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1903
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From this reading Preface Book First Book Second Book Third Book Fourth Book Fifth Book Sixth Book Seventh Book Eighth Book Ninth Book Tenth Book Book Eleventh Book Twelfth Preface Nothing is more easy than to state the subject of “The Ambassadors,” which first appeared in twelve numbers of _The North American Review_ (1903) and was published as a whole the same year.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Preface Book First Book Second Book Third Book Fourth Book Fifth Book Sixth Book Seventh Book Eighth Book Ninth Book Tenth Book Book Eleventh Book Twelfth Preface Nothing is more easy than to state the subject of “The Ambassadors,” which first appeared in twelve numbers of _The North American Review_ (1903) and was published as a whole the same year.
admonition
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From this reading The whole case, in fine, is in Lambert Strether’s irrepressible outbreak to little Bilham on the Sunday afternoon in Gloriani’s garden, the candour with which he yields, for his young friend’s enlightenment, to the charming admonition of that crisis.
afternoonnounUS /ˈafternoon/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The whole case, in fine, is in Lambert Strether’s irrepressible outbreak to little Bilham on the Sunday afternoon in Gloriani’s garden, the candour with which he yields, for his young friend’s enlightenment, to the charming admonition of that crisis.
almost
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From this reading The situation involved is gathered up betimes, that is in the second chapter of Book Fifth, for the reader’s benefit, into as few words as possible—planted or “sunk,” stiffly and saliently, in the centre of the current, almost perhaps to the obstruction of traffic.
Ambassadors
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From this reading Preface Book First Book Second Book Third Book Fourth Book Fifth Book Sixth Book Seventh Book Eighth Book Ninth Book Tenth Book Book Eleventh Book Twelfth Preface Nothing is more easy than to state the subject of “The Ambassadors,” which first appeared in twelve numbers of _The North American Review_ (1903) and was published as a whole the same year.
American
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From this reading Preface Book First Book Second Book Third Book Fourth Book Fifth Book Sixth Book Seventh Book Eighth Book Ninth Book Tenth Book Book Eleventh Book Twelfth Preface Nothing is more easy than to state the subject of “The Ambassadors,” which first appeared in twelve numbers of _The North American Review_ (1903) and was published as a whole the same year.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Never can a composition of this sort have sprung straighter from a dropped grain of suggestion, and never can that grain, developed, overgrown and smothered, have yet lurked more in the mass as an independent particle.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Preface Book First Book Second Book Third Book Fourth Book Fifth Book Sixth Book Seventh Book Eighth Book Ninth Book Tenth Book Book Eleventh Book Twelfth Preface Nothing is more easy than to state the subject of “The Ambassadors,” which first appeared in twelve numbers of _The North American Review_ (1903) and was published as a whole the same year.
appeared
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From this reading Preface Book First Book Second Book Third Book Fourth Book Fifth Book Sixth Book Seventh Book Eighth Book Ninth Book Tenth Book Book Eleventh Book Twelfth Preface Nothing is more easy than to state the subject of “The Ambassadors,” which first appeared in twelve numbers of _The North American Review_ (1903) and was published as a whole the same year.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Preface Book First Book Second Book Third Book Fourth Book Fifth Book Sixth Book Seventh Book Eighth Book Ninth Book Tenth Book Book Eleventh Book Twelfth Preface Nothing is more easy than to state the subject of “The Ambassadors,” which first appeared in twelve numbers of _The North American Review_ (1903) and was published as a whole the same year.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The idea of the tale resides indeed in the very fact that an hour of such unprecedented ease should have been felt by him _as_ a crisis, and he is at pains to express it for us as neatly as we could desire.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The idea of the tale resides indeed in the very fact that an hour of such unprecedented ease should have been felt by him _as_ a crisis, and he is at pains to express it for us as neatly as we could desire.
benefit
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From this reading The situation involved is gathered up betimes, that is in the second chapter of Book Fifth, for the reader’s benefit, into as few words as possible—planted or “sunk,” stiffly and saliently, in the centre of the current, almost perhaps to the obstruction of traffic.
betimes
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From this reading The situation involved is gathered up betimes, that is in the second chapter of Book Fifth, for the reader’s benefit, into as few words as possible—planted or “sunk,” stiffly and saliently, in the centre of the current, almost perhaps to the obstruction of traffic.
Bilham
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From this reading The whole case, in fine, is in Lambert Strether’s irrepressible outbreak to little Bilham on the Sunday afternoon in Gloriani’s garden, the candour with which he yields, for his young friend’s enlightenment, to the charming admonition of that crisis.
