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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 was visiting in a house where fashionable people made life a perpetual holiday.
affect
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From this reading Why did it affect me so?
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Yet of all the pleasures which followed so rapidly, one upon another, the greatest was the hour I spent in my window after the day's dissipations were all over, watching a man's face, bending night after night over a study-table in the lower room of the great house in our rear.
all
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From this reading Yet of all the pleasures which followed so rapidly, one upon another, the greatest was the hour I spent in my window after the day's dissipations were all over, watching a man's face, bending night after night over a study-table in the lower room of the great house in our rear.
ANdeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading I COMMIT AN INDISCRETION I should have kept my eyes for the many brilliant and interesting sights constantly offered me.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I COMMIT AN INDISCRETION 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 Yet of all the pleasures which followed so rapidly, one upon another, the greatest was the hour I spent in my window after the day's dissipations were all over, watching a man's face, bending night after night over a study-table in the lower room of the great house in our rear.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading I might have done so, had I been ever eighteen, or had I not come from the country.
bending
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From this reading Yet of all the pleasures which followed so rapidly, one upon another, the greatest was the hour I spent in my window after the day's dissipations were all over, watching a man's face, bending night after night over a study-table in the lower room of the great house in our rear.
brilliant
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From this reading I COMMIT AN INDISCRETION I should have kept my eyes for the many brilliant and interesting sights constantly offered me.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I might have done so, had I been ever eighteen, or had I not come from the country.
COMMIT
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From this reading I COMMIT AN INDISCRETION I should have kept my eyes for the many brilliant and interesting sights constantly offered me.
constantly
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From this reading I COMMIT AN INDISCRETION 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 might have done so, had I been ever eighteen, or had I not come from the country.
day's
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From this reading Yet of all the pleasures which followed so rapidly, one upon another, the greatest was the hour I spent in my window after the day's dissipations were all over, watching a man's face, bending night after night over a study-table in the lower room of the great house in our rear.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Why did it affect me so?
dissipations
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From this reading Yet of all the pleasures which followed so rapidly, one upon another, the greatest was the hour I spent in my window after the day's dissipations were all over, watching a man's face, bending night after night over a study-table in the lower room of the great house in our rear.
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I might have done so, had I been ever eighteen, or had I not come from the country.
eighteen
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From this reading I might have done so, had I been ever eighteen, or had I not come from the country.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I might have done so, had I been ever eighteen, or had I not come from the country.
eyes
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From this reading I COMMIT AN INDISCRETION I should have kept my eyes for the many brilliant and interesting sights constantly offered me.
face
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From this reading Yet of all the pleasures which followed so rapidly, one upon another, the greatest was the hour I spent in my window after the day's dissipations were all over, watching a man's face, bending night after night over a study-table in the lower room of the great house in our rear.
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, the greatest was the hour I spent in my window after the day's dissipations were all over, watching a man's face, bending night after night over a study-table in the lower room of the great house in our rear.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I COMMIT AN INDISCRETION I should have kept my eyes for the many brilliant and interesting sights constantly offered me.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading I might have done so, had I been ever eighteen, or had I not come from the country.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Yet of all the pleasures which followed so rapidly, one upon another, the greatest was the hour I spent in my window after the day's dissipations were all over, watching a man's face, bending night after night over a study-table in the lower room of the great house in our rear.
greatest
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From this reading Yet of all the pleasures which followed so rapidly, one upon another, the greatest was the hour I spent in my window after the day's dissipations were all over, watching a man's face, bending night after night over a study-table in the lower room of the great house in our rear.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I might have done so, had I been ever eighteen, or had I not come from the country.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I COMMIT AN INDISCRETION 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, the greatest was the hour I spent in my window after the day's dissipations were all over, watching a man's face, bending night after night over a study-table in the lower room of the great house in our rear.
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 COMMIT AN INDISCRETION I should have kept my eyes for the many brilliant and interesting sights constantly offered me.
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.
