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abstracted
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From this reading My mind will not be abstracted.
always
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From this reading I have not the sense of perfect seclusion, which has always been essential to my power of producing anything.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Nothing here is settled--everything is but beginning to arrange itself--and though thy husband would seem to have little to do with aught beside his own thoughts, still he cannot but partake of the ferment around him.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Belovedest, I doubt whether I shall succeed in writing another volume of Grandfather's Library, while I remain at the farm.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading I have not the sense of perfect seclusion, which has always been essential to my power of producing anything.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Nothing here is settled--everything is but beginning to arrange itself--and though thy husband would seem to have little to do with aught beside his own thoughts, still he cannot but partake of the ferment around him.
arrange
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From this reading Nothing here is settled--everything is but beginning to arrange itself--and though thy husband would seem to have little to do with aught beside his own thoughts, still he cannot but partake of the ferment around him.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Belovedest, I doubt whether I shall succeed in writing another volume of Grandfather's Library, while I remain at the farm.
aught
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From this reading Nothing here is settled--everything is but beginning to arrange itself--and though thy husband would seem to have little to do with aught beside his own thoughts, still he cannot but partake of the ferment around him.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It is true, nobody intrudes into my room; but still I cannot be quiet.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading I have not the sense of perfect seclusion, which has always been essential to my power of producing anything.
beginningnounUS /ˈbeginning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Nothing here is settled--everything is but beginning to arrange itself--and though thy husband would seem to have little to do with aught beside his own thoughts, still he cannot but partake of the ferment around him.
Belovedest
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From this reading Belovedest, I doubt whether I shall succeed in writing another volume of Grandfather's Library, while I remain at the farm.
besideprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪd/
next to; at the side of
From this reading Nothing here is settled--everything is but beginning to arrange itself--and though thy husband would seem to have little to do with aught beside his own thoughts, still he cannot but partake of the ferment around him.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading It is true, nobody intrudes into my room; but still I cannot be quiet.
cannot
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From this reading It is true, nobody intrudes into my room; but still I cannot be quiet.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Nothing here is settled--everything is but beginning to arrange itself--and though thy husband would seem to have little to do with aught beside his own thoughts, still he cannot but partake of the ferment around him.
doubt
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From this reading Belovedest, I doubt whether I shall succeed in writing another volume of Grandfather's Library, while I remain at the farm.
essential
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From this reading I have not the sense of perfect seclusion, which has always been essential to my power of producing anything.
everythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/
all things; all of a situation
From this reading Nothing here is settled--everything is but beginning to arrange itself--and though thy husband would seem to have little to do with aught beside his own thoughts, still he cannot but partake of the ferment around him.
farm
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From this reading Belovedest, I doubt whether I shall succeed in writing another volume of Grandfather's Library, while I remain at the farm.
ferment
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From this reading Nothing here is settled--everything is but beginning to arrange itself--and though thy husband would seem to have little to do with aught beside his own thoughts, still he cannot but partake of the ferment around him.
Grandfather's
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From this reading Belovedest, I doubt whether I shall succeed in writing another volume of Grandfather's Library, while I remain at the farm.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I have not the sense of perfect seclusion, which has always been essential to my power of producing anything.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have not the sense of perfect seclusion, which has always been essential to my power of producing anything.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Nothing here is settled--everything is but beginning to arrange itself--and though thy husband would seem to have little to do with aught beside his own thoughts, still he cannot but partake of the ferment around him.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Nothing here is settled--everything is but beginning to arrange itself--and though thy husband would seem to have little to do with aught beside his own thoughts, still he cannot but partake of the ferment around him.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Nothing here is settled--everything is but beginning to arrange itself--and though thy husband would seem to have little to do with aught beside his own thoughts, still he cannot but partake of the ferment around him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Nothing here is settled--everything is but beginning to arrange itself--and though thy husband would seem to have little to do with aught beside his own thoughts, still he cannot but partake of the ferment around him.
husband
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From this reading Nothing here is settled--everything is but beginning to arrange itself--and though thy husband would seem to have little to do with aught beside his own thoughts, still he cannot but partake of the ferment around him.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Belovedest, I doubt whether I shall succeed in writing another volume of Grandfather's Library, while I remain at the farm.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Belovedest, I doubt whether I shall succeed in writing another volume of Grandfather's Library, while I remain at the farm.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading It is true, nobody intrudes into my room; but still I cannot be quiet.
intrudes
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From this reading It is true, nobody intrudes into my room; but still I cannot be quiet.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is true, nobody intrudes into my room; but still I cannot be quiet.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is true, nobody intrudes into my room; but still I cannot be quiet.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading Nothing here is settled--everything is but beginning to arrange itself--and though thy husband would seem to have little to do with aught beside his own thoughts, still he cannot but partake of the ferment around him.
