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Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Chapter X

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[Footnote 171: Diet and bleeding, special diet and medical care, used figuratively, of course.]
[Footnote 172: Read Emerson's essay on _Greatness_.]
[Footnote 173: The precise man, precisely what kind of man.]
[Footnote 174: "By their fruits ye shall know them."--_Matthew_, vii.
16 and 20.]
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Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Chapter X

Reading 1/83 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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[Footnote 171: Diet and bleeding, special diet and medical care, used figuratively, of course.]
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[Footnote 172: Read Emerson's essay on _Greatness_.]
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[Footnote 173: The precise man, precisely what kind of man.]
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[Footnote 174: "By their fruits ye shall know them."--_Matthew_, vii.
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16 and 20.]

Learner Dictionary

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Course noun US /course/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “[Footnote 171: Diet and bleeding, special diet and medical care, used figuratively, of course.]”

Diet noun US /ˈdiet/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “[Footnote 171: Diet and bleeding, special diet and medical care, used figuratively, of course.]”

Know noun US /know/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “[Footnote 174: "By their fruits ye shall know them."--_Matthew_, vii.”

Shall modal verb US /ʃæl/

used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest

From this reading “[Footnote 174: "By their fruits ye shall know them."--_Matthew_, vii.”

All words in this reading · 37

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16

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From this reading 16 and 20.]

171

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172

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173

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From this reading [Footnote 173: The precise man, precisely what kind of man.]

174

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From this reading [Footnote 174: "By their fruits ye shall know them."--_Matthew_, vii.

20

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From this reading 16 and 20.]

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading [Footnote 171: Diet and bleeding, special diet and medical care, used figuratively, of course.]

bleeding

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From this reading [Footnote 171: Diet and bleeding, special diet and medical care, used figuratively, of course.]

ByprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading [Footnote 174: "By their fruits ye shall know them."--_Matthew_, vii.

care

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From this reading [Footnote 171: Diet and bleeding, special diet and medical care, used figuratively, of course.]

coursenounUS /course/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading [Footnote 171: Diet and bleeding, special diet and medical care, used figuratively, of course.]

DietnounUS /ˈdiet/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading [Footnote 171: Diet and bleeding, special diet and medical care, used figuratively, of course.]

Emerson's

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essay

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figuratively

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Footnote

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fruits

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From this reading [Footnote 174: "By their fruits ye shall know them."--_Matthew_, vii.

Greatness

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From this reading [Footnote 172: Read Emerson's essay on _Greatness_.]

kind

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From this reading [Footnote 173: The precise man, precisely what kind of man.]

knownounUS /know/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading [Footnote 174: "By their fruits ye shall know them."--_Matthew_, vii.

man

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Matthew

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medical

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From this reading [Footnote 171: Diet and bleeding, special diet and medical care, used figuratively, of course.]

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading [Footnote 171: Diet and bleeding, special diet and medical care, used figuratively, of course.]

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading [Footnote 172: Read Emerson's essay on _Greatness_.]

precise

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precisely

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From this reading [Footnote 173: The precise man, precisely what kind of man.]

Read

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From this reading [Footnote 172: Read Emerson's essay on _Greatness_.]

shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/

used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest

From this reading [Footnote 174: "By their fruits ye shall know them."--_Matthew_, vii.

special

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From this reading [Footnote 171: Diet and bleeding, special diet and medical care, used figuratively, of course.]

ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading [Footnote 173: The precise man, precisely what kind of man.]

theirdeterminerUS /ðer/

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading [Footnote 174: "By their fruits ye shall know them."--_Matthew_, vii.

thempronounUS /ðem/

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading [Footnote 174: "By their fruits ye shall know them."--_Matthew_, vii.

used

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From this reading [Footnote 171: Diet and bleeding, special diet and medical care, used figuratively, of course.]

vii

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From this reading [Footnote 174: "By their fruits ye shall know them."--_Matthew_, vii.

whatpronounUS /wʌt/

used to ask for information about something

From this reading [Footnote 173: The precise man, precisely what kind of man.]

yepronounUS /jiː/

an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person

From this reading [Footnote 174: "By their fruits ye shall know them."--_Matthew_, vii.