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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 “Even thus two friends condemned Embrace and kiss and take a thousand leaves, Loather a hundred times to part than die; Yet now farewell, and farewell Life with thee.”
abstained-from
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From this reading Since there is no longer any barrier of innocence between them, what is there to hinder them from a repetition--a hundred repetitions--of that tasted, and therefore now senselessly abstained-from, ecstasy?
abstinence
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From this reading They see the sophistry dawning in one another’s hungry eyes; and once again their rebel arms half reach out reciprocally across a dwindled interval; but this time, to balance her former misleading of him, salvation--if that bitter abstinence can be called so--comes from her that at first was weakest.
abundantly
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From this reading They look at each other in a sort of terror, with a renewal and immense increase of that fear of their own and each others’ possibilities of frailty, which, looked back upon now, is seen to have been so inadequately weak and so abundantly justified.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading They see the sophistry dawning in one another’s hungry eyes; and once again their rebel arms half reach out reciprocally across a dwindled interval; but this time, to balance her former misleading of him, salvation--if that bitter abstinence can be called so--comes from her that at first was weakest.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They see the sophistry dawning in one another’s hungry eyes; and once again their rebel arms half reach out reciprocally across a dwindled interval; but this time, to balance her former misleading of him, salvation--if that bitter abstinence can be called so--comes from her that at first was weakest.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Even thus two friends condemned Embrace and kiss and take a thousand leaves, Loather a hundred times to part than die; Yet now farewell, and farewell Life with thee.”
another's
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From this reading They see the sophistry dawning in one another’s hungry eyes; and once again their rebel arms half reach out reciprocally across a dwindled interval; but this time, to balance her former misleading of him, salvation--if that bitter abstinence can be called so--comes from her that at first was weakest.
any
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From this reading Since there is no longer any barrier of innocence between them, what is there to hinder them from a repetition--a hundred repetitions--of that tasted, and therefore now senselessly abstained-from, ecstasy?
arms
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From this reading They see the sophistry dawning in one another’s hungry eyes; and once again their rebel arms half reach out reciprocally across a dwindled interval; but this time, to balance her former misleading of him, salvation--if that bitter abstinence can be called so--comes from her that at first was weakest.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading They look at each other in a sort of terror, with a renewal and immense increase of that fear of their own and each others’ possibilities of frailty, which, looked back upon now, is seen to have been so inadequately weak and so abundantly justified.
back
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From this reading They look at each other in a sort of terror, with a renewal and immense increase of that fear of their own and each others’ possibilities of frailty, which, looked back upon now, is seen to have been so inadequately weak and so abundantly justified.
balancenounUS /ˈbalance/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading They see the sophistry dawning in one another’s hungry eyes; and once again their rebel arms half reach out reciprocally across a dwindled interval; but this time, to balance her former misleading of him, salvation--if that bitter abstinence can be called so--comes from her that at first was weakest.
barrier
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From this reading Since there is no longer any barrier of innocence between them, what is there to hinder them from a repetition--a hundred repetitions--of that tasted, and therefore now senselessly abstained-from, ecstasy?
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading What more of guilt can there be in ten or twenty score kisses than in that one which they have drunkenly given and taken?
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading They look at each other in a sort of terror, with a renewal and immense increase of that fear of their own and each others’ possibilities of frailty, which, looked back upon now, is seen to have been so inadequately weak and so abundantly justified.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading Since there is no longer any barrier of innocence between them, what is there to hinder them from a repetition--a hundred repetitions--of that tasted, and therefore now senselessly abstained-from, ecstasy?
bitter
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From this reading They see the sophistry dawning in one another’s hungry eyes; and once again their rebel arms half reach out reciprocally across a dwindled interval; but this time, to balance her former misleading of him, salvation--if that bitter abstinence can be called so--comes from her that at first was weakest.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading They see the sophistry dawning in one another’s hungry eyes; and once again their rebel arms half reach out reciprocally across a dwindled interval; but this time, to balance her former misleading of him, salvation--if that bitter abstinence can be called so--comes from her that at first was weakest.