Book
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From this reading Preface Book First Book Second Book Third Book Fourth Book Fifth Book Sixth Book Seventh Book Eighth Book Ninth Book Tenth Book Book Eleventh Book Twelfth Preface Nothing is more easy than to state the subject of “The Ambassadors,” which first appeared in twelve numbers of _The North American Review_ (1903) and was published as a whole the same year.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The idea of the tale resides indeed in the very fact that an hour of such unprecedented ease should have been felt by him _as_ a crisis, and he is at pains to express it for us as neatly as we could desire.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Never can a composition of this sort have sprung straighter from a dropped grain of suggestion, and never can that grain, developed, overgrown and smothered, have yet lurked more in the mass as an independent particle.
candour
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From this reading The whole case, in fine, is in Lambert Strether’s irrepressible outbreak to little Bilham on the Sunday afternoon in Gloriani’s garden, the candour with which he yields, for his young friend’s enlightenment, to the charming admonition of that crisis.
case
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From this reading The whole case, in fine, is in Lambert Strether’s irrepressible outbreak to little Bilham on the Sunday afternoon in Gloriani’s garden, the candour with which he yields, for his young friend’s enlightenment, to the charming admonition of that crisis.
centre
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From this reading The situation involved is gathered up betimes, that is in the second chapter of Book Fifth, for the reader’s benefit, into as few words as possible—planted or “sunk,” stiffly and saliently, in the centre of the current, almost perhaps to the obstruction of traffic.
chapter
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From this reading The situation involved is gathered up betimes, that is in the second chapter of Book Fifth, for the reader’s benefit, into as few words as possible—planted or “sunk,” stiffly and saliently, in the centre of the current, almost perhaps to the obstruction of traffic.
charming
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From this reading The whole case, in fine, is in Lambert Strether’s irrepressible outbreak to little Bilham on the Sunday afternoon in Gloriani’s garden, the candour with which he yields, for his young friend’s enlightenment, to the charming admonition of that crisis.
composition
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From this reading Never can a composition of this sort have sprung straighter from a dropped grain of suggestion, and never can that grain, developed, overgrown and smothered, have yet lurked more in the mass as an independent particle.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading The idea of the tale resides indeed in the very fact that an hour of such unprecedented ease should have been felt by him _as_ a crisis, and he is at pains to express it for us as neatly as we could desire.
crisis
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From this reading The whole case, in fine, is in Lambert Strether’s irrepressible outbreak to little Bilham on the Sunday afternoon in Gloriani’s garden, the candour with which he yields, for his young friend’s enlightenment, to the charming admonition of that crisis.
currentnounUS /ˈcurrent/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The situation involved is gathered up betimes, that is in the second chapter of Book Fifth, for the reader’s benefit, into as few words as possible—planted or “sunk,” stiffly and saliently, in the centre of the current, almost perhaps to the obstruction of traffic.
desire
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From this reading The idea of the tale resides indeed in the very fact that an hour of such unprecedented ease should have been felt by him _as_ a crisis, and he is at pains to express it for us as neatly as we could desire.
developed
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From this reading Never can a composition of this sort have sprung straighter from a dropped grain of suggestion, and never can that grain, developed, overgrown and smothered, have yet lurked more in the mass as an independent particle.
dropped
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From this reading Never can a composition of this sort have sprung straighter from a dropped grain of suggestion, and never can that grain, developed, overgrown and smothered, have yet lurked more in the mass as an independent particle.
ease
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From this reading The idea of the tale resides indeed in the very fact that an hour of such unprecedented ease should have been felt by him _as_ a crisis, and he is at pains to express it for us as neatly as we could desire.
easy
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From this reading Preface Book First Book Second Book Third Book Fourth Book Fifth Book Sixth Book Seventh Book Eighth Book Ninth Book Tenth Book Book Eleventh Book Twelfth Preface Nothing is more easy than to state the subject of “The Ambassadors,” which first appeared in twelve numbers of _The North American Review_ (1903) and was published as a whole the same year.
Eighth
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From this reading Preface Book First Book Second Book Third Book Fourth Book Fifth Book Sixth Book Seventh Book Eighth Book Ninth Book Tenth Book Book Eleventh Book Twelfth Preface Nothing is more easy than to state the subject of “The Ambassadors,” which first appeared in twelve numbers of _The North American Review_ (1903) and was published as a whole the same year.
