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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 A Pirate from Boyhood About the beginning of the eighteenth century there lived in Westminster, England, a boy who very early in life made a choice of a future career.
AboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading A Pirate from Boyhood About the beginning of the eighteenth century there lived in Westminster, England, a boy who very early in life made a choice of a future career.
adopted
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From this reading The life of a robber suited his youthful fancy, and he not only adopted it at a very early age, but he stuck to it until the end of his life.
age
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From this reading The life of a robber suited his youthful fancy, and he not only adopted it at a very early age, but he stuck to it until the end of his life.
all
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From this reading Nearly all boys have ideas upon this subject, and while some think they would like to be presidents or generals of armies, others fancy that they would prefer to be explorers of unknown countries or to keep candy shops.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Nearly all boys have ideas upon this subject, and while some think they would like to be presidents or generals of armies, others fancy that they would prefer to be explorers of unknown countries or to keep candy shops.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading But it generally happens that these youthful ideas are never carried out, and that the boy who would wish to sell candy because he likes to eat it, becomes a farmer on the western prairie, where confectionery is never seen, and the would-be general determines to study for the ministry.
armies
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From this reading Nearly all boys have ideas upon this subject, and while some think they would like to be presidents or generals of armies, others fancy that they would prefer to be explorers of unknown countries or to keep candy shops.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The life of a robber suited his youthful fancy, and he not only adopted it at a very early age, but he stuck to it until the end of his life.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Nearly all boys have ideas upon this subject, and while some think they would like to be presidents or generals of armies, others fancy that they would prefer to be explorers of unknown countries or to keep candy shops.
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading But it generally happens that these youthful ideas are never carried out, and that the boy who would wish to sell candy because he likes to eat it, becomes a farmer on the western prairie, where confectionery is never seen, and the would-be general determines to study for the ministry.
becomes
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From this reading But it generally happens that these youthful ideas are never carried out, and that the boy who would wish to sell candy because he likes to eat it, becomes a farmer on the western prairie, where confectionery is never seen, and the would-be general determines to study for the ministry.
beginningnounUS /ˈbeginning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading A Pirate from Boyhood About the beginning of the eighteenth century there lived in Westminster, England, a boy who very early in life made a choice of a future career.
boy
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From this reading A Pirate from Boyhood About the beginning of the eighteenth century there lived in Westminster, England, a boy who very early in life made a choice of a future career.
Boyhood
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From this reading A Pirate from Boyhood About the beginning of the eighteenth century there lived in Westminster, England, a boy who very early in life made a choice of a future career.
boys
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From this reading Nearly all boys have ideas upon this subject, and while some think they would like to be presidents or generals of armies, others fancy that they would prefer to be explorers of unknown countries or to keep candy shops.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But it generally happens that these youthful ideas are never carried out, and that the boy who would wish to sell candy because he likes to eat it, becomes a farmer on the western prairie, where confectionery is never seen, and the would-be general determines to study for the ministry.
candy
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From this reading Nearly all boys have ideas upon this subject, and while some think they would like to be presidents or generals of armies, others fancy that they would prefer to be explorers of unknown countries or to keep candy shops.
career
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From this reading A Pirate from Boyhood About the beginning of the eighteenth century there lived in Westminster, England, a boy who very early in life made a choice of a future career.
carried
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From this reading But it generally happens that these youthful ideas are never carried out, and that the boy who would wish to sell candy because he likes to eat it, becomes a farmer on the western prairie, where confectionery is never seen, and the would-be general determines to study for the ministry.
century
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From this reading A Pirate from Boyhood About the beginning of the eighteenth century there lived in Westminster, England, a boy who very early in life made a choice of a future career.
choice
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From this reading A Pirate from Boyhood About the beginning of the eighteenth century there lived in Westminster, England, a boy who very early in life made a choice of a future career.
confectionery
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From this reading But it generally happens that these youthful ideas are never carried out, and that the boy who would wish to sell candy because he likes to eat it, becomes a farmer on the western prairie, where confectionery is never seen, and the would-be general determines to study for the ministry.
consideration
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From this reading But Edward Low, the boy under consideration, was a different sort of a fellow.
countries
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From this reading Nearly all boys have ideas upon this subject, and while some think they would like to be presidents or generals of armies, others fancy that they would prefer to be explorers of unknown countries or to keep candy shops.
determines
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From this reading But it generally happens that these youthful ideas are never carried out, and that the boy who would wish to sell candy because he likes to eat it, becomes a farmer on the western prairie, where confectionery is never seen, and the would-be general determines to study for the ministry.
differentnounUS /ˈdifferent/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading But Edward Low, the boy under consideration, was a different sort of a fellow.
early
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From this reading A Pirate from Boyhood About the beginning of the eighteenth century there lived in Westminster, England, a boy who very early in life made a choice of a future career.
eat
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From this reading But it generally happens that these youthful ideas are never carried out, and that the boy who would wish to sell candy because he likes to eat it, becomes a farmer on the western prairie, where confectionery is never seen, and the would-be general determines to study for the ministry.
