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140
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From this reading What you doin'?" he stammered_ 60 _"But you must not come in"_ 140 _"Perhaps, you are the man yourself?" she added insolently_ 302 _"I suppose it is necessary that we should at least appear to be exchanging the ordinary inanities"_ 468 _I am sure it was on that stream that Halcyone found retreat_ 556 I shall feel at liberty to tell my story in my own way; rambling along at my own gait; now going from point to point; now tearing ahead; now stopping to rest or to ruminate, and even straying from the path whenever I think a digression will be for my own enjoyment.
20
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302
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From this reading What you doin'?" he stammered_ 60 _"But you must not come in"_ 140 _"Perhaps, you are the man yourself?" she added insolently_ 302 _"I suppose it is necessary that we should at least appear to be exchanging the ordinary inanities"_ 468 _I am sure it was on that stream that Halcyone found retreat_ 556 I shall feel at liberty to tell my story in my own way; rambling along at my own gait; now going from point to point; now tearing ahead; now stopping to rest or to ruminate, and even straying from the path whenever I think a digression will be for my own enjoyment.
468
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From this reading What you doin'?" he stammered_ 60 _"But you must not come in"_ 140 _"Perhaps, you are the man yourself?" she added insolently_ 302 _"I suppose it is necessary that we should at least appear to be exchanging the ordinary inanities"_ 468 _I am sure it was on that stream that Halcyone found retreat_ 556 I shall feel at liberty to tell my story in my own way; rambling along at my own gait; now going from point to point; now tearing ahead; now stopping to rest or to ruminate, and even straying from the path whenever I think a digression will be for my own enjoyment.
556
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From this reading What you doin'?" he stammered_ 60 _"But you must not come in"_ 140 _"Perhaps, you are the man yourself?" she added insolently_ 302 _"I suppose it is necessary that we should at least appear to be exchanging the ordinary inanities"_ 468 _I am sure it was on that stream that Halcyone found retreat_ 556 I shall feel at liberty to tell my story in my own way; rambling along at my own gait; now going from point to point; now tearing ahead; now stopping to rest or to ruminate, and even straying from the path whenever I think a digression will be for my own enjoyment.
60
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From this reading What you doin'?" he stammered_ 60 _"But you must not come in"_ 140 _"Perhaps, you are the man yourself?" she added insolently_ 302 _"I suppose it is necessary that we should at least appear to be exchanging the ordinary inanities"_ 468 _I am sure it was on that stream that Halcyone found retreat_ 556 I shall feel at liberty to tell my story in my own way; rambling along at my own gait; now going from point to point; now tearing ahead; now stopping to rest or to ruminate, and even straying from the path whenever I think a digression will be for my own enjoyment.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
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abounding
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From this reading I shall begin with my college career, a period to which I look back now with a pleasure wholly incommensurate with what I achieved in it; which I find due to the friends I made and to the memories I garnered there in a time when I possessed the unprized treasures of youth: spirits, hope, and abounding conceit.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading As these memories, with the courage (to use a mild term) that a college background gives, are about all that I got out of my life there, I shall dwell on them only enough to introduce two or three friends and one enemy, who played later a very considerable part in my life.
achieved
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From this reading I shall begin with my college career, a period to which I look back now with a pleasure wholly incommensurate with what I achieved in it; which I find due to the friends I made and to the memories I garnered there in a time when I possessed the unprized treasures of youth: spirits, hope, and abounding conceit.
addednounUS /added/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading What you doin'?" he stammered_ 60 _"But you must not come in"_ 140 _"Perhaps, you are the man yourself?" she added insolently_ 302 _"I suppose it is necessary that we should at least appear to be exchanging the ordinary inanities"_ 468 _I am sure it was on that stream that Halcyone found retreat_ 556 I shall feel at liberty to tell my story in my own way; rambling along at my own gait; now going from point to point; now tearing ahead; now stopping to rest or to ruminate, and even straying from the path whenever I think a digression will be for my own enjoyment.
ahead
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From this reading What you doin'?" he stammered_ 60 _"But you must not come in"_ 140 _"Perhaps, you are the man yourself?" she added insolently_ 302 _"I suppose it is necessary that we should at least appear to be exchanging the ordinary inanities"_ 468 _I am sure it was on that stream that Halcyone found retreat_ 556 I shall feel at liberty to tell my story in my own way; rambling along at my own gait; now going from point to point; now tearing ahead; now stopping to rest or to ruminate, and even straying from the path whenever I think a digression will be for my own enjoyment.
all
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alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading What you doin'?" he stammered_ 60 _"But you must not come in"_ 140 _"Perhaps, you are the man yourself?" she added insolently_ 302 _"I suppose it is necessary that we should at least appear to be exchanging the ordinary inanities"_ 468 _I am sure it was on that stream that Halcyone found retreat_ 556 I shall feel at liberty to tell my story in my own way; rambling along at my own gait; now going from point to point; now tearing ahead; now stopping to rest or to ruminate, and even straying from the path whenever I think a digression will be for my own enjoyment.
amauxiliary verbUS /æm/
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading What you doin'?" he stammered_ 60 _"But you must not come in"_ 140 _"Perhaps, you are the man yourself?" she added insolently_ 302 _"I suppose it is necessary that we should at least appear to be exchanging the ordinary inanities"_ 468 _I am sure it was on that stream that Halcyone found retreat_ 556 I shall feel at liberty to tell my story in my own way; rambling along at my own gait; now going from point to point; now tearing ahead; now stopping to rest or to ruminate, and even straying from the path whenever I think a digression will be for my own enjoyment.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading What you doin'?" he stammered_ 60 _"But you must not come in"_ 140 _"Perhaps, you are the man yourself?" she added insolently_ 302 _"I suppose it is necessary that we should at least appear to be exchanging the ordinary inanities"_ 468 _I am sure it was on that stream that Halcyone found retreat_ 556 I shall feel at liberty to tell my story in my own way; rambling along at my own gait; now going from point to point; now tearing ahead; now stopping to rest or to ruminate, and even straying from the path whenever I think a digression will be for my own enjoyment.
