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Miser Farebrother: A Novel (Vol. 2 of 3)
Miser Farebrother: A Novel (Vol. 2 of 3)

Chapter III

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MISER FAREBROTHER WELCOMES PHOEBE'S FRIENDS.
Life is sweet and beautiful to a young and innocent girl when to her heart is conveyed the assurance that she is beloved.
Then is the world in its spring-time, and all outward evidence is in harmony with the tremulous joy which stirs her being.
What sorrow lies in the past fades utterly away in the light of a new-born happiness.
She lives in the present, which is imbued with a solemn and sacred tenderness.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
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Miser Farebrother: A Novel (Vol. 2 of 3)

Chapter III

Reading 1/33 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
MISER FAREBROTHER WELCOMES PHOEBE'S FRIENDS.
Line 2
Life is sweet and beautiful to a young and innocent girl when to her heart is conveyed the assurance that she is beloved.
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Then is the world in its spring-time, and all outward evidence is in harmony with the tremulous joy which stirs her being.
Line 4
What sorrow lies in the past fades utterly away in the light of a new-born happiness.
Line 5
She lives in the present, which is imbued with a solemn and sacred tenderness.

Learner Dictionary

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

Being auxiliary verb US /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.”

Life noun US /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.”

All words in this reading · 56

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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.