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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 MULTUM IN PARVO Elgar's marriage had been a great success.
absolute
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From this reading He loved with absolute sincerity; his ideal of womanhood was for the time realized and possessed; the vagrant habit of his senses seemed permanently subdued; his mind was occupied with high admirations and creative fancies; in thought and speech he was ardent, generous, constant, hopeful.
admirations
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From this reading He loved with absolute sincerity; his ideal of womanhood was for the time realized and possessed; the vagrant habit of his senses seemed permanently subdued; his mind was occupied with high admirations and creative fancies; in thought and speech he was ardent, generous, constant, hopeful.
all
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From this reading Life with Cecily gave predominance to all the noblest energies in his nature.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading For a year and a half, for even more than that, he had lived the fullest and most consistent life of which he was capable; what proportion of the sons of men can look back on an equal span of time in their own existence and say the same of it?
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading For a year and a half, for even more than that, he had lived the fullest and most consistent life of which he was capable; what proportion of the sons of men can look back on an equal span of time in their own existence and say the same of it?
ardent
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From this reading He loved with absolute sincerity; his ideal of womanhood was for the time realized and possessed; the vagrant habit of his senses seemed permanently subdued; his mind was occupied with high admirations and creative fancies; in thought and speech he was ardent, generous, constant, hopeful.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading A happy marriage can do no more for man than make unshadowed revelation of such aspiring faculty as he is endowed withal.
aspiring
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From this reading A happy marriage can do no more for man than make unshadowed revelation of such aspiring faculty as he is endowed withal.
back
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From this reading For a year and a half, for even more than that, he had lived the fullest and most consistent life of which he was capable; what proportion of the sons of men can look back on an equal span of time in their own existence and say the same of it?
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading MULTUM IN PARVO Elgar's marriage had been a great success.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading For a year and a half, for even more than that, he had lived the fullest and most consistent life of which he was capable; what proportion of the sons of men can look back on an equal span of time in their own existence and say the same of it?
capable
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From this reading For a year and a half, for even more than that, he had lived the fullest and most consistent life of which he was capable; what proportion of the sons of men can look back on an equal span of time in their own existence and say the same of it?
Cecily
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From this reading Life with Cecily gave predominance to all the noblest energies in his nature.
consistent
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From this reading For a year and a half, for even more than that, he had lived the fullest and most consistent life of which he was capable; what proportion of the sons of men can look back on an equal span of time in their own existence and say the same of it?
constant
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From this reading He loved with absolute sincerity; his ideal of womanhood was for the time realized and possessed; the vagrant habit of his senses seemed permanently subdued; his mind was occupied with high admirations and creative fancies; in thought and speech he was ardent, generous, constant, hopeful.
creative
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From this reading He loved with absolute sincerity; his ideal of womanhood was for the time realized and possessed; the vagrant habit of his senses seemed permanently subdued; his mind was occupied with high admirations and creative fancies; in thought and speech he was ardent, generous, constant, hopeful.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading A happy marriage can do no more for man than make unshadowed revelation of such aspiring faculty as he is endowed withal.
Elgar's
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From this reading MULTUM IN PARVO Elgar's marriage had been a great success.
endowed
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From this reading A happy marriage can do no more for man than make unshadowed revelation of such aspiring faculty as he is endowed withal.
energies
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From this reading Life with Cecily gave predominance to all the noblest energies in his nature.
equal
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From this reading For a year and a half, for even more than that, he had lived the fullest and most consistent life of which he was capable; what proportion of the sons of men can look back on an equal span of time in their own existence and say the same of it?