appear
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From this reading What you doin'?" he stammered_ 60 _"But you must not come in"_ 140 _"Perhaps, you are the man yourself?" she added insolently_ 302 _"I suppose it is necessary that we should at least appear to be exchanging the ordinary inanities"_ 468 _I am sure it was on that stream that Halcyone found retreat_ 556 I shall feel at liberty to tell my story in my own way; rambling along at my own gait; now going from point to point; now tearing ahead; now stopping to rest or to ruminate, and even straying from the path whenever I think a digression will be for my own enjoyment.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading What you doin'?" he stammered_ 60 _"But you must not come in"_ 140 _"Perhaps, you are the man yourself?" she added insolently_ 302 _"I suppose it is necessary that we should at least appear to be exchanging the ordinary inanities"_ 468 _I am sure it was on that stream that Halcyone found retreat_ 556 I shall feel at liberty to tell my story in my own way; rambling along at my own gait; now going from point to point; now tearing ahead; now stopping to rest or to ruminate, and even straying from the path whenever I think a digression will be for my own enjoyment.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As these memories, with the courage (to use a mild term) that a college background gives, are about all that I got out of my life there, I shall dwell on them only enough to introduce two or three friends and one enemy, who played later a very considerable part in my life.
askednounUS /asked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
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atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading What you doin'?" he stammered_ 60 _"But you must not come in"_ 140 _"Perhaps, you are the man yourself?" she added insolently_ 302 _"I suppose it is necessary that we should at least appear to be exchanging the ordinary inanities"_ 468 _I am sure it was on that stream that Halcyone found retreat_ 556 I shall feel at liberty to tell my story in my own way; rambling along at my own gait; now going from point to point; now tearing ahead; now stopping to rest or to ruminate, and even straying from the path whenever I think a digression will be for my own enjoyment.
back
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From this reading I shall begin with my college career, a period to which I look back now with a pleasure wholly incommensurate with what I achieved in it; which I find due to the friends I made and to the memories I garnered there in a time when I possessed the unprized treasures of youth: spirits, hope, and abounding conceit.
background
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From this reading As these memories, with the courage (to use a mild term) that a college background gives, are about all that I got out of my life there, I shall dwell on them only enough to introduce two or three friends and one enemy, who played later a very considerable part in my life.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading What you doin'?" he stammered_ 60 _"But you must not come in"_ 140 _"Perhaps, you are the man yourself?" she added insolently_ 302 _"I suppose it is necessary that we should at least appear to be exchanging the ordinary inanities"_ 468 _I am sure it was on that stream that Halcyone found retreat_ 556 I shall feel at liberty to tell my story in my own way; rambling along at my own gait; now going from point to point; now tearing ahead; now stopping to rest or to ruminate, and even straying from the path whenever I think a digression will be for my own enjoyment.
begin
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From this reading I shall begin with my college career, a period to which I look back now with a pleasure wholly incommensurate with what I achieved in it; which I find due to the friends I made and to the memories I garnered there in a time when I possessed the unprized treasures of youth: spirits, hope, and abounding conceit.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading What you doin'?" he stammered_ 60 _"But you must not come in"_ 140 _"Perhaps, you are the man yourself?" she added insolently_ 302 _"I suppose it is necessary that we should at least appear to be exchanging the ordinary inanities"_ 468 _I am sure it was on that stream that Halcyone found retreat_ 556 I shall feel at liberty to tell my story in my own way; rambling along at my own gait; now going from point to point; now tearing ahead; now stopping to rest or to ruminate, and even straying from the path whenever I think a digression will be for my own enjoyment.
career
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From this reading I shall begin with my college career, a period to which I look back now with a pleasure wholly incommensurate with what I achieved in it; which I find due to the friends I made and to the memories I garnered there in a time when I possessed the unprized treasures of youth: spirits, hope, and abounding conceit.
college
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From this reading I shall begin with my college career, a period to which I look back now with a pleasure wholly incommensurate with what I achieved in it; which I find due to the friends I made and to the memories I garnered there in a time when I possessed the unprized treasures of youth: spirits, hope, and abounding conceit.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading What you doin'?" he stammered_ 60 _"But you must not come in"_ 140 _"Perhaps, you are the man yourself?" she added insolently_ 302 _"I suppose it is necessary that we should at least appear to be exchanging the ordinary inanities"_ 468 _I am sure it was on that stream that Halcyone found retreat_ 556 I shall feel at liberty to tell my story in my own way; rambling along at my own gait; now going from point to point; now tearing ahead; now stopping to rest or to ruminate, and even straying from the path whenever I think a digression will be for my own enjoyment.
conceit
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From this reading I shall begin with my college career, a period to which I look back now with a pleasure wholly incommensurate with what I achieved in it; which I find due to the friends I made and to the memories I garnered there in a time when I possessed the unprized treasures of youth: spirits, hope, and abounding conceit.
considerable
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From this reading As these memories, with the courage (to use a mild term) that a college background gives, are about all that I got out of my life there, I shall dwell on them only enough to introduce two or three friends and one enemy, who played later a very considerable part in my life.
courage
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From this reading As these memories, with the courage (to use a mild term) that a college background gives, are about all that I got out of my life there, I shall dwell on them only enough to introduce two or three friends and one enemy, who played later a very considerable part in my life.
cursing
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digression
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From this reading What you doin'?" he stammered_ 60 _"But you must not come in"_ 140 _"Perhaps, you are the man yourself?" she added insolently_ 302 _"I suppose it is necessary that we should at least appear to be exchanging the ordinary inanities"_ 468 _I am sure it was on that stream that Halcyone found retreat_ 556 I shall feel at liberty to tell my story in my own way; rambling along at my own gait; now going from point to point; now tearing ahead; now stopping to rest or to ruminate, and even straying from the path whenever I think a digression will be for my own enjoyment.
doin
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From this reading What you doin'?" he stammered_ 60 _"But you must not come in"_ 140 _"Perhaps, you are the man yourself?" she added insolently_ 302 _"I suppose it is necessary that we should at least appear to be exchanging the ordinary inanities"_ 468 _I am sure it was on that stream that Halcyone found retreat_ 556 I shall feel at liberty to tell my story in my own way; rambling along at my own gait; now going from point to point; now tearing ahead; now stopping to rest or to ruminate, and even straying from the path whenever I think a digression will be for my own enjoyment.
due
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From this reading I shall begin with my college career, a period to which I look back now with a pleasure wholly incommensurate with what I achieved in it; which I find due to the friends I made and to the memories I garnered there in a time when I possessed the unprized treasures of youth: spirits, hope, and abounding conceit.
dwell
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From this reading As these memories, with the courage (to use a mild term) that a college background gives, are about all that I got out of my life there, I shall dwell on them only enough to introduce two or three friends and one enemy, who played later a very considerable part in my life.
eloquencenounUS /ˈel.ə.kwəns/
Fluent, persuasive, and graceful speaking or writing. (Sự hùng biện, tài ăn nói lưu loát.)
