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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 tradition which time had reared about HER family--as powerful in its way as the Foote Tradition, but separated from it by a whole world--had brought acquaintanceship and intimacy with strange people and strange cults.
abnormal
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From this reading All of Ruth's life had been spent in contact with the abnormal, the ultraradical.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The tradition which time had reared about HER family--as powerful in its way as the Foote Tradition, but separated from it by a whole world--had brought acquaintanceship and intimacy with strange people and strange cults.
acquaintanceship
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From this reading The tradition which time had reared about HER family--as powerful in its way as the Foote Tradition, but separated from it by a whole world--had brought acquaintanceship and intimacy with strange people and strange cults.
All
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From this reading All of Ruth's life had been spent in contact with the abnormal, the ultraradical.
altruist
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From this reading Anarchist, socialist, nihilist, atheist, Utopian, altruist--all tinkered with the family group, as if they recognized that the civilization they were at war with rested upon this and no other foundation.
always
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From this reading These discussions, beginning anywhere, ended always with the reform of the marriage relation.
Anarchist
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From this reading Anarchist, socialist, nihilist, atheist, Utopian, altruist--all tinkered with the family group, as if they recognized that the civilization they were at war with rested upon this and no other foundation.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The tradition which time had reared about HER family--as powerful in its way as the Foote Tradition, but separated from it by a whole world--had brought acquaintanceship and intimacy with strange people and strange cults.
anywhere
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From this reading These discussions, beginning anywhere, ended always with the reform of the marriage relation.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The tradition which time had reared about HER family--as powerful in its way as the Foote Tradition, but separated from it by a whole world--had brought acquaintanceship and intimacy with strange people and strange cults.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Anarchist, socialist, nihilist, atheist, Utopian, altruist--all tinkered with the family group, as if they recognized that the civilization they were at war with rested upon this and no other foundation.
atheist
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From this reading Anarchist, socialist, nihilist, atheist, Utopian, altruist--all tinkered with the family group, as if they recognized that the civilization they were at war with rested upon this and no other foundation.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading All of Ruth's life had been spent in contact with the abnormal, the ultraradical.
beginningnounUS /ˈbeginning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading These discussions, beginning anywhere, ended always with the reform of the marriage relation.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The tradition which time had reared about HER family--as powerful in its way as the Foote Tradition, but separated from it by a whole world--had brought acquaintanceship and intimacy with strange people and strange cults.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The tradition which time had reared about HER family--as powerful in its way as the Foote Tradition, but separated from it by a whole world--had brought acquaintanceship and intimacy with strange people and strange cults.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The tradition which time had reared about HER family--as powerful in its way as the Foote Tradition, but separated from it by a whole world--had brought acquaintanceship and intimacy with strange people and strange cults.
civilization
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From this reading Anarchist, socialist, nihilist, atheist, Utopian, altruist--all tinkered with the family group, as if they recognized that the civilization they were at war with rested upon this and no other foundation.
contact
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From this reading All of Ruth's life had been spent in contact with the abnormal, the ultraradical.
cults
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From this reading The tradition which time had reared about HER family--as powerful in its way as the Foote Tradition, but separated from it by a whole world--had brought acquaintanceship and intimacy with strange people and strange cults.
discussions
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From this reading In the parlor of her home she had listened to frank, fantastic discussions; to lawless theories.
ended
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From this reading These discussions, beginning anywhere, ended always with the reform of the marriage relation.
family
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From this reading The tradition which time had reared about HER family--as powerful in its way as the Foote Tradition, but separated from it by a whole world--had brought acquaintanceship and intimacy with strange people and strange cults.
fantastic
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From this reading In the parlor of her home she had listened to frank, fantastic discussions; to lawless theories.
