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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 Perhaps I found myself a little in that dilemma which---I trust all fair ladies will pardon the avowal--is not uncommon among men--_loving two women at once_--'a way we often have in the army,' as Belton would say.
all
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From this reading Perhaps I found myself a little in that dilemma which---I trust all fair ladies will pardon the avowal--is not uncommon among men--_loving two women at once_--'a way we often have in the army,' as Belton would say.
allurements
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From this reading Was it the old love for her that could not be crushed, or the new love for my beautiful Oriental that I could but imperfectly comprehend, and which had so much of stirring novelty and imminent danger among its chief allurements?
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading Was it the old love for her that could not be crushed, or the new love for my beautiful Oriental that I could but imperfectly comprehend, and which had so much of stirring novelty and imminent danger among its chief allurements?
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading When remembering Laura Everingham and the pleasant days of other times, I sighed with mingled regret and bitterness.
army
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From this reading Perhaps I found myself a little in that dilemma which---I trust all fair ladies will pardon the avowal--is not uncommon among men--_loving two women at once_--'a way we often have in the army,' as Belton would say.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Perhaps I found myself a little in that dilemma which---I trust all fair ladies will pardon the avowal--is not uncommon among men--_loving two women at once_--'a way we often have in the army,' as Belton would say.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Perhaps I found myself a little in that dilemma which---I trust all fair ladies will pardon the avowal--is not uncommon among men--_loving two women at once_--'a way we often have in the army,' as Belton would say.
avowal
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From this reading Perhaps I found myself a little in that dilemma which---I trust all fair ladies will pardon the avowal--is not uncommon among men--_loving two women at once_--'a way we often have in the army,' as Belton would say.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Was it the old love for her that could not be crushed, or the new love for my beautiful Oriental that I could but imperfectly comprehend, and which had so much of stirring novelty and imminent danger among its chief allurements?
beautiful
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From this reading Was it the old love for her that could not be crushed, or the new love for my beautiful Oriental that I could but imperfectly comprehend, and which had so much of stirring novelty and imminent danger among its chief allurements?
Belton
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bitterness
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From this reading When remembering Laura Everingham and the pleasant days of other times, I sighed with mingled regret and bitterness.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Was it the old love for her that could not be crushed, or the new love for my beautiful Oriental that I could but imperfectly comprehend, and which had so much of stirring novelty and imminent danger among its chief allurements?
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The new passion which had seized me was certainly strengthened by a sentiment of pique at Laura (oh, Laura, I could love you still!); yet this passion, improper, unwarrantable, name it as you will, friend reader, for this beautiful and too facile Moslem, filled all my heart and fired my imagination with a thousand romantic fancies.
certainly
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From this reading The new passion which had seized me was certainly strengthened by a sentiment of pique at Laura (oh, Laura, I could love you still!); yet this passion, improper, unwarrantable, name it as you will, friend reader, for this beautiful and too facile Moslem, filled all my heart and fired my imagination with a thousand romantic fancies.
chief
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From this reading Was it the old love for her that could not be crushed, or the new love for my beautiful Oriental that I could but imperfectly comprehend, and which had so much of stirring novelty and imminent danger among its chief allurements?
comprehend
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From this reading Was it the old love for her that could not be crushed, or the new love for my beautiful Oriental that I could but imperfectly comprehend, and which had so much of stirring novelty and imminent danger among its chief allurements?
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Was it the old love for her that could not be crushed, or the new love for my beautiful Oriental that I could but imperfectly comprehend, and which had so much of stirring novelty and imminent danger among its chief allurements?
crushed
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danger
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From this reading Was it the old love for her that could not be crushed, or the new love for my beautiful Oriental that I could but imperfectly comprehend, and which had so much of stirring novelty and imminent danger among its chief allurements?
days
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From this reading When remembering Laura Everingham and the pleasant days of other times, I sighed with mingled regret and bitterness.
dilemma
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From this reading Perhaps I found myself a little in that dilemma which---I trust all fair ladies will pardon the avowal--is not uncommon among men--_loving two women at once_--'a way we often have in the army,' as Belton would say.
