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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading I myself might have done so, had I been over eighteen, or, had I not come from the country, where my natural love of romance had been fostered by uncongenial surroundings and a repressed life under the eyes of a severe and unsympathetic maiden aunt.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Yet of all the pleasures which followed so rapidly, one upon another, that I have difficulty now in separating them into distinct impressions, the greatest, the only one I never confounded with any other, was the hour I spent in my window after the day’s dissipations were all over, watching--what?
all
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From this reading Yet of all the pleasures which followed so rapidly, one upon another, that I have difficulty now in separating them into distinct impressions, the greatest, the only one I never confounded with any other, was the hour I spent in my window after the day’s dissipations were all over, watching--what?
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I should have kept my eyes for the many brilliant and interesting sights constantly offered me.
AnothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Another girl would have done so.
any
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From this reading Yet of all the pleasures which followed so rapidly, one upon another, that I have difficulty now in separating them into distinct impressions, the greatest, the only one I never confounded with any other, was the hour I spent in my window after the day’s dissipations were all over, watching--what?
aunt
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From this reading I myself might have done so, had I been over eighteen, or, had I not come from the country, where my natural love of romance had been fostered by uncongenial surroundings and a repressed life under the eyes of a severe and unsympathetic maiden aunt.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading I myself might have done so, had I been over eighteen, or, had I not come from the country, where my natural love of romance had been fostered by uncongenial surroundings and a repressed life under the eyes of a severe and unsympathetic maiden aunt.
brilliant
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From this reading I should have kept my eyes for the many brilliant and interesting sights constantly offered me.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading I myself might have done so, had I been over eighteen, or, had I not come from the country, where my natural love of romance had been fostered by uncongenial surroundings and a repressed life under the eyes of a severe and unsympathetic maiden aunt.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I myself might have done so, had I been over eighteen, or, had I not come from the country, where my natural love of romance had been fostered by uncongenial surroundings and a repressed life under the eyes of a severe and unsympathetic maiden aunt.
confoundedadjectiveUS /kənˈfaʊndɪd/
annoying or confusing
From this reading Yet of all the pleasures which followed so rapidly, one upon another, that I have difficulty now in separating them into distinct impressions, the greatest, the only one I never confounded with any other, was the hour I spent in my window after the day’s dissipations were all over, watching--what?
constantly
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From this reading I should have kept my eyes for the many brilliant and interesting sights constantly offered me.
country
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From this reading I myself might have done so, had I been over eighteen, or, had I not come from the country, where my natural love of romance had been fostered by uncongenial surroundings and a repressed life under the eyes of a severe and unsympathetic maiden aunt.
day's
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From this reading Yet of all the pleasures which followed so rapidly, one upon another, that I have difficulty now in separating them into distinct impressions, the greatest, the only one I never confounded with any other, was the hour I spent in my window after the day’s dissipations were all over, watching--what?
difficulty
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From this reading Yet of all the pleasures which followed so rapidly, one upon another, that I have difficulty now in separating them into distinct impressions, the greatest, the only one I never confounded with any other, was the hour I spent in my window after the day’s dissipations were all over, watching--what?
dissipations
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From this reading Yet of all the pleasures which followed so rapidly, one upon another, that I have difficulty now in separating them into distinct impressions, the greatest, the only one I never confounded with any other, was the hour I spent in my window after the day’s dissipations were all over, watching--what?
distinct
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From this reading Yet of all the pleasures which followed so rapidly, one upon another, that I have difficulty now in separating them into distinct impressions, the greatest, the only one I never confounded with any other, was the hour I spent in my window after the day’s dissipations were all over, watching--what?
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Another girl would have done so.
eighteen
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From this reading I myself might have done so, had I been over eighteen, or, had I not come from the country, where my natural love of romance had been fostered by uncongenial surroundings and a repressed life under the eyes of a severe and unsympathetic maiden aunt.
eyes
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From this reading I should have kept my eyes for the many brilliant and interesting sights constantly offered me.
fashionable
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From this reading I was visiting in a house where fashionable people made life a perpetual holiday.
followed
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From this reading Yet of all the pleasures which followed so rapidly, one upon another, that I have difficulty now in separating them into distinct impressions, the greatest, the only one I never confounded with any other, was the hour I spent in my window after the day’s dissipations were all over, watching--what?