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enemy
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From this reading As these memories, with the courage (to use a mild term) that a college background gives, are about all that I got out of my life there, I shall dwell on them only enough to introduce two or three friends and one enemy, who played later a very considerable part in my life.
enjoyment
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From this reading What you doin'?" he stammered_ 60 _"But you must not come in"_ 140 _"Perhaps, you are the man yourself?" she added insolently_ 302 _"I suppose it is necessary that we should at least appear to be exchanging the ordinary inanities"_ 468 _I am sure it was on that stream that Halcyone found retreat_ 556 I shall feel at liberty to tell my story in my own way; rambling along at my own gait; now going from point to point; now tearing ahead; now stopping to rest or to ruminate, and even straying from the path whenever I think a digression will be for my own enjoyment.
enough
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From this reading As these memories, with the courage (to use a mild term) that a college background gives, are about all that I got out of my life there, I shall dwell on them only enough to introduce two or three friends and one enemy, who played later a very considerable part in my life.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading What you doin'?" he stammered_ 60 _"But you must not come in"_ 140 _"Perhaps, you are the man yourself?" she added insolently_ 302 _"I suppose it is necessary that we should at least appear to be exchanging the ordinary inanities"_ 468 _I am sure it was on that stream that Halcyone found retreat_ 556 I shall feel at liberty to tell my story in my own way; rambling along at my own gait; now going from point to point; now tearing ahead; now stopping to rest or to ruminate, and even straying from the path whenever I think a digression will be for my own enjoyment.
exchanging
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From this reading What you doin'?" he stammered_ 60 _"But you must not come in"_ 140 _"Perhaps, you are the man yourself?" she added insolently_ 302 _"I suppose it is necessary that we should at least appear to be exchanging the ordinary inanities"_ 468 _I am sure it was on that stream that Halcyone found retreat_ 556 I shall feel at liberty to tell my story in my own way; rambling along at my own gait; now going from point to point; now tearing ahead; now stopping to rest or to ruminate, and even straying from the path whenever I think a digression will be for my own enjoyment.
feel
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From this reading What you doin'?" he stammered_ 60 _"But you must not come in"_ 140 _"Perhaps, you are the man yourself?" she added insolently_ 302 _"I suppose it is necessary that we should at least appear to be exchanging the ordinary inanities"_ 468 _I am sure it was on that stream that Halcyone found retreat_ 556 I shall feel at liberty to tell my story in my own way; rambling along at my own gait; now going from point to point; now tearing ahead; now stopping to rest or to ruminate, and even straying from the path whenever I think a digression will be for my own enjoyment.
find
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From this reading I shall begin with my college career, a period to which I look back now with a pleasure wholly incommensurate with what I achieved in it; which I find due to the friends I made and to the memories I garnered there in a time when I possessed the unprized treasures of youth: spirits, hope, and abounding conceit.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading What you doin'?" he stammered_ 60 _"But you must not come in"_ 140 _"Perhaps, you are the man yourself?" she added insolently_ 302 _"I suppose it is necessary that we should at least appear to be exchanging the ordinary inanities"_ 468 _I am sure it was on that stream that Halcyone found retreat_ 556 I shall feel at liberty to tell my story in my own way; rambling along at my own gait; now going from point to point; now tearing ahead; now stopping to rest or to ruminate, and even straying from the path whenever I think a digression will be for my own enjoyment.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading What you doin'?" he stammered_ 60 _"But you must not come in"_ 140 _"Perhaps, you are the man yourself?" she added insolently_ 302 _"I suppose it is necessary that we should at least appear to be exchanging the ordinary inanities"_ 468 _I am sure it was on that stream that Halcyone found retreat_ 556 I shall feel at liberty to tell my story in my own way; rambling along at my own gait; now going from point to point; now tearing ahead; now stopping to rest or to ruminate, and even straying from the path whenever I think a digression will be for my own enjoyment.
friends
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From this reading I shall begin with my college career, a period to which I look back now with a pleasure wholly incommensurate with what I achieved in it; which I find due to the friends I made and to the memories I garnered there in a time when I possessed the unprized treasures of youth: spirits, hope, and abounding conceit.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading What you doin'?" he stammered_ 60 _"But you must not come in"_ 140 _"Perhaps, you are the man yourself?" she added insolently_ 302 _"I suppose it is necessary that we should at least appear to be exchanging the ordinary inanities"_ 468 _I am sure it was on that stream that Halcyone found retreat_ 556 I shall feel at liberty to tell my story in my own way; rambling along at my own gait; now going from point to point; now tearing ahead; now stopping to rest or to ruminate, and even straying from the path whenever I think a digression will be for my own enjoyment.
Frontispiece
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gait
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From this reading What you doin'?" he stammered_ 60 _"But you must not come in"_ 140 _"Perhaps, you are the man yourself?" she added insolently_ 302 _"I suppose it is necessary that we should at least appear to be exchanging the ordinary inanities"_ 468 _I am sure it was on that stream that Halcyone found retreat_ 556 I shall feel at liberty to tell my story in my own way; rambling along at my own gait; now going from point to point; now tearing ahead; now stopping to rest or to ruminate, and even straying from the path whenever I think a digression will be for my own enjoyment.
garnered
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From this reading I shall begin with my college career, a period to which I look back now with a pleasure wholly incommensurate with what I achieved in it; which I find due to the friends I made and to the memories I garnered there in a time when I possessed the unprized treasures of youth: spirits, hope, and abounding conceit.
gives
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From this reading As these memories, with the courage (to use a mild term) that a college background gives, are about all that I got out of my life there, I shall dwell on them only enough to introduce two or three friends and one enemy, who played later a very considerable part in my life.
going
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From this reading What you doin'?" he stammered_ 60 _"But you must not come in"_ 140 _"Perhaps, you are the man yourself?" she added insolently_ 302 _"I suppose it is necessary that we should at least appear to be exchanging the ordinary inanities"_ 468 _I am sure it was on that stream that Halcyone found retreat_ 556 I shall feel at liberty to tell my story in my own way; rambling along at my own gait; now going from point to point; now tearing ahead; now stopping to rest or to ruminate, and even straying from the path whenever I think a digression will be for my own enjoyment.
got
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From this reading As these memories, with the courage (to use a mild term) that a college background gives, are about all that I got out of my life there, I shall dwell on them only enough to introduce two or three friends and one enemy, who played later a very considerable part in my life.
