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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 ‘I have made my first literary pilgrimage, a call upon Herman Melville, the renowned author of ‘Typee,’ etc. He lives in a spacious farmhouse about two miles from Pittsfield, a weary walk through the dust.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading ‘I have made my first literary pilgrimage, a call upon Herman Melville, the renowned author of ‘Typee,’ etc. He lives in a spacious farmhouse about two miles from Pittsfield, a weary walk through the dust.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I introduced myself as a Hawaiian-American, and soon found myself in full tide of talk, or rather of monologue.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading But it as well repaid.
author
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From this reading ‘I have made my first literary pilgrimage, a call upon Herman Melville, the renowned author of ‘Typee,’ etc. He lives in a spacious farmhouse about two miles from Pittsfield, a weary walk through the dust.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading But he would not repeat the experiences of which I had been reading with rapture in his books.
booksnounUS /bʊks/
Bound written or printed works.
From this reading But he would not repeat the experiences of which I had been reading with rapture in his books.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But it as well repaid.
call
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From this reading ‘I have made my first literary pilgrimage, a call upon Herman Melville, the renowned author of ‘Typee,’ etc. He lives in a spacious farmhouse about two miles from Pittsfield, a weary walk through the dust.
dust
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From this reading ‘I have made my first literary pilgrimage, a call upon Herman Melville, the renowned author of ‘Typee,’ etc. He lives in a spacious farmhouse about two miles from Pittsfield, a weary walk through the dust.
etc
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From this reading ‘I have made my first literary pilgrimage, a call upon Herman Melville, the renowned author of ‘Typee,’ etc. He lives in a spacious farmhouse about two miles from Pittsfield, a weary walk through the dust.
experiences
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From this reading But he would not repeat the experiences of which I had been reading with rapture in his books.
farmhouse
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From this reading ‘I have made my first literary pilgrimage, a call upon Herman Melville, the renowned author of ‘Typee,’ etc. He lives in a spacious farmhouse about two miles from Pittsfield, a weary walk through the dust.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ‘I have made my first literary pilgrimage, a call upon Herman Melville, the renowned author of ‘Typee,’ etc. He lives in a spacious farmhouse about two miles from Pittsfield, a weary walk through the dust.
forth
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From this reading In vain I sought to hear of Typee and those paradise islands, but he preferred to pour forth his philosophy and his theories of life.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I introduced myself as a Hawaiian-American, and soon found myself in full tide of talk, or rather of monologue.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading ‘I have made my first literary pilgrimage, a call upon Herman Melville, the renowned author of ‘Typee,’ etc. He lives in a spacious farmhouse about two miles from Pittsfield, a weary walk through the dust.
full
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From this reading I introduced myself as a Hawaiian-American, and soon found myself in full tide of talk, or rather of monologue.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading But he would not repeat the experiences of which I had been reading with rapture in his books.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ‘I have made my first literary pilgrimage, a call upon Herman Melville, the renowned author of ‘Typee,’ etc. He lives in a spacious farmhouse about two miles from Pittsfield, a weary walk through the dust.
Hawaiian-American
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From this reading I introduced myself as a Hawaiian-American, and soon found myself in full tide of talk, or rather of monologue.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading ‘I have made my first literary pilgrimage, a call upon Herman Melville, the renowned author of ‘Typee,’ etc. He lives in a spacious farmhouse about two miles from Pittsfield, a weary walk through the dust.
hearnounUS /hear/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In vain I sought to hear of Typee and those paradise islands, but he preferred to pour forth his philosophy and his theories of life.
Herman
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From this reading ‘I have made my first literary pilgrimage, a call upon Herman Melville, the renowned author of ‘Typee,’ etc. He lives in a spacious farmhouse about two miles from Pittsfield, a weary walk through the dust.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading But he would not repeat the experiences of which I had been reading with rapture in his books.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading ‘I have made my first literary pilgrimage, a call upon Herman Melville, the renowned author of ‘Typee,’ etc. He lives in a spacious farmhouse about two miles from Pittsfield, a weary walk through the dust.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading ‘I have made my first literary pilgrimage, a call upon Herman Melville, the renowned author of ‘Typee,’ etc. He lives in a spacious farmhouse about two miles from Pittsfield, a weary walk through the dust.
introduced
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From this reading I introduced myself as a Hawaiian-American, and soon found myself in full tide of talk, or rather of monologue.
islands
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From this reading In vain I sought to hear of Typee and those paradise islands, but he preferred to pour forth his philosophy and his theories of life.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading But it as well repaid.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In vain I sought to hear of Typee and those paradise islands, but he preferred to pour forth his philosophy and his theories of life.
literary
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From this reading ‘I have made my first literary pilgrimage, a call upon Herman Melville, the renowned author of ‘Typee,’ etc. He lives in a spacious farmhouse about two miles from Pittsfield, a weary walk through the dust.
lives
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From this reading ‘I have made my first literary pilgrimage, a call upon Herman Melville, the renowned author of ‘Typee,’ etc. He lives in a spacious farmhouse about two miles from Pittsfield, a weary walk through the dust.
made
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From this reading ‘I have made my first literary pilgrimage, a call upon Herman Melville, the renowned author of ‘Typee,’ etc. He lives in a spacious farmhouse about two miles from Pittsfield, a weary walk through the dust.
