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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 Joyce had to come to a resolution at which she herself wondered, in forlorn helplessness, as if some other being within her had decided upon it and not she.
absorbing
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From this reading For how could she lay that tangled question before any one, or unfold her soul? how could any stranger know what her perplexity was, between the claims of the old tranquil yet enthusiastic affections of her youth, and the strange unconfessed dream of absorbing feeling which had swept her soul of late--between the pledges of her tender ignorance, and the fulfilments of a life to which fuller knowledge had come?
affections
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From this reading For how could she lay that tangled question before any one, or unfold her soul? how could any stranger know what her perplexity was, between the claims of the old tranquil yet enthusiastic affections of her youth, and the strange unconfessed dream of absorbing feeling which had swept her soul of late--between the pledges of her tender ignorance, and the fulfilments of a life to which fuller knowledge had come?
all
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From this reading That she, all shy, shrinking, reticent as she was, with the limitations of her peasant pride and incapacity for self-revelation, should attach a last desperate hope to the possibility of enlightenment from some one else’s judgment, was wonderful to herself.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Joyce had to come to a resolution at which she herself wondered, in forlorn helplessness, as if some other being within her had decided upon it and not she.
any
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From this reading For how could she lay that tangled question before any one, or unfold her soul? how could any stranger know what her perplexity was, between the claims of the old tranquil yet enthusiastic affections of her youth, and the strange unconfessed dream of absorbing feeling which had swept her soul of late--between the pledges of her tender ignorance, and the fulfilments of a life to which fuller knowledge had come?
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Joyce had to come to a resolution at which she herself wondered, in forlorn helplessness, as if some other being within her had decided upon it and not she.
ask
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From this reading And yet there came a longing over her which could not be silenced--to ask some one--to make a tribunal for herself, and plead her cause before it, and hear what the oracle would say.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Joyce had to come to a resolution at which she herself wondered, in forlorn helplessness, as if some other being within her had decided upon it and not she.
attach
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From this reading That she, all shy, shrinking, reticent as she was, with the limitations of her peasant pride and incapacity for self-revelation, should attach a last desperate hope to the possibility of enlightenment from some one else’s judgment, was wonderful to herself.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading She did not herself understand how she had come to stand at this terrible turning-point, or why she should thus be summoned to decide not only her own fate, but that of others; and how could she explain it to strangers who knew nothing, neither how she was bound, nor wherein she was free?
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading For how could she lay that tangled question before any one, or unfold her soul? how could any stranger know what her perplexity was, between the claims of the old tranquil yet enthusiastic affections of her youth, and the strange unconfessed dream of absorbing feeling which had swept her soul of late--between the pledges of her tender ignorance, and the fulfilments of a life to which fuller knowledge had come?
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Joyce had to come to a resolution at which she herself wondered, in forlorn helplessness, as if some other being within her had decided upon it and not she.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading For how could she lay that tangled question before any one, or unfold her soul? how could any stranger know what her perplexity was, between the claims of the old tranquil yet enthusiastic affections of her youth, and the strange unconfessed dream of absorbing feeling which had swept her soul of late--between the pledges of her tender ignorance, and the fulfilments of a life to which fuller knowledge had come?
bound
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From this reading She did not herself understand how she had come to stand at this terrible turning-point, or why she should thus be summoned to decide not only her own fate, but that of others; and how could she explain it to strangers who knew nothing, neither how she was bound, nor wherein she was free?
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading She did not herself understand how she had come to stand at this terrible turning-point, or why she should thus be summoned to decide not only her own fate, but that of others; and how could she explain it to strangers who knew nothing, neither how she was bound, nor wherein she was free?
came
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From this reading And yet there came a longing over her which could not be silenced--to ask some one--to make a tribunal for herself, and plead her cause before it, and hear what the oracle would say.
cause
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From this reading And yet there came a longing over her which could not be silenced--to ask some one--to make a tribunal for herself, and plead her cause before it, and hear what the oracle would say.
claims
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From this reading For how could she lay that tangled question before any one, or unfold her soul? how could any stranger know what her perplexity was, between the claims of the old tranquil yet enthusiastic affections of her youth, and the strange unconfessed dream of absorbing feeling which had swept her soul of late--between the pledges of her tender ignorance, and the fulfilments of a life to which fuller knowledge had come?
