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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 AT the age of fifteen Franklin had avowed himself a deist, or theist, which must have grieved his parents, who were people of positive Christian faith.
age
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From this reading AT the age of fifteen Franklin had avowed himself a deist, or theist, which must have grieved his parents, who were people of positive Christian faith.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He loved to argue, and when he had learned the Socratic art of asking questions so as to lead one to confuse himself, and of answering questions in the subjunctive mood, he sought nothing more than disputations in the stanch Puritan town.
answering
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From this reading He loved to argue, and when he had learned the Socratic art of asking questions so as to lead one to confuse himself, and of answering questions in the subjunctive mood, he sought nothing more than disputations in the stanch Puritan town.
any
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From this reading His intimate friends were deists, but they came to early failure through want of faith or any positive moral conviction.
argue
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From this reading He loved to argue, and when he had learned the Socratic art of asking questions so as to lead one to confuse himself, and of answering questions in the subjunctive mood, he sought nothing more than disputations in the stanch Puritan town.
artauxiliary verbUS /ɑːrt/
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading He loved to argue, and when he had learned the Socratic art of asking questions so as to lead one to confuse himself, and of answering questions in the subjunctive mood, he sought nothing more than disputations in the stanch Puritan town.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He loved to argue, and when he had learned the Socratic art of asking questions so as to lead one to confuse himself, and of answering questions in the subjunctive mood, he sought nothing more than disputations in the stanch Puritan town.
asking
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From this reading He loved to argue, and when he had learned the Socratic art of asking questions so as to lead one to confuse himself, and of answering questions in the subjunctive mood, he sought nothing more than disputations in the stanch Puritan town.
ATprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading AT the age of fifteen Franklin had avowed himself a deist, or theist, which must have grieved his parents, who were people of positive Christian faith.
avowed
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From this reading AT the age of fifteen Franklin had avowed himself a deist, or theist, which must have grieved his parents, who were people of positive Christian faith.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading His intimate friends were deists, but they came to early failure through want of faith or any positive moral conviction.
came
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From this reading His intimate friends were deists, but they came to early failure through want of faith or any positive moral conviction.
Christian
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From this reading AT the age of fifteen Franklin had avowed himself a deist, or theist, which must have grieved his parents, who were people of positive Christian faith.
confuse
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From this reading He loved to argue, and when he had learned the Socratic art of asking questions so as to lead one to confuse himself, and of answering questions in the subjunctive mood, he sought nothing more than disputations in the stanch Puritan town.
conviction
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From this reading His intimate friends were deists, but they came to early failure through want of faith or any positive moral conviction.
deist
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From this reading AT the age of fifteen Franklin had avowed himself a deist, or theist, which must have grieved his parents, who were people of positive Christian faith.
deists
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From this reading His intimate friends were deists, but they came to early failure through want of faith or any positive moral conviction.
disputations
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From this reading He loved to argue, and when he had learned the Socratic art of asking questions so as to lead one to confuse himself, and of answering questions in the subjunctive mood, he sought nothing more than disputations in the stanch Puritan town.
early
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From this reading His intimate friends were deists, but they came to early failure through want of faith or any positive moral conviction.
failure
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From this reading His intimate friends were deists, but they came to early failure through want of faith or any positive moral conviction.
faith
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From this reading AT the age of fifteen Franklin had avowed himself a deist, or theist, which must have grieved his parents, who were people of positive Christian faith.
fifteen
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From this reading AT the age of fifteen Franklin had avowed himself a deist, or theist, which must have grieved his parents, who were people of positive Christian faith.
FRANKLIN
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From this reading FRANKLIN'S STRUGGLES WITH FRANKLIN.
FRANKLIN'S
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From this reading FRANKLIN'S STRUGGLES WITH FRANKLIN.
friends
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From this reading His intimate friends were deists, but they came to early failure through want of faith or any positive moral conviction.
Governor
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From this reading Governor Keith was a deist.
grievedverbUS /ɡriːvd/
felt extremely sad, especially because of a loss
From this reading AT the age of fifteen Franklin had avowed himself a deist, or theist, which must have grieved his parents, who were people of positive Christian faith.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading AT the age of fifteen Franklin had avowed himself a deist, or theist, which must have grieved his parents, who were people of positive Christian faith.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading AT the age of fifteen Franklin had avowed himself a deist, or theist, which must have grieved his parents, who were people of positive Christian faith.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He loved to argue, and when he had learned the Socratic art of asking questions so as to lead one to confuse himself, and of answering questions in the subjunctive mood, he sought nothing more than disputations in the stanch Puritan town.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading AT the age of fifteen Franklin had avowed himself a deist, or theist, which must have grieved his parents, who were people of positive Christian faith.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading AT the age of fifteen Franklin had avowed himself a deist, or theist, which must have grieved his parents, who were people of positive Christian faith.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He loved to argue, and when he had learned the Socratic art of asking questions so as to lead one to confuse himself, and of answering questions in the subjunctive mood, he sought nothing more than disputations in the stanch Puritan town.
intimate
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From this reading His intimate friends were deists, but they came to early failure through want of faith or any positive moral conviction.