Melville
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From this reading ‘I have made my first literary pilgrimage, a call upon Herman Melville, the renowned author of ‘Typee,’ etc. He lives in a spacious farmhouse about two miles from Pittsfield, a weary walk through the dust.
miles
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From this reading ‘I have made my first literary pilgrimage, a call upon Herman Melville, the renowned author of ‘Typee,’ etc. He lives in a spacious farmhouse about two miles from Pittsfield, a weary walk through the dust.
monologue
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From this reading I introduced myself as a Hawaiian-American, and soon found myself in full tide of talk, or rather of monologue.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading ‘I have made my first literary pilgrimage, a call upon Herman Melville, the renowned author of ‘Typee,’ etc. He lives in a spacious farmhouse about two miles from Pittsfield, a weary walk through the dust.
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading I introduced myself as a Hawaiian-American, and soon found myself in full tide of talk, or rather of monologue.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading But he would not repeat the experiences of which I had been reading with rapture in his books.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading ‘I have made my first literary pilgrimage, a call upon Herman Melville, the renowned author of ‘Typee,’ etc. He lives in a spacious farmhouse about two miles from Pittsfield, a weary walk through the dust.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading I introduced myself as a Hawaiian-American, and soon found myself in full tide of talk, or rather of monologue.
paradise
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From this reading In vain I sought to hear of Typee and those paradise islands, but he preferred to pour forth his philosophy and his theories of life.
philosophynounUS /fɪˈlɑː.sə.fi/
The study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence. (Triết học, đạo lý nhân sinh.)
From this reading In vain I sought to hear of Typee and those paradise islands, but he preferred to pour forth his philosophy and his theories of life.
pilgrimage
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From this reading ‘I have made my first literary pilgrimage, a call upon Herman Melville, the renowned author of ‘Typee,’ etc. He lives in a spacious farmhouse about two miles from Pittsfield, a weary walk through the dust.
Pittsfield
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From this reading ‘I have made my first literary pilgrimage, a call upon Herman Melville, the renowned author of ‘Typee,’ etc. He lives in a spacious farmhouse about two miles from Pittsfield, a weary walk through the dust.
pour
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From this reading In vain I sought to hear of Typee and those paradise islands, but he preferred to pour forth his philosophy and his theories of life.
preferred
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From this reading In vain I sought to hear of Typee and those paradise islands, but he preferred to pour forth his philosophy and his theories of life.
rapture
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From this reading But he would not repeat the experiences of which I had been reading with rapture in his books.
rather
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From this reading I introduced myself as a Hawaiian-American, and soon found myself in full tide of talk, or rather of monologue.
reading
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From this reading But he would not repeat the experiences of which I had been reading with rapture in his books.
renowned
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From this reading ‘I have made my first literary pilgrimage, a call upon Herman Melville, the renowned author of ‘Typee,’ etc. He lives in a spacious farmhouse about two miles from Pittsfield, a weary walk through the dust.
repaid
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From this reading But it as well repaid.
repeat
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From this reading But he would not repeat the experiences of which I had been reading with rapture in his books.
soon
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From this reading I introduced myself as a Hawaiian-American, and soon found myself in full tide of talk, or rather of monologue.
sought
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From this reading In vain I sought to hear of Typee and those paradise islands, but he preferred to pour forth his philosophy and his theories of life.
spacious
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From this reading ‘I have made my first literary pilgrimage, a call upon Herman Melville, the renowned author of ‘Typee,’ etc. He lives in a spacious farmhouse about two miles from Pittsfield, a weary walk through the dust.
talk
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From this reading I introduced myself as a Hawaiian-American, and soon found myself in full tide of talk, or rather of monologue.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ‘I have made my first literary pilgrimage, a call upon Herman Melville, the renowned author of ‘Typee,’ etc. He lives in a spacious farmhouse about two miles from Pittsfield, a weary walk through the dust.
theories
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From this reading In vain I sought to hear of Typee and those paradise islands, but he preferred to pour forth his philosophy and his theories of life.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading In vain I sought to hear of Typee and those paradise islands, but he preferred to pour forth his philosophy and his theories of life.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading ‘I have made my first literary pilgrimage, a call upon Herman Melville, the renowned author of ‘Typee,’ etc. He lives in a spacious farmhouse about two miles from Pittsfield, a weary walk through the dust.
tide
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From this reading I introduced myself as a Hawaiian-American, and soon found myself in full tide of talk, or rather of monologue.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading In vain I sought to hear of Typee and those paradise islands, but he preferred to pour forth his philosophy and his theories of life.
two
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From this reading ‘I have made my first literary pilgrimage, a call upon Herman Melville, the renowned author of ‘Typee,’ etc. He lives in a spacious farmhouse about two miles from Pittsfield, a weary walk through the dust.
Typee
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From this reading ‘I have made my first literary pilgrimage, a call upon Herman Melville, the renowned author of ‘Typee,’ etc. He lives in a spacious farmhouse about two miles from Pittsfield, a weary walk through the dust.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading ‘I have made my first literary pilgrimage, a call upon Herman Melville, the renowned author of ‘Typee,’ etc. He lives in a spacious farmhouse about two miles from Pittsfield, a weary walk through the dust.
vain
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From this reading In vain I sought to hear of Typee and those paradise islands, but he preferred to pour forth his philosophy and his theories of life.
walk
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From this reading ‘I have made my first literary pilgrimage, a call upon Herman Melville, the renowned author of ‘Typee,’ etc. He lives in a spacious farmhouse about two miles from Pittsfield, a weary walk through the dust.
weary
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From this reading ‘I have made my first literary pilgrimage, a call upon Herman Melville, the renowned author of ‘Typee,’ etc. He lives in a spacious farmhouse about two miles from Pittsfield, a weary walk through the dust.
well
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From this reading But it as well repaid.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading But he would not repeat the experiences of which I had been reading with rapture in his books.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading But he would not repeat the experiences of which I had been reading with rapture in his books.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading But he would not repeat the experiences of which I had been reading with rapture in his books.