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Joyce had to come to a resolution at which she herself wondered, in forlorn helplessness, as if some other being within her had decided upon it and not she.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading For how could she lay that tangled question before any one, or unfold her soul? how could any stranger know what her perplexity was, between the claims of the old tranquil yet enthusiastic affections of her youth, and the strange unconfessed dream of absorbing feeling which had swept her soul of late--between the pledges of her tender ignorance, and the fulfilments of a life to which fuller knowledge had come?
decide
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From this reading She did not herself understand how she had come to stand at this terrible turning-point, or why she should thus be summoned to decide not only her own fate, but that of others; and how could she explain it to strangers who knew nothing, neither how she was bound, nor wherein she was free?
decided
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From this reading Joyce had to come to a resolution at which she herself wondered, in forlorn helplessness, as if some other being within her had decided upon it and not she.
desperate
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From this reading That she, all shy, shrinking, reticent as she was, with the limitations of her peasant pride and incapacity for self-revelation, should attach a last desperate hope to the possibility of enlightenment from some one else’s judgment, was wonderful to herself.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading She did not herself understand how she had come to stand at this terrible turning-point, or why she should thus be summoned to decide not only her own fate, but that of others; and how could she explain it to strangers who knew nothing, neither how she was bound, nor wherein she was free?
dreamnounUS /driːm/
A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.
From this reading For how could she lay that tangled question before any one, or unfold her soul? how could any stranger know what her perplexity was, between the claims of the old tranquil yet enthusiastic affections of her youth, and the strange unconfessed dream of absorbing feeling which had swept her soul of late--between the pledges of her tender ignorance, and the fulfilments of a life to which fuller knowledge had come?
else's
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From this reading That she, all shy, shrinking, reticent as she was, with the limitations of her peasant pride and incapacity for self-revelation, should attach a last desperate hope to the possibility of enlightenment from some one else’s judgment, was wonderful to herself.
enlightenment
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From this reading That she, all shy, shrinking, reticent as she was, with the limitations of her peasant pride and incapacity for self-revelation, should attach a last desperate hope to the possibility of enlightenment from some one else’s judgment, was wonderful to herself.
enthusiastic
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From this reading For how could she lay that tangled question before any one, or unfold her soul? how could any stranger know what her perplexity was, between the claims of the old tranquil yet enthusiastic affections of her youth, and the strange unconfessed dream of absorbing feeling which had swept her soul of late--between the pledges of her tender ignorance, and the fulfilments of a life to which fuller knowledge had come?
explain
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From this reading She did not herself understand how she had come to stand at this terrible turning-point, or why she should thus be summoned to decide not only her own fate, but that of others; and how could she explain it to strangers who knew nothing, neither how she was bound, nor wherein she was free?
fate
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From this reading She did not herself understand how she had come to stand at this terrible turning-point, or why she should thus be summoned to decide not only her own fate, but that of others; and how could she explain it to strangers who knew nothing, neither how she was bound, nor wherein she was free?
feelingnounUS /ˈfeeling/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading For how could she lay that tangled question before any one, or unfold her soul? how could any stranger know what her perplexity was, between the claims of the old tranquil yet enthusiastic affections of her youth, and the strange unconfessed dream of absorbing feeling which had swept her soul of late--between the pledges of her tender ignorance, and the fulfilments of a life to which fuller knowledge had come?
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading That she, all shy, shrinking, reticent as she was, with the limitations of her peasant pride and incapacity for self-revelation, should attach a last desperate hope to the possibility of enlightenment from some one else’s judgment, was wonderful to herself.
forlorn
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From this reading Joyce had to come to a resolution at which she herself wondered, in forlorn helplessness, as if some other being within her had decided upon it and not she.
freeadjectiveUS /friː/
acting without enough restraint or discipline
From this reading She did not herself understand how she had come to stand at this terrible turning-point, or why she should thus be summoned to decide not only her own fate, but that of others; and how could she explain it to strangers who knew nothing, neither how she was bound, nor wherein she was free?