Halcyone
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From this reading What you doin'?" he stammered_ 60 _"But you must not come in"_ 140 _"Perhaps, you are the man yourself?" she added insolently_ 302 _"I suppose it is necessary that we should at least appear to be exchanging the ordinary inanities"_ 468 _I am sure it was on that stream that Halcyone found retreat_ 556 I shall feel at liberty to tell my story in my own way; rambling along at my own gait; now going from point to point; now tearing ahead; now stopping to rest or to ruminate, and even straying from the path whenever I think a digression will be for my own enjoyment.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading What you doin'?" he stammered_ 60 _"But you must not come in"_ 140 _"Perhaps, you are the man yourself?" she added insolently_ 302 _"I suppose it is necessary that we should at least appear to be exchanging the ordinary inanities"_ 468 _I am sure it was on that stream that Halcyone found retreat_ 556 I shall feel at liberty to tell my story in my own way; rambling along at my own gait; now going from point to point; now tearing ahead; now stopping to rest or to ruminate, and even straying from the path whenever I think a digression will be for my own enjoyment.
Hi
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hope
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From this reading I shall begin with my college career, a period to which I look back now with a pleasure wholly incommensurate with what I achieved in it; which I find due to the friends I made and to the memories I garnered there in a time when I possessed the unprized treasures of youth: spirits, hope, and abounding conceit.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
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inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading What you doin'?" he stammered_ 60 _"But you must not come in"_ 140 _"Perhaps, you are the man yourself?" she added insolently_ 302 _"I suppose it is necessary that we should at least appear to be exchanging the ordinary inanities"_ 468 _I am sure it was on that stream that Halcyone found retreat_ 556 I shall feel at liberty to tell my story in my own way; rambling along at my own gait; now going from point to point; now tearing ahead; now stopping to rest or to ruminate, and even straying from the path whenever I think a digression will be for my own enjoyment.
inanities
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From this reading What you doin'?" he stammered_ 60 _"But you must not come in"_ 140 _"Perhaps, you are the man yourself?" she added insolently_ 302 _"I suppose it is necessary that we should at least appear to be exchanging the ordinary inanities"_ 468 _I am sure it was on that stream that Halcyone found retreat_ 556 I shall feel at liberty to tell my story in my own way; rambling along at my own gait; now going from point to point; now tearing ahead; now stopping to rest or to ruminate, and even straying from the path whenever I think a digression will be for my own enjoyment.
incommensurate
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From this reading I shall begin with my college career, a period to which I look back now with a pleasure wholly incommensurate with what I achieved in it; which I find due to the friends I made and to the memories I garnered there in a time when I possessed the unprized treasures of youth: spirits, hope, and abounding conceit.
insolently
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From this reading What you doin'?" he stammered_ 60 _"But you must not come in"_ 140 _"Perhaps, you are the man yourself?" she added insolently_ 302 _"I suppose it is necessary that we should at least appear to be exchanging the ordinary inanities"_ 468 _I am sure it was on that stream that Halcyone found retreat_ 556 I shall feel at liberty to tell my story in my own way; rambling along at my own gait; now going from point to point; now tearing ahead; now stopping to rest or to ruminate, and even straying from the path whenever I think a digression will be for my own enjoyment.
introduce
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From this reading As these memories, with the courage (to use a mild term) that a college background gives, are about all that I got out of my life there, I shall dwell on them only enough to introduce two or three friends and one enemy, who played later a very considerable part in my life.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading What you doin'?" he stammered_ 60 _"But you must not come in"_ 140 _"Perhaps, you are the man yourself?" she added insolently_ 302 _"I suppose it is necessary that we should at least appear to be exchanging the ordinary inanities"_ 468 _I am sure it was on that stream that Halcyone found retreat_ 556 I shall feel at liberty to tell my story in my own way; rambling along at my own gait; now going from point to point; now tearing ahead; now stopping to rest or to ruminate, and even straying from the path whenever I think a digression will be for my own enjoyment.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading What you doin'?" he stammered_ 60 _"But you must not come in"_ 140 _"Perhaps, you are the man yourself?" she added insolently_ 302 _"I suppose it is necessary that we should at least appear to be exchanging the ordinary inanities"_ 468 _I am sure it was on that stream that Halcyone found retreat_ 556 I shall feel at liberty to tell my story in my own way; rambling along at my own gait; now going from point to point; now tearing ahead; now stopping to rest or to ruminate, and even straying from the path whenever I think a digression will be for my own enjoyment.
later
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From this reading As these memories, with the courage (to use a mild term) that a college background gives, are about all that I got out of my life there, I shall dwell on them only enough to introduce two or three friends and one enemy, who played later a very considerable part in my life.
leastnounUS /least/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading What you doin'?" he stammered_ 60 _"But you must not come in"_ 140 _"Perhaps, you are the man yourself?" she added insolently_ 302 _"I suppose it is necessary that we should at least appear to be exchanging the ordinary inanities"_ 468 _I am sure it was on that stream that Halcyone found retreat_ 556 I shall feel at liberty to tell my story in my own way; rambling along at my own gait; now going from point to point; now tearing ahead; now stopping to rest or to ruminate, and even straying from the path whenever I think a digression will be for my own enjoyment.
libertynounUS /ˈlɪb.ər.ti/
The state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions on one's way of life.
From this reading What you doin'?" he stammered_ 60 _"But you must not come in"_ 140 _"Perhaps, you are the man yourself?" she added insolently_ 302 _"I suppose it is necessary that we should at least appear to be exchanging the ordinary inanities"_ 468 _I am sure it was on that stream that Halcyone found retreat_ 556 I shall feel at liberty to tell my story in my own way; rambling along at my own gait; now going from point to point; now tearing ahead; now stopping to rest or to ruminate, and even straying from the path whenever I think a digression will be for my own enjoyment.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As these memories, with the courage (to use a mild term) that a college background gives, are about all that I got out of my life there, I shall dwell on them only enough to introduce two or three friends and one enemy, who played later a very considerable part in my life.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I shall begin with my college career, a period to which I look back now with a pleasure wholly incommensurate with what I achieved in it; which I find due to the friends I made and to the memories I garnered there in a time when I possessed the unprized treasures of youth: spirits, hope, and abounding conceit.
made
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From this reading I shall begin with my college career, a period to which I look back now with a pleasure wholly incommensurate with what I achieved in it; which I find due to the friends I made and to the memories I garnered there in a time when I possessed the unprized treasures of youth: spirits, hope, and abounding conceit.
man
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From this reading What you doin'?" he stammered_ 60 _"But you must not come in"_ 140 _"Perhaps, you are the man yourself?" she added insolently_ 302 _"I suppose it is necessary that we should at least appear to be exchanging the ordinary inanities"_ 468 _I am sure it was on that stream that Halcyone found retreat_ 556 I shall feel at liberty to tell my story in my own way; rambling along at my own gait; now going from point to point; now tearing ahead; now stopping to rest or to ruminate, and even straying from the path whenever I think a digression will be for my own enjoyment.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
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memoriesnounUS /ˈmɛm.ə.riz/
Recollections of past events.
