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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 The Earl, without asking any question on the subject, had found that the Solicitor-General thought nothing of that objection which had weighed so heavily on his own mind, as to carrying on his suit with a girl who had been wooed successfully by a tailor.
accomplishment
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From this reading What struggle might be made to prevent the accomplishment of so base a marriage must be effected for the sake of the family, and not on his own special behoof.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading His own spirit rebelled for a while against such condescension.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading What struggle might be made to prevent the accomplishment of so base a marriage must be effected for the sake of the family, and not on his own special behoof.
Anna
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From this reading When Lady Anna had first told him that she had pledged her word to a lover low in the scale of men, the thing had seemed to him to be over.
any
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From this reading The Earl, without asking any question on the subject, had found that the Solicitor-General thought nothing of that objection which had weighed so heavily on his own mind, as to carrying on his suit with a girl who had been wooed successfully by a tailor.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The Earl, without asking any question on the subject, had found that the Solicitor-General thought nothing of that objection which had weighed so heavily on his own mind, as to carrying on his suit with a girl who had been wooed successfully by a tailor.
asking
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From this reading The Earl, without asking any question on the subject, had found that the Solicitor-General thought nothing of that objection which had weighed so heavily on his own mind, as to carrying on his suit with a girl who had been wooed successfully by a tailor.
base
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From this reading What struggle might be made to prevent the accomplishment of so base a marriage must be effected for the sake of the family, and not on his own special behoof.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading When Lady Anna had first told him that she had pledged her word to a lover low in the scale of men, the thing had seemed to him to be over.
BEDFORD
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From this reading BEDFORD SQUARE.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The Earl, without asking any question on the subject, had found that the Solicitor-General thought nothing of that objection which had weighed so heavily on his own mind, as to carrying on his suit with a girl who had been wooed successfully by a tailor.
behoof
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From this reading What struggle might be made to prevent the accomplishment of so base a marriage must be effected for the sake of the family, and not on his own special behoof.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The Earl, without asking any question on the subject, had found that the Solicitor-General thought nothing of that objection which had weighed so heavily on his own mind, as to carrying on his suit with a girl who had been wooed successfully by a tailor.
carrying
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From this reading The Earl, without asking any question on the subject, had found that the Solicitor-General thought nothing of that objection which had weighed so heavily on his own mind, as to carrying on his suit with a girl who had been wooed successfully by a tailor.
condescension
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From this reading His own spirit rebelled for a while against such condescension.
Earl
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From this reading The Earl, without asking any question on the subject, had found that the Solicitor-General thought nothing of that objection which had weighed so heavily on his own mind, as to carrying on his suit with a girl who had been wooed successfully by a tailor.
effected
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From this reading What struggle might be made to prevent the accomplishment of so base a marriage must be effected for the sake of the family, and not on his own special behoof.
family
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From this reading What struggle might be made to prevent the accomplishment of so base a marriage must be effected for the sake of the family, and not on his own special behoof.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When Lady Anna had first told him that she had pledged her word to a lover low in the scale of men, the thing had seemed to him to be over.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading His own spirit rebelled for a while against such condescension.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Earl, without asking any question on the subject, had found that the Solicitor-General thought nothing of that objection which had weighed so heavily on his own mind, as to carrying on his suit with a girl who had been wooed successfully by a tailor.
girl
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From this reading The Earl, without asking any question on the subject, had found that the Solicitor-General thought nothing of that objection which had weighed so heavily on his own mind, as to carrying on his suit with a girl who had been wooed successfully by a tailor.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The Earl, without asking any question on the subject, had found that the Solicitor-General thought nothing of that objection which had weighed so heavily on his own mind, as to carrying on his suit with a girl who had been wooed successfully by a tailor.
heavily
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From this reading The Earl, without asking any question on the subject, had found that the Solicitor-General thought nothing of that objection which had weighed so heavily on his own mind, as to carrying on his suit with a girl who had been wooed successfully by a tailor.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading When Lady Anna had first told him that she had pledged her word to a lover low in the scale of men, the thing had seemed to him to be over.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading When Lady Anna had first told him that she had pledged her word to a lover low in the scale of men, the thing had seemed to him to be over.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The Earl, without asking any question on the subject, had found that the Solicitor-General thought nothing of that objection which had weighed so heavily on his own mind, as to carrying on his suit with a girl who had been wooed successfully by a tailor.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading When Lady Anna had first told him that she had pledged her word to a lover low in the scale of men, the thing had seemed to him to be over.
