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1923
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From this reading Published October, 1923 FRANK SCOTT COREY WICKS “Only themselves understand themselves, and the like of themselves, As Souls only understand Souls.”
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading THE HOPE OF HAPPINESS THE HOPE OF HAPPINESS CHAPTER ONE Bruce Storrs stood up tall and straight on a prostrate sycamore, the sunlight gleaming upon his lithe, vigorous body, and with a quick, assured lifting of the arms plunged into the cool depths of the river.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Published October, 1923 FRANK SCOTT COREY WICKS “Only themselves understand themselves, and the like of themselves, As Souls only understand Souls.”
arms
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From this reading THE HOPE OF HAPPINESS THE HOPE OF HAPPINESS CHAPTER ONE Bruce Storrs stood up tall and straight on a prostrate sycamore, the sunlight gleaming upon his lithe, vigorous body, and with a quick, assured lifting of the arms plunged into the cool depths of the river.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Published October, 1923 FRANK SCOTT COREY WICKS “Only themselves understand themselves, and the like of themselves, As Souls only understand Souls.”
assured
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From this reading THE HOPE OF HAPPINESS THE HOPE OF HAPPINESS CHAPTER ONE Bruce Storrs stood up tall and straight on a prostrate sycamore, the sunlight gleaming upon his lithe, vigorous body, and with a quick, assured lifting of the arms plunged into the cool depths of the river.
banks
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From this reading He rose and swam with long, confident strokes the length of a pool formed by the curving banks and returned to the log, climbing up with the same ease and grace that marked his swimming.
bloodnounUS /blood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was evident that he was the fortunate inheritor of clean blood in a perfectly fashioned body; that he had used himself well in his twenty-eight years and that he found satisfaction and pride in his health and strength.
bodynounUS /body/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE HOPE OF HAPPINESS THE HOPE OF HAPPINESS CHAPTER ONE Bruce Storrs stood up tall and straight on a prostrate sycamore, the sunlight gleaming upon his lithe, vigorous body, and with a quick, assured lifting of the arms plunged into the cool depths of the river.
Bruce
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From this reading THE HOPE OF HAPPINESS THE HOPE OF HAPPINESS CHAPTER ONE Bruce Storrs stood up tall and straight on a prostrate sycamore, the sunlight gleaming upon his lithe, vigorous body, and with a quick, assured lifting of the arms plunged into the cool depths of the river.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading He rose and swam with long, confident strokes the length of a pool formed by the curving banks and returned to the log, climbing up with the same ease and grace that marked his swimming.
CHAPTER
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From this reading THE HOPE OF HAPPINESS THE HOPE OF HAPPINESS CHAPTER ONE Bruce Storrs stood up tall and straight on a prostrate sycamore, the sunlight gleaming upon his lithe, vigorous body, and with a quick, assured lifting of the arms plunged into the cool depths of the river.
clean
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From this reading It was evident that he was the fortunate inheritor of clean blood in a perfectly fashioned body; that he had used himself well in his twenty-eight years and that he found satisfaction and pride in his health and strength.
climbing
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From this reading He rose and swam with long, confident strokes the length of a pool formed by the curving banks and returned to the log, climbing up with the same ease and grace that marked his swimming.
confident
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From this reading He rose and swam with long, confident strokes the length of a pool formed by the curving banks and returned to the log, climbing up with the same ease and grace that marked his swimming.
cool
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From this reading THE HOPE OF HAPPINESS THE HOPE OF HAPPINESS CHAPTER ONE Bruce Storrs stood up tall and straight on a prostrate sycamore, the sunlight gleaming upon his lithe, vigorous body, and with a quick, assured lifting of the arms plunged into the cool depths of the river.
