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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 And yet, superficially arrested as I was for the time, I directly afterwards recognised in this instinctive discrimination--the last, the expiring struggle of her native lucidity--a supremely convincing bit of evidence.
able
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From this reading She had had it from me that he and I had talked about her, but there was nothing that she accepted the idea of his having been able to say.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading She had had it from me that he and I had talked about her, but there was nothing that she accepted the idea of his having been able to say.
accepted
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From this reading She had had it from me that he and I had talked about her, but there was nothing that she accepted the idea of his having been able to say.
afterwards
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From this reading And yet, superficially arrested as I was for the time, I directly afterwards recognised in this instinctive discrimination--the last, the expiring struggle of her native lucidity--a supremely convincing bit of evidence.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading It was still more convincing than if she had done any of the common things--stammered, changed colour, shown an apprehension of what the person named might have said to me.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And yet, superficially arrested as I was for the time, I directly afterwards recognised in this instinctive discrimination--the last, the expiring struggle of her native lucidity--a supremely convincing bit of evidence.
any
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From this reading It was still more convincing than if she had done any of the common things--stammered, changed colour, shown an apprehension of what the person named might have said to me.
apprehension
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From this reading It was still more convincing than if she had done any of the common things--stammered, changed colour, shown an apprehension of what the person named might have said to me.
arrested
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From this reading And yet, superficially arrested as I was for the time, I directly afterwards recognised in this instinctive discrimination--the last, the expiring struggle of her native lucidity--a supremely convincing bit of evidence.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading And yet, superficially arrested as I was for the time, I directly afterwards recognised in this instinctive discrimination--the last, the expiring struggle of her native lucidity--a supremely convincing bit of evidence.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading She had had it from me that he and I had talked about her, but there was nothing that she accepted the idea of his having been able to say.
bit
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From this reading And yet, superficially arrested as I was for the time, I directly afterwards recognised in this instinctive discrimination--the last, the expiring struggle of her native lucidity--a supremely convincing bit of evidence.
Brissenden's
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From this reading It was extremely curious to me to divine, just here, that she hadn't a glimmering of the real logic of Brissenden's happy effect on her nerves.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading She had had it from me that he and I had talked about her, but there was nothing that she accepted the idea of his having been able to say.
changed
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From this reading It was still more convincing than if she had done any of the common things--stammered, changed colour, shown an apprehension of what the person named might have said to me.
coherence
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From this reading I saw--still more than this--that there was nothing to my purpose (since my purpose was to understand) that she would have had, as matters stood, coherence enough to impute to him.
colour
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From this reading It was still more convincing than if she had done any of the common things--stammered, changed colour, shown an apprehension of what the person named might have said to me.
common
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From this reading It was still more convincing than if she had done any of the common things--stammered, changed colour, shown an apprehension of what the person named might have said to me.
convincing
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From this reading And yet, superficially arrested as I was for the time, I directly afterwards recognised in this instinctive discrimination--the last, the expiring struggle of her native lucidity--a supremely convincing bit of evidence.
curious
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From this reading It was extremely curious to me to divine, just here, that she hadn't a glimmering of the real logic of Brissenden's happy effect on her nerves.
directlynounUS /ˈdirectly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading And yet, superficially arrested as I was for the time, I directly afterwards recognised in this instinctive discrimination--the last, the expiring struggle of her native lucidity--a supremely convincing bit of evidence.
discrimination
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From this reading And yet, superficially arrested as I was for the time, I directly afterwards recognised in this instinctive discrimination--the last, the expiring struggle of her native lucidity--a supremely convincing bit of evidence.
divine
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From this reading It was extremely curious to me to divine, just here, that she hadn't a glimmering of the real logic of Brissenden's happy effect on her nerves.
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was still more convincing than if she had done any of the common things--stammered, changed colour, shown an apprehension of what the person named might have said to me.
effect
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From this reading It was extremely curious to me to divine, just here, that she hadn't a glimmering of the real logic of Brissenden's happy effect on her nerves.
enough
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From this reading I saw--still more than this--that there was nothing to my purpose (since my purpose was to understand) that she would have had, as matters stood, coherence enough to impute to him.
evidence
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From this reading And yet, superficially arrested as I was for the time, I directly afterwards recognised in this instinctive discrimination--the last, the expiring struggle of her native lucidity--a supremely convincing bit of evidence.
expiring
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From this reading And yet, superficially arrested as I was for the time, I directly afterwards recognised in this instinctive discrimination--the last, the expiring struggle of her native lucidity--a supremely convincing bit of evidence.
