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AdeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
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acquainted
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From this reading I DEDICATE this book to you, my young countryman, with whom I am so well acquainted, although I may not know your place of birth, your name, your parents, your fortune or your ambitions--nothing but that you are over eighteen and under twenty-five years of age, and that you will search in our books for the answers to the questions which are troubling you.
age
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From this reading I DEDICATE this book to you, my young countryman, with whom I am so well acquainted, although I may not know your place of birth, your name, your parents, your fortune or your ambitions--nothing but that you are over eighteen and under twenty-five years of age, and that you will search in our books for the answers to the questions which are troubling you.
althoughnounUS /ˈalthough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I DEDICATE this book to you, my young countryman, with whom I am so well acquainted, although I may not know your place of birth, your name, your parents, your fortune or your ambitions--nothing but that you are over eighteen and under twenty-five years of age, and that you will search in our books for the answers to the questions which are troubling you.
amauxiliary verbUS /æm/
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading I DEDICATE this book to you, my young countryman, with whom I am so well acquainted, although I may not know your place of birth, your name, your parents, your fortune or your ambitions--nothing but that you are over eighteen and under twenty-five years of age, and that you will search in our books for the answers to the questions which are troubling you.
ambitions
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From this reading I DEDICATE this book to you, my young countryman, with whom I am so well acquainted, although I may not know your place of birth, your name, your parents, your fortune or your ambitions--nothing but that you are over eighteen and under twenty-five years of age, and that you will search in our books for the answers to the questions which are troubling you.
ancientadjectiveUS /ˈeɪn.ʃənt/
Belonging to the very distant past and no longer in existence or deeply revered.
From this reading In twenty years from now you and your brothers will hold in your hands the destiny of this ancient country, which is our common mother--you will be the nation itself.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I DEDICATE this book to you, my young countryman, with whom I am so well acquainted, although I may not know your place of birth, your name, your parents, your fortune or your ambitions--nothing but that you are over eighteen and under twenty-five years of age, and that you will search in our books for the answers to the questions which are troubling you.
answers
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From this reading I DEDICATE this book to you, my young countryman, with whom I am so well acquainted, although I may not know your place of birth, your name, your parents, your fortune or your ambitions--nothing but that you are over eighteen and under twenty-five years of age, and that you will search in our books for the answers to the questions which are troubling you.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading I DEDICATE this book to you, my young countryman, with whom I am so well acquainted, although I may not know your place of birth, your name, your parents, your fortune or your ambitions--nothing but that you are over eighteen and under twenty-five years of age, and that you will search in our books for the answers to the questions which are troubling you.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading In twenty years from now you and your brothers will hold in your hands the destiny of this ancient country, which is our common mother--you will be the nation itself.
Berwick
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birth
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book
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From this reading I DEDICATE this book to you, my young countryman, with whom I am so well acquainted, although I may not know your place of birth, your name, your parents, your fortune or your ambitions--nothing but that you are over eighteen and under twenty-five years of age, and that you will search in our books for the answers to the questions which are troubling you.
booksnounUS /bʊks/
Bound written or printed works.
From this reading I DEDICATE this book to you, my young countryman, with whom I am so well acquainted, although I may not know your place of birth, your name, your parents, your fortune or your ambitions--nothing but that you are over eighteen and under twenty-five years of age, and that you will search in our books for the answers to the questions which are troubling you.
brothers
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From this reading In twenty years from now you and your brothers will hold in your hands the destiny of this ancient country, which is our common mother--you will be the nation itself.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I DEDICATE this book to you, my young countryman, with whom I am so well acquainted, although I may not know your place of birth, your name, your parents, your fortune or your ambitions--nothing but that you are over eighteen and under twenty-five years of age, and that you will search in our books for the answers to the questions which are troubling you.
common
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From this reading In twenty years from now you and your brothers will hold in your hands the destiny of this ancient country, which is our common mother--you will be the nation itself.
country
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From this reading In twenty years from now you and your brothers will hold in your hands the destiny of this ancient country, which is our common mother--you will be the nation itself.
countryman
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DEDICATE
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From this reading I DEDICATE this book to you, my young countryman, with whom I am so well acquainted, although I may not know your place of birth, your name, your parents, your fortune or your ambitions--nothing but that you are over eighteen and under twenty-five years of age, and that you will search in our books for the answers to the questions which are troubling you.
