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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 I left Jacques after this jesting remark which I laughed at him with a gaiety sufficiently well simulated for the strange pain I was stifling to escape his irony.
abandoning
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From this reading I had run after my friend all the afternoon to beg him not to slight his poor friend by abandoning her so brutally.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading I left Jacques after this jesting remark which I laughed at him with a gaiety sufficiently well simulated for the strange pain I was stifling to escape his irony.
afternoonnounUS /ˈafternoon/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I had run after my friend all the afternoon to beg him not to slight his poor friend by abandoning her so brutally.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here was my cowardice again, my grievous inconsequence of heart which was always the same in spite of experience, in spite of resolution, and in spite of age!
age
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From this reading Here was my cowardice again, my grievous inconsequence of heart which was always the same in spite of experience, in spite of resolution, and in spite of age!
all
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From this reading I had run after my friend all the afternoon to beg him not to slight his poor friend by abandoning her so brutally.
always
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From this reading Here was my cowardice again, my grievous inconsequence of heart which was always the same in spite of experience, in spite of resolution, and in spite of age!
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Here was my cowardice again, my grievous inconsequence of heart which was always the same in spite of experience, in spite of resolution, and in spite of age!
anxiety
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From this reading I had come to the theatre to exhort Camille not to judge her lover as she did, for her possible vengeance had moved me with anxiety to the depths of my soul.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I had come to the theatre to exhort Camille not to judge her lover as she did, for her possible vengeance had moved me with anxiety to the depths of my soul.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I left Jacques after this jesting remark which I laughed at him with a gaiety sufficiently well simulated for the strange pain I was stifling to escape his irony.
beg
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From this reading I had run after my friend all the afternoon to beg him not to slight his poor friend by abandoning her so brutally.
brutally
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From this reading I had run after my friend all the afternoon to beg him not to slight his poor friend by abandoning her so brutally.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading I had run after my friend all the afternoon to beg him not to slight his poor friend by abandoning her so brutally.
Camille
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From this reading I had come to the theatre to exhort Camille not to judge her lover as she did, for her possible vengeance had moved me with anxiety to the depths of my soul.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I had come to the theatre to exhort Camille not to judge her lover as she did, for her possible vengeance had moved me with anxiety to the depths of my soul.
cowardice
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From this reading Here was my cowardice again, my grievous inconsequence of heart which was always the same in spite of experience, in spite of resolution, and in spite of age!
depths
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From this reading I had come to the theatre to exhort Camille not to judge her lover as she did, for her possible vengeance had moved me with anxiety to the depths of my soul.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading I had come to the theatre to exhort Camille not to judge her lover as she did, for her possible vengeance had moved me with anxiety to the depths of my soul.
escape
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From this reading I left Jacques after this jesting remark which I laughed at him with a gaiety sufficiently well simulated for the strange pain I was stifling to escape his irony.
exhort
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From this reading I had come to the theatre to exhort Camille not to judge her lover as she did, for her possible vengeance had moved me with anxiety to the depths of my soul.
experience
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From this reading Here was my cowardice again, my grievous inconsequence of heart which was always the same in spite of experience, in spite of resolution, and in spite of age!
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I left Jacques after this jesting remark which I laughed at him with a gaiety sufficiently well simulated for the strange pain I was stifling to escape his irony.
friend
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From this reading I had run after my friend all the afternoon to beg him not to slight his poor friend by abandoning her so brutally.
gaiety
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From this reading I left Jacques after this jesting remark which I laughed at him with a gaiety sufficiently well simulated for the strange pain I was stifling to escape his irony.
grievousadjectiveUS /ˈɡriːvəs/
very serious and causing great pain or suffering
From this reading Here was my cowardice again, my grievous inconsequence of heart which was always the same in spite of experience, in spite of resolution, and in spite of age!
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I had run after my friend all the afternoon to beg him not to slight his poor friend by abandoning her so brutally.
heart
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From this reading Here was my cowardice again, my grievous inconsequence of heart which was always the same in spite of experience, in spite of resolution, and in spite of age!
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading I had run after my friend all the afternoon to beg him not to slight his poor friend by abandoning her so brutally.
HerenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here was my cowardice again, my grievous inconsequence of heart which was always the same in spite of experience, in spite of resolution, and in spite of age!
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I left Jacques after this jesting remark which I laughed at him with a gaiety sufficiently well simulated for the strange pain I was stifling to escape his irony.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading I left Jacques after this jesting remark which I laughed at him with a gaiety sufficiently well simulated for the strange pain I was stifling to escape his irony.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I left Jacques after this jesting remark which I laughed at him with a gaiety sufficiently well simulated for the strange pain I was stifling to escape his irony.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Here was my cowardice again, my grievous inconsequence of heart which was always the same in spite of experience, in spite of resolution, and in spite of age!
inconsequence
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From this reading Here was my cowardice again, my grievous inconsequence of heart which was always the same in spite of experience, in spite of resolution, and in spite of age!
irony
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From this reading I left Jacques after this jesting remark which I laughed at him with a gaiety sufficiently well simulated for the strange pain I was stifling to escape his irony.
