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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 Mérimée's temperament was really that of the scholar, not of the artist, and even his art came to him as a kind of scholarship.
accomplish
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From this reading He did one thing after another, as if challenging himself to accomplish a certain end, and then, that end accomplished, he no longer cared to repeat it.
accomplished
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From this reading He did one thing after another, as if challenging himself to accomplish a certain end, and then, that end accomplished, he no longer cared to repeat it.
adopted
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From this reading That is the scholar's way, not the artist's; and the scholar's instinct is seen, too, in that too purely critical attitude which he adopted, towards others and towards himself, working in almost a hostile fashion upon every impulse, so as to destroy his interest in any part of his work but the way in which it was done.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading He did one thing after another, as if challenging himself to accomplish a certain end, and then, that end accomplished, he no longer cared to repeat it.
almost
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From this reading That is the scholar's way, not the artist's; and the scholar's instinct is seen, too, in that too purely critical attitude which he adopted, towards others and towards himself, working in almost a hostile fashion upon every impulse, so as to destroy his interest in any part of his work but the way in which it was done.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Mérimée's temperament was really that of the scholar, not of the artist, and even his art came to him as a kind of scholarship.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He did one thing after another, as if challenging himself to accomplish a certain end, and then, that end accomplished, he no longer cared to repeat it.
anxious
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From this reading Later on he was, perhaps, a little too anxious to represent himself as having intended from the first to parody the fierceness and the "local colour" of the Romantics.
any
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From this reading That is the scholar's way, not the artist's; and the scholar's instinct is seen, too, in that too purely critical attitude which he adopted, towards others and towards himself, working in almost a hostile fashion upon every impulse, so as to destroy his interest in any part of his work but the way in which it was done.
artauxiliary verbUS /ɑːrt/
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading Mérimée's temperament was really that of the scholar, not of the artist, and even his art came to him as a kind of scholarship.
artist
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From this reading Mérimée's temperament was really that of the scholar, not of the artist, and even his art came to him as a kind of scholarship.
artist's
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From this reading That is the scholar's way, not the artist's; and the scholar's instinct is seen, too, in that too purely critical attitude which he adopted, towards others and towards himself, working in almost a hostile fashion upon every impulse, so as to destroy his interest in any part of his work but the way in which it was done.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Mérimée's temperament was really that of the scholar, not of the artist, and even his art came to him as a kind of scholarship.
attitude
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From this reading That is the scholar's way, not the artist's; and the scholar's instinct is seen, too, in that too purely critical attitude which he adopted, towards others and towards himself, working in almost a hostile fashion upon every impulse, so as to destroy his interest in any part of his work but the way in which it was done.
ballads
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From this reading He began his career by two very serious mystifications, _Le Théâtre de Clara Gazul_, a collection of short plays supposed to be translated from the Spanish, and _La Guzla_, a collection of ballads in prose supposed to be translated from the Illyrian.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading He began his career by two very serious mystifications, _Le Théâtre de Clara Gazul_, a collection of short plays supposed to be translated from the Spanish, and _La Guzla_, a collection of ballads in prose supposed to be translated from the Illyrian.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He began his career by two very serious mystifications, _Le Théâtre de Clara Gazul_, a collection of short plays supposed to be translated from the Spanish, and _La Guzla_, a collection of ballads in prose supposed to be translated from the Illyrian.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading That is the scholar's way, not the artist's; and the scholar's instinct is seen, too, in that too purely critical attitude which he adopted, towards others and towards himself, working in almost a hostile fashion upon every impulse, so as to destroy his interest in any part of his work but the way in which it was done.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading He began his career by two very serious mystifications, _Le Théâtre de Clara Gazul_, a collection of short plays supposed to be translated from the Spanish, and _La Guzla_, a collection of ballads in prose supposed to be translated from the Illyrian.
came
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From this reading Mérimée's temperament was really that of the scholar, not of the artist, and even his art came to him as a kind of scholarship.
cared
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From this reading He did one thing after another, as if challenging himself to accomplish a certain end, and then, that end accomplished, he no longer cared to repeat it.
career
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From this reading He began his career by two very serious mystifications, _Le Théâtre de Clara Gazul_, a collection of short plays supposed to be translated from the Spanish, and _La Guzla_, a collection of ballads in prose supposed to be translated from the Illyrian.
certain
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From this reading He did one thing after another, as if challenging himself to accomplish a certain end, and then, that end accomplished, he no longer cared to repeat it.
challenging
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From this reading He did one thing after another, as if challenging himself to accomplish a certain end, and then, that end accomplished, he no longer cared to repeat it.
