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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 F. Robertson People who have been brought up in the country, or in small places where every neighbor is known by sight, are apt to think that life in a large town must lack many of the interests which they have learned to find in their more limited communities.
all
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From this reading In a somewhat bewildered way, they gaze at the shifting crowd of strange faces, and wonder whether it would be possible to feel completely at home where all the surroundings of life seem ever changing and unfamiliar.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There are three things in this world which deserve no quarter--Hypocrisy, Pharisaism, and Tyranny.
apt
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From this reading F. Robertson People who have been brought up in the country, or in small places where every neighbor is known by sight, are apt to think that life in a large town must lack many of the interests which they have learned to find in their more limited communities.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There are three things in this world which deserve no quarter--Hypocrisy, Pharisaism, and Tyranny.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading In a somewhat bewildered way, they gaze at the shifting crowd of strange faces, and wonder whether it would be possible to feel completely at home where all the surroundings of life seem ever changing and unfamiliar.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading In a somewhat bewildered way, they gaze at the shifting crowd of strange faces, and wonder whether it would be possible to feel completely at home where all the surroundings of life seem ever changing and unfamiliar.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading F. Robertson People who have been brought up in the country, or in small places where every neighbor is known by sight, are apt to think that life in a large town must lack many of the interests which they have learned to find in their more limited communities.
Beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Still humanity grows dearer, Being learned the more.
bewilderednounUS /bewildered/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In a somewhat bewildered way, they gaze at the shifting crowd of strange faces, and wonder whether it would be possible to feel completely at home where all the surroundings of life seem ever changing and unfamiliar.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading F. Robertson People who have been brought up in the country, or in small places where every neighbor is known by sight, are apt to think that life in a large town must lack many of the interests which they have learned to find in their more limited communities.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading F. Robertson People who have been brought up in the country, or in small places where every neighbor is known by sight, are apt to think that life in a large town must lack many of the interests which they have learned to find in their more limited communities.
changing
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From this reading In a somewhat bewildered way, they gaze at the shifting crowd of strange faces, and wonder whether it would be possible to feel completely at home where all the surroundings of life seem ever changing and unfamiliar.
communities
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From this reading F. Robertson People who have been brought up in the country, or in small places where every neighbor is known by sight, are apt to think that life in a large town must lack many of the interests which they have learned to find in their more limited communities.
completely
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From this reading In a somewhat bewildered way, they gaze at the shifting crowd of strange faces, and wonder whether it would be possible to feel completely at home where all the surroundings of life seem ever changing and unfamiliar.
country
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From this reading F. Robertson People who have been brought up in the country, or in small places where every neighbor is known by sight, are apt to think that life in a large town must lack many of the interests which they have learned to find in their more limited communities.
crowd
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From this reading In a somewhat bewildered way, they gaze at the shifting crowd of strange faces, and wonder whether it would be possible to feel completely at home where all the surroundings of life seem ever changing and unfamiliar.
dearer
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From this reading Still humanity grows dearer, Being learned the more.
deserve
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From this reading There are three things in this world which deserve no quarter--Hypocrisy, Pharisaism, and Tyranny.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In a somewhat bewildered way, they gaze at the shifting crowd of strange faces, and wonder whether it would be possible to feel completely at home where all the surroundings of life seem ever changing and unfamiliar.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading F. Robertson People who have been brought up in the country, or in small places where every neighbor is known by sight, are apt to think that life in a large town must lack many of the interests which they have learned to find in their more limited communities.
F
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From this reading F. Robertson People who have been brought up in the country, or in small places where every neighbor is known by sight, are apt to think that life in a large town must lack many of the interests which they have learned to find in their more limited communities.
faces
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From this reading In a somewhat bewildered way, they gaze at the shifting crowd of strange faces, and wonder whether it would be possible to feel completely at home where all the surroundings of life seem ever changing and unfamiliar.
feel
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From this reading In a somewhat bewildered way, they gaze at the shifting crowd of strange faces, and wonder whether it would be possible to feel completely at home where all the surroundings of life seem ever changing and unfamiliar.
find
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From this reading F. Robertson People who have been brought up in the country, or in small places where every neighbor is known by sight, are apt to think that life in a large town must lack many of the interests which they have learned to find in their more limited communities.
gaze
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From this reading In a somewhat bewildered way, they gaze at the shifting crowd of strange faces, and wonder whether it would be possible to feel completely at home where all the surroundings of life seem ever changing and unfamiliar.
grows
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From this reading Still humanity grows dearer, Being learned the more.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading F. Robertson People who have been brought up in the country, or in small places where every neighbor is known by sight, are apt to think that life in a large town must lack many of the interests which they have learned to find in their more limited communities.
home
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From this reading In a somewhat bewildered way, they gaze at the shifting crowd of strange faces, and wonder whether it would be possible to feel completely at home where all the surroundings of life seem ever changing and unfamiliar.
humanity
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From this reading Still humanity grows dearer, Being learned the more.
