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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 Alone in the world, of a loving, passionate nature, he deliberately set all thought of marriage on one side as an impossibility, and directed his entire energy into the acquirement of knowledge; reading, studying, experimenting far outside the circle of the ordinary medical man.
acquirement
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From this reading Alone in the world, of a loving, passionate nature, he deliberately set all thought of marriage on one side as an impossibility, and directed his entire energy into the acquirement of knowledge; reading, studying, experimenting far outside the circle of the ordinary medical man.
adopted
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From this reading The attitude of detachment he had adopted became a habit.
all
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From this reading Alone in the world, of a loving, passionate nature, he deliberately set all thought of marriage on one side as an impossibility, and directed his entire energy into the acquirement of knowledge; reading, studying, experimenting far outside the circle of the ordinary medical man.
AlonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Alone in the world, of a loving, passionate nature, he deliberately set all thought of marriage on one side as an impossibility, and directed his entire energy into the acquirement of knowledge; reading, studying, experimenting far outside the circle of the ordinary medical man.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Alone in the world, of a loving, passionate nature, he deliberately set all thought of marriage on one side as an impossibility, and directed his entire energy into the acquirement of knowledge; reading, studying, experimenting far outside the circle of the ordinary medical man.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Alone in the world, of a loving, passionate nature, he deliberately set all thought of marriage on one side as an impossibility, and directed his entire energy into the acquirement of knowledge; reading, studying, experimenting far outside the circle of the ordinary medical man.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Alone in the world, of a loving, passionate nature, he deliberately set all thought of marriage on one side as an impossibility, and directed his entire energy into the acquirement of knowledge; reading, studying, experimenting far outside the circle of the ordinary medical man.
attitude
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From this reading The attitude of detachment he had adopted became a habit.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The subsequent twenty years or so may be summarized.
became
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From this reading The attitude of detachment he had adopted became a habit.
believed
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From this reading He believed it was now his nature.
charity
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From this reading The more he learned of human frailty and human faculties, the greater became the charity he felt towards his fellow-kind.
circle
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From this reading Alone in the world, of a loving, passionate nature, he deliberately set all thought of marriage on one side as an impossibility, and directed his entire energy into the acquirement of knowledge; reading, studying, experimenting far outside the circle of the ordinary medical man.
deliberately
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From this reading Alone in the world, of a loving, passionate nature, he deliberately set all thought of marriage on one side as an impossibility, and directed his entire energy into the acquirement of knowledge; reading, studying, experimenting far outside the circle of the ordinary medical man.
detachment
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From this reading The attitude of detachment he had adopted became a habit.
directed
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From this reading Alone in the world, of a loving, passionate nature, he deliberately set all thought of marriage on one side as an impossibility, and directed his entire energy into the acquirement of knowledge; reading, studying, experimenting far outside the circle of the ordinary medical man.
energy
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From this reading Alone in the world, of a loving, passionate nature, he deliberately set all thought of marriage on one side as an impossibility, and directed his entire energy into the acquirement of knowledge; reading, studying, experimenting far outside the circle of the ordinary medical man.
entire
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From this reading Alone in the world, of a loving, passionate nature, he deliberately set all thought of marriage on one side as an impossibility, and directed his entire energy into the acquirement of knowledge; reading, studying, experimenting far outside the circle of the ordinary medical man.
experimenting
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From this reading Alone in the world, of a loving, passionate nature, he deliberately set all thought of marriage on one side as an impossibility, and directed his entire energy into the acquirement of knowledge; reading, studying, experimenting far outside the circle of the ordinary medical man.
faculties
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From this reading The more he learned of human frailty and human faculties, the greater became the charity he felt towards his fellow-kind.
far
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From this reading Alone in the world, of a loving, passionate nature, he deliberately set all thought of marriage on one side as an impossibility, and directed his entire energy into the acquirement of knowledge; reading, studying, experimenting far outside the circle of the ordinary medical man.
fellow-kind
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From this reading The more he learned of human frailty and human faculties, the greater became the charity he felt towards his fellow-kind.
felt
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From this reading The more he learned of human frailty and human faculties, the greater became the charity he felt towards his fellow-kind.
frailty
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From this reading The more he learned of human frailty and human faculties, the greater became the charity he felt towards his fellow-kind.
greater
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From this reading The more he learned of human frailty and human faculties, the greater became the charity he felt towards his fellow-kind.
habit
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From this reading The attitude of detachment he had adopted became a habit.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The attitude of detachment he had adopted became a habit.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Alone in the world, of a loving, passionate nature, he deliberately set all thought of marriage on one side as an impossibility, and directed his entire energy into the acquirement of knowledge; reading, studying, experimenting far outside the circle of the ordinary medical man.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Alone in the world, of a loving, passionate nature, he deliberately set all thought of marriage on one side as an impossibility, and directed his entire energy into the acquirement of knowledge; reading, studying, experimenting far outside the circle of the ordinary medical man.
human
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From this reading The more he learned of human frailty and human faculties, the greater became the charity he felt towards his fellow-kind.
impossibility
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From this reading Alone in the world, of a loving, passionate nature, he deliberately set all thought of marriage on one side as an impossibility, and directed his entire energy into the acquirement of knowledge; reading, studying, experimenting far outside the circle of the ordinary medical man.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Alone in the world, of a loving, passionate nature, he deliberately set all thought of marriage on one side as an impossibility, and directed his entire energy into the acquirement of knowledge; reading, studying, experimenting far outside the circle of the ordinary medical man.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Alone in the world, of a loving, passionate nature, he deliberately set all thought of marriage on one side as an impossibility, and directed his entire energy into the acquirement of knowledge; reading, studying, experimenting far outside the circle of the ordinary medical man.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He believed it was now his nature.
