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Love and Freindship [Sic]

Chapter II

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“None that I know of, so efficacious.” (returned Augusta).
“And did you then never feel the pleasing Pangs of Love, Augusta? (replied my Edward).
Does it appear impossible to your vile and corrupted Palate, to exist on Love?
Can you not conceive the Luxury of living in every distress that Poverty can inflict, with the object of your tenderest affection?”
“You are too ridiculous (said Augusta) to argue with; perhaps however you may in time be convinced that...”
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Love and Freindship [Sic]

Chapter II

Reading 1/27 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
“None that I know of, so efficacious.” (returned Augusta).
Line 2
“And did you then never feel the pleasing Pangs of Love, Augusta? (replied my Edward).
Line 3
Does it appear impossible to your vile and corrupted Palate, to exist on Love?
Line 4
Can you not conceive the Luxury of living in every distress that Poverty can inflict, with the object of your tenderest affection?”
Line 5
“You are too ridiculous (said Augusta) to argue with; perhaps however you may in time be convinced that...”

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Distress noun US /dɪˈstrɛs/

extreme sadness or suffering

From this reading “Can you not conceive the Luxury of living in every distress that Poverty can inflict, with the object of your tenderest affection?””

Every determiner US /ˈevəri/

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading “Can you not conceive the Luxury of living in every distress that Poverty can inflict, with the object of your tenderest affection?””

However adverb US /ˌhaʊˈevər/

used to add a contrasting statement

From this reading ““You are too ridiculous (said Augusta) to argue with; perhaps however you may in time be convinced that...””

Know noun US /know/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading ““None that I know of, so efficacious.” (returned Augusta).”

May modal verb US /meɪ/

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading ““You are too ridiculous (said Augusta) to argue with; perhaps however you may in time be convinced that...””

Never noun US /never/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading ““And did you then never feel the pleasing Pangs of Love, Augusta? (replied my Edward).”

None pronoun US /nʌn/

not one, and not any

From this reading ““None that I know of, so efficacious.” (returned Augusta).”

Perhaps noun US /perhaps/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading ““You are too ridiculous (said Augusta) to argue with; perhaps however you may in time be convinced that...””

Replied noun US /replied/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading ““And did you then never feel the pleasing Pangs of Love, Augusta? (replied my Edward).”

Returned noun US /ˈreturned/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading ““None that I know of, so efficacious.” (returned Augusta).”

Time noun US /time/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading ““You are too ridiculous (said Augusta) to argue with; perhaps however you may in time be convinced that...””

All words in this reading · 58

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affection

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From this reading Can you not conceive the Luxury of living in every distress that Poverty can inflict, with the object of your tenderest affection?”

AndconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading “And did you then never feel the pleasing Pangs of Love, Augusta? (replied my Edward).

appear

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From this reading Does it appear impossible to your vile and corrupted Palate, to exist on Love?

areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading “You are too ridiculous (said Augusta) to argue with; perhaps however you may in time be convinced that...”

argue

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From this reading “You are too ridiculous (said Augusta) to argue with; perhaps however you may in time be convinced that...”

Augusta

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From this reading “None that I know of, so efficacious.” (returned Augusta).

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading “You are too ridiculous (said Augusta) to argue with; perhaps however you may in time be convinced that...”

Canmodal verbUS /kæn/

to be able to, or to be allowed to

From this reading Can you not conceive the Luxury of living in every distress that Poverty can inflict, with the object of your tenderest affection?”

conceive

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From this reading Can you not conceive the Luxury of living in every distress that Poverty can inflict, with the object of your tenderest affection?”

convinced

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From this reading “You are too ridiculous (said Augusta) to argue with; perhaps however you may in time be convinced that...”

corrupted

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From this reading Does it appear impossible to your vile and corrupted Palate, to exist on Love?

didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/

the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives

From this reading “And did you then never feel the pleasing Pangs of Love, Augusta? (replied my Edward).

distressnounUS /dɪˈstrɛs/

extreme sadness or suffering

From this reading Can you not conceive the Luxury of living in every distress that Poverty can inflict, with the object of your tenderest affection?”

Doesauxiliary verbUS /dʌz/

the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Does it appear impossible to your vile and corrupted Palate, to exist on Love?