Hypocrisy
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From this reading There are three things in this world which deserve no quarter--Hypocrisy, Pharisaism, and Tyranny.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There are three things in this world which deserve no quarter--Hypocrisy, Pharisaism, and Tyranny.
Ingelow
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From this reading Jean Ingelow.
interests
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From this reading F. Robertson People who have been brought up in the country, or in small places where every neighbor is known by sight, are apt to think that life in a large town must lack many of the interests which they have learned to find in their more limited communities.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading F. Robertson People who have been brought up in the country, or in small places where every neighbor is known by sight, are apt to think that life in a large town must lack many of the interests which they have learned to find in their more limited communities.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading In a somewhat bewildered way, they gaze at the shifting crowd of strange faces, and wonder whether it would be possible to feel completely at home where all the surroundings of life seem ever changing and unfamiliar.
Jean
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From this reading Jean Ingelow.
known
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From this reading F. Robertson People who have been brought up in the country, or in small places where every neighbor is known by sight, are apt to think that life in a large town must lack many of the interests which they have learned to find in their more limited communities.
lack
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From this reading F. Robertson People who have been brought up in the country, or in small places where every neighbor is known by sight, are apt to think that life in a large town must lack many of the interests which they have learned to find in their more limited communities.
large
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From this reading F. Robertson People who have been brought up in the country, or in small places where every neighbor is known by sight, are apt to think that life in a large town must lack many of the interests which they have learned to find in their more limited communities.
learned
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From this reading Still humanity grows dearer, Being learned the more.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading F. Robertson People who have been brought up in the country, or in small places where every neighbor is known by sight, are apt to think that life in a large town must lack many of the interests which they have learned to find in their more limited communities.
limited
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From this reading F. Robertson People who have been brought up in the country, or in small places where every neighbor is known by sight, are apt to think that life in a large town must lack many of the interests which they have learned to find in their more limited communities.
many
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From this reading F. Robertson People who have been brought up in the country, or in small places where every neighbor is known by sight, are apt to think that life in a large town must lack many of the interests which they have learned to find in their more limited communities.
more
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From this reading Still humanity grows dearer, Being learned the more.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading F. Robertson People who have been brought up in the country, or in small places where every neighbor is known by sight, are apt to think that life in a large town must lack many of the interests which they have learned to find in their more limited communities.
neighbor
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From this reading F. Robertson People who have been brought up in the country, or in small places where every neighbor is known by sight, are apt to think that life in a large town must lack many of the interests which they have learned to find in their more limited communities.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading There are three things in this world which deserve no quarter--Hypocrisy, Pharisaism, and Tyranny.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading F. Robertson People who have been brought up in the country, or in small places where every neighbor is known by sight, are apt to think that life in a large town must lack many of the interests which they have learned to find in their more limited communities.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading F. Robertson People who have been brought up in the country, or in small places where every neighbor is known by sight, are apt to think that life in a large town must lack many of the interests which they have learned to find in their more limited communities.
People
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From this reading F. Robertson People who have been brought up in the country, or in small places where every neighbor is known by sight, are apt to think that life in a large town must lack many of the interests which they have learned to find in their more limited communities.
Pharisaism
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From this reading There are three things in this world which deserve no quarter--Hypocrisy, Pharisaism, and Tyranny.
places
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From this reading F. Robertson People who have been brought up in the country, or in small places where every neighbor is known by sight, are apt to think that life in a large town must lack many of the interests which they have learned to find in their more limited communities.
possible
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From this reading In a somewhat bewildered way, they gaze at the shifting crowd of strange faces, and wonder whether it would be possible to feel completely at home where all the surroundings of life seem ever changing and unfamiliar.
quarter
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From this reading There are three things in this world which deserve no quarter--Hypocrisy, Pharisaism, and Tyranny.