Eleventh
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From this reading Preface Book First Book Second Book Third Book Fourth Book Fifth Book Sixth Book Seventh Book Eighth Book Ninth Book Tenth Book Book Eleventh Book Twelfth Preface Nothing is more easy than to state the subject of “The Ambassadors,” which first appeared in twelve numbers of _The North American Review_ (1903) and was published as a whole the same year.
enlightenment
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From this reading The whole case, in fine, is in Lambert Strether’s irrepressible outbreak to little Bilham on the Sunday afternoon in Gloriani’s garden, the candour with which he yields, for his young friend’s enlightenment, to the charming admonition of that crisis.
expressverbUS /ɪkˈspres/
to show or communicate a feeling or idea
From this reading The idea of the tale resides indeed in the very fact that an hour of such unprecedented ease should have been felt by him _as_ a crisis, and he is at pains to express it for us as neatly as we could desire.
fact
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From this reading The idea of the tale resides indeed in the very fact that an hour of such unprecedented ease should have been felt by him _as_ a crisis, and he is at pains to express it for us as neatly as we could desire.
felt
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From this reading The idea of the tale resides indeed in the very fact that an hour of such unprecedented ease should have been felt by him _as_ a crisis, and he is at pains to express it for us as neatly as we could desire.
few
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From this reading The situation involved is gathered up betimes, that is in the second chapter of Book Fifth, for the reader’s benefit, into as few words as possible—planted or “sunk,” stiffly and saliently, in the centre of the current, almost perhaps to the obstruction of traffic.
Fifth
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From this reading Preface Book First Book Second Book Third Book Fourth Book Fifth Book Sixth Book Seventh Book Eighth Book Ninth Book Tenth Book Book Eleventh Book Twelfth Preface Nothing is more easy than to state the subject of “The Ambassadors,” which first appeared in twelve numbers of _The North American Review_ (1903) and was published as a whole the same year.
finenounUS /fine/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The whole case, in fine, is in Lambert Strether’s irrepressible outbreak to little Bilham on the Sunday afternoon in Gloriani’s garden, the candour with which he yields, for his young friend’s enlightenment, to the charming admonition of that crisis.
FirstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Preface Book First Book Second Book Third Book Fourth Book Fifth Book Sixth Book Seventh Book Eighth Book Ninth Book Tenth Book Book Eleventh Book Twelfth Preface Nothing is more easy than to state the subject of “The Ambassadors,” which first appeared in twelve numbers of _The North American Review_ (1903) and was published as a whole the same year.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The situation involved is gathered up betimes, that is in the second chapter of Book Fifth, for the reader’s benefit, into as few words as possible—planted or “sunk,” stiffly and saliently, in the centre of the current, almost perhaps to the obstruction of traffic.
FourthnounUS /fourth/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Preface Book First Book Second Book Third Book Fourth Book Fifth Book Sixth Book Seventh Book Eighth Book Ninth Book Tenth Book Book Eleventh Book Twelfth Preface Nothing is more easy than to state the subject of “The Ambassadors,” which first appeared in twelve numbers of _The North American Review_ (1903) and was published as a whole the same year.
friend's
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From this reading The whole case, in fine, is in Lambert Strether’s irrepressible outbreak to little Bilham on the Sunday afternoon in Gloriani’s garden, the candour with which he yields, for his young friend’s enlightenment, to the charming admonition of that crisis.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Never can a composition of this sort have sprung straighter from a dropped grain of suggestion, and never can that grain, developed, overgrown and smothered, have yet lurked more in the mass as an independent particle.
garden
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From this reading The whole case, in fine, is in Lambert Strether’s irrepressible outbreak to little Bilham on the Sunday afternoon in Gloriani’s garden, the candour with which he yields, for his young friend’s enlightenment, to the charming admonition of that crisis.
gathered
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From this reading The situation involved is gathered up betimes, that is in the second chapter of Book Fifth, for the reader’s benefit, into as few words as possible—planted or “sunk,” stiffly and saliently, in the centre of the current, almost perhaps to the obstruction of traffic.