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For a year and a half, for even more than that, he had lived the fullest and most consistent life of which he was capable; what proportion of the sons of men can look back on an equal span of time in their own existence and say the same of it?
existence
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From this reading For a year and a half, for even more than that, he had lived the fullest and most consistent life of which he was capable; what proportion of the sons of men can look back on an equal span of time in their own existence and say the same of it?
faculty
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From this reading A happy marriage can do no more for man than make unshadowed revelation of such aspiring faculty as he is endowed withal.
fancies
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From this reading He loved with absolute sincerity; his ideal of womanhood was for the time realized and possessed; the vagrant habit of his senses seemed permanently subdued; his mind was occupied with high admirations and creative fancies; in thought and speech he was ardent, generous, constant, hopeful.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For a year and a half, for even more than that, he had lived the fullest and most consistent life of which he was capable; what proportion of the sons of men can look back on an equal span of time in their own existence and say the same of it?
fullest
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From this reading For a year and a half, for even more than that, he had lived the fullest and most consistent life of which he was capable; what proportion of the sons of men can look back on an equal span of time in their own existence and say the same of it?
gave
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From this reading Life with Cecily gave predominance to all the noblest energies in his nature.
generous
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From this reading He loved with absolute sincerity; his ideal of womanhood was for the time realized and possessed; the vagrant habit of his senses seemed permanently subdued; his mind was occupied with high admirations and creative fancies; in thought and speech he was ardent, generous, constant, hopeful.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading MULTUM IN PARVO Elgar's marriage had been a great success.
habit
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From this reading He loved with absolute sincerity; his ideal of womanhood was for the time realized and possessed; the vagrant habit of his senses seemed permanently subdued; his mind was occupied with high admirations and creative fancies; in thought and speech he was ardent, generous, constant, hopeful.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading MULTUM IN PARVO Elgar's marriage had been a great success.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For a year and a half, for even more than that, he had lived the fullest and most consistent life of which he was capable; what proportion of the sons of men can look back on an equal span of time in their own existence and say the same of it?
happy
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From this reading A happy marriage can do no more for man than make unshadowed revelation of such aspiring faculty as he is endowed withal.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading For a year and a half, for even more than that, he had lived the fullest and most consistent life of which he was capable; what proportion of the sons of men can look back on an equal span of time in their own existence and say the same of it?
high
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From this reading He loved with absolute sincerity; his ideal of womanhood was for the time realized and possessed; the vagrant habit of his senses seemed permanently subdued; his mind was occupied with high admirations and creative fancies; in thought and speech he was ardent, generous, constant, hopeful.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Life with Cecily gave predominance to all the noblest energies in his nature.
hopeful
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From this reading He loved with absolute sincerity; his ideal of womanhood was for the time realized and possessed; the vagrant habit of his senses seemed permanently subdued; his mind was occupied with high admirations and creative fancies; in thought and speech he was ardent, generous, constant, hopeful.
ideal
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From this reading He loved with absolute sincerity; his ideal of womanhood was for the time realized and possessed; the vagrant habit of his senses seemed permanently subdued; his mind was occupied with high admirations and creative fancies; in thought and speech he was ardent, generous, constant, hopeful.
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading MULTUM IN PARVO Elgar's marriage had been a great success.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A happy marriage can do no more for man than make unshadowed revelation of such aspiring faculty as he is endowed withal.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading For a year and a half, for even more than that, he had lived the fullest and most consistent life of which he was capable; what proportion of the sons of men can look back on an equal span of time in their own existence and say the same of it?
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For a year and a half, for even more than that, he had lived the fullest and most consistent life of which he was capable; what proportion of the sons of men can look back on an equal span of time in their own existence and say the same of it?
lived
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From this reading For a year and a half, for even more than that, he had lived the fullest and most consistent life of which he was capable; what proportion of the sons of men can look back on an equal span of time in their own existence and say the same of it?
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For a year and a half, for even more than that, he had lived the fullest and most consistent life of which he was capable; what proportion of the sons of men can look back on an equal span of time in their own existence and say the same of it?
loved
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From this reading He loved with absolute sincerity; his ideal of womanhood was for the time realized and possessed; the vagrant habit of his senses seemed permanently subdued; his mind was occupied with high admirations and creative fancies; in thought and speech he was ardent, generous, constant, hopeful.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A happy marriage can do no more for man than make unshadowed revelation of such aspiring faculty as he is endowed withal.
man
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From this reading A happy marriage can do no more for man than make unshadowed revelation of such aspiring faculty as he is endowed withal.
marriage
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From this reading MULTUM IN PARVO Elgar's marriage had been a great success.
men
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From this reading For a year and a half, for even more than that, he had lived the fullest and most consistent life of which he was capable; what proportion of the sons of men can look back on an equal span of time in their own existence and say the same of it?
