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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 We see the cloud, and feel its bolt; but meteorology only idly essays a critical scrutiny as to how that cloud became charged, and how this bolt so stuns.
all
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From this reading In their precise tracings-out and subtile causations, the strongest and fieriest emotions of life defy all analytical insight.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The metaphysical writers confess, that the most impressive, sudden, and overwhelming event, as well as the minutest, is but the product of an infinite series of infinitely involved and untraceable foregoing occurrences.
analytical
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From this reading In their precise tracings-out and subtile causations, the strongest and fieriest emotions of life defy all analytical insight.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading In their precise tracings-out and subtile causations, the strongest and fieriest emotions of life defy all analytical insight.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading We see the cloud, and feel its bolt; but meteorology only idly essays a critical scrutiny as to how that cloud became charged, and how this bolt so stuns.
became
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From this reading We see the cloud, and feel its bolt; but meteorology only idly essays a critical scrutiny as to how that cloud became charged, and how this bolt so stuns.
bolt
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From this reading We see the cloud, and feel its bolt; but meteorology only idly essays a critical scrutiny as to how that cloud became charged, and how this bolt so stuns.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading We see the cloud, and feel its bolt; but meteorology only idly essays a critical scrutiny as to how that cloud became charged, and how this bolt so stuns.
causations
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From this reading In their precise tracings-out and subtile causations, the strongest and fieriest emotions of life defy all analytical insight.
charged
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From this reading We see the cloud, and feel its bolt; but meteorology only idly essays a critical scrutiny as to how that cloud became charged, and how this bolt so stuns.
cloud
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From this reading We see the cloud, and feel its bolt; but meteorology only idly essays a critical scrutiny as to how that cloud became charged, and how this bolt so stuns.
confess
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From this reading The metaphysical writers confess, that the most impressive, sudden, and overwhelming event, as well as the minutest, is but the product of an infinite series of infinitely involved and untraceable foregoing occurrences.
critical
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From this reading We see the cloud, and feel its bolt; but meteorology only idly essays a critical scrutiny as to how that cloud became charged, and how this bolt so stuns.
defy
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From this reading In their precise tracings-out and subtile causations, the strongest and fieriest emotions of life defy all analytical insight.
emotions
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From this reading In their precise tracings-out and subtile causations, the strongest and fieriest emotions of life defy all analytical insight.
essays
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From this reading We see the cloud, and feel its bolt; but meteorology only idly essays a critical scrutiny as to how that cloud became charged, and how this bolt so stuns.
event
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From this reading The metaphysical writers confess, that the most impressive, sudden, and overwhelming event, as well as the minutest, is but the product of an infinite series of infinitely involved and untraceable foregoing occurrences.
feel
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From this reading We see the cloud, and feel its bolt; but meteorology only idly essays a critical scrutiny as to how that cloud became charged, and how this bolt so stuns.
fieriest
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From this reading In their precise tracings-out and subtile causations, the strongest and fieriest emotions of life defy all analytical insight.
foregoing
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From this reading The metaphysical writers confess, that the most impressive, sudden, and overwhelming event, as well as the minutest, is but the product of an infinite series of infinitely involved and untraceable foregoing occurrences.
how
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From this reading We see the cloud, and feel its bolt; but meteorology only idly essays a critical scrutiny as to how that cloud became charged, and how this bolt so stuns.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I.
idly
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From this reading We see the cloud, and feel its bolt; but meteorology only idly essays a critical scrutiny as to how that cloud became charged, and how this bolt so stuns.
impressive
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From this reading The metaphysical writers confess, that the most impressive, sudden, and overwhelming event, as well as the minutest, is but the product of an infinite series of infinitely involved and untraceable foregoing occurrences.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In their precise tracings-out and subtile causations, the strongest and fieriest emotions of life defy all analytical insight.
infinite
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From this reading The metaphysical writers confess, that the most impressive, sudden, and overwhelming event, as well as the minutest, is but the product of an infinite series of infinitely involved and untraceable foregoing occurrences.
infinitely
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From this reading The metaphysical writers confess, that the most impressive, sudden, and overwhelming event, as well as the minutest, is but the product of an infinite series of infinitely involved and untraceable foregoing occurrences.
insight
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From this reading In their precise tracings-out and subtile causations, the strongest and fieriest emotions of life defy all analytical insight.
involved
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From this reading The metaphysical writers confess, that the most impressive, sudden, and overwhelming event, as well as the minutest, is but the product of an infinite series of infinitely involved and untraceable foregoing occurrences.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The metaphysical writers confess, that the most impressive, sudden, and overwhelming event, as well as the minutest, is but the product of an infinite series of infinitely involved and untraceable foregoing occurrences.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading We see the cloud, and feel its bolt; but meteorology only idly essays a critical scrutiny as to how that cloud became charged, and how this bolt so stuns.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In their precise tracings-out and subtile causations, the strongest and fieriest emotions of life defy all analytical insight.
