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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 Had we great schools and a powerful teaching, could we boast great men, had we the spirit of truth and creation in our lives, then indeed it might be different.
abandon
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From this reading Codger and Flack, and Gates and Dayton, Cladingbowl in the club, and the HOME CHURCHMAN in the home, cant about “character,” worship of strenuous force and contempt of truth; for the sake of such men and things as these, we must abandon in fact, if not in appearance, that empty domination.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Codger and Flack, and Gates and Dayton, Cladingbowl in the club, and the HOME CHURCHMAN in the home, cant about “character,” worship of strenuous force and contempt of truth; for the sake of such men and things as these, we must abandon in fact, if not in appearance, that empty domination.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We have had our chance, and we have demonstrated nothing but the appalling dulness of our national imagination.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading We are not good enough to do anything with India.
appalling
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From this reading We have had our chance, and we have demonstrated nothing but the appalling dulness of our national imagination.
appearancenounUS /ˈappearance/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Codger and Flack, and Gates and Dayton, Cladingbowl in the club, and the HOME CHURCHMAN in the home, cant about “character,” worship of strenuous force and contempt of truth; for the sake of such men and things as these, we must abandon in fact, if not in appearance, that empty domination.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading We are not good enough to do anything with India.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Codger and Flack, and Gates and Dayton, Cladingbowl in the club, and the HOME CHURCHMAN in the home, cant about “character,” worship of strenuous force and contempt of truth; for the sake of such men and things as these, we must abandon in fact, if not in appearance, that empty domination.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Had we great schools and a powerful teaching, could we boast great men, had we the spirit of truth and creation in our lives, then indeed it might be different.
boast
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From this reading Had we great schools and a powerful teaching, could we boast great men, had we the spirit of truth and creation in our lives, then indeed it might be different.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading We have had our chance, and we have demonstrated nothing but the appalling dulness of our national imagination.
cant
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From this reading Codger and Flack, and Gates and Dayton, Cladingbowl in the club, and the HOME CHURCHMAN in the home, cant about “character,” worship of strenuous force and contempt of truth; for the sake of such men and things as these, we must abandon in fact, if not in appearance, that empty domination.
chance
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From this reading We have had our chance, and we have demonstrated nothing but the appalling dulness of our national imagination.
character
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From this reading Codger and Flack, and Gates and Dayton, Cladingbowl in the club, and the HOME CHURCHMAN in the home, cant about “character,” worship of strenuous force and contempt of truth; for the sake of such men and things as these, we must abandon in fact, if not in appearance, that empty domination.
CHURCHMAN
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From this reading Codger and Flack, and Gates and Dayton, Cladingbowl in the club, and the HOME CHURCHMAN in the home, cant about “character,” worship of strenuous force and contempt of truth; for the sake of such men and things as these, we must abandon in fact, if not in appearance, that empty domination.
Cladingbowl
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From this reading Codger and Flack, and Gates and Dayton, Cladingbowl in the club, and the HOME CHURCHMAN in the home, cant about “character,” worship of strenuous force and contempt of truth; for the sake of such men and things as these, we must abandon in fact, if not in appearance, that empty domination.
club
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From this reading Codger and Flack, and Gates and Dayton, Cladingbowl in the club, and the HOME CHURCHMAN in the home, cant about “character,” worship of strenuous force and contempt of truth; for the sake of such men and things as these, we must abandon in fact, if not in appearance, that empty domination.
Codger
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From this reading Codger and Flack, and Gates and Dayton, Cladingbowl in the club, and the HOME CHURCHMAN in the home, cant about “character,” worship of strenuous force and contempt of truth; for the sake of such men and things as these, we must abandon in fact, if not in appearance, that empty domination.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In some manner we shall have to come out of India.
contempt
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From this reading Codger and Flack, and Gates and Dayton, Cladingbowl in the club, and the HOME CHURCHMAN in the home, cant about “character,” worship of strenuous force and contempt of truth; for the sake of such men and things as these, we must abandon in fact, if not in appearance, that empty domination.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Had we great schools and a powerful teaching, could we boast great men, had we the spirit of truth and creation in our lives, then indeed it might be different.
creation
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From this reading Had we great schools and a powerful teaching, could we boast great men, had we the spirit of truth and creation in our lives, then indeed it might be different.
