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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 Up till now it had never occurred to Rickman that his connection with _Metropolis_ could directly damage him, still less that Jewdwine could personally inflict a blow.
all
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From this reading Because his nature was not originally magnificent in virtue of another sort, it was before all things necessary that he should perserve his intellectual chastity.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading But the injury now done to him was monstrous and intolerable; Jewdwine had hurt him in a peculiarly delicate and shrinking place.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Because his nature was not originally magnificent in virtue of another sort, it was before all things necessary that he should perserve his intellectual chastity.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading That quality went deeper than the intellect; it was one with a sense of honour so fine that a touch, impalpable to ordinary men, was felt by it as a laceration and a stain.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He walked up to Hampstead that Sunday evening, taking the hill at a round swinging pace.
BecauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading Because his nature was not originally magnificent in virtue of another sort, it was before all things necessary that he should perserve his intellectual chastity.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Because his nature was not originally magnificent in virtue of another sort, it was before all things necessary that he should perserve his intellectual chastity.
blow
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From this reading Up till now it had never occurred to Rickman that his connection with _Metropolis_ could directly damage him, still less that Jewdwine could personally inflict a blow.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But the injury now done to him was monstrous and intolerable; Jewdwine had hurt him in a peculiarly delicate and shrinking place.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading That quality went deeper than the intellect; it was one with a sense of honour so fine that a touch, impalpable to ordinary men, was felt by it as a laceration and a stain.
chastity
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From this reading Because his nature was not originally magnificent in virtue of another sort, it was before all things necessary that he should perserve his intellectual chastity.
connection
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From this reading Up till now it had never occurred to Rickman that his connection with _Metropolis_ could directly damage him, still less that Jewdwine could personally inflict a blow.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Up till now it had never occurred to Rickman that his connection with _Metropolis_ could directly damage him, still less that Jewdwine could personally inflict a blow.
damage
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From this reading Up till now it had never occurred to Rickman that his connection with _Metropolis_ could directly damage him, still less that Jewdwine could personally inflict a blow.
deeper
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From this reading That quality went deeper than the intellect; it was one with a sense of honour so fine that a touch, impalpable to ordinary men, was felt by it as a laceration and a stain.
delicate
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From this reading But the injury now done to him was monstrous and intolerable; Jewdwine had hurt him in a peculiarly delicate and shrinking place.
directlynounUS /ˈdirectly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Up till now it had never occurred to Rickman that his connection with _Metropolis_ could directly damage him, still less that Jewdwine could personally inflict a blow.
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But the injury now done to him was monstrous and intolerable; Jewdwine had hurt him in a peculiarly delicate and shrinking place.
evening
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From this reading He walked up to Hampstead that Sunday evening, taking the hill at a round swinging pace.
felt
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From this reading That quality went deeper than the intellect; it was one with a sense of honour so fine that a touch, impalpable to ordinary men, was felt by it as a laceration and a stain.
finenounUS /fine/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That quality went deeper than the intellect; it was one with a sense of honour so fine that a touch, impalpable to ordinary men, was felt by it as a laceration and a stain.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Up till now it had never occurred to Rickman that his connection with _Metropolis_ could directly damage him, still less that Jewdwine could personally inflict a blow.
Hampstead
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From this reading He walked up to Hampstead that Sunday evening, taking the hill at a round swinging pace.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Because his nature was not originally magnificent in virtue of another sort, it was before all things necessary that he should perserve his intellectual chastity.
hill
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From this reading He walked up to Hampstead that Sunday evening, taking the hill at a round swinging pace.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Up till now it had never occurred to Rickman that his connection with _Metropolis_ could directly damage him, still less that Jewdwine could personally inflict a blow.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Up till now it had never occurred to Rickman that his connection with _Metropolis_ could directly damage him, still less that Jewdwine could personally inflict a blow.
honour
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From this reading That quality went deeper than the intellect; it was one with a sense of honour so fine that a touch, impalpable to ordinary men, was felt by it as a laceration and a stain.
hurt
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From this reading But the injury now done to him was monstrous and intolerable; Jewdwine had hurt him in a peculiarly delicate and shrinking place.
