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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 But the Trouvères had also this superiority, that they gave a voice to real and not merely conventional emotions.
advantages
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From this reading The great advantages which the _langue d’oil_ had over its sister dialect of the South of France were its wider distribution, and its representing the national and unitary tendencies of the people as opposed to those of provincial isolation.
also
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From this reading But the Trouvères had also this superiority, that they gave a voice to real and not merely conventional emotions.
always
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From this reading In the one case language had become a mere material for clever elaboration; in the other, as always in live literature, it was a soil from which the roots of thought and feeling unconsciously drew the coloring of vivid expression.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The great advantages which the _langue d’oil_ had over its sister dialect of the South of France were its wider distribution, and its representing the national and unitary tendencies of the people as opposed to those of provincial isolation.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The great advantages which the _langue d’oil_ had over its sister dialect of the South of France were its wider distribution, and its representing the national and unitary tendencies of the people as opposed to those of provincial isolation.
become
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From this reading In the one case language had become a mere material for clever elaboration; in the other, as always in live literature, it was a soil from which the roots of thought and feeling unconsciously drew the coloring of vivid expression.
busied
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From this reading While the tiresome ingenuity of the latter busied itself chiefly in the filigree of wiredrawn sentiment and supersubtilized conceit, the former took their subjects from the street and the market as well as from the chateau.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But the Trouvères had also this superiority, that they gave a voice to real and not merely conventional emotions.
case
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From this reading In the one case language had become a mere material for clever elaboration; in the other, as always in live literature, it was a soil from which the roots of thought and feeling unconsciously drew the coloring of vivid expression.
chateau
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From this reading While the tiresome ingenuity of the latter busied itself chiefly in the filigree of wiredrawn sentiment and supersubtilized conceit, the former took their subjects from the street and the market as well as from the chateau.
chiefly
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From this reading While the tiresome ingenuity of the latter busied itself chiefly in the filigree of wiredrawn sentiment and supersubtilized conceit, the former took their subjects from the street and the market as well as from the chateau.
clever
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From this reading In the one case language had become a mere material for clever elaboration; in the other, as always in live literature, it was a soil from which the roots of thought and feeling unconsciously drew the coloring of vivid expression.
coloring
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From this reading In the one case language had become a mere material for clever elaboration; in the other, as always in live literature, it was a soil from which the roots of thought and feeling unconsciously drew the coloring of vivid expression.
comparison
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From this reading In comparison with the Troubadours their sympathies were more human, and their expression more popular.
conceit
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From this reading While the tiresome ingenuity of the latter busied itself chiefly in the filigree of wiredrawn sentiment and supersubtilized conceit, the former took their subjects from the street and the market as well as from the chateau.
conventional
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From this reading But the Trouvères had also this superiority, that they gave a voice to real and not merely conventional emotions.
d'oil
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From this reading The great advantages which the _langue d’oil_ had over its sister dialect of the South of France were its wider distribution, and its representing the national and unitary tendencies of the people as opposed to those of provincial isolation.
dialect
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From this reading The great advantages which the _langue d’oil_ had over its sister dialect of the South of France were its wider distribution, and its representing the national and unitary tendencies of the people as opposed to those of provincial isolation.
distribution
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From this reading The great advantages which the _langue d’oil_ had over its sister dialect of the South of France were its wider distribution, and its representing the national and unitary tendencies of the people as opposed to those of provincial isolation.
drewnounUS /drew/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the one case language had become a mere material for clever elaboration; in the other, as always in live literature, it was a soil from which the roots of thought and feeling unconsciously drew the coloring of vivid expression.
elaboration
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From this reading In the one case language had become a mere material for clever elaboration; in the other, as always in live literature, it was a soil from which the roots of thought and feeling unconsciously drew the coloring of vivid expression.
emotions
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From this reading But the Trouvères had also this superiority, that they gave a voice to real and not merely conventional emotions.
expression
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From this reading In comparison with the Troubadours their sympathies were more human, and their expression more popular.