Clara
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From this reading He began his career by two very serious mystifications, _Le Théâtre de Clara Gazul_, a collection of short plays supposed to be translated from the Spanish, and _La Guzla_, a collection of ballads in prose supposed to be translated from the Illyrian.
collection
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From this reading He began his career by two very serious mystifications, _Le Théâtre de Clara Gazul_, a collection of short plays supposed to be translated from the Spanish, and _La Guzla_, a collection of ballads in prose supposed to be translated from the Illyrian.
colour
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From this reading Later on he was, perhaps, a little too anxious to represent himself as having intended from the first to parody the fierceness and the "local colour" of the Romantics.
critical
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From this reading That is the scholar's way, not the artist's; and the scholar's instinct is seen, too, in that too purely critical attitude which he adopted, towards others and towards himself, working in almost a hostile fashion upon every impulse, so as to destroy his interest in any part of his work but the way in which it was done.
de
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From this reading He began his career by two very serious mystifications, _Le Théâtre de Clara Gazul_, a collection of short plays supposed to be translated from the Spanish, and _La Guzla_, a collection of ballads in prose supposed to be translated from the Illyrian.
destroy
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From this reading That is the scholar's way, not the artist's; and the scholar's instinct is seen, too, in that too purely critical attitude which he adopted, towards others and towards himself, working in almost a hostile fashion upon every impulse, so as to destroy his interest in any part of his work but the way in which it was done.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading He did one thing after another, as if challenging himself to accomplish a certain end, and then, that end accomplished, he no longer cared to repeat it.
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That is the scholar's way, not the artist's; and the scholar's instinct is seen, too, in that too purely critical attitude which he adopted, towards others and towards himself, working in almost a hostile fashion upon every impulse, so as to destroy his interest in any part of his work but the way in which it was done.
end
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From this reading He did one thing after another, as if challenging himself to accomplish a certain end, and then, that end accomplished, he no longer cared to repeat it.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mérimée's temperament was really that of the scholar, not of the artist, and even his art came to him as a kind of scholarship.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading That is the scholar's way, not the artist's; and the scholar's instinct is seen, too, in that too purely critical attitude which he adopted, towards others and towards himself, working in almost a hostile fashion upon every impulse, so as to destroy his interest in any part of his work but the way in which it was done.
fashion
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From this reading That is the scholar's way, not the artist's; and the scholar's instinct is seen, too, in that too purely critical attitude which he adopted, towards others and towards himself, working in almost a hostile fashion upon every impulse, so as to destroy his interest in any part of his work but the way in which it was done.
fierceness
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From this reading Later on he was, perhaps, a little too anxious to represent himself as having intended from the first to parody the fierceness and the "local colour" of the Romantics.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Later on he was, perhaps, a little too anxious to represent himself as having intended from the first to parody the fierceness and the "local colour" of the Romantics.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He began his career by two very serious mystifications, _Le Théâtre de Clara Gazul_, a collection of short plays supposed to be translated from the Spanish, and _La Guzla_, a collection of ballads in prose supposed to be translated from the Illyrian.
Gazul
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From this reading He began his career by two very serious mystifications, _Le Théâtre de Clara Gazul_, a collection of short plays supposed to be translated from the Spanish, and _La Guzla_, a collection of ballads in prose supposed to be translated from the Illyrian.