called
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From this reading They see the sophistry dawning in one another’s hungry eyes; and once again their rebel arms half reach out reciprocally across a dwindled interval; but this time, to balance her former misleading of him, salvation--if that bitter abstinence can be called so--comes from her that at first was weakest.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading What more of guilt can there be in ten or twenty score kisses than in that one which they have drunkenly given and taken?
comes
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From this reading They see the sophistry dawning in one another’s hungry eyes; and once again their rebel arms half reach out reciprocally across a dwindled interval; but this time, to balance her former misleading of him, salvation--if that bitter abstinence can be called so--comes from her that at first was weakest.
condemned
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From this reading “Even thus two friends condemned Embrace and kiss and take a thousand leaves, Loather a hundred times to part than die; Yet now farewell, and farewell Life with thee.”
dawning
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From this reading They see the sophistry dawning in one another’s hungry eyes; and once again their rebel arms half reach out reciprocally across a dwindled interval; but this time, to balance her former misleading of him, salvation--if that bitter abstinence can be called so--comes from her that at first was weakest.
die
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From this reading “Even thus two friends condemned Embrace and kiss and take a thousand leaves, Loather a hundred times to part than die; Yet now farewell, and farewell Life with thee.”
drunkenly
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From this reading What more of guilt can there be in ten or twenty score kisses than in that one which they have drunkenly given and taken?
dwindled
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From this reading They see the sophistry dawning in one another’s hungry eyes; and once again their rebel arms half reach out reciprocally across a dwindled interval; but this time, to balance her former misleading of him, salvation--if that bitter abstinence can be called so--comes from her that at first was weakest.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading They look at each other in a sort of terror, with a renewal and immense increase of that fear of their own and each others’ possibilities of frailty, which, looked back upon now, is seen to have been so inadequately weak and so abundantly justified.
ecstasy
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From this reading Since there is no longer any barrier of innocence between them, what is there to hinder them from a repetition--a hundred repetitions--of that tasted, and therefore now senselessly abstained-from, ecstasy?
Embrace
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From this reading “Even thus two friends condemned Embrace and kiss and take a thousand leaves, Loather a hundred times to part than die; Yet now farewell, and farewell Life with thee.”
EvennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Even thus two friends condemned Embrace and kiss and take a thousand leaves, Loather a hundred times to part than die; Yet now farewell, and farewell Life with thee.”
eyes
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From this reading They see the sophistry dawning in one another’s hungry eyes; and once again their rebel arms half reach out reciprocally across a dwindled interval; but this time, to balance her former misleading of him, salvation--if that bitter abstinence can be called so--comes from her that at first was weakest.
farewell
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From this reading “Even thus two friends condemned Embrace and kiss and take a thousand leaves, Loather a hundred times to part than die; Yet now farewell, and farewell Life with thee.”
fear
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From this reading They look at each other in a sort of terror, with a renewal and immense increase of that fear of their own and each others’ possibilities of frailty, which, looked back upon now, is seen to have been so inadequately weak and so abundantly justified.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They see the sophistry dawning in one another’s hungry eyes; and once again their rebel arms half reach out reciprocally across a dwindled interval; but this time, to balance her former misleading of him, salvation--if that bitter abstinence can be called so--comes from her that at first was weakest.
former
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From this reading They see the sophistry dawning in one another’s hungry eyes; and once again their rebel arms half reach out reciprocally across a dwindled interval; but this time, to balance her former misleading of him, salvation--if that bitter abstinence can be called so--comes from her that at first was weakest.
frailty
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From this reading They look at each other in a sort of terror, with a renewal and immense increase of that fear of their own and each others’ possibilities of frailty, which, looked back upon now, is seen to have been so inadequately weak and so abundantly justified.
friends
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From this reading “Even thus two friends condemned Embrace and kiss and take a thousand leaves, Loather a hundred times to part than die; Yet now farewell, and farewell Life with thee.”
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Since there is no longer any barrier of innocence between them, what is there to hinder them from a repetition--a hundred repetitions--of that tasted, and therefore now senselessly abstained-from, ecstasy?
given
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From this reading What more of guilt can there be in ten or twenty score kisses than in that one which they have drunkenly given and taken?
guilt
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From this reading What more of guilt can there be in ten or twenty score kisses than in that one which they have drunkenly given and taken?