Edward

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From this reading “And did you then never feel the pleasing Pangs of Love, Augusta? (replied my Edward).

efficacious

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From this reading “None that I know of, so efficacious.” (returned Augusta).

everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading Can you not conceive the Luxury of living in every distress that Poverty can inflict, with the object of your tenderest affection?”

exist

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From this reading Does it appear impossible to your vile and corrupted Palate, to exist on Love?

feel

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From this reading “And did you then never feel the pleasing Pangs of Love, Augusta? (replied my Edward).

howeveradverbUS /ˌhaʊˈevər/

used to add a contrasting statement

From this reading “You are too ridiculous (said Augusta) to argue with; perhaps however you may in time be convinced that...”

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading “None that I know of, so efficacious.” (returned Augusta).

impossible

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From this reading Does it appear impossible to your vile and corrupted Palate, to exist on Love?

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading Can you not conceive the Luxury of living in every distress that Poverty can inflict, with the object of your tenderest affection?”

inflict

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From this reading Can you not conceive the Luxury of living in every distress that Poverty can inflict, with the object of your tenderest affection?”

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Does it appear impossible to your vile and corrupted Palate, to exist on Love?

knownounUS /know/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “None that I know of, so efficacious.” (returned Augusta).

living

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From this reading Can you not conceive the Luxury of living in every distress that Poverty can inflict, with the object of your tenderest affection?”

Love

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From this reading “And did you then never feel the pleasing Pangs of Love, Augusta? (replied my Edward).

Luxury

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From this reading Can you not conceive the Luxury of living in every distress that Poverty can inflict, with the object of your tenderest affection?”

maymodal verbUS /meɪ/

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading “You are too ridiculous (said Augusta) to argue with; perhaps however you may in time be convinced that...”

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading “And did you then never feel the pleasing Pangs of Love, Augusta? (replied my Edward).

nevernounUS /never/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “And did you then never feel the pleasing Pangs of Love, Augusta? (replied my Edward).

NonepronounUS /nʌn/

not one, and not any

From this reading “None that I know of, so efficacious.” (returned Augusta).

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Can you not conceive the Luxury of living in every distress that Poverty can inflict, with the object of your tenderest affection?”

object

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From this reading Can you not conceive the Luxury of living in every distress that Poverty can inflict, with the object of your tenderest affection?”

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading “None that I know of, so efficacious.” (returned Augusta).

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Does it appear impossible to your vile and corrupted Palate, to exist on Love?

Palate

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From this reading Does it appear impossible to your vile and corrupted Palate, to exist on Love?

Pangs

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From this reading “And did you then never feel the pleasing Pangs of Love, Augusta? (replied my Edward).

perhaps

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From this reading “You are too ridiculous (said Augusta) to argue with; perhaps however you may in time be convinced that...”

pleasing

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From this reading “And did you then never feel the pleasing Pangs of Love, Augusta? (replied my Edward).

Poverty

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From this reading Can you not conceive the Luxury of living in every distress that Poverty can inflict, with the object of your tenderest affection?”

repliednounUS /replied/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “And did you then never feel the pleasing Pangs of Love, Augusta? (replied my Edward).

returnednounUS /ˈreturned/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “None that I know of, so efficacious.” (returned Augusta).

ridiculous

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From this reading “You are too ridiculous (said Augusta) to argue with; perhaps however you may in time be convinced that...”

said

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From this reading “You are too ridiculous (said Augusta) to argue with; perhaps however you may in time be convinced that...”

soconjunctionUS /soʊ/

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading “None that I know of, so efficacious.” (returned Augusta).

tenderest

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From this reading Can you not conceive the Luxury of living in every distress that Poverty can inflict, with the object of your tenderest affection?”

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading “None that I know of, so efficacious.” (returned Augusta).

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading “And did you then never feel the pleasing Pangs of Love, Augusta? (replied my Edward).

then

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From this reading “And did you then never feel the pleasing Pangs of Love, Augusta? (replied my Edward).

timenounUS /time/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “You are too ridiculous (said Augusta) to argue with; perhaps however you may in time be convinced that...”

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Does it appear impossible to your vile and corrupted Palate, to exist on Love?

too

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From this reading “You are too ridiculous (said Augusta) to argue with; perhaps however you may in time be convinced that...”

vile

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From this reading Does it appear impossible to your vile and corrupted Palate, to exist on Love?

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading Can you not conceive the Luxury of living in every distress that Poverty can inflict, with the object of your tenderest affection?”

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading “And did you then never feel the pleasing Pangs of Love, Augusta? (replied my Edward).

yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Does it appear impossible to your vile and corrupted Palate, to exist on Love?