Guzla
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From this reading He began his career by two very serious mystifications, _Le Théâtre de Clara Gazul_, a collection of short plays supposed to be translated from the Spanish, and _La Guzla_, a collection of ballads in prose supposed to be translated from the Illyrian.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading Later on he was, perhaps, a little too anxious to represent himself as having intended from the first to parody the fierceness and the "local colour" of the Romantics.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He did one thing after another, as if challenging himself to accomplish a certain end, and then, that end accomplished, he no longer cared to repeat it.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Mérimée's temperament was really that of the scholar, not of the artist, and even his art came to him as a kind of scholarship.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading He did one thing after another, as if challenging himself to accomplish a certain end, and then, that end accomplished, he no longer cared to repeat it.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Mérimée's temperament was really that of the scholar, not of the artist, and even his art came to him as a kind of scholarship.
hostile
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From this reading That is the scholar's way, not the artist's; and the scholar's instinct is seen, too, in that too purely critical attitude which he adopted, towards others and towards himself, working in almost a hostile fashion upon every impulse, so as to destroy his interest in any part of his work but the way in which it was done.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading He did one thing after another, as if challenging himself to accomplish a certain end, and then, that end accomplished, he no longer cared to repeat it.
Illyrian
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From this reading He began his career by two very serious mystifications, _Le Théâtre de Clara Gazul_, a collection of short plays supposed to be translated from the Spanish, and _La Guzla_, a collection of ballads in prose supposed to be translated from the Illyrian.
impulsenounUS /ˈɪmpʌls/
a sudden strong desire to act
From this reading That is the scholar's way, not the artist's; and the scholar's instinct is seen, too, in that too purely critical attitude which he adopted, towards others and towards himself, working in almost a hostile fashion upon every impulse, so as to destroy his interest in any part of his work but the way in which it was done.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading That is the scholar's way, not the artist's; and the scholar's instinct is seen, too, in that too purely critical attitude which he adopted, towards others and towards himself, working in almost a hostile fashion upon every impulse, so as to destroy his interest in any part of his work but the way in which it was done.
instinct
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From this reading That is the scholar's way, not the artist's; and the scholar's instinct is seen, too, in that too purely critical attitude which he adopted, towards others and towards himself, working in almost a hostile fashion upon every impulse, so as to destroy his interest in any part of his work but the way in which it was done.
intended
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From this reading Later on he was, perhaps, a little too anxious to represent himself as having intended from the first to parody the fierceness and the "local colour" of the Romantics.
interest
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From this reading That is the scholar's way, not the artist's; and the scholar's instinct is seen, too, in that too purely critical attitude which he adopted, towards others and towards himself, working in almost a hostile fashion upon every impulse, so as to destroy his interest in any part of his work but the way in which it was done.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That is the scholar's way, not the artist's; and the scholar's instinct is seen, too, in that too purely critical attitude which he adopted, towards others and towards himself, working in almost a hostile fashion upon every impulse, so as to destroy his interest in any part of his work but the way in which it was done.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He did one thing after another, as if challenging himself to accomplish a certain end, and then, that end accomplished, he no longer cared to repeat it.
kind
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From this reading Mérimée's temperament was really that of the scholar, not of the artist, and even his art came to him as a kind of scholarship.
La
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From this reading He began his career by two very serious mystifications, _Le Théâtre de Clara Gazul_, a collection of short plays supposed to be translated from the Spanish, and _La Guzla_, a collection of ballads in prose supposed to be translated from the Illyrian.
Later
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From this reading Later on he was, perhaps, a little too anxious to represent himself as having intended from the first to parody the fierceness and the "local colour" of the Romantics.
Le
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From this reading He began his career by two very serious mystifications, _Le Théâtre de Clara Gazul_, a collection of short plays supposed to be translated from the Spanish, and _La Guzla_, a collection of ballads in prose supposed to be translated from the Illyrian.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Later on he was, perhaps, a little too anxious to represent himself as having intended from the first to parody the fierceness and the "local colour" of the Romantics.
local
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From this reading Later on he was, perhaps, a little too anxious to represent himself as having intended from the first to parody the fierceness and the "local colour" of the Romantics.
longer
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From this reading He did one thing after another, as if challenging himself to accomplish a certain end, and then, that end accomplished, he no longer cared to repeat it.
mystifications
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From this reading He began his career by two very serious mystifications, _Le Théâtre de Clara Gazul_, a collection of short plays supposed to be translated from the Spanish, and _La Guzla_, a collection of ballads in prose supposed to be translated from the Illyrian.