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They see the sophistry dawning in one another’s hungry eyes; and once again their rebel arms half reach out reciprocally across a dwindled interval; but this time, to balance her former misleading of him, salvation--if that bitter abstinence can be called so--comes from her that at first was weakest.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading They look at each other in a sort of terror, with a renewal and immense increase of that fear of their own and each others’ possibilities of frailty, which, looked back upon now, is seen to have been so inadequately weak and so abundantly justified.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading They see the sophistry dawning in one another’s hungry eyes; and once again their rebel arms half reach out reciprocally across a dwindled interval; but this time, to balance her former misleading of him, salvation--if that bitter abstinence can be called so--comes from her that at first was weakest.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading They see the sophistry dawning in one another’s hungry eyes; and once again their rebel arms half reach out reciprocally across a dwindled interval; but this time, to balance her former misleading of him, salvation--if that bitter abstinence can be called so--comes from her that at first was weakest.
hinder
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From this reading Since there is no longer any barrier of innocence between them, what is there to hinder them from a repetition--a hundred repetitions--of that tasted, and therefore now senselessly abstained-from, ecstasy?
hundred
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From this reading “Even thus two friends condemned Embrace and kiss and take a thousand leaves, Loather a hundred times to part than die; Yet now farewell, and farewell Life with thee.”
hungry
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From this reading They see the sophistry dawning in one another’s hungry eyes; and once again their rebel arms half reach out reciprocally across a dwindled interval; but this time, to balance her former misleading of him, salvation--if that bitter abstinence can be called so--comes from her that at first was weakest.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading They see the sophistry dawning in one another’s hungry eyes; and once again their rebel arms half reach out reciprocally across a dwindled interval; but this time, to balance her former misleading of him, salvation--if that bitter abstinence can be called so--comes from her that at first was weakest.
immense
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From this reading They look at each other in a sort of terror, with a renewal and immense increase of that fear of their own and each others’ possibilities of frailty, which, looked back upon now, is seen to have been so inadequately weak and so abundantly justified.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading They look at each other in a sort of terror, with a renewal and immense increase of that fear of their own and each others’ possibilities of frailty, which, looked back upon now, is seen to have been so inadequately weak and so abundantly justified.
inadequately
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From this reading They look at each other in a sort of terror, with a renewal and immense increase of that fear of their own and each others’ possibilities of frailty, which, looked back upon now, is seen to have been so inadequately weak and so abundantly justified.
increase
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From this reading They look at each other in a sort of terror, with a renewal and immense increase of that fear of their own and each others’ possibilities of frailty, which, looked back upon now, is seen to have been so inadequately weak and so abundantly justified.
innocence
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From this reading Since there is no longer any barrier of innocence between them, what is there to hinder them from a repetition--a hundred repetitions--of that tasted, and therefore now senselessly abstained-from, ecstasy?
interval
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From this reading They see the sophistry dawning in one another’s hungry eyes; and once again their rebel arms half reach out reciprocally across a dwindled interval; but this time, to balance her former misleading of him, salvation--if that bitter abstinence can be called so--comes from her that at first was weakest.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading They look at each other in a sort of terror, with a renewal and immense increase of that fear of their own and each others’ possibilities of frailty, which, looked back upon now, is seen to have been so inadequately weak and so abundantly justified.
justified
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From this reading They look at each other in a sort of terror, with a renewal and immense increase of that fear of their own and each others’ possibilities of frailty, which, looked back upon now, is seen to have been so inadequately weak and so abundantly justified.
kiss
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From this reading “Even thus two friends condemned Embrace and kiss and take a thousand leaves, Loather a hundred times to part than die; Yet now farewell, and farewell Life with thee.”
kisses
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From this reading What more of guilt can there be in ten or twenty score kisses than in that one which they have drunkenly given and taken?
leaves
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From this reading “Even thus two friends condemned Embrace and kiss and take a thousand leaves, Loather a hundred times to part than die; Yet now farewell, and farewell Life with thee.”
LifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Even thus two friends condemned Embrace and kiss and take a thousand leaves, Loather a hundred times to part than die; Yet now farewell, and farewell Life with thee.”