depend
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From this reading And the answers which you will find depend a little upon your moral life, a little upon your own soul, for your moral life is the moral life of France itself--your soul is her soul.
destiny
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From this reading In twenty years from now you and your brothers will hold in your hands the destiny of this ancient country, which is our common mother--you will be the nation itself.
eighteen
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From this reading I DEDICATE this book to you, my young countryman, with whom I am so well acquainted, although I may not know your place of birth, your name, your parents, your fortune or your ambitions--nothing but that you are over eighteen and under twenty-five years of age, and that you will search in our books for the answers to the questions which are troubling you.
find
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From this reading And the answers which you will find depend a little upon your moral life, a little upon your own soul, for your moral life is the moral life of France itself--your soul is her soul.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I DEDICATE this book to you, my young countryman, with whom I am so well acquainted, although I may not know your place of birth, your name, your parents, your fortune or your ambitions--nothing but that you are over eighteen and under twenty-five years of age, and that you will search in our books for the answers to the questions which are troubling you.
fortunenounUS /ˈfortune/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I DEDICATE this book to you, my young countryman, with whom I am so well acquainted, although I may not know your place of birth, your name, your parents, your fortune or your ambitions--nothing but that you are over eighteen and under twenty-five years of age, and that you will search in our books for the answers to the questions which are troubling you.
France
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From this reading And the answers which you will find depend a little upon your moral life, a little upon your own soul, for your moral life is the moral life of France itself--your soul is her soul.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading In twenty years from now you and your brothers will hold in your hands the destiny of this ancient country, which is our common mother--you will be the nation itself.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading In twenty years from now you and your brothers will hold in your hands the destiny of this ancient country, which is our common mother--you will be the nation itself.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading What will you have learned from our teachings?
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading And the answers which you will find depend a little upon your moral life, a little upon your own soul, for your moral life is the moral life of France itself--your soul is her soul.
hold
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From this reading In twenty years from now you and your brothers will hold in your hands the destiny of this ancient country, which is our common mother--you will be the nation itself.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I DEDICATE this book to you, my young countryman, with whom I am so well acquainted, although I may not know your place of birth, your name, your parents, your fortune or your ambitions--nothing but that you are over eighteen and under twenty-five years of age, and that you will search in our books for the answers to the questions which are troubling you.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I DEDICATE this book to you, my young countryman, with whom I am so well acquainted, although I may not know your place of birth, your name, your parents, your fortune or your ambitions--nothing but that you are over eighteen and under twenty-five years of age, and that you will search in our books for the answers to the questions which are troubling you.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And the answers which you will find depend a little upon your moral life, a little upon your own soul, for your moral life is the moral life of France itself--your soul is her soul.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading And the answers which you will find depend a little upon your moral life, a little upon your own soul, for your moral life is the moral life of France itself--your soul is her soul.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I DEDICATE this book to you, my young countryman, with whom I am so well acquainted, although I may not know your place of birth, your name, your parents, your fortune or your ambitions--nothing but that you are over eighteen and under twenty-five years of age, and that you will search in our books for the answers to the questions which are troubling you.
learned
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From this reading What will you have learned from our teachings?
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And the answers which you will find depend a little upon your moral life, a little upon your own soul, for your moral life is the moral life of France itself--your soul is her soul.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And the answers which you will find depend a little upon your moral life, a little upon your own soul, for your moral life is the moral life of France itself--your soul is her soul.
Mass
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maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading I DEDICATE this book to you, my young countryman, with whom I am so well acquainted, although I may not know your place of birth, your name, your parents, your fortune or your ambitions--nothing but that you are over eighteen and under twenty-five years of age, and that you will search in our books for the answers to the questions which are troubling you.
moral
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From this reading And the answers which you will find depend a little upon your moral life, a little upon your own soul, for your moral life is the moral life of France itself--your soul is her soul.
mother
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From this reading In twenty years from now you and your brothers will hold in your hands the destiny of this ancient country, which is our common mother--you will be the nation itself.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I DEDICATE this book to you, my young countryman, with whom I am so well acquainted, although I may not know your place of birth, your name, your parents, your fortune or your ambitions--nothing but that you are over eighteen and under twenty-five years of age, and that you will search in our books for the answers to the questions which are troubling you.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I DEDICATE this book to you, my young countryman, with whom I am so well acquainted, although I may not know your place of birth, your name, your parents, your fortune or your ambitions--nothing but that you are over eighteen and under twenty-five years of age, and that you will search in our books for the answers to the questions which are troubling you.
nation
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From this reading In twenty years from now you and your brothers will hold in your hands the destiny of this ancient country, which is our common mother--you will be the nation itself.