Robertson
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From this reading F. Robertson People who have been brought up in the country, or in small places where every neighbor is known by sight, are apt to think that life in a large town must lack many of the interests which they have learned to find in their more limited communities.
seem
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From this reading In a somewhat bewildered way, they gaze at the shifting crowd of strange faces, and wonder whether it would be possible to feel completely at home where all the surroundings of life seem ever changing and unfamiliar.
shifting
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From this reading In a somewhat bewildered way, they gaze at the shifting crowd of strange faces, and wonder whether it would be possible to feel completely at home where all the surroundings of life seem ever changing and unfamiliar.
sight
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From this reading F. Robertson People who have been brought up in the country, or in small places where every neighbor is known by sight, are apt to think that life in a large town must lack many of the interests which they have learned to find in their more limited communities.
small
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From this reading F. Robertson People who have been brought up in the country, or in small places where every neighbor is known by sight, are apt to think that life in a large town must lack many of the interests which they have learned to find in their more limited communities.
somewhat
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From this reading In a somewhat bewildered way, they gaze at the shifting crowd of strange faces, and wonder whether it would be possible to feel completely at home where all the surroundings of life seem ever changing and unfamiliar.
StillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Still humanity grows dearer, Being learned the more.
strange
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From this reading In a somewhat bewildered way, they gaze at the shifting crowd of strange faces, and wonder whether it would be possible to feel completely at home where all the surroundings of life seem ever changing and unfamiliar.
surroundings
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From this reading In a somewhat bewildered way, they gaze at the shifting crowd of strange faces, and wonder whether it would be possible to feel completely at home where all the surroundings of life seem ever changing and unfamiliar.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading F. Robertson People who have been brought up in the country, or in small places where every neighbor is known by sight, are apt to think that life in a large town must lack many of the interests which they have learned to find in their more limited communities.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Still humanity grows dearer, Being learned the more.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading F. Robertson People who have been brought up in the country, or in small places where every neighbor is known by sight, are apt to think that life in a large town must lack many of the interests which they have learned to find in their more limited communities.
There
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From this reading There are three things in this world which deserve no quarter--Hypocrisy, Pharisaism, and Tyranny.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading F. Robertson People who have been brought up in the country, or in small places where every neighbor is known by sight, are apt to think that life in a large town must lack many of the interests which they have learned to find in their more limited communities.
things
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From this reading There are three things in this world which deserve no quarter--Hypocrisy, Pharisaism, and Tyranny.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading F. Robertson People who have been brought up in the country, or in small places where every neighbor is known by sight, are apt to think that life in a large town must lack many of the interests which they have learned to find in their more limited communities.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading There are three things in this world which deserve no quarter--Hypocrisy, Pharisaism, and Tyranny.
three
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From this reading There are three things in this world which deserve no quarter--Hypocrisy, Pharisaism, and Tyranny.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading F. Robertson People who have been brought up in the country, or in small places where every neighbor is known by sight, are apt to think that life in a large town must lack many of the interests which they have learned to find in their more limited communities.
town
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From this reading F. Robertson People who have been brought up in the country, or in small places where every neighbor is known by sight, are apt to think that life in a large town must lack many of the interests which they have learned to find in their more limited communities.
Tyranny
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From this reading There are three things in this world which deserve no quarter--Hypocrisy, Pharisaism, and Tyranny.
unfamiliar
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From this reading In a somewhat bewildered way, they gaze at the shifting crowd of strange faces, and wonder whether it would be possible to feel completely at home where all the surroundings of life seem ever changing and unfamiliar.
up
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From this reading F. Robertson People who have been brought up in the country, or in small places where every neighbor is known by sight, are apt to think that life in a large town must lack many of the interests which they have learned to find in their more limited communities.
way
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From this reading In a somewhat bewildered way, they gaze at the shifting crowd of strange faces, and wonder whether it would be possible to feel completely at home where all the surroundings of life seem ever changing and unfamiliar.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading F. Robertson People who have been brought up in the country, or in small places where every neighbor is known by sight, are apt to think that life in a large town must lack many of the interests which they have learned to find in their more limited communities.
whetherconjunctionUS /ˈweðər/
used to introduce two or more possibilities
From this reading In a somewhat bewildered way, they gaze at the shifting crowd of strange faces, and wonder whether it would be possible to feel completely at home where all the surroundings of life seem ever changing and unfamiliar.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading There are three things in this world which deserve no quarter--Hypocrisy, Pharisaism, and Tyranny.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading F. Robertson People who have been brought up in the country, or in small places where every neighbor is known by sight, are apt to think that life in a large town must lack many of the interests which they have learned to find in their more limited communities.
wonder
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From this reading In a somewhat bewildered way, they gaze at the shifting crowd of strange faces, and wonder whether it would be possible to feel completely at home where all the surroundings of life seem ever changing and unfamiliar.
world
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From this reading There are three things in this world which deserve no quarter--Hypocrisy, Pharisaism, and Tyranny.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading In a somewhat bewildered way, they gaze at the shifting crowd of strange faces, and wonder whether it would be possible to feel completely at home where all the surroundings of life seem ever changing and unfamiliar.