extremely
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From this reading It was extremely curious to me to divine, just here, that she hadn't a glimmering of the real logic of Brissenden's happy effect on her nerves.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading And yet, superficially arrested as I was for the time, I directly afterwards recognised in this instinctive discrimination--the last, the expiring struggle of her native lucidity--a supremely convincing bit of evidence.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading She had had it from me that he and I had talked about her, but there was nothing that she accepted the idea of his having been able to say.
glimmering
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From this reading It was extremely curious to me to divine, just here, that she hadn't a glimmering of the real logic of Brissenden's happy effect on her nerves.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It was still more convincing than if she had done any of the common things--stammered, changed colour, shown an apprehension of what the person named might have said to me.
hadn't
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From this reading It was extremely curious to me to divine, just here, that she hadn't a glimmering of the real logic of Brissenden's happy effect on her nerves.
happy
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From this reading It was extremely curious to me to divine, just here, that she hadn't a glimmering of the real logic of Brissenden's happy effect on her nerves.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading It was still more convincing than if she had done any of the common things--stammered, changed colour, shown an apprehension of what the person named might have said to me.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading She had had it from me that he and I had talked about her, but there was nothing that she accepted the idea of his having been able to say.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She had had it from me that he and I had talked about her, but there was nothing that she accepted the idea of his having been able to say.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading And yet, superficially arrested as I was for the time, I directly afterwards recognised in this instinctive discrimination--the last, the expiring struggle of her native lucidity--a supremely convincing bit of evidence.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was extremely curious to me to divine, just here, that she hadn't a glimmering of the real logic of Brissenden's happy effect on her nerves.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I saw--still more than this--that there was nothing to my purpose (since my purpose was to understand) that she would have had, as matters stood, coherence enough to impute to him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading She had had it from me that he and I had talked about her, but there was nothing that she accepted the idea of his having been able to say.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading And yet, superficially arrested as I was for the time, I directly afterwards recognised in this instinctive discrimination--the last, the expiring struggle of her native lucidity--a supremely convincing bit of evidence.
idea
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From this reading She had had it from me that he and I had talked about her, but there was nothing that she accepted the idea of his having been able to say.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading It was still more convincing than if she had done any of the common things--stammered, changed colour, shown an apprehension of what the person named might have said to me.
impute
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From this reading I saw--still more than this--that there was nothing to my purpose (since my purpose was to understand) that she would have had, as matters stood, coherence enough to impute to him.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading And yet, superficially arrested as I was for the time, I directly afterwards recognised in this instinctive discrimination--the last, the expiring struggle of her native lucidity--a supremely convincing bit of evidence.
instinctive
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From this reading And yet, superficially arrested as I was for the time, I directly afterwards recognised in this instinctive discrimination--the last, the expiring struggle of her native lucidity--a supremely convincing bit of evidence.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was still more convincing than if she had done any of the common things--stammered, changed colour, shown an apprehension of what the person named might have said to me.
just
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From this reading It was extremely curious to me to divine, just here, that she hadn't a glimmering of the real logic of Brissenden's happy effect on her nerves.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And yet, superficially arrested as I was for the time, I directly afterwards recognised in this instinctive discrimination--the last, the expiring struggle of her native lucidity--a supremely convincing bit of evidence.
logic
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From this reading It was extremely curious to me to divine, just here, that she hadn't a glimmering of the real logic of Brissenden's happy effect on her nerves.
lucidity
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From this reading And yet, superficially arrested as I was for the time, I directly afterwards recognised in this instinctive discrimination--the last, the expiring struggle of her native lucidity--a supremely convincing bit of evidence.
matters
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From this reading I saw--still more than this--that there was nothing to my purpose (since my purpose was to understand) that she would have had, as matters stood, coherence enough to impute to him.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It was still more convincing than if she had done any of the common things--stammered, changed colour, shown an apprehension of what the person named might have said to me.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading It was still more convincing than if she had done any of the common things--stammered, changed colour, shown an apprehension of what the person named might have said to me.
more
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From this reading It was still more convincing than if she had done any of the common things--stammered, changed colour, shown an apprehension of what the person named might have said to me.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I saw--still more than this--that there was nothing to my purpose (since my purpose was to understand) that she would have had, as matters stood, coherence enough to impute to him.
named
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From this reading It was still more convincing than if she had done any of the common things--stammered, changed colour, shown an apprehension of what the person named might have said to me.
native
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From this reading And yet, superficially arrested as I was for the time, I directly afterwards recognised in this instinctive discrimination--the last, the expiring struggle of her native lucidity--a supremely convincing bit of evidence.
nerves
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From this reading It was extremely curious to me to divine, just here, that she hadn't a glimmering of the real logic of Brissenden's happy effect on her nerves.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading She had had it from me that he and I had talked about her, but there was nothing that she accepted the idea of his having been able to say.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And yet, superficially arrested as I was for the time, I directly afterwards recognised in this instinctive discrimination--the last, the expiring struggle of her native lucidity--a supremely convincing bit of evidence.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It was extremely curious to me to divine, just here, that she hadn't a glimmering of the real logic of Brissenden's happy effect on her nerves.
