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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 THE TURNING OF THE ROAD At the close of the war Captain Edward Franklin returned to a shrunken world.
abhorrence
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From this reading The little Illinois village which had been his home no longer served to bound his ambitions, but offered only a mill-round of duties so petty, a horizon of opportunities so restricted, as to cause in his mind a feeling of distress equivalent at times to absolute abhorrence.
absolute
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From this reading The little Illinois village which had been his home no longer served to bound his ambitions, but offered only a mill-round of duties so petty, a horizon of opportunities so restricted, as to cause in his mind a feeling of distress equivalent at times to absolute abhorrence.
all
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From this reading The perspective of all things had changed.
ambitions
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From this reading The little Illinois village which had been his home no longer served to bound his ambitions, but offered only a mill-round of duties so petty, a horizon of opportunities so restricted, as to cause in his mind a feeling of distress equivalent at times to absolute abhorrence.
American
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From this reading Franklin was himself now a man, and a man graduated from that severe and exacting school which so quickly matured a generation of American youth.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Franklin was himself now a man, and a man graduated from that severe and exacting school which so quickly matured a generation of American youth.
appeared
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From this reading The men who had once seemed great to him in this little world now appeared in the light of a wider judgment, as they really were--small, boastful, pompous, cowardly, deceitful, pretentious.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The little Illinois village which had been his home no longer served to bound his ambitions, but offered only a mill-round of duties so petty, a horizon of opportunities so restricted, as to cause in his mind a feeling of distress equivalent at times to absolute abhorrence.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading THE TURNING OF THE ROAD At the close of the war Captain Edward Franklin returned to a shrunken world.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The little Illinois village which had been his home no longer served to bound his ambitions, but offered only a mill-round of duties so petty, a horizon of opportunities so restricted, as to cause in his mind a feeling of distress equivalent at times to absolute abhorrence.
boastful
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From this reading The men who had once seemed great to him in this little world now appeared in the light of a wider judgment, as they really were--small, boastful, pompous, cowardly, deceitful, pretentious.
bound
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From this reading The little Illinois village which had been his home no longer served to bound his ambitions, but offered only a mill-round of duties so petty, a horizon of opportunities so restricted, as to cause in his mind a feeling of distress equivalent at times to absolute abhorrence.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The little Illinois village which had been his home no longer served to bound his ambitions, but offered only a mill-round of duties so petty, a horizon of opportunities so restricted, as to cause in his mind a feeling of distress equivalent at times to absolute abhorrence.
CaptainnounUS /ˈcaptain/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading THE TURNING OF THE ROAD At the close of the war Captain Edward Franklin returned to a shrunken world.
cause
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From this reading The little Illinois village which had been his home no longer served to bound his ambitions, but offered only a mill-round of duties so petty, a horizon of opportunities so restricted, as to cause in his mind a feeling of distress equivalent at times to absolute abhorrence.
changed
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From this reading The perspective of all things had changed.
close
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From this reading THE TURNING OF THE ROAD At the close of the war Captain Edward Franklin returned to a shrunken world.
cowardly
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From this reading The men who had once seemed great to him in this little world now appeared in the light of a wider judgment, as they really were--small, boastful, pompous, cowardly, deceitful, pretentious.
deceitful
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From this reading The men who had once seemed great to him in this little world now appeared in the light of a wider judgment, as they really were--small, boastful, pompous, cowardly, deceitful, pretentious.
distressnounUS /dɪˈstrɛs/
extreme sadness or suffering
From this reading The little Illinois village which had been his home no longer served to bound his ambitions, but offered only a mill-round of duties so petty, a horizon of opportunities so restricted, as to cause in his mind a feeling of distress equivalent at times to absolute abhorrence.
duties
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From this reading The little Illinois village which had been his home no longer served to bound his ambitions, but offered only a mill-round of duties so petty, a horizon of opportunities so restricted, as to cause in his mind a feeling of distress equivalent at times to absolute abhorrence.
Edward
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From this reading THE TURNING OF THE ROAD At the close of the war Captain Edward Franklin returned to a shrunken world.
equivalent
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From this reading The little Illinois village which had been his home no longer served to bound his ambitions, but offered only a mill-round of duties so petty, a horizon of opportunities so restricted, as to cause in his mind a feeling of distress equivalent at times to absolute abhorrence.
exacting
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From this reading Franklin was himself now a man, and a man graduated from that severe and exacting school which so quickly matured a generation of American youth.
feelingnounUS /ˈfeeling/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The little Illinois village which had been his home no longer served to bound his ambitions, but offered only a mill-round of duties so petty, a horizon of opportunities so restricted, as to cause in his mind a feeling of distress equivalent at times to absolute abhorrence.