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I should have kept my eyes for the many brilliant and interesting sights constantly offered me.
fostered
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From this reading I myself might have done so, had I been over eighteen, or, had I not come from the country, where my natural love of romance had been fostered by uncongenial surroundings and a repressed life under the eyes of a severe and unsympathetic maiden aunt.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading I myself might have done so, had I been over eighteen, or, had I not come from the country, where my natural love of romance had been fostered by uncongenial surroundings and a repressed life under the eyes of a severe and unsympathetic maiden aunt.
girl
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From this reading Another girl would have done so.
greatest
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From this reading Yet of all the pleasures which followed so rapidly, one upon another, that I have difficulty now in separating them into distinct impressions, the greatest, the only one I never confounded with any other, was the hour I spent in my window after the day’s dissipations were all over, watching--what?
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I myself might have done so, had I been over eighteen, or, had I not come from the country, where my natural love of romance had been fostered by uncongenial surroundings and a repressed life under the eyes of a severe and unsympathetic maiden aunt.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I should have kept my eyes for the many brilliant and interesting sights constantly offered me.
holiday
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From this reading I was visiting in a house where fashionable people made life a perpetual holiday.
hour
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From this reading Yet of all the pleasures which followed so rapidly, one upon another, that I have difficulty now in separating them into distinct impressions, the greatest, the only one I never confounded with any other, was the hour I spent in my window after the day’s dissipations were all over, watching--what?
house
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From this reading I was visiting in a house where fashionable people made life a perpetual holiday.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I should have kept my eyes for the many brilliant and interesting sights constantly offered me.
impressions
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From this reading Yet of all the pleasures which followed so rapidly, one upon another, that I have difficulty now in separating them into distinct impressions, the greatest, the only one I never confounded with any other, was the hour I spent in my window after the day’s dissipations were all over, watching--what?
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I was visiting in a house where fashionable people made life a perpetual holiday.
interesting
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From this reading I should have kept my eyes for the many brilliant and interesting sights constantly offered me.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Yet of all the pleasures which followed so rapidly, one upon another, that I have difficulty now in separating them into distinct impressions, the greatest, the only one I never confounded with any other, was the hour I spent in my window after the day’s dissipations were all over, watching--what?
kept
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From this reading I should have kept my eyes for the many brilliant and interesting sights constantly offered me.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I myself might have done so, had I been over eighteen, or, had I not come from the country, where my natural love of romance had been fostered by uncongenial surroundings and a repressed life under the eyes of a severe and unsympathetic maiden aunt.
love
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From this reading I myself might have done so, had I been over eighteen, or, had I not come from the country, where my natural love of romance had been fostered by uncongenial surroundings and a repressed life under the eyes of a severe and unsympathetic maiden aunt.
made
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From this reading I was visiting in a house where fashionable people made life a perpetual holiday.
maidennoun, literaryUS /ˈmeɪdən/
a young woman who is not married
From this reading I myself might have done so, had I been over eighteen, or, had I not come from the country, where my natural love of romance had been fostered by uncongenial surroundings and a repressed life under the eyes of a severe and unsympathetic maiden aunt.
many
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From this reading I should have kept my eyes for the many brilliant and interesting sights constantly offered me.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I should have kept my eyes for the many brilliant and interesting sights constantly offered me.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading I myself might have done so, had I been over eighteen, or, had I not come from the country, where my natural love of romance had been fostered by uncongenial surroundings and a repressed life under the eyes of a severe and unsympathetic maiden aunt.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I should have kept my eyes for the many brilliant and interesting sights constantly offered me.
