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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 When a young man is very much in love with a most attractive girl he is apt to endow her with qualities and virtues which no human being has ever possessed.
amountverbUS /əˈmaʊnt/
to reach or total a particular quantity or value
From this reading They knew it at the bank where he spent his days in counting other people’s money, and a considerable amount of his lunch hour writing impassioned and ill-spelt letters to Margot Lynn.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading When a young man is very much in love with a most attractive girl he is apt to endow her with qualities and virtues which no human being has ever possessed.
apt
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From this reading When a young man is very much in love with a most attractive girl he is apt to endow her with qualities and virtues which no human being has ever possessed.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Yet at rare and painful intervals there enter into his soul certain wild suspicions, and in these moments he is inclined to regard the possibility that she may be guilty of the basest treachery and double dealing.
attractive
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From this reading When a young man is very much in love with a most attractive girl he is apt to endow her with qualities and virtues which no human being has ever possessed.
bank
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From this reading They knew it at the bank where he spent his days in counting other people’s money, and a considerable amount of his lunch hour writing impassioned and ill-spelt letters to Margot Lynn.
basest
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From this reading Yet at rare and painful intervals there enter into his soul certain wild suspicions, and in these moments he is inclined to regard the possibility that she may be guilty of the basest treachery and double dealing.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Yet at rare and painful intervals there enter into his soul certain wild suspicions, and in these moments he is inclined to regard the possibility that she may be guilty of the basest treachery and double dealing.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading When a young man is very much in love with a most attractive girl he is apt to endow her with qualities and virtues which no human being has ever possessed.
brooding
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From this reading His taciturn father, brooding over his vanished fortune in his gaunt riverside house at Marlow, may have employed the few moments he gave to the consideration of other people’s troubles in consideration of his son’s new interest.
certain
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considerable
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consideration
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From this reading His taciturn father, brooding over his vanished fortune in his gaunt riverside house at Marlow, may have employed the few moments he gave to the consideration of other people’s troubles in consideration of his son’s new interest.
counting
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From this reading They knew it at the bank where he spent his days in counting other people’s money, and a considerable amount of his lunch hour writing impassioned and ill-spelt letters to Margot Lynn.
days
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dealing
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From this reading Yet at rare and painful intervals there enter into his soul certain wild suspicions, and in these moments he is inclined to regard the possibility that she may be guilty of the basest treachery and double dealing.
desperately
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From this reading Everybody knew that Kenneth McKay was desperately in love.
double
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From this reading Yet at rare and painful intervals there enter into his soul certain wild suspicions, and in these moments he is inclined to regard the possibility that she may be guilty of the basest treachery and double dealing.
employed
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From this reading His taciturn father, brooding over his vanished fortune in his gaunt riverside house at Marlow, may have employed the few moments he gave to the consideration of other people’s troubles in consideration of his son’s new interest.
endow
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From this reading When a young man is very much in love with a most attractive girl he is apt to endow her with qualities and virtues which no human being has ever possessed.
enter
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From this reading Yet at rare and painful intervals there enter into his soul certain wild suspicions, and in these moments he is inclined to regard the possibility that she may be guilty of the basest treachery and double dealing.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When a young man is very much in love with a most attractive girl he is apt to endow her with qualities and virtues which no human being has ever possessed.
EverybodypronounUS /ˈevribɑːdi/
every person
From this reading Everybody knew that Kenneth McKay was desperately in love.
father
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From this reading His taciturn father, brooding over his vanished fortune in his gaunt riverside house at Marlow, may have employed the few moments he gave to the consideration of other people’s troubles in consideration of his son’s new interest.
few
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From this reading His taciturn father, brooding over his vanished fortune in his gaunt riverside house at Marlow, may have employed the few moments he gave to the consideration of other people’s troubles in consideration of his son’s new interest.
fortunenounUS /ˈfortune/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading His taciturn father, brooding over his vanished fortune in his gaunt riverside house at Marlow, may have employed the few moments he gave to the consideration of other people’s troubles in consideration of his son’s new interest.