Gloriani's
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From this reading The whole case, in fine, is in Lambert Strether’s irrepressible outbreak to little Bilham on the Sunday afternoon in Gloriani’s garden, the candour with which he yields, for his young friend’s enlightenment, to the charming admonition of that crisis.
grain
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From this reading Never can a composition of this sort have sprung straighter from a dropped grain of suggestion, and never can that grain, developed, overgrown and smothered, have yet lurked more in the mass as an independent particle.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Never can a composition of this sort have sprung straighter from a dropped grain of suggestion, and never can that grain, developed, overgrown and smothered, have yet lurked more in the mass as an independent particle.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The whole case, in fine, is in Lambert Strether’s irrepressible outbreak to little Bilham on the Sunday afternoon in Gloriani’s garden, the candour with which he yields, for his young friend’s enlightenment, to the charming admonition of that crisis.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The idea of the tale resides indeed in the very fact that an hour of such unprecedented ease should have been felt by him _as_ a crisis, and he is at pains to express it for us as neatly as we could desire.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The whole case, in fine, is in Lambert Strether’s irrepressible outbreak to little Bilham on the Sunday afternoon in Gloriani’s garden, the candour with which he yields, for his young friend’s enlightenment, to the charming admonition of that crisis.
hour
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From this reading The idea of the tale resides indeed in the very fact that an hour of such unprecedented ease should have been felt by him _as_ a crisis, and he is at pains to express it for us as neatly as we could desire.
idea
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From this reading The idea of the tale resides indeed in the very fact that an hour of such unprecedented ease should have been felt by him _as_ a crisis, and he is at pains to express it for us as neatly as we could desire.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Preface Book First Book Second Book Third Book Fourth Book Fifth Book Sixth Book Seventh Book Eighth Book Ninth Book Tenth Book Book Eleventh Book Twelfth Preface Nothing is more easy than to state the subject of “The Ambassadors,” which first appeared in twelve numbers of _The North American Review_ (1903) and was published as a whole the same year.
indeed
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From this reading The idea of the tale resides indeed in the very fact that an hour of such unprecedented ease should have been felt by him _as_ a crisis, and he is at pains to express it for us as neatly as we could desire.
independent
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From this reading Never can a composition of this sort have sprung straighter from a dropped grain of suggestion, and never can that grain, developed, overgrown and smothered, have yet lurked more in the mass as an independent particle.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The situation involved is gathered up betimes, that is in the second chapter of Book Fifth, for the reader’s benefit, into as few words as possible—planted or “sunk,” stiffly and saliently, in the centre of the current, almost perhaps to the obstruction of traffic.
involved
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From this reading The situation involved is gathered up betimes, that is in the second chapter of Book Fifth, for the reader’s benefit, into as few words as possible—planted or “sunk,” stiffly and saliently, in the centre of the current, almost perhaps to the obstruction of traffic.
irrepressible
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From this reading The whole case, in fine, is in Lambert Strether’s irrepressible outbreak to little Bilham on the Sunday afternoon in Gloriani’s garden, the candour with which he yields, for his young friend’s enlightenment, to the charming admonition of that crisis.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Preface Book First Book Second Book Third Book Fourth Book Fifth Book Sixth Book Seventh Book Eighth Book Ninth Book Tenth Book Book Eleventh Book Twelfth Preface Nothing is more easy than to state the subject of “The Ambassadors,” which first appeared in twelve numbers of _The North American Review_ (1903) and was published as a whole the same year.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The idea of the tale resides indeed in the very fact that an hour of such unprecedented ease should have been felt by him _as_ a crisis, and he is at pains to express it for us as neatly as we could desire.
Lambert
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From this reading The whole case, in fine, is in Lambert Strether’s irrepressible outbreak to little Bilham on the Sunday afternoon in Gloriani’s garden, the candour with which he yields, for his young friend’s enlightenment, to the charming admonition of that crisis.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The whole case, in fine, is in Lambert Strether’s irrepressible outbreak to little Bilham on the Sunday afternoon in Gloriani’s garden, the candour with which he yields, for his young friend’s enlightenment, to the charming admonition of that crisis.
lurked
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From this reading Never can a composition of this sort have sprung straighter from a dropped grain of suggestion, and never can that grain, developed, overgrown and smothered, have yet lurked more in the mass as an independent particle.
mass
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From this reading Never can a composition of this sort have sprung straighter from a dropped grain of suggestion, and never can that grain, developed, overgrown and smothered, have yet lurked more in the mass as an independent particle.
more
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From this reading Preface Book First Book Second Book Third Book Fourth Book Fifth Book Sixth Book Seventh Book Eighth Book Ninth Book Tenth Book Book Eleventh Book Twelfth Preface Nothing is more easy than to state the subject of “The Ambassadors,” which first appeared in twelve numbers of _The North American Review_ (1903) and was published as a whole the same year.
neatly
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From this reading The idea of the tale resides indeed in the very fact that an hour of such unprecedented ease should have been felt by him _as_ a crisis, and he is at pains to express it for us as neatly as we could desire.
NevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Never can a composition of this sort have sprung straighter from a dropped grain of suggestion, and never can that grain, developed, overgrown and smothered, have yet lurked more in the mass as an independent particle.
Ninth
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From this reading Preface Book First Book Second Book Third Book Fourth Book Fifth Book Sixth Book Seventh Book Eighth Book Ninth Book Tenth Book Book Eleventh Book Twelfth Preface Nothing is more easy than to state the subject of “The Ambassadors,” which first appeared in twelve numbers of _The North American Review_ (1903) and was published as a whole the same year.
North
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From this reading Preface Book First Book Second Book Third Book Fourth Book Fifth Book Sixth Book Seventh Book Eighth Book Ninth Book Tenth Book Book Eleventh Book Twelfth Preface Nothing is more easy than to state the subject of “The Ambassadors,” which first appeared in twelve numbers of _The North American Review_ (1903) and was published as a whole the same year.
NothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Preface Book First Book Second Book Third Book Fourth Book Fifth Book Sixth Book Seventh Book Eighth Book Ninth Book Tenth Book Book Eleventh Book Twelfth Preface Nothing is more easy than to state the subject of “The Ambassadors,” which first appeared in twelve numbers of _The North American Review_ (1903) and was published as a whole the same year.
numbers
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From this reading Preface Book First Book Second Book Third Book Fourth Book Fifth Book Sixth Book Seventh Book Eighth Book Ninth Book Tenth Book Book Eleventh Book Twelfth Preface Nothing is more easy than to state the subject of “The Ambassadors,” which first appeared in twelve numbers of _The North American Review_ (1903) and was published as a whole the same year.
obstruction
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From this reading The situation involved is gathered up betimes, that is in the second chapter of Book Fifth, for the reader’s benefit, into as few words as possible—planted or “sunk,” stiffly and saliently, in the centre of the current, almost perhaps to the obstruction of traffic.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Preface Book First Book Second Book Third Book Fourth Book Fifth Book Sixth Book Seventh Book Eighth Book Ninth Book Tenth Book Book Eleventh Book Twelfth Preface Nothing is more easy than to state the subject of “The Ambassadors,” which first appeared in twelve numbers of _The North American Review_ (1903) and was published as a whole the same year.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The whole case, in fine, is in Lambert Strether’s irrepressible outbreak to little Bilham on the Sunday afternoon in Gloriani’s garden, the candour with which he yields, for his young friend’s enlightenment, to the charming admonition of that crisis.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The situation involved is gathered up betimes, that is in the second chapter of Book Fifth, for the reader’s benefit, into as few words as possible—planted or “sunk,” stiffly and saliently, in the centre of the current, almost perhaps to the obstruction of traffic.
outbreak
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From this reading The whole case, in fine, is in Lambert Strether’s irrepressible outbreak to little Bilham on the Sunday afternoon in Gloriani’s garden, the candour with which he yields, for his young friend’s enlightenment, to the charming admonition of that crisis.
overgrown
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From this reading Never can a composition of this sort have sprung straighter from a dropped grain of suggestion, and never can that grain, developed, overgrown and smothered, have yet lurked more in the mass as an independent particle.
pains
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From this reading The idea of the tale resides indeed in the very fact that an hour of such unprecedented ease should have been felt by him _as_ a crisis, and he is at pains to express it for us as neatly as we could desire.
particle
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From this reading Never can a composition of this sort have sprung straighter from a dropped grain of suggestion, and never can that grain, developed, overgrown and smothered, have yet lurked more in the mass as an independent particle.
perhaps
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From this reading The situation involved is gathered up betimes, that is in the second chapter of Book Fifth, for the reader’s benefit, into as few words as possible—planted or “sunk,” stiffly and saliently, in the centre of the current, almost perhaps to the obstruction of traffic.
planted
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From this reading The situation involved is gathered up betimes, that is in the second chapter of Book Fifth, for the reader’s benefit, into as few words as possible—planted or “sunk,” stiffly and saliently, in the centre of the current, almost perhaps to the obstruction of traffic.
possible
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From this reading The situation involved is gathered up betimes, that is in the second chapter of Book Fifth, for the reader’s benefit, into as few words as possible—planted or “sunk,” stiffly and saliently, in the centre of the current, almost perhaps to the obstruction of traffic.
