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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 Edward Fillery, so far as may be possible to a man of normal passions and emotions, took a detached view of life and human nature.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading He was twenty when he learned the truth about himself.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading Knowing himself outcast, an unwelcome deadhead at the play, he had yet felt no bitterness against the parents whose fierce illicit passion had deprived him of an honourable seat.
age
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From this reading At the age of thirty-eight he still remained a spectator, a searching, critical, analytical, yet chiefly, perhaps, a sympathetic spectator, before the great performance whose stage is the planet and whose performers and auditorium are humanity.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Knowing himself outcast, an unwelcome deadhead at the play, he had yet felt no bitterness against the parents whose fierce illicit passion had deprived him of an honourable seat.
analytical
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From this reading At the age of thirty-eight he still remained a spectator, a searching, critical, analytical, yet chiefly, perhaps, a sympathetic spectator, before the great performance whose stage is the planet and whose performers and auditorium are humanity.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Edward Fillery, so far as may be possible to a man of normal passions and emotions, took a detached view of life and human nature.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading At the age of thirty-eight he still remained a spectator, a searching, critical, analytical, yet chiefly, perhaps, a sympathetic spectator, before the great performance whose stage is the planet and whose performers and auditorium are humanity.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Edward Fillery, so far as may be possible to a man of normal passions and emotions, took a detached view of life and human nature.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At the age of thirty-eight he still remained a spectator, a searching, critical, analytical, yet chiefly, perhaps, a sympathetic spectator, before the great performance whose stage is the planet and whose performers and auditorium are humanity.
auditorium
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From this reading At the age of thirty-eight he still remained a spectator, a searching, critical, analytical, yet chiefly, perhaps, a sympathetic spectator, before the great performance whose stage is the planet and whose performers and auditorium are humanity.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Edward Fillery, so far as may be possible to a man of normal passions and emotions, took a detached view of life and human nature.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading At the age of thirty-eight he still remained a spectator, a searching, critical, analytical, yet chiefly, perhaps, a sympathetic spectator, before the great performance whose stage is the planet and whose performers and auditorium are humanity.
bitterness
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From this reading Knowing himself outcast, an unwelcome deadhead at the play, he had yet felt no bitterness against the parents whose fierce illicit passion had deprived him of an honourable seat.
charity
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From this reading The first shock of resentment over, he had faced the situation with a tolerance which showed an unusual charity, an exceptional understanding, in one so young.
chiefly
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From this reading At the age of thirty-eight he still remained a spectator, a searching, critical, analytical, yet chiefly, perhaps, a sympathetic spectator, before the great performance whose stage is the planet and whose performers and auditorium are humanity.
critical
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From this reading At the age of thirty-eight he still remained a spectator, a searching, critical, analytical, yet chiefly, perhaps, a sympathetic spectator, before the great performance whose stage is the planet and whose performers and auditorium are humanity.
deadhead
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From this reading Knowing himself outcast, an unwelcome deadhead at the play, he had yet felt no bitterness against the parents whose fierce illicit passion had deprived him of an honourable seat.
deprived
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detached
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From this reading Edward Fillery, so far as may be possible to a man of normal passions and emotions, took a detached view of life and human nature.
Edward
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From this reading Edward Fillery, so far as may be possible to a man of normal passions and emotions, took a detached view of life and human nature.
emotions
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From this reading Edward Fillery, so far as may be possible to a man of normal passions and emotions, took a detached view of life and human nature.
exceptional
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From this reading The first shock of resentment over, he had faced the situation with a tolerance which showed an unusual charity, an exceptional understanding, in one so young.
faced
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From this reading The first shock of resentment over, he had faced the situation with a tolerance which showed an unusual charity, an exceptional understanding, in one so young.
far
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From this reading Edward Fillery, so far as may be possible to a man of normal passions and emotions, took a detached view of life and human nature.
felt
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From this reading Knowing himself outcast, an unwelcome deadhead at the play, he had yet felt no bitterness against the parents whose fierce illicit passion had deprived him of an honourable seat.
fierce
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From this reading Knowing himself outcast, an unwelcome deadhead at the play, he had yet felt no bitterness against the parents whose fierce illicit passion had deprived him of an honourable seat.