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading That she, all shy, shrinking, reticent as she was, with the limitations of her peasant pride and incapacity for self-revelation, should attach a last desperate hope to the possibility of enlightenment from some one else’s judgment, was wonderful to herself.
fulfilments
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From this reading For how could she lay that tangled question before any one, or unfold her soul? how could any stranger know what her perplexity was, between the claims of the old tranquil yet enthusiastic affections of her youth, and the strange unconfessed dream of absorbing feeling which had swept her soul of late--between the pledges of her tender ignorance, and the fulfilments of a life to which fuller knowledge had come?
fuller
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From this reading For how could she lay that tangled question before any one, or unfold her soul? how could any stranger know what her perplexity was, between the claims of the old tranquil yet enthusiastic affections of her youth, and the strange unconfessed dream of absorbing feeling which had swept her soul of late--between the pledges of her tender ignorance, and the fulfilments of a life to which fuller knowledge had come?
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Joyce had to come to a resolution at which she herself wondered, in forlorn helplessness, as if some other being within her had decided upon it and not she.
hearnounUS /hear/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And yet there came a longing over her which could not be silenced--to ask some one--to make a tribunal for herself, and plead her cause before it, and hear what the oracle would say.
helplessness
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From this reading Joyce had to come to a resolution at which she herself wondered, in forlorn helplessness, as if some other being within her had decided upon it and not she.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Joyce had to come to a resolution at which she herself wondered, in forlorn helplessness, as if some other being within her had decided upon it and not she.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Joyce had to come to a resolution at which she herself wondered, in forlorn helplessness, as if some other being within her had decided upon it and not she.
hope
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From this reading That she, all shy, shrinking, reticent as she was, with the limitations of her peasant pride and incapacity for self-revelation, should attach a last desperate hope to the possibility of enlightenment from some one else’s judgment, was wonderful to herself.
how
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From this reading For how could she lay that tangled question before any one, or unfold her soul? how could any stranger know what her perplexity was, between the claims of the old tranquil yet enthusiastic affections of her youth, and the strange unconfessed dream of absorbing feeling which had swept her soul of late--between the pledges of her tender ignorance, and the fulfilments of a life to which fuller knowledge had come?
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Joyce had to come to a resolution at which she herself wondered, in forlorn helplessness, as if some other being within her had decided upon it and not she.
ignorance
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From this reading For how could she lay that tangled question before any one, or unfold her soul? how could any stranger know what her perplexity was, between the claims of the old tranquil yet enthusiastic affections of her youth, and the strange unconfessed dream of absorbing feeling which had swept her soul of late--between the pledges of her tender ignorance, and the fulfilments of a life to which fuller knowledge had come?
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Joyce had to come to a resolution at which she herself wondered, in forlorn helplessness, as if some other being within her had decided upon it and not she.
incapacity
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From this reading That she, all shy, shrinking, reticent as she was, with the limitations of her peasant pride and incapacity for self-revelation, should attach a last desperate hope to the possibility of enlightenment from some one else’s judgment, was wonderful to herself.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Joyce had to come to a resolution at which she herself wondered, in forlorn helplessness, as if some other being within her had decided upon it and not she.
Joyce
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From this reading Joyce had to come to a resolution at which she herself wondered, in forlorn helplessness, as if some other being within her had decided upon it and not she.
judgment
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From this reading That she, all shy, shrinking, reticent as she was, with the limitations of her peasant pride and incapacity for self-revelation, should attach a last desperate hope to the possibility of enlightenment from some one else’s judgment, was wonderful to herself.
knew
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From this reading She did not herself understand how she had come to stand at this terrible turning-point, or why she should thus be summoned to decide not only her own fate, but that of others; and how could she explain it to strangers who knew nothing, neither how she was bound, nor wherein she was free?
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For how could she lay that tangled question before any one, or unfold her soul? how could any stranger know what her perplexity was, between the claims of the old tranquil yet enthusiastic affections of her youth, and the strange unconfessed dream of absorbing feeling which had swept her soul of late--between the pledges of her tender ignorance, and the fulfilments of a life to which fuller knowledge had come?
knowledge
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From this reading For how could she lay that tangled question before any one, or unfold her soul? how could any stranger know what her perplexity was, between the claims of the old tranquil yet enthusiastic affections of her youth, and the strange unconfessed dream of absorbing feeling which had swept her soul of late--between the pledges of her tender ignorance, and the fulfilments of a life to which fuller knowledge had come?