Preface
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From this reading Preface Book First Book Second Book Third Book Fourth Book Fifth Book Sixth Book Seventh Book Eighth Book Ninth Book Tenth Book Book Eleventh Book Twelfth Preface Nothing is more easy than to state the subject of “The Ambassadors,” which first appeared in twelve numbers of _The North American Review_ (1903) and was published as a whole the same year.
published
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From this reading Preface Book First Book Second Book Third Book Fourth Book Fifth Book Sixth Book Seventh Book Eighth Book Ninth Book Tenth Book Book Eleventh Book Twelfth Preface Nothing is more easy than to state the subject of “The Ambassadors,” which first appeared in twelve numbers of _The North American Review_ (1903) and was published as a whole the same year.
reader's
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From this reading The situation involved is gathered up betimes, that is in the second chapter of Book Fifth, for the reader’s benefit, into as few words as possible—planted or “sunk,” stiffly and saliently, in the centre of the current, almost perhaps to the obstruction of traffic.
resides
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From this reading The idea of the tale resides indeed in the very fact that an hour of such unprecedented ease should have been felt by him _as_ a crisis, and he is at pains to express it for us as neatly as we could desire.
Review
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From this reading Preface Book First Book Second Book Third Book Fourth Book Fifth Book Sixth Book Seventh Book Eighth Book Ninth Book Tenth Book Book Eleventh Book Twelfth Preface Nothing is more easy than to state the subject of “The Ambassadors,” which first appeared in twelve numbers of _The North American Review_ (1903) and was published as a whole the same year.
saliently
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From this reading The situation involved is gathered up betimes, that is in the second chapter of Book Fifth, for the reader’s benefit, into as few words as possible—planted or “sunk,” stiffly and saliently, in the centre of the current, almost perhaps to the obstruction of traffic.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Preface Book First Book Second Book Third Book Fourth Book Fifth Book Sixth Book Seventh Book Eighth Book Ninth Book Tenth Book Book Eleventh Book Twelfth Preface Nothing is more easy than to state the subject of “The Ambassadors,” which first appeared in twelve numbers of _The North American Review_ (1903) and was published as a whole the same year.
Second
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From this reading Preface Book First Book Second Book Third Book Fourth Book Fifth Book Sixth Book Seventh Book Eighth Book Ninth Book Tenth Book Book Eleventh Book Twelfth Preface Nothing is more easy than to state the subject of “The Ambassadors,” which first appeared in twelve numbers of _The North American Review_ (1903) and was published as a whole the same year.
Seventh
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From this reading Preface Book First Book Second Book Third Book Fourth Book Fifth Book Sixth Book Seventh Book Eighth Book Ninth Book Tenth Book Book Eleventh Book Twelfth Preface Nothing is more easy than to state the subject of “The Ambassadors,” which first appeared in twelve numbers of _The North American Review_ (1903) and was published as a whole the same year.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading The idea of the tale resides indeed in the very fact that an hour of such unprecedented ease should have been felt by him _as_ a crisis, and he is at pains to express it for us as neatly as we could desire.
situation
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From this reading The situation involved is gathered up betimes, that is in the second chapter of Book Fifth, for the reader’s benefit, into as few words as possible—planted or “sunk,” stiffly and saliently, in the centre of the current, almost perhaps to the obstruction of traffic.
SixthnounUS /sixth/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Preface Book First Book Second Book Third Book Fourth Book Fifth Book Sixth Book Seventh Book Eighth Book Ninth Book Tenth Book Book Eleventh Book Twelfth Preface Nothing is more easy than to state the subject of “The Ambassadors,” which first appeared in twelve numbers of _The North American Review_ (1903) and was published as a whole the same year.
smothered
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From this reading Never can a composition of this sort have sprung straighter from a dropped grain of suggestion, and never can that grain, developed, overgrown and smothered, have yet lurked more in the mass as an independent particle.
sort
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From this reading Never can a composition of this sort have sprung straighter from a dropped grain of suggestion, and never can that grain, developed, overgrown and smothered, have yet lurked more in the mass as an independent particle.
sprung
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From this reading Never can a composition of this sort have sprung straighter from a dropped grain of suggestion, and never can that grain, developed, overgrown and smothered, have yet lurked more in the mass as an independent particle.
state
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From this reading Preface Book First Book Second Book Third Book Fourth Book Fifth Book Sixth Book Seventh Book Eighth Book Ninth Book Tenth Book Book Eleventh Book Twelfth Preface Nothing is more easy than to state the subject of “The Ambassadors,” which first appeared in twelve numbers of _The North American Review_ (1903) and was published as a whole the same year.
stiffly
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From this reading The situation involved is gathered up betimes, that is in the second chapter of Book Fifth, for the reader’s benefit, into as few words as possible—planted or “sunk,” stiffly and saliently, in the centre of the current, almost perhaps to the obstruction of traffic.
straighter
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From this reading Never can a composition of this sort have sprung straighter from a dropped grain of suggestion, and never can that grain, developed, overgrown and smothered, have yet lurked more in the mass as an independent particle.