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading I myself might have done so, had I been over eighteen, or, had I not come from the country, where my natural love of romance had been fostered by uncongenial surroundings and a repressed life under the eyes of a severe and unsympathetic maiden aunt.
natural
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From this reading I myself might have done so, had I been over eighteen, or, had I not come from the country, where my natural love of romance had been fostered by uncongenial surroundings and a repressed life under the eyes of a severe and unsympathetic maiden aunt.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Yet of all the pleasures which followed so rapidly, one upon another, that I have difficulty now in separating them into distinct impressions, the greatest, the only one I never confounded with any other, was the hour I spent in my window after the day’s dissipations were all over, watching--what?
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I myself might have done so, had I been over eighteen, or, had I not come from the country, where my natural love of romance had been fostered by uncongenial surroundings and a repressed life under the eyes of a severe and unsympathetic maiden aunt.
now
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From this reading Yet of all the pleasures which followed so rapidly, one upon another, that I have difficulty now in separating them into distinct impressions, the greatest, the only one I never confounded with any other, was the hour I spent in my window after the day’s dissipations were all over, watching--what?
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I myself might have done so, had I been over eighteen, or, had I not come from the country, where my natural love of romance had been fostered by uncongenial surroundings and a repressed life under the eyes of a severe and unsympathetic maiden aunt.
offered
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From this reading I should have kept my eyes for the many brilliant and interesting sights constantly offered me.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Yet of all the pleasures which followed so rapidly, one upon another, that I have difficulty now in separating them into distinct impressions, the greatest, the only one I never confounded with any other, was the hour I spent in my window after the day’s dissipations were all over, watching--what?
only
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From this reading Yet of all the pleasures which followed so rapidly, one upon another, that I have difficulty now in separating them into distinct impressions, the greatest, the only one I never confounded with any other, was the hour I spent in my window after the day’s dissipations were all over, watching--what?
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading I myself might have done so, had I been over eighteen, or, had I not come from the country, where my natural love of romance had been fostered by uncongenial surroundings and a repressed life under the eyes of a severe and unsympathetic maiden aunt.
other
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From this reading Yet of all the pleasures which followed so rapidly, one upon another, that I have difficulty now in separating them into distinct impressions, the greatest, the only one I never confounded with any other, was the hour I spent in my window after the day’s dissipations were all over, watching--what?
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading I myself might have done so, had I been over eighteen, or, had I not come from the country, where my natural love of romance had been fostered by uncongenial surroundings and a repressed life under the eyes of a severe and unsympathetic maiden aunt.
people
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From this reading I was visiting in a house where fashionable people made life a perpetual holiday.
perpetual
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From this reading I was visiting in a house where fashionable people made life a perpetual holiday.
pleasures
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From this reading Yet of all the pleasures which followed so rapidly, one upon another, that I have difficulty now in separating them into distinct impressions, the greatest, the only one I never confounded with any other, was the hour I spent in my window after the day’s dissipations were all over, watching--what?
rapidly
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From this reading Yet of all the pleasures which followed so rapidly, one upon another, that I have difficulty now in separating them into distinct impressions, the greatest, the only one I never confounded with any other, was the hour I spent in my window after the day’s dissipations were all over, watching--what?
repressed
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From this reading I myself might have done so, had I been over eighteen, or, had I not come from the country, where my natural love of romance had been fostered by uncongenial surroundings and a repressed life under the eyes of a severe and unsympathetic maiden aunt.
romance
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From this reading I myself might have done so, had I been over eighteen, or, had I not come from the country, where my natural love of romance had been fostered by uncongenial surroundings and a repressed life under the eyes of a severe and unsympathetic maiden aunt.
separating
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From this reading Yet of all the pleasures which followed so rapidly, one upon another, that I have difficulty now in separating them into distinct impressions, the greatest, the only one I never confounded with any other, was the hour I spent in my window after the day’s dissipations were all over, watching--what?
severe
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From this reading I myself might have done so, had I been over eighteen, or, had I not come from the country, where my natural love of romance had been fostered by uncongenial surroundings and a repressed life under the eyes of a severe and unsympathetic maiden aunt.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading I should have kept my eyes for the many brilliant and interesting sights constantly offered me.
