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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 ALARIC TUDOR TAKES A WALK There is, undoubtedly, a propensity in human love to attach itself to excellence; but it has also, as undoubtedly, a propensity directly antagonistic to this, and which teaches it to put forth its strongest efforts in favour of inferiority.
able
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From this reading Love, that must bow and do reverence to superiority, can protect and foster inferiority; and what is so sweet as to be able to protect?
affection
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From this reading What filial affection is ever so strong as that evinced by a child for a parent in misfortune?
ALARIC
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From this reading ALARIC TUDOR TAKES A WALK There is, undoubtedly, a propensity in human love to attach itself to excellence; but it has also, as undoubtedly, a propensity directly antagonistic to this, and which teaches it to put forth its strongest efforts in favour of inferiority.
also
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From this reading ALARIC TUDOR TAKES A WALK There is, undoubtedly, a propensity in human love to attach itself to excellence; but it has also, as undoubtedly, a propensity directly antagonistic to this, and which teaches it to put forth its strongest efforts in favour of inferiority.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading Even among the rough, sympathies of schoolboys, the cripple, the sickly one, or the orphan without a home, will find the warmest friendship and a stretch of kindness.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ALARIC TUDOR TAKES A WALK There is, undoubtedly, a propensity in human love to attach itself to excellence; but it has also, as undoubtedly, a propensity directly antagonistic to this, and which teaches it to put forth its strongest efforts in favour of inferiority.
antagonistic
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From this reading ALARIC TUDOR TAKES A WALK There is, undoubtedly, a propensity in human love to attach itself to excellence; but it has also, as undoubtedly, a propensity directly antagonistic to this, and which teaches it to put forth its strongest efforts in favour of inferiority.
any
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From this reading Watch any fair flock of children in which there may be one blighted bud, and you will see that that blighted one is the mother's darling.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading ALARIC TUDOR TAKES A WALK There is, undoubtedly, a propensity in human love to attach itself to excellence; but it has also, as undoubtedly, a propensity directly antagonistic to this, and which teaches it to put forth its strongest efforts in favour of inferiority.
attach
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From this reading ALARIC TUDOR TAKES A WALK There is, undoubtedly, a propensity in human love to attach itself to excellence; but it has also, as undoubtedly, a propensity directly antagonistic to this, and which teaches it to put forth its strongest efforts in favour of inferiority.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Watch any fair flock of children in which there may be one blighted bud, and you will see that that blighted one is the mother's darling.
blighted
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From this reading Watch any fair flock of children in which there may be one blighted bud, and you will see that that blighted one is the mother's darling.
bow
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From this reading Love, that must bow and do reverence to superiority, can protect and foster inferiority; and what is so sweet as to be able to protect?
bud
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From this reading Watch any fair flock of children in which there may be one blighted bud, and you will see that that blighted one is the mother's darling.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading ALARIC TUDOR TAKES A WALK There is, undoubtedly, a propensity in human love to attach itself to excellence; but it has also, as undoubtedly, a propensity directly antagonistic to this, and which teaches it to put forth its strongest efforts in favour of inferiority.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading What filial affection is ever so strong as that evinced by a child for a parent in misfortune?
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Love, that must bow and do reverence to superiority, can protect and foster inferiority; and what is so sweet as to be able to protect?
child
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From this reading What filial affection is ever so strong as that evinced by a child for a parent in misfortune?
children
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From this reading Watch any fair flock of children in which there may be one blighted bud, and you will see that that blighted one is the mother's darling.
cripple
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From this reading Even among the rough, sympathies of schoolboys, the cripple, the sickly one, or the orphan without a home, will find the warmest friendship and a stretch of kindness.
darling
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From this reading Watch any fair flock of children in which there may be one blighted bud, and you will see that that blighted one is the mother's darling.
directlynounUS /ˈdirectly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading ALARIC TUDOR TAKES A WALK There is, undoubtedly, a propensity in human love to attach itself to excellence; but it has also, as undoubtedly, a propensity directly antagonistic to this, and which teaches it to put forth its strongest efforts in favour of inferiority.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Love, that must bow and do reverence to superiority, can protect and foster inferiority; and what is so sweet as to be able to protect?
efforts
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From this reading ALARIC TUDOR TAKES A WALK There is, undoubtedly, a propensity in human love to attach itself to excellence; but it has also, as undoubtedly, a propensity directly antagonistic to this, and which teaches it to put forth its strongest efforts in favour of inferiority.
EvennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Even among the rough, sympathies of schoolboys, the cripple, the sickly one, or the orphan without a home, will find the warmest friendship and a stretch of kindness.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading What filial affection is ever so strong as that evinced by a child for a parent in misfortune?
evinced
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From this reading What filial affection is ever so strong as that evinced by a child for a parent in misfortune?
excellence
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From this reading ALARIC TUDOR TAKES A WALK There is, undoubtedly, a propensity in human love to attach itself to excellence; but it has also, as undoubtedly, a propensity directly antagonistic to this, and which teaches it to put forth its strongest efforts in favour of inferiority.
fairnounUS /fair/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Watch any fair flock of children in which there may be one blighted bud, and you will see that that blighted one is the mother's darling.
favour
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From this reading ALARIC TUDOR TAKES A WALK There is, undoubtedly, a propensity in human love to attach itself to excellence; but it has also, as undoubtedly, a propensity directly antagonistic to this, and which teaches it to put forth its strongest efforts in favour of inferiority.
filial
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From this reading What filial affection is ever so strong as that evinced by a child for a parent in misfortune?
find
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From this reading Even among the rough, sympathies of schoolboys, the cripple, the sickly one, or the orphan without a home, will find the warmest friendship and a stretch of kindness.
flock
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From this reading Watch any fair flock of children in which there may be one blighted bud, and you will see that that blighted one is the mother's darling.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading What filial affection is ever so strong as that evinced by a child for a parent in misfortune?
forth
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From this reading ALARIC TUDOR TAKES A WALK There is, undoubtedly, a propensity in human love to attach itself to excellence; but it has also, as undoubtedly, a propensity directly antagonistic to this, and which teaches it to put forth its strongest efforts in favour of inferiority.
foster
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From this reading Love, that must bow and do reverence to superiority, can protect and foster inferiority; and what is so sweet as to be able to protect?
friendship
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From this reading Even among the rough, sympathies of schoolboys, the cripple, the sickly one, or the orphan without a home, will find the warmest friendship and a stretch of kindness.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ALARIC TUDOR TAKES A WALK There is, undoubtedly, a propensity in human love to attach itself to excellence; but it has also, as undoubtedly, a propensity directly antagonistic to this, and which teaches it to put forth its strongest efforts in favour of inferiority.
home
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From this reading Even among the rough, sympathies of schoolboys, the cripple, the sickly one, or the orphan without a home, will find the warmest friendship and a stretch of kindness.
human
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From this reading ALARIC TUDOR TAKES A WALK There is, undoubtedly, a propensity in human love to attach itself to excellence; but it has also, as undoubtedly, a propensity directly antagonistic to this, and which teaches it to put forth its strongest efforts in favour of inferiority.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading ALARIC TUDOR TAKES A WALK There is, undoubtedly, a propensity in human love to attach itself to excellence; but it has also, as undoubtedly, a propensity directly antagonistic to this, and which teaches it to put forth its strongest efforts in favour of inferiority.
inferiority
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From this reading ALARIC TUDOR TAKES A WALK There is, undoubtedly, a propensity in human love to attach itself to excellence; but it has also, as undoubtedly, a propensity directly antagonistic to this, and which teaches it to put forth its strongest efforts in favour of inferiority.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ALARIC TUDOR TAKES A WALK There is, undoubtedly, a propensity in human love to attach itself to excellence; but it has also, as undoubtedly, a propensity directly antagonistic to this, and which teaches it to put forth its strongest efforts in favour of inferiority.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading ALARIC TUDOR TAKES A WALK There is, undoubtedly, a propensity in human love to attach itself to excellence; but it has also, as undoubtedly, a propensity directly antagonistic to this, and which teaches it to put forth its strongest efforts in favour of inferiority.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading ALARIC TUDOR TAKES A WALK There is, undoubtedly, a propensity in human love to attach itself to excellence; but it has also, as undoubtedly, a propensity directly antagonistic to this, and which teaches it to put forth its strongest efforts in favour of inferiority.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading ALARIC TUDOR TAKES A WALK There is, undoubtedly, a propensity in human love to attach itself to excellence; but it has also, as undoubtedly, a propensity directly antagonistic to this, and which teaches it to put forth its strongest efforts in favour of inferiority.
