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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 Such a man was Abraham Lincoln, and such was Garibaldi.
Abraham
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From this reading Such a man was Abraham Lincoln, and such was Garibaldi.
affairs
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From this reading Leblanc was one of those ingenuous men whose lot would have been insignificant in any period of security, but who have been caught up to an immortal _rôle_ in history by the sudden simplification of human affairs through some tragical crisis, to the measure of their simplicity.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Leblanc was one of those ingenuous men whose lot would have been insignificant in any period of security, but who have been caught up to an immortal _rôle_ in history by the sudden simplification of human affairs through some tragical crisis, to the measure of their simplicity.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Such a man was Abraham Lincoln, and such was Garibaldi.
any
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From this reading Leblanc was one of those ingenuous men whose lot would have been insignificant in any period of security, but who have been caught up to an immortal _rôle_ in history by the sudden simplification of human affairs through some tragical crisis, to the measure of their simplicity.
appeal
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From this reading And Leblanc, with his transparent childish innocence, his entire self-forgetfulness, came into this confusion of distrust and intricate disaster with an invincible appeal for the manifest sanities of the situation.
bald
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From this reading He was a little bald, spectacled man, inspired by that intellectual idealism which has been one of the peculiar gifts of France to humanity.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Leblanc was one of those ingenuous men whose lot would have been insignificant in any period of security, but who have been caught up to an immortal _rôle_ in history by the sudden simplification of human affairs through some tragical crisis, to the measure of their simplicity.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Leblanc was one of those ingenuous men whose lot would have been insignificant in any period of security, but who have been caught up to an immortal _rôle_ in history by the sudden simplification of human affairs through some tragical crisis, to the measure of their simplicity.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Leblanc was one of those ingenuous men whose lot would have been insignificant in any period of security, but who have been caught up to an immortal _rôle_ in history by the sudden simplification of human affairs through some tragical crisis, to the measure of their simplicity.
came
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From this reading And Leblanc, with his transparent childish innocence, his entire self-forgetfulness, came into this confusion of distrust and intricate disaster with an invincible appeal for the manifest sanities of the situation.
caught
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From this reading Leblanc was one of those ingenuous men whose lot would have been insignificant in any period of security, but who have been caught up to an immortal _rôle_ in history by the sudden simplification of human affairs through some tragical crisis, to the measure of their simplicity.
childish
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From this reading And Leblanc, with his transparent childish innocence, his entire self-forgetfulness, came into this confusion of distrust and intricate disaster with an invincible appeal for the manifest sanities of the situation.
confusion
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From this reading And Leblanc, with his transparent childish innocence, his entire self-forgetfulness, came into this confusion of distrust and intricate disaster with an invincible appeal for the manifest sanities of the situation.
crisis
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From this reading Leblanc was one of those ingenuous men whose lot would have been insignificant in any period of security, but who have been caught up to an immortal _rôle_ in history by the sudden simplification of human affairs through some tragical crisis, to the measure of their simplicity.
disaster
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From this reading And Leblanc, with his transparent childish innocence, his entire self-forgetfulness, came into this confusion of distrust and intricate disaster with an invincible appeal for the manifest sanities of the situation.
distrust
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From this reading And Leblanc, with his transparent childish innocence, his entire self-forgetfulness, came into this confusion of distrust and intricate disaster with an invincible appeal for the manifest sanities of the situation.
entire
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From this reading And Leblanc, with his transparent childish innocence, his entire self-forgetfulness, came into this confusion of distrust and intricate disaster with an invincible appeal for the manifest sanities of the situation.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading And Leblanc, with his transparent childish innocence, his entire self-forgetfulness, came into this confusion of distrust and intricate disaster with an invincible appeal for the manifest sanities of the situation.
France
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From this reading He was a little bald, spectacled man, inspired by that intellectual idealism which has been one of the peculiar gifts of France to humanity.
full
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From this reading His voice, when he spoke, was ‘full of remonstrance.’
