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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 The child of his heart had deceived and disobeyed him--I declare I think, my dear, now, we would not or could not do it over again; his whole family had entered into a league against him.
active
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From this reading We, who had been active in the guilty scene of the morning, felt trebly guilty when we saw the effect which our conduct had produced upon him, who, of all others, we loved and respected.
administered
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From this reading The shock to the good man was strange, and pitiful to us to witness who had administered it.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The child of his heart had deceived and disobeyed him--I declare I think, my dear, now, we would not or could not do it over again; his whole family had entered into a league against him.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading The child of his heart had deceived and disobeyed him--I declare I think, my dear, now, we would not or could not do it over again; his whole family had entered into a league against him.
all
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From this reading We, who had been active in the guilty scene of the morning, felt trebly guilty when we saw the effect which our conduct had produced upon him, who, of all others, we loved and respected.
amongstprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋst/
surrounded by; in the company of
From this reading We know thou hast pardoned our wrong--in the Heaven where thou dwellest amongst purified spirits who learned on earth how to love and pardon!
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We, who had been active in the guilty scene of the morning, felt trebly guilty when we saw the effect which our conduct had produced upon him, who, of all others, we loved and respected.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading We, who had been active in the guilty scene of the morning, felt trebly guilty when we saw the effect which our conduct had produced upon him, who, of all others, we loved and respected.
child
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From this reading The child of his heart had deceived and disobeyed him--I declare I think, my dear, now, we would not or could not do it over again; his whole family had entered into a league against him.
conduct
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From this reading We, who had been active in the guilty scene of the morning, felt trebly guilty when we saw the effect which our conduct had produced upon him, who, of all others, we loved and respected.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading The child of his heart had deceived and disobeyed him--I declare I think, my dear, now, we would not or could not do it over again; his whole family had entered into a league against him.
dear
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From this reading The child of his heart had deceived and disobeyed him--I declare I think, my dear, now, we would not or could not do it over again; his whole family had entered into a league against him.
deceived
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From this reading The child of his heart had deceived and disobeyed him--I declare I think, my dear, now, we would not or could not do it over again; his whole family had entered into a league against him.
declare
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From this reading The child of his heart had deceived and disobeyed him--I declare I think, my dear, now, we would not or could not do it over again; his whole family had entered into a league against him.
disobeyed
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From this reading The child of his heart had deceived and disobeyed him--I declare I think, my dear, now, we would not or could not do it over again; his whole family had entered into a league against him.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading The child of his heart had deceived and disobeyed him--I declare I think, my dear, now, we would not or could not do it over again; his whole family had entered into a league against him.
dwellest
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From this reading We know thou hast pardoned our wrong--in the Heaven where thou dwellest amongst purified spirits who learned on earth how to love and pardon!
earth
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From this reading We know thou hast pardoned our wrong--in the Heaven where thou dwellest amongst purified spirits who learned on earth how to love and pardon!
effect
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From this reading We, who had been active in the guilty scene of the morning, felt trebly guilty when we saw the effect which our conduct had produced upon him, who, of all others, we loved and respected.
entered
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From this reading The child of his heart had deceived and disobeyed him--I declare I think, my dear, now, we would not or could not do it over again; his whole family had entered into a league against him.
family
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From this reading The child of his heart had deceived and disobeyed him--I declare I think, my dear, now, we would not or could not do it over again; his whole family had entered into a league against him.
father
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From this reading Dear, kind friend and father!
felt
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From this reading We, who had been active in the guilty scene of the morning, felt trebly guilty when we saw the effect which our conduct had produced upon him, who, of all others, we loved and respected.
friend
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From this reading Dear, kind friend and father!