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That she, all shy, shrinking, reticent as she was, with the limitations of her peasant pride and incapacity for self-revelation, should attach a last desperate hope to the possibility of enlightenment from some one else’s judgment, was wonderful to herself.
late
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From this reading For how could she lay that tangled question before any one, or unfold her soul? how could any stranger know what her perplexity was, between the claims of the old tranquil yet enthusiastic affections of her youth, and the strange unconfessed dream of absorbing feeling which had swept her soul of late--between the pledges of her tender ignorance, and the fulfilments of a life to which fuller knowledge had come?
lay
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From this reading For how could she lay that tangled question before any one, or unfold her soul? how could any stranger know what her perplexity was, between the claims of the old tranquil yet enthusiastic affections of her youth, and the strange unconfessed dream of absorbing feeling which had swept her soul of late--between the pledges of her tender ignorance, and the fulfilments of a life to which fuller knowledge had come?
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For how could she lay that tangled question before any one, or unfold her soul? how could any stranger know what her perplexity was, between the claims of the old tranquil yet enthusiastic affections of her youth, and the strange unconfessed dream of absorbing feeling which had swept her soul of late--between the pledges of her tender ignorance, and the fulfilments of a life to which fuller knowledge had come?
limitations
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From this reading That she, all shy, shrinking, reticent as she was, with the limitations of her peasant pride and incapacity for self-revelation, should attach a last desperate hope to the possibility of enlightenment from some one else’s judgment, was wonderful to herself.
longing
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From this reading And yet there came a longing over her which could not be silenced--to ask some one--to make a tribunal for herself, and plead her cause before it, and hear what the oracle would say.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And yet there came a longing over her which could not be silenced--to ask some one--to make a tribunal for herself, and plead her cause before it, and hear what the oracle would say.
neitherdeterminerUS /ˈniːðər/
not one and not the other of two
From this reading She did not herself understand how she had come to stand at this terrible turning-point, or why she should thus be summoned to decide not only her own fate, but that of others; and how could she explain it to strangers who knew nothing, neither how she was bound, nor wherein she was free?
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading She did not herself understand how she had come to stand at this terrible turning-point, or why she should thus be summoned to decide not only her own fate, but that of others; and how could she explain it to strangers who knew nothing, neither how she was bound, nor wherein she was free?
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Joyce had to come to a resolution at which she herself wondered, in forlorn helplessness, as if some other being within her had decided upon it and not she.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading She did not herself understand how she had come to stand at this terrible turning-point, or why she should thus be summoned to decide not only her own fate, but that of others; and how could she explain it to strangers who knew nothing, neither how she was bound, nor wherein she was free?
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading That she, all shy, shrinking, reticent as she was, with the limitations of her peasant pride and incapacity for self-revelation, should attach a last desperate hope to the possibility of enlightenment from some one else’s judgment, was wonderful to herself.
old
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From this reading For how could she lay that tangled question before any one, or unfold her soul? how could any stranger know what her perplexity was, between the claims of the old tranquil yet enthusiastic affections of her youth, and the strange unconfessed dream of absorbing feeling which had swept her soul of late--between the pledges of her tender ignorance, and the fulfilments of a life to which fuller knowledge had come?
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading That she, all shy, shrinking, reticent as she was, with the limitations of her peasant pride and incapacity for self-revelation, should attach a last desperate hope to the possibility of enlightenment from some one else’s judgment, was wonderful to herself.
only
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From this reading She did not herself understand how she had come to stand at this terrible turning-point, or why she should thus be summoned to decide not only her own fate, but that of others; and how could she explain it to strangers who knew nothing, neither how she was bound, nor wherein she was free?
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading For how could she lay that tangled question before any one, or unfold her soul? how could any stranger know what her perplexity was, between the claims of the old tranquil yet enthusiastic affections of her youth, and the strange unconfessed dream of absorbing feeling which had swept her soul of late--between the pledges of her tender ignorance, and the fulfilments of a life to which fuller knowledge had come?
oracle
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From this reading And yet there came a longing over her which could not be silenced--to ask some one--to make a tribunal for herself, and plead her cause before it, and hear what the oracle would say.
other
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From this reading Joyce had to come to a resolution at which she herself wondered, in forlorn helplessness, as if some other being within her had decided upon it and not she.
others
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From this reading She did not herself understand how she had come to stand at this terrible turning-point, or why she should thus be summoned to decide not only her own fate, but that of others; and how could she explain it to strangers who knew nothing, neither how she was bound, nor wherein she was free?
