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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 should be very sorry,” the Altrurian proceeded, “to have any one believe that I have not been giving you a _bona fide_ account of conditions in my country before the Evolution, when we first took the name of Altruria in our great, peaceful campaign against the Accumulation.
abstractly
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From this reading I will not trouble you with details; in fact, I have been afraid that I had already treated of our affairs too abstractly; but, since your own experience furnishes you the means of seizing my meaning, I will go on as before.
account
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From this reading “I should be very sorry,” the Altrurian proceeded, “to have any one believe that I have not been giving you a _bona fide_ account of conditions in my country before the Evolution, when we first took the name of Altruria in our great, peaceful campaign against the Accumulation.
Accumulation
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From this reading “I should be very sorry,” the Altrurian proceeded, “to have any one believe that I have not been giving you a _bona fide_ account of conditions in my country before the Evolution, when we first took the name of Altruria in our great, peaceful campaign against the Accumulation.
affairs
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From this reading I will not trouble you with details; in fact, I have been afraid that I had already treated of our affairs too abstractly; but, since your own experience furnishes you the means of seizing my meaning, I will go on as before.
afraid
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From this reading I will not trouble you with details; in fact, I have been afraid that I had already treated of our affairs too abstractly; but, since your own experience furnishes you the means of seizing my meaning, I will go on as before.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading “I should be very sorry,” the Altrurian proceeded, “to have any one believe that I have not been giving you a _bona fide_ account of conditions in my country before the Evolution, when we first took the name of Altruria in our great, peaceful campaign against the Accumulation.
allegory
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From this reading As for offering you any allegory or travesty of your own conditions, I will simply say that I do not know them well enough to do so intelligently.
alreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I will not trouble you with details; in fact, I have been afraid that I had already treated of our affairs too abstractly; but, since your own experience furnishes you the means of seizing my meaning, I will go on as before.
Altruria
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From this reading “I should be very sorry,” the Altrurian proceeded, “to have any one believe that I have not been giving you a _bona fide_ account of conditions in my country before the Evolution, when we first took the name of Altruria in our great, peaceful campaign against the Accumulation.
Altrurian
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From this reading “I should be very sorry,” the Altrurian proceeded, “to have any one believe that I have not been giving you a _bona fide_ account of conditions in my country before the Evolution, when we first took the name of Altruria in our great, peaceful campaign against the Accumulation.
any
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From this reading “I should be very sorry,” the Altrurian proceeded, “to have any one believe that I have not been giving you a _bona fide_ account of conditions in my country before the Evolution, when we first took the name of Altruria in our great, peaceful campaign against the Accumulation.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading But, whatever they are, God forbid that the likeness which you seem to recognize should ever go so far as the desperate state of things which we finally reached.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As for offering you any allegory or travesty of your own conditions, I will simply say that I do not know them well enough to do so intelligently.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “I should be very sorry,” the Altrurian proceeded, “to have any one believe that I have not been giving you a _bona fide_ account of conditions in my country before the Evolution, when we first took the name of Altruria in our great, peaceful campaign against the Accumulation.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “I should be very sorry,” the Altrurian proceeded, “to have any one believe that I have not been giving you a _bona fide_ account of conditions in my country before the Evolution, when we first took the name of Altruria in our great, peaceful campaign against the Accumulation.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading “I should be very sorry,” the Altrurian proceeded, “to have any one believe that I have not been giving you a _bona fide_ account of conditions in my country before the Evolution, when we first took the name of Altruria in our great, peaceful campaign against the Accumulation.
believenounUS /ˈbelieve/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “I should be very sorry,” the Altrurian proceeded, “to have any one believe that I have not been giving you a _bona fide_ account of conditions in my country before the Evolution, when we first took the name of Altruria in our great, peaceful campaign against the Accumulation.
bona
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From this reading “I should be very sorry,” the Altrurian proceeded, “to have any one believe that I have not been giving you a _bona fide_ account of conditions in my country before the Evolution, when we first took the name of Altruria in our great, peaceful campaign against the Accumulation.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But, whatever they are, God forbid that the likeness which you seem to recognize should ever go so far as the desperate state of things which we finally reached.
