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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 It fixed my thoughts permanently on the weakness of the human mind as a directing organ.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading I might propose and believe, but there were things above my planning or powers, and creatures I might choose to despise were not so helpless after all.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading I might propose and believe, but there were things above my planning or powers, and creatures I might choose to despise were not so helpless after all.
all
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From this reading I might propose and believe, but there were things above my planning or powers, and creatures I might choose to despise were not so helpless after all.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I might propose and believe, but there were things above my planning or powers, and creatures I might choose to despise were not so helpless after all.
animal
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From this reading My own fine contemptuous ideas might be superseded or set at naught by the raw animal or psychic force of a man like Galvin.
apparently
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From this reading One might think till doomsday in terms of human ideas, but apparently over and above ideas there were forces which superseded or controlled them....
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It fixed my thoughts permanently on the weakness of the human mind as a directing organ.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading My own fine contemptuous ideas might be superseded or set at naught by the raw animal or psychic force of a man like Galvin.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading My own fine contemptuous ideas might be superseded or set at naught by the raw animal or psychic force of a man like Galvin.
believenounUS /ˈbelieve/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I might propose and believe, but there were things above my planning or powers, and creatures I might choose to despise were not so helpless after all.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I might propose and believe, but there were things above my planning or powers, and creatures I might choose to despise were not so helpless after all.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading My own fine contemptuous ideas might be superseded or set at naught by the raw animal or psychic force of a man like Galvin.
choosenounUS /choose/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I might propose and believe, but there were things above my planning or powers, and creatures I might choose to despise were not so helpless after all.
contemptuous
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From this reading My own fine contemptuous ideas might be superseded or set at naught by the raw animal or psychic force of a man like Galvin.
controlled
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From this reading One might think till doomsday in terms of human ideas, but apparently over and above ideas there were forces which superseded or controlled them....
creatures
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From this reading I might propose and believe, but there were things above my planning or powers, and creatures I might choose to despise were not so helpless after all.
depend
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From this reading THINGS like these taught me not to depend too utterly on my own skill.
despise
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From this reading I might propose and believe, but there were things above my planning or powers, and creatures I might choose to despise were not so helpless after all.
directing
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From this reading It fixed my thoughts permanently on the weakness of the human mind as a directing organ.
doomsday
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From this reading One might think till doomsday in terms of human ideas, but apparently over and above ideas there were forces which superseded or controlled them....
finenounUS /fine/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading My own fine contemptuous ideas might be superseded or set at naught by the raw animal or psychic force of a man like Galvin.
fixed
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From this reading It fixed my thoughts permanently on the weakness of the human mind as a directing organ.
force
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From this reading My own fine contemptuous ideas might be superseded or set at naught by the raw animal or psychic force of a man like Galvin.
forces
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From this reading One might think till doomsday in terms of human ideas, but apparently over and above ideas there were forces which superseded or controlled them....
Galvin
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From this reading My own fine contemptuous ideas might be superseded or set at naught by the raw animal or psychic force of a man like Galvin.
helpless
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From this reading I might propose and believe, but there were things above my planning or powers, and creatures I might choose to despise were not so helpless after all.
human
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From this reading It fixed my thoughts permanently on the weakness of the human mind as a directing organ.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I might propose and believe, but there were things above my planning or powers, and creatures I might choose to despise were not so helpless after all.
ideas
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From this reading One might think till doomsday in terms of human ideas, but apparently over and above ideas there were forces which superseded or controlled them....
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading One might think till doomsday in terms of human ideas, but apparently over and above ideas there were forces which superseded or controlled them....