COREY
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From this reading Published October, 1923 FRANK SCOTT COREY WICKS “Only themselves understand themselves, and the like of themselves, As Souls only understand Souls.”
curving
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From this reading He rose and swam with long, confident strokes the length of a pool formed by the curving banks and returned to the log, climbing up with the same ease and grace that marked his swimming.
dashed
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From this reading He dashed the water from his eyes and pressed his deeply-tanned hands over his shapely head.
deeply-tanned
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From this reading He dashed the water from his eyes and pressed his deeply-tanned hands over his shapely head.
depths
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From this reading THE HOPE OF HAPPINESS THE HOPE OF HAPPINESS CHAPTER ONE Bruce Storrs stood up tall and straight on a prostrate sycamore, the sunlight gleaming upon his lithe, vigorous body, and with a quick, assured lifting of the arms plunged into the cool depths of the river.
ease
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From this reading He rose and swam with long, confident strokes the length of a pool formed by the curving banks and returned to the log, climbing up with the same ease and grace that marked his swimming.
evident
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From this reading It was evident that he was the fortunate inheritor of clean blood in a perfectly fashioned body; that he had used himself well in his twenty-eight years and that he found satisfaction and pride in his health and strength.
eyes
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From this reading He dashed the water from his eyes and pressed his deeply-tanned hands over his shapely head.
fashioned
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From this reading It was evident that he was the fortunate inheritor of clean blood in a perfectly fashioned body; that he had used himself well in his twenty-eight years and that he found satisfaction and pride in his health and strength.
formed
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From this reading He rose and swam with long, confident strokes the length of a pool formed by the curving banks and returned to the log, climbing up with the same ease and grace that marked his swimming.
fortunate
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From this reading It was evident that he was the fortunate inheritor of clean blood in a perfectly fashioned body; that he had used himself well in his twenty-eight years and that he found satisfaction and pride in his health and strength.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was evident that he was the fortunate inheritor of clean blood in a perfectly fashioned body; that he had used himself well in his twenty-eight years and that he found satisfaction and pride in his health and strength.
FRANK
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From this reading Published October, 1923 FRANK SCOTT COREY WICKS “Only themselves understand themselves, and the like of themselves, As Souls only understand Souls.”
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He dashed the water from his eyes and pressed his deeply-tanned hands over his shapely head.
gleaming
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From this reading THE HOPE OF HAPPINESS THE HOPE OF HAPPINESS CHAPTER ONE Bruce Storrs stood up tall and straight on a prostrate sycamore, the sunlight gleaming upon his lithe, vigorous body, and with a quick, assured lifting of the arms plunged into the cool depths of the river.
grace
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From this reading He rose and swam with long, confident strokes the length of a pool formed by the curving banks and returned to the log, climbing up with the same ease and grace that marked his swimming.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It was evident that he was the fortunate inheritor of clean blood in a perfectly fashioned body; that he had used himself well in his twenty-eight years and that he found satisfaction and pride in his health and strength.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading He dashed the water from his eyes and pressed his deeply-tanned hands over his shapely head.
HAPPINESS
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From this reading THE HOPE OF HAPPINESS THE HOPE OF HAPPINESS CHAPTER ONE Bruce Storrs stood up tall and straight on a prostrate sycamore, the sunlight gleaming upon his lithe, vigorous body, and with a quick, assured lifting of the arms plunged into the cool depths of the river.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He rose and swam with long, confident strokes the length of a pool formed by the curving banks and returned to the log, climbing up with the same ease and grace that marked his swimming.
head
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From this reading He dashed the water from his eyes and pressed his deeply-tanned hands over his shapely head.
health
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From this reading It was evident that he was the fortunate inheritor of clean blood in a perfectly fashioned body; that he had used himself well in his twenty-eight years and that he found satisfaction and pride in his health and strength.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading It was evident that he was the fortunate inheritor of clean blood in a perfectly fashioned body; that he had used himself well in his twenty-eight years and that he found satisfaction and pride in his health and strength.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading THE HOPE OF HAPPINESS THE HOPE OF HAPPINESS CHAPTER ONE Bruce Storrs stood up tall and straight on a prostrate sycamore, the sunlight gleaming upon his lithe, vigorous body, and with a quick, assured lifting of the arms plunged into the cool depths of the river.