Edward
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From this reading But Edward Low, the boy under consideration, was a different sort of a fellow.
eighteenth
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From this reading A Pirate from Boyhood About the beginning of the eighteenth century there lived in Westminster, England, a boy who very early in life made a choice of a future career.
end
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From this reading The life of a robber suited his youthful fancy, and he not only adopted it at a very early age, but he stuck to it until the end of his life.
England
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From this reading A Pirate from Boyhood About the beginning of the eighteenth century there lived in Westminster, England, a boy who very early in life made a choice of a future career.
explorers
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From this reading Nearly all boys have ideas upon this subject, and while some think they would like to be presidents or generals of armies, others fancy that they would prefer to be explorers of unknown countries or to keep candy shops.
fancy
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From this reading Nearly all boys have ideas upon this subject, and while some think they would like to be presidents or generals of armies, others fancy that they would prefer to be explorers of unknown countries or to keep candy shops.
farmer
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From this reading But it generally happens that these youthful ideas are never carried out, and that the boy who would wish to sell candy because he likes to eat it, becomes a farmer on the western prairie, where confectionery is never seen, and the would-be general determines to study for the ministry.
fellow
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From this reading But Edward Low, the boy under consideration, was a different sort of a fellow.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading But it generally happens that these youthful ideas are never carried out, and that the boy who would wish to sell candy because he likes to eat it, becomes a farmer on the western prairie, where confectionery is never seen, and the would-be general determines to study for the ministry.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading A Pirate from Boyhood About the beginning of the eighteenth century there lived in Westminster, England, a boy who very early in life made a choice of a future career.
future
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From this reading A Pirate from Boyhood About the beginning of the eighteenth century there lived in Westminster, England, a boy who very early in life made a choice of a future career.
general
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From this reading But it generally happens that these youthful ideas are never carried out, and that the boy who would wish to sell candy because he likes to eat it, becomes a farmer on the western prairie, where confectionery is never seen, and the would-be general determines to study for the ministry.
generally
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From this reading But it generally happens that these youthful ideas are never carried out, and that the boy who would wish to sell candy because he likes to eat it, becomes a farmer on the western prairie, where confectionery is never seen, and the would-be general determines to study for the ministry.
generals
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From this reading Nearly all boys have ideas upon this subject, and while some think they would like to be presidents or generals of armies, others fancy that they would prefer to be explorers of unknown countries or to keep candy shops.
happens
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From this reading But it generally happens that these youthful ideas are never carried out, and that the boy who would wish to sell candy because he likes to eat it, becomes a farmer on the western prairie, where confectionery is never seen, and the would-be general determines to study for the ministry.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Nearly all boys have ideas upon this subject, and while some think they would like to be presidents or generals of armies, others fancy that they would prefer to be explorers of unknown countries or to keep candy shops.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But it generally happens that these youthful ideas are never carried out, and that the boy who would wish to sell candy because he likes to eat it, becomes a farmer on the western prairie, where confectionery is never seen, and the would-be general determines to study for the ministry.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The life of a robber suited his youthful fancy, and he not only adopted it at a very early age, but he stuck to it until the end of his life.
ideas
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From this reading Nearly all boys have ideas upon this subject, and while some think they would like to be presidents or generals of armies, others fancy that they would prefer to be explorers of unknown countries or to keep candy shops.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A Pirate from Boyhood About the beginning of the eighteenth century there lived in Westminster, England, a boy who very early in life made a choice of a future career.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But it generally happens that these youthful ideas are never carried out, and that the boy who would wish to sell candy because he likes to eat it, becomes a farmer on the western prairie, where confectionery is never seen, and the would-be general determines to study for the ministry.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading But it generally happens that these youthful ideas are never carried out, and that the boy who would wish to sell candy because he likes to eat it, becomes a farmer on the western prairie, where confectionery is never seen, and the would-be general determines to study for the ministry.
keep
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From this reading Nearly all boys have ideas upon this subject, and while some think they would like to be presidents or generals of armies, others fancy that they would prefer to be explorers of unknown countries or to keep candy shops.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A Pirate from Boyhood About the beginning of the eighteenth century there lived in Westminster, England, a boy who very early in life made a choice of a future career.
like
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From this reading Nearly all boys have ideas upon this subject, and while some think they would like to be presidents or generals of armies, others fancy that they would prefer to be explorers of unknown countries or to keep candy shops.
likes
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From this reading But it generally happens that these youthful ideas are never carried out, and that the boy who would wish to sell candy because he likes to eat it, becomes a farmer on the western prairie, where confectionery is never seen, and the would-be general determines to study for the ministry.
lived
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From this reading A Pirate from Boyhood About the beginning of the eighteenth century there lived in Westminster, England, a boy who very early in life made a choice of a future career.