person
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From this reading It was still more convincing than if she had done any of the common things--stammered, changed colour, shown an apprehension of what the person named might have said to me.
purpose
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From this reading I saw--still more than this--that there was nothing to my purpose (since my purpose was to understand) that she would have had, as matters stood, coherence enough to impute to him.
real
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From this reading It was extremely curious to me to divine, just here, that she hadn't a glimmering of the real logic of Brissenden's happy effect on her nerves.
recognised
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From this reading And yet, superficially arrested as I was for the time, I directly afterwards recognised in this instinctive discrimination--the last, the expiring struggle of her native lucidity--a supremely convincing bit of evidence.
said
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From this reading It was still more convincing than if she had done any of the common things--stammered, changed colour, shown an apprehension of what the person named might have said to me.
saw
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From this reading I saw--still more than this--that there was nothing to my purpose (since my purpose was to understand) that she would have had, as matters stood, coherence enough to impute to him.
say
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From this reading She had had it from me that he and I had talked about her, but there was nothing that she accepted the idea of his having been able to say.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It was still more convincing than if she had done any of the common things--stammered, changed colour, shown an apprehension of what the person named might have said to me.
shown
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From this reading It was still more convincing than if she had done any of the common things--stammered, changed colour, shown an apprehension of what the person named might have said to me.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading I saw--still more than this--that there was nothing to my purpose (since my purpose was to understand) that she would have had, as matters stood, coherence enough to impute to him.
stammered
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From this reading It was still more convincing than if she had done any of the common things--stammered, changed colour, shown an apprehension of what the person named might have said to me.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was still more convincing than if she had done any of the common things--stammered, changed colour, shown an apprehension of what the person named might have said to me.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I saw--still more than this--that there was nothing to my purpose (since my purpose was to understand) that she would have had, as matters stood, coherence enough to impute to him.
struggle
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From this reading And yet, superficially arrested as I was for the time, I directly afterwards recognised in this instinctive discrimination--the last, the expiring struggle of her native lucidity--a supremely convincing bit of evidence.
superficially
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From this reading And yet, superficially arrested as I was for the time, I directly afterwards recognised in this instinctive discrimination--the last, the expiring struggle of her native lucidity--a supremely convincing bit of evidence.
supremely
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From this reading And yet, superficially arrested as I was for the time, I directly afterwards recognised in this instinctive discrimination--the last, the expiring struggle of her native lucidity--a supremely convincing bit of evidence.
talked
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From this reading She had had it from me that he and I had talked about her, but there was nothing that she accepted the idea of his having been able to say.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading It was still more convincing than if she had done any of the common things--stammered, changed colour, shown an apprehension of what the person named might have said to me.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She had had it from me that he and I had talked about her, but there was nothing that she accepted the idea of his having been able to say.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And yet, superficially arrested as I was for the time, I directly afterwards recognised in this instinctive discrimination--the last, the expiring struggle of her native lucidity--a supremely convincing bit of evidence.
there
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From this reading She had had it from me that he and I had talked about her, but there was nothing that she accepted the idea of his having been able to say.
things
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From this reading It was still more convincing than if she had done any of the common things--stammered, changed colour, shown an apprehension of what the person named might have said to me.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading And yet, superficially arrested as I was for the time, I directly afterwards recognised in this instinctive discrimination--the last, the expiring struggle of her native lucidity--a supremely convincing bit of evidence.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And yet, superficially arrested as I was for the time, I directly afterwards recognised in this instinctive discrimination--the last, the expiring struggle of her native lucidity--a supremely convincing bit of evidence.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was still more convincing than if she had done any of the common things--stammered, changed colour, shown an apprehension of what the person named might have said to me.
understandnounUS /understand/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I saw--still more than this--that there was nothing to my purpose (since my purpose was to understand) that she would have had, as matters stood, coherence enough to impute to him.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And yet, superficially arrested as I was for the time, I directly afterwards recognised in this instinctive discrimination--the last, the expiring struggle of her native lucidity--a supremely convincing bit of evidence.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading It was still more convincing than if she had done any of the common things--stammered, changed colour, shown an apprehension of what the person named might have said to me.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading I saw--still more than this--that there was nothing to my purpose (since my purpose was to understand) that she would have had, as matters stood, coherence enough to impute to him.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading And yet, superficially arrested as I was for the time, I directly afterwards recognised in this instinctive discrimination--the last, the expiring struggle of her native lucidity--a supremely convincing bit of evidence.