kindness
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From this reading Even among the rough, sympathies of schoolboys, the cripple, the sickly one, or the orphan without a home, will find the warmest friendship and a stretch of kindness.
love
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From this reading ALARIC TUDOR TAKES A WALK There is, undoubtedly, a propensity in human love to attach itself to excellence; but it has also, as undoubtedly, a propensity directly antagonistic to this, and which teaches it to put forth its strongest efforts in favour of inferiority.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading Watch any fair flock of children in which there may be one blighted bud, and you will see that that blighted one is the mother's darling.
misfortune
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From this reading What filial affection is ever so strong as that evinced by a child for a parent in misfortune?
mother's
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From this reading Watch any fair flock of children in which there may be one blighted bud, and you will see that that blighted one is the mother's darling.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Love, that must bow and do reverence to superiority, can protect and foster inferiority; and what is so sweet as to be able to protect?
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading ALARIC TUDOR TAKES A WALK There is, undoubtedly, a propensity in human love to attach itself to excellence; but it has also, as undoubtedly, a propensity directly antagonistic to this, and which teaches it to put forth its strongest efforts in favour of inferiority.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Watch any fair flock of children in which there may be one blighted bud, and you will see that that blighted one is the mother's darling.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Even among the rough, sympathies of schoolboys, the cripple, the sickly one, or the orphan without a home, will find the warmest friendship and a stretch of kindness.
orphan
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From this reading Even among the rough, sympathies of schoolboys, the cripple, the sickly one, or the orphan without a home, will find the warmest friendship and a stretch of kindness.
parent
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From this reading What filial affection is ever so strong as that evinced by a child for a parent in misfortune?
propensity
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From this reading ALARIC TUDOR TAKES A WALK There is, undoubtedly, a propensity in human love to attach itself to excellence; but it has also, as undoubtedly, a propensity directly antagonistic to this, and which teaches it to put forth its strongest efforts in favour of inferiority.
protect
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From this reading Love, that must bow and do reverence to superiority, can protect and foster inferiority; and what is so sweet as to be able to protect?
put
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From this reading ALARIC TUDOR TAKES A WALK There is, undoubtedly, a propensity in human love to attach itself to excellence; but it has also, as undoubtedly, a propensity directly antagonistic to this, and which teaches it to put forth its strongest efforts in favour of inferiority.
reverence
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From this reading Love, that must bow and do reverence to superiority, can protect and foster inferiority; and what is so sweet as to be able to protect?
rough
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From this reading Even among the rough, sympathies of schoolboys, the cripple, the sickly one, or the orphan without a home, will find the warmest friendship and a stretch of kindness.
schoolboys
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From this reading Even among the rough, sympathies of schoolboys, the cripple, the sickly one, or the orphan without a home, will find the warmest friendship and a stretch of kindness.
see
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From this reading Watch any fair flock of children in which there may be one blighted bud, and you will see that that blighted one is the mother's darling.
sickly
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From this reading Even among the rough, sympathies of schoolboys, the cripple, the sickly one, or the orphan without a home, will find the warmest friendship and a stretch of kindness.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading What filial affection is ever so strong as that evinced by a child for a parent in misfortune?
stretch
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From this reading Even among the rough, sympathies of schoolboys, the cripple, the sickly one, or the orphan without a home, will find the warmest friendship and a stretch of kindness.
strong
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From this reading What filial affection is ever so strong as that evinced by a child for a parent in misfortune?
