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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 Ludlow had to explain that he had not meant the employment of any such direct and obvious means, but the gradual growth of a conscience in art.
accuse
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From this reading After these moral paroxysms, in which she disputed the most obviously right and reasonable things, she was always humiliated and cast down before his sincerity in trying to find a meaning in her difference from him, as if he could not imagine the nervous impulse that carried her beyond the bounds of truth, and must accuse himself of error.
AfterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading After these moral paroxysms, in which she disputed the most obviously right and reasonable things, she was always humiliated and cast down before his sincerity in trying to find a meaning in her difference from him, as if he could not imagine the nervous impulse that carried her beyond the bounds of truth, and must accuse himself of error.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading In all matters of artistic theory and practice she set Cornelia the example of grovelling at the master's feet, as if there could be no question of anything else; but in other things Cornelia sometimes asserted herself against this slavish submission with a kind of violence little short of impertinence.
all
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From this reading In all matters of artistic theory and practice she set Cornelia the example of grovelling at the master's feet, as if there could be no question of anything else; but in other things Cornelia sometimes asserted herself against this slavish submission with a kind of violence little short of impertinence.
always
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From this reading After these moral paroxysms, in which she disputed the most obviously right and reasonable things, she was always humiliated and cast down before his sincerity in trying to find a meaning in her difference from him, as if he could not imagine the nervous impulse that carried her beyond the bounds of truth, and must accuse himself of error.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Ludlow had to explain that he had not meant the employment of any such direct and obvious means, but the gradual growth of a conscience in art.
any
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From this reading Ludlow had to explain that he had not meant the employment of any such direct and obvious means, but the gradual growth of a conscience in art.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading In all matters of artistic theory and practice she set Cornelia the example of grovelling at the master's feet, as if there could be no question of anything else; but in other things Cornelia sometimes asserted herself against this slavish submission with a kind of violence little short of impertinence.
artauxiliary verbUS /ɑːrt/
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading Ludlow had to explain that he had not meant the employment of any such direct and obvious means, but the gradual growth of a conscience in art.
artistic
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From this reading In all matters of artistic theory and practice she set Cornelia the example of grovelling at the master's feet, as if there could be no question of anything else; but in other things Cornelia sometimes asserted herself against this slavish submission with a kind of violence little short of impertinence.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading In all matters of artistic theory and practice she set Cornelia the example of grovelling at the master's feet, as if there could be no question of anything else; but in other things Cornelia sometimes asserted herself against this slavish submission with a kind of violence little short of impertinence.
asserted
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From this reading In all matters of artistic theory and practice she set Cornelia the example of grovelling at the master's feet, as if there could be no question of anything else; but in other things Cornelia sometimes asserted herself against this slavish submission with a kind of violence little short of impertinence.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading In all matters of artistic theory and practice she set Cornelia the example of grovelling at the master's feet, as if there could be no question of anything else; but in other things Cornelia sometimes asserted herself against this slavish submission with a kind of violence little short of impertinence.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading In all matters of artistic theory and practice she set Cornelia the example of grovelling at the master's feet, as if there could be no question of anything else; but in other things Cornelia sometimes asserted herself against this slavish submission with a kind of violence little short of impertinence.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading After these moral paroxysms, in which she disputed the most obviously right and reasonable things, she was always humiliated and cast down before his sincerity in trying to find a meaning in her difference from him, as if he could not imagine the nervous impulse that carried her beyond the bounds of truth, and must accuse himself of error.
beyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/
on the far side of; further than
From this reading After these moral paroxysms, in which she disputed the most obviously right and reasonable things, she was always humiliated and cast down before his sincerity in trying to find a meaning in her difference from him, as if he could not imagine the nervous impulse that carried her beyond the bounds of truth, and must accuse himself of error.