HOPE
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From this reading THE HOPE OF HAPPINESS THE HOPE OF HAPPINESS CHAPTER ONE Bruce Storrs stood up tall and straight on a prostrate sycamore, the sunlight gleaming upon his lithe, vigorous body, and with a quick, assured lifting of the arms plunged into the cool depths of the river.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was evident that he was the fortunate inheritor of clean blood in a perfectly fashioned body; that he had used himself well in his twenty-eight years and that he found satisfaction and pride in his health and strength.
inheritor
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From this reading It was evident that he was the fortunate inheritor of clean blood in a perfectly fashioned body; that he had used himself well in his twenty-eight years and that he found satisfaction and pride in his health and strength.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading THE HOPE OF HAPPINESS THE HOPE OF HAPPINESS CHAPTER ONE Bruce Storrs stood up tall and straight on a prostrate sycamore, the sunlight gleaming upon his lithe, vigorous body, and with a quick, assured lifting of the arms plunged into the cool depths of the river.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was evident that he was the fortunate inheritor of clean blood in a perfectly fashioned body; that he had used himself well in his twenty-eight years and that he found satisfaction and pride in his health and strength.
lengthnounUS /leŋθ/
a period of time or extent
From this reading He rose and swam with long, confident strokes the length of a pool formed by the curving banks and returned to the log, climbing up with the same ease and grace that marked his swimming.
lifting
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From this reading THE HOPE OF HAPPINESS THE HOPE OF HAPPINESS CHAPTER ONE Bruce Storrs stood up tall and straight on a prostrate sycamore, the sunlight gleaming upon his lithe, vigorous body, and with a quick, assured lifting of the arms plunged into the cool depths of the river.
like
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From this reading Published October, 1923 FRANK SCOTT COREY WICKS “Only themselves understand themselves, and the like of themselves, As Souls only understand Souls.”
lithe
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From this reading THE HOPE OF HAPPINESS THE HOPE OF HAPPINESS CHAPTER ONE Bruce Storrs stood up tall and straight on a prostrate sycamore, the sunlight gleaming upon his lithe, vigorous body, and with a quick, assured lifting of the arms plunged into the cool depths of the river.
log
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From this reading He rose and swam with long, confident strokes the length of a pool formed by the curving banks and returned to the log, climbing up with the same ease and grace that marked his swimming.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He rose and swam with long, confident strokes the length of a pool formed by the curving banks and returned to the log, climbing up with the same ease and grace that marked his swimming.
marked
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From this reading He rose and swam with long, confident strokes the length of a pool formed by the curving banks and returned to the log, climbing up with the same ease and grace that marked his swimming.
October
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From this reading Published October, 1923 FRANK SCOTT COREY WICKS “Only themselves understand themselves, and the like of themselves, As Souls only understand Souls.”
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Published October, 1923 FRANK SCOTT COREY WICKS “Only themselves understand themselves, and the like of themselves, As Souls only understand Souls.”
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading THE HOPE OF HAPPINESS THE HOPE OF HAPPINESS CHAPTER ONE Bruce Storrs stood up tall and straight on a prostrate sycamore, the sunlight gleaming upon his lithe, vigorous body, and with a quick, assured lifting of the arms plunged into the cool depths of the river.
ONEpronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading THE HOPE OF HAPPINESS THE HOPE OF HAPPINESS CHAPTER ONE Bruce Storrs stood up tall and straight on a prostrate sycamore, the sunlight gleaming upon his lithe, vigorous body, and with a quick, assured lifting of the arms plunged into the cool depths of the river.
Only
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From this reading Published October, 1923 FRANK SCOTT COREY WICKS “Only themselves understand themselves, and the like of themselves, As Souls only understand Souls.”
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading He dashed the water from his eyes and pressed his deeply-tanned hands over his shapely head.
perfectly
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From this reading It was evident that he was the fortunate inheritor of clean blood in a perfectly fashioned body; that he had used himself well in his twenty-eight years and that he found satisfaction and pride in his health and strength.
plunged
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From this reading THE HOPE OF HAPPINESS THE HOPE OF HAPPINESS CHAPTER ONE Bruce Storrs stood up tall and straight on a prostrate sycamore, the sunlight gleaming upon his lithe, vigorous body, and with a quick, assured lifting of the arms plunged into the cool depths of the river.
pool
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From this reading He rose and swam with long, confident strokes the length of a pool formed by the curving banks and returned to the log, climbing up with the same ease and grace that marked his swimming.
pressed
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From this reading He dashed the water from his eyes and pressed his deeply-tanned hands over his shapely head.
pride
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From this reading It was evident that he was the fortunate inheritor of clean blood in a perfectly fashioned body; that he had used himself well in his twenty-eight years and that he found satisfaction and pride in his health and strength.
prostrate
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From this reading THE HOPE OF HAPPINESS THE HOPE OF HAPPINESS CHAPTER ONE Bruce Storrs stood up tall and straight on a prostrate sycamore, the sunlight gleaming upon his lithe, vigorous body, and with a quick, assured lifting of the arms plunged into the cool depths of the river.