strongest
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From this reading ALARIC TUDOR TAKES A WALK There is, undoubtedly, a propensity in human love to attach itself to excellence; but it has also, as undoubtedly, a propensity directly antagonistic to this, and which teaches it to put forth its strongest efforts in favour of inferiority.
superiority
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From this reading Love, that must bow and do reverence to superiority, can protect and foster inferiority; and what is so sweet as to be able to protect?
sweet
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From this reading Love, that must bow and do reverence to superiority, can protect and foster inferiority; and what is so sweet as to be able to protect?
sympathies
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From this reading Even among the rough, sympathies of schoolboys, the cripple, the sickly one, or the orphan without a home, will find the warmest friendship and a stretch of kindness.
TAKES
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From this reading ALARIC TUDOR TAKES A WALK There is, undoubtedly, a propensity in human love to attach itself to excellence; but it has also, as undoubtedly, a propensity directly antagonistic to this, and which teaches it to put forth its strongest efforts in favour of inferiority.
teaches
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From this reading ALARIC TUDOR TAKES A WALK There is, undoubtedly, a propensity in human love to attach itself to excellence; but it has also, as undoubtedly, a propensity directly antagonistic to this, and which teaches it to put forth its strongest efforts in favour of inferiority.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Watch any fair flock of children in which there may be one blighted bud, and you will see that that blighted one is the mother's darling.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Watch any fair flock of children in which there may be one blighted bud, and you will see that that blighted one is the mother's darling.
There
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From this reading ALARIC TUDOR TAKES A WALK There is, undoubtedly, a propensity in human love to attach itself to excellence; but it has also, as undoubtedly, a propensity directly antagonistic to this, and which teaches it to put forth its strongest efforts in favour of inferiority.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading ALARIC TUDOR TAKES A WALK There is, undoubtedly, a propensity in human love to attach itself to excellence; but it has also, as undoubtedly, a propensity directly antagonistic to this, and which teaches it to put forth its strongest efforts in favour of inferiority.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading ALARIC TUDOR TAKES A WALK There is, undoubtedly, a propensity in human love to attach itself to excellence; but it has also, as undoubtedly, a propensity directly antagonistic to this, and which teaches it to put forth its strongest efforts in favour of inferiority.
TUDOR
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From this reading ALARIC TUDOR TAKES A WALK There is, undoubtedly, a propensity in human love to attach itself to excellence; but it has also, as undoubtedly, a propensity directly antagonistic to this, and which teaches it to put forth its strongest efforts in favour of inferiority.
undoubtedly
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From this reading ALARIC TUDOR TAKES A WALK There is, undoubtedly, a propensity in human love to attach itself to excellence; but it has also, as undoubtedly, a propensity directly antagonistic to this, and which teaches it to put forth its strongest efforts in favour of inferiority.
WALK
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From this reading ALARIC TUDOR TAKES A WALK There is, undoubtedly, a propensity in human love to attach itself to excellence; but it has also, as undoubtedly, a propensity directly antagonistic to this, and which teaches it to put forth its strongest efforts in favour of inferiority.
warmest
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From this reading Even among the rough, sympathies of schoolboys, the cripple, the sickly one, or the orphan without a home, will find the warmest friendship and a stretch of kindness.
Watch
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From this reading Watch any fair flock of children in which there may be one blighted bud, and you will see that that blighted one is the mother's darling.
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What filial affection is ever so strong as that evinced by a child for a parent in misfortune?
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading ALARIC TUDOR TAKES A WALK There is, undoubtedly, a propensity in human love to attach itself to excellence; but it has also, as undoubtedly, a propensity directly antagonistic to this, and which teaches it to put forth its strongest efforts in favour of inferiority.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Watch any fair flock of children in which there may be one blighted bud, and you will see that that blighted one is the mother's darling.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Even among the rough, sympathies of schoolboys, the cripple, the sickly one, or the orphan without a home, will find the warmest friendship and a stretch of kindness.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Watch any fair flock of children in which there may be one blighted bud, and you will see that that blighted one is the mother's darling.