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading And yet there came a longing over her which could not be silenced--to ask some one--to make a tribunal for herself, and plead her cause before it, and hear what the oracle would say.
own
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From this reading She did not herself understand how she had come to stand at this terrible turning-point, or why she should thus be summoned to decide not only her own fate, but that of others; and how could she explain it to strangers who knew nothing, neither how she was bound, nor wherein she was free?
peasant
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From this reading That she, all shy, shrinking, reticent as she was, with the limitations of her peasant pride and incapacity for self-revelation, should attach a last desperate hope to the possibility of enlightenment from some one else’s judgment, was wonderful to herself.
perplexity
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From this reading For how could she lay that tangled question before any one, or unfold her soul? how could any stranger know what her perplexity was, between the claims of the old tranquil yet enthusiastic affections of her youth, and the strange unconfessed dream of absorbing feeling which had swept her soul of late--between the pledges of her tender ignorance, and the fulfilments of a life to which fuller knowledge had come?
plead
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From this reading And yet there came a longing over her which could not be silenced--to ask some one--to make a tribunal for herself, and plead her cause before it, and hear what the oracle would say.
pledges
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From this reading For how could she lay that tangled question before any one, or unfold her soul? how could any stranger know what her perplexity was, between the claims of the old tranquil yet enthusiastic affections of her youth, and the strange unconfessed dream of absorbing feeling which had swept her soul of late--between the pledges of her tender ignorance, and the fulfilments of a life to which fuller knowledge had come?
possibility
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From this reading That she, all shy, shrinking, reticent as she was, with the limitations of her peasant pride and incapacity for self-revelation, should attach a last desperate hope to the possibility of enlightenment from some one else’s judgment, was wonderful to herself.
pride
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From this reading That she, all shy, shrinking, reticent as she was, with the limitations of her peasant pride and incapacity for self-revelation, should attach a last desperate hope to the possibility of enlightenment from some one else’s judgment, was wonderful to herself.
questionnounUS /ˈquestion/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading For how could she lay that tangled question before any one, or unfold her soul? how could any stranger know what her perplexity was, between the claims of the old tranquil yet enthusiastic affections of her youth, and the strange unconfessed dream of absorbing feeling which had swept her soul of late--between the pledges of her tender ignorance, and the fulfilments of a life to which fuller knowledge had come?
resolution
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From this reading Joyce had to come to a resolution at which she herself wondered, in forlorn helplessness, as if some other being within her had decided upon it and not she.
reticent
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From this reading That she, all shy, shrinking, reticent as she was, with the limitations of her peasant pride and incapacity for self-revelation, should attach a last desperate hope to the possibility of enlightenment from some one else’s judgment, was wonderful to herself.
say
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From this reading And yet there came a longing over her which could not be silenced--to ask some one--to make a tribunal for herself, and plead her cause before it, and hear what the oracle would say.
self-revelation
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From this reading That she, all shy, shrinking, reticent as she was, with the limitations of her peasant pride and incapacity for self-revelation, should attach a last desperate hope to the possibility of enlightenment from some one else’s judgment, was wonderful to herself.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Joyce had to come to a resolution at which she herself wondered, in forlorn helplessness, as if some other being within her had decided upon it and not she.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading That she, all shy, shrinking, reticent as she was, with the limitations of her peasant pride and incapacity for self-revelation, should attach a last desperate hope to the possibility of enlightenment from some one else’s judgment, was wonderful to herself.
shrinking
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From this reading That she, all shy, shrinking, reticent as she was, with the limitations of her peasant pride and incapacity for self-revelation, should attach a last desperate hope to the possibility of enlightenment from some one else’s judgment, was wonderful to herself.
shy
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From this reading That she, all shy, shrinking, reticent as she was, with the limitations of her peasant pride and incapacity for self-revelation, should attach a last desperate hope to the possibility of enlightenment from some one else’s judgment, was wonderful to herself.
silenced
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From this reading And yet there came a longing over her which could not be silenced--to ask some one--to make a tribunal for herself, and plead her cause before it, and hear what the oracle would say.
some
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From this reading Joyce had to come to a resolution at which she herself wondered, in forlorn helplessness, as if some other being within her had decided upon it and not she.
soul
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From this reading For how could she lay that tangled question before any one, or unfold her soul? how could any stranger know what her perplexity was, between the claims of the old tranquil yet enthusiastic affections of her youth, and the strange unconfessed dream of absorbing feeling which had swept her soul of late--between the pledges of her tender ignorance, and the fulfilments of a life to which fuller knowledge had come?
