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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 If she had been only a beautiful girl in love with me, I think I could have managed the situation.
always
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From this reading That has always mattered enormously.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Once or twice since my marriage and before Isabel became of any significance in my life, there had been incidents with other people, flashes of temptation--no telling is possible of the thing resisted.
any
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From this reading Once or twice since my marriage and before Isabel became of any significance in my life, there had been incidents with other people, flashes of temptation--no telling is possible of the thing resisted.
beautiful
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From this reading If she had been only a beautiful girl in love with me, I think I could have managed the situation.
beauty
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From this reading I think that mere beauty and passion would not have taken me.
became
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From this reading Once or twice since my marriage and before Isabel became of any significance in my life, there had been incidents with other people, flashes of temptation--no telling is possible of the thing resisted.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading If she had been only a beautiful girl in love with me, I think I could have managed the situation.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Once or twice since my marriage and before Isabel became of any significance in my life, there had been incidents with other people, flashes of temptation--no telling is possible of the thing resisted.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading But between myself and Isabel things were incurably complicated by the intellectual sympathy we had, the jolly march of our minds together.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But between myself and Isabel things were incurably complicated by the intellectual sympathy we had, the jolly march of our minds together.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading But between myself and Isabel things were incurably complicated by the intellectual sympathy we had, the jolly march of our minds together.
complicated
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From this reading But between myself and Isabel things were incurably complicated by the intellectual sympathy we had, the jolly march of our minds together.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading If she had been only a beautiful girl in love with me, I think I could have managed the situation.
enormously
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From this reading That has always mattered enormously.
flashes
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From this reading Once or twice since my marriage and before Isabel became of any significance in my life, there had been incidents with other people, flashes of temptation--no telling is possible of the thing resisted.
girl
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From this reading If she had been only a beautiful girl in love with me, I think I could have managed the situation.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading If she had been only a beautiful girl in love with me, I think I could have managed the situation.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That has always mattered enormously.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading If she had been only a beautiful girl in love with me, I think I could have managed the situation.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading If she had been only a beautiful girl in love with me, I think I could have managed the situation.
IfconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If she had been only a beautiful girl in love with me, I think I could have managed the situation.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading If she had been only a beautiful girl in love with me, I think I could have managed the situation.
incidents
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From this reading Once or twice since my marriage and before Isabel became of any significance in my life, there had been incidents with other people, flashes of temptation--no telling is possible of the thing resisted.
incurably
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From this reading But between myself and Isabel things were incurably complicated by the intellectual sympathy we had, the jolly march of our minds together.
intellectual
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From this reading But between myself and Isabel things were incurably complicated by the intellectual sympathy we had, the jolly march of our minds together.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Once or twice since my marriage and before Isabel became of any significance in my life, there had been incidents with other people, flashes of temptation--no telling is possible of the thing resisted.
Isabel
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From this reading Once or twice since my marriage and before Isabel became of any significance in my life, there had been incidents with other people, flashes of temptation--no telling is possible of the thing resisted.
jolly
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From this reading But between myself and Isabel things were incurably complicated by the intellectual sympathy we had, the jolly march of our minds together.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Once or twice since my marriage and before Isabel became of any significance in my life, there had been incidents with other people, flashes of temptation--no telling is possible of the thing resisted.
love
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From this reading If she had been only a beautiful girl in love with me, I think I could have managed the situation.
managed
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From this reading If she had been only a beautiful girl in love with me, I think I could have managed the situation.
march
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From this reading But between myself and Isabel things were incurably complicated by the intellectual sympathy we had, the jolly march of our minds together.
marriage
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From this reading Once or twice since my marriage and before Isabel became of any significance in my life, there had been incidents with other people, flashes of temptation--no telling is possible of the thing resisted.
mattered
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From this reading That has always mattered enormously.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading If she had been only a beautiful girl in love with me, I think I could have managed the situation.
mere
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From this reading I think that mere beauty and passion would not have taken me.
minds
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From this reading But between myself and Isabel things were incurably complicated by the intellectual sympathy we had, the jolly march of our minds together.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Once or twice since my marriage and before Isabel became of any significance in my life, there had been incidents with other people, flashes of temptation--no telling is possible of the thing resisted.