Loather
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From this reading “Even thus two friends condemned Embrace and kiss and take a thousand leaves, Loather a hundred times to part than die; Yet now farewell, and farewell Life with thee.”
longer
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From this reading Since there is no longer any barrier of innocence between them, what is there to hinder them from a repetition--a hundred repetitions--of that tasted, and therefore now senselessly abstained-from, ecstasy?
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They look at each other in a sort of terror, with a renewal and immense increase of that fear of their own and each others’ possibilities of frailty, which, looked back upon now, is seen to have been so inadequately weak and so abundantly justified.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They look at each other in a sort of terror, with a renewal and immense increase of that fear of their own and each others’ possibilities of frailty, which, looked back upon now, is seen to have been so inadequately weak and so abundantly justified.
misleading
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From this reading They see the sophistry dawning in one another’s hungry eyes; and once again their rebel arms half reach out reciprocally across a dwindled interval; but this time, to balance her former misleading of him, salvation--if that bitter abstinence can be called so--comes from her that at first was weakest.
more
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From this reading What more of guilt can there be in ten or twenty score kisses than in that one which they have drunkenly given and taken?
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Since there is no longer any barrier of innocence between them, what is there to hinder them from a repetition--a hundred repetitions--of that tasted, and therefore now senselessly abstained-from, ecstasy?
now
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From this reading “Even thus two friends condemned Embrace and kiss and take a thousand leaves, Loather a hundred times to part than die; Yet now farewell, and farewell Life with thee.”
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading They look at each other in a sort of terror, with a renewal and immense increase of that fear of their own and each others’ possibilities of frailty, which, looked back upon now, is seen to have been so inadequately weak and so abundantly justified.
once
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From this reading They see the sophistry dawning in one another’s hungry eyes; and once again their rebel arms half reach out reciprocally across a dwindled interval; but this time, to balance her former misleading of him, salvation--if that bitter abstinence can be called so--comes from her that at first was weakest.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading What more of guilt can there be in ten or twenty score kisses than in that one which they have drunkenly given and taken?
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading What more of guilt can there be in ten or twenty score kisses than in that one which they have drunkenly given and taken?
other
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From this reading They look at each other in a sort of terror, with a renewal and immense increase of that fear of their own and each others’ possibilities of frailty, which, looked back upon now, is seen to have been so inadequately weak and so abundantly justified.
others
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From this reading They look at each other in a sort of terror, with a renewal and immense increase of that fear of their own and each others’ possibilities of frailty, which, looked back upon now, is seen to have been so inadequately weak and so abundantly justified.
out
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From this reading They see the sophistry dawning in one another’s hungry eyes; and once again their rebel arms half reach out reciprocally across a dwindled interval; but this time, to balance her former misleading of him, salvation--if that bitter abstinence can be called so--comes from her that at first was weakest.
own
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From this reading They look at each other in a sort of terror, with a renewal and immense increase of that fear of their own and each others’ possibilities of frailty, which, looked back upon now, is seen to have been so inadequately weak and so abundantly justified.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Even thus two friends condemned Embrace and kiss and take a thousand leaves, Loather a hundred times to part than die; Yet now farewell, and farewell Life with thee.”
possibilities
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From this reading They look at each other in a sort of terror, with a renewal and immense increase of that fear of their own and each others’ possibilities of frailty, which, looked back upon now, is seen to have been so inadequately weak and so abundantly justified.
reach
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From this reading They see the sophistry dawning in one another’s hungry eyes; and once again their rebel arms half reach out reciprocally across a dwindled interval; but this time, to balance her former misleading of him, salvation--if that bitter abstinence can be called so--comes from her that at first was weakest.
rebel
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From this reading They see the sophistry dawning in one another’s hungry eyes; and once again their rebel arms half reach out reciprocally across a dwindled interval; but this time, to balance her former misleading of him, salvation--if that bitter abstinence can be called so--comes from her that at first was weakest.
reciprocally
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From this reading They see the sophistry dawning in one another’s hungry eyes; and once again their rebel arms half reach out reciprocally across a dwindled interval; but this time, to balance her former misleading of him, salvation--if that bitter abstinence can be called so--comes from her that at first was weakest.