Strether's
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From this reading The whole case, in fine, is in Lambert Strether’s irrepressible outbreak to little Bilham on the Sunday afternoon in Gloriani’s garden, the candour with which he yields, for his young friend’s enlightenment, to the charming admonition of that crisis.
subject
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From this reading Preface Book First Book Second Book Third Book Fourth Book Fifth Book Sixth Book Seventh Book Eighth Book Ninth Book Tenth Book Book Eleventh Book Twelfth Preface Nothing is more easy than to state the subject of “The Ambassadors,” which first appeared in twelve numbers of _The North American Review_ (1903) and was published as a whole the same year.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading The idea of the tale resides indeed in the very fact that an hour of such unprecedented ease should have been felt by him _as_ a crisis, and he is at pains to express it for us as neatly as we could desire.
suggestion
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From this reading Never can a composition of this sort have sprung straighter from a dropped grain of suggestion, and never can that grain, developed, overgrown and smothered, have yet lurked more in the mass as an independent particle.
Sunday
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From this reading The whole case, in fine, is in Lambert Strether’s irrepressible outbreak to little Bilham on the Sunday afternoon in Gloriani’s garden, the candour with which he yields, for his young friend’s enlightenment, to the charming admonition of that crisis.
sunk
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From this reading The situation involved is gathered up betimes, that is in the second chapter of Book Fifth, for the reader’s benefit, into as few words as possible—planted or “sunk,” stiffly and saliently, in the centre of the current, almost perhaps to the obstruction of traffic.
tale
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From this reading The idea of the tale resides indeed in the very fact that an hour of such unprecedented ease should have been felt by him _as_ a crisis, and he is at pains to express it for us as neatly as we could desire.
Tenth
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From this reading Preface Book First Book Second Book Third Book Fourth Book Fifth Book Sixth Book Seventh Book Eighth Book Ninth Book Tenth Book Book Eleventh Book Twelfth Preface Nothing is more easy than to state the subject of “The Ambassadors,” which first appeared in twelve numbers of _The North American Review_ (1903) and was published as a whole the same year.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Preface Book First Book Second Book Third Book Fourth Book Fifth Book Sixth Book Seventh Book Eighth Book Ninth Book Tenth Book Book Eleventh Book Twelfth Preface Nothing is more easy than to state the subject of “The Ambassadors,” which first appeared in twelve numbers of _The North American Review_ (1903) and was published as a whole the same year.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The situation involved is gathered up betimes, that is in the second chapter of Book Fifth, for the reader’s benefit, into as few words as possible—planted or “sunk,” stiffly and saliently, in the centre of the current, almost perhaps to the obstruction of traffic.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Preface Book First Book Second Book Third Book Fourth Book Fifth Book Sixth Book Seventh Book Eighth Book Ninth Book Tenth Book Book Eleventh Book Twelfth Preface Nothing is more easy than to state the subject of “The Ambassadors,” which first appeared in twelve numbers of _The North American Review_ (1903) and was published as a whole the same year.
ThirdnounUS /third/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Preface Book First Book Second Book Third Book Fourth Book Fifth Book Sixth Book Seventh Book Eighth Book Ninth Book Tenth Book Book Eleventh Book Twelfth Preface Nothing is more easy than to state the subject of “The Ambassadors,” which first appeared in twelve numbers of _The North American Review_ (1903) and was published as a whole the same year.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Never can a composition of this sort have sprung straighter from a dropped grain of suggestion, and never can that grain, developed, overgrown and smothered, have yet lurked more in the mass as an independent particle.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Preface Book First Book Second Book Third Book Fourth Book Fifth Book Sixth Book Seventh Book Eighth Book Ninth Book Tenth Book Book Eleventh Book Twelfth Preface Nothing is more easy than to state the subject of “The Ambassadors,” which first appeared in twelve numbers of _The North American Review_ (1903) and was published as a whole the same year.
traffic
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From this reading The situation involved is gathered up betimes, that is in the second chapter of Book Fifth, for the reader’s benefit, into as few words as possible—planted or “sunk,” stiffly and saliently, in the centre of the current, almost perhaps to the obstruction of traffic.