Keith
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From this reading Governor Keith was a deist.
lead
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From this reading He loved to argue, and when he had learned the Socratic art of asking questions so as to lead one to confuse himself, and of answering questions in the subjunctive mood, he sought nothing more than disputations in the stanch Puritan town.
learned
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From this reading He loved to argue, and when he had learned the Socratic art of asking questions so as to lead one to confuse himself, and of answering questions in the subjunctive mood, he sought nothing more than disputations in the stanch Puritan town.
loved
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From this reading He loved to argue, and when he had learned the Socratic art of asking questions so as to lead one to confuse himself, and of answering questions in the subjunctive mood, he sought nothing more than disputations in the stanch Puritan town.
mood
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From this reading He loved to argue, and when he had learned the Socratic art of asking questions so as to lead one to confuse himself, and of answering questions in the subjunctive mood, he sought nothing more than disputations in the stanch Puritan town.
moral
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From this reading His intimate friends were deists, but they came to early failure through want of faith or any positive moral conviction.
more
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From this reading He loved to argue, and when he had learned the Socratic art of asking questions so as to lead one to confuse himself, and of answering questions in the subjunctive mood, he sought nothing more than disputations in the stanch Puritan town.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading AT the age of fifteen Franklin had avowed himself a deist, or theist, which must have grieved his parents, who were people of positive Christian faith.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading He loved to argue, and when he had learned the Socratic art of asking questions so as to lead one to confuse himself, and of answering questions in the subjunctive mood, he sought nothing more than disputations in the stanch Puritan town.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading AT the age of fifteen Franklin had avowed himself a deist, or theist, which must have grieved his parents, who were people of positive Christian faith.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading He loved to argue, and when he had learned the Socratic art of asking questions so as to lead one to confuse himself, and of answering questions in the subjunctive mood, he sought nothing more than disputations in the stanch Puritan town.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading AT the age of fifteen Franklin had avowed himself a deist, or theist, which must have grieved his parents, who were people of positive Christian faith.
parents
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From this reading AT the age of fifteen Franklin had avowed himself a deist, or theist, which must have grieved his parents, who were people of positive Christian faith.
people
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From this reading AT the age of fifteen Franklin had avowed himself a deist, or theist, which must have grieved his parents, who were people of positive Christian faith.
positive
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From this reading AT the age of fifteen Franklin had avowed himself a deist, or theist, which must have grieved his parents, who were people of positive Christian faith.
Puritan
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From this reading He loved to argue, and when he had learned the Socratic art of asking questions so as to lead one to confuse himself, and of answering questions in the subjunctive mood, he sought nothing more than disputations in the stanch Puritan town.
questions
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From this reading He loved to argue, and when he had learned the Socratic art of asking questions so as to lead one to confuse himself, and of answering questions in the subjunctive mood, he sought nothing more than disputations in the stanch Puritan town.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading He loved to argue, and when he had learned the Socratic art of asking questions so as to lead one to confuse himself, and of answering questions in the subjunctive mood, he sought nothing more than disputations in the stanch Puritan town.
Socratic
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From this reading He loved to argue, and when he had learned the Socratic art of asking questions so as to lead one to confuse himself, and of answering questions in the subjunctive mood, he sought nothing more than disputations in the stanch Puritan town.
sought
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From this reading He loved to argue, and when he had learned the Socratic art of asking questions so as to lead one to confuse himself, and of answering questions in the subjunctive mood, he sought nothing more than disputations in the stanch Puritan town.
stanch
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From this reading He loved to argue, and when he had learned the Socratic art of asking questions so as to lead one to confuse himself, and of answering questions in the subjunctive mood, he sought nothing more than disputations in the stanch Puritan town.
STRUGGLES
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From this reading FRANKLIN'S STRUGGLES WITH FRANKLIN.
subjunctive
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From this reading He loved to argue, and when he had learned the Socratic art of asking questions so as to lead one to confuse himself, and of answering questions in the subjunctive mood, he sought nothing more than disputations in the stanch Puritan town.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading He loved to argue, and when he had learned the Socratic art of asking questions so as to lead one to confuse himself, and of answering questions in the subjunctive mood, he sought nothing more than disputations in the stanch Puritan town.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading AT the age of fifteen Franklin had avowed himself a deist, or theist, which must have grieved his parents, who were people of positive Christian faith.
theist
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From this reading AT the age of fifteen Franklin had avowed himself a deist, or theist, which must have grieved his parents, who were people of positive Christian faith.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading His intimate friends were deists, but they came to early failure through want of faith or any positive moral conviction.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading His intimate friends were deists, but they came to early failure through want of faith or any positive moral conviction.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He loved to argue, and when he had learned the Socratic art of asking questions so as to lead one to confuse himself, and of answering questions in the subjunctive mood, he sought nothing more than disputations in the stanch Puritan town.
town
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From this reading He loved to argue, and when he had learned the Socratic art of asking questions so as to lead one to confuse himself, and of answering questions in the subjunctive mood, he sought nothing more than disputations in the stanch Puritan town.
want
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From this reading His intimate friends were deists, but they came to early failure through want of faith or any positive moral conviction.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Governor Keith was a deist.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading AT the age of fifteen Franklin had avowed himself a deist, or theist, which must have grieved his parents, who were people of positive Christian faith.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading He loved to argue, and when he had learned the Socratic art of asking questions so as to lead one to confuse himself, and of answering questions in the subjunctive mood, he sought nothing more than disputations in the stanch Puritan town.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading AT the age of fifteen Franklin had avowed himself a deist, or theist, which must have grieved his parents, who were people of positive Christian faith.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading AT the age of fifteen Franklin had avowed himself a deist, or theist, which must have grieved his parents, who were people of positive Christian faith.
WITHprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading FRANKLIN'S STRUGGLES WITH FRANKLIN.