From this reading I shall begin with my college career, a period to which I look back now with a pleasure wholly incommensurate with what I achieved in it; which I find due to the friends I made and to the memories I garnered there in a time when I possessed the unprized treasures of youth: spirits, hope, and abounding conceit.
mild
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From this reading As these memories, with the courage (to use a mild term) that a college background gives, are about all that I got out of my life there, I shall dwell on them only enough to introduce two or three friends and one enemy, who played later a very considerable part in my life.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading What you doin'?" he stammered_ 60 _"But you must not come in"_ 140 _"Perhaps, you are the man yourself?" she added insolently_ 302 _"I suppose it is necessary that we should at least appear to be exchanging the ordinary inanities"_ 468 _I am sure it was on that stream that Halcyone found retreat_ 556 I shall feel at liberty to tell my story in my own way; rambling along at my own gait; now going from point to point; now tearing ahead; now stopping to rest or to ruminate, and even straying from the path whenever I think a digression will be for my own enjoyment.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading What you doin'?" he stammered_ 60 _"But you must not come in"_ 140 _"Perhaps, you are the man yourself?" she added insolently_ 302 _"I suppose it is necessary that we should at least appear to be exchanging the ordinary inanities"_ 468 _I am sure it was on that stream that Halcyone found retreat_ 556 I shall feel at liberty to tell my story in my own way; rambling along at my own gait; now going from point to point; now tearing ahead; now stopping to rest or to ruminate, and even straying from the path whenever I think a digression will be for my own enjoyment.
necessary
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From this reading What you doin'?" he stammered_ 60 _"But you must not come in"_ 140 _"Perhaps, you are the man yourself?" she added insolently_ 302 _"I suppose it is necessary that we should at least appear to be exchanging the ordinary inanities"_ 468 _I am sure it was on that stream that Halcyone found retreat_ 556 I shall feel at liberty to tell my story in my own way; rambling along at my own gait; now going from point to point; now tearing ahead; now stopping to rest or to ruminate, and even straying from the path whenever I think a digression will be for my own enjoyment.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading What you doin'?" he stammered_ 60 _"But you must not come in"_ 140 _"Perhaps, you are the man yourself?" she added insolently_ 302 _"I suppose it is necessary that we should at least appear to be exchanging the ordinary inanities"_ 468 _I am sure it was on that stream that Halcyone found retreat_ 556 I shall feel at liberty to tell my story in my own way; rambling along at my own gait; now going from point to point; now tearing ahead; now stopping to rest or to ruminate, and even straying from the path whenever I think a digression will be for my own enjoyment.
now
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From this reading What you doin'?" he stammered_ 60 _"But you must not come in"_ 140 _"Perhaps, you are the man yourself?" she added insolently_ 302 _"I suppose it is necessary that we should at least appear to be exchanging the ordinary inanities"_ 468 _I am sure it was on that stream that Halcyone found retreat_ 556 I shall feel at liberty to tell my story in my own way; rambling along at my own gait; now going from point to point; now tearing ahead; now stopping to rest or to ruminate, and even straying from the path whenever I think a digression will be for my own enjoyment.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
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old
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From this reading _"To ply your old trade?"
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading What you doin'?" he stammered_ 60 _"But you must not come in"_ 140 _"Perhaps, you are the man yourself?" she added insolently_ 302 _"I suppose it is necessary that we should at least appear to be exchanging the ordinary inanities"_ 468 _I am sure it was on that stream that Halcyone found retreat_ 556 I shall feel at liberty to tell my story in my own way; rambling along at my own gait; now going from point to point; now tearing ahead; now stopping to rest or to ruminate, and even straying from the path whenever I think a digression will be for my own enjoyment.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading As these memories, with the courage (to use a mild term) that a college background gives, are about all that I got out of my life there, I shall dwell on them only enough to introduce two or three friends and one enemy, who played later a very considerable part in my life.
only
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From this reading As these memories, with the courage (to use a mild term) that a college background gives, are about all that I got out of my life there, I shall dwell on them only enough to introduce two or three friends and one enemy, who played later a very considerable part in my life.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading What you doin'?" he stammered_ 60 _"But you must not come in"_ 140 _"Perhaps, you are the man yourself?" she added insolently_ 302 _"I suppose it is necessary that we should at least appear to be exchanging the ordinary inanities"_ 468 _I am sure it was on that stream that Halcyone found retreat_ 556 I shall feel at liberty to tell my story in my own way; rambling along at my own gait; now going from point to point; now tearing ahead; now stopping to rest or to ruminate, and even straying from the path whenever I think a digression will be for my own enjoyment.
ordinary
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From this reading What you doin'?" he stammered_ 60 _"But you must not come in"_ 140 _"Perhaps, you are the man yourself?" she added insolently_ 302 _"I suppose it is necessary that we should at least appear to be exchanging the ordinary inanities"_ 468 _I am sure it was on that stream that Halcyone found retreat_ 556 I shall feel at liberty to tell my story in my own way; rambling along at my own gait; now going from point to point; now tearing ahead; now stopping to rest or to ruminate, and even straying from the path whenever I think a digression will be for my own enjoyment.
out
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From this reading As these memories, with the courage (to use a mild term) that a college background gives, are about all that I got out of my life there, I shall dwell on them only enough to introduce two or three friends and one enemy, who played later a very considerable part in my life.
own
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From this reading What you doin'?" he stammered_ 60 _"But you must not come in"_ 140 _"Perhaps, you are the man yourself?" she added insolently_ 302 _"I suppose it is necessary that we should at least appear to be exchanging the ordinary inanities"_ 468 _I am sure it was on that stream that Halcyone found retreat_ 556 I shall feel at liberty to tell my story in my own way; rambling along at my own gait; now going from point to point; now tearing ahead; now stopping to rest or to ruminate, and even straying from the path whenever I think a digression will be for my own enjoyment.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As these memories, with the courage (to use a mild term) that a college background gives, are about all that I got out of my life there, I shall dwell on them only enough to introduce two or three friends and one enemy, who played later a very considerable part in my life.
path
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From this reading What you doin'?" he stammered_ 60 _"But you must not come in"_ 140 _"Perhaps, you are the man yourself?" she added insolently_ 302 _"I suppose it is necessary that we should at least appear to be exchanging the ordinary inanities"_ 468 _I am sure it was on that stream that Halcyone found retreat_ 556 I shall feel at liberty to tell my story in my own way; rambling along at my own gait; now going from point to point; now tearing ahead; now stopping to rest or to ruminate, and even straying from the path whenever I think a digression will be for my own enjoyment.