Low
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From this reading But Edward Low, the boy under consideration, was a different sort of a fellow.
made
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From this reading A Pirate from Boyhood About the beginning of the eighteenth century there lived in Westminster, England, a boy who very early in life made a choice of a future career.
ministry
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From this reading But it generally happens that these youthful ideas are never carried out, and that the boy who would wish to sell candy because he likes to eat it, becomes a farmer on the western prairie, where confectionery is never seen, and the would-be general determines to study for the ministry.
Nearly
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From this reading Nearly all boys have ideas upon this subject, and while some think they would like to be presidents or generals of armies, others fancy that they would prefer to be explorers of unknown countries or to keep candy shops.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But it generally happens that these youthful ideas are never carried out, and that the boy who would wish to sell candy because he likes to eat it, becomes a farmer on the western prairie, where confectionery is never seen, and the would-be general determines to study for the ministry.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The life of a robber suited his youthful fancy, and he not only adopted it at a very early age, but he stuck to it until the end of his life.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A Pirate from Boyhood About the beginning of the eighteenth century there lived in Westminster, England, a boy who very early in life made a choice of a future career.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading But it generally happens that these youthful ideas are never carried out, and that the boy who would wish to sell candy because he likes to eat it, becomes a farmer on the western prairie, where confectionery is never seen, and the would-be general determines to study for the ministry.
only
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From this reading The life of a robber suited his youthful fancy, and he not only adopted it at a very early age, but he stuck to it until the end of his life.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Nearly all boys have ideas upon this subject, and while some think they would like to be presidents or generals of armies, others fancy that they would prefer to be explorers of unknown countries or to keep candy shops.
others
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From this reading Nearly all boys have ideas upon this subject, and while some think they would like to be presidents or generals of armies, others fancy that they would prefer to be explorers of unknown countries or to keep candy shops.
out
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From this reading But it generally happens that these youthful ideas are never carried out, and that the boy who would wish to sell candy because he likes to eat it, becomes a farmer on the western prairie, where confectionery is never seen, and the would-be general determines to study for the ministry.
Pirate
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From this reading A Pirate from Boyhood About the beginning of the eighteenth century there lived in Westminster, England, a boy who very early in life made a choice of a future career.
prairie
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From this reading But it generally happens that these youthful ideas are never carried out, and that the boy who would wish to sell candy because he likes to eat it, becomes a farmer on the western prairie, where confectionery is never seen, and the would-be general determines to study for the ministry.
prefer
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From this reading Nearly all boys have ideas upon this subject, and while some think they would like to be presidents or generals of armies, others fancy that they would prefer to be explorers of unknown countries or to keep candy shops.
presidents
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From this reading Nearly all boys have ideas upon this subject, and while some think they would like to be presidents or generals of armies, others fancy that they would prefer to be explorers of unknown countries or to keep candy shops.
robber
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From this reading The life of a robber suited his youthful fancy, and he not only adopted it at a very early age, but he stuck to it until the end of his life.
seen
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From this reading But it generally happens that these youthful ideas are never carried out, and that the boy who would wish to sell candy because he likes to eat it, becomes a farmer on the western prairie, where confectionery is never seen, and the would-be general determines to study for the ministry.
sell
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From this reading But it generally happens that these youthful ideas are never carried out, and that the boy who would wish to sell candy because he likes to eat it, becomes a farmer on the western prairie, where confectionery is never seen, and the would-be general determines to study for the ministry.
shops
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From this reading Nearly all boys have ideas upon this subject, and while some think they would like to be presidents or generals of armies, others fancy that they would prefer to be explorers of unknown countries or to keep candy shops.
some
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From this reading Nearly all boys have ideas upon this subject, and while some think they would like to be presidents or generals of armies, others fancy that they would prefer to be explorers of unknown countries or to keep candy shops.
sort
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From this reading But Edward Low, the boy under consideration, was a different sort of a fellow.