Foote
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From this reading The tradition which time had reared about HER family--as powerful in its way as the Foote Tradition, but separated from it by a whole world--had brought acquaintanceship and intimacy with strange people and strange cults.
foundation
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From this reading Anarchist, socialist, nihilist, atheist, Utopian, altruist--all tinkered with the family group, as if they recognized that the civilization they were at war with rested upon this and no other foundation.
frank
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From this reading In the parlor of her home she had listened to frank, fantastic discussions; to lawless theories.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The tradition which time had reared about HER family--as powerful in its way as the Foote Tradition, but separated from it by a whole world--had brought acquaintanceship and intimacy with strange people and strange cults.
group
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From this reading Anarchist, socialist, nihilist, atheist, Utopian, altruist--all tinkered with the family group, as if they recognized that the civilization they were at war with rested upon this and no other foundation.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading All of Ruth's life had been spent in contact with the abnormal, the ultraradical.
HERdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The tradition which time had reared about HER family--as powerful in its way as the Foote Tradition, but separated from it by a whole world--had brought acquaintanceship and intimacy with strange people and strange cults.
home
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From this reading In the parlor of her home she had listened to frank, fantastic discussions; to lawless theories.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Anarchist, socialist, nihilist, atheist, Utopian, altruist--all tinkered with the family group, as if they recognized that the civilization they were at war with rested upon this and no other foundation.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading All of Ruth's life had been spent in contact with the abnormal, the ultraradical.
intimacy
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From this reading The tradition which time had reared about HER family--as powerful in its way as the Foote Tradition, but separated from it by a whole world--had brought acquaintanceship and intimacy with strange people and strange cults.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The tradition which time had reared about HER family--as powerful in its way as the Foote Tradition, but separated from it by a whole world--had brought acquaintanceship and intimacy with strange people and strange cults.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The tradition which time had reared about HER family--as powerful in its way as the Foote Tradition, but separated from it by a whole world--had brought acquaintanceship and intimacy with strange people and strange cults.
lawless
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From this reading In the parlor of her home she had listened to frank, fantastic discussions; to lawless theories.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading All of Ruth's life had been spent in contact with the abnormal, the ultraradical.
listened
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From this reading In the parlor of her home she had listened to frank, fantastic discussions; to lawless theories.
marriage
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From this reading These discussions, beginning anywhere, ended always with the reform of the marriage relation.
nihilist
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From this reading Anarchist, socialist, nihilist, atheist, Utopian, altruist--all tinkered with the family group, as if they recognized that the civilization they were at war with rested upon this and no other foundation.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Anarchist, socialist, nihilist, atheist, Utopian, altruist--all tinkered with the family group, as if they recognized that the civilization they were at war with rested upon this and no other foundation.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading All of Ruth's life had been spent in contact with the abnormal, the ultraradical.
other
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From this reading Anarchist, socialist, nihilist, atheist, Utopian, altruist--all tinkered with the family group, as if they recognized that the civilization they were at war with rested upon this and no other foundation.
parlornounUS /ˈpɑːrlər/
an old-fashioned sitting room
From this reading In the parlor of her home she had listened to frank, fantastic discussions; to lawless theories.
people
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From this reading The tradition which time had reared about HER family--as powerful in its way as the Foote Tradition, but separated from it by a whole world--had brought acquaintanceship and intimacy with strange people and strange cults.
powerful
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From this reading The tradition which time had reared about HER family--as powerful in its way as the Foote Tradition, but separated from it by a whole world--had brought acquaintanceship and intimacy with strange people and strange cults.
reared
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From this reading The tradition which time had reared about HER family--as powerful in its way as the Foote Tradition, but separated from it by a whole world--had brought acquaintanceship and intimacy with strange people and strange cults.
recognized
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From this reading Anarchist, socialist, nihilist, atheist, Utopian, altruist--all tinkered with the family group, as if they recognized that the civilization they were at war with rested upon this and no other foundation.
reform
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From this reading These discussions, beginning anywhere, ended always with the reform of the marriage relation.
relation
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From this reading These discussions, beginning anywhere, ended always with the reform of the marriage relation.
rested
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From this reading Anarchist, socialist, nihilist, atheist, Utopian, altruist--all tinkered with the family group, as if they recognized that the civilization they were at war with rested upon this and no other foundation.