gaunt
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From this reading His taciturn father, brooding over his vanished fortune in his gaunt riverside house at Marlow, may have employed the few moments he gave to the consideration of other people’s troubles in consideration of his son’s new interest.
gave
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From this reading His taciturn father, brooding over his vanished fortune in his gaunt riverside house at Marlow, may have employed the few moments he gave to the consideration of other people’s troubles in consideration of his son’s new interest.
girl
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From this reading When a young man is very much in love with a most attractive girl he is apt to endow her with qualities and virtues which no human being has ever possessed.
guilty
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From this reading Yet at rare and painful intervals there enter into his soul certain wild suspicions, and in these moments he is inclined to regard the possibility that she may be guilty of the basest treachery and double dealing.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading When a young man is very much in love with a most attractive girl he is apt to endow her with qualities and virtues which no human being has ever possessed.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading His taciturn father, brooding over his vanished fortune in his gaunt riverside house at Marlow, may have employed the few moments he gave to the consideration of other people’s troubles in consideration of his son’s new interest.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When a young man is very much in love with a most attractive girl he is apt to endow her with qualities and virtues which no human being has ever possessed.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading When a young man is very much in love with a most attractive girl he is apt to endow her with qualities and virtues which no human being has ever possessed.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Yet at rare and painful intervals there enter into his soul certain wild suspicions, and in these moments he is inclined to regard the possibility that she may be guilty of the basest treachery and double dealing.
hour
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From this reading They knew it at the bank where he spent his days in counting other people’s money, and a considerable amount of his lunch hour writing impassioned and ill-spelt letters to Margot Lynn.
house
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From this reading His taciturn father, brooding over his vanished fortune in his gaunt riverside house at Marlow, may have employed the few moments he gave to the consideration of other people’s troubles in consideration of his son’s new interest.
human
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From this reading When a young man is very much in love with a most attractive girl he is apt to endow her with qualities and virtues which no human being has ever possessed.
ill-spelt
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From this reading They knew it at the bank where he spent his days in counting other people’s money, and a considerable amount of his lunch hour writing impassioned and ill-spelt letters to Margot Lynn.
impassioned
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From this reading They knew it at the bank where he spent his days in counting other people’s money, and a considerable amount of his lunch hour writing impassioned and ill-spelt letters to Margot Lynn.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading When a young man is very much in love with a most attractive girl he is apt to endow her with qualities and virtues which no human being has ever possessed.
inclined
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From this reading Yet at rare and painful intervals there enter into his soul certain wild suspicions, and in these moments he is inclined to regard the possibility that she may be guilty of the basest treachery and double dealing.
interest
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From this reading His taciturn father, brooding over his vanished fortune in his gaunt riverside house at Marlow, may have employed the few moments he gave to the consideration of other people’s troubles in consideration of his son’s new interest.
intervals
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From this reading Yet at rare and painful intervals there enter into his soul certain wild suspicions, and in these moments he is inclined to regard the possibility that she may be guilty of the basest treachery and double dealing.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Yet at rare and painful intervals there enter into his soul certain wild suspicions, and in these moments he is inclined to regard the possibility that she may be guilty of the basest treachery and double dealing.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading When a young man is very much in love with a most attractive girl he is apt to endow her with qualities and virtues which no human being has ever possessed.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading They knew it at the bank where he spent his days in counting other people’s money, and a considerable amount of his lunch hour writing impassioned and ill-spelt letters to Margot Lynn.
Kenneth
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From this reading Everybody knew that Kenneth McKay was desperately in love.
knew
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From this reading Everybody knew that Kenneth McKay was desperately in love.
letters
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From this reading They knew it at the bank where he spent his days in counting other people’s money, and a considerable amount of his lunch hour writing impassioned and ill-spelt letters to Margot Lynn.
love
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From this reading When a young man is very much in love with a most attractive girl he is apt to endow her with qualities and virtues which no human being has ever possessed.
lunch
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From this reading They knew it at the bank where he spent his days in counting other people’s money, and a considerable amount of his lunch hour writing impassioned and ill-spelt letters to Margot Lynn.
