listener be shocked if I call it an accident.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Let not that kind listener be shocked if I call it an accident.
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading WHAT IT IS TO BE “IN LOVE.”
influence
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From this reading Sometimes it is the influence which shapes our lives, but sometimes, also, it is so slight an episode that we are disposed to smile or to sneer at the prevailing human prejudice which makes it the chief centre of existence in all song and story.
interests
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From this reading Love is a subject which concerns and interests the whole world, and though there is not much that is novel to be said about it, it is the event or accident in life of which the gentle reader never tires.
ISauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading WHAT IT IS TO BE “IN LOVE.”
ITpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading WHAT IT IS TO BE “IN LOVE.”
kind
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From this reading Let not that kind listener be shocked if I call it an accident.
known
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From this reading The story of such sudden passions as this, which had come upon Frederick Eastwood, are common enough and well known.
Letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Let not that kind listener be shocked if I call it an accident.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Love is a subject which concerns and interests the whole world, and though there is not much that is novel to be said about it, it is the event or accident in life of which the gentle reader never tires.
listener
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From this reading Let not that kind listener be shocked if I call it an accident.
lives
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From this reading Sometimes it is the influence which shapes our lives, but sometimes, also, it is so slight an episode that we are disposed to smile or to sneer at the prevailing human prejudice which makes it the chief centre of existence in all song and story.
LOVE
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From this reading WHAT IT IS TO BE “IN LOVE.”
makes
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From this reading Sometimes it is the influence which shapes our lives, but sometimes, also, it is so slight an episode that we are disposed to smile or to sneer at the prevailing human prejudice which makes it the chief centre of existence in all song and story.
much
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From this reading Love is a subject which concerns and interests the whole world, and though there is not much that is novel to be said about it, it is the event or accident in life of which the gentle reader never tires.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Love is a subject which concerns and interests the whole world, and though there is not much that is novel to be said about it, it is the event or accident in life of which the gentle reader never tires.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Love is a subject which concerns and interests the whole world, and though there is not much that is novel to be said about it, it is the event or accident in life of which the gentle reader never tires.
novel
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From this reading Love is a subject which concerns and interests the whole world, and though there is not much that is novel to be said about it, it is the event or accident in life of which the gentle reader never tires.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The story of such sudden passions as this, which had come upon Frederick Eastwood, are common enough and well known.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Love is a subject which concerns and interests the whole world, and though there is not much that is novel to be said about it, it is the event or accident in life of which the gentle reader never tires.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Sometimes it is the influence which shapes our lives, but sometimes, also, it is so slight an episode that we are disposed to smile or to sneer at the prevailing human prejudice which makes it the chief centre of existence in all song and story.
passions
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From this reading The story of such sudden passions as this, which had come upon Frederick Eastwood, are common enough and well known.
prejudice
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From this reading Sometimes it is the influence which shapes our lives, but sometimes, also, it is so slight an episode that we are disposed to smile or to sneer at the prevailing human prejudice which makes it the chief centre of existence in all song and story.
prevailing
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From this reading Sometimes it is the influence which shapes our lives, but sometimes, also, it is so slight an episode that we are disposed to smile or to sneer at the prevailing human prejudice which makes it the chief centre of existence in all song and story.
reader
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From this reading Love is a subject which concerns and interests the whole world, and though there is not much that is novel to be said about it, it is the event or accident in life of which the gentle reader never tires.
said
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From this reading Love is a subject which concerns and interests the whole world, and though there is not much that is novel to be said about it, it is the event or accident in life of which the gentle reader never tires.
shapes
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From this reading Sometimes it is the influence which shapes our lives, but sometimes, also, it is so slight an episode that we are disposed to smile or to sneer at the prevailing human prejudice which makes it the chief centre of existence in all song and story.
shocked
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From this reading Let not that kind listener be shocked if I call it an accident.
slight
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From this reading Sometimes it is the influence which shapes our lives, but sometimes, also, it is so slight an episode that we are disposed to smile or to sneer at the prevailing human prejudice which makes it the chief centre of existence in all song and story.
smile
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From this reading Sometimes it is the influence which shapes our lives, but sometimes, also, it is so slight an episode that we are disposed to smile or to sneer at the prevailing human prejudice which makes it the chief centre of existence in all song and story.
sneer
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From this reading Sometimes it is the influence which shapes our lives, but sometimes, also, it is so slight an episode that we are disposed to smile or to sneer at the prevailing human prejudice which makes it the chief centre of existence in all song and story.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Sometimes it is the influence which shapes our lives, but sometimes, also, it is so slight an episode that we are disposed to smile or to sneer at the prevailing human prejudice which makes it the chief centre of existence in all song and story.
Sometimes
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From this reading Sometimes it is the influence which shapes our lives, but sometimes, also, it is so slight an episode that we are disposed to smile or to sneer at the prevailing human prejudice which makes it the chief centre of existence in all song and story.
song
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From this reading Sometimes it is the influence which shapes our lives, but sometimes, also, it is so slight an episode that we are disposed to smile or to sneer at the prevailing human prejudice which makes it the chief centre of existence in all song and story.
story
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From this reading The story of such sudden passions as this, which had come upon Frederick Eastwood, are common enough and well known.
subject
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From this reading Love is a subject which concerns and interests the whole world, and though there is not much that is novel to be said about it, it is the event or accident in life of which the gentle reader never tires.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading The story of such sudden passions as this, which had come upon Frederick Eastwood, are common enough and well known.
suddennounUS /sudden/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The story of such sudden passions as this, which had come upon Frederick Eastwood, are common enough and well known.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Love is a subject which concerns and interests the whole world, and though there is not much that is novel to be said about it, it is the event or accident in life of which the gentle reader never tires.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The story of such sudden passions as this, which had come upon Frederick Eastwood, are common enough and well known.
there
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From this reading Love is a subject which concerns and interests the whole world, and though there is not much that is novel to be said about it, it is the event or accident in life of which the gentle reader never tires.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The story of such sudden passions as this, which had come upon Frederick Eastwood, are common enough and well known.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Love is a subject which concerns and interests the whole world, and though there is not much that is novel to be said about it, it is the event or accident in life of which the gentle reader never tires.
tires
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From this reading Love is a subject which concerns and interests the whole world, and though there is not much that is novel to be said about it, it is the event or accident in life of which the gentle reader never tires.
TOparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading WHAT IT IS TO BE “IN LOVE.”
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The story of such sudden passions as this, which had come upon Frederick Eastwood, are common enough and well known.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Sometimes it is the influence which shapes our lives, but sometimes, also, it is so slight an episode that we are disposed to smile or to sneer at the prevailing human prejudice which makes it the chief centre of existence in all song and story.
well
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From this reading The story of such sudden passions as this, which had come upon Frederick Eastwood, are common enough and well known.
WHATpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading WHAT IT IS TO BE “IN LOVE.”
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The story of such sudden passions as this, which had come upon Frederick Eastwood, are common enough and well known.
whole
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From this reading Love is a subject which concerns and interests the whole world, and though there is not much that is novel to be said about it, it is the event or accident in life of which the gentle reader never tires.
world
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From this reading Love is a subject which concerns and interests the whole world, and though there is not much that is novel to be said about it, it is the event or accident in life of which the gentle reader never tires.