impalpable
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From this reading That quality went deeper than the intellect; it was one with a sense of honour so fine that a touch, impalpable to ordinary men, was felt by it as a laceration and a stain.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading But the injury now done to him was monstrous and intolerable; Jewdwine had hurt him in a peculiarly delicate and shrinking place.
inflict
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From this reading Up till now it had never occurred to Rickman that his connection with _Metropolis_ could directly damage him, still less that Jewdwine could personally inflict a blow.
injury
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From this reading But the injury now done to him was monstrous and intolerable; Jewdwine had hurt him in a peculiarly delicate and shrinking place.
intellect
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From this reading That quality went deeper than the intellect; it was one with a sense of honour so fine that a touch, impalpable to ordinary men, was felt by it as a laceration and a stain.
intellectual
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From this reading Because his nature was not originally magnificent in virtue of another sort, it was before all things necessary that he should perserve his intellectual chastity.
intolerable
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From this reading But the injury now done to him was monstrous and intolerable; Jewdwine had hurt him in a peculiarly delicate and shrinking place.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Up till now it had never occurred to Rickman that his connection with _Metropolis_ could directly damage him, still less that Jewdwine could personally inflict a blow.
Jewdwine
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From this reading Up till now it had never occurred to Rickman that his connection with _Metropolis_ could directly damage him, still less that Jewdwine could personally inflict a blow.
laceration
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From this reading That quality went deeper than the intellect; it was one with a sense of honour so fine that a touch, impalpable to ordinary men, was felt by it as a laceration and a stain.
less
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From this reading Up till now it had never occurred to Rickman that his connection with _Metropolis_ could directly damage him, still less that Jewdwine could personally inflict a blow.
magnificent
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From this reading Because his nature was not originally magnificent in virtue of another sort, it was before all things necessary that he should perserve his intellectual chastity.
men
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From this reading That quality went deeper than the intellect; it was one with a sense of honour so fine that a touch, impalpable to ordinary men, was felt by it as a laceration and a stain.
Metropolis
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From this reading Up till now it had never occurred to Rickman that his connection with _Metropolis_ could directly damage him, still less that Jewdwine could personally inflict a blow.
monstrous
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From this reading But the injury now done to him was monstrous and intolerable; Jewdwine had hurt him in a peculiarly delicate and shrinking place.
nature
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From this reading Because his nature was not originally magnificent in virtue of another sort, it was before all things necessary that he should perserve his intellectual chastity.
necessary
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From this reading Because his nature was not originally magnificent in virtue of another sort, it was before all things necessary that he should perserve his intellectual chastity.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Up till now it had never occurred to Rickman that his connection with _Metropolis_ could directly damage him, still less that Jewdwine could personally inflict a blow.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Because his nature was not originally magnificent in virtue of another sort, it was before all things necessary that he should perserve his intellectual chastity.
now
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From this reading Up till now it had never occurred to Rickman that his connection with _Metropolis_ could directly damage him, still less that Jewdwine could personally inflict a blow.
occurred
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From this reading Up till now it had never occurred to Rickman that his connection with _Metropolis_ could directly damage him, still less that Jewdwine could personally inflict a blow.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Because his nature was not originally magnificent in virtue of another sort, it was before all things necessary that he should perserve his intellectual chastity.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading That quality went deeper than the intellect; it was one with a sense of honour so fine that a touch, impalpable to ordinary men, was felt by it as a laceration and a stain.
ordinary
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From this reading That quality went deeper than the intellect; it was one with a sense of honour so fine that a touch, impalpable to ordinary men, was felt by it as a laceration and a stain.
originally
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From this reading Because his nature was not originally magnificent in virtue of another sort, it was before all things necessary that he should perserve his intellectual chastity.
pace
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From this reading He walked up to Hampstead that Sunday evening, taking the hill at a round swinging pace.
peculiarly
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From this reading But the injury now done to him was monstrous and intolerable; Jewdwine had hurt him in a peculiarly delicate and shrinking place.
perserve
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From this reading Because his nature was not originally magnificent in virtue of another sort, it was before all things necessary that he should perserve his intellectual chastity.
personally
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From this reading Up till now it had never occurred to Rickman that his connection with _Metropolis_ could directly damage him, still less that Jewdwine could personally inflict a blow.
place
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From this reading But the injury now done to him was monstrous and intolerable; Jewdwine had hurt him in a peculiarly delicate and shrinking place.
quality
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From this reading That quality went deeper than the intellect; it was one with a sense of honour so fine that a touch, impalpable to ordinary men, was felt by it as a laceration and a stain.