Dayton
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From this reading Codger and Flack, and Gates and Dayton, Cladingbowl in the club, and the HOME CHURCHMAN in the home, cant about “character,” worship of strenuous force and contempt of truth; for the sake of such men and things as these, we must abandon in fact, if not in appearance, that empty domination.
demonstrated
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From this reading We have had our chance, and we have demonstrated nothing but the appalling dulness of our national imagination.
differentnounUS /ˈdifferent/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Had we great schools and a powerful teaching, could we boast great men, had we the spirit of truth and creation in our lives, then indeed it might be different.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading We are not good enough to do anything with India.
domination
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From this reading Codger and Flack, and Gates and Dayton, Cladingbowl in the club, and the HOME CHURCHMAN in the home, cant about “character,” worship of strenuous force and contempt of truth; for the sake of such men and things as these, we must abandon in fact, if not in appearance, that empty domination.
dulness
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From this reading We have had our chance, and we have demonstrated nothing but the appalling dulness of our national imagination.
empty
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From this reading Codger and Flack, and Gates and Dayton, Cladingbowl in the club, and the HOME CHURCHMAN in the home, cant about “character,” worship of strenuous force and contempt of truth; for the sake of such men and things as these, we must abandon in fact, if not in appearance, that empty domination.
enough
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From this reading We are not good enough to do anything with India.
fact
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From this reading Codger and Flack, and Gates and Dayton, Cladingbowl in the club, and the HOME CHURCHMAN in the home, cant about “character,” worship of strenuous force and contempt of truth; for the sake of such men and things as these, we must abandon in fact, if not in appearance, that empty domination.
Flack
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From this reading Codger and Flack, and Gates and Dayton, Cladingbowl in the club, and the HOME CHURCHMAN in the home, cant about “character,” worship of strenuous force and contempt of truth; for the sake of such men and things as these, we must abandon in fact, if not in appearance, that empty domination.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Codger and Flack, and Gates and Dayton, Cladingbowl in the club, and the HOME CHURCHMAN in the home, cant about “character,” worship of strenuous force and contempt of truth; for the sake of such men and things as these, we must abandon in fact, if not in appearance, that empty domination.
force
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From this reading Codger and Flack, and Gates and Dayton, Cladingbowl in the club, and the HOME CHURCHMAN in the home, cant about “character,” worship of strenuous force and contempt of truth; for the sake of such men and things as these, we must abandon in fact, if not in appearance, that empty domination.
Gates
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From this reading Codger and Flack, and Gates and Dayton, Cladingbowl in the club, and the HOME CHURCHMAN in the home, cant about “character,” worship of strenuous force and contempt of truth; for the sake of such men and things as these, we must abandon in fact, if not in appearance, that empty domination.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We are not good enough to do anything with India.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Had we great schools and a powerful teaching, could we boast great men, had we the spirit of truth and creation in our lives, then indeed it might be different.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading We have had our chance, and we have demonstrated nothing but the appalling dulness of our national imagination.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading In some manner we shall have to come out of India.
HOME
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From this reading Codger and Flack, and Gates and Dayton, Cladingbowl in the club, and the HOME CHURCHMAN in the home, cant about “character,” worship of strenuous force and contempt of truth; for the sake of such men and things as these, we must abandon in fact, if not in appearance, that empty domination.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Codger and Flack, and Gates and Dayton, Cladingbowl in the club, and the HOME CHURCHMAN in the home, cant about “character,” worship of strenuous force and contempt of truth; for the sake of such men and things as these, we must abandon in fact, if not in appearance, that empty domination.
imagination
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From this reading We have had our chance, and we have demonstrated nothing but the appalling dulness of our national imagination.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In some manner we shall have to come out of India.
indeed
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From this reading Had we great schools and a powerful teaching, could we boast great men, had we the spirit of truth and creation in our lives, then indeed it might be different.