Lynn
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man
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From this reading When a young man is very much in love with a most attractive girl he is apt to endow her with qualities and virtues which no human being has ever possessed.
Margot
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From this reading They knew it at the bank where he spent his days in counting other people’s money, and a considerable amount of his lunch hour writing impassioned and ill-spelt letters to Margot Lynn.
Marlow
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From this reading His taciturn father, brooding over his vanished fortune in his gaunt riverside house at Marlow, may have employed the few moments he gave to the consideration of other people’s troubles in consideration of his son’s new interest.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading Yet at rare and painful intervals there enter into his soul certain wild suspicions, and in these moments he is inclined to regard the possibility that she may be guilty of the basest treachery and double dealing.
McKay
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From this reading Everybody knew that Kenneth McKay was desperately in love.
moments
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From this reading Yet at rare and painful intervals there enter into his soul certain wild suspicions, and in these moments he is inclined to regard the possibility that she may be guilty of the basest treachery and double dealing.
money
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From this reading They knew it at the bank where he spent his days in counting other people’s money, and a considerable amount of his lunch hour writing impassioned and ill-spelt letters to Margot Lynn.
most
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From this reading When a young man is very much in love with a most attractive girl he is apt to endow her with qualities and virtues which no human being has ever possessed.
much
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From this reading When a young man is very much in love with a most attractive girl he is apt to endow her with qualities and virtues which no human being has ever possessed.
new
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From this reading His taciturn father, brooding over his vanished fortune in his gaunt riverside house at Marlow, may have employed the few moments he gave to the consideration of other people’s troubles in consideration of his son’s new interest.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading When a young man is very much in love with a most attractive girl he is apt to endow her with qualities and virtues which no human being has ever possessed.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Yet at rare and painful intervals there enter into his soul certain wild suspicions, and in these moments he is inclined to regard the possibility that she may be guilty of the basest treachery and double dealing.
other
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From this reading They knew it at the bank where he spent his days in counting other people’s money, and a considerable amount of his lunch hour writing impassioned and ill-spelt letters to Margot Lynn.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading His taciturn father, brooding over his vanished fortune in his gaunt riverside house at Marlow, may have employed the few moments he gave to the consideration of other people’s troubles in consideration of his son’s new interest.
painful
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From this reading Yet at rare and painful intervals there enter into his soul certain wild suspicions, and in these moments he is inclined to regard the possibility that she may be guilty of the basest treachery and double dealing.
people's
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From this reading They knew it at the bank where he spent his days in counting other people’s money, and a considerable amount of his lunch hour writing impassioned and ill-spelt letters to Margot Lynn.
possessed
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From this reading When a young man is very much in love with a most attractive girl he is apt to endow her with qualities and virtues which no human being has ever possessed.
possibility
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From this reading Yet at rare and painful intervals there enter into his soul certain wild suspicions, and in these moments he is inclined to regard the possibility that she may be guilty of the basest treachery and double dealing.
qualities
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From this reading When a young man is very much in love with a most attractive girl he is apt to endow her with qualities and virtues which no human being has ever possessed.
rare
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From this reading Yet at rare and painful intervals there enter into his soul certain wild suspicions, and in these moments he is inclined to regard the possibility that she may be guilty of the basest treachery and double dealing.
regard
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From this reading Yet at rare and painful intervals there enter into his soul certain wild suspicions, and in these moments he is inclined to regard the possibility that she may be guilty of the basest treachery and double dealing.
riverside
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From this reading His taciturn father, brooding over his vanished fortune in his gaunt riverside house at Marlow, may have employed the few moments he gave to the consideration of other people’s troubles in consideration of his son’s new interest.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Yet at rare and painful intervals there enter into his soul certain wild suspicions, and in these moments he is inclined to regard the possibility that she may be guilty of the basest treachery and double dealing.
