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5
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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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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.