Norwood
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From this reading Norwood Press: Berwick & Smith, Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I DEDICATE this book to you, my young countryman, with whom I am so well acquainted, although I may not know your place of birth, your name, your parents, your fortune or your ambitions--nothing but that you are over eighteen and under twenty-five years of age, and that you will search in our books for the answers to the questions which are troubling you.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading I DEDICATE this book to you, my young countryman, with whom I am so well acquainted, although I may not know your place of birth, your name, your parents, your fortune or your ambitions--nothing but that you are over eighteen and under twenty-five years of age, and that you will search in our books for the answers to the questions which are troubling you.
now
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From this reading In twenty years from now you and your brothers will hold in your hands the destiny of this ancient country, which is our common mother--you will be the nation itself.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I DEDICATE this book to you, my young countryman, with whom I am so well acquainted, although I may not know your place of birth, your name, your parents, your fortune or your ambitions--nothing but that you are over eighteen and under twenty-five years of age, and that you will search in our books for the answers to the questions which are troubling you.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading I DEDICATE this book to you, my young countryman, with whom I am so well acquainted, although I may not know your place of birth, your name, your parents, your fortune or your ambitions--nothing but that you are over eighteen and under twenty-five years of age, and that you will search in our books for the answers to the questions which are troubling you.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading I DEDICATE this book to you, my young countryman, with whom I am so well acquainted, although I may not know your place of birth, your name, your parents, your fortune or your ambitions--nothing but that you are over eighteen and under twenty-five years of age, and that you will search in our books for the answers to the questions which are troubling you.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading I DEDICATE this book to you, my young countryman, with whom I am so well acquainted, although I may not know your place of birth, your name, your parents, your fortune or your ambitions--nothing but that you are over eighteen and under twenty-five years of age, and that you will search in our books for the answers to the questions which are troubling you.
own
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From this reading And the answers which you will find depend a little upon your moral life, a little upon your own soul, for your moral life is the moral life of France itself--your soul is her soul.
parents
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From this reading I DEDICATE this book to you, my young countryman, with whom I am so well acquainted, although I may not know your place of birth, your name, your parents, your fortune or your ambitions--nothing but that you are over eighteen and under twenty-five years of age, and that you will search in our books for the answers to the questions which are troubling you.
place
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From this reading I DEDICATE this book to you, my young countryman, with whom I am so well acquainted, although I may not know your place of birth, your name, your parents, your fortune or your ambitions--nothing but that you are over eighteen and under twenty-five years of age, and that you will search in our books for the answers to the questions which are troubling you.
Press
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From this reading Norwood Press: Berwick & Smith, Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.
questions
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From this reading I DEDICATE this book to you, my young countryman, with whom I am so well acquainted, although I may not know your place of birth, your name, your parents, your fortune or your ambitions--nothing but that you are over eighteen and under twenty-five years of age, and that you will search in our books for the answers to the questions which are troubling you.
S
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search
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From this reading I DEDICATE this book to you, my young countryman, with whom I am so well acquainted, although I may not know your place of birth, your name, your parents, your fortune or your ambitions--nothing but that you are over eighteen and under twenty-five years of age, and that you will search in our books for the answers to the questions which are troubling you.
Smith
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soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I DEDICATE this book to you, my young countryman, with whom I am so well acquainted, although I may not know your place of birth, your name, your parents, your fortune or your ambitions--nothing but that you are over eighteen and under twenty-five years of age, and that you will search in our books for the answers to the questions which are troubling you.
soul
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From this reading And the answers which you will find depend a little upon your moral life, a little upon your own soul, for your moral life is the moral life of France itself--your soul is her soul.
teachings
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From this reading What will you have learned from our teachings?