Everingham
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From this reading When remembering Laura Everingham and the pleasant days of other times, I sighed with mingled regret and bitterness.
facile
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From this reading The new passion which had seized me was certainly strengthened by a sentiment of pique at Laura (oh, Laura, I could love you still!); yet this passion, improper, unwarrantable, name it as you will, friend reader, for this beautiful and too facile Moslem, filled all my heart and fired my imagination with a thousand romantic fancies.
fairnounUS /fair/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Perhaps I found myself a little in that dilemma which---I trust all fair ladies will pardon the avowal--is not uncommon among men--_loving two women at once_--'a way we often have in the army,' as Belton would say.
fancies
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From this reading The new passion which had seized me was certainly strengthened by a sentiment of pique at Laura (oh, Laura, I could love you still!); yet this passion, improper, unwarrantable, name it as you will, friend reader, for this beautiful and too facile Moslem, filled all my heart and fired my imagination with a thousand romantic fancies.
filled
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From this reading The new passion which had seized me was certainly strengthened by a sentiment of pique at Laura (oh, Laura, I could love you still!); yet this passion, improper, unwarrantable, name it as you will, friend reader, for this beautiful and too facile Moslem, filled all my heart and fired my imagination with a thousand romantic fancies.
fired
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From this reading The new passion which had seized me was certainly strengthened by a sentiment of pique at Laura (oh, Laura, I could love you still!); yet this passion, improper, unwarrantable, name it as you will, friend reader, for this beautiful and too facile Moslem, filled all my heart and fired my imagination with a thousand romantic fancies.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Was it the old love for her that could not be crushed, or the new love for my beautiful Oriental that I could but imperfectly comprehend, and which had so much of stirring novelty and imminent danger among its chief allurements?
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Perhaps I found myself a little in that dilemma which---I trust all fair ladies will pardon the avowal--is not uncommon among men--_loving two women at once_--'a way we often have in the army,' as Belton would say.
friend
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From this reading The new passion which had seized me was certainly strengthened by a sentiment of pique at Laura (oh, Laura, I could love you still!); yet this passion, improper, unwarrantable, name it as you will, friend reader, for this beautiful and too facile Moslem, filled all my heart and fired my imagination with a thousand romantic fancies.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Was it the old love for her that could not be crushed, or the new love for my beautiful Oriental that I could but imperfectly comprehend, and which had so much of stirring novelty and imminent danger among its chief allurements?
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Perhaps I found myself a little in that dilemma which---I trust all fair ladies will pardon the avowal--is not uncommon among men--_loving two women at once_--'a way we often have in the army,' as Belton would say.
heart
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From this reading The new passion which had seized me was certainly strengthened by a sentiment of pique at Laura (oh, Laura, I could love you still!); yet this passion, improper, unwarrantable, name it as you will, friend reader, for this beautiful and too facile Moslem, filled all my heart and fired my imagination with a thousand romantic fancies.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Was it the old love for her that could not be crushed, or the new love for my beautiful Oriental that I could but imperfectly comprehend, and which had so much of stirring novelty and imminent danger among its chief allurements?
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I SCALE THE WINDOW.
imagination
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From this reading The new passion which had seized me was certainly strengthened by a sentiment of pique at Laura (oh, Laura, I could love you still!); yet this passion, improper, unwarrantable, name it as you will, friend reader, for this beautiful and too facile Moslem, filled all my heart and fired my imagination with a thousand romantic fancies.
imminent
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From this reading Was it the old love for her that could not be crushed, or the new love for my beautiful Oriental that I could but imperfectly comprehend, and which had so much of stirring novelty and imminent danger among its chief allurements?
imperfectly
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improper
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From this reading The new passion which had seized me was certainly strengthened by a sentiment of pique at Laura (oh, Laura, I could love you still!); yet this passion, improper, unwarrantable, name it as you will, friend reader, for this beautiful and too facile Moslem, filled all my heart and fired my imagination with a thousand romantic fancies.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Perhaps I found myself a little in that dilemma which---I trust all fair ladies will pardon the avowal--is not uncommon among men--_loving two women at once_--'a way we often have in the army,' as Belton would say.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Perhaps I found myself a little in that dilemma which---I trust all fair ladies will pardon the avowal--is not uncommon among men--_loving two women at once_--'a way we often have in the army,' as Belton would say.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Was it the old love for her that could not be crushed, or the new love for my beautiful Oriental that I could but imperfectly comprehend, and which had so much of stirring novelty and imminent danger among its chief allurements?
