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“So Germany set fire to the Phœnix.... “Only one other great country had any sort of state education. Real state education that is. The United States was also teaching citizenship, on a broader if shallower basis; a wider citizenship—goodwill to all mankind. Shallower.
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From this reading ““Only one other great country had any sort of state education.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading ““Only one other great country had any sort of state education.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The United States was also teaching citizenship, on a broader if shallower basis; a wider citizenship—goodwill to all mankind.
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From this reading The United States was also teaching citizenship, on a broader if shallower basis; a wider citizenship—goodwill to all mankind.
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From this reading The United States was also teaching citizenship, on a broader if shallower basis; a wider citizenship—goodwill to all mankind.
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From this reading “Only one other great country had any sort of state education.
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From this reading The United States was also teaching citizenship, on a broader if shallower basis; a wider citizenship—goodwill to all mankind.
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From this reading The United States was also teaching citizenship, on a broader if shallower basis; a wider citizenship—goodwill to all mankind.
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From this reading The United States was also teaching citizenship, on a broader if shallower basis; a wider citizenship—goodwill to all mankind.
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From this reading “Only one other great country had any sort of state education.
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From this reading “Only one other great country had any sort of state education.
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From this reading “So Germany set fire to the Phœnix....
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From this reading “So Germany set fire to the Phœnix....
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From this reading The United States was also teaching citizenship, on a broader if shallower basis; a wider citizenship—goodwill to all mankind.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Only one other great country had any sort of state education.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading “Only one other great country had any sort of state education.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading The United States was also teaching citizenship, on a broader if shallower basis; a wider citizenship—goodwill to all mankind.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Real state education that is.
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From this reading The United States was also teaching citizenship, on a broader if shallower basis; a wider citizenship—goodwill to all mankind.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Only one other great country had any sort of state education.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The United States was also teaching citizenship, on a broader if shallower basis; a wider citizenship—goodwill to all mankind.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Only one other great country had any sort of state education.
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From this reading “Only one other great country had any sort of state education.
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From this reading “Only one other great country had any sort of state education.
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From this reading “So Germany set fire to the Phœnix....
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From this reading Real state education that is.
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From this reading “So Germany set fire to the Phœnix....
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From this reading The United States was also teaching citizenship, on a broader if shallower basis; a wider citizenship—goodwill to all mankind.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “So Germany set fire to the Phœnix....
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From this reading “Only one other great country had any sort of state education.
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From this reading “Only one other great country had any sort of state education.
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From this reading The United States was also teaching citizenship, on a broader if shallower basis; a wider citizenship—goodwill to all mankind.
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From this reading The United States was also teaching citizenship, on a broader if shallower basis; a wider citizenship—goodwill to all mankind.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Real state education that is.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “So Germany set fire to the Phœnix....
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “So Germany set fire to the Phœnix....
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From this reading The United States was also teaching citizenship, on a broader if shallower basis; a wider citizenship—goodwill to all mankind.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The United States was also teaching citizenship, on a broader if shallower basis; a wider citizenship—goodwill to all mankind.
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From this reading The United States was also teaching citizenship, on a broader if shallower basis; a wider citizenship—goodwill to all mankind.