bounds
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From this reading After these moral paroxysms, in which she disputed the most obviously right and reasonable things, she was always humiliated and cast down before his sincerity in trying to find a meaning in her difference from him, as if he could not imagine the nervous impulse that carried her beyond the bounds of truth, and must accuse himself of error.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Ludlow had to explain that he had not meant the employment of any such direct and obvious means, but the gradual growth of a conscience in art.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading She said, "Oh, yes; _that_," and she made tea, and had him set fire to some pieces of Southern lightwood on her hearth, for the sake of the murky fumes and the wreaths of dusky crimson flame, which she said it was so weird to sit by.
carried
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From this reading After these moral paroxysms, in which she disputed the most obviously right and reasonable things, she was always humiliated and cast down before his sincerity in trying to find a meaning in her difference from him, as if he could not imagine the nervous impulse that carried her beyond the bounds of truth, and must accuse himself of error.
cast
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From this reading After these moral paroxysms, in which she disputed the most obviously right and reasonable things, she was always humiliated and cast down before his sincerity in trying to find a meaning in her difference from him, as if he could not imagine the nervous impulse that carried her beyond the bounds of truth, and must accuse himself of error.
Charmian
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From this reading Cornelia thought him vague, but it seemed clear to Charmian.
clear
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From this reading Cornelia thought him vague, but it seemed clear to Charmian.
consciencenounUS /ˈkɑːnʃəns/
the inner sense of right and wrong
From this reading Ludlow had to explain that he had not meant the employment of any such direct and obvious means, but the gradual growth of a conscience in art.
Cornelia
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From this reading Cornelia thought him vague, but it seemed clear to Charmian.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading In all matters of artistic theory and practice she set Cornelia the example of grovelling at the master's feet, as if there could be no question of anything else; but in other things Cornelia sometimes asserted herself against this slavish submission with a kind of violence little short of impertinence.
crimson
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From this reading She said, "Oh, yes; _that_," and she made tea, and had him set fire to some pieces of Southern lightwood on her hearth, for the sake of the murky fumes and the wreaths of dusky crimson flame, which she said it was so weird to sit by.
difference
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From this reading After these moral paroxysms, in which she disputed the most obviously right and reasonable things, she was always humiliated and cast down before his sincerity in trying to find a meaning in her difference from him, as if he could not imagine the nervous impulse that carried her beyond the bounds of truth, and must accuse himself of error.
direct
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From this reading Ludlow had to explain that he had not meant the employment of any such direct and obvious means, but the gradual growth of a conscience in art.
disputed
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From this reading After these moral paroxysms, in which she disputed the most obviously right and reasonable things, she was always humiliated and cast down before his sincerity in trying to find a meaning in her difference from him, as if he could not imagine the nervous impulse that carried her beyond the bounds of truth, and must accuse himself of error.
down
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From this reading After these moral paroxysms, in which she disputed the most obviously right and reasonable things, she was always humiliated and cast down before his sincerity in trying to find a meaning in her difference from him, as if he could not imagine the nervous impulse that carried her beyond the bounds of truth, and must accuse himself of error.
dusky
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From this reading She said, "Oh, yes; _that_," and she made tea, and had him set fire to some pieces of Southern lightwood on her hearth, for the sake of the murky fumes and the wreaths of dusky crimson flame, which she said it was so weird to sit by.
else
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From this reading In all matters of artistic theory and practice she set Cornelia the example of grovelling at the master's feet, as if there could be no question of anything else; but in other things Cornelia sometimes asserted herself against this slavish submission with a kind of violence little short of impertinence.
employment
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From this reading Ludlow had to explain that he had not meant the employment of any such direct and obvious means, but the gradual growth of a conscience in art.
error
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From this reading After these moral paroxysms, in which she disputed the most obviously right and reasonable things, she was always humiliated and cast down before his sincerity in trying to find a meaning in her difference from him, as if he could not imagine the nervous impulse that carried her beyond the bounds of truth, and must accuse himself of error.
example
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From this reading In all matters of artistic theory and practice she set Cornelia the example of grovelling at the master's feet, as if there could be no question of anything else; but in other things Cornelia sometimes asserted herself against this slavish submission with a kind of violence little short of impertinence.