Perhaps
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From this reading What you doin'?" he stammered_ 60 _"But you must not come in"_ 140 _"Perhaps, you are the man yourself?" she added insolently_ 302 _"I suppose it is necessary that we should at least appear to be exchanging the ordinary inanities"_ 468 _I am sure it was on that stream that Halcyone found retreat_ 556 I shall feel at liberty to tell my story in my own way; rambling along at my own gait; now going from point to point; now tearing ahead; now stopping to rest or to ruminate, and even straying from the path whenever I think a digression will be for my own enjoyment.
period
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From this reading I shall begin with my college career, a period to which I look back now with a pleasure wholly incommensurate with what I achieved in it; which I find due to the friends I made and to the memories I garnered there in a time when I possessed the unprized treasures of youth: spirits, hope, and abounding conceit.
played
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From this reading As these memories, with the courage (to use a mild term) that a college background gives, are about all that I got out of my life there, I shall dwell on them only enough to introduce two or three friends and one enemy, who played later a very considerable part in my life.
pleasure
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From this reading I shall begin with my college career, a period to which I look back now with a pleasure wholly incommensurate with what I achieved in it; which I find due to the friends I made and to the memories I garnered there in a time when I possessed the unprized treasures of youth: spirits, hope, and abounding conceit.
ply
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From this reading _"To ply your old trade?"
pointnounUS /pɔɪnt/
the main matter or purpose being discussed
From this reading What you doin'?" he stammered_ 60 _"But you must not come in"_ 140 _"Perhaps, you are the man yourself?" she added insolently_ 302 _"I suppose it is necessary that we should at least appear to be exchanging the ordinary inanities"_ 468 _I am sure it was on that stream that Halcyone found retreat_ 556 I shall feel at liberty to tell my story in my own way; rambling along at my own gait; now going from point to point; now tearing ahead; now stopping to rest or to ruminate, and even straying from the path whenever I think a digression will be for my own enjoyment.
possessed
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From this reading I shall begin with my college career, a period to which I look back now with a pleasure wholly incommensurate with what I achieved in it; which I find due to the friends I made and to the memories I garnered there in a time when I possessed the unprized treasures of youth: spirits, hope, and abounding conceit.
rambling
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From this reading What you doin'?" he stammered_ 60 _"But you must not come in"_ 140 _"Perhaps, you are the man yourself?" she added insolently_ 302 _"I suppose it is necessary that we should at least appear to be exchanging the ordinary inanities"_ 468 _I am sure it was on that stream that Halcyone found retreat_ 556 I shall feel at liberty to tell my story in my own way; rambling along at my own gait; now going from point to point; now tearing ahead; now stopping to rest or to ruminate, and even straying from the path whenever I think a digression will be for my own enjoyment.
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading What you doin'?" he stammered_ 60 _"But you must not come in"_ 140 _"Perhaps, you are the man yourself?" she added insolently_ 302 _"I suppose it is necessary that we should at least appear to be exchanging the ordinary inanities"_ 468 _I am sure it was on that stream that Halcyone found retreat_ 556 I shall feel at liberty to tell my story in my own way; rambling along at my own gait; now going from point to point; now tearing ahead; now stopping to rest or to ruminate, and even straying from the path whenever I think a digression will be for my own enjoyment.
retreat
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From this reading What you doin'?" he stammered_ 60 _"But you must not come in"_ 140 _"Perhaps, you are the man yourself?" she added insolently_ 302 _"I suppose it is necessary that we should at least appear to be exchanging the ordinary inanities"_ 468 _I am sure it was on that stream that Halcyone found retreat_ 556 I shall feel at liberty to tell my story in my own way; rambling along at my own gait; now going from point to point; now tearing ahead; now stopping to rest or to ruminate, and even straying from the path whenever I think a digression will be for my own enjoyment.
rich
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ruminate
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From this reading What you doin'?" he stammered_ 60 _"But you must not come in"_ 140 _"Perhaps, you are the man yourself?" she added insolently_ 302 _"I suppose it is necessary that we should at least appear to be exchanging the ordinary inanities"_ 468 _I am sure it was on that stream that Halcyone found retreat_ 556 I shall feel at liberty to tell my story in my own way; rambling along at my own gait; now going from point to point; now tearing ahead; now stopping to rest or to ruminate, and even straying from the path whenever I think a digression will be for my own enjoyment.
shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading What you doin'?" he stammered_ 60 _"But you must not come in"_ 140 _"Perhaps, you are the man yourself?" she added insolently_ 302 _"I suppose it is necessary that we should at least appear to be exchanging the ordinary inanities"_ 468 _I am sure it was on that stream that Halcyone found retreat_ 556 I shall feel at liberty to tell my story in my own way; rambling along at my own gait; now going from point to point; now tearing ahead; now stopping to rest or to ruminate, and even straying from the path whenever I think a digression will be for my own enjoyment.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading What you doin'?" he stammered_ 60 _"But you must not come in"_ 140 _"Perhaps, you are the man yourself?" she added insolently_ 302 _"I suppose it is necessary that we should at least appear to be exchanging the ordinary inanities"_ 468 _I am sure it was on that stream that Halcyone found retreat_ 556 I shall feel at liberty to tell my story in my own way; rambling along at my own gait; now going from point to point; now tearing ahead; now stopping to rest or to ruminate, and even straying from the path whenever I think a digression will be for my own enjoyment.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading What you doin'?" he stammered_ 60 _"But you must not come in"_ 140 _"Perhaps, you are the man yourself?" she added insolently_ 302 _"I suppose it is necessary that we should at least appear to be exchanging the ordinary inanities"_ 468 _I am sure it was on that stream that Halcyone found retreat_ 556 I shall feel at liberty to tell my story in my own way; rambling along at my own gait; now going from point to point; now tearing ahead; now stopping to rest or to ruminate, and even straying from the path whenever I think a digression will be for my own enjoyment.
spirits
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From this reading I shall begin with my college career, a period to which I look back now with a pleasure wholly incommensurate with what I achieved in it; which I find due to the friends I made and to the memories I garnered there in a time when I possessed the unprized treasures of youth: spirits, hope, and abounding conceit.
stammered
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From this reading What you doin'?" he stammered_ 60 _"But you must not come in"_ 140 _"Perhaps, you are the man yourself?" she added insolently_ 302 _"I suppose it is necessary that we should at least appear to be exchanging the ordinary inanities"_ 468 _I am sure it was on that stream that Halcyone found retreat_ 556 I shall feel at liberty to tell my story in my own way; rambling along at my own gait; now going from point to point; now tearing ahead; now stopping to rest or to ruminate, and even straying from the path whenever I think a digression will be for my own enjoyment.