Library
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From this reading Belovedest, I doubt whether I shall succeed in writing another volume of Grandfather's Library, while I remain at the farm.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Nothing here is settled--everything is but beginning to arrange itself--and though thy husband would seem to have little to do with aught beside his own thoughts, still he cannot but partake of the ferment around him.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading My mind will not be abstracted.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I have not the sense of perfect seclusion, which has always been essential to my power of producing anything.
nobodypronounUS /ˈnoʊbɑːdiː/
no person; not anyone
From this reading It is true, nobody intrudes into my room; but still I cannot be quiet.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I have not the sense of perfect seclusion, which has always been essential to my power of producing anything.
NothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Nothing here is settled--everything is but beginning to arrange itself--and though thy husband would seem to have little to do with aught beside his own thoughts, still he cannot but partake of the ferment around him.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Belovedest, I doubt whether I shall succeed in writing another volume of Grandfather's Library, while I remain at the farm.
own
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From this reading Nothing here is settled--everything is but beginning to arrange itself--and though thy husband would seem to have little to do with aught beside his own thoughts, still he cannot but partake of the ferment around him.
partake
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From this reading Nothing here is settled--everything is but beginning to arrange itself--and though thy husband would seem to have little to do with aught beside his own thoughts, still he cannot but partake of the ferment around him.
perfect
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From this reading I have not the sense of perfect seclusion, which has always been essential to my power of producing anything.
power
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From this reading I have not the sense of perfect seclusion, which has always been essential to my power of producing anything.
producing
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From this reading I have not the sense of perfect seclusion, which has always been essential to my power of producing anything.
quiet
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From this reading It is true, nobody intrudes into my room; but still I cannot be quiet.
remain
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From this reading Belovedest, I doubt whether I shall succeed in writing another volume of Grandfather's Library, while I remain at the farm.
room
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From this reading It is true, nobody intrudes into my room; but still I cannot be quiet.
seclusion
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From this reading I have not the sense of perfect seclusion, which has always been essential to my power of producing anything.
seem
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From this reading Nothing here is settled--everything is but beginning to arrange itself--and though thy husband would seem to have little to do with aught beside his own thoughts, still he cannot but partake of the ferment around him.
sense
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From this reading I have not the sense of perfect seclusion, which has always been essential to my power of producing anything.
settled
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From this reading Nothing here is settled--everything is but beginning to arrange itself--and though thy husband would seem to have little to do with aught beside his own thoughts, still he cannot but partake of the ferment around him.
shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading Belovedest, I doubt whether I shall succeed in writing another volume of Grandfather's Library, while I remain at the farm.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It is true, nobody intrudes into my room; but still I cannot be quiet.
succeed
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From this reading Belovedest, I doubt whether I shall succeed in writing another volume of Grandfather's Library, while I remain at the farm.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Belovedest, I doubt whether I shall succeed in writing another volume of Grandfather's Library, while I remain at the farm.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Nothing here is settled--everything is but beginning to arrange itself--and though thy husband would seem to have little to do with aught beside his own thoughts, still he cannot but partake of the ferment around him.
thoughts
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From this reading Nothing here is settled--everything is but beginning to arrange itself--and though thy husband would seem to have little to do with aught beside his own thoughts, still he cannot but partake of the ferment around him.
thydeterminerUS /ðaɪ/
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading Nothing here is settled--everything is but beginning to arrange itself--and though thy husband would seem to have little to do with aught beside his own thoughts, still he cannot but partake of the ferment around him.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I have not the sense of perfect seclusion, which has always been essential to my power of producing anything.
true
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From this reading It is true, nobody intrudes into my room; but still I cannot be quiet.
volume
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From this reading Belovedest, I doubt whether I shall succeed in writing another volume of Grandfather's Library, while I remain at the farm.
whetherconjunctionUS /ˈweðər/
used to introduce two or more possibilities
From this reading Belovedest, I doubt whether I shall succeed in writing another volume of Grandfather's Library, while I remain at the farm.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading I have not the sense of perfect seclusion, which has always been essential to my power of producing anything.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading Belovedest, I doubt whether I shall succeed in writing another volume of Grandfather's Library, while I remain at the farm.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading My mind will not be abstracted.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Nothing here is settled--everything is but beginning to arrange itself--and though thy husband would seem to have little to do with aught beside his own thoughts, still he cannot but partake of the ferment around him.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Nothing here is settled--everything is but beginning to arrange itself--and though thy husband would seem to have little to do with aught beside his own thoughts, still he cannot but partake of the ferment around him.
writing
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From this reading Belovedest, I doubt whether I shall succeed in writing another volume of Grandfather's Library, while I remain at the farm.