explain
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From this reading Ludlow had to explain that he had not meant the employment of any such direct and obvious means, but the gradual growth of a conscience in art.
feet
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From this reading In all matters of artistic theory and practice she set Cornelia the example of grovelling at the master's feet, as if there could be no question of anything else; but in other things Cornelia sometimes asserted herself against this slavish submission with a kind of violence little short of impertinence.
find
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From this reading After these moral paroxysms, in which she disputed the most obviously right and reasonable things, she was always humiliated and cast down before his sincerity in trying to find a meaning in her difference from him, as if he could not imagine the nervous impulse that carried her beyond the bounds of truth, and must accuse himself of error.
fire
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From this reading She said, "Oh, yes; _that_," and she made tea, and had him set fire to some pieces of Southern lightwood on her hearth, for the sake of the murky fumes and the wreaths of dusky crimson flame, which she said it was so weird to sit by.
flamenounUS /fleɪm/
A hot glowing body of ignited gas produced by fire.
From this reading She said, "Oh, yes; _that_," and she made tea, and had him set fire to some pieces of Southern lightwood on her hearth, for the sake of the murky fumes and the wreaths of dusky crimson flame, which she said it was so weird to sit by.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading She said, "Oh, yes; _that_," and she made tea, and had him set fire to some pieces of Southern lightwood on her hearth, for the sake of the murky fumes and the wreaths of dusky crimson flame, which she said it was so weird to sit by.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading After these moral paroxysms, in which she disputed the most obviously right and reasonable things, she was always humiliated and cast down before his sincerity in trying to find a meaning in her difference from him, as if he could not imagine the nervous impulse that carried her beyond the bounds of truth, and must accuse himself of error.
fumes
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From this reading She said, "Oh, yes; _that_," and she made tea, and had him set fire to some pieces of Southern lightwood on her hearth, for the sake of the murky fumes and the wreaths of dusky crimson flame, which she said it was so weird to sit by.
gradual
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From this reading Ludlow had to explain that he had not meant the employment of any such direct and obvious means, but the gradual growth of a conscience in art.
grovelling
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From this reading In all matters of artistic theory and practice she set Cornelia the example of grovelling at the master's feet, as if there could be no question of anything else; but in other things Cornelia sometimes asserted herself against this slavish submission with a kind of violence little short of impertinence.
growth
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From this reading Ludlow had to explain that he had not meant the employment of any such direct and obvious means, but the gradual growth of a conscience in art.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Ludlow had to explain that he had not meant the employment of any such direct and obvious means, but the gradual growth of a conscience in art.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Ludlow had to explain that he had not meant the employment of any such direct and obvious means, but the gradual growth of a conscience in art.
hearth
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From this reading She said, "Oh, yes; _that_," and she made tea, and had him set fire to some pieces of Southern lightwood on her hearth, for the sake of the murky fumes and the wreaths of dusky crimson flame, which she said it was so weird to sit by.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She said, "Oh, yes; _that_," and she made tea, and had him set fire to some pieces of Southern lightwood on her hearth, for the sake of the murky fumes and the wreaths of dusky crimson flame, which she said it was so weird to sit by.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading In all matters of artistic theory and practice she set Cornelia the example of grovelling at the master's feet, as if there could be no question of anything else; but in other things Cornelia sometimes asserted herself against this slavish submission with a kind of violence little short of impertinence.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Cornelia thought him vague, but it seemed clear to Charmian.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading After these moral paroxysms, in which she disputed the most obviously right and reasonable things, she was always humiliated and cast down before his sincerity in trying to find a meaning in her difference from him, as if he could not imagine the nervous impulse that carried her beyond the bounds of truth, and must accuse himself of error.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading After these moral paroxysms, in which she disputed the most obviously right and reasonable things, she was always humiliated and cast down before his sincerity in trying to find a meaning in her difference from him, as if he could not imagine the nervous impulse that carried her beyond the bounds of truth, and must accuse himself of error.