Fillery
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From this reading Edward Fillery, so far as may be possible to a man of normal passions and emotions, took a detached view of life and human nature.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The first shock of resentment over, he had faced the situation with a tolerance which showed an unusual charity, an exceptional understanding, in one so young.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At the age of thirty-eight he still remained a spectator, a searching, critical, analytical, yet chiefly, perhaps, a sympathetic spectator, before the great performance whose stage is the planet and whose performers and auditorium are humanity.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Knowing himself outcast, an unwelcome deadhead at the play, he had yet felt no bitterness against the parents whose fierce illicit passion had deprived him of an honourable seat.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading At the age of thirty-eight he still remained a spectator, a searching, critical, analytical, yet chiefly, perhaps, a sympathetic spectator, before the great performance whose stage is the planet and whose performers and auditorium are humanity.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Knowing himself outcast, an unwelcome deadhead at the play, he had yet felt no bitterness against the parents whose fierce illicit passion had deprived him of an honourable seat.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Knowing himself outcast, an unwelcome deadhead at the play, he had yet felt no bitterness against the parents whose fierce illicit passion had deprived him of an honourable seat.
honourable
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From this reading Knowing himself outcast, an unwelcome deadhead at the play, he had yet felt no bitterness against the parents whose fierce illicit passion had deprived him of an honourable seat.
human
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From this reading Edward Fillery, so far as may be possible to a man of normal passions and emotions, took a detached view of life and human nature.
humanity
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From this reading At the age of thirty-eight he still remained a spectator, a searching, critical, analytical, yet chiefly, perhaps, a sympathetic spectator, before the great performance whose stage is the planet and whose performers and auditorium are humanity.
illicit
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From this reading Knowing himself outcast, an unwelcome deadhead at the play, he had yet felt no bitterness against the parents whose fierce illicit passion had deprived him of an honourable seat.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The first shock of resentment over, he had faced the situation with a tolerance which showed an unusual charity, an exceptional understanding, in one so young.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading At the age of thirty-eight he still remained a spectator, a searching, critical, analytical, yet chiefly, perhaps, a sympathetic spectator, before the great performance whose stage is the planet and whose performers and auditorium are humanity.
Knowing
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From this reading Knowing himself outcast, an unwelcome deadhead at the play, he had yet felt no bitterness against the parents whose fierce illicit passion had deprived him of an honourable seat.
learned
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From this reading He was twenty when he learned the truth about himself.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Edward Fillery, so far as may be possible to a man of normal passions and emotions, took a detached view of life and human nature.
man
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From this reading Edward Fillery, so far as may be possible to a man of normal passions and emotions, took a detached view of life and human nature.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading Edward Fillery, so far as may be possible to a man of normal passions and emotions, took a detached view of life and human nature.
nature
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From this reading Edward Fillery, so far as may be possible to a man of normal passions and emotions, took a detached view of life and human nature.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Knowing himself outcast, an unwelcome deadhead at the play, he had yet felt no bitterness against the parents whose fierce illicit passion had deprived him of an honourable seat.
normal
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From this reading Edward Fillery, so far as may be possible to a man of normal passions and emotions, took a detached view of life and human nature.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Edward Fillery, so far as may be possible to a man of normal passions and emotions, took a detached view of life and human nature.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The first shock of resentment over, he had faced the situation with a tolerance which showed an unusual charity, an exceptional understanding, in one so young.
outcast
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From this reading Knowing himself outcast, an unwelcome deadhead at the play, he had yet felt no bitterness against the parents whose fierce illicit passion had deprived him of an honourable seat.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading The first shock of resentment over, he had faced the situation with a tolerance which showed an unusual charity, an exceptional understanding, in one so young.
parents
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From this reading Knowing himself outcast, an unwelcome deadhead at the play, he had yet felt no bitterness against the parents whose fierce illicit passion had deprived him of an honourable seat.
passion
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From this reading Knowing himself outcast, an unwelcome deadhead at the play, he had yet felt no bitterness against the parents whose fierce illicit passion had deprived him of an honourable seat.
passions
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From this reading Edward Fillery, so far as may be possible to a man of normal passions and emotions, took a detached view of life and human nature.
performance
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From this reading At the age of thirty-eight he still remained a spectator, a searching, critical, analytical, yet chiefly, perhaps, a sympathetic spectator, before the great performance whose stage is the planet and whose performers and auditorium are humanity.
performers
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From this reading At the age of thirty-eight he still remained a spectator, a searching, critical, analytical, yet chiefly, perhaps, a sympathetic spectator, before the great performance whose stage is the planet and whose performers and auditorium are humanity.
perhaps
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From this reading At the age of thirty-eight he still remained a spectator, a searching, critical, analytical, yet chiefly, perhaps, a sympathetic spectator, before the great performance whose stage is the planet and whose performers and auditorium are humanity.
planet
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From this reading At the age of thirty-eight he still remained a spectator, a searching, critical, analytical, yet chiefly, perhaps, a sympathetic spectator, before the great performance whose stage is the planet and whose performers and auditorium are humanity.
play
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From this reading Knowing himself outcast, an unwelcome deadhead at the play, he had yet felt no bitterness against the parents whose fierce illicit passion had deprived him of an honourable seat.