metaphysical
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From this reading The metaphysical writers confess, that the most impressive, sudden, and overwhelming event, as well as the minutest, is but the product of an infinite series of infinitely involved and untraceable foregoing occurrences.
meteorology
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From this reading We see the cloud, and feel its bolt; but meteorology only idly essays a critical scrutiny as to how that cloud became charged, and how this bolt so stuns.
minutest
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From this reading The metaphysical writers confess, that the most impressive, sudden, and overwhelming event, as well as the minutest, is but the product of an infinite series of infinitely involved and untraceable foregoing occurrences.
most
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From this reading The metaphysical writers confess, that the most impressive, sudden, and overwhelming event, as well as the minutest, is but the product of an infinite series of infinitely involved and untraceable foregoing occurrences.
occurrences
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From this reading The metaphysical writers confess, that the most impressive, sudden, and overwhelming event, as well as the minutest, is but the product of an infinite series of infinitely involved and untraceable foregoing occurrences.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In their precise tracings-out and subtile causations, the strongest and fieriest emotions of life defy all analytical insight.
only
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From this reading We see the cloud, and feel its bolt; but meteorology only idly essays a critical scrutiny as to how that cloud became charged, and how this bolt so stuns.
overwhelming
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From this reading The metaphysical writers confess, that the most impressive, sudden, and overwhelming event, as well as the minutest, is but the product of an infinite series of infinitely involved and untraceable foregoing occurrences.
precise
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From this reading In their precise tracings-out and subtile causations, the strongest and fieriest emotions of life defy all analytical insight.
product
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From this reading The metaphysical writers confess, that the most impressive, sudden, and overwhelming event, as well as the minutest, is but the product of an infinite series of infinitely involved and untraceable foregoing occurrences.
RETROSPECTIVE
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From this reading RETROSPECTIVE.
scrutiny
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From this reading We see the cloud, and feel its bolt; but meteorology only idly essays a critical scrutiny as to how that cloud became charged, and how this bolt so stuns.
see
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From this reading We see the cloud, and feel its bolt; but meteorology only idly essays a critical scrutiny as to how that cloud became charged, and how this bolt so stuns.
series
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From this reading The metaphysical writers confess, that the most impressive, sudden, and overwhelming event, as well as the minutest, is but the product of an infinite series of infinitely involved and untraceable foregoing occurrences.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading We see the cloud, and feel its bolt; but meteorology only idly essays a critical scrutiny as to how that cloud became charged, and how this bolt so stuns.
strongest
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From this reading In their precise tracings-out and subtile causations, the strongest and fieriest emotions of life defy all analytical insight.
stuns
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From this reading We see the cloud, and feel its bolt; but meteorology only idly essays a critical scrutiny as to how that cloud became charged, and how this bolt so stuns.
subtile
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From this reading In their precise tracings-out and subtile causations, the strongest and fieriest emotions of life defy all analytical insight.
suddennounUS /sudden/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The metaphysical writers confess, that the most impressive, sudden, and overwhelming event, as well as the minutest, is but the product of an infinite series of infinitely involved and untraceable foregoing occurrences.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading We see the cloud, and feel its bolt; but meteorology only idly essays a critical scrutiny as to how that cloud became charged, and how this bolt so stuns.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In their precise tracings-out and subtile causations, the strongest and fieriest emotions of life defy all analytical insight.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading In their precise tracings-out and subtile causations, the strongest and fieriest emotions of life defy all analytical insight.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading We see the cloud, and feel its bolt; but meteorology only idly essays a critical scrutiny as to how that cloud became charged, and how this bolt so stuns.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We see the cloud, and feel its bolt; but meteorology only idly essays a critical scrutiny as to how that cloud became charged, and how this bolt so stuns.
tracings-out
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From this reading In their precise tracings-out and subtile causations, the strongest and fieriest emotions of life defy all analytical insight.
untraceable
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From this reading The metaphysical writers confess, that the most impressive, sudden, and overwhelming event, as well as the minutest, is but the product of an infinite series of infinitely involved and untraceable foregoing occurrences.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We see the cloud, and feel its bolt; but meteorology only idly essays a critical scrutiny as to how that cloud became charged, and how this bolt so stuns.
well
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From this reading The metaphysical writers confess, that the most impressive, sudden, and overwhelming event, as well as the minutest, is but the product of an infinite series of infinitely involved and untraceable foregoing occurrences.
writers
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From this reading The metaphysical writers confess, that the most impressive, sudden, and overwhelming event, as well as the minutest, is but the product of an infinite series of infinitely involved and untraceable foregoing occurrences.