renewal
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From this reading They look at each other in a sort of terror, with a renewal and immense increase of that fear of their own and each others’ possibilities of frailty, which, looked back upon now, is seen to have been so inadequately weak and so abundantly justified.
repetition
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From this reading Since there is no longer any barrier of innocence between them, what is there to hinder them from a repetition--a hundred repetitions--of that tasted, and therefore now senselessly abstained-from, ecstasy?
repetitions
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From this reading Since there is no longer any barrier of innocence between them, what is there to hinder them from a repetition--a hundred repetitions--of that tasted, and therefore now senselessly abstained-from, ecstasy?
salvation
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From this reading They see the sophistry dawning in one another’s hungry eyes; and once again their rebel arms half reach out reciprocally across a dwindled interval; but this time, to balance her former misleading of him, salvation--if that bitter abstinence can be called so--comes from her that at first was weakest.
scorenounUS /score/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading What more of guilt can there be in ten or twenty score kisses than in that one which they have drunkenly given and taken?
see
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From this reading They see the sophistry dawning in one another’s hungry eyes; and once again their rebel arms half reach out reciprocally across a dwindled interval; but this time, to balance her former misleading of him, salvation--if that bitter abstinence can be called so--comes from her that at first was weakest.
seen
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From this reading They look at each other in a sort of terror, with a renewal and immense increase of that fear of their own and each others’ possibilities of frailty, which, looked back upon now, is seen to have been so inadequately weak and so abundantly justified.
senselessly
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From this reading Since there is no longer any barrier of innocence between them, what is there to hinder them from a repetition--a hundred repetitions--of that tasted, and therefore now senselessly abstained-from, ecstasy?
SinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Since there is no longer any barrier of innocence between them, what is there to hinder them from a repetition--a hundred repetitions--of that tasted, and therefore now senselessly abstained-from, ecstasy?
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading They look at each other in a sort of terror, with a renewal and immense increase of that fear of their own and each others’ possibilities of frailty, which, looked back upon now, is seen to have been so inadequately weak and so abundantly justified.
sophistry
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From this reading They see the sophistry dawning in one another’s hungry eyes; and once again their rebel arms half reach out reciprocally across a dwindled interval; but this time, to balance her former misleading of him, salvation--if that bitter abstinence can be called so--comes from her that at first was weakest.
sort
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From this reading They look at each other in a sort of terror, with a renewal and immense increase of that fear of their own and each others’ possibilities of frailty, which, looked back upon now, is seen to have been so inadequately weak and so abundantly justified.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Even thus two friends condemned Embrace and kiss and take a thousand leaves, Loather a hundred times to part than die; Yet now farewell, and farewell Life with thee.”
taken
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From this reading What more of guilt can there be in ten or twenty score kisses than in that one which they have drunkenly given and taken?
tasted
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From this reading Since there is no longer any barrier of innocence between them, what is there to hinder them from a repetition--a hundred repetitions--of that tasted, and therefore now senselessly abstained-from, ecstasy?
ten
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From this reading What more of guilt can there be in ten or twenty score kisses than in that one which they have drunkenly given and taken?
terror
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From this reading They look at each other in a sort of terror, with a renewal and immense increase of that fear of their own and each others’ possibilities of frailty, which, looked back upon now, is seen to have been so inadequately weak and so abundantly justified.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading “Even thus two friends condemned Embrace and kiss and take a thousand leaves, Loather a hundred times to part than die; Yet now farewell, and farewell Life with thee.”
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading They look at each other in a sort of terror, with a renewal and immense increase of that fear of their own and each others’ possibilities of frailty, which, looked back upon now, is seen to have been so inadequately weak and so abundantly justified.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading They see the sophistry dawning in one another’s hungry eyes; and once again their rebel arms half reach out reciprocally across a dwindled interval; but this time, to balance her former misleading of him, salvation--if that bitter abstinence can be called so--comes from her that at first was weakest.
theepronounUS /ðiː/
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading “Even thus two friends condemned Embrace and kiss and take a thousand leaves, Loather a hundred times to part than die; Yet now farewell, and farewell Life with thee.”