Twelfth
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From this reading Preface Book First Book Second Book Third Book Fourth Book Fifth Book Sixth Book Seventh Book Eighth Book Ninth Book Tenth Book Book Eleventh Book Twelfth Preface Nothing is more easy than to state the subject of “The Ambassadors,” which first appeared in twelve numbers of _The North American Review_ (1903) and was published as a whole the same year.
twelve
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From this reading Preface Book First Book Second Book Third Book Fourth Book Fifth Book Sixth Book Seventh Book Eighth Book Ninth Book Tenth Book Book Eleventh Book Twelfth Preface Nothing is more easy than to state the subject of “The Ambassadors,” which first appeared in twelve numbers of _The North American Review_ (1903) and was published as a whole the same year.
unprecedented
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From this reading The idea of the tale resides indeed in the very fact that an hour of such unprecedented ease should have been felt by him _as_ a crisis, and he is at pains to express it for us as neatly as we could desire.
up
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From this reading The situation involved is gathered up betimes, that is in the second chapter of Book Fifth, for the reader’s benefit, into as few words as possible—planted or “sunk,” stiffly and saliently, in the centre of the current, almost perhaps to the obstruction of traffic.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The idea of the tale resides indeed in the very fact that an hour of such unprecedented ease should have been felt by him _as_ a crisis, and he is at pains to express it for us as neatly as we could desire.
very
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From this reading The idea of the tale resides indeed in the very fact that an hour of such unprecedented ease should have been felt by him _as_ a crisis, and he is at pains to express it for us as neatly as we could desire.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Preface Book First Book Second Book Third Book Fourth Book Fifth Book Sixth Book Seventh Book Eighth Book Ninth Book Tenth Book Book Eleventh Book Twelfth Preface Nothing is more easy than to state the subject of “The Ambassadors,” which first appeared in twelve numbers of _The North American Review_ (1903) and was published as a whole the same year.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading The idea of the tale resides indeed in the very fact that an hour of such unprecedented ease should have been felt by him _as_ a crisis, and he is at pains to express it for us as neatly as we could desire.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Preface Book First Book Second Book Third Book Fourth Book Fifth Book Sixth Book Seventh Book Eighth Book Ninth Book Tenth Book Book Eleventh Book Twelfth Preface Nothing is more easy than to state the subject of “The Ambassadors,” which first appeared in twelve numbers of _The North American Review_ (1903) and was published as a whole the same year.
whole
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From this reading Preface Book First Book Second Book Third Book Fourth Book Fifth Book Sixth Book Seventh Book Eighth Book Ninth Book Tenth Book Book Eleventh Book Twelfth Preface Nothing is more easy than to state the subject of “The Ambassadors,” which first appeared in twelve numbers of _The North American Review_ (1903) and was published as a whole the same year.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The whole case, in fine, is in Lambert Strether’s irrepressible outbreak to little Bilham on the Sunday afternoon in Gloriani’s garden, the candour with which he yields, for his young friend’s enlightenment, to the charming admonition of that crisis.
words
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From this reading The situation involved is gathered up betimes, that is in the second chapter of Book Fifth, for the reader’s benefit, into as few words as possible—planted or “sunk,” stiffly and saliently, in the centre of the current, almost perhaps to the obstruction of traffic.
year
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From this reading Preface Book First Book Second Book Third Book Fourth Book Fifth Book Sixth Book Seventh Book Eighth Book Ninth Book Tenth Book Book Eleventh Book Twelfth Preface Nothing is more easy than to state the subject of “The Ambassadors,” which first appeared in twelve numbers of _The North American Review_ (1903) and was published as a whole the same year.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Never can a composition of this sort have sprung straighter from a dropped grain of suggestion, and never can that grain, developed, overgrown and smothered, have yet lurked more in the mass as an independent particle.
yields
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From this reading The whole case, in fine, is in Lambert Strether’s irrepressible outbreak to little Bilham on the Sunday afternoon in Gloriani’s garden, the candour with which he yields, for his young friend’s enlightenment, to the charming admonition of that crisis.
young
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From this reading The whole case, in fine, is in Lambert Strether’s irrepressible outbreak to little Bilham on the Sunday afternoon in Gloriani’s garden, the candour with which he yields, for his young friend’s enlightenment, to the charming admonition of that crisis.
