Chapter II
What do you call a bad man? The sort of man who admires innocence. What do you call a bad woman? Oh! the sort of woman a man never gets tired of. One can resist everything except temptation.
Miscellaneous Aphorisms
Chapter II
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What
do
you
call
a
bad
man?
The
sort
of
man
who
admires
innocence.
What
do
you
call
a
bad
woman?
Oh!
the
sort
of
woman
a
man
never
gets
tired
of.
One
can
resist
everything
except
temptation.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
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/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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Line 1
What
do
you
call
a
bad
man?
Line 2
The
sort
of
man
who
admires
innocence.
Line 3
What
do
you
call
a
bad
woman?
Line 4
Oh!
the
sort
of
woman
a
man
never
gets
tired
of.
Line 5
One
can
resist
everything
except
temptation.
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Everything
pronoun
US /ˈevriθɪŋ/
all things; all of a situation
From this reading “One can resist everything except temptation.”
Except
preposition
US /ɪkˈsept/
apart from; not including
From this reading “One can resist everything except temptation.”
Never
noun
US /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Oh! the sort of woman a man never gets tired of.”
One
pronoun
US /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “One can resist everything except temptation.”
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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading What do you call a bad man?
admires
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From this reading The sort of man who admires innocence.
bad
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call
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canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading One can resist everything except temptation.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading What do you call a bad man?
everythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/
all things; all of a situation
From this reading One can resist everything except temptation.
exceptprepositionUS /ɪkˈsept/
apart from; not including
From this reading One can resist everything except temptation.
gets
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From this reading Oh! the sort of woman a man never gets tired of.
innocence
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From this reading The sort of man who admires innocence.
man
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nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Oh! the sort of woman a man never gets tired of.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The sort of man who admires innocence.
Oh
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From this reading Oh! the sort of woman a man never gets tired of.
OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One can resist everything except temptation.
resist
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From this reading One can resist everything except temptation.
sort
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From this reading The sort of man who admires innocence.
temptation
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From this reading One can resist everything except temptation.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The sort of man who admires innocence.
tired
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From this reading Oh! the sort of woman a man never gets tired of.
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What do you call a bad man?
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading The sort of man who admires innocence.
woman
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From this reading What do you call a bad woman?
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading What do you call a bad man?