stopping
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From this reading What you doin'?" he stammered_ 60 _"But you must not come in"_ 140 _"Perhaps, you are the man yourself?" she added insolently_ 302 _"I suppose it is necessary that we should at least appear to be exchanging the ordinary inanities"_ 468 _I am sure it was on that stream that Halcyone found retreat_ 556 I shall feel at liberty to tell my story in my own way; rambling along at my own gait; now going from point to point; now tearing ahead; now stopping to rest or to ruminate, and even straying from the path whenever I think a digression will be for my own enjoyment.
story
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From this reading What you doin'?" he stammered_ 60 _"But you must not come in"_ 140 _"Perhaps, you are the man yourself?" she added insolently_ 302 _"I suppose it is necessary that we should at least appear to be exchanging the ordinary inanities"_ 468 _I am sure it was on that stream that Halcyone found retreat_ 556 I shall feel at liberty to tell my story in my own way; rambling along at my own gait; now going from point to point; now tearing ahead; now stopping to rest or to ruminate, and even straying from the path whenever I think a digression will be for my own enjoyment.
straying
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From this reading What you doin'?" he stammered_ 60 _"But you must not come in"_ 140 _"Perhaps, you are the man yourself?" she added insolently_ 302 _"I suppose it is necessary that we should at least appear to be exchanging the ordinary inanities"_ 468 _I am sure it was on that stream that Halcyone found retreat_ 556 I shall feel at liberty to tell my story in my own way; rambling along at my own gait; now going from point to point; now tearing ahead; now stopping to rest or to ruminate, and even straying from the path whenever I think a digression will be for my own enjoyment.
stream
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From this reading What you doin'?" he stammered_ 60 _"But you must not come in"_ 140 _"Perhaps, you are the man yourself?" she added insolently_ 302 _"I suppose it is necessary that we should at least appear to be exchanging the ordinary inanities"_ 468 _I am sure it was on that stream that Halcyone found retreat_ 556 I shall feel at liberty to tell my story in my own way; rambling along at my own gait; now going from point to point; now tearing ahead; now stopping to rest or to ruminate, and even straying from the path whenever I think a digression will be for my own enjoyment.
supposenounUS /ˈsuppose/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading What you doin'?" he stammered_ 60 _"But you must not come in"_ 140 _"Perhaps, you are the man yourself?" she added insolently_ 302 _"I suppose it is necessary that we should at least appear to be exchanging the ordinary inanities"_ 468 _I am sure it was on that stream that Halcyone found retreat_ 556 I shall feel at liberty to tell my story in my own way; rambling along at my own gait; now going from point to point; now tearing ahead; now stopping to rest or to ruminate, and even straying from the path whenever I think a digression will be for my own enjoyment.
surenounUS /sure/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading What you doin'?" he stammered_ 60 _"But you must not come in"_ 140 _"Perhaps, you are the man yourself?" she added insolently_ 302 _"I suppose it is necessary that we should at least appear to be exchanging the ordinary inanities"_ 468 _I am sure it was on that stream that Halcyone found retreat_ 556 I shall feel at liberty to tell my story in my own way; rambling along at my own gait; now going from point to point; now tearing ahead; now stopping to rest or to ruminate, and even straying from the path whenever I think a digression will be for my own enjoyment.
tearing
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From this reading What you doin'?" he stammered_ 60 _"But you must not come in"_ 140 _"Perhaps, you are the man yourself?" she added insolently_ 302 _"I suppose it is necessary that we should at least appear to be exchanging the ordinary inanities"_ 468 _I am sure it was on that stream that Halcyone found retreat_ 556 I shall feel at liberty to tell my story in my own way; rambling along at my own gait; now going from point to point; now tearing ahead; now stopping to rest or to ruminate, and even straying from the path whenever I think a digression will be for my own enjoyment.
tellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading What you doin'?" he stammered_ 60 _"But you must not come in"_ 140 _"Perhaps, you are the man yourself?" she added insolently_ 302 _"I suppose it is necessary that we should at least appear to be exchanging the ordinary inanities"_ 468 _I am sure it was on that stream that Halcyone found retreat_ 556 I shall feel at liberty to tell my story in my own way; rambling along at my own gait; now going from point to point; now tearing ahead; now stopping to rest or to ruminate, and even straying from the path whenever I think a digression will be for my own enjoyment.
term
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From this reading As these memories, with the courage (to use a mild term) that a college background gives, are about all that I got out of my life there, I shall dwell on them only enough to introduce two or three friends and one enemy, who played later a very considerable part in my life.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading What you doin'?" he stammered_ 60 _"But you must not come in"_ 140 _"Perhaps, you are the man yourself?" she added insolently_ 302 _"I suppose it is necessary that we should at least appear to be exchanging the ordinary inanities"_ 468 _I am sure it was on that stream that Halcyone found retreat_ 556 I shall feel at liberty to tell my story in my own way; rambling along at my own gait; now going from point to point; now tearing ahead; now stopping to rest or to ruminate, and even straying from the path whenever I think a digression will be for my own enjoyment.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
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thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading As these memories, with the courage (to use a mild term) that a college background gives, are about all that I got out of my life there, I shall dwell on them only enough to introduce two or three friends and one enemy, who played later a very considerable part in my life.
there
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From this reading I shall begin with my college career, a period to which I look back now with a pleasure wholly incommensurate with what I achieved in it; which I find due to the friends I made and to the memories I garnered there in a time when I possessed the unprized treasures of youth: spirits, hope, and abounding conceit.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading As these memories, with the courage (to use a mild term) that a college background gives, are about all that I got out of my life there, I shall dwell on them only enough to introduce two or three friends and one enemy, who played later a very considerable part in my life.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading What you doin'?" he stammered_ 60 _"But you must not come in"_ 140 _"Perhaps, you are the man yourself?" she added insolently_ 302 _"I suppose it is necessary that we should at least appear to be exchanging the ordinary inanities"_ 468 _I am sure it was on that stream that Halcyone found retreat_ 556 I shall feel at liberty to tell my story in my own way; rambling along at my own gait; now going from point to point; now tearing ahead; now stopping to rest or to ruminate, and even straying from the path whenever I think a digression will be for my own enjoyment.
three
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From this reading As these memories, with the courage (to use a mild term) that a college background gives, are about all that I got out of my life there, I shall dwell on them only enough to introduce two or three friends and one enemy, who played later a very considerable part in my life.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I shall begin with my college career, a period to which I look back now with a pleasure wholly incommensurate with what I achieved in it; which I find due to the friends I made and to the memories I garnered there in a time when I possessed the unprized treasures of youth: spirits, hope, and abounding conceit.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _"To ply your old trade?"