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Was it the old love for her that could not be crushed, or the new love for my beautiful Oriental that I could but imperfectly comprehend, and which had so much of stirring novelty and imminent danger among its chief allurements?
ladies
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From this reading Perhaps I found myself a little in that dilemma which---I trust all fair ladies will pardon the avowal--is not uncommon among men--_loving two women at once_--'a way we often have in the army,' as Belton would say.
Laura
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From this reading When remembering Laura Everingham and the pleasant days of other times, I sighed with mingled regret and bitterness.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Perhaps I found myself a little in that dilemma which---I trust all fair ladies will pardon the avowal--is not uncommon among men--_loving two women at once_--'a way we often have in the army,' as Belton would say.
love
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From this reading Was it the old love for her that could not be crushed, or the new love for my beautiful Oriental that I could but imperfectly comprehend, and which had so much of stirring novelty and imminent danger among its chief allurements?
loving
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From this reading Perhaps I found myself a little in that dilemma which---I trust all fair ladies will pardon the avowal--is not uncommon among men--_loving two women at once_--'a way we often have in the army,' as Belton would say.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The new passion which had seized me was certainly strengthened by a sentiment of pique at Laura (oh, Laura, I could love you still!); yet this passion, improper, unwarrantable, name it as you will, friend reader, for this beautiful and too facile Moslem, filled all my heart and fired my imagination with a thousand romantic fancies.
men
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From this reading Perhaps I found myself a little in that dilemma which---I trust all fair ladies will pardon the avowal--is not uncommon among men--_loving two women at once_--'a way we often have in the army,' as Belton would say.
mingled
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From this reading When remembering Laura Everingham and the pleasant days of other times, I sighed with mingled regret and bitterness.
Moslem
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From this reading The new passion which had seized me was certainly strengthened by a sentiment of pique at Laura (oh, Laura, I could love you still!); yet this passion, improper, unwarrantable, name it as you will, friend reader, for this beautiful and too facile Moslem, filled all my heart and fired my imagination with a thousand romantic fancies.
much
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From this reading Was it the old love for her that could not be crushed, or the new love for my beautiful Oriental that I could but imperfectly comprehend, and which had so much of stirring novelty and imminent danger among its chief allurements?
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Was it the old love for her that could not be crushed, or the new love for my beautiful Oriental that I could but imperfectly comprehend, and which had so much of stirring novelty and imminent danger among its chief allurements?
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading Perhaps I found myself a little in that dilemma which---I trust all fair ladies will pardon the avowal--is not uncommon among men--_loving two women at once_--'a way we often have in the army,' as Belton would say.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The new passion which had seized me was certainly strengthened by a sentiment of pique at Laura (oh, Laura, I could love you still!); yet this passion, improper, unwarrantable, name it as you will, friend reader, for this beautiful and too facile Moslem, filled all my heart and fired my imagination with a thousand romantic fancies.
new
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From this reading Was it the old love for her that could not be crushed, or the new love for my beautiful Oriental that I could but imperfectly comprehend, and which had so much of stirring novelty and imminent danger among its chief allurements?
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Was it the old love for her that could not be crushed, or the new love for my beautiful Oriental that I could but imperfectly comprehend, and which had so much of stirring novelty and imminent danger among its chief allurements?
novelty
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From this reading Was it the old love for her that could not be crushed, or the new love for my beautiful Oriental that I could but imperfectly comprehend, and which had so much of stirring novelty and imminent danger among its chief allurements?
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading When remembering Laura Everingham and the pleasant days of other times, I sighed with mingled regret and bitterness.
often
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From this reading Perhaps I found myself a little in that dilemma which---I trust all fair ladies will pardon the avowal--is not uncommon among men--_loving two women at once_--'a way we often have in the army,' as Belton would say.
oh
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From this reading The new passion which had seized me was certainly strengthened by a sentiment of pique at Laura (oh, Laura, I could love you still!); yet this passion, improper, unwarrantable, name it as you will, friend reader, for this beautiful and too facile Moslem, filled all my heart and fired my imagination with a thousand romantic fancies.
old
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From this reading Was it the old love for her that could not be crushed, or the new love for my beautiful Oriental that I could but imperfectly comprehend, and which had so much of stirring novelty and imminent danger among its chief allurements?
once
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From this reading Perhaps I found myself a little in that dilemma which---I trust all fair ladies will pardon the avowal--is not uncommon among men--_loving two women at once_--'a way we often have in the army,' as Belton would say.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Was it the old love for her that could not be crushed, or the new love for my beautiful Oriental that I could but imperfectly comprehend, and which had so much of stirring novelty and imminent danger among its chief allurements?