INDISCRETION
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From this reading I COMMIT AN INDISCRETION I should have kept my eyes for the many brilliant and interesting sights constantly offered me.
interesting
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From this reading I COMMIT AN INDISCRETION I should have kept my eyes for the many brilliant and interesting sights constantly offered me.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Why did it affect me so?
kept
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From this reading I COMMIT AN INDISCRETION 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 was visiting in a house where fashionable people made life a perpetual holiday.
lower
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From this reading Yet of all the pleasures which followed so rapidly, one upon another, the greatest was the hour I spent in my window after the day's dissipations were all over, watching a man's face, bending night after night over a study-table in the lower room of the great house in our rear.
made
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From this reading I was visiting in a house where fashionable people made life a perpetual holiday.
man's
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From this reading Yet of all the pleasures which followed so rapidly, one upon another, the greatest was the hour I spent in my window after the day's dissipations were all over, watching a man's face, bending night after night over a study-table in the lower room of the great house in our rear.
many
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From this reading I COMMIT AN INDISCRETION 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 COMMIT AN INDISCRETION 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 might have done so, had I been ever eighteen, or had I not come from the country.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I COMMIT AN INDISCRETION I should have kept my eyes for the many brilliant and interesting sights constantly offered me.
night
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From this reading Yet of all the pleasures which followed so rapidly, one upon another, the greatest was the hour I spent in my window after the day's dissipations were all over, watching a man's face, bending night after night over a study-table in the lower room of the great house in our rear.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I might have done so, had I been ever eighteen, or had I not come from the country.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Yet of all the pleasures which followed so rapidly, one upon another, the greatest was the hour I spent in my window after the day's dissipations were all over, watching a man's face, bending night after night over a study-table in the lower room of the great house in our rear.
offered
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From this reading I COMMIT AN INDISCRETION 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, the greatest was the hour I spent in my window after the day's dissipations were all over, watching a man's face, bending night after night over a study-table in the lower room of the great house in our rear.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading I might have done so, had I been ever eighteen, or had I not come from the country.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Yet of all the pleasures which followed so rapidly, one upon another, the greatest was the hour I spent in my window after the day's dissipations were all over, watching a man's face, bending night after night over a study-table in the lower room of the great house in our rear.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Yet of all the pleasures which followed so rapidly, one upon another, the greatest was the hour I spent in my window after the day's dissipations were all over, watching a man's face, bending night after night over a study-table in the lower room of the great house in our rear.
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, the greatest was the hour I spent in my window after the day's dissipations were all over, watching a man's face, bending night after night over a study-table in the lower room of the great house in our rear.
rapidly
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From this reading Yet of all the pleasures which followed so rapidly, one upon another, the greatest was the hour I spent in my window after the day's dissipations were all over, watching a man's face, bending night after night over a study-table in the lower room of the great house in our rear.
rear
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From this reading Yet of all the pleasures which followed so rapidly, one upon another, the greatest was the hour I spent in my window after the day's dissipations were all over, watching a man's face, bending night after night over a study-table in the lower room of the great house in our rear.
room
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From this reading Yet of all the pleasures which followed so rapidly, one upon another, the greatest was the hour I spent in my window after the day's dissipations were all over, watching a man's face, bending night after night over a study-table in the lower room of the great house in our rear.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading I COMMIT AN INDISCRETION 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 COMMIT AN INDISCRETION 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 I might have done so, had I been ever eighteen, or had I not come from the country.
spent
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From this reading Yet of all the pleasures which followed so rapidly, one upon another, the greatest was the hour I spent in my window after the day's dissipations were all over, watching a man's face, bending night after night over a study-table in the lower room of the great house in our rear.
study-table
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From this reading Yet of all the pleasures which followed so rapidly, one upon another, the greatest was the hour I spent in my window after the day's dissipations were all over, watching a man's face, bending night after night over a study-table in the lower room of the great house in our rear.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I COMMIT AN INDISCRETION I should have kept my eyes for the many brilliant and interesting sights constantly offered me.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Yet of all the pleasures which followed so rapidly, one upon another, the greatest was the hour I spent in my window after the day's dissipations were all over, watching a man's face, bending night after night over a study-table in the lower room of the great house in our rear.
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, the greatest was the hour I spent in my window after the day's dissipations were all over, watching a man's face, bending night after night over a study-table in the lower room of the great house in our rear.
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, the greatest was the hour I spent in my window after the day's dissipations were all over, watching a man's face, bending night after night over a study-table in the lower room of the great house in our rear.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading I was visiting in a house where fashionable people made life a perpetual holiday.
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, the greatest was the hour I spent in my window after the day's dissipations were all over, watching a man's face, bending night after night over a study-table in the lower room of the great house in our rear.
Why
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From this reading Why did it affect me so?
window
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From this reading Yet of all the pleasures which followed so rapidly, one upon another, the greatest was the hour I spent in my window after the day's dissipations were all over, watching a man's face, bending night after night over a study-table in the lower room of the great house in our rear.
YetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet of all the pleasures which followed so rapidly, one upon another, the greatest was the hour I spent in my window after the day's dissipations were all over, watching a man's face, bending night after night over a study-table in the lower room of the great house in our rear.