stand
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From this reading She did not herself understand how she had come to stand at this terrible turning-point, or why she should thus be summoned to decide not only her own fate, but that of others; and how could she explain it to strangers who knew nothing, neither how she was bound, nor wherein she was free?
strange
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From this reading For how could she lay that tangled question before any one, or unfold her soul? how could any stranger know what her perplexity was, between the claims of the old tranquil yet enthusiastic affections of her youth, and the strange unconfessed dream of absorbing feeling which had swept her soul of late--between the pledges of her tender ignorance, and the fulfilments of a life to which fuller knowledge had come?
stranger
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From this reading For how could she lay that tangled question before any one, or unfold her soul? how could any stranger know what her perplexity was, between the claims of the old tranquil yet enthusiastic affections of her youth, and the strange unconfessed dream of absorbing feeling which had swept her soul of late--between the pledges of her tender ignorance, and the fulfilments of a life to which fuller knowledge had come?
strangers
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From this reading She did not herself understand how she had come to stand at this terrible turning-point, or why she should thus be summoned to decide not only her own fate, but that of others; and how could she explain it to strangers who knew nothing, neither how she was bound, nor wherein she was free?
summoned
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From this reading She did not herself understand how she had come to stand at this terrible turning-point, or why she should thus be summoned to decide not only her own fate, but that of others; and how could she explain it to strangers who knew nothing, neither how she was bound, nor wherein she was free?
swept
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From this reading For how could she lay that tangled question before any one, or unfold her soul? how could any stranger know what her perplexity was, between the claims of the old tranquil yet enthusiastic affections of her youth, and the strange unconfessed dream of absorbing feeling which had swept her soul of late--between the pledges of her tender ignorance, and the fulfilments of a life to which fuller knowledge had come?
tangled
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From this reading For how could she lay that tangled question before any one, or unfold her soul? how could any stranger know what her perplexity was, between the claims of the old tranquil yet enthusiastic affections of her youth, and the strange unconfessed dream of absorbing feeling which had swept her soul of late--between the pledges of her tender ignorance, and the fulfilments of a life to which fuller knowledge had come?
tender
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From this reading For how could she lay that tangled question before any one, or unfold her soul? how could any stranger know what her perplexity was, between the claims of the old tranquil yet enthusiastic affections of her youth, and the strange unconfessed dream of absorbing feeling which had swept her soul of late--between the pledges of her tender ignorance, and the fulfilments of a life to which fuller knowledge had come?
terriblenounUS /ˈterrible/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading She did not herself understand how she had come to stand at this terrible turning-point, or why she should thus be summoned to decide not only her own fate, but that of others; and how could she explain it to strangers who knew nothing, neither how she was bound, nor wherein she was free?
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That she, all shy, shrinking, reticent as she was, with the limitations of her peasant pride and incapacity for self-revelation, should attach a last desperate hope to the possibility of enlightenment from some one else’s judgment, was wonderful to herself.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading That she, all shy, shrinking, reticent as she was, with the limitations of her peasant pride and incapacity for self-revelation, should attach a last desperate hope to the possibility of enlightenment from some one else’s judgment, was wonderful to herself.
there
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From this reading And yet there came a longing over her which could not be silenced--to ask some one--to make a tribunal for herself, and plead her cause before it, and hear what the oracle would say.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading She did not herself understand how she had come to stand at this terrible turning-point, or why she should thus be summoned to decide not only her own fate, but that of others; and how could she explain it to strangers who knew nothing, neither how she was bound, nor wherein she was free?
thus
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From this reading She did not herself understand how she had come to stand at this terrible turning-point, or why she should thus be summoned to decide not only her own fate, but that of others; and how could she explain it to strangers who knew nothing, neither how she was bound, nor wherein she was free?