Oriental
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other
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From this reading When remembering Laura Everingham and the pleasant days of other times, I sighed with mingled regret and bitterness.
pardon
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From this reading Perhaps I found myself a little in that dilemma which---I trust all fair ladies will pardon the avowal--is not uncommon among men--_loving two women at once_--'a way we often have in the army,' as Belton would say.
passion
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From this reading The new passion which had seized me was certainly strengthened by a sentiment of pique at Laura (oh, Laura, I could love you still!); yet this passion, improper, unwarrantable, name it as you will, friend reader, for this beautiful and too facile Moslem, filled all my heart and fired my imagination with a thousand romantic fancies.
Perhaps
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From this reading Perhaps I found myself a little in that dilemma which---I trust all fair ladies will pardon the avowal--is not uncommon among men--_loving two women at once_--'a way we often have in the army,' as Belton would say.
pique
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From this reading The new passion which had seized me was certainly strengthened by a sentiment of pique at Laura (oh, Laura, I could love you still!); yet this passion, improper, unwarrantable, name it as you will, friend reader, for this beautiful and too facile Moslem, filled all my heart and fired my imagination with a thousand romantic fancies.
pleasantnounUS /pleasant/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When remembering Laura Everingham and the pleasant days of other times, I sighed with mingled regret and bitterness.
reader
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From this reading The new passion which had seized me was certainly strengthened by a sentiment of pique at Laura (oh, Laura, I could love you still!); yet this passion, improper, unwarrantable, name it as you will, friend reader, for this beautiful and too facile Moslem, filled all my heart and fired my imagination with a thousand romantic fancies.
regret
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From this reading When remembering Laura Everingham and the pleasant days of other times, I sighed with mingled regret and bitterness.
remembering
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From this reading When remembering Laura Everingham and the pleasant days of other times, I sighed with mingled regret and bitterness.
romantic
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From this reading The new passion which had seized me was certainly strengthened by a sentiment of pique at Laura (oh, Laura, I could love you still!); yet this passion, improper, unwarrantable, name it as you will, friend reader, for this beautiful and too facile Moslem, filled all my heart and fired my imagination with a thousand romantic fancies.
say
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From this reading Perhaps I found myself a little in that dilemma which---I trust all fair ladies will pardon the avowal--is not uncommon among men--_loving two women at once_--'a way we often have in the army,' as Belton would say.
SCALE
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From this reading I SCALE THE WINDOW.
seized
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From this reading The new passion which had seized me was certainly strengthened by a sentiment of pique at Laura (oh, Laura, I could love you still!); yet this passion, improper, unwarrantable, name it as you will, friend reader, for this beautiful and too facile Moslem, filled all my heart and fired my imagination with a thousand romantic fancies.
sentiment
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From this reading The new passion which had seized me was certainly strengthened by a sentiment of pique at Laura (oh, Laura, I could love you still!); yet this passion, improper, unwarrantable, name it as you will, friend reader, for this beautiful and too facile Moslem, filled all my heart and fired my imagination with a thousand romantic fancies.
sighed
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From this reading When remembering Laura Everingham and the pleasant days of other times, I sighed with mingled regret and bitterness.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Was it the old love for her that could not be crushed, or the new love for my beautiful Oriental that I could but imperfectly comprehend, and which had so much of stirring novelty and imminent danger among its chief allurements?
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The new passion which had seized me was certainly strengthened by a sentiment of pique at Laura (oh, Laura, I could love you still!); yet this passion, improper, unwarrantable, name it as you will, friend reader, for this beautiful and too facile Moslem, filled all my heart and fired my imagination with a thousand romantic fancies.
stirring
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From this reading Was it the old love for her that could not be crushed, or the new love for my beautiful Oriental that I could but imperfectly comprehend, and which had so much of stirring novelty and imminent danger among its chief allurements?
strengthened
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From this reading The new passion which had seized me was certainly strengthened by a sentiment of pique at Laura (oh, Laura, I could love you still!); yet this passion, improper, unwarrantable, name it as you will, friend reader, for this beautiful and too facile Moslem, filled all my heart and fired my imagination with a thousand romantic fancies.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Was it the old love for her that could not be crushed, or the new love for my beautiful Oriental that I could but imperfectly comprehend, and which had so much of stirring novelty and imminent danger among its chief allurements?