Garibaldi
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From this reading Such a man was Abraham Lincoln, and such was Garibaldi.
gifts
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From this reading He was a little bald, spectacled man, inspired by that intellectual idealism which has been one of the peculiar gifts of France to humanity.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was a little bald, spectacled man, inspired by that intellectual idealism which has been one of the peculiar gifts of France to humanity.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Leblanc was one of those ingenuous men whose lot would have been insignificant in any period of security, but who have been caught up to an immortal _rôle_ in history by the sudden simplification of human affairs through some tragical crisis, to the measure of their simplicity.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading His voice, when he spoke, was ‘full of remonstrance.’
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading And Leblanc, with his transparent childish innocence, his entire self-forgetfulness, came into this confusion of distrust and intricate disaster with an invincible appeal for the manifest sanities of the situation.
history
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From this reading Leblanc was one of those ingenuous men whose lot would have been insignificant in any period of security, but who have been caught up to an immortal _rôle_ in history by the sudden simplification of human affairs through some tragical crisis, to the measure of their simplicity.
human
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From this reading Leblanc was one of those ingenuous men whose lot would have been insignificant in any period of security, but who have been caught up to an immortal _rôle_ in history by the sudden simplification of human affairs through some tragical crisis, to the measure of their simplicity.
humanity
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From this reading He was a little bald, spectacled man, inspired by that intellectual idealism which has been one of the peculiar gifts of France to humanity.
idealism
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From this reading He was a little bald, spectacled man, inspired by that intellectual idealism which has been one of the peculiar gifts of France to humanity.
immortaladjUS /ɪˈmɔːr.t̬əl/
Living forever; never dying or decaying. (Bất tử, trường tồn vĩnh cửu.)
From this reading Leblanc was one of those ingenuous men whose lot would have been insignificant in any period of security, but who have been caught up to an immortal _rôle_ in history by the sudden simplification of human affairs through some tragical crisis, to the measure of their simplicity.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Leblanc was one of those ingenuous men whose lot would have been insignificant in any period of security, but who have been caught up to an immortal _rôle_ in history by the sudden simplification of human affairs through some tragical crisis, to the measure of their simplicity.
ingenuous
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From this reading Leblanc was one of those ingenuous men whose lot would have been insignificant in any period of security, but who have been caught up to an immortal _rôle_ in history by the sudden simplification of human affairs through some tragical crisis, to the measure of their simplicity.
innocence
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From this reading And Leblanc, with his transparent childish innocence, his entire self-forgetfulness, came into this confusion of distrust and intricate disaster with an invincible appeal for the manifest sanities of the situation.
insignificant
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From this reading Leblanc was one of those ingenuous men whose lot would have been insignificant in any period of security, but who have been caught up to an immortal _rôle_ in history by the sudden simplification of human affairs through some tragical crisis, to the measure of their simplicity.
inspired
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From this reading He was a little bald, spectacled man, inspired by that intellectual idealism which has been one of the peculiar gifts of France to humanity.
intellectual
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From this reading He was a little bald, spectacled man, inspired by that intellectual idealism which has been one of the peculiar gifts of France to humanity.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading And Leblanc, with his transparent childish innocence, his entire self-forgetfulness, came into this confusion of distrust and intricate disaster with an invincible appeal for the manifest sanities of the situation.
intricate
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From this reading And Leblanc, with his transparent childish innocence, his entire self-forgetfulness, came into this confusion of distrust and intricate disaster with an invincible appeal for the manifest sanities of the situation.
invincible
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From this reading And Leblanc, with his transparent childish innocence, his entire self-forgetfulness, came into this confusion of distrust and intricate disaster with an invincible appeal for the manifest sanities of the situation.
Leblanc
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From this reading Leblanc was one of those ingenuous men whose lot would have been insignificant in any period of security, but who have been caught up to an immortal _rôle_ in history by the sudden simplification of human affairs through some tragical crisis, to the measure of their simplicity.