Mérimée's
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From this reading Mérimée's temperament was really that of the scholar, not of the artist, and even his art came to him as a kind of scholarship.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading He did one thing after another, as if challenging himself to accomplish a certain end, and then, that end accomplished, he no longer cared to repeat it.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Mérimée's temperament was really that of the scholar, not of the artist, and even his art came to him as a kind of scholarship.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Mérimée's temperament was really that of the scholar, not of the artist, and even his art came to him as a kind of scholarship.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Later on he was, perhaps, a little too anxious to represent himself as having intended from the first to parody the fierceness and the "local colour" of the Romantics.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading He did one thing after another, as if challenging himself to accomplish a certain end, and then, that end accomplished, he no longer cared to repeat it.
others
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From this reading That is the scholar's way, not the artist's; and the scholar's instinct is seen, too, in that too purely critical attitude which he adopted, towards others and towards himself, working in almost a hostile fashion upon every impulse, so as to destroy his interest in any part of his work but the way in which it was done.
parody
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From this reading Later on he was, perhaps, a little too anxious to represent himself as having intended from the first to parody the fierceness and the "local colour" of the Romantics.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That is the scholar's way, not the artist's; and the scholar's instinct is seen, too, in that too purely critical attitude which he adopted, towards others and towards himself, working in almost a hostile fashion upon every impulse, so as to destroy his interest in any part of his work but the way in which it was done.
perhaps
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From this reading Later on he was, perhaps, a little too anxious to represent himself as having intended from the first to parody the fierceness and the "local colour" of the Romantics.
plays
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From this reading He began his career by two very serious mystifications, _Le Théâtre de Clara Gazul_, a collection of short plays supposed to be translated from the Spanish, and _La Guzla_, a collection of ballads in prose supposed to be translated from the Illyrian.
prose
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From this reading He began his career by two very serious mystifications, _Le Théâtre de Clara Gazul_, a collection of short plays supposed to be translated from the Spanish, and _La Guzla_, a collection of ballads in prose supposed to be translated from the Illyrian.
purely
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From this reading That is the scholar's way, not the artist's; and the scholar's instinct is seen, too, in that too purely critical attitude which he adopted, towards others and towards himself, working in almost a hostile fashion upon every impulse, so as to destroy his interest in any part of his work but the way in which it was done.
really
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From this reading Mérimée's temperament was really that of the scholar, not of the artist, and even his art came to him as a kind of scholarship.
repeat
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From this reading He did one thing after another, as if challenging himself to accomplish a certain end, and then, that end accomplished, he no longer cared to repeat it.
represent
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From this reading Later on he was, perhaps, a little too anxious to represent himself as having intended from the first to parody the fierceness and the "local colour" of the Romantics.
Romantics
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From this reading Later on he was, perhaps, a little too anxious to represent himself as having intended from the first to parody the fierceness and the "local colour" of the Romantics.
scholarnounUS /ˈskɒl.ər/
A specialist in a particular branch of study; a distinguished student.
From this reading Mérimée's temperament was really that of the scholar, not of the artist, and even his art came to him as a kind of scholarship.
scholar's
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From this reading That is the scholar's way, not the artist's; and the scholar's instinct is seen, too, in that too purely critical attitude which he adopted, towards others and towards himself, working in almost a hostile fashion upon every impulse, so as to destroy his interest in any part of his work but the way in which it was done.
scholarship
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From this reading Mérimée's temperament was really that of the scholar, not of the artist, and even his art came to him as a kind of scholarship.
seen
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From this reading That is the scholar's way, not the artist's; and the scholar's instinct is seen, too, in that too purely critical attitude which he adopted, towards others and towards himself, working in almost a hostile fashion upon every impulse, so as to destroy his interest in any part of his work but the way in which it was done.
serious
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From this reading He began his career by two very serious mystifications, _Le Théâtre de Clara Gazul_, a collection of short plays supposed to be translated from the Spanish, and _La Guzla_, a collection of ballads in prose supposed to be translated from the Illyrian.
shortadjectiveUS /ʃɔrt/
brief or direct in expression
From this reading He began his career by two very serious mystifications, _Le Théâtre de Clara Gazul_, a collection of short plays supposed to be translated from the Spanish, and _La Guzla_, a collection of ballads in prose supposed to be translated from the Illyrian.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading That is the scholar's way, not the artist's; and the scholar's instinct is seen, too, in that too purely critical attitude which he adopted, towards others and towards himself, working in almost a hostile fashion upon every impulse, so as to destroy his interest in any part of his work but the way in which it was done.