Rickman
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From this reading Up till now it had never occurred to Rickman that his connection with _Metropolis_ could directly damage him, still less that Jewdwine could personally inflict a blow.
round
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From this reading He walked up to Hampstead that Sunday evening, taking the hill at a round swinging pace.
sense
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From this reading That quality went deeper than the intellect; it was one with a sense of honour so fine that a touch, impalpable to ordinary men, was felt by it as a laceration and a stain.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading Because his nature was not originally magnificent in virtue of another sort, it was before all things necessary that he should perserve his intellectual chastity.
shrinking
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From this reading But the injury now done to him was monstrous and intolerable; Jewdwine had hurt him in a peculiarly delicate and shrinking place.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading That quality went deeper than the intellect; it was one with a sense of honour so fine that a touch, impalpable to ordinary men, was felt by it as a laceration and a stain.
sort
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From this reading Because his nature was not originally magnificent in virtue of another sort, it was before all things necessary that he should perserve his intellectual chastity.
stain
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From this reading That quality went deeper than the intellect; it was one with a sense of honour so fine that a touch, impalpable to ordinary men, was felt by it as a laceration and a stain.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Up till now it had never occurred to Rickman that his connection with _Metropolis_ could directly damage him, still less that Jewdwine could personally inflict a blow.
Sunday
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From this reading He walked up to Hampstead that Sunday evening, taking the hill at a round swinging pace.
swinging
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From this reading He walked up to Hampstead that Sunday evening, taking the hill at a round swinging pace.
taking
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From this reading He walked up to Hampstead that Sunday evening, taking the hill at a round swinging pace.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading That quality went deeper than the intellect; it was one with a sense of honour so fine that a touch, impalpable to ordinary men, was felt by it as a laceration and a stain.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Up till now it had never occurred to Rickman that his connection with _Metropolis_ could directly damage him, still less that Jewdwine could personally inflict a blow.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading But the injury now done to him was monstrous and intolerable; Jewdwine had hurt him in a peculiarly delicate and shrinking place.
things
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From this reading Because his nature was not originally magnificent in virtue of another sort, it was before all things necessary that he should perserve his intellectual chastity.
tillprepositionUS /tɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading Up till now it had never occurred to Rickman that his connection with _Metropolis_ could directly damage him, still less that Jewdwine could personally inflict a blow.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Up till now it had never occurred to Rickman that his connection with _Metropolis_ could directly damage him, still less that Jewdwine could personally inflict a blow.
touch
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From this reading That quality went deeper than the intellect; it was one with a sense of honour so fine that a touch, impalpable to ordinary men, was felt by it as a laceration and a stain.
Up
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From this reading Up till now it had never occurred to Rickman that his connection with _Metropolis_ could directly damage him, still less that Jewdwine could personally inflict a blow.
virtuenounUS /ˈvɝː.tʃuː/
Moral excellence and goodness of character; the highest human attainment in Stoic philosophy.
From this reading Because his nature was not originally magnificent in virtue of another sort, it was before all things necessary that he should perserve his intellectual chastity.
walked
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From this reading He walked up to Hampstead that Sunday evening, taking the hill at a round swinging pace.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But the injury now done to him was monstrous and intolerable; Jewdwine had hurt him in a peculiarly delicate and shrinking place.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That quality went deeper than the intellect; it was one with a sense of honour so fine that a touch, impalpable to ordinary men, was felt by it as a laceration and a stain.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Up till now it had never occurred to Rickman that his connection with _Metropolis_ could directly damage him, still less that Jewdwine could personally inflict a blow.