stuck
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From this reading The life of a robber suited his youthful fancy, and he not only adopted it at a very early age, but he stuck to it until the end of his life.
study
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From this reading But it generally happens that these youthful ideas are never carried out, and that the boy who would wish to sell candy because he likes to eat it, becomes a farmer on the western prairie, where confectionery is never seen, and the would-be general determines to study for the ministry.
subject
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From this reading Nearly all boys have ideas upon this subject, and while some think they would like to be presidents or generals of armies, others fancy that they would prefer to be explorers of unknown countries or to keep candy shops.
suited
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From this reading The life of a robber suited his youthful fancy, and he not only adopted it at a very early age, but he stuck to it until the end of his life.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Nearly all boys have ideas upon this subject, and while some think they would like to be presidents or generals of armies, others fancy that they would prefer to be explorers of unknown countries or to keep candy shops.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A Pirate from Boyhood About the beginning of the eighteenth century there lived in Westminster, England, a boy who very early in life made a choice of a future career.
there
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From this reading A Pirate from Boyhood About the beginning of the eighteenth century there lived in Westminster, England, a boy who very early in life made a choice of a future career.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading But it generally happens that these youthful ideas are never carried out, and that the boy who would wish to sell candy because he likes to eat it, becomes a farmer on the western prairie, where confectionery is never seen, and the would-be general determines to study for the ministry.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Nearly all boys have ideas upon this subject, and while some think they would like to be presidents or generals of armies, others fancy that they would prefer to be explorers of unknown countries or to keep candy shops.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Nearly all boys have ideas upon this subject, and while some think they would like to be presidents or generals of armies, others fancy that they would prefer to be explorers of unknown countries or to keep candy shops.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Nearly all boys have ideas upon this subject, and while some think they would like to be presidents or generals of armies, others fancy that they would prefer to be explorers of unknown countries or to keep candy shops.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Nearly all boys have ideas upon this subject, and while some think they would like to be presidents or generals of armies, others fancy that they would prefer to be explorers of unknown countries or to keep candy shops.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading But Edward Low, the boy under consideration, was a different sort of a fellow.
unknown
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From this reading Nearly all boys have ideas upon this subject, and while some think they would like to be presidents or generals of armies, others fancy that they would prefer to be explorers of unknown countries or to keep candy shops.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading The life of a robber suited his youthful fancy, and he not only adopted it at a very early age, but he stuck to it until the end of his life.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Nearly all boys have ideas upon this subject, and while some think they would like to be presidents or generals of armies, others fancy that they would prefer to be explorers of unknown countries or to keep candy shops.
very
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From this reading A Pirate from Boyhood About the beginning of the eighteenth century there lived in Westminster, England, a boy who very early in life made a choice of a future career.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But Edward Low, the boy under consideration, was a different sort of a fellow.
western
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From this reading But it generally happens that these youthful ideas are never carried out, and that the boy who would wish to sell candy because he likes to eat it, becomes a farmer on the western prairie, where confectionery is never seen, and the would-be general determines to study for the ministry.
Westminster
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From this reading A Pirate from Boyhood About the beginning of the eighteenth century there lived in Westminster, England, a boy who very early in life made a choice of a future career.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading But it generally happens that these youthful ideas are never carried out, and that the boy who would wish to sell candy because he likes to eat it, becomes a farmer on the western prairie, where confectionery is never seen, and the would-be general determines to study for the ministry.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading Nearly all boys have ideas upon this subject, and while some think they would like to be presidents or generals of armies, others fancy that they would prefer to be explorers of unknown countries or to keep candy shops.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading A Pirate from Boyhood About the beginning of the eighteenth century there lived in Westminster, England, a boy who very early in life made a choice of a future career.
wish
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From this reading But it generally happens that these youthful ideas are never carried out, and that the boy who would wish to sell candy because he likes to eat it, becomes a farmer on the western prairie, where confectionery is never seen, and the would-be general determines to study for the ministry.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Nearly all boys have ideas upon this subject, and while some think they would like to be presidents or generals of armies, others fancy that they would prefer to be explorers of unknown countries or to keep candy shops.
would-be
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From this reading But it generally happens that these youthful ideas are never carried out, and that the boy who would wish to sell candy because he likes to eat it, becomes a farmer on the western prairie, where confectionery is never seen, and the would-be general determines to study for the ministry.
youthful
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From this reading But it generally happens that these youthful ideas are never carried out, and that the boy who would wish to sell candy because he likes to eat it, becomes a farmer on the western prairie, where confectionery is never seen, and the would-be general determines to study for the ministry.