Published
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From this reading Published October, 1923 FRANK SCOTT COREY WICKS “Only themselves understand themselves, and the like of themselves, As Souls only understand Souls.”
quick
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From this reading THE HOPE OF HAPPINESS THE HOPE OF HAPPINESS CHAPTER ONE Bruce Storrs stood up tall and straight on a prostrate sycamore, the sunlight gleaming upon his lithe, vigorous body, and with a quick, assured lifting of the arms plunged into the cool depths of the river.
returnednounUS /ˈreturned/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He rose and swam with long, confident strokes the length of a pool formed by the curving banks and returned to the log, climbing up with the same ease and grace that marked his swimming.
river
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From this reading THE HOPE OF HAPPINESS THE HOPE OF HAPPINESS CHAPTER ONE Bruce Storrs stood up tall and straight on a prostrate sycamore, the sunlight gleaming upon his lithe, vigorous body, and with a quick, assured lifting of the arms plunged into the cool depths of the river.
rose
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From this reading He rose and swam with long, confident strokes the length of a pool formed by the curving banks and returned to the log, climbing up with the same ease and grace that marked his swimming.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He rose and swam with long, confident strokes the length of a pool formed by the curving banks and returned to the log, climbing up with the same ease and grace that marked his swimming.
satisfaction
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From this reading It was evident that he was the fortunate inheritor of clean blood in a perfectly fashioned body; that he had used himself well in his twenty-eight years and that he found satisfaction and pride in his health and strength.
SCOTT
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From this reading Published October, 1923 FRANK SCOTT COREY WICKS “Only themselves understand themselves, and the like of themselves, As Souls only understand Souls.”
shapely
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From this reading He dashed the water from his eyes and pressed his deeply-tanned hands over his shapely head.
Souls
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From this reading Published October, 1923 FRANK SCOTT COREY WICKS “Only themselves understand themselves, and the like of themselves, As Souls only understand Souls.”
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE HOPE OF HAPPINESS THE HOPE OF HAPPINESS CHAPTER ONE Bruce Storrs stood up tall and straight on a prostrate sycamore, the sunlight gleaming upon his lithe, vigorous body, and with a quick, assured lifting of the arms plunged into the cool depths of the river.
Storrs
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From this reading THE HOPE OF HAPPINESS THE HOPE OF HAPPINESS CHAPTER ONE Bruce Storrs stood up tall and straight on a prostrate sycamore, the sunlight gleaming upon his lithe, vigorous body, and with a quick, assured lifting of the arms plunged into the cool depths of the river.
straight
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From this reading THE HOPE OF HAPPINESS THE HOPE OF HAPPINESS CHAPTER ONE Bruce Storrs stood up tall and straight on a prostrate sycamore, the sunlight gleaming upon his lithe, vigorous body, and with a quick, assured lifting of the arms plunged into the cool depths of the river.
strengthnounUS /ˈstrength/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It was evident that he was the fortunate inheritor of clean blood in a perfectly fashioned body; that he had used himself well in his twenty-eight years and that he found satisfaction and pride in his health and strength.
strokes
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From this reading He rose and swam with long, confident strokes the length of a pool formed by the curving banks and returned to the log, climbing up with the same ease and grace that marked his swimming.
sunlight
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From this reading THE HOPE OF HAPPINESS THE HOPE OF HAPPINESS CHAPTER ONE Bruce Storrs stood up tall and straight on a prostrate sycamore, the sunlight gleaming upon his lithe, vigorous body, and with a quick, assured lifting of the arms plunged into the cool depths of the river.
