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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 To you, therefore--to your growing manhood, your pretty, budding thoughts of chivalry and honour, which I so loved to see developing in the tender atmosphere of your dear little school-home by the sea--I inscribe and dedicate this record of a noble and good man's life.
admits
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From this reading Even Noailles, in his letters to his royal master, admits that the weather was glorious, and that the climatic conditions left nothing to be desired.
all
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From this reading It was amongst you all that I wrote the last chapters of this romance.
amongstprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋst/
surrounded by; in the company of
From this reading It was amongst you all that I wrote the last chapters of this romance.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading To you, therefore--to your growing manhood, your pretty, budding thoughts of chivalry and honour, which I so loved to see developing in the tender atmosphere of your dear little school-home by the sea--I inscribe and dedicate this record of a noble and good man's life.
atmosphere
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beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Even Noailles, in his letters to his royal master, admits that the weather was glorious, and that the climatic conditions left nothing to be desired.
budding
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From this reading To you, therefore--to your growing manhood, your pretty, budding thoughts of chivalry and honour, which I so loved to see developing in the tender atmosphere of your dear little school-home by the sea--I inscribe and dedicate this record of a noble and good man's life.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading To you, therefore--to your growing manhood, your pretty, budding thoughts of chivalry and honour, which I so loved to see developing in the tender atmosphere of your dear little school-home by the sea--I inscribe and dedicate this record of a noble and good man's life.
chapters
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From this reading It was amongst you all that I wrote the last chapters of this romance.
chivalry
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climatic
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From this reading Even Noailles, in his letters to his royal master, admits that the weather was glorious, and that the climatic conditions left nothing to be desired.
conditions
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From this reading Even Noailles, in his letters to his royal master, admits that the weather was glorious, and that the climatic conditions left nothing to be desired.
dear
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dedicate
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desired
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From this reading Even Noailles, in his letters to his royal master, admits that the weather was glorious, and that the climatic conditions left nothing to be desired.
developing
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From this reading To you, therefore--to your growing manhood, your pretty, budding thoughts of chivalry and honour, which I so loved to see developing in the tender atmosphere of your dear little school-home by the sea--I inscribe and dedicate this record of a noble and good man's life.
EMMUSKA
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From this reading EMMUSKA ORCZY.
EvennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Even Noailles, in his letters to his royal master, admits that the weather was glorious, and that the climatic conditions left nothing to be desired.
glorious
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From this reading Even Noailles, in his letters to his royal master, admits that the weather was glorious, and that the climatic conditions left nothing to be desired.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To you, therefore--to your growing manhood, your pretty, budding thoughts of chivalry and honour, which I so loved to see developing in the tender atmosphere of your dear little school-home by the sea--I inscribe and dedicate this record of a noble and good man's life.
growing
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From this reading To you, therefore--to your growing manhood, your pretty, budding thoughts of chivalry and honour, which I so loved to see developing in the tender atmosphere of your dear little school-home by the sea--I inscribe and dedicate this record of a noble and good man's life.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Even Noailles, in his letters to his royal master, admits that the weather was glorious, and that the climatic conditions left nothing to be desired.
honour
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From this reading To you, therefore--to your growing manhood, your pretty, budding thoughts of chivalry and honour, which I so loved to see developing in the tender atmosphere of your dear little school-home by the sea--I inscribe and dedicate this record of a noble and good man's life.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading It was amongst you all that I wrote the last chapters of this romance.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading To you, therefore--to your growing manhood, your pretty, budding thoughts of chivalry and honour, which I so loved to see developing in the tender atmosphere of your dear little school-home by the sea--I inscribe and dedicate this record of a noble and good man's life.
inscribe
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From this reading To you, therefore--to your growing manhood, your pretty, budding thoughts of chivalry and honour, which I so loved to see developing in the tender atmosphere of your dear little school-home by the sea--I inscribe and dedicate this record of a noble and good man's life.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was amongst you all that I wrote the last chapters of this romance.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was amongst you all that I wrote the last chapters of this romance.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Even Noailles, in his letters to his royal master, admits that the weather was glorious, and that the climatic conditions left nothing to be desired.
