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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 This idea found him a clue to the truth among his confused recollections; he recognized the dealer in antiquities, the man to whom he owed his calamities!
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading A noiseless laugh broke just then from the fantastical personage, straightening the line of his lips that stretched across a row of artificial teeth.
all
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From this reading For Raphael this animated puppet possessed all the interest of an apparition.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading This idea found him a clue to the truth among his confused recollections; he recognized the dealer in antiquities, the man to whom he owed his calamities!
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading For Raphael this animated puppet possessed all the interest of an apparition.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He gazed at it as if it had been some smoke-begrimed Rembrandt, recently restored and newly framed.
animated
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From this reading For Raphael this animated puppet possessed all the interest of an apparition.
antiquities
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From this reading This idea found him a clue to the truth among his confused recollections; he recognized the dealer in antiquities, the man to whom he owed his calamities!
apparition
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From this reading For Raphael this animated puppet possessed all the interest of an apparition.
artificial
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From this reading A noiseless laugh broke just then from the fantastical personage, straightening the line of his lips that stretched across a row of artificial teeth.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He gazed at it as if it had been some smoke-begrimed Rembrandt, recently restored and newly framed.
assigned
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From this reading That laugh brought out, for Raphael’s heated fancy, a strong resemblance between the man before him and the type of head that painters have assigned to Goethe’s Mephistopheles.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He gazed at it as if it had been some smoke-begrimed Rembrandt, recently restored and newly framed.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading He gazed at it as if it had been some smoke-begrimed Rembrandt, recently restored and newly framed.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading That laugh brought out, for Raphael’s heated fancy, a strong resemblance between the man before him and the type of head that painters have assigned to Goethe’s Mephistopheles.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading That laugh brought out, for Raphael’s heated fancy, a strong resemblance between the man before him and the type of head that painters have assigned to Goethe’s Mephistopheles.
broke
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From this reading A noiseless laugh broke just then from the fantastical personage, straightening the line of his lips that stretched across a row of artificial teeth.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading That laugh brought out, for Raphael’s heated fancy, a strong resemblance between the man before him and the type of head that painters have assigned to Goethe’s Mephistopheles.
calamities
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From this reading This idea found him a clue to the truth among his confused recollections; he recognized the dealer in antiquities, the man to whom he owed his calamities!
clue
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From this reading This idea found him a clue to the truth among his confused recollections; he recognized the dealer in antiquities, the man to whom he owed his calamities!
confused
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From this reading This idea found him a clue to the truth among his confused recollections; he recognized the dealer in antiquities, the man to whom he owed his calamities!
dealer
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From this reading This idea found him a clue to the truth among his confused recollections; he recognized the dealer in antiquities, the man to whom he owed his calamities!
fancy
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From this reading That laugh brought out, for Raphael’s heated fancy, a strong resemblance between the man before him and the type of head that painters have assigned to Goethe’s Mephistopheles.
fantastical
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From this reading A noiseless laugh broke just then from the fantastical personage, straightening the line of his lips that stretched across a row of artificial teeth.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For Raphael this animated puppet possessed all the interest of an apparition.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This idea found him a clue to the truth among his confused recollections; he recognized the dealer in antiquities, the man to whom he owed his calamities!
framed
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From this reading He gazed at it as if it had been some smoke-begrimed Rembrandt, recently restored and newly framed.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading A noiseless laugh broke just then from the fantastical personage, straightening the line of his lips that stretched across a row of artificial teeth.
gazed
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From this reading He gazed at it as if it had been some smoke-begrimed Rembrandt, recently restored and newly framed.
Goethe's
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From this reading That laugh brought out, for Raphael’s heated fancy, a strong resemblance between the man before him and the type of head that painters have assigned to Goethe’s Mephistopheles.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He gazed at it as if it had been some smoke-begrimed Rembrandt, recently restored and newly framed.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading That laugh brought out, for Raphael’s heated fancy, a strong resemblance between the man before him and the type of head that painters have assigned to Goethe’s Mephistopheles.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He gazed at it as if it had been some smoke-begrimed Rembrandt, recently restored and newly framed.
head
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From this reading That laugh brought out, for Raphael’s heated fancy, a strong resemblance between the man before him and the type of head that painters have assigned to Goethe’s Mephistopheles.
heated
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From this reading That laugh brought out, for Raphael’s heated fancy, a strong resemblance between the man before him and the type of head that painters have assigned to Goethe’s Mephistopheles.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading This idea found him a clue to the truth among his confused recollections; he recognized the dealer in antiquities, the man to whom he owed his calamities!
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading This idea found him a clue to the truth among his confused recollections; he recognized the dealer in antiquities, the man to whom he owed his calamities!
idea
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From this reading This idea found him a clue to the truth among his confused recollections; he recognized the dealer in antiquities, the man to whom he owed his calamities!