swam
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From this reading He rose and swam with long, confident strokes the length of a pool formed by the curving banks and returned to the log, climbing up with the same ease and grace that marked his swimming.
swimming
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From this reading He rose and swam with long, confident strokes the length of a pool formed by the curving banks and returned to the log, climbing up with the same ease and grace that marked his swimming.
sycamore
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From this reading THE HOPE OF HAPPINESS THE HOPE OF HAPPINESS CHAPTER ONE Bruce Storrs stood up tall and straight on a prostrate sycamore, the sunlight gleaming upon his lithe, vigorous body, and with a quick, assured lifting of the arms plunged into the cool depths of the river.
tall
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From this reading THE HOPE OF HAPPINESS THE HOPE OF HAPPINESS CHAPTER ONE Bruce Storrs stood up tall and straight on a prostrate sycamore, the sunlight gleaming upon his lithe, vigorous body, and with a quick, assured lifting of the arms plunged into the cool depths of the river.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He rose and swam with long, confident strokes the length of a pool formed by the curving banks and returned to the log, climbing up with the same ease and grace that marked his swimming.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Published October, 1923 FRANK SCOTT COREY WICKS “Only themselves understand themselves, and the like of themselves, As Souls only understand Souls.”
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading Published October, 1923 FRANK SCOTT COREY WICKS “Only themselves understand themselves, and the like of themselves, As Souls only understand Souls.”
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He rose and swam with long, confident strokes the length of a pool formed by the curving banks and returned to the log, climbing up with the same ease and grace that marked his swimming.
twenty-eight
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From this reading It was evident that he was the fortunate inheritor of clean blood in a perfectly fashioned body; that he had used himself well in his twenty-eight years and that he found satisfaction and pride in his health and strength.
understandnounUS /understand/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Published October, 1923 FRANK SCOTT COREY WICKS “Only themselves understand themselves, and the like of themselves, As Souls only understand Souls.”
up
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From this reading THE HOPE OF HAPPINESS THE HOPE OF HAPPINESS CHAPTER ONE Bruce Storrs stood up tall and straight on a prostrate sycamore, the sunlight gleaming upon his lithe, vigorous body, and with a quick, assured lifting of the arms plunged into the cool depths of the river.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading THE HOPE OF HAPPINESS THE HOPE OF HAPPINESS CHAPTER ONE Bruce Storrs stood up tall and straight on a prostrate sycamore, the sunlight gleaming upon his lithe, vigorous body, and with a quick, assured lifting of the arms plunged into the cool depths of the river.
used
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From this reading It was evident that he was the fortunate inheritor of clean blood in a perfectly fashioned body; that he had used himself well in his twenty-eight years and that he found satisfaction and pride in his health and strength.
vigorous
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From this reading THE HOPE OF HAPPINESS THE HOPE OF HAPPINESS CHAPTER ONE Bruce Storrs stood up tall and straight on a prostrate sycamore, the sunlight gleaming upon his lithe, vigorous body, and with a quick, assured lifting of the arms plunged into the cool depths of the river.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was evident that he was the fortunate inheritor of clean blood in a perfectly fashioned body; that he had used himself well in his twenty-eight years and that he found satisfaction and pride in his health and strength.
water
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From this reading He dashed the water from his eyes and pressed his deeply-tanned hands over his shapely head.
well
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From this reading It was evident that he was the fortunate inheritor of clean blood in a perfectly fashioned body; that he had used himself well in his twenty-eight years and that he found satisfaction and pride in his health and strength.
WICKS
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From this reading Published October, 1923 FRANK SCOTT COREY WICKS “Only themselves understand themselves, and the like of themselves, As Souls only understand Souls.”
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading THE HOPE OF HAPPINESS THE HOPE OF HAPPINESS CHAPTER ONE Bruce Storrs stood up tall and straight on a prostrate sycamore, the sunlight gleaming upon his lithe, vigorous body, and with a quick, assured lifting of the arms plunged into the cool depths of the river.
years
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From this reading It was evident that he was the fortunate inheritor of clean blood in a perfectly fashioned body; that he had used himself well in his twenty-eight years and that he found satisfaction and pride in his health and strength.