sights
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From this reading I should have kept my eyes for the many brilliant and interesting sights constantly offered me.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Another girl would have done so.
spent
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From this reading Yet of all the pleasures which followed so rapidly, one upon another, that I have difficulty now in separating them into distinct impressions, the greatest, the only one I never confounded with any other, was the hour I spent in my window after the day’s dissipations were all over, watching--what?
surroundings
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From this reading I myself might have done so, had I been over eighteen, or, had I not come from the country, where my natural love of romance had been fostered by uncongenial surroundings and a repressed life under the eyes of a severe and unsympathetic maiden aunt.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Yet of all the pleasures which followed so rapidly, one upon another, that I have difficulty now in separating them into distinct impressions, the greatest, the only one I never confounded with any other, was the hour I spent in my window after the day’s dissipations were all over, watching--what?
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I should have kept my eyes for the many brilliant and interesting sights constantly offered me.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Yet of all the pleasures which followed so rapidly, one upon another, that I have difficulty now in separating them into distinct impressions, the greatest, the only one I never confounded with any other, was the hour I spent in my window after the day’s dissipations were all over, watching--what?
uncongenial
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From this reading I myself might have done so, had I been over eighteen, or, had I not come from the country, where my natural love of romance had been fostered by uncongenial surroundings and a repressed life under the eyes of a severe and unsympathetic maiden aunt.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading I myself might have done so, had I been over eighteen, or, had I not come from the country, where my natural love of romance had been fostered by uncongenial surroundings and a repressed life under the eyes of a severe and unsympathetic maiden aunt.
unsympathetic
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From this reading I myself might have done so, had I been over eighteen, or, had I not come from the country, where my natural love of romance had been fostered by uncongenial surroundings and a repressed life under the eyes of a severe and unsympathetic maiden aunt.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Yet of all the pleasures which followed so rapidly, one upon another, that I have difficulty now in separating them into distinct impressions, the greatest, the only one I never confounded with any other, was the hour I spent in my window after the day’s dissipations were all over, watching--what?
visiting
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From this reading I was visiting in a house where fashionable people made life a perpetual holiday.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I was visiting in a house where fashionable people made life a perpetual holiday.
watching
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From this reading Yet of all the pleasures which followed so rapidly, one upon another, that I have difficulty now in separating them into distinct impressions, the greatest, the only one I never confounded with any other, was the hour I spent in my window after the day’s dissipations were all over, watching--what?
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Yet of all the pleasures which followed so rapidly, one upon another, that I have difficulty now in separating them into distinct impressions, the greatest, the only one I never confounded with any other, was the hour I spent in my window after the day’s dissipations were all over, watching--what?
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Yet of all the pleasures which followed so rapidly, one upon another, that I have difficulty now in separating them into distinct impressions, the greatest, the only one I never confounded with any other, was the hour I spent in my window after the day’s dissipations were all over, watching--what?
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading I myself might have done so, had I been over eighteen, or, had I not come from the country, where my natural love of romance had been fostered by uncongenial surroundings and a repressed life under the eyes of a severe and unsympathetic maiden aunt.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Yet of all the pleasures which followed so rapidly, one upon another, that I have difficulty now in separating them into distinct impressions, the greatest, the only one I never confounded with any other, was the hour I spent in my window after the day’s dissipations were all over, watching--what?
window
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From this reading Yet of all the pleasures which followed so rapidly, one upon another, that I have difficulty now in separating them into distinct impressions, the greatest, the only one I never confounded with any other, was the hour I spent in my window after the day’s dissipations were all over, watching--what?
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Yet of all the pleasures which followed so rapidly, one upon another, that I have difficulty now in separating them into distinct impressions, the greatest, the only one I never confounded with any other, was the hour I spent in my window after the day’s dissipations were all over, watching--what?
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Another girl would have done so.
YetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet of all the pleasures which followed so rapidly, one upon another, that I have difficulty now in separating them into distinct impressions, the greatest, the only one I never confounded with any other, was the hour I spent in my window after the day’s dissipations were all over, watching--what?