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I SCALE THE WINDOW.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The new passion which had seized me was certainly strengthened by a sentiment of pique at Laura (oh, Laura, I could love you still!); yet this passion, improper, unwarrantable, name it as you will, friend reader, for this beautiful and too facile Moslem, filled all my heart and fired my imagination with a thousand romantic fancies.
thousand
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From this reading The new passion which had seized me was certainly strengthened by a sentiment of pique at Laura (oh, Laura, I could love you still!); yet this passion, improper, unwarrantable, name it as you will, friend reader, for this beautiful and too facile Moslem, filled all my heart and fired my imagination with a thousand romantic fancies.
times
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From this reading When remembering Laura Everingham and the pleasant days of other times, I sighed with mingled regret and bitterness.
too
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From this reading The new passion which had seized me was certainly strengthened by a sentiment of pique at Laura (oh, Laura, I could love you still!); yet this passion, improper, unwarrantable, name it as you will, friend reader, for this beautiful and too facile Moslem, filled all my heart and fired my imagination with a thousand romantic fancies.
trust
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From this reading Perhaps I found myself a little in that dilemma which---I trust all fair ladies will pardon the avowal--is not uncommon among men--_loving two women at once_--'a way we often have in the army,' as Belton would say.
two
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From this reading Perhaps I found myself a little in that dilemma which---I trust all fair ladies will pardon the avowal--is not uncommon among men--_loving two women at once_--'a way we often have in the army,' as Belton would say.
uncommon
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From this reading Perhaps I found myself a little in that dilemma which---I trust all fair ladies will pardon the avowal--is not uncommon among men--_loving two women at once_--'a way we often have in the army,' as Belton would say.
unwarrantable
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From this reading The new passion which had seized me was certainly strengthened by a sentiment of pique at Laura (oh, Laura, I could love you still!); yet this passion, improper, unwarrantable, name it as you will, friend reader, for this beautiful and too facile Moslem, filled all my heart and fired my imagination with a thousand romantic fancies.
Wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Was it the old love for her that could not be crushed, or the new love for my beautiful Oriental that I could but imperfectly comprehend, and which had so much of stirring novelty and imminent danger among its chief allurements?
way
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From this reading Perhaps I found myself a little in that dilemma which---I trust all fair ladies will pardon the avowal--is not uncommon among men--_loving two women at once_--'a way we often have in the army,' as Belton would say.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Perhaps I found myself a little in that dilemma which---I trust all fair ladies will pardon the avowal--is not uncommon among men--_loving two women at once_--'a way we often have in the army,' as Belton would say.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When remembering Laura Everingham and the pleasant days of other times, I sighed with mingled regret and bitterness.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Was it the old love for her that could not be crushed, or the new love for my beautiful Oriental that I could but imperfectly comprehend, and which had so much of stirring novelty and imminent danger among its chief allurements?
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Perhaps I found myself a little in that dilemma which---I trust all fair ladies will pardon the avowal--is not uncommon among men--_loving two women at once_--'a way we often have in the army,' as Belton would say.
WINDOW
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From this reading I SCALE THE WINDOW.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading When remembering Laura Everingham and the pleasant days of other times, I sighed with mingled regret and bitterness.
women
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From this reading Perhaps I found myself a little in that dilemma which---I trust all fair ladies will pardon the avowal--is not uncommon among men--_loving two women at once_--'a way we often have in the army,' as Belton would say.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Perhaps I found myself a little in that dilemma which---I trust all fair ladies will pardon the avowal--is not uncommon among men--_loving two women at once_--'a way we often have in the army,' as Belton would say.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading The new passion which had seized me was certainly strengthened by a sentiment of pique at Laura (oh, Laura, I could love you still!); yet this passion, improper, unwarrantable, name it as you will, friend reader, for this beautiful and too facile Moslem, filled all my heart and fired my imagination with a thousand romantic fancies.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading The new passion which had seized me was certainly strengthened by a sentiment of pique at Laura (oh, Laura, I could love you still!); yet this passion, improper, unwarrantable, name it as you will, friend reader, for this beautiful and too facile Moslem, filled all my heart and fired my imagination with a thousand romantic fancies.