Ruth's
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From this reading All of Ruth's life had been spent in contact with the abnormal, the ultraradical.
separated
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From this reading The tradition which time had reared about HER family--as powerful in its way as the Foote Tradition, but separated from it by a whole world--had brought acquaintanceship and intimacy with strange people and strange cults.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading In the parlor of her home she had listened to frank, fantastic discussions; to lawless theories.
socialist
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From this reading Anarchist, socialist, nihilist, atheist, Utopian, altruist--all tinkered with the family group, as if they recognized that the civilization they were at war with rested upon this and no other foundation.
spent
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From this reading All of Ruth's life had been spent in contact with the abnormal, the ultraradical.
strange
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From this reading The tradition which time had reared about HER family--as powerful in its way as the Foote Tradition, but separated from it by a whole world--had brought acquaintanceship and intimacy with strange people and strange cults.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Anarchist, socialist, nihilist, atheist, Utopian, altruist--all tinkered with the family group, as if they recognized that the civilization they were at war with rested upon this and no other foundation.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading All of Ruth's life had been spent in contact with the abnormal, the ultraradical.
theories
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From this reading In the parlor of her home she had listened to frank, fantastic discussions; to lawless theories.
ThesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading These discussions, beginning anywhere, ended always with the reform of the marriage relation.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Anarchist, socialist, nihilist, atheist, Utopian, altruist--all tinkered with the family group, as if they recognized that the civilization they were at war with rested upon this and no other foundation.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Anarchist, socialist, nihilist, atheist, Utopian, altruist--all tinkered with the family group, as if they recognized that the civilization they were at war with rested upon this and no other foundation.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The tradition which time had reared about HER family--as powerful in its way as the Foote Tradition, but separated from it by a whole world--had brought acquaintanceship and intimacy with strange people and strange cults.
tinkered
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From this reading Anarchist, socialist, nihilist, atheist, Utopian, altruist--all tinkered with the family group, as if they recognized that the civilization they were at war with rested upon this and no other foundation.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading In the parlor of her home she had listened to frank, fantastic discussions; to lawless theories.
tradition
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From this reading The tradition which time had reared about HER family--as powerful in its way as the Foote Tradition, but separated from it by a whole world--had brought acquaintanceship and intimacy with strange people and strange cults.
ultraradical
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From this reading All of Ruth's life had been spent in contact with the abnormal, the ultraradical.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Anarchist, socialist, nihilist, atheist, Utopian, altruist--all tinkered with the family group, as if they recognized that the civilization they were at war with rested upon this and no other foundation.
Utopian
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From this reading Anarchist, socialist, nihilist, atheist, Utopian, altruist--all tinkered with the family group, as if they recognized that the civilization they were at war with rested upon this and no other foundation.
war
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From this reading Anarchist, socialist, nihilist, atheist, Utopian, altruist--all tinkered with the family group, as if they recognized that the civilization they were at war with rested upon this and no other foundation.
way
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From this reading The tradition which time had reared about HER family--as powerful in its way as the Foote Tradition, but separated from it by a whole world--had brought acquaintanceship and intimacy with strange people and strange cults.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Anarchist, socialist, nihilist, atheist, Utopian, altruist--all tinkered with the family group, as if they recognized that the civilization they were at war with rested upon this and no other foundation.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The tradition which time had reared about HER family--as powerful in its way as the Foote Tradition, but separated from it by a whole world--had brought acquaintanceship and intimacy with strange people and strange cults.
whole
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From this reading The tradition which time had reared about HER family--as powerful in its way as the Foote Tradition, but separated from it by a whole world--had brought acquaintanceship and intimacy with strange people and strange cults.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading All of Ruth's life had been spent in contact with the abnormal, the ultraradical.
world
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From this reading The tradition which time had reared about HER family--as powerful in its way as the Foote Tradition, but separated from it by a whole world--had brought acquaintanceship and intimacy with strange people and strange cults.