Franklin
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From this reading THE TURNING OF THE ROAD At the close of the war Captain Edward Franklin returned to a shrunken world.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Franklin was himself now a man, and a man graduated from that severe and exacting school which so quickly matured a generation of American youth.
generation
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From this reading Franklin was himself now a man, and a man graduated from that severe and exacting school which so quickly matured a generation of American youth.
graduated
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From this reading Franklin was himself now a man, and a man graduated from that severe and exacting school which so quickly matured a generation of American youth.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The men who had once seemed great to him in this little world now appeared in the light of a wider judgment, as they really were--small, boastful, pompous, cowardly, deceitful, pretentious.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The little Illinois village which had been his home no longer served to bound his ambitions, but offered only a mill-round of duties so petty, a horizon of opportunities so restricted, as to cause in his mind a feeling of distress equivalent at times to absolute abhorrence.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The men who had once seemed great to him in this little world now appeared in the light of a wider judgment, as they really were--small, boastful, pompous, cowardly, deceitful, pretentious.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Franklin was himself now a man, and a man graduated from that severe and exacting school which so quickly matured a generation of American youth.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The little Illinois village which had been his home no longer served to bound his ambitions, but offered only a mill-round of duties so petty, a horizon of opportunities so restricted, as to cause in his mind a feeling of distress equivalent at times to absolute abhorrence.
home
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From this reading The little Illinois village which had been his home no longer served to bound his ambitions, but offered only a mill-round of duties so petty, a horizon of opportunities so restricted, as to cause in his mind a feeling of distress equivalent at times to absolute abhorrence.
horizon
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From this reading The little Illinois village which had been his home no longer served to bound his ambitions, but offered only a mill-round of duties so petty, a horizon of opportunities so restricted, as to cause in his mind a feeling of distress equivalent at times to absolute abhorrence.
Illinois
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From this reading The little Illinois village which had been his home no longer served to bound his ambitions, but offered only a mill-round of duties so petty, a horizon of opportunities so restricted, as to cause in his mind a feeling of distress equivalent at times to absolute abhorrence.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The little Illinois village which had been his home no longer served to bound his ambitions, but offered only a mill-round of duties so petty, a horizon of opportunities so restricted, as to cause in his mind a feeling of distress equivalent at times to absolute abhorrence.
judgment
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From this reading The men who had once seemed great to him in this little world now appeared in the light of a wider judgment, as they really were--small, boastful, pompous, cowardly, deceitful, pretentious.
light
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From this reading The men who had once seemed great to him in this little world now appeared in the light of a wider judgment, as they really were--small, boastful, pompous, cowardly, deceitful, pretentious.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The little Illinois village which had been his home no longer served to bound his ambitions, but offered only a mill-round of duties so petty, a horizon of opportunities so restricted, as to cause in his mind a feeling of distress equivalent at times to absolute abhorrence.
longer
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From this reading The little Illinois village which had been his home no longer served to bound his ambitions, but offered only a mill-round of duties so petty, a horizon of opportunities so restricted, as to cause in his mind a feeling of distress equivalent at times to absolute abhorrence.
man
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From this reading Franklin was himself now a man, and a man graduated from that severe and exacting school which so quickly matured a generation of American youth.
matured
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From this reading Franklin was himself now a man, and a man graduated from that severe and exacting school which so quickly matured a generation of American youth.
men
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From this reading The men who had once seemed great to him in this little world now appeared in the light of a wider judgment, as they really were--small, boastful, pompous, cowardly, deceitful, pretentious.
mill-round
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From this reading The little Illinois village which had been his home no longer served to bound his ambitions, but offered only a mill-round of duties so petty, a horizon of opportunities so restricted, as to cause in his mind a feeling of distress equivalent at times to absolute abhorrence.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The little Illinois village which had been his home no longer served to bound his ambitions, but offered only a mill-round of duties so petty, a horizon of opportunities so restricted, as to cause in his mind a feeling of distress equivalent at times to absolute abhorrence.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading The little Illinois village which had been his home no longer served to bound his ambitions, but offered only a mill-round of duties so petty, a horizon of opportunities so restricted, as to cause in his mind a feeling of distress equivalent at times to absolute abhorrence.
now
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From this reading The men who had once seemed great to him in this little world now appeared in the light of a wider judgment, as they really were--small, boastful, pompous, cowardly, deceitful, pretentious.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE TURNING OF THE ROAD At the close of the war Captain Edward Franklin returned to a shrunken world.
offered
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From this reading The little Illinois village which had been his home no longer served to bound his ambitions, but offered only a mill-round of duties so petty, a horizon of opportunities so restricted, as to cause in his mind a feeling of distress equivalent at times to absolute abhorrence.
once
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From this reading The men who had once seemed great to him in this little world now appeared in the light of a wider judgment, as they really were--small, boastful, pompous, cowardly, deceitful, pretentious.
only
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From this reading The little Illinois village which had been his home no longer served to bound his ambitions, but offered only a mill-round of duties so petty, a horizon of opportunities so restricted, as to cause in his mind a feeling of distress equivalent at times to absolute abhorrence.
opportunities
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From this reading The little Illinois village which had been his home no longer served to bound his ambitions, but offered only a mill-round of duties so petty, a horizon of opportunities so restricted, as to cause in his mind a feeling of distress equivalent at times to absolute abhorrence.