knowledge
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From this reading Alone in the world, of a loving, passionate nature, he deliberately set all thought of marriage on one side as an impossibility, and directed his entire energy into the acquirement of knowledge; reading, studying, experimenting far outside the circle of the ordinary medical man.
learned
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From this reading The more he learned of human frailty and human faculties, the greater became the charity he felt towards his fellow-kind.
loving
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From this reading Alone in the world, of a loving, passionate nature, he deliberately set all thought of marriage on one side as an impossibility, and directed his entire energy into the acquirement of knowledge; reading, studying, experimenting far outside the circle of the ordinary medical man.
man
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From this reading Alone in the world, of a loving, passionate nature, he deliberately set all thought of marriage on one side as an impossibility, and directed his entire energy into the acquirement of knowledge; reading, studying, experimenting far outside the circle of the ordinary medical man.
marriage
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From this reading Alone in the world, of a loving, passionate nature, he deliberately set all thought of marriage on one side as an impossibility, and directed his entire energy into the acquirement of knowledge; reading, studying, experimenting far outside the circle of the ordinary medical man.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading The subsequent twenty years or so may be summarized.
medical
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From this reading Alone in the world, of a loving, passionate nature, he deliberately set all thought of marriage on one side as an impossibility, and directed his entire energy into the acquirement of knowledge; reading, studying, experimenting far outside the circle of the ordinary medical man.
more
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From this reading The more he learned of human frailty and human faculties, the greater became the charity he felt towards his fellow-kind.
nature
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From this reading Alone in the world, of a loving, passionate nature, he deliberately set all thought of marriage on one side as an impossibility, and directed his entire energy into the acquirement of knowledge; reading, studying, experimenting far outside the circle of the ordinary medical man.
now
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From this reading He believed it was now his nature.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Alone in the world, of a loving, passionate nature, he deliberately set all thought of marriage on one side as an impossibility, and directed his entire energy into the acquirement of knowledge; reading, studying, experimenting far outside the circle of the ordinary medical man.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Alone in the world, of a loving, passionate nature, he deliberately set all thought of marriage on one side as an impossibility, and directed his entire energy into the acquirement of knowledge; reading, studying, experimenting far outside the circle of the ordinary medical man.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Alone in the world, of a loving, passionate nature, he deliberately set all thought of marriage on one side as an impossibility, and directed his entire energy into the acquirement of knowledge; reading, studying, experimenting far outside the circle of the ordinary medical man.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The subsequent twenty years or so may be summarized.
ordinary
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From this reading Alone in the world, of a loving, passionate nature, he deliberately set all thought of marriage on one side as an impossibility, and directed his entire energy into the acquirement of knowledge; reading, studying, experimenting far outside the circle of the ordinary medical man.
outsidenounUS /ˈoutside/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Alone in the world, of a loving, passionate nature, he deliberately set all thought of marriage on one side as an impossibility, and directed his entire energy into the acquirement of knowledge; reading, studying, experimenting far outside the circle of the ordinary medical man.
passionate
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From this reading Alone in the world, of a loving, passionate nature, he deliberately set all thought of marriage on one side as an impossibility, and directed his entire energy into the acquirement of knowledge; reading, studying, experimenting far outside the circle of the ordinary medical man.
reading
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From this reading Alone in the world, of a loving, passionate nature, he deliberately set all thought of marriage on one side as an impossibility, and directed his entire energy into the acquirement of knowledge; reading, studying, experimenting far outside the circle of the ordinary medical man.
set
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From this reading Alone in the world, of a loving, passionate nature, he deliberately set all thought of marriage on one side as an impossibility, and directed his entire energy into the acquirement of knowledge; reading, studying, experimenting far outside the circle of the ordinary medical man.
side
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From this reading Alone in the world, of a loving, passionate nature, he deliberately set all thought of marriage on one side as an impossibility, and directed his entire energy into the acquirement of knowledge; reading, studying, experimenting far outside the circle of the ordinary medical man.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The subsequent twenty years or so may be summarized.
studying
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From this reading Alone in the world, of a loving, passionate nature, he deliberately set all thought of marriage on one side as an impossibility, and directed his entire energy into the acquirement of knowledge; reading, studying, experimenting far outside the circle of the ordinary medical man.
subsequent
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From this reading The subsequent twenty years or so may be summarized.
summarized
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From this reading The subsequent twenty years or so may be summarized.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The subsequent twenty years or so may be summarized.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Alone in the world, of a loving, passionate nature, he deliberately set all thought of marriage on one side as an impossibility, and directed his entire energy into the acquirement of knowledge; reading, studying, experimenting far outside the circle of the ordinary medical man.
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading The more he learned of human frailty and human faculties, the greater became the charity he felt towards his fellow-kind.
twenty
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From this reading The subsequent twenty years or so may be summarized.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He believed it was now his nature.
world
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From this reading Alone in the world, of a loving, passionate nature, he deliberately set all thought of marriage on one side as an impossibility, and directed his entire energy into the acquirement of knowledge; reading, studying, experimenting far outside the circle of the ordinary medical man.
years
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From this reading The subsequent twenty years or so may be summarized.