Lady
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From this reading When Lady Anna had first told him that she had pledged her word to a lover low in the scale of men, the thing had seemed to him to be over.
lover
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From this reading When Lady Anna had first told him that she had pledged her word to a lover low in the scale of men, the thing had seemed to him to be over.
low
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From this reading When Lady Anna had first told him that she had pledged her word to a lover low in the scale of men, the thing had seemed to him to be over.
made
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From this reading What struggle might be made to prevent the accomplishment of so base a marriage must be effected for the sake of the family, and not on his own special behoof.
marriage
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From this reading What struggle might be made to prevent the accomplishment of so base a marriage must be effected for the sake of the family, and not on his own special behoof.
men
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From this reading When Lady Anna had first told him that she had pledged her word to a lover low in the scale of men, the thing had seemed to him to be over.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading What struggle might be made to prevent the accomplishment of so base a marriage must be effected for the sake of the family, and not on his own special behoof.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Earl, without asking any question on the subject, had found that the Solicitor-General thought nothing of that objection which had weighed so heavily on his own mind, as to carrying on his suit with a girl who had been wooed successfully by a tailor.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading What struggle might be made to prevent the accomplishment of so base a marriage must be effected for the sake of the family, and not on his own special behoof.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading What struggle might be made to prevent the accomplishment of so base a marriage must be effected for the sake of the family, and not on his own special behoof.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading The Earl, without asking any question on the subject, had found that the Solicitor-General thought nothing of that objection which had weighed so heavily on his own mind, as to carrying on his suit with a girl who had been wooed successfully by a tailor.
objection
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From this reading The Earl, without asking any question on the subject, had found that the Solicitor-General thought nothing of that objection which had weighed so heavily on his own mind, as to carrying on his suit with a girl who had been wooed successfully by a tailor.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Earl, without asking any question on the subject, had found that the Solicitor-General thought nothing of that objection which had weighed so heavily on his own mind, as to carrying on his suit with a girl who had been wooed successfully by a tailor.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The Earl, without asking any question on the subject, had found that the Solicitor-General thought nothing of that objection which had weighed so heavily on his own mind, as to carrying on his suit with a girl who had been wooed successfully by a tailor.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading When Lady Anna had first told him that she had pledged her word to a lover low in the scale of men, the thing had seemed to him to be over.
own
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From this reading The Earl, without asking any question on the subject, had found that the Solicitor-General thought nothing of that objection which had weighed so heavily on his own mind, as to carrying on his suit with a girl who had been wooed successfully by a tailor.
pledged
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From this reading When Lady Anna had first told him that she had pledged her word to a lover low in the scale of men, the thing had seemed to him to be over.
prevent
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From this reading What struggle might be made to prevent the accomplishment of so base a marriage must be effected for the sake of the family, and not on his own special behoof.
questionnounUS /ˈquestion/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The Earl, without asking any question on the subject, had found that the Solicitor-General thought nothing of that objection which had weighed so heavily on his own mind, as to carrying on his suit with a girl who had been wooed successfully by a tailor.
rebelled
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From this reading His own spirit rebelled for a while against such condescension.
sake
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From this reading What struggle might be made to prevent the accomplishment of so base a marriage must be effected for the sake of the family, and not on his own special behoof.
scale
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From this reading When Lady Anna had first told him that she had pledged her word to a lover low in the scale of men, the thing had seemed to him to be over.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When Lady Anna had first told him that she had pledged her word to a lover low in the scale of men, the thing had seemed to him to be over.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When Lady Anna had first told him that she had pledged her word to a lover low in the scale of men, the thing had seemed to him to be over.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The Earl, without asking any question on the subject, had found that the Solicitor-General thought nothing of that objection which had weighed so heavily on his own mind, as to carrying on his suit with a girl who had been wooed successfully by a tailor.
