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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 There are, however, certain misfortunes which are infinitely worse in their anticipation than in their reality; and this, which had been looked forward to as a terrible humiliation, was soon found to be one of them.
acknowledged
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From this reading And so Frau Frohmann had raised her prices, and had acknowledged herself to all the world to have been beaten in her enterprise.
all
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From this reading And so Frau Frohmann had raised her prices, and had acknowledged herself to all the world to have been beaten in her enterprise.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And so Frau Frohmann had raised her prices, and had acknowledged herself to all the world to have been beaten in her enterprise.
anticipation
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From this reading There are, however, certain misfortunes which are infinitely worse in their anticipation than in their reality; and this, which had been looked forward to as a terrible humiliation, was soon found to be one of them.
ANY
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From this reading IT DOESN’T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE TO ANY OF THEM.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There are, however, certain misfortunes which are infinitely worse in their anticipation than in their reality; and this, which had been looked forward to as a terrible humiliation, was soon found to be one of them.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading There are, however, certain misfortunes which are infinitely worse in their anticipation than in their reality; and this, which had been looked forward to as a terrible humiliation, was soon found to be one of them.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading No note of triumph was sounded; none at least reached her ear.
awhile
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From this reading Indeed, it so fell out that those with whom she had quarrelled for awhile seemed now to be more friendly with her than ever.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading There are, however, certain misfortunes which are infinitely worse in their anticipation than in their reality; and this, which had been looked forward to as a terrible humiliation, was soon found to be one of them.
beaten
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From this reading And so Frau Frohmann had raised her prices, and had acknowledged herself to all the world to have been beaten in her enterprise.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading And so Frau Frohmann had raised her prices, and had acknowledged herself to all the world to have been beaten in her enterprise.
certain
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From this reading There are, however, certain misfortunes which are infinitely worse in their anticipation than in their reality; and this, which had been looked forward to as a terrible humiliation, was soon found to be one of them.
DIFFERENCE
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From this reading IT DOESN’T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE TO ANY OF THEM.
DOESN'T
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From this reading IT DOESN’T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE TO ANY OF THEM.
ear
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From this reading No note of triumph was sounded; none at least reached her ear.
enterprise
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From this reading And so Frau Frohmann had raised her prices, and had acknowledged herself to all the world to have been beaten in her enterprise.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Indeed, it so fell out that those with whom she had quarrelled for awhile seemed now to be more friendly with her than ever.
fell
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From this reading Indeed, it so fell out that those with whom she had quarrelled for awhile seemed now to be more friendly with her than ever.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Indeed, it so fell out that those with whom she had quarrelled for awhile seemed now to be more friendly with her than ever.
forwardnounUS /forward/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There are, however, certain misfortunes which are infinitely worse in their anticipation than in their reality; and this, which had been looked forward to as a terrible humiliation, was soon found to be one of them.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There are, however, certain misfortunes which are infinitely worse in their anticipation than in their reality; and this, which had been looked forward to as a terrible humiliation, was soon found to be one of them.
Frau
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From this reading And so Frau Frohmann had raised her prices, and had acknowledged herself to all the world to have been beaten in her enterprise.
friendly
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From this reading Indeed, it so fell out that those with whom she had quarrelled for awhile seemed now to be more friendly with her than ever.
Frohmann
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From this reading And so Frau Frohmann had raised her prices, and had acknowledged herself to all the world to have been beaten in her enterprise.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading And so Frau Frohmann had raised her prices, and had acknowledged herself to all the world to have been beaten in her enterprise.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading And so Frau Frohmann had raised her prices, and had acknowledged herself to all the world to have been beaten in her enterprise.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading And so Frau Frohmann had raised her prices, and had acknowledged herself to all the world to have been beaten in her enterprise.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading And so Frau Frohmann had raised her prices, and had acknowledged herself to all the world to have been beaten in her enterprise.
howeveradverbUS /ˌhaʊˈevər/
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading There are, however, certain misfortunes which are infinitely worse in their anticipation than in their reality; and this, which had been looked forward to as a terrible humiliation, was soon found to be one of them.
humiliation
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From this reading There are, however, certain misfortunes which are infinitely worse in their anticipation than in their reality; and this, which had been looked forward to as a terrible humiliation, was soon found to be one of them.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading And so Frau Frohmann had raised her prices, and had acknowledged herself to all the world to have been beaten in her enterprise.
Indeed
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From this reading Indeed, it so fell out that those with whom she had quarrelled for awhile seemed now to be more friendly with her than ever.
infinitely
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From this reading There are, however, certain misfortunes which are infinitely worse in their anticipation than in their reality; and this, which had been looked forward to as a terrible humiliation, was soon found to be one of them.
ITpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading IT DOESN’T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE TO ANY OF THEM.
leastnounUS /least/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading No note of triumph was sounded; none at least reached her ear.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There are, however, certain misfortunes which are infinitely worse in their anticipation than in their reality; and this, which had been looked forward to as a terrible humiliation, was soon found to be one of them.
MAKEnounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading IT DOESN’T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE TO ANY OF THEM.
misfortunes
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From this reading There are, however, certain misfortunes which are infinitely worse in their anticipation than in their reality; and this, which had been looked forward to as a terrible humiliation, was soon found to be one of them.
more
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From this reading Indeed, it so fell out that those with whom she had quarrelled for awhile seemed now to be more friendly with her than ever.
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading No note of triumph was sounded; none at least reached her ear.
nonepronounUS /nʌn/
not one, and not any
From this reading No note of triumph was sounded; none at least reached her ear.
note
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From this reading No note of triumph was sounded; none at least reached her ear.
now
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From this reading Indeed, it so fell out that those with whom she had quarrelled for awhile seemed now to be more friendly with her than ever.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading IT DOESN’T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE TO ANY OF THEM.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading There are, however, certain misfortunes which are infinitely worse in their anticipation than in their reality; and this, which had been looked forward to as a terrible humiliation, was soon found to be one of them.
out
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From this reading Indeed, it so fell out that those with whom she had quarrelled for awhile seemed now to be more friendly with her than ever.
prices
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From this reading And so Frau Frohmann had raised her prices, and had acknowledged herself to all the world to have been beaten in her enterprise.
quarrelled
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From this reading Indeed, it so fell out that those with whom she had quarrelled for awhile seemed now to be more friendly with her than ever.
raised
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From this reading And so Frau Frohmann had raised her prices, and had acknowledged herself to all the world to have been beaten in her enterprise.
reached
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From this reading No note of triumph was sounded; none at least reached her ear.
reality
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From this reading There are, however, certain misfortunes which are infinitely worse in their anticipation than in their reality; and this, which had been looked forward to as a terrible humiliation, was soon found to be one of them.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Indeed, it so fell out that those with whom she had quarrelled for awhile seemed now to be more friendly with her than ever.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Indeed, it so fell out that those with whom she had quarrelled for awhile seemed now to be more friendly with her than ever.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading And so Frau Frohmann had raised her prices, and had acknowledged herself to all the world to have been beaten in her enterprise.
soon
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From this reading There are, however, certain misfortunes which are infinitely worse in their anticipation than in their reality; and this, which had been looked forward to as a terrible humiliation, was soon found to be one of them.
sounded
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From this reading No note of triumph was sounded; none at least reached her ear.
terriblenounUS /ˈterrible/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading There are, however, certain misfortunes which are infinitely worse in their anticipation than in their reality; and this, which had been looked forward to as a terrible humiliation, was soon found to be one of them.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading There are, however, certain misfortunes which are infinitely worse in their anticipation than in their reality; and this, which had been looked forward to as a terrible humiliation, was soon found to be one of them.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Indeed, it so fell out that those with whom she had quarrelled for awhile seemed now to be more friendly with her than ever.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And so Frau Frohmann had raised her prices, and had acknowledged herself to all the world to have been beaten in her enterprise.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading There are, however, certain misfortunes which are infinitely worse in their anticipation than in their reality; and this, which had been looked forward to as a terrible humiliation, was soon found to be one of them.
THEMpronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading IT DOESN’T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE TO ANY OF THEM.
There
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From this reading There are, however, certain misfortunes which are infinitely worse in their anticipation than in their reality; and this, which had been looked forward to as a terrible humiliation, was soon found to be one of them.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading There are, however, certain misfortunes which are infinitely worse in their anticipation than in their reality; and this, which had been looked forward to as a terrible humiliation, was soon found to be one of them.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Indeed, it so fell out that those with whom she had quarrelled for awhile seemed now to be more friendly with her than ever.
TOparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading IT DOESN’T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE TO ANY OF THEM.
triumph
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From this reading No note of triumph was sounded; none at least reached her ear.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There are, however, certain misfortunes which are infinitely worse in their anticipation than in their reality; and this, which had been looked forward to as a terrible humiliation, was soon found to be one of them.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading There are, however, certain misfortunes which are infinitely worse in their anticipation than in their reality; and this, which had been looked forward to as a terrible humiliation, was soon found to be one of them.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Indeed, it so fell out that those with whom she had quarrelled for awhile seemed now to be more friendly with her than ever.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Indeed, it so fell out that those with whom she had quarrelled for awhile seemed now to be more friendly with her than ever.
world
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From this reading And so Frau Frohmann had raised her prices, and had acknowledged herself to all the world to have been beaten in her enterprise.
worse
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From this reading There are, however, certain misfortunes which are infinitely worse in their anticipation than in their reality; and this, which had been looked forward to as a terrible humiliation, was soon found to be one of them.