humiliated
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From this reading After these moral paroxysms, in which she disputed the most obviously right and reasonable things, she was always humiliated and cast down before his sincerity in trying to find a meaning in her difference from him, as if he could not imagine the nervous impulse that carried her beyond the bounds of truth, and must accuse himself of error.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading In all matters of artistic theory and practice she set Cornelia the example of grovelling at the master's feet, as if there could be no question of anything else; but in other things Cornelia sometimes asserted herself against this slavish submission with a kind of violence little short of impertinence.
imaginenounUS /ˈimagine/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading After these moral paroxysms, in which she disputed the most obviously right and reasonable things, she was always humiliated and cast down before his sincerity in trying to find a meaning in her difference from him, as if he could not imagine the nervous impulse that carried her beyond the bounds of truth, and must accuse himself of error.
impertinence
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From this reading In all matters of artistic theory and practice she set Cornelia the example of grovelling at the master's feet, as if there could be no question of anything else; but in other things Cornelia sometimes asserted herself against this slavish submission with a kind of violence little short of impertinence.
impulsenounUS /ˈɪmpʌls/
a sudden strong desire to act
From this reading After these moral paroxysms, in which she disputed the most obviously right and reasonable things, she was always humiliated and cast down before his sincerity in trying to find a meaning in her difference from him, as if he could not imagine the nervous impulse that carried her beyond the bounds of truth, and must accuse himself of error.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Ludlow had to explain that he had not meant the employment of any such direct and obvious means, but the gradual growth of a conscience in art.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Cornelia thought him vague, but it seemed clear to Charmian.
kind
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From this reading In all matters of artistic theory and practice she set Cornelia the example of grovelling at the master's feet, as if there could be no question of anything else; but in other things Cornelia sometimes asserted herself against this slavish submission with a kind of violence little short of impertinence.
lightwood
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From this reading She said, "Oh, yes; _that_," and she made tea, and had him set fire to some pieces of Southern lightwood on her hearth, for the sake of the murky fumes and the wreaths of dusky crimson flame, which she said it was so weird to sit by.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In all matters of artistic theory and practice she set Cornelia the example of grovelling at the master's feet, as if there could be no question of anything else; but in other things Cornelia sometimes asserted herself against this slavish submission with a kind of violence little short of impertinence.
Ludlow
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From this reading Ludlow had to explain that he had not meant the employment of any such direct and obvious means, but the gradual growth of a conscience in art.
made
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From this reading She said, "Oh, yes; _that_," and she made tea, and had him set fire to some pieces of Southern lightwood on her hearth, for the sake of the murky fumes and the wreaths of dusky crimson flame, which she said it was so weird to sit by.
master's
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From this reading In all matters of artistic theory and practice she set Cornelia the example of grovelling at the master's feet, as if there could be no question of anything else; but in other things Cornelia sometimes asserted herself against this slavish submission with a kind of violence little short of impertinence.
matters
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From this reading In all matters of artistic theory and practice she set Cornelia the example of grovelling at the master's feet, as if there could be no question of anything else; but in other things Cornelia sometimes asserted herself against this slavish submission with a kind of violence little short of impertinence.
meaning
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From this reading After these moral paroxysms, in which she disputed the most obviously right and reasonable things, she was always humiliated and cast down before his sincerity in trying to find a meaning in her difference from him, as if he could not imagine the nervous impulse that carried her beyond the bounds of truth, and must accuse himself of error.
means
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From this reading Ludlow had to explain that he had not meant the employment of any such direct and obvious means, but the gradual growth of a conscience in art.
meant
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From this reading Ludlow had to explain that he had not meant the employment of any such direct and obvious means, but the gradual growth of a conscience in art.