feelingnounUS /ˈfeeling/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading In the one case language had become a mere material for clever elaboration; in the other, as always in live literature, it was a soil from which the roots of thought and feeling unconsciously drew the coloring of vivid expression.
filigree
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From this reading While the tiresome ingenuity of the latter busied itself chiefly in the filigree of wiredrawn sentiment and supersubtilized conceit, the former took their subjects from the street and the market as well as from the chateau.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading In the one case language had become a mere material for clever elaboration; in the other, as always in live literature, it was a soil from which the roots of thought and feeling unconsciously drew the coloring of vivid expression.
former
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From this reading While the tiresome ingenuity of the latter busied itself chiefly in the filigree of wiredrawn sentiment and supersubtilized conceit, the former took their subjects from the street and the market as well as from the chateau.
France
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From this reading The great advantages which the _langue d’oil_ had over its sister dialect of the South of France were its wider distribution, and its representing the national and unitary tendencies of the people as opposed to those of provincial isolation.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading While the tiresome ingenuity of the latter busied itself chiefly in the filigree of wiredrawn sentiment and supersubtilized conceit, the former took their subjects from the street and the market as well as from the chateau.
gave
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From this reading But the Trouvères had also this superiority, that they gave a voice to real and not merely conventional emotions.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The great advantages which the _langue d’oil_ had over its sister dialect of the South of France were its wider distribution, and its representing the national and unitary tendencies of the people as opposed to those of provincial isolation.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The great advantages which the _langue d’oil_ had over its sister dialect of the South of France were its wider distribution, and its representing the national and unitary tendencies of the people as opposed to those of provincial isolation.
human
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From this reading In comparison with the Troubadours their sympathies were more human, and their expression more popular.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In comparison with the Troubadours their sympathies were more human, and their expression more popular.
ingenuity
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From this reading While the tiresome ingenuity of the latter busied itself chiefly in the filigree of wiredrawn sentiment and supersubtilized conceit, the former took their subjects from the street and the market as well as from the chateau.
isolation
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From this reading The great advantages which the _langue d’oil_ had over its sister dialect of the South of France were its wider distribution, and its representing the national and unitary tendencies of the people as opposed to those of provincial isolation.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading In the one case language had become a mere material for clever elaboration; in the other, as always in live literature, it was a soil from which the roots of thought and feeling unconsciously drew the coloring of vivid expression.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The great advantages which the _langue d’oil_ had over its sister dialect of the South of France were its wider distribution, and its representing the national and unitary tendencies of the people as opposed to those of provincial isolation.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading While the tiresome ingenuity of the latter busied itself chiefly in the filigree of wiredrawn sentiment and supersubtilized conceit, the former took their subjects from the street and the market as well as from the chateau.
language
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From this reading In the one case language had become a mere material for clever elaboration; in the other, as always in live literature, it was a soil from which the roots of thought and feeling unconsciously drew the coloring of vivid expression.
langue
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From this reading The great advantages which the _langue d’oil_ had over its sister dialect of the South of France were its wider distribution, and its representing the national and unitary tendencies of the people as opposed to those of provincial isolation.
latter
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From this reading While the tiresome ingenuity of the latter busied itself chiefly in the filigree of wiredrawn sentiment and supersubtilized conceit, the former took their subjects from the street and the market as well as from the chateau.
literature
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From this reading In the one case language had become a mere material for clever elaboration; in the other, as always in live literature, it was a soil from which the roots of thought and feeling unconsciously drew the coloring of vivid expression.
live
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From this reading In the one case language had become a mere material for clever elaboration; in the other, as always in live literature, it was a soil from which the roots of thought and feeling unconsciously drew the coloring of vivid expression.
market
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From this reading While the tiresome ingenuity of the latter busied itself chiefly in the filigree of wiredrawn sentiment and supersubtilized conceit, the former took their subjects from the street and the market as well as from the chateau.
material
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From this reading In the one case language had become a mere material for clever elaboration; in the other, as always in live literature, it was a soil from which the roots of thought and feeling unconsciously drew the coloring of vivid expression.