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The shock to the good man was strange, and pitiful to us to witness who had administered it.
guilty
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From this reading We, who had been active in the guilty scene of the morning, felt trebly guilty when we saw the effect which our conduct had produced upon him, who, of all others, we loved and respected.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading We, who had been active in the guilty scene of the morning, felt trebly guilty when we saw the effect which our conduct had produced upon him, who, of all others, we loved and respected.
hastauxiliary verbUS /hæst/
an old form of “have”, used with “thou”
From this reading We know thou hast pardoned our wrong--in the Heaven where thou dwellest amongst purified spirits who learned on earth how to love and pardon!
heart
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From this reading The child of his heart had deceived and disobeyed him--I declare I think, my dear, now, we would not or could not do it over again; his whole family had entered into a league against him.
Heaven
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From this reading We know thou hast pardoned our wrong--in the Heaven where thou dwellest amongst purified spirits who learned on earth how to love and pardon!
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading We, who had been active in the guilty scene of the morning, felt trebly guilty when we saw the effect which our conduct had produced upon him, who, of all others, we loved and respected.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The child of his heart had deceived and disobeyed him--I declare I think, my dear, now, we would not or could not do it over again; his whole family had entered into a league against him.
how
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From this reading We know thou hast pardoned our wrong--in the Heaven where thou dwellest amongst purified spirits who learned on earth how to love and pardon!
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading The child of his heart had deceived and disobeyed him--I declare I think, my dear, now, we would not or could not do it over again; his whole family had entered into a league against him.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading We, who had been active in the guilty scene of the morning, felt trebly guilty when we saw the effect which our conduct had produced upon him, who, of all others, we loved and respected.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The child of his heart had deceived and disobeyed him--I declare I think, my dear, now, we would not or could not do it over again; his whole family had entered into a league against him.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The shock to the good man was strange, and pitiful to us to witness who had administered it.
kind
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From this reading Dear, kind friend and father!
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We know thou hast pardoned our wrong--in the Heaven where thou dwellest amongst purified spirits who learned on earth how to love and pardon!
league
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From this reading The child of his heart had deceived and disobeyed him--I declare I think, my dear, now, we would not or could not do it over again; his whole family had entered into a league against him.
learned
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From this reading We know thou hast pardoned our wrong--in the Heaven where thou dwellest amongst purified spirits who learned on earth how to love and pardon!
love
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From this reading We know thou hast pardoned our wrong--in the Heaven where thou dwellest amongst purified spirits who learned on earth how to love and pardon!
loved
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From this reading We, who had been active in the guilty scene of the morning, felt trebly guilty when we saw the effect which our conduct had produced upon him, who, of all others, we loved and respected.
man
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From this reading The shock to the good man was strange, and pitiful to us to witness who had administered it.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We, who had been active in the guilty scene of the morning, felt trebly guilty when we saw the effect which our conduct had produced upon him, who, of all others, we loved and respected.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading The child of his heart had deceived and disobeyed him--I declare I think, my dear, now, we would not or could not do it over again; his whole family had entered into a league against him.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The child of his heart had deceived and disobeyed him--I declare I think, my dear, now, we would not or could not do it over again; his whole family had entered into a league against him.
now
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From this reading The child of his heart had deceived and disobeyed him--I declare I think, my dear, now, we would not or could not do it over again; his whole family had entered into a league against him.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading We, who had been active in the guilty scene of the morning, felt trebly guilty when we saw the effect which our conduct had produced upon him, who, of all others, we loved and respected.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading We know thou hast pardoned our wrong--in the Heaven where thou dwellest amongst purified spirits who learned on earth how to love and pardon!