Lincoln
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From this reading Such a man was Abraham Lincoln, and such was Garibaldi.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was a little bald, spectacled man, inspired by that intellectual idealism which has been one of the peculiar gifts of France to humanity.
lot
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From this reading Leblanc was one of those ingenuous men whose lot would have been insignificant in any period of security, but who have been caught up to an immortal _rôle_ in history by the sudden simplification of human affairs through some tragical crisis, to the measure of their simplicity.
man
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From this reading Such a man was Abraham Lincoln, and such was Garibaldi.
manifest
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From this reading And Leblanc, with his transparent childish innocence, his entire self-forgetfulness, came into this confusion of distrust and intricate disaster with an invincible appeal for the manifest sanities of the situation.
measure
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From this reading Leblanc was one of those ingenuous men whose lot would have been insignificant in any period of security, but who have been caught up to an immortal _rôle_ in history by the sudden simplification of human affairs through some tragical crisis, to the measure of their simplicity.
men
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From this reading Leblanc was one of those ingenuous men whose lot would have been insignificant in any period of security, but who have been caught up to an immortal _rôle_ in history by the sudden simplification of human affairs through some tragical crisis, to the measure of their simplicity.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Leblanc was one of those ingenuous men whose lot would have been insignificant in any period of security, but who have been caught up to an immortal _rôle_ in history by the sudden simplification of human affairs through some tragical crisis, to the measure of their simplicity.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Leblanc was one of those ingenuous men whose lot would have been insignificant in any period of security, but who have been caught up to an immortal _rôle_ in history by the sudden simplification of human affairs through some tragical crisis, to the measure of their simplicity.
peculiar
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From this reading He was a little bald, spectacled man, inspired by that intellectual idealism which has been one of the peculiar gifts of France to humanity.
period
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From this reading Leblanc was one of those ingenuous men whose lot would have been insignificant in any period of security, but who have been caught up to an immortal _rôle_ in history by the sudden simplification of human affairs through some tragical crisis, to the measure of their simplicity.
remonstrance
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From this reading His voice, when he spoke, was ‘full of remonstrance.’
rôle
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From this reading Leblanc was one of those ingenuous men whose lot would have been insignificant in any period of security, but who have been caught up to an immortal _rôle_ in history by the sudden simplification of human affairs through some tragical crisis, to the measure of their simplicity.
sanities
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From this reading And Leblanc, with his transparent childish innocence, his entire self-forgetfulness, came into this confusion of distrust and intricate disaster with an invincible appeal for the manifest sanities of the situation.
security
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From this reading Leblanc was one of those ingenuous men whose lot would have been insignificant in any period of security, but who have been caught up to an immortal _rôle_ in history by the sudden simplification of human affairs through some tragical crisis, to the measure of their simplicity.
self-forgetfulness
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From this reading And Leblanc, with his transparent childish innocence, his entire self-forgetfulness, came into this confusion of distrust and intricate disaster with an invincible appeal for the manifest sanities of the situation.
simplicity
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From this reading Leblanc was one of those ingenuous men whose lot would have been insignificant in any period of security, but who have been caught up to an immortal _rôle_ in history by the sudden simplification of human affairs through some tragical crisis, to the measure of their simplicity.
simplification
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From this reading Leblanc was one of those ingenuous men whose lot would have been insignificant in any period of security, but who have been caught up to an immortal _rôle_ in history by the sudden simplification of human affairs through some tragical crisis, to the measure of their simplicity.
situation
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From this reading And Leblanc, with his transparent childish innocence, his entire self-forgetfulness, came into this confusion of distrust and intricate disaster with an invincible appeal for the manifest sanities of the situation.
some
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From this reading Leblanc was one of those ingenuous men whose lot would have been insignificant in any period of security, but who have been caught up to an immortal _rôle_ in history by the sudden simplification of human affairs through some tragical crisis, to the measure of their simplicity.
spectacled
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From this reading He was a little bald, spectacled man, inspired by that intellectual idealism which has been one of the peculiar gifts of France to humanity.
spoke
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From this reading His voice, when he spoke, was ‘full of remonstrance.’
SuchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Such a man was Abraham Lincoln, and such was Garibaldi.
suddennounUS /sudden/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Leblanc was one of those ingenuous men whose lot would have been insignificant in any period of security, but who have been caught up to an immortal _rôle_ in history by the sudden simplification of human affairs through some tragical crisis, to the measure of their simplicity.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He was a little bald, spectacled man, inspired by that intellectual idealism which has been one of the peculiar gifts of France to humanity.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Leblanc was one of those ingenuous men whose lot would have been insignificant in any period of security, but who have been caught up to an immortal _rôle_ in history by the sudden simplification of human affairs through some tragical crisis, to the measure of their simplicity.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Leblanc was one of those ingenuous men whose lot would have been insignificant in any period of security, but who have been caught up to an immortal _rôle_ in history by the sudden simplification of human affairs through some tragical crisis, to the measure of their simplicity.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading And Leblanc, with his transparent childish innocence, his entire self-forgetfulness, came into this confusion of distrust and intricate disaster with an invincible appeal for the manifest sanities of the situation.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Leblanc was one of those ingenuous men whose lot would have been insignificant in any period of security, but who have been caught up to an immortal _rôle_ in history by the sudden simplification of human affairs through some tragical crisis, to the measure of their simplicity.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Leblanc was one of those ingenuous men whose lot would have been insignificant in any period of security, but who have been caught up to an immortal _rôle_ in history by the sudden simplification of human affairs through some tragical crisis, to the measure of their simplicity.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Leblanc was one of those ingenuous men whose lot would have been insignificant in any period of security, but who have been caught up to an immortal _rôle_ in history by the sudden simplification of human affairs through some tragical crisis, to the measure of their simplicity.
tragical
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From this reading Leblanc was one of those ingenuous men whose lot would have been insignificant in any period of security, but who have been caught up to an immortal _rôle_ in history by the sudden simplification of human affairs through some tragical crisis, to the measure of their simplicity.
transparent
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From this reading And Leblanc, with his transparent childish innocence, his entire self-forgetfulness, came into this confusion of distrust and intricate disaster with an invincible appeal for the manifest sanities of the situation.
up
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From this reading Leblanc was one of those ingenuous men whose lot would have been insignificant in any period of security, but who have been caught up to an immortal _rôle_ in history by the sudden simplification of human affairs through some tragical crisis, to the measure of their simplicity.
voice
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From this reading His voice, when he spoke, was ‘full of remonstrance.’
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Leblanc was one of those ingenuous men whose lot would have been insignificant in any period of security, but who have been caught up to an immortal _rôle_ in history by the sudden simplification of human affairs through some tragical crisis, to the measure of their simplicity.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading His voice, when he spoke, was ‘full of remonstrance.’
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading He was a little bald, spectacled man, inspired by that intellectual idealism which has been one of the peculiar gifts of France to humanity.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Leblanc was one of those ingenuous men whose lot would have been insignificant in any period of security, but who have been caught up to an immortal _rôle_ in history by the sudden simplification of human affairs through some tragical crisis, to the measure of their simplicity.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading Leblanc was one of those ingenuous men whose lot would have been insignificant in any period of security, but who have been caught up to an immortal _rôle_ in history by the sudden simplification of human affairs through some tragical crisis, to the measure of their simplicity.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading And Leblanc, with his transparent childish innocence, his entire self-forgetfulness, came into this confusion of distrust and intricate disaster with an invincible appeal for the manifest sanities of the situation.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Leblanc was one of those ingenuous men whose lot would have been insignificant in any period of security, but who have been caught up to an immortal _rôle_ in history by the sudden simplification of human affairs through some tragical crisis, to the measure of their simplicity.