mere
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From this reading In the one case language had become a mere material for clever elaboration; in the other, as always in live literature, it was a soil from which the roots of thought and feeling unconsciously drew the coloring of vivid expression.
merely
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From this reading But the Trouvères had also this superiority, that they gave a voice to real and not merely conventional emotions.
more
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From this reading In comparison with the Troubadours their sympathies were more human, and their expression more popular.
national
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From this reading The great advantages which the _langue d’oil_ had over its sister dialect of the South of France were its wider distribution, and its representing the national and unitary tendencies of the people as opposed to those of provincial isolation.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading But the Trouvères had also this superiority, that they gave a voice to real and not merely conventional emotions.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The great advantages which the _langue d’oil_ had over its sister dialect of the South of France were its wider distribution, and its representing the national and unitary tendencies of the people as opposed to those of provincial isolation.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading In the one case language had become a mere material for clever elaboration; in the other, as always in live literature, it was a soil from which the roots of thought and feeling unconsciously drew the coloring of vivid expression.
opposed
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From this reading The great advantages which the _langue d’oil_ had over its sister dialect of the South of France were its wider distribution, and its representing the national and unitary tendencies of the people as opposed to those of provincial isolation.
other
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From this reading In the one case language had become a mere material for clever elaboration; in the other, as always in live literature, it was a soil from which the roots of thought and feeling unconsciously drew the coloring of vivid expression.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading The great advantages which the _langue d’oil_ had over its sister dialect of the South of France were its wider distribution, and its representing the national and unitary tendencies of the people as opposed to those of provincial isolation.
people
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From this reading The great advantages which the _langue d’oil_ had over its sister dialect of the South of France were its wider distribution, and its representing the national and unitary tendencies of the people as opposed to those of provincial isolation.
popular
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From this reading In comparison with the Troubadours their sympathies were more human, and their expression more popular.
provincial
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From this reading The great advantages which the _langue d’oil_ had over its sister dialect of the South of France were its wider distribution, and its representing the national and unitary tendencies of the people as opposed to those of provincial isolation.
real
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From this reading But the Trouvères had also this superiority, that they gave a voice to real and not merely conventional emotions.
representing
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From this reading The great advantages which the _langue d’oil_ had over its sister dialect of the South of France were its wider distribution, and its representing the national and unitary tendencies of the people as opposed to those of provincial isolation.
roots
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From this reading In the one case language had become a mere material for clever elaboration; in the other, as always in live literature, it was a soil from which the roots of thought and feeling unconsciously drew the coloring of vivid expression.
sentiment
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From this reading While the tiresome ingenuity of the latter busied itself chiefly in the filigree of wiredrawn sentiment and supersubtilized conceit, the former took their subjects from the street and the market as well as from the chateau.
sister
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From this reading The great advantages which the _langue d’oil_ had over its sister dialect of the South of France were its wider distribution, and its representing the national and unitary tendencies of the people as opposed to those of provincial isolation.
soil
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From this reading In the one case language had become a mere material for clever elaboration; in the other, as always in live literature, it was a soil from which the roots of thought and feeling unconsciously drew the coloring of vivid expression.
South
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From this reading The great advantages which the _langue d’oil_ had over its sister dialect of the South of France were its wider distribution, and its representing the national and unitary tendencies of the people as opposed to those of provincial isolation.
street
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From this reading While the tiresome ingenuity of the latter busied itself chiefly in the filigree of wiredrawn sentiment and supersubtilized conceit, the former took their subjects from the street and the market as well as from the chateau.
subjects
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From this reading While the tiresome ingenuity of the latter busied itself chiefly in the filigree of wiredrawn sentiment and supersubtilized conceit, the former took their subjects from the street and the market as well as from the chateau.
superiority
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From this reading But the Trouvères had also this superiority, that they gave a voice to real and not merely conventional emotions.
supersubtilized
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From this reading While the tiresome ingenuity of the latter busied itself chiefly in the filigree of wiredrawn sentiment and supersubtilized conceit, the former took their subjects from the street and the market as well as from the chateau.