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading He gazed at it as if it had been some smoke-begrimed Rembrandt, recently restored and newly framed.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading This idea found him a clue to the truth among his confused recollections; he recognized the dealer in antiquities, the man to whom he owed his calamities!
interest
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From this reading For Raphael this animated puppet possessed all the interest of an apparition.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He gazed at it as if it had been some smoke-begrimed Rembrandt, recently restored and newly framed.
just
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From this reading A noiseless laugh broke just then from the fantastical personage, straightening the line of his lips that stretched across a row of artificial teeth.
laugh
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From this reading A noiseless laugh broke just then from the fantastical personage, straightening the line of his lips that stretched across a row of artificial teeth.
line
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From this reading A noiseless laugh broke just then from the fantastical personage, straightening the line of his lips that stretched across a row of artificial teeth.
lips
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From this reading A noiseless laugh broke just then from the fantastical personage, straightening the line of his lips that stretched across a row of artificial teeth.
man
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From this reading This idea found him a clue to the truth among his confused recollections; he recognized the dealer in antiquities, the man to whom he owed his calamities!
Mephistopheles
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From this reading That laugh brought out, for Raphael’s heated fancy, a strong resemblance between the man before him and the type of head that painters have assigned to Goethe’s Mephistopheles.
newly
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From this reading He gazed at it as if it had been some smoke-begrimed Rembrandt, recently restored and newly framed.
noiseless
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From this reading A noiseless laugh broke just then from the fantastical personage, straightening the line of his lips that stretched across a row of artificial teeth.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading For Raphael this animated puppet possessed all the interest of an apparition.
out
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From this reading That laugh brought out, for Raphael’s heated fancy, a strong resemblance between the man before him and the type of head that painters have assigned to Goethe’s Mephistopheles.
owed
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From this reading This idea found him a clue to the truth among his confused recollections; he recognized the dealer in antiquities, the man to whom he owed his calamities!
painters
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From this reading That laugh brought out, for Raphael’s heated fancy, a strong resemblance between the man before him and the type of head that painters have assigned to Goethe’s Mephistopheles.
personage
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From this reading A noiseless laugh broke just then from the fantastical personage, straightening the line of his lips that stretched across a row of artificial teeth.
possessed
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From this reading For Raphael this animated puppet possessed all the interest of an apparition.
puppet
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From this reading For Raphael this animated puppet possessed all the interest of an apparition.
Raphael
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From this reading For Raphael this animated puppet possessed all the interest of an apparition.
Raphael's
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From this reading That laugh brought out, for Raphael’s heated fancy, a strong resemblance between the man before him and the type of head that painters have assigned to Goethe’s Mephistopheles.
recently
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From this reading He gazed at it as if it had been some smoke-begrimed Rembrandt, recently restored and newly framed.
recognized
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From this reading This idea found him a clue to the truth among his confused recollections; he recognized the dealer in antiquities, the man to whom he owed his calamities!
recollections
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From this reading This idea found him a clue to the truth among his confused recollections; he recognized the dealer in antiquities, the man to whom he owed his calamities!
Rembrandt
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From this reading He gazed at it as if it had been some smoke-begrimed Rembrandt, recently restored and newly framed.
resemblance
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From this reading That laugh brought out, for Raphael’s heated fancy, a strong resemblance between the man before him and the type of head that painters have assigned to Goethe’s Mephistopheles.
restored
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From this reading He gazed at it as if it had been some smoke-begrimed Rembrandt, recently restored and newly framed.
row
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From this reading A noiseless laugh broke just then from the fantastical personage, straightening the line of his lips that stretched across a row of artificial teeth.
smoke-begrimed
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From this reading He gazed at it as if it had been some smoke-begrimed Rembrandt, recently restored and newly framed.
some
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From this reading He gazed at it as if it had been some smoke-begrimed Rembrandt, recently restored and newly framed.
straightening
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From this reading A noiseless laugh broke just then from the fantastical personage, straightening the line of his lips that stretched across a row of artificial teeth.
stretched
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From this reading A noiseless laugh broke just then from the fantastical personage, straightening the line of his lips that stretched across a row of artificial teeth.
strong
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From this reading That laugh brought out, for Raphael’s heated fancy, a strong resemblance between the man before him and the type of head that painters have assigned to Goethe’s Mephistopheles.
teeth
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From this reading A noiseless laugh broke just then from the fantastical personage, straightening the line of his lips that stretched across a row of artificial teeth.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading A noiseless laugh broke just then from the fantastical personage, straightening the line of his lips that stretched across a row of artificial teeth.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading For Raphael this animated puppet possessed all the interest of an apparition.
then
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From this reading A noiseless laugh broke just then from the fantastical personage, straightening the line of his lips that stretched across a row of artificial teeth.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading For Raphael this animated puppet possessed all the interest of an apparition.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading This idea found him a clue to the truth among his confused recollections; he recognized the dealer in antiquities, the man to whom he owed his calamities!
truth
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From this reading This idea found him a clue to the truth among his confused recollections; he recognized the dealer in antiquities, the man to whom he owed his calamities!
type
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From this reading That laugh brought out, for Raphael’s heated fancy, a strong resemblance between the man before him and the type of head that painters have assigned to Goethe’s Mephistopheles.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading This idea found him a clue to the truth among his confused recollections; he recognized the dealer in antiquities, the man to whom he owed his calamities!
