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From London to Land's End
From London to Land's End

Chapter VI

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Sir Walter Raleigh.
Of both those I need say nothing; fame publishes their merit upon every mention of their names.
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That great patron of learning, Richard Hooker, author of the "Ecclesiastical Polity," and of several other valuable pieces.
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

From London to Land's End

Chapter VI

Reading 1/23 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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Sir Walter Raleigh.
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Of both those I need say nothing; fame publishes their merit upon every mention of their names.
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That great patron of learning, Richard Hooker, author of the "Ecclesiastical Polity," and of several other valuable pieces.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Every determiner US /ˈevəri/

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading “Of both those I need say nothing; fame publishes their merit upon every mention of their names.”

Great noun US /great/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “That great patron of learning, Richard Hooker, author of the "Ecclesiastical Polity," and of several other valuable pieces.”

Need noun US /need/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Of both those I need say nothing; fame publishes their merit upon every mention of their names.”

Nothing pronoun US /ˈnʌθɪŋ/

not one thing; not anything

From this reading “Of both those I need say nothing; fame publishes their merit upon every mention of their names.”

Pieces noun US /pieces/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “That great patron of learning, Richard Hooker, author of the "Ecclesiastical Polity," and of several other valuable pieces.”

Several noun US /ˈseveral/

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

From this reading “That great patron of learning, Richard Hooker, author of the "Ecclesiastical Polity," and of several other valuable pieces.”

Those determiner US /ðoʊz/

the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known

From this reading “Of both those I need say nothing; fame publishes their merit upon every mention of their names.”

Upon preposition US /əˈpɑːn/

a formal word for “on”

From this reading “Of both those I need say nothing; fame publishes their merit upon every mention of their names.”

All words in this reading · 35

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4

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From this reading 4.

5

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From this reading 5.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading That great patron of learning, Richard Hooker, author of the "Ecclesiastical Polity," and of several other valuable pieces.

author

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From this reading That great patron of learning, Richard Hooker, author of the "Ecclesiastical Polity," and of several other valuable pieces.

bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/

the two together, not just one

From this reading Of both those I need say nothing; fame publishes their merit upon every mention of their names.

Ecclesiastical

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From this reading That great patron of learning, Richard Hooker, author of the "Ecclesiastical Polity," and of several other valuable pieces.

everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading Of both those I need say nothing; fame publishes their merit upon every mention of their names.

fame

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From this reading Of both those I need say nothing; fame publishes their merit upon every mention of their names.

greatnounUS /great/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading That great patron of learning, Richard Hooker, author of the "Ecclesiastical Polity," and of several other valuable pieces.

Hooker

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From this reading That great patron of learning, Richard Hooker, author of the "Ecclesiastical Polity," and of several other valuable pieces.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading Of both those I need say nothing; fame publishes their merit upon every mention of their names.

learning

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From this reading That great patron of learning, Richard Hooker, author of the "Ecclesiastical Polity," and of several other valuable pieces.

mention

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From this reading Of both those I need say nothing; fame publishes their merit upon every mention of their names.

merit

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From this reading Of both those I need say nothing; fame publishes their merit upon every mention of their names.

names

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From this reading Of both those I need say nothing; fame publishes their merit upon every mention of their names.

neednounUS /need/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Of both those I need say nothing; fame publishes their merit upon every mention of their names.

nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/

not one thing; not anything

From this reading Of both those I need say nothing; fame publishes their merit upon every mention of their names.

OfprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Of both those I need say nothing; fame publishes their merit upon every mention of their names.

other

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From this reading That great patron of learning, Richard Hooker, author of the "Ecclesiastical Polity," and of several other valuable pieces.

patron

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From this reading That great patron of learning, Richard Hooker, author of the "Ecclesiastical Polity," and of several other valuable pieces.

pieces

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From this reading That great patron of learning, Richard Hooker, author of the "Ecclesiastical Polity," and of several other valuable pieces.

Polity

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From this reading That great patron of learning, Richard Hooker, author of the "Ecclesiastical Polity," and of several other valuable pieces.

publishes

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From this reading Of both those I need say nothing; fame publishes their merit upon every mention of their names.

Raleigh

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From this reading Sir Walter Raleigh.

Richard

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From this reading That great patron of learning, Richard Hooker, author of the "Ecclesiastical Polity," and of several other valuable pieces.

say

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From this reading Of both those I need say nothing; fame publishes their merit upon every mention of their names.

several

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From this reading That great patron of learning, Richard Hooker, author of the "Ecclesiastical Polity," and of several other valuable pieces.

Sir

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From this reading Sir Walter Raleigh.

ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading That great patron of learning, Richard Hooker, author of the "Ecclesiastical Polity," and of several other valuable pieces.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading That great patron of learning, Richard Hooker, author of the "Ecclesiastical Polity," and of several other valuable pieces.

theirdeterminerUS /ðer/

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading Of both those I need say nothing; fame publishes their merit upon every mention of their names.

thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/

the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known

From this reading Of both those I need say nothing; fame publishes their merit upon every mention of their names.

uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/

a formal word for “on”

From this reading Of both those I need say nothing; fame publishes their merit upon every mention of their names.

valuable

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From this reading That great patron of learning, Richard Hooker, author of the "Ecclesiastical Polity," and of several other valuable pieces.

Walter

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From this reading Sir Walter Raleigh.