Spanish
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From this reading He began his career by two very serious mystifications, _Le Théâtre de Clara Gazul_, a collection of short plays supposed to be translated from the Spanish, and _La Guzla_, a collection of ballads in prose supposed to be translated from the Illyrian.
supposed
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From this reading He began his career by two very serious mystifications, _Le Théâtre de Clara Gazul_, a collection of short plays supposed to be translated from the Spanish, and _La Guzla_, a collection of ballads in prose supposed to be translated from the Illyrian.
temperament
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From this reading Mérimée's temperament was really that of the scholar, not of the artist, and even his art came to him as a kind of scholarship.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Mérimée's temperament was really that of the scholar, not of the artist, and even his art came to him as a kind of scholarship.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Mérimée's temperament was really that of the scholar, not of the artist, and even his art came to him as a kind of scholarship.
then
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From this reading He did one thing after another, as if challenging himself to accomplish a certain end, and then, that end accomplished, he no longer cared to repeat it.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He did one thing after another, as if challenging himself to accomplish a certain end, and then, that end accomplished, he no longer cared to repeat it.
Théâtre
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From this reading He began his career by two very serious mystifications, _Le Théâtre de Clara Gazul_, a collection of short plays supposed to be translated from the Spanish, and _La Guzla_, a collection of ballads in prose supposed to be translated from the Illyrian.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Mérimée's temperament was really that of the scholar, not of the artist, and even his art came to him as a kind of scholarship.
too
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From this reading That is the scholar's way, not the artist's; and the scholar's instinct is seen, too, in that too purely critical attitude which he adopted, towards others and towards himself, working in almost a hostile fashion upon every impulse, so as to destroy his interest in any part of his work but the way in which it was done.
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading That is the scholar's way, not the artist's; and the scholar's instinct is seen, too, in that too purely critical attitude which he adopted, towards others and towards himself, working in almost a hostile fashion upon every impulse, so as to destroy his interest in any part of his work but the way in which it was done.
translated
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From this reading He began his career by two very serious mystifications, _Le Théâtre de Clara Gazul_, a collection of short plays supposed to be translated from the Spanish, and _La Guzla_, a collection of ballads in prose supposed to be translated from the Illyrian.
two
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From this reading He began his career by two very serious mystifications, _Le Théâtre de Clara Gazul_, a collection of short plays supposed to be translated from the Spanish, and _La Guzla_, a collection of ballads in prose supposed to be translated from the Illyrian.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading That is the scholar's way, not the artist's; and the scholar's instinct is seen, too, in that too purely critical attitude which he adopted, towards others and towards himself, working in almost a hostile fashion upon every impulse, so as to destroy his interest in any part of his work but the way in which it was done.
very
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From this reading He began his career by two very serious mystifications, _Le Théâtre de Clara Gazul_, a collection of short plays supposed to be translated from the Spanish, and _La Guzla_, a collection of ballads in prose supposed to be translated from the Illyrian.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Mérimée's temperament was really that of the scholar, not of the artist, and even his art came to him as a kind of scholarship.
way
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From this reading That is the scholar's way, not the artist's; and the scholar's instinct is seen, too, in that too purely critical attitude which he adopted, towards others and towards himself, working in almost a hostile fashion upon every impulse, so as to destroy his interest in any part of his work but the way in which it was done.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading That is the scholar's way, not the artist's; and the scholar's instinct is seen, too, in that too purely critical attitude which he adopted, towards others and towards himself, working in almost a hostile fashion upon every impulse, so as to destroy his interest in any part of his work but the way in which it was done.
work
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From this reading That is the scholar's way, not the artist's; and the scholar's instinct is seen, too, in that too purely critical attitude which he adopted, towards others and towards himself, working in almost a hostile fashion upon every impulse, so as to destroy his interest in any part of his work but the way in which it was done.
working
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From this reading That is the scholar's way, not the artist's; and the scholar's instinct is seen, too, in that too purely critical attitude which he adopted, towards others and towards himself, working in almost a hostile fashion upon every impulse, so as to destroy his interest in any part of his work but the way in which it was done.