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading But between myself and Isabel things were incurably complicated by the intellectual sympathy we had, the jolly march of our minds together.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Once or twice since my marriage and before Isabel became of any significance in my life, there had been incidents with other people, flashes of temptation--no telling is possible of the thing resisted.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I think that mere beauty and passion would not have taken me.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Once or twice since my marriage and before Isabel became of any significance in my life, there had been incidents with other people, flashes of temptation--no telling is possible of the thing resisted.
Once
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From this reading Once or twice since my marriage and before Isabel became of any significance in my life, there had been incidents with other people, flashes of temptation--no telling is possible of the thing resisted.
only
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From this reading If she had been only a beautiful girl in love with me, I think I could have managed the situation.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Once or twice since my marriage and before Isabel became of any significance in my life, there had been incidents with other people, flashes of temptation--no telling is possible of the thing resisted.
other
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From this reading Once or twice since my marriage and before Isabel became of any significance in my life, there had been incidents with other people, flashes of temptation--no telling is possible of the thing resisted.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading But between myself and Isabel things were incurably complicated by the intellectual sympathy we had, the jolly march of our minds together.
passion
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From this reading I think that mere beauty and passion would not have taken me.
people
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From this reading Once or twice since my marriage and before Isabel became of any significance in my life, there had been incidents with other people, flashes of temptation--no telling is possible of the thing resisted.
possible
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From this reading Once or twice since my marriage and before Isabel became of any significance in my life, there had been incidents with other people, flashes of temptation--no telling is possible of the thing resisted.
resisted
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From this reading Once or twice since my marriage and before Isabel became of any significance in my life, there had been incidents with other people, flashes of temptation--no telling is possible of the thing resisted.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading If she had been only a beautiful girl in love with me, I think I could have managed the situation.
significance
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From this reading Once or twice since my marriage and before Isabel became of any significance in my life, there had been incidents with other people, flashes of temptation--no telling is possible of the thing resisted.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Once or twice since my marriage and before Isabel became of any significance in my life, there had been incidents with other people, flashes of temptation--no telling is possible of the thing resisted.
situation
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From this reading If she had been only a beautiful girl in love with me, I think I could have managed the situation.
sympathy
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From this reading But between myself and Isabel things were incurably complicated by the intellectual sympathy we had, the jolly march of our minds together.
taken
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From this reading I think that mere beauty and passion would not have taken me.
telling
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From this reading Once or twice since my marriage and before Isabel became of any significance in my life, there had been incidents with other people, flashes of temptation--no telling is possible of the thing resisted.
temptation
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From this reading Once or twice since my marriage and before Isabel became of any significance in my life, there had been incidents with other people, flashes of temptation--no telling is possible of the thing resisted.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I think that mere beauty and passion would not have taken me.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading If she had been only a beautiful girl in love with me, I think I could have managed the situation.
there
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From this reading Once or twice since my marriage and before Isabel became of any significance in my life, there had been incidents with other people, flashes of temptation--no telling is possible of the thing resisted.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Once or twice since my marriage and before Isabel became of any significance in my life, there had been incidents with other people, flashes of temptation--no telling is possible of the thing resisted.
things
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From this reading But between myself and Isabel things were incurably complicated by the intellectual sympathy we had, the jolly march of our minds together.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading If she had been only a beautiful girl in love with me, I think I could have managed the situation.
together
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From this reading But between myself and Isabel things were incurably complicated by the intellectual sympathy we had, the jolly march of our minds together.
twice
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From this reading Once or twice since my marriage and before Isabel became of any significance in my life, there had been incidents with other people, flashes of temptation--no telling is possible of the thing resisted.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading But between myself and Isabel things were incurably complicated by the intellectual sympathy we had, the jolly march of our minds together.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading But between myself and Isabel things were incurably complicated by the intellectual sympathy we had, the jolly march of our minds together.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading If she had been only a beautiful girl in love with me, I think I could have managed the situation.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading I think that mere beauty and passion would not have taken me.