Solicitor-General
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From this reading The Earl, without asking any question on the subject, had found that the Solicitor-General thought nothing of that objection which had weighed so heavily on his own mind, as to carrying on his suit with a girl who had been wooed successfully by a tailor.
special
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From this reading What struggle might be made to prevent the accomplishment of so base a marriage must be effected for the sake of the family, and not on his own special behoof.
spirit
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From this reading His own spirit rebelled for a while against such condescension.
SQUARE
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From this reading BEDFORD SQUARE.
struggle
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From this reading What struggle might be made to prevent the accomplishment of so base a marriage must be effected for the sake of the family, and not on his own special behoof.
subject
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From this reading The Earl, without asking any question on the subject, had found that the Solicitor-General thought nothing of that objection which had weighed so heavily on his own mind, as to carrying on his suit with a girl who had been wooed successfully by a tailor.
successfully
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From this reading The Earl, without asking any question on the subject, had found that the Solicitor-General thought nothing of that objection which had weighed so heavily on his own mind, as to carrying on his suit with a girl who had been wooed successfully by a tailor.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading His own spirit rebelled for a while against such condescension.
suit
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From this reading The Earl, without asking any question on the subject, had found that the Solicitor-General thought nothing of that objection which had weighed so heavily on his own mind, as to carrying on his suit with a girl who had been wooed successfully by a tailor.
tailor
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From this reading The Earl, without asking any question on the subject, had found that the Solicitor-General thought nothing of that objection which had weighed so heavily on his own mind, as to carrying on his suit with a girl who had been wooed successfully by a tailor.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The Earl, without asking any question on the subject, had found that the Solicitor-General thought nothing of that objection which had weighed so heavily on his own mind, as to carrying on his suit with a girl who had been wooed successfully by a tailor.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Earl, without asking any question on the subject, had found that the Solicitor-General thought nothing of that objection which had weighed so heavily on his own mind, as to carrying on his suit with a girl who had been wooed successfully by a tailor.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When Lady Anna had first told him that she had pledged her word to a lover low in the scale of men, the thing had seemed to him to be over.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Earl, without asking any question on the subject, had found that the Solicitor-General thought nothing of that objection which had weighed so heavily on his own mind, as to carrying on his suit with a girl who had been wooed successfully by a tailor.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The Earl, without asking any question on the subject, had found that the Solicitor-General thought nothing of that objection which had weighed so heavily on his own mind, as to carrying on his suit with a girl who had been wooed successfully by a tailor.
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When Lady Anna had first told him that she had pledged her word to a lover low in the scale of men, the thing had seemed to him to be over.
weighednounUS /ˈweighed/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The Earl, without asking any question on the subject, had found that the Solicitor-General thought nothing of that objection which had weighed so heavily on his own mind, as to carrying on his suit with a girl who had been wooed successfully by a tailor.
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What struggle might be made to prevent the accomplishment of so base a marriage must be effected for the sake of the family, and not on his own special behoof.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When Lady Anna had first told him that she had pledged her word to a lover low in the scale of men, the thing had seemed to him to be over.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The Earl, without asking any question on the subject, had found that the Solicitor-General thought nothing of that objection which had weighed so heavily on his own mind, as to carrying on his suit with a girl who had been wooed successfully by a tailor.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading His own spirit rebelled for a while against such condescension.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading The Earl, without asking any question on the subject, had found that the Solicitor-General thought nothing of that objection which had weighed so heavily on his own mind, as to carrying on his suit with a girl who had been wooed successfully by a tailor.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The Earl, without asking any question on the subject, had found that the Solicitor-General thought nothing of that objection which had weighed so heavily on his own mind, as to carrying on his suit with a girl who had been wooed successfully by a tailor.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading The Earl, without asking any question on the subject, had found that the Solicitor-General thought nothing of that objection which had weighed so heavily on his own mind, as to carrying on his suit with a girl who had been wooed successfully by a tailor.
wooed
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From this reading The Earl, without asking any question on the subject, had found that the Solicitor-General thought nothing of that objection which had weighed so heavily on his own mind, as to carrying on his suit with a girl who had been wooed successfully by a tailor.
word
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From this reading When Lady Anna had first told him that she had pledged her word to a lover low in the scale of men, the thing had seemed to him to be over.
