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To Madame la Princesse Caroline Galitzin de Genthod, nee Comtesse Walewska. Homage and remembrances of The Author. Nearly all young men have a compass with which they delight in measuring the future. When their will is equal to the breadth of the angle at which they open it the world is theirs. But this phenomenon of the inner life takes place only at a certain age.
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used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Nearly all young men have a compass with which they delight in measuring the future.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But this phenomenon of the inner life takes place only at a certain age.”
To move from a closed position.
From this reading “When their will is equal to the breadth of the angle at which they open it the world is theirs.”
the one or ones belonging to them
From this reading “When their will is equal to the breadth of the angle at which they open it the world is theirs.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Nearly all young men have a compass with which they delight in measuring the future.
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From this reading But this phenomenon of the inner life takes place only at a certain age.
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From this reading Nearly all young men have a compass with which they delight in measuring the future.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Homage and remembrances of The Author.
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From this reading When their will is equal to the breadth of the angle at which they open it the world is theirs.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading When their will is equal to the breadth of the angle at which they open it the world is theirs.
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From this reading Homage and remembrances of The Author.
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From this reading When their will is equal to the breadth of the angle at which they open it the world is theirs.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But this phenomenon of the inner life takes place only at a certain age.
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From this reading To Madame la Princesse Caroline Galitzin de Genthod, nee Comtesse Walewska.
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From this reading But this phenomenon of the inner life takes place only at a certain age.
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From this reading Nearly all young men have a compass with which they delight in measuring the future.
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From this reading To Madame la Princesse Caroline Galitzin de Genthod, nee Comtesse Walewska.
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From this reading To Madame la Princesse Caroline Galitzin de Genthod, nee Comtesse Walewska.
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From this reading Nearly all young men have a compass with which they delight in measuring the future.
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From this reading When their will is equal to the breadth of the angle at which they open it the world is theirs.
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From this reading Nearly all young men have a compass with which they delight in measuring the future.
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From this reading To Madame la Princesse Caroline Galitzin de Genthod, nee Comtesse Walewska.
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From this reading To Madame la Princesse Caroline Galitzin de Genthod, nee Comtesse Walewska.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Nearly all young men have a compass with which they delight in measuring the future.
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From this reading Homage and remembrances of The Author.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Nearly all young men have a compass with which they delight in measuring the future.
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From this reading But this phenomenon of the inner life takes place only at a certain age.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading When their will is equal to the breadth of the angle at which they open it the world is theirs.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading When their will is equal to the breadth of the angle at which they open it the world is theirs.
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From this reading To Madame la Princesse Caroline Galitzin de Genthod, nee Comtesse Walewska.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But this phenomenon of the inner life takes place only at a certain age.
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From this reading To Madame la Princesse Caroline Galitzin de Genthod, nee Comtesse Walewska.
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From this reading Nearly all young men have a compass with which they delight in measuring the future.
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From this reading Nearly all young men have a compass with which they delight in measuring the future.
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From this reading Nearly all young men have a compass with which they delight in measuring the future.
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From this reading To Madame la Princesse Caroline Galitzin de Genthod, nee Comtesse Walewska.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Homage and remembrances of The Author.
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From this reading But this phenomenon of the inner life takes place only at a certain age.
To move from a closed position.
From this reading When their will is equal to the breadth of the angle at which they open it the world is theirs.
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From this reading But this phenomenon of the inner life takes place only at a certain age.
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From this reading But this phenomenon of the inner life takes place only at a certain age.
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From this reading To Madame la Princesse Caroline Galitzin de Genthod, nee Comtesse Walewska.
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From this reading Homage and remembrances of The Author.
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From this reading But this phenomenon of the inner life takes place only at a certain age.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Homage and remembrances of The Author.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading When their will is equal to the breadth of the angle at which they open it the world is theirs.
the one or ones belonging to them
From this reading When their will is equal to the breadth of the angle at which they open it the world is theirs.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Nearly all young men have a compass with which they delight in measuring the future.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading But this phenomenon of the inner life takes place only at a certain age.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To Madame la Princesse Caroline Galitzin de Genthod, nee Comtesse Walewska.
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From this reading To Madame la Princesse Caroline Galitzin de Genthod, nee Comtesse Walewska.
at the time that
From this reading When their will is equal to the breadth of the angle at which they open it the world is theirs.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Nearly all young men have a compass with which they delight in measuring the future.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading When their will is equal to the breadth of the angle at which they open it the world is theirs.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Nearly all young men have a compass with which they delight in measuring the future.
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From this reading When their will is equal to the breadth of the angle at which they open it the world is theirs.
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From this reading Nearly all young men have a compass with which they delight in measuring the future.