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He loved with absolute sincerity; his ideal of womanhood was for the time realized and possessed; the vagrant habit of his senses seemed permanently subdued; his mind was occupied with high admirations and creative fancies; in thought and speech he was ardent, generous, constant, hopeful.
more
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From this reading For a year and a half, for even more than that, he had lived the fullest and most consistent life of which he was capable; what proportion of the sons of men can look back on an equal span of time in their own existence and say the same of it?
most
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From this reading For a year and a half, for even more than that, he had lived the fullest and most consistent life of which he was capable; what proportion of the sons of men can look back on an equal span of time in their own existence and say the same of it?
MULTUM
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From this reading MULTUM IN PARVO Elgar's marriage had been a great success.
nature
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From this reading Life with Cecily gave predominance to all the noblest energies in his nature.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading A happy marriage can do no more for man than make unshadowed revelation of such aspiring faculty as he is endowed withal.
noblest
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From this reading Life with Cecily gave predominance to all the noblest energies in his nature.
occupied
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From this reading He loved with absolute sincerity; his ideal of womanhood was for the time realized and possessed; the vagrant habit of his senses seemed permanently subdued; his mind was occupied with high admirations and creative fancies; in thought and speech he was ardent, generous, constant, hopeful.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading For a year and a half, for even more than that, he had lived the fullest and most consistent life of which he was capable; what proportion of the sons of men can look back on an equal span of time in their own existence and say the same of it?
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading For a year and a half, for even more than that, he had lived the fullest and most consistent life of which he was capable; what proportion of the sons of men can look back on an equal span of time in their own existence and say the same of it?
own
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From this reading For a year and a half, for even more than that, he had lived the fullest and most consistent life of which he was capable; what proportion of the sons of men can look back on an equal span of time in their own existence and say the same of it?
PARVO
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From this reading MULTUM IN PARVO Elgar's marriage had been a great success.
permanently
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From this reading He loved with absolute sincerity; his ideal of womanhood was for the time realized and possessed; the vagrant habit of his senses seemed permanently subdued; his mind was occupied with high admirations and creative fancies; in thought and speech he was ardent, generous, constant, hopeful.
possessed
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From this reading He loved with absolute sincerity; his ideal of womanhood was for the time realized and possessed; the vagrant habit of his senses seemed permanently subdued; his mind was occupied with high admirations and creative fancies; in thought and speech he was ardent, generous, constant, hopeful.
predominance
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From this reading Life with Cecily gave predominance to all the noblest energies in his nature.
proportion
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From this reading For a year and a half, for even more than that, he had lived the fullest and most consistent life of which he was capable; what proportion of the sons of men can look back on an equal span of time in their own existence and say the same of it?
realized
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From this reading He loved with absolute sincerity; his ideal of womanhood was for the time realized and possessed; the vagrant habit of his senses seemed permanently subdued; his mind was occupied with high admirations and creative fancies; in thought and speech he was ardent, generous, constant, hopeful.
revelation
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From this reading A happy marriage can do no more for man than make unshadowed revelation of such aspiring faculty as he is endowed withal.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For a year and a half, for even more than that, he had lived the fullest and most consistent life of which he was capable; what proportion of the sons of men can look back on an equal span of time in their own existence and say the same of it?
say
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From this reading For a year and a half, for even more than that, he had lived the fullest and most consistent life of which he was capable; what proportion of the sons of men can look back on an equal span of time in their own existence and say the same of it?