trade
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From this reading _"To ply your old trade?"
treasures
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From this reading I shall begin with my college career, a period to which I look back now with a pleasure wholly incommensurate with what I achieved in it; which I find due to the friends I made and to the memories I garnered there in a time when I possessed the unprized treasures of youth: spirits, hope, and abounding conceit.
two
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From this reading As these memories, with the courage (to use a mild term) that a college background gives, are about all that I got out of my life there, I shall dwell on them only enough to introduce two or three friends and one enemy, who played later a very considerable part in my life.
unprized
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From this reading I shall begin with my college career, a period to which I look back now with a pleasure wholly incommensurate with what I achieved in it; which I find due to the friends I made and to the memories I garnered there in a time when I possessed the unprized treasures of youth: spirits, hope, and abounding conceit.
use
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From this reading As these memories, with the courage (to use a mild term) that a college background gives, are about all that I got out of my life there, I shall dwell on them only enough to introduce two or three friends and one enemy, who played later a very considerable part in my life.
very
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From this reading As these memories, with the courage (to use a mild term) that a college background gives, are about all that I got out of my life there, I shall dwell on them only enough to introduce two or three friends and one enemy, who played later a very considerable part in my life.
vocabulary
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wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I asked_ Frontispiece _Wolffert ... was cursing me with all the eloquence of a rich vocabulary_ 20 _"Hi!
way
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From this reading What you doin'?" he stammered_ 60 _"But you must not come in"_ 140 _"Perhaps, you are the man yourself?" she added insolently_ 302 _"I suppose it is necessary that we should at least appear to be exchanging the ordinary inanities"_ 468 _I am sure it was on that stream that Halcyone found retreat_ 556 I shall feel at liberty to tell my story in my own way; rambling along at my own gait; now going from point to point; now tearing ahead; now stopping to rest or to ruminate, and even straying from the path whenever I think a digression will be for my own enjoyment.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading What you doin'?" he stammered_ 60 _"But you must not come in"_ 140 _"Perhaps, you are the man yourself?" she added insolently_ 302 _"I suppose it is necessary that we should at least appear to be exchanging the ordinary inanities"_ 468 _I am sure it was on that stream that Halcyone found retreat_ 556 I shall feel at liberty to tell my story in my own way; rambling along at my own gait; now going from point to point; now tearing ahead; now stopping to rest or to ruminate, and even straying from the path whenever I think a digression will be for my own enjoyment.
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What you doin'?" he stammered_ 60 _"But you must not come in"_ 140 _"Perhaps, you are the man yourself?" she added insolently_ 302 _"I suppose it is necessary that we should at least appear to be exchanging the ordinary inanities"_ 468 _I am sure it was on that stream that Halcyone found retreat_ 556 I shall feel at liberty to tell my story in my own way; rambling along at my own gait; now going from point to point; now tearing ahead; now stopping to rest or to ruminate, and even straying from the path whenever I think a digression will be for my own enjoyment.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading I shall begin with my college career, a period to which I look back now with a pleasure wholly incommensurate with what I achieved in it; which I find due to the friends I made and to the memories I garnered there in a time when I possessed the unprized treasures of youth: spirits, hope, and abounding conceit.
wheneverconjunctionUS /weˈnevər/
at any time that; every time that
From this reading What you doin'?" he stammered_ 60 _"But you must not come in"_ 140 _"Perhaps, you are the man yourself?" she added insolently_ 302 _"I suppose it is necessary that we should at least appear to be exchanging the ordinary inanities"_ 468 _I am sure it was on that stream that Halcyone found retreat_ 556 I shall feel at liberty to tell my story in my own way; rambling along at my own gait; now going from point to point; now tearing ahead; now stopping to rest or to ruminate, and even straying from the path whenever I think a digression will be for my own enjoyment.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading I shall begin with my college career, a period to which I look back now with a pleasure wholly incommensurate with what I achieved in it; which I find due to the friends I made and to the memories I garnered there in a time when I possessed the unprized treasures of youth: spirits, hope, and abounding conceit.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading As these memories, with the courage (to use a mild term) that a college background gives, are about all that I got out of my life there, I shall dwell on them only enough to introduce two or three friends and one enemy, who played later a very considerable part in my life.
wholly
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From this reading I shall begin with my college career, a period to which I look back now with a pleasure wholly incommensurate with what I achieved in it; which I find due to the friends I made and to the memories I garnered there in a time when I possessed the unprized treasures of youth: spirits, hope, and abounding conceit.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading What you doin'?" he stammered_ 60 _"But you must not come in"_ 140 _"Perhaps, you are the man yourself?" she added insolently_ 302 _"I suppose it is necessary that we should at least appear to be exchanging the ordinary inanities"_ 468 _I am sure it was on that stream that Halcyone found retreat_ 556 I shall feel at liberty to tell my story in my own way; rambling along at my own gait; now going from point to point; now tearing ahead; now stopping to rest or to ruminate, and even straying from the path whenever I think a digression will be for my own enjoyment.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading I asked_ Frontispiece _Wolffert ... was cursing me with all the eloquence of a rich vocabulary_ 20 _"Hi!
Wolffert
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From this reading I asked_ Frontispiece _Wolffert ... was cursing me with all the eloquence of a rich vocabulary_ 20 _"Hi!
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading What you doin'?" he stammered_ 60 _"But you must not come in"_ 140 _"Perhaps, you are the man yourself?" she added insolently_ 302 _"I suppose it is necessary that we should at least appear to be exchanging the ordinary inanities"_ 468 _I am sure it was on that stream that Halcyone found retreat_ 556 I shall feel at liberty to tell my story in my own way; rambling along at my own gait; now going from point to point; now tearing ahead; now stopping to rest or to ruminate, and even straying from the path whenever I think a digression will be for my own enjoyment.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading _"To ply your old trade?"
yourselfpronounUS /jərˈself/
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading What you doin'?" he stammered_ 60 _"But you must not come in"_ 140 _"Perhaps, you are the man yourself?" she added insolently_ 302 _"I suppose it is necessary that we should at least appear to be exchanging the ordinary inanities"_ 468 _I am sure it was on that stream that Halcyone found retreat_ 556 I shall feel at liberty to tell my story in my own way; rambling along at my own gait; now going from point to point; now tearing ahead; now stopping to rest or to ruminate, and even straying from the path whenever I think a digression will be for my own enjoyment.
youth
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From this reading I shall begin with my college career, a period to which I look back now with a pleasure wholly incommensurate with what I achieved in it; which I find due to the friends I made and to the memories I garnered there in a time when I possessed the unprized treasures of youth: spirits, hope, and abounding conceit.