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading They look at each other in a sort of terror, with a renewal and immense increase of that fear of their own and each others’ possibilities of frailty, which, looked back upon now, is seen to have been so inadequately weak and so abundantly justified.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Since there is no longer any barrier of innocence between them, what is there to hinder them from a repetition--a hundred repetitions--of that tasted, and therefore now senselessly abstained-from, ecstasy?
there
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From this reading Since there is no longer any barrier of innocence between them, what is there to hinder them from a repetition--a hundred repetitions--of that tasted, and therefore now senselessly abstained-from, ecstasy?
thereforeadverbUS /ˈðerfɔːr/
for that reason; as a result
From this reading Since there is no longer any barrier of innocence between them, what is there to hinder them from a repetition--a hundred repetitions--of that tasted, and therefore now senselessly abstained-from, ecstasy?
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They look at each other in a sort of terror, with a renewal and immense increase of that fear of their own and each others’ possibilities of frailty, which, looked back upon now, is seen to have been so inadequately weak and so abundantly justified.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading They see the sophistry dawning in one another’s hungry eyes; and once again their rebel arms half reach out reciprocally across a dwindled interval; but this time, to balance her former misleading of him, salvation--if that bitter abstinence can be called so--comes from her that at first was weakest.
thousand
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From this reading “Even thus two friends condemned Embrace and kiss and take a thousand leaves, Loather a hundred times to part than die; Yet now farewell, and farewell Life with thee.”
thus
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From this reading “Even thus two friends condemned Embrace and kiss and take a thousand leaves, Loather a hundred times to part than die; Yet now farewell, and farewell Life with thee.”
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They see the sophistry dawning in one another’s hungry eyes; and once again their rebel arms half reach out reciprocally across a dwindled interval; but this time, to balance her former misleading of him, salvation--if that bitter abstinence can be called so--comes from her that at first was weakest.
times
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From this reading “Even thus two friends condemned Embrace and kiss and take a thousand leaves, Loather a hundred times to part than die; Yet now farewell, and farewell Life with thee.”
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Even thus two friends condemned Embrace and kiss and take a thousand leaves, Loather a hundred times to part than die; Yet now farewell, and farewell Life with thee.”
twenty
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From this reading What more of guilt can there be in ten or twenty score kisses than in that one which they have drunkenly given and taken?
two
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From this reading “Even thus two friends condemned Embrace and kiss and take a thousand leaves, Loather a hundred times to part than die; Yet now farewell, and farewell Life with thee.”
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading They look at each other in a sort of terror, with a renewal and immense increase of that fear of their own and each others’ possibilities of frailty, which, looked back upon now, is seen to have been so inadequately weak and so abundantly justified.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading They see the sophistry dawning in one another’s hungry eyes; and once again their rebel arms half reach out reciprocally across a dwindled interval; but this time, to balance her former misleading of him, salvation--if that bitter abstinence can be called so--comes from her that at first was weakest.
weak
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From this reading They look at each other in a sort of terror, with a renewal and immense increase of that fear of their own and each others’ possibilities of frailty, which, looked back upon now, is seen to have been so inadequately weak and so abundantly justified.
weakest
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From this reading They see the sophistry dawning in one another’s hungry eyes; and once again their rebel arms half reach out reciprocally across a dwindled interval; but this time, to balance her former misleading of him, salvation--if that bitter abstinence can be called so--comes from her that at first was weakest.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Since there is no longer any barrier of innocence between them, what is there to hinder them from a repetition--a hundred repetitions--of that tasted, and therefore now senselessly abstained-from, ecstasy?
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading They look at each other in a sort of terror, with a renewal and immense increase of that fear of their own and each others’ possibilities of frailty, which, looked back upon now, is seen to have been so inadequately weak and so abundantly justified.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading “Even thus two friends condemned Embrace and kiss and take a thousand leaves, Loather a hundred times to part than die; Yet now farewell, and farewell Life with thee.”
YetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading “Even thus two friends condemned Embrace and kiss and take a thousand leaves, Loather a hundred times to part than die; Yet now farewell, and farewell Life with thee.”