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He loved with absolute sincerity; his ideal of womanhood was for the time realized and possessed; the vagrant habit of his senses seemed permanently subdued; his mind was occupied with high admirations and creative fancies; in thought and speech he was ardent, generous, constant, hopeful.
sensesplural nounUS /ˈsɛnsɪz/
powers of perception and awareness
From this reading He loved with absolute sincerity; his ideal of womanhood was for the time realized and possessed; the vagrant habit of his senses seemed permanently subdued; his mind was occupied with high admirations and creative fancies; in thought and speech he was ardent, generous, constant, hopeful.
sincerity
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From this reading He loved with absolute sincerity; his ideal of womanhood was for the time realized and possessed; the vagrant habit of his senses seemed permanently subdued; his mind was occupied with high admirations and creative fancies; in thought and speech he was ardent, generous, constant, hopeful.
sons
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From this reading For a year and a half, for even more than that, he had lived the fullest and most consistent life of which he was capable; what proportion of the sons of men can look back on an equal span of time in their own existence and say the same of it?
span
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From this reading For a year and a half, for even more than that, he had lived the fullest and most consistent life of which he was capable; what proportion of the sons of men can look back on an equal span of time in their own existence and say the same of it?
speech
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From this reading He loved with absolute sincerity; his ideal of womanhood was for the time realized and possessed; the vagrant habit of his senses seemed permanently subdued; his mind was occupied with high admirations and creative fancies; in thought and speech he was ardent, generous, constant, hopeful.
subdued
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From this reading He loved with absolute sincerity; his ideal of womanhood was for the time realized and possessed; the vagrant habit of his senses seemed permanently subdued; his mind was occupied with high admirations and creative fancies; in thought and speech he was ardent, generous, constant, hopeful.
success
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From this reading MULTUM IN PARVO Elgar's marriage had been a great success.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading A happy marriage can do no more for man than make unshadowed revelation of such aspiring faculty as he is endowed withal.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading For a year and a half, for even more than that, he had lived the fullest and most consistent life of which he was capable; what proportion of the sons of men can look back on an equal span of time in their own existence and say the same of it?
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading For a year and a half, for even more than that, he had lived the fullest and most consistent life of which he was capable; what proportion of the sons of men can look back on an equal span of time in their own existence and say the same of it?
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading For a year and a half, for even more than that, he had lived the fullest and most consistent life of which he was capable; what proportion of the sons of men can look back on an equal span of time in their own existence and say the same of it?
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading For a year and a half, for even more than that, he had lived the fullest and most consistent life of which he was capable; what proportion of the sons of men can look back on an equal span of time in their own existence and say the same of it?
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He loved with absolute sincerity; his ideal of womanhood was for the time realized and possessed; the vagrant habit of his senses seemed permanently subdued; his mind was occupied with high admirations and creative fancies; in thought and speech he was ardent, generous, constant, hopeful.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For a year and a half, for even more than that, he had lived the fullest and most consistent life of which he was capable; what proportion of the sons of men can look back on an equal span of time in their own existence and say the same of it?
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Life with Cecily gave predominance to all the noblest energies in his nature.
unshadowed
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From this reading A happy marriage can do no more for man than make unshadowed revelation of such aspiring faculty as he is endowed withal.
vagrant
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From this reading He loved with absolute sincerity; his ideal of womanhood was for the time realized and possessed; the vagrant habit of his senses seemed permanently subdued; his mind was occupied with high admirations and creative fancies; in thought and speech he was ardent, generous, constant, hopeful.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading For a year and a half, for even more than that, he had lived the fullest and most consistent life of which he was capable; what proportion of the sons of men can look back on an equal span of time in their own existence and say the same of it?
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading For a year and a half, for even more than that, he had lived the fullest and most consistent life of which he was capable; what proportion of the sons of men can look back on an equal span of time in their own existence and say the same of it?
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading For a year and a half, for even more than that, he had lived the fullest and most consistent life of which he was capable; what proportion of the sons of men can look back on an equal span of time in their own existence and say the same of it?
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Life with Cecily gave predominance to all the noblest energies in his nature.
withal
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From this reading A happy marriage can do no more for man than make unshadowed revelation of such aspiring faculty as he is endowed withal.
womanhood
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From this reading He loved with absolute sincerity; his ideal of womanhood was for the time realized and possessed; the vagrant habit of his senses seemed permanently subdued; his mind was occupied with high admirations and creative fancies; in thought and speech he was ardent, generous, constant, hopeful.
year
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From this reading For a year and a half, for even more than that, he had lived the fullest and most consistent life of which he was capable; what proportion of the sons of men can look back on an equal span of time in their own existence and say the same of it?