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It fixed my thoughts permanently on the weakness of the human mind as a directing organ.
like
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From this reading THINGS like these taught me not to depend too utterly on my own skill.
man
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From this reading My own fine contemptuous ideas might be superseded or set at naught by the raw animal or psychic force of a man like Galvin.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading THINGS like these taught me not to depend too utterly on my own skill.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading I might propose and believe, but there were things above my planning or powers, and creatures I might choose to despise were not so helpless after all.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It fixed my thoughts permanently on the weakness of the human mind as a directing organ.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading THINGS like these taught me not to depend too utterly on my own skill.
naught
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From this reading My own fine contemptuous ideas might be superseded or set at naught by the raw animal or psychic force of a man like Galvin.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading THINGS like these taught me not to depend too utterly on my own skill.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It fixed my thoughts permanently on the weakness of the human mind as a directing organ.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading THINGS like these taught me not to depend too utterly on my own skill.
OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One might think till doomsday in terms of human ideas, but apparently over and above ideas there were forces which superseded or controlled them....
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading I might propose and believe, but there were things above my planning or powers, and creatures I might choose to despise were not so helpless after all.
organ
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From this reading It fixed my thoughts permanently on the weakness of the human mind as a directing organ.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading One might think till doomsday in terms of human ideas, but apparently over and above ideas there were forces which superseded or controlled them....
own
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From this reading THINGS like these taught me not to depend too utterly on my own skill.
permanently
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From this reading It fixed my thoughts permanently on the weakness of the human mind as a directing organ.
planning
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From this reading I might propose and believe, but there were things above my planning or powers, and creatures I might choose to despise were not so helpless after all.
powersnounUS /powers/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I might propose and believe, but there were things above my planning or powers, and creatures I might choose to despise were not so helpless after all.
propose
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From this reading I might propose and believe, but there were things above my planning or powers, and creatures I might choose to despise were not so helpless after all.
psychic
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From this reading My own fine contemptuous ideas might be superseded or set at naught by the raw animal or psychic force of a man like Galvin.
raw
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From this reading My own fine contemptuous ideas might be superseded or set at naught by the raw animal or psychic force of a man like Galvin.
set
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From this reading My own fine contemptuous ideas might be superseded or set at naught by the raw animal or psychic force of a man like Galvin.
skill
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From this reading THINGS like these taught me not to depend too utterly on my own skill.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I might propose and believe, but there were things above my planning or powers, and creatures I might choose to despise were not so helpless after all.
superseded
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From this reading One might think till doomsday in terms of human ideas, but apparently over and above ideas there were forces which superseded or controlled them....
taught
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From this reading THINGS like these taught me not to depend too utterly on my own skill.
terms
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From this reading One might think till doomsday in terms of human ideas, but apparently over and above ideas there were forces which superseded or controlled them....
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It fixed my thoughts permanently on the weakness of the human mind as a directing organ.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading One might think till doomsday in terms of human ideas, but apparently over and above ideas there were forces which superseded or controlled them....
there
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From this reading I might propose and believe, but there were things above my planning or powers, and creatures I might choose to despise were not so helpless after all.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading THINGS like these taught me not to depend too utterly on my own skill.
THINGS
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From this reading THINGS like these taught me not to depend too utterly on my own skill.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One might think till doomsday in terms of human ideas, but apparently over and above ideas there were forces which superseded or controlled them....
thoughts
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From this reading It fixed my thoughts permanently on the weakness of the human mind as a directing organ.
tillprepositionUS /tɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading One might think till doomsday in terms of human ideas, but apparently over and above ideas there were forces which superseded or controlled them....
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THINGS like these taught me not to depend too utterly on my own skill.
too
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From this reading THINGS like these taught me not to depend too utterly on my own skill.
utterly
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From this reading THINGS like these taught me not to depend too utterly on my own skill.
weaknessnounUS /ˈwiːknəs/
a lack of physical strength
From this reading It fixed my thoughts permanently on the weakness of the human mind as a directing organ.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading I might propose and believe, but there were things above my planning or powers, and creatures I might choose to despise were not so helpless after all.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading One might think till doomsday in terms of human ideas, but apparently over and above ideas there were forces which superseded or controlled them....