India
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From this reading In some manner we shall have to come out of India.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Had we great schools and a powerful teaching, could we boast great men, had we the spirit of truth and creation in our lives, then indeed it might be different.
lives
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From this reading Had we great schools and a powerful teaching, could we boast great men, had we the spirit of truth and creation in our lives, then indeed it might be different.
manner
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From this reading In some manner we shall have to come out of India.
men
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From this reading Codger and Flack, and Gates and Dayton, Cladingbowl in the club, and the HOME CHURCHMAN in the home, cant about “character,” worship of strenuous force and contempt of truth; for the sake of such men and things as these, we must abandon in fact, if not in appearance, that empty domination.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Had we great schools and a powerful teaching, could we boast great men, had we the spirit of truth and creation in our lives, then indeed it might be different.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Codger and Flack, and Gates and Dayton, Cladingbowl in the club, and the HOME CHURCHMAN in the home, cant about “character,” worship of strenuous force and contempt of truth; for the sake of such men and things as these, we must abandon in fact, if not in appearance, that empty domination.
national
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From this reading We have had our chance, and we have demonstrated nothing but the appalling dulness of our national imagination.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading We are not good enough to do anything with India.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading We have had our chance, and we have demonstrated nothing but the appalling dulness of our national imagination.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In some manner we shall have to come out of India.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading We have had our chance, and we have demonstrated nothing but the appalling dulness of our national imagination.
out
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From this reading In some manner we shall have to come out of India.
powerful
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From this reading Had we great schools and a powerful teaching, could we boast great men, had we the spirit of truth and creation in our lives, then indeed it might be different.
sake
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From this reading Codger and Flack, and Gates and Dayton, Cladingbowl in the club, and the HOME CHURCHMAN in the home, cant about “character,” worship of strenuous force and contempt of truth; for the sake of such men and things as these, we must abandon in fact, if not in appearance, that empty domination.
schools
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From this reading Had we great schools and a powerful teaching, could we boast great men, had we the spirit of truth and creation in our lives, then indeed it might be different.
shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading In some manner we shall have to come out of India.
some
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From this reading In some manner we shall have to come out of India.
spirit
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From this reading Had we great schools and a powerful teaching, could we boast great men, had we the spirit of truth and creation in our lives, then indeed it might be different.
strenuous
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From this reading Codger and Flack, and Gates and Dayton, Cladingbowl in the club, and the HOME CHURCHMAN in the home, cant about “character,” worship of strenuous force and contempt of truth; for the sake of such men and things as these, we must abandon in fact, if not in appearance, that empty domination.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Codger and Flack, and Gates and Dayton, Cladingbowl in the club, and the HOME CHURCHMAN in the home, cant about “character,” worship of strenuous force and contempt of truth; for the sake of such men and things as these, we must abandon in fact, if not in appearance, that empty domination.
teaching
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From this reading Had we great schools and a powerful teaching, could we boast great men, had we the spirit of truth and creation in our lives, then indeed it might be different.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Codger and Flack, and Gates and Dayton, Cladingbowl in the club, and the HOME CHURCHMAN in the home, cant about “character,” worship of strenuous force and contempt of truth; for the sake of such men and things as these, we must abandon in fact, if not in appearance, that empty domination.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading We have had our chance, and we have demonstrated nothing but the appalling dulness of our national imagination.
then
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From this reading Had we great schools and a powerful teaching, could we boast great men, had we the spirit of truth and creation in our lives, then indeed it might be different.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Codger and Flack, and Gates and Dayton, Cladingbowl in the club, and the HOME CHURCHMAN in the home, cant about “character,” worship of strenuous force and contempt of truth; for the sake of such men and things as these, we must abandon in fact, if not in appearance, that empty domination.
things
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From this reading Codger and Flack, and Gates and Dayton, Cladingbowl in the club, and the HOME CHURCHMAN in the home, cant about “character,” worship of strenuous force and contempt of truth; for the sake of such men and things as these, we must abandon in fact, if not in appearance, that empty domination.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading In some manner we shall have to come out of India.
truth
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From this reading Codger and Flack, and Gates and Dayton, Cladingbowl in the club, and the HOME CHURCHMAN in the home, cant about “character,” worship of strenuous force and contempt of truth; for the sake of such men and things as these, we must abandon in fact, if not in appearance, that empty domination.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading In some manner we shall have to come out of India.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading We are not good enough to do anything with India.
worship
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From this reading Codger and Flack, and Gates and Dayton, Cladingbowl in the club, and the HOME CHURCHMAN in the home, cant about “character,” worship of strenuous force and contempt of truth; for the sake of such men and things as these, we must abandon in fact, if not in appearance, that empty domination.