perspective
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From this reading The perspective of all things had changed.
petty
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From this reading The little Illinois village which had been his home no longer served to bound his ambitions, but offered only a mill-round of duties so petty, a horizon of opportunities so restricted, as to cause in his mind a feeling of distress equivalent at times to absolute abhorrence.
pompous
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From this reading The men who had once seemed great to him in this little world now appeared in the light of a wider judgment, as they really were--small, boastful, pompous, cowardly, deceitful, pretentious.
pretentious
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From this reading The men who had once seemed great to him in this little world now appeared in the light of a wider judgment, as they really were--small, boastful, pompous, cowardly, deceitful, pretentious.
quickly
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From this reading Franklin was himself now a man, and a man graduated from that severe and exacting school which so quickly matured a generation of American youth.
really
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From this reading The men who had once seemed great to him in this little world now appeared in the light of a wider judgment, as they really were--small, boastful, pompous, cowardly, deceitful, pretentious.
restricted
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From this reading The little Illinois village which had been his home no longer served to bound his ambitions, but offered only a mill-round of duties so petty, a horizon of opportunities so restricted, as to cause in his mind a feeling of distress equivalent at times to absolute abhorrence.
returnednounUS /ˈreturned/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading THE TURNING OF THE ROAD At the close of the war Captain Edward Franklin returned to a shrunken world.
ROAD
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From this reading THE TURNING OF THE ROAD At the close of the war Captain Edward Franklin returned to a shrunken world.
school
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From this reading Franklin was himself now a man, and a man graduated from that severe and exacting school which so quickly matured a generation of American youth.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The men who had once seemed great to him in this little world now appeared in the light of a wider judgment, as they really were--small, boastful, pompous, cowardly, deceitful, pretentious.
served
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From this reading The little Illinois village which had been his home no longer served to bound his ambitions, but offered only a mill-round of duties so petty, a horizon of opportunities so restricted, as to cause in his mind a feeling of distress equivalent at times to absolute abhorrence.
severe
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From this reading Franklin was himself now a man, and a man graduated from that severe and exacting school which so quickly matured a generation of American youth.
shrunken
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From this reading THE TURNING OF THE ROAD At the close of the war Captain Edward Franklin returned to a shrunken world.
small
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From this reading The men who had once seemed great to him in this little world now appeared in the light of a wider judgment, as they really were--small, boastful, pompous, cowardly, deceitful, pretentious.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The little Illinois village which had been his home no longer served to bound his ambitions, but offered only a mill-round of duties so petty, a horizon of opportunities so restricted, as to cause in his mind a feeling of distress equivalent at times to absolute abhorrence.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Franklin was himself now a man, and a man graduated from that severe and exacting school which so quickly matured a generation of American youth.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE TURNING OF THE ROAD At the close of the war Captain Edward Franklin returned to a shrunken world.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The men who had once seemed great to him in this little world now appeared in the light of a wider judgment, as they really were--small, boastful, pompous, cowardly, deceitful, pretentious.
things
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From this reading The perspective of all things had changed.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The men who had once seemed great to him in this little world now appeared in the light of a wider judgment, as they really were--small, boastful, pompous, cowardly, deceitful, pretentious.
times
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From this reading The little Illinois village which had been his home no longer served to bound his ambitions, but offered only a mill-round of duties so petty, a horizon of opportunities so restricted, as to cause in his mind a feeling of distress equivalent at times to absolute abhorrence.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE TURNING OF THE ROAD At the close of the war Captain Edward Franklin returned to a shrunken world.
TURNING
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From this reading THE TURNING OF THE ROAD At the close of the war Captain Edward Franklin returned to a shrunken world.
village
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From this reading The little Illinois village which had been his home no longer served to bound his ambitions, but offered only a mill-round of duties so petty, a horizon of opportunities so restricted, as to cause in his mind a feeling of distress equivalent at times to absolute abhorrence.
war
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From this reading THE TURNING OF THE ROAD At the close of the war Captain Edward Franklin returned to a shrunken world.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Franklin was himself now a man, and a man graduated from that severe and exacting school which so quickly matured a generation of American youth.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The men who had once seemed great to him in this little world now appeared in the light of a wider judgment, as they really were--small, boastful, pompous, cowardly, deceitful, pretentious.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The little Illinois village which had been his home no longer served to bound his ambitions, but offered only a mill-round of duties so petty, a horizon of opportunities so restricted, as to cause in his mind a feeling of distress equivalent at times to absolute abhorrence.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading The men who had once seemed great to him in this little world now appeared in the light of a wider judgment, as they really were--small, boastful, pompous, cowardly, deceitful, pretentious.
wider
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From this reading The men who had once seemed great to him in this little world now appeared in the light of a wider judgment, as they really were--small, boastful, pompous, cowardly, deceitful, pretentious.
world
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From this reading THE TURNING OF THE ROAD At the close of the war Captain Edward Franklin returned to a shrunken world.
youth
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From this reading Franklin was himself now a man, and a man graduated from that severe and exacting school which so quickly matured a generation of American youth.