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I DEDICATE this book to you, my young countryman, with whom I am so well acquainted, although I may not know your place of birth, your name, your parents, your fortune or your ambitions--nothing but that you are over eighteen and under twenty-five years of age, and that you will search in our books for the answers to the questions which are troubling you.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I DEDICATE this book to you, my young countryman, with whom I am so well acquainted, although I may not know your place of birth, your name, your parents, your fortune or your ambitions--nothing but that you are over eighteen and under twenty-five years of age, and that you will search in our books for the answers to the questions which are troubling you.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading I DEDICATE this book to you, my young countryman, with whom I am so well acquainted, although I may not know your place of birth, your name, your parents, your fortune or your ambitions--nothing but that you are over eighteen and under twenty-five years of age, and that you will search in our books for the answers to the questions which are troubling you.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I DEDICATE this book to you, my young countryman, with whom I am so well acquainted, although I may not know your place of birth, your name, your parents, your fortune or your ambitions--nothing but that you are over eighteen and under twenty-five years of age, and that you will search in our books for the answers to the questions which are troubling you.
troubling
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From this reading I DEDICATE this book to you, my young countryman, with whom I am so well acquainted, although I may not know your place of birth, your name, your parents, your fortune or your ambitions--nothing but that you are over eighteen and under twenty-five years of age, and that you will search in our books for the answers to the questions which are troubling you.
twenty
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From this reading In twenty years from now you and your brothers will hold in your hands the destiny of this ancient country, which is our common mother--you will be the nation itself.
twenty-five
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From this reading I DEDICATE this book to you, my young countryman, with whom I am so well acquainted, although I may not know your place of birth, your name, your parents, your fortune or your ambitions--nothing but that you are over eighteen and under twenty-five years of age, and that you will search in our books for the answers to the questions which are troubling you.
U
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underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading I DEDICATE this book to you, my young countryman, with whom I am so well acquainted, although I may not know your place of birth, your name, your parents, your fortune or your ambitions--nothing but that you are over eighteen and under twenty-five years of age, and that you will search in our books for the answers to the questions which are troubling you.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading And the answers which you will find depend a little upon your moral life, a little upon your own soul, for your moral life is the moral life of France itself--your soul is her soul.
well
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From this reading I DEDICATE this book to you, my young countryman, with whom I am so well acquainted, although I may not know your place of birth, your name, your parents, your fortune or your ambitions--nothing but that you are over eighteen and under twenty-five years of age, and that you will search in our books for the answers to the questions which are troubling you.
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What will you have learned from our teachings?
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading I DEDICATE this book to you, my young countryman, with whom I am so well acquainted, although I may not know your place of birth, your name, your parents, your fortune or your ambitions--nothing but that you are over eighteen and under twenty-five years of age, and that you will search in our books for the answers to the questions which are troubling you.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I DEDICATE this book to you, my young countryman, with whom I am so well acquainted, although I may not know your place of birth, your name, your parents, your fortune or your ambitions--nothing but that you are over eighteen and under twenty-five years of age, and that you will search in our books for the answers to the questions which are troubling you.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading I DEDICATE this book to you, my young countryman, with whom I am so well acquainted, although I may not know your place of birth, your name, your parents, your fortune or your ambitions--nothing but that you are over eighteen and under twenty-five years of age, and that you will search in our books for the answers to the questions which are troubling you.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading I DEDICATE this book to you, my young countryman, with whom I am so well acquainted, although I may not know your place of birth, your name, your parents, your fortune or your ambitions--nothing but that you are over eighteen and under twenty-five years of age, and that you will search in our books for the answers to the questions which are troubling you.
years
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From this reading I DEDICATE this book to you, my young countryman, with whom I am so well acquainted, although I may not know your place of birth, your name, your parents, your fortune or your ambitions--nothing but that you are over eighteen and under twenty-five years of age, and that you will search in our books for the answers to the questions which are troubling you.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I DEDICATE this book to you, my young countryman, with whom I am so well acquainted, although I may not know your place of birth, your name, your parents, your fortune or your ambitions--nothing but that you are over eighteen and under twenty-five years of age, and that you will search in our books for the answers to the questions which are troubling you.
young
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From this reading I DEDICATE this book to you, my young countryman, with whom I am so well acquainted, although I may not know your place of birth, your name, your parents, your fortune or your ambitions--nothing but that you are over eighteen and under twenty-five years of age, and that you will search in our books for the answers to the questions which are troubling you.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I DEDICATE this book to you, my young countryman, with whom I am so well acquainted, although I may not know your place of birth, your name, your parents, your fortune or your ambitions--nothing but that you are over eighteen and under twenty-five years of age, and that you will search in our books for the answers to the questions which are troubling you.
