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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 Life is sweet and beautiful to a young and innocent girl when to her heart is conveyed the assurance that she is beloved.
all
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From this reading Then is the world in its spring-time, and all outward evidence is in harmony with the tremulous joy which stirs her being.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Life is sweet and beautiful to a young and innocent girl when to her heart is conveyed the assurance that she is beloved.
assurance
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From this reading Life is sweet and beautiful to a young and innocent girl when to her heart is conveyed the assurance that she is beloved.
away
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From this reading What sorrow lies in the past fades utterly away in the light of a new-born happiness.
beautiful
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From this reading Life is sweet and beautiful to a young and innocent girl when to her heart is conveyed the assurance that she is beloved.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Then is the world in its spring-time, and all outward evidence is in harmony with the tremulous joy which stirs her being.
beloved
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From this reading Life is sweet and beautiful to a young and innocent girl when to her heart is conveyed the assurance that she is beloved.
conveyed
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From this reading Life is sweet and beautiful to a young and innocent girl when to her heart is conveyed the assurance that she is beloved.
evidence
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From this reading Then is the world in its spring-time, and all outward evidence is in harmony with the tremulous joy which stirs her being.
fades
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From this reading What sorrow lies in the past fades utterly away in the light of a new-born happiness.
FAREBROTHER
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From this reading MISER FAREBROTHER WELCOMES PHOEBE'S FRIENDS.
FRIENDS
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From this reading MISER FAREBROTHER WELCOMES PHOEBE'S FRIENDS.
girl
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From this reading Life is sweet and beautiful to a young and innocent girl when to her heart is conveyed the assurance that she is beloved.
happiness
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From this reading What sorrow lies in the past fades utterly away in the light of a new-born happiness.
harmony
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From this reading Then is the world in its spring-time, and all outward evidence is in harmony with the tremulous joy which stirs her being.
heart
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From this reading Life is sweet and beautiful to a young and innocent girl when to her heart is conveyed the assurance that she is beloved.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Life is sweet and beautiful to a young and innocent girl when to her heart is conveyed the assurance that she is beloved.
imbued
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From this reading She lives in the present, which is imbued with a solemn and sacred tenderness.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Then is the world in its spring-time, and all outward evidence is in harmony with the tremulous joy which stirs her being.
innocent
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From this reading Life is sweet and beautiful to a young and innocent girl when to her heart is conveyed the assurance that she is beloved.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Life is sweet and beautiful to a young and innocent girl when to her heart is conveyed the assurance that she is beloved.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Then is the world in its spring-time, and all outward evidence is in harmony with the tremulous joy which stirs her being.
joy
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From this reading Then is the world in its spring-time, and all outward evidence is in harmony with the tremulous joy which stirs her being.
lies
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From this reading What sorrow lies in the past fades utterly away in the light of a new-born happiness.
LifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Life is sweet and beautiful to a young and innocent girl when to her heart is conveyed the assurance that she is beloved.
light
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From this reading What sorrow lies in the past fades utterly away in the light of a new-born happiness.
lives
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From this reading She lives in the present, which is imbued with a solemn and sacred tenderness.
MISER
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From this reading MISER FAREBROTHER WELCOMES PHOEBE'S FRIENDS.
new-born
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From this reading What sorrow lies in the past fades utterly away in the light of a new-born happiness.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading What sorrow lies in the past fades utterly away in the light of a new-born happiness.
outward
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From this reading Then is the world in its spring-time, and all outward evidence is in harmony with the tremulous joy which stirs her being.
past
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From this reading What sorrow lies in the past fades utterly away in the light of a new-born happiness.
PHOEBE'S
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From this reading MISER FAREBROTHER WELCOMES PHOEBE'S FRIENDS.
present
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From this reading She lives in the present, which is imbued with a solemn and sacred tenderness.
sacred
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From this reading She lives in the present, which is imbued with a solemn and sacred tenderness.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Life is sweet and beautiful to a young and innocent girl when to her heart is conveyed the assurance that she is beloved.
solemn
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From this reading She lives in the present, which is imbued with a solemn and sacred tenderness.
sorrow
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From this reading What sorrow lies in the past fades utterly away in the light of a new-born happiness.
spring-time
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From this reading Then is the world in its spring-time, and all outward evidence is in harmony with the tremulous joy which stirs her being.
stirs
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From this reading Then is the world in its spring-time, and all outward evidence is in harmony with the tremulous joy which stirs her being.
sweet
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From this reading Life is sweet and beautiful to a young and innocent girl when to her heart is conveyed the assurance that she is beloved.
tenderness
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From this reading She lives in the present, which is imbued with a solemn and sacred tenderness.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Life is sweet and beautiful to a young and innocent girl when to her heart is conveyed the assurance that she is beloved.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Life is sweet and beautiful to a young and innocent girl when to her heart is conveyed the assurance that she is beloved.
Then
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From this reading Then is the world in its spring-time, and all outward evidence is in harmony with the tremulous joy which stirs her being.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Life is sweet and beautiful to a young and innocent girl when to her heart is conveyed the assurance that she is beloved.
tremulous
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From this reading Then is the world in its spring-time, and all outward evidence is in harmony with the tremulous joy which stirs her being.
utterly
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From this reading What sorrow lies in the past fades utterly away in the light of a new-born happiness.
WELCOMES
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From this reading MISER FAREBROTHER WELCOMES PHOEBE'S FRIENDS.
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What sorrow lies in the past fades utterly away in the light of a new-born happiness.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Life is sweet and beautiful to a young and innocent girl when to her heart is conveyed the assurance that she is beloved.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Then is the world in its spring-time, and all outward evidence is in harmony with the tremulous joy which stirs her being.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Then is the world in its spring-time, and all outward evidence is in harmony with the tremulous joy which stirs her being.
world
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From this reading Then is the world in its spring-time, and all outward evidence is in harmony with the tremulous joy which stirs her being.
young
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From this reading Life is sweet and beautiful to a young and innocent girl when to her heart is conveyed the assurance that she is beloved.