moral
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From this reading After these moral paroxysms, in which she disputed the most obviously right and reasonable things, she was always humiliated and cast down before his sincerity in trying to find a meaning in her difference from him, as if he could not imagine the nervous impulse that carried her beyond the bounds of truth, and must accuse himself of error.
most
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From this reading After these moral paroxysms, in which she disputed the most obviously right and reasonable things, she was always humiliated and cast down before his sincerity in trying to find a meaning in her difference from him, as if he could not imagine the nervous impulse that carried her beyond the bounds of truth, and must accuse himself of error.
murky
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From this reading She said, "Oh, yes; _that_," and she made tea, and had him set fire to some pieces of Southern lightwood on her hearth, for the sake of the murky fumes and the wreaths of dusky crimson flame, which she said it was so weird to sit by.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading After these moral paroxysms, in which she disputed the most obviously right and reasonable things, she was always humiliated and cast down before his sincerity in trying to find a meaning in her difference from him, as if he could not imagine the nervous impulse that carried her beyond the bounds of truth, and must accuse himself of error.
nervous
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From this reading After these moral paroxysms, in which she disputed the most obviously right and reasonable things, she was always humiliated and cast down before his sincerity in trying to find a meaning in her difference from him, as if he could not imagine the nervous impulse that carried her beyond the bounds of truth, and must accuse himself of error.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading In all matters of artistic theory and practice she set Cornelia the example of grovelling at the master's feet, as if there could be no question of anything else; but in other things Cornelia sometimes asserted herself against this slavish submission with a kind of violence little short of impertinence.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Ludlow had to explain that he had not meant the employment of any such direct and obvious means, but the gradual growth of a conscience in art.
obvious
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From this reading Ludlow had to explain that he had not meant the employment of any such direct and obvious means, but the gradual growth of a conscience in art.
obviously
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From this reading After these moral paroxysms, in which she disputed the most obviously right and reasonable things, she was always humiliated and cast down before his sincerity in trying to find a meaning in her difference from him, as if he could not imagine the nervous impulse that carried her beyond the bounds of truth, and must accuse himself of error.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Ludlow had to explain that he had not meant the employment of any such direct and obvious means, but the gradual growth of a conscience in art.
Oh
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From this reading She said, "Oh, yes; _that_," and she made tea, and had him set fire to some pieces of Southern lightwood on her hearth, for the sake of the murky fumes and the wreaths of dusky crimson flame, which she said it was so weird to sit by.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She said, "Oh, yes; _that_," and she made tea, and had him set fire to some pieces of Southern lightwood on her hearth, for the sake of the murky fumes and the wreaths of dusky crimson flame, which she said it was so weird to sit by.
other
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From this reading In all matters of artistic theory and practice she set Cornelia the example of grovelling at the master's feet, as if there could be no question of anything else; but in other things Cornelia sometimes asserted herself against this slavish submission with a kind of violence little short of impertinence.
paroxysms
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From this reading After these moral paroxysms, in which she disputed the most obviously right and reasonable things, she was always humiliated and cast down before his sincerity in trying to find a meaning in her difference from him, as if he could not imagine the nervous impulse that carried her beyond the bounds of truth, and must accuse himself of error.
pieces
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From this reading She said, "Oh, yes; _that_," and she made tea, and had him set fire to some pieces of Southern lightwood on her hearth, for the sake of the murky fumes and the wreaths of dusky crimson flame, which she said it was so weird to sit by.
practice
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From this reading In all matters of artistic theory and practice she set Cornelia the example of grovelling at the master's feet, as if there could be no question of anything else; but in other things Cornelia sometimes asserted herself against this slavish submission with a kind of violence little short of impertinence.
questionnounUS /ˈquestion/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading In all matters of artistic theory and practice she set Cornelia the example of grovelling at the master's feet, as if there could be no question of anything else; but in other things Cornelia sometimes asserted herself against this slavish submission with a kind of violence little short of impertinence.