Jacques
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From this reading I left Jacques after this jesting remark which I laughed at him with a gaiety sufficiently well simulated for the strange pain I was stifling to escape his irony.
jesting
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From this reading I left Jacques after this jesting remark which I laughed at him with a gaiety sufficiently well simulated for the strange pain I was stifling to escape his irony.
judge
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From this reading I had come to the theatre to exhort Camille not to judge her lover as she did, for her possible vengeance had moved me with anxiety to the depths of my soul.
laughed
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From this reading I left Jacques after this jesting remark which I laughed at him with a gaiety sufficiently well simulated for the strange pain I was stifling to escape his irony.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I left Jacques after this jesting remark which I laughed at him with a gaiety sufficiently well simulated for the strange pain I was stifling to escape his irony.
lover
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From this reading I had come to the theatre to exhort Camille not to judge her lover as she did, for her possible vengeance had moved me with anxiety to the depths of my soul.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I had come to the theatre to exhort Camille not to judge her lover as she did, for her possible vengeance had moved me with anxiety to the depths of my soul.
moved
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From this reading I had come to the theatre to exhort Camille not to judge her lover as she did, for her possible vengeance had moved me with anxiety to the depths of my soul.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Here was my cowardice again, my grievous inconsequence of heart which was always the same in spite of experience, in spite of resolution, and in spite of age!
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I had run after my friend all the afternoon to beg him not to slight his poor friend by abandoning her so brutally.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Here was my cowardice again, my grievous inconsequence of heart which was always the same in spite of experience, in spite of resolution, and in spite of age!
oughtmodal verbUS /ɔːt/
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading I ought then to rejoice at their reconciliation.
pain
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From this reading I left Jacques after this jesting remark which I laughed at him with a gaiety sufficiently well simulated for the strange pain I was stifling to escape his irony.
poornounUS /poor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I had run after my friend all the afternoon to beg him not to slight his poor friend by abandoning her so brutally.
possible
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From this reading I had come to the theatre to exhort Camille not to judge her lover as she did, for her possible vengeance had moved me with anxiety to the depths of my soul.
reconciliation
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From this reading I ought then to rejoice at their reconciliation.
rejoicenounUS /ˈrejoice/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I ought then to rejoice at their reconciliation.
remark
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From this reading I left Jacques after this jesting remark which I laughed at him with a gaiety sufficiently well simulated for the strange pain I was stifling to escape his irony.
resolution
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From this reading Here was my cowardice again, my grievous inconsequence of heart which was always the same in spite of experience, in spite of resolution, and in spite of age!
run
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From this reading I had run after my friend all the afternoon to beg him not to slight his poor friend by abandoning her so brutally.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here was my cowardice again, my grievous inconsequence of heart which was always the same in spite of experience, in spite of resolution, and in spite of age!
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I had come to the theatre to exhort Camille not to judge her lover as she did, for her possible vengeance had moved me with anxiety to the depths of my soul.
simulated
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From this reading I left Jacques after this jesting remark which I laughed at him with a gaiety sufficiently well simulated for the strange pain I was stifling to escape his irony.
slight
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From this reading I had run after my friend all the afternoon to beg him not to slight his poor friend by abandoning her so brutally.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I had run after my friend all the afternoon to beg him not to slight his poor friend by abandoning her so brutally.
soul
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From this reading I had come to the theatre to exhort Camille not to judge her lover as she did, for her possible vengeance had moved me with anxiety to the depths of my soul.
spite
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From this reading Here was my cowardice again, my grievous inconsequence of heart which was always the same in spite of experience, in spite of resolution, and in spite of age!
stifling
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From this reading I left Jacques after this jesting remark which I laughed at him with a gaiety sufficiently well simulated for the strange pain I was stifling to escape his irony.
strange
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From this reading I left Jacques after this jesting remark which I laughed at him with a gaiety sufficiently well simulated for the strange pain I was stifling to escape his irony.
sufficiently
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From this reading I left Jacques after this jesting remark which I laughed at him with a gaiety sufficiently well simulated for the strange pain I was stifling to escape his irony.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I left Jacques after this jesting remark which I laughed at him with a gaiety sufficiently well simulated for the strange pain I was stifling to escape his irony.
theatre
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From this reading I had come to the theatre to exhort Camille not to judge her lover as she did, for her possible vengeance had moved me with anxiety to the depths of my soul.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading I ought then to rejoice at their reconciliation.
then
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From this reading I ought then to rejoice at their reconciliation.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading I left Jacques after this jesting remark which I laughed at him with a gaiety sufficiently well simulated for the strange pain I was stifling to escape his irony.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I left Jacques after this jesting remark which I laughed at him with a gaiety sufficiently well simulated for the strange pain I was stifling to escape his irony.
vengeance
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From this reading I had come to the theatre to exhort Camille not to judge her lover as she did, for her possible vengeance had moved me with anxiety to the depths of my soul.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I left Jacques after this jesting remark which I laughed at him with a gaiety sufficiently well simulated for the strange pain I was stifling to escape his irony.
well
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From this reading I left Jacques after this jesting remark which I laughed at him with a gaiety sufficiently well simulated for the strange pain I was stifling to escape his irony.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading I left Jacques after this jesting remark which I laughed at him with a gaiety sufficiently well simulated for the strange pain I was stifling to escape his irony.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading I left Jacques after this jesting remark which I laughed at him with a gaiety sufficiently well simulated for the strange pain I was stifling to escape his irony.