sympathies
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From this reading In comparison with the Troubadours their sympathies were more human, and their expression more popular.
tendencies
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From this reading The great advantages which the _langue d’oil_ had over its sister dialect of the South of France were its wider distribution, and its representing the national and unitary tendencies of the people as opposed to those of provincial isolation.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But the Trouvères had also this superiority, that they gave a voice to real and not merely conventional emotions.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The great advantages which the _langue d’oil_ had over its sister dialect of the South of France were its wider distribution, and its representing the national and unitary tendencies of the people as opposed to those of provincial isolation.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading In comparison with the Troubadours their sympathies were more human, and their expression more popular.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But the Trouvères had also this superiority, that they gave a voice to real and not merely conventional emotions.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading But the Trouvères had also this superiority, that they gave a voice to real and not merely conventional emotions.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading The great advantages which the _langue d’oil_ had over its sister dialect of the South of France were its wider distribution, and its representing the national and unitary tendencies of the people as opposed to those of provincial isolation.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the one case language had become a mere material for clever elaboration; in the other, as always in live literature, it was a soil from which the roots of thought and feeling unconsciously drew the coloring of vivid expression.
tiresome
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From this reading While the tiresome ingenuity of the latter busied itself chiefly in the filigree of wiredrawn sentiment and supersubtilized conceit, the former took their subjects from the street and the market as well as from the chateau.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The great advantages which the _langue d’oil_ had over its sister dialect of the South of France were its wider distribution, and its representing the national and unitary tendencies of the people as opposed to those of provincial isolation.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading While the tiresome ingenuity of the latter busied itself chiefly in the filigree of wiredrawn sentiment and supersubtilized conceit, the former took their subjects from the street and the market as well as from the chateau.
Troubadours
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From this reading In comparison with the Troubadours their sympathies were more human, and their expression more popular.
Trouvères
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From this reading But the Trouvères had also this superiority, that they gave a voice to real and not merely conventional emotions.
unconsciously
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From this reading In the one case language had become a mere material for clever elaboration; in the other, as always in live literature, it was a soil from which the roots of thought and feeling unconsciously drew the coloring of vivid expression.
unitary
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From this reading The great advantages which the _langue d’oil_ had over its sister dialect of the South of France were its wider distribution, and its representing the national and unitary tendencies of the people as opposed to those of provincial isolation.
vivid
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From this reading In the one case language had become a mere material for clever elaboration; in the other, as always in live literature, it was a soil from which the roots of thought and feeling unconsciously drew the coloring of vivid expression.
voice
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From this reading But the Trouvères had also this superiority, that they gave a voice to real and not merely conventional emotions.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading In the one case language had become a mere material for clever elaboration; in the other, as always in live literature, it was a soil from which the roots of thought and feeling unconsciously drew the coloring of vivid expression.
well
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From this reading While the tiresome ingenuity of the latter busied itself chiefly in the filigree of wiredrawn sentiment and supersubtilized conceit, the former took their subjects from the street and the market as well as from the chateau.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The great advantages which the _langue d’oil_ had over its sister dialect of the South of France were its wider distribution, and its representing the national and unitary tendencies of the people as opposed to those of provincial isolation.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The great advantages which the _langue d’oil_ had over its sister dialect of the South of France were its wider distribution, and its representing the national and unitary tendencies of the people as opposed to those of provincial isolation.
WhileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading While the tiresome ingenuity of the latter busied itself chiefly in the filigree of wiredrawn sentiment and supersubtilized conceit, the former took their subjects from the street and the market as well as from the chateau.
wider
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From this reading The great advantages which the _langue d’oil_ had over its sister dialect of the South of France were its wider distribution, and its representing the national and unitary tendencies of the people as opposed to those of provincial isolation.
wiredrawn
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From this reading While the tiresome ingenuity of the latter busied itself chiefly in the filigree of wiredrawn sentiment and supersubtilized conceit, the former took their subjects from the street and the market as well as from the chateau.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading In comparison with the Troubadours their sympathies were more human, and their expression more popular.