son's
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From this reading His taciturn father, brooding over his vanished fortune in his gaunt riverside house at Marlow, may have employed the few moments he gave to the consideration of other people’s troubles in consideration of his son’s new interest.
soul
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From this reading Yet at rare and painful intervals there enter into his soul certain wild suspicions, and in these moments he is inclined to regard the possibility that she may be guilty of the basest treachery and double dealing.
spent
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From this reading They knew it at the bank where he spent his days in counting other people’s money, and a considerable amount of his lunch hour writing impassioned and ill-spelt letters to Margot Lynn.
suspicions
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From this reading Yet at rare and painful intervals there enter into his soul certain wild suspicions, and in these moments he is inclined to regard the possibility that she may be guilty of the basest treachery and double dealing.
taciturn
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From this reading His taciturn father, brooding over his vanished fortune in his gaunt riverside house at Marlow, may have employed the few moments he gave to the consideration of other people’s troubles in consideration of his son’s new interest.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Yet at rare and painful intervals there enter into his soul certain wild suspicions, and in these moments he is inclined to regard the possibility that she may be guilty of the basest treachery and double dealing.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Yet at rare and painful intervals there enter into his soul certain wild suspicions, and in these moments he is inclined to regard the possibility that she may be guilty of the basest treachery and double dealing.
there
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From this reading Yet at rare and painful intervals there enter into his soul certain wild suspicions, and in these moments he is inclined to regard the possibility that she may be guilty of the basest treachery and double dealing.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Yet at rare and painful intervals there enter into his soul certain wild suspicions, and in these moments he is inclined to regard the possibility that she may be guilty of the basest treachery and double dealing.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They knew it at the bank where he spent his days in counting other people’s money, and a considerable amount of his lunch hour writing impassioned and ill-spelt letters to Margot Lynn.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading When a young man is very much in love with a most attractive girl he is apt to endow her with qualities and virtues which no human being has ever possessed.
treacherynounUS /ˈtrɛtʃəri/
betrayal of trust
From this reading Yet at rare and painful intervals there enter into his soul certain wild suspicions, and in these moments he is inclined to regard the possibility that she may be guilty of the basest treachery and double dealing.
troubles
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From this reading His taciturn father, brooding over his vanished fortune in his gaunt riverside house at Marlow, may have employed the few moments he gave to the consideration of other people’s troubles in consideration of his son’s new interest.
vanished
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From this reading His taciturn father, brooding over his vanished fortune in his gaunt riverside house at Marlow, may have employed the few moments he gave to the consideration of other people’s troubles in consideration of his son’s new interest.
very
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From this reading When a young man is very much in love with a most attractive girl he is apt to endow her with qualities and virtues which no human being has ever possessed.
virtues
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From this reading When a young man is very much in love with a most attractive girl he is apt to endow her with qualities and virtues which no human being has ever possessed.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Everybody knew that Kenneth McKay was desperately in love.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When a young man is very much in love with a most attractive girl he is apt to endow her with qualities and virtues which no human being has ever possessed.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading They knew it at the bank where he spent his days in counting other people’s money, and a considerable amount of his lunch hour writing impassioned and ill-spelt letters to Margot Lynn.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading When a young man is very much in love with a most attractive girl he is apt to endow her with qualities and virtues which no human being has ever possessed.
wild
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From this reading Yet at rare and painful intervals there enter into his soul certain wild suspicions, and in these moments he is inclined to regard the possibility that she may be guilty of the basest treachery and double dealing.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading When a young man is very much in love with a most attractive girl he is apt to endow her with qualities and virtues which no human being has ever possessed.
writing
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From this reading They knew it at the bank where he spent his days in counting other people’s money, and a considerable amount of his lunch hour writing impassioned and ill-spelt letters to Margot Lynn.
YetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet at rare and painful intervals there enter into his soul certain wild suspicions, and in these moments he is inclined to regard the possibility that she may be guilty of the basest treachery and double dealing.
young
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From this reading When a young man is very much in love with a most attractive girl he is apt to endow her with qualities and virtues which no human being has ever possessed.