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Joyce had to come to a resolution at which she herself wondered, in forlorn helplessness, as if some other being within her had decided upon it and not she.
tranquil
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From this reading For how could she lay that tangled question before any one, or unfold her soul? how could any stranger know what her perplexity was, between the claims of the old tranquil yet enthusiastic affections of her youth, and the strange unconfessed dream of absorbing feeling which had swept her soul of late--between the pledges of her tender ignorance, and the fulfilments of a life to which fuller knowledge had come?
tribunal
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From this reading And yet there came a longing over her which could not be silenced--to ask some one--to make a tribunal for herself, and plead her cause before it, and hear what the oracle would say.
turning-point
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From this reading She did not herself understand how she had come to stand at this terrible turning-point, or why she should thus be summoned to decide not only her own fate, but that of others; and how could she explain it to strangers who knew nothing, neither how she was bound, nor wherein she was free?
unconfessed
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From this reading For how could she lay that tangled question before any one, or unfold her soul? how could any stranger know what her perplexity was, between the claims of the old tranquil yet enthusiastic affections of her youth, and the strange unconfessed dream of absorbing feeling which had swept her soul of late--between the pledges of her tender ignorance, and the fulfilments of a life to which fuller knowledge had come?
understandnounUS /understand/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She did not herself understand how she had come to stand at this terrible turning-point, or why she should thus be summoned to decide not only her own fate, but that of others; and how could she explain it to strangers who knew nothing, neither how she was bound, nor wherein she was free?
unfold
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From this reading For how could she lay that tangled question before any one, or unfold her soul? how could any stranger know what her perplexity was, between the claims of the old tranquil yet enthusiastic affections of her youth, and the strange unconfessed dream of absorbing feeling which had swept her soul of late--between the pledges of her tender ignorance, and the fulfilments of a life to which fuller knowledge had come?
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Joyce had to come to a resolution at which she herself wondered, in forlorn helplessness, as if some other being within her had decided upon it and not she.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That she, all shy, shrinking, reticent as she was, with the limitations of her peasant pride and incapacity for self-revelation, should attach a last desperate hope to the possibility of enlightenment from some one else’s judgment, was wonderful to herself.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading For how could she lay that tangled question before any one, or unfold her soul? how could any stranger know what her perplexity was, between the claims of the old tranquil yet enthusiastic affections of her youth, and the strange unconfessed dream of absorbing feeling which had swept her soul of late--between the pledges of her tender ignorance, and the fulfilments of a life to which fuller knowledge had come?
wherein
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From this reading She did not herself understand how she had come to stand at this terrible turning-point, or why she should thus be summoned to decide not only her own fate, but that of others; and how could she explain it to strangers who knew nothing, neither how she was bound, nor wherein she was free?
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Joyce had to come to a resolution at which she herself wondered, in forlorn helplessness, as if some other being within her had decided upon it and not she.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading She did not herself understand how she had come to stand at this terrible turning-point, or why she should thus be summoned to decide not only her own fate, but that of others; and how could she explain it to strangers who knew nothing, neither how she was bound, nor wherein she was free?
why
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From this reading She did not herself understand how she had come to stand at this terrible turning-point, or why she should thus be summoned to decide not only her own fate, but that of others; and how could she explain it to strangers who knew nothing, neither how she was bound, nor wherein she was free?
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading That she, all shy, shrinking, reticent as she was, with the limitations of her peasant pride and incapacity for self-revelation, should attach a last desperate hope to the possibility of enlightenment from some one else’s judgment, was wonderful to herself.
withinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading Joyce had to come to a resolution at which she herself wondered, in forlorn helplessness, as if some other being within her had decided upon it and not she.
wonderednounUS /wondered/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Joyce had to come to a resolution at which she herself wondered, in forlorn helplessness, as if some other being within her had decided upon it and not she.
wonderfulnounUS /ˈwonderful/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading That she, all shy, shrinking, reticent as she was, with the limitations of her peasant pride and incapacity for self-revelation, should attach a last desperate hope to the possibility of enlightenment from some one else’s judgment, was wonderful to herself.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading And yet there came a longing over her which could not be silenced--to ask some one--to make a tribunal for herself, and plead her cause before it, and hear what the oracle would say.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading For how could she lay that tangled question before any one, or unfold her soul? how could any stranger know what her perplexity was, between the claims of the old tranquil yet enthusiastic affections of her youth, and the strange unconfessed dream of absorbing feeling which had swept her soul of late--between the pledges of her tender ignorance, and the fulfilments of a life to which fuller knowledge had come?
youth
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From this reading For how could she lay that tangled question before any one, or unfold her soul? how could any stranger know what her perplexity was, between the claims of the old tranquil yet enthusiastic affections of her youth, and the strange unconfessed dream of absorbing feeling which had swept her soul of late--between the pledges of her tender ignorance, and the fulfilments of a life to which fuller knowledge had come?