reasonable
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From this reading After these moral paroxysms, in which she disputed the most obviously right and reasonable things, she was always humiliated and cast down before his sincerity in trying to find a meaning in her difference from him, as if he could not imagine the nervous impulse that carried her beyond the bounds of truth, and must accuse himself of error.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading After these moral paroxysms, in which she disputed the most obviously right and reasonable things, she was always humiliated and cast down before his sincerity in trying to find a meaning in her difference from him, as if he could not imagine the nervous impulse that carried her beyond the bounds of truth, and must accuse himself of error.
said
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From this reading She said, "Oh, yes; _that_," and she made tea, and had him set fire to some pieces of Southern lightwood on her hearth, for the sake of the murky fumes and the wreaths of dusky crimson flame, which she said it was so weird to sit by.
sake
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From this reading She said, "Oh, yes; _that_," and she made tea, and had him set fire to some pieces of Southern lightwood on her hearth, for the sake of the murky fumes and the wreaths of dusky crimson flame, which she said it was so weird to sit by.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Cornelia thought him vague, but it seemed clear to Charmian.
set
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From this reading She said, "Oh, yes; _that_," and she made tea, and had him set fire to some pieces of Southern lightwood on her hearth, for the sake of the murky fumes and the wreaths of dusky crimson flame, which she said it was so weird to sit by.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She said, "Oh, yes; _that_," and she made tea, and had him set fire to some pieces of Southern lightwood on her hearth, for the sake of the murky fumes and the wreaths of dusky crimson flame, which she said it was so weird to sit by.
shortadjectiveUS /ʃɔrt/
brief or direct in expression
From this reading In all matters of artistic theory and practice she set Cornelia the example of grovelling at the master's feet, as if there could be no question of anything else; but in other things Cornelia sometimes asserted herself against this slavish submission with a kind of violence little short of impertinence.
sincerity
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From this reading After these moral paroxysms, in which she disputed the most obviously right and reasonable things, she was always humiliated and cast down before his sincerity in trying to find a meaning in her difference from him, as if he could not imagine the nervous impulse that carried her beyond the bounds of truth, and must accuse himself of error.
sit
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From this reading She said, "Oh, yes; _that_," and she made tea, and had him set fire to some pieces of Southern lightwood on her hearth, for the sake of the murky fumes and the wreaths of dusky crimson flame, which she said it was so weird to sit by.
slavish
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From this reading In all matters of artistic theory and practice she set Cornelia the example of grovelling at the master's feet, as if there could be no question of anything else; but in other things Cornelia sometimes asserted herself against this slavish submission with a kind of violence little short of impertinence.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading She said, "Oh, yes; _that_," and she made tea, and had him set fire to some pieces of Southern lightwood on her hearth, for the sake of the murky fumes and the wreaths of dusky crimson flame, which she said it was so weird to sit by.
some
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From this reading She said, "Oh, yes; _that_," and she made tea, and had him set fire to some pieces of Southern lightwood on her hearth, for the sake of the murky fumes and the wreaths of dusky crimson flame, which she said it was so weird to sit by.
sometimes
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From this reading In all matters of artistic theory and practice she set Cornelia the example of grovelling at the master's feet, as if there could be no question of anything else; but in other things Cornelia sometimes asserted herself against this slavish submission with a kind of violence little short of impertinence.
Southern
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From this reading She said, "Oh, yes; _that_," and she made tea, and had him set fire to some pieces of Southern lightwood on her hearth, for the sake of the murky fumes and the wreaths of dusky crimson flame, which she said it was so weird to sit by.
submission
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From this reading In all matters of artistic theory and practice she set Cornelia the example of grovelling at the master's feet, as if there could be no question of anything else; but in other things Cornelia sometimes asserted herself against this slavish submission with a kind of violence little short of impertinence.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Ludlow had to explain that he had not meant the employment of any such direct and obvious means, but the gradual growth of a conscience in art.