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The child of his heart had deceived and disobeyed him--I declare I think, my dear, now, we would not or could not do it over again; his whole family had entered into a league against him.
others
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From this reading We, who had been active in the guilty scene of the morning, felt trebly guilty when we saw the effect which our conduct had produced upon him, who, of all others, we loved and respected.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading We, who had been active in the guilty scene of the morning, felt trebly guilty when we saw the effect which our conduct had produced upon him, who, of all others, we loved and respected.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading The child of his heart had deceived and disobeyed him--I declare I think, my dear, now, we would not or could not do it over again; his whole family had entered into a league against him.
pardon
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From this reading We know thou hast pardoned our wrong--in the Heaven where thou dwellest amongst purified spirits who learned on earth how to love and pardon!
pardoned
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From this reading We know thou hast pardoned our wrong--in the Heaven where thou dwellest amongst purified spirits who learned on earth how to love and pardon!
pitiful
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From this reading The shock to the good man was strange, and pitiful to us to witness who had administered it.
produced
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From this reading We, who had been active in the guilty scene of the morning, felt trebly guilty when we saw the effect which our conduct had produced upon him, who, of all others, we loved and respected.
purified
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From this reading We know thou hast pardoned our wrong--in the Heaven where thou dwellest amongst purified spirits who learned on earth how to love and pardon!
respected
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From this reading We, who had been active in the guilty scene of the morning, felt trebly guilty when we saw the effect which our conduct had produced upon him, who, of all others, we loved and respected.
saw
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From this reading We, who had been active in the guilty scene of the morning, felt trebly guilty when we saw the effect which our conduct had produced upon him, who, of all others, we loved and respected.
scene
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From this reading We, who had been active in the guilty scene of the morning, felt trebly guilty when we saw the effect which our conduct had produced upon him, who, of all others, we loved and respected.
shock
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From this reading The shock to the good man was strange, and pitiful to us to witness who had administered it.
spirits
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From this reading We know thou hast pardoned our wrong--in the Heaven where thou dwellest amongst purified spirits who learned on earth how to love and pardon!
strange
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From this reading The shock to the good man was strange, and pitiful to us to witness who had administered it.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading We, who had been active in the guilty scene of the morning, felt trebly guilty when we saw the effect which our conduct had produced upon him, who, of all others, we loved and respected.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The child of his heart had deceived and disobeyed him--I declare I think, my dear, now, we would not or could not do it over again; his whole family had entered into a league against him.
thoupronounUS /ðaʊ/
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading We know thou hast pardoned our wrong--in the Heaven where thou dwellest amongst purified spirits who learned on earth how to love and pardon!
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The shock to the good man was strange, and pitiful to us to witness who had administered it.
treblyadverbUS /ˈtrɛbli/
three times or to a very great degree
From this reading We, who had been active in the guilty scene of the morning, felt trebly guilty when we saw the effect which our conduct had produced upon him, who, of all others, we loved and respected.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading We, who had been active in the guilty scene of the morning, felt trebly guilty when we saw the effect which our conduct had produced upon him, who, of all others, we loved and respected.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The shock to the good man was strange, and pitiful to us to witness who had administered it.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The shock to the good man was strange, and pitiful to us to witness who had administered it.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We, who had been active in the guilty scene of the morning, felt trebly guilty when we saw the effect which our conduct had produced upon him, who, of all others, we loved and respected.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading We, who had been active in the guilty scene of the morning, felt trebly guilty when we saw the effect which our conduct had produced upon him, who, of all others, we loved and respected.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading We know thou hast pardoned our wrong--in the Heaven where thou dwellest amongst purified spirits who learned on earth how to love and pardon!
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading We, who had been active in the guilty scene of the morning, felt trebly guilty when we saw the effect which our conduct had produced upon him, who, of all others, we loved and respected.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading We, who had been active in the guilty scene of the morning, felt trebly guilty when we saw the effect which our conduct had produced upon him, who, of all others, we loved and respected.
whole
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From this reading The child of his heart had deceived and disobeyed him--I declare I think, my dear, now, we would not or could not do it over again; his whole family had entered into a league against him.
witness
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From this reading The shock to the good man was strange, and pitiful to us to witness who had administered it.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading The child of his heart had deceived and disobeyed him--I declare I think, my dear, now, we would not or could not do it over again; his whole family had entered into a league against him.
wrong
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From this reading We know thou hast pardoned our wrong--in the Heaven where thou dwellest amongst purified spirits who learned on earth how to love and pardon!