possible
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From this reading Edward Fillery, so far as may be possible to a man of normal passions and emotions, took a detached view of life and human nature.
remainednounUS /ˈremained/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading At the age of thirty-eight he still remained a spectator, a searching, critical, analytical, yet chiefly, perhaps, a sympathetic spectator, before the great performance whose stage is the planet and whose performers and auditorium are humanity.
resentment
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From this reading The first shock of resentment over, he had faced the situation with a tolerance which showed an unusual charity, an exceptional understanding, in one so young.
searching
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From this reading At the age of thirty-eight he still remained a spectator, a searching, critical, analytical, yet chiefly, perhaps, a sympathetic spectator, before the great performance whose stage is the planet and whose performers and auditorium are humanity.
seat
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From this reading Knowing himself outcast, an unwelcome deadhead at the play, he had yet felt no bitterness against the parents whose fierce illicit passion had deprived him of an honourable seat.
shock
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From this reading The first shock of resentment over, he had faced the situation with a tolerance which showed an unusual charity, an exceptional understanding, in one so young.
showed
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From this reading The first shock of resentment over, he had faced the situation with a tolerance which showed an unusual charity, an exceptional understanding, in one so young.
situation
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From this reading The first shock of resentment over, he had faced the situation with a tolerance which showed an unusual charity, an exceptional understanding, in one so young.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Edward Fillery, so far as may be possible to a man of normal passions and emotions, took a detached view of life and human nature.
spectator
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From this reading At the age of thirty-eight he still remained a spectator, a searching, critical, analytical, yet chiefly, perhaps, a sympathetic spectator, before the great performance whose stage is the planet and whose performers and auditorium are humanity.
stage
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From this reading At the age of thirty-eight he still remained a spectator, a searching, critical, analytical, yet chiefly, perhaps, a sympathetic spectator, before the great performance whose stage is the planet and whose performers and auditorium are humanity.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At the age of thirty-eight he still remained a spectator, a searching, critical, analytical, yet chiefly, perhaps, a sympathetic spectator, before the great performance whose stage is the planet and whose performers and auditorium are humanity.
sympathetic
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From this reading At the age of thirty-eight he still remained a spectator, a searching, critical, analytical, yet chiefly, perhaps, a sympathetic spectator, before the great performance whose stage is the planet and whose performers and auditorium are humanity.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading At the age of thirty-eight he still remained a spectator, a searching, critical, analytical, yet chiefly, perhaps, a sympathetic spectator, before the great performance whose stage is the planet and whose performers and auditorium are humanity.
thirty-eight
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From this reading At the age of thirty-eight he still remained a spectator, a searching, critical, analytical, yet chiefly, perhaps, a sympathetic spectator, before the great performance whose stage is the planet and whose performers and auditorium are humanity.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Edward Fillery, so far as may be possible to a man of normal passions and emotions, took a detached view of life and human nature.
tolerance
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From this reading The first shock of resentment over, he had faced the situation with a tolerance which showed an unusual charity, an exceptional understanding, in one so young.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Edward Fillery, so far as may be possible to a man of normal passions and emotions, took a detached view of life and human nature.
truth
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From this reading He was twenty when he learned the truth about himself.
twenty
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From this reading He was twenty when he learned the truth about himself.
understanding
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From this reading The first shock of resentment over, he had faced the situation with a tolerance which showed an unusual charity, an exceptional understanding, in one so young.
unusual
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From this reading The first shock of resentment over, he had faced the situation with a tolerance which showed an unusual charity, an exceptional understanding, in one so young.
unwelcome
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From this reading Knowing himself outcast, an unwelcome deadhead at the play, he had yet felt no bitterness against the parents whose fierce illicit passion had deprived him of an honourable seat.
view
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From this reading Edward Fillery, so far as may be possible to a man of normal passions and emotions, took a detached view of life and human nature.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was twenty when he learned the truth about himself.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading He was twenty when he learned the truth about himself.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The first shock of resentment over, he had faced the situation with a tolerance which showed an unusual charity, an exceptional understanding, in one so young.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading At the age of thirty-eight he still remained a spectator, a searching, critical, analytical, yet chiefly, perhaps, a sympathetic spectator, before the great performance whose stage is the planet and whose performers and auditorium are humanity.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The first shock of resentment over, he had faced the situation with a tolerance which showed an unusual charity, an exceptional understanding, in one so young.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading At the age of thirty-eight he still remained a spectator, a searching, critical, analytical, yet chiefly, perhaps, a sympathetic spectator, before the great performance whose stage is the planet and whose performers and auditorium are humanity.
young
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From this reading The first shock of resentment over, he had faced the situation with a tolerance which showed an unusual charity, an exceptional understanding, in one so young.
