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afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Less than twenty minutes after the despatch of her missive--twenty minutes which seemed to Julia more like twenty cycles of immeasurable time--Sir John Ayloffe was announced.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading 'Tis dangerous when the baser nature comes Between the pass and fell incenséd points of mighty opposites.
announced
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From this reading Less than twenty minutes after the despatch of her missive--twenty minutes which seemed to Julia more like twenty cycles of immeasurable time--Sir John Ayloffe was announced.
Ayloffe
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From this reading Less than twenty minutes after the despatch of her missive--twenty minutes which seemed to Julia more like twenty cycles of immeasurable time--Sir John Ayloffe was announced.
baser
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From this reading 'Tis dangerous when the baser nature comes Between the pass and fell incenséd points of mighty opposites.
BetweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading 'Tis dangerous when the baser nature comes Between the pass and fell incenséd points of mighty opposites.
comes
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From this reading 'Tis dangerous when the baser nature comes Between the pass and fell incenséd points of mighty opposites.
composedly
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From this reading He entered very composedly.
cycles
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From this reading Less than twenty minutes after the despatch of her missive--twenty minutes which seemed to Julia more like twenty cycles of immeasurable time--Sir John Ayloffe was announced.
dangerous
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From this reading 'Tis dangerous when the baser nature comes Between the pass and fell incenséd points of mighty opposites.
despatch
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From this reading Less than twenty minutes after the despatch of her missive--twenty minutes which seemed to Julia more like twenty cycles of immeasurable time--Sir John Ayloffe was announced.
entered
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From this reading He entered very composedly.
fell
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From this reading 'Tis dangerous when the baser nature comes Between the pass and fell incenséd points of mighty opposites.
HAMLET
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From this reading --HAMLET V.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He entered very composedly.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Less than twenty minutes after the despatch of her missive--twenty minutes which seemed to Julia more like twenty cycles of immeasurable time--Sir John Ayloffe was announced.
immeasurable
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From this reading Less than twenty minutes after the despatch of her missive--twenty minutes which seemed to Julia more like twenty cycles of immeasurable time--Sir John Ayloffe was announced.
incenséd
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From this reading 'Tis dangerous when the baser nature comes Between the pass and fell incenséd points of mighty opposites.
John
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From this reading Less than twenty minutes after the despatch of her missive--twenty minutes which seemed to Julia more like twenty cycles of immeasurable time--Sir John Ayloffe was announced.
Julia
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From this reading Less than twenty minutes after the despatch of her missive--twenty minutes which seemed to Julia more like twenty cycles of immeasurable time--Sir John Ayloffe was announced.
Less
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From this reading Less than twenty minutes after the despatch of her missive--twenty minutes which seemed to Julia more like twenty cycles of immeasurable time--Sir John Ayloffe was announced.
like
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From this reading Less than twenty minutes after the despatch of her missive--twenty minutes which seemed to Julia more like twenty cycles of immeasurable time--Sir John Ayloffe was announced.
mighty
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From this reading 'Tis dangerous when the baser nature comes Between the pass and fell incenséd points of mighty opposites.
minutes
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From this reading Less than twenty minutes after the despatch of her missive--twenty minutes which seemed to Julia more like twenty cycles of immeasurable time--Sir John Ayloffe was announced.
missive
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From this reading Less than twenty minutes after the despatch of her missive--twenty minutes which seemed to Julia more like twenty cycles of immeasurable time--Sir John Ayloffe was announced.
more
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From this reading Less than twenty minutes after the despatch of her missive--twenty minutes which seemed to Julia more like twenty cycles of immeasurable time--Sir John Ayloffe was announced.
nature
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From this reading 'Tis dangerous when the baser nature comes Between the pass and fell incenséd points of mighty opposites.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading 'Tis dangerous when the baser nature comes Between the pass and fell incenséd points of mighty opposites.
opposites
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From this reading 'Tis dangerous when the baser nature comes Between the pass and fell incenséd points of mighty opposites.
pass
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From this reading 'Tis dangerous when the baser nature comes Between the pass and fell incenséd points of mighty opposites.
points
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From this reading 'Tis dangerous when the baser nature comes Between the pass and fell incenséd points of mighty opposites.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Less than twenty minutes after the despatch of her missive--twenty minutes which seemed to Julia more like twenty cycles of immeasurable time--Sir John Ayloffe was announced.
Sir
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From this reading Less than twenty minutes after the despatch of her missive--twenty minutes which seemed to Julia more like twenty cycles of immeasurable time--Sir John Ayloffe was announced.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Less than twenty minutes after the despatch of her missive--twenty minutes which seemed to Julia more like twenty cycles of immeasurable time--Sir John Ayloffe was announced.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading 'Tis dangerous when the baser nature comes Between the pass and fell incenséd points of mighty opposites.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Less than twenty minutes after the despatch of her missive--twenty minutes which seemed to Julia more like twenty cycles of immeasurable time--Sir John Ayloffe was announced.
Tis
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From this reading 'Tis dangerous when the baser nature comes Between the pass and fell incenséd points of mighty opposites.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Less than twenty minutes after the despatch of her missive--twenty minutes which seemed to Julia more like twenty cycles of immeasurable time--Sir John Ayloffe was announced.
twenty
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From this reading Less than twenty minutes after the despatch of her missive--twenty minutes which seemed to Julia more like twenty cycles of immeasurable time--Sir John Ayloffe was announced.
V
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From this reading --HAMLET V.
very
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From this reading He entered very composedly.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Less than twenty minutes after the despatch of her missive--twenty minutes which seemed to Julia more like twenty cycles of immeasurable time--Sir John Ayloffe was announced.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading 'Tis dangerous when the baser nature comes Between the pass and fell incenséd points of mighty opposites.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Less than twenty minutes after the despatch of her missive--twenty minutes which seemed to Julia more like twenty cycles of immeasurable time--Sir John Ayloffe was announced.