letters
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From this reading Even Noailles, in his letters to his royal master, admits that the weather was glorious, and that the climatic conditions left nothing to be desired.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To you, therefore--to your growing manhood, your pretty, budding thoughts of chivalry and honour, which I so loved to see developing in the tender atmosphere of your dear little school-home by the sea--I inscribe and dedicate this record of a noble and good man's life.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To you, therefore--to your growing manhood, your pretty, budding thoughts of chivalry and honour, which I so loved to see developing in the tender atmosphere of your dear little school-home by the sea--I inscribe and dedicate this record of a noble and good man's life.
loved
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man's
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manhood
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master
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From this reading Even Noailles, in his letters to his royal master, admits that the weather was glorious, and that the climatic conditions left nothing to be desired.
Noailles
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From this reading Even Noailles, in his letters to his royal master, admits that the weather was glorious, and that the climatic conditions left nothing to be desired.
noble
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From this reading To you, therefore--to your growing manhood, your pretty, budding thoughts of chivalry and honour, which I so loved to see developing in the tender atmosphere of your dear little school-home by the sea--I inscribe and dedicate this record of a noble and good man's life.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Even Noailles, in his letters to his royal master, admits that the weather was glorious, and that the climatic conditions left nothing to be desired.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was amongst you all that I wrote the last chapters of this romance.
ORCZY
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From this reading EMMUSKA ORCZY.
pretty
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From this reading To you, therefore--to your growing manhood, your pretty, budding thoughts of chivalry and honour, which I so loved to see developing in the tender atmosphere of your dear little school-home by the sea--I inscribe and dedicate this record of a noble and good man's life.
record
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romance
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From this reading It was amongst you all that I wrote the last chapters of this romance.
royal
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From this reading Even Noailles, in his letters to his royal master, admits that the weather was glorious, and that the climatic conditions left nothing to be desired.
school-home
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sea
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see
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From this reading To you, therefore--to your growing manhood, your pretty, budding thoughts of chivalry and honour, which I so loved to see developing in the tender atmosphere of your dear little school-home by the sea--I inscribe and dedicate this record of a noble and good man's life.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading To you, therefore--to your growing manhood, your pretty, budding thoughts of chivalry and honour, which I so loved to see developing in the tender atmosphere of your dear little school-home by the sea--I inscribe and dedicate this record of a noble and good man's life.
tender
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From this reading To you, therefore--to your growing manhood, your pretty, budding thoughts of chivalry and honour, which I so loved to see developing in the tender atmosphere of your dear little school-home by the sea--I inscribe and dedicate this record of a noble and good man's life.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was amongst you all that I wrote the last chapters of this romance.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was amongst you all that I wrote the last chapters of this romance.
thereforeadverbUS /ˈðerfɔːr/
for that reason; as a result
From this reading To you, therefore--to your growing manhood, your pretty, budding thoughts of chivalry and honour, which I so loved to see developing in the tender atmosphere of your dear little school-home by the sea--I inscribe and dedicate this record of a noble and good man's life.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading It was amongst you all that I wrote the last chapters of this romance.
thoughts
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From this reading To you, therefore--to your growing manhood, your pretty, budding thoughts of chivalry and honour, which I so loved to see developing in the tender atmosphere of your dear little school-home by the sea--I inscribe and dedicate this record of a noble and good man's life.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To you, therefore--to your growing manhood, your pretty, budding thoughts of chivalry and honour, which I so loved to see developing in the tender atmosphere of your dear little school-home by the sea--I inscribe and dedicate this record of a noble and good man's life.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was amongst you all that I wrote the last chapters of this romance.
weather
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From this reading Even Noailles, in his letters to his royal master, admits that the weather was glorious, and that the climatic conditions left nothing to be desired.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading To you, therefore--to your growing manhood, your pretty, budding thoughts of chivalry and honour, which I so loved to see developing in the tender atmosphere of your dear little school-home by the sea--I inscribe and dedicate this record of a noble and good man's life.
wrote
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From this reading It was amongst you all that I wrote the last chapters of this romance.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading It was amongst you all that I wrote the last chapters of this romance.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading To you, therefore--to your growing manhood, your pretty, budding thoughts of chivalry and honour, which I so loved to see developing in the tender atmosphere of your dear little school-home by the sea--I inscribe and dedicate this record of a noble and good man's life.