tea
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From this reading She said, "Oh, yes; _that_," and she made tea, and had him set fire to some pieces of Southern lightwood on her hearth, for the sake of the murky fumes and the wreaths of dusky crimson flame, which she said it was so weird to sit by.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Ludlow had to explain that he had not meant the employment of any such direct and obvious means, but the gradual growth of a conscience in art.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Ludlow had to explain that he had not meant the employment of any such direct and obvious means, but the gradual growth of a conscience in art.
theory
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From this reading In all matters of artistic theory and practice she set Cornelia the example of grovelling at the master's feet, as if there could be no question of anything else; but in other things Cornelia sometimes asserted herself against this slavish submission with a kind of violence little short of impertinence.
there
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From this reading In all matters of artistic theory and practice she set Cornelia the example of grovelling at the master's feet, as if there could be no question of anything else; but in other things Cornelia sometimes asserted herself against this slavish submission with a kind of violence little short of impertinence.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading After these moral paroxysms, in which she disputed the most obviously right and reasonable things, she was always humiliated and cast down before his sincerity in trying to find a meaning in her difference from him, as if he could not imagine the nervous impulse that carried her beyond the bounds of truth, and must accuse himself of error.
things
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From this reading In all matters of artistic theory and practice she set Cornelia the example of grovelling at the master's feet, as if there could be no question of anything else; but in other things Cornelia sometimes asserted herself against this slavish submission with a kind of violence little short of impertinence.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading In all matters of artistic theory and practice she set Cornelia the example of grovelling at the master's feet, as if there could be no question of anything else; but in other things Cornelia sometimes asserted herself against this slavish submission with a kind of violence little short of impertinence.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Cornelia thought him vague, but it seemed clear to Charmian.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Ludlow had to explain that he had not meant the employment of any such direct and obvious means, but the gradual growth of a conscience in art.
truth
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From this reading After these moral paroxysms, in which she disputed the most obviously right and reasonable things, she was always humiliated and cast down before his sincerity in trying to find a meaning in her difference from him, as if he could not imagine the nervous impulse that carried her beyond the bounds of truth, and must accuse himself of error.
trying
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From this reading After these moral paroxysms, in which she disputed the most obviously right and reasonable things, she was always humiliated and cast down before his sincerity in trying to find a meaning in her difference from him, as if he could not imagine the nervous impulse that carried her beyond the bounds of truth, and must accuse himself of error.
vague
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From this reading Cornelia thought him vague, but it seemed clear to Charmian.
violence
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From this reading In all matters of artistic theory and practice she set Cornelia the example of grovelling at the master's feet, as if there could be no question of anything else; but in other things Cornelia sometimes asserted herself against this slavish submission with a kind of violence little short of impertinence.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She said, "Oh, yes; _that_," and she made tea, and had him set fire to some pieces of Southern lightwood on her hearth, for the sake of the murky fumes and the wreaths of dusky crimson flame, which she said it was so weird to sit by.
weird
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From this reading She said, "Oh, yes; _that_," and she made tea, and had him set fire to some pieces of Southern lightwood on her hearth, for the sake of the murky fumes and the wreaths of dusky crimson flame, which she said it was so weird to sit by.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading She said, "Oh, yes; _that_," and she made tea, and had him set fire to some pieces of Southern lightwood on her hearth, for the sake of the murky fumes and the wreaths of dusky crimson flame, which she said it was so weird to sit by.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading In all matters of artistic theory and practice she set Cornelia the example of grovelling at the master's feet, as if there could be no question of anything else; but in other things Cornelia sometimes asserted herself against this slavish submission with a kind of violence little short of impertinence.
wreaths
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From this reading She said, "Oh, yes; _that_," and she made tea, and had him set fire to some pieces of Southern lightwood on her hearth, for the sake of the murky fumes and the wreaths of dusky crimson flame, which she said it was so weird to sit by.
yes
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From this reading She said, "Oh, yes; _that_," and she made tea, and had him set fire to some pieces of Southern lightwood on her hearth, for the sake of the murky fumes and the wreaths of dusky crimson flame, which she said it was so weird to sit by.