campaign
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From this reading “I should be very sorry,” the Altrurian proceeded, “to have any one believe that I have not been giving you a _bona fide_ account of conditions in my country before the Evolution, when we first took the name of Altruria in our great, peaceful campaign against the Accumulation.
conditions
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From this reading “I should be very sorry,” the Altrurian proceeded, “to have any one believe that I have not been giving you a _bona fide_ account of conditions in my country before the Evolution, when we first took the name of Altruria in our great, peaceful campaign against the Accumulation.
country
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From this reading “I should be very sorry,” the Altrurian proceeded, “to have any one believe that I have not been giving you a _bona fide_ account of conditions in my country before the Evolution, when we first took the name of Altruria in our great, peaceful campaign against the Accumulation.
desperate
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From this reading But, whatever they are, God forbid that the likeness which you seem to recognize should ever go so far as the desperate state of things which we finally reached.
detailsnounUS /ˈdetails/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I will not trouble you with details; in fact, I have been afraid that I had already treated of our affairs too abstractly; but, since your own experience furnishes you the means of seizing my meaning, I will go on as before.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading As for offering you any allegory or travesty of your own conditions, I will simply say that I do not know them well enough to do so intelligently.
enough
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From this reading As for offering you any allegory or travesty of your own conditions, I will simply say that I do not know them well enough to do so intelligently.
erected
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From this reading “You will understand me when I explain that the Accumulation had not erected itself into the sovereignty with us unopposed.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But, whatever they are, God forbid that the likeness which you seem to recognize should ever go so far as the desperate state of things which we finally reached.
Evolution
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From this reading “I should be very sorry,” the Altrurian proceeded, “to have any one believe that I have not been giving you a _bona fide_ account of conditions in my country before the Evolution, when we first took the name of Altruria in our great, peaceful campaign against the Accumulation.
experience
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From this reading I will not trouble you with details; in fact, I have been afraid that I had already treated of our affairs too abstractly; but, since your own experience furnishes you the means of seizing my meaning, I will go on as before.
explain
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From this reading “You will understand me when I explain that the Accumulation had not erected itself into the sovereignty with us unopposed.
fact
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From this reading I will not trouble you with details; in fact, I have been afraid that I had already treated of our affairs too abstractly; but, since your own experience furnishes you the means of seizing my meaning, I will go on as before.
far
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From this reading But, whatever they are, God forbid that the likeness which you seem to recognize should ever go so far as the desperate state of things which we finally reached.
fide
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From this reading “I should be very sorry,” the Altrurian proceeded, “to have any one believe that I have not been giving you a _bona fide_ account of conditions in my country before the Evolution, when we first took the name of Altruria in our great, peaceful campaign against the Accumulation.
finally
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From this reading But, whatever they are, God forbid that the likeness which you seem to recognize should ever go so far as the desperate state of things which we finally reached.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I should be very sorry,” the Altrurian proceeded, “to have any one believe that I have not been giving you a _bona fide_ account of conditions in my country before the Evolution, when we first took the name of Altruria in our great, peaceful campaign against the Accumulation.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading As for offering you any allegory or travesty of your own conditions, I will simply say that I do not know them well enough to do so intelligently.
forbid
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From this reading But, whatever they are, God forbid that the likeness which you seem to recognize should ever go so far as the desperate state of things which we finally reached.
furnishes
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From this reading I will not trouble you with details; in fact, I have been afraid that I had already treated of our affairs too abstractly; but, since your own experience furnishes you the means of seizing my meaning, I will go on as before.
giving
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From this reading “I should be very sorry,” the Altrurian proceeded, “to have any one believe that I have not been giving you a _bona fide_ account of conditions in my country before the Evolution, when we first took the name of Altruria in our great, peaceful campaign against the Accumulation.
go
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From this reading But, whatever they are, God forbid that the likeness which you seem to recognize should ever go so far as the desperate state of things which we finally reached.
God
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From this reading But, whatever they are, God forbid that the likeness which you seem to recognize should ever go so far as the desperate state of things which we finally reached.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I should be very sorry,” the Altrurian proceeded, “to have any one believe that I have not been giving you a _bona fide_ account of conditions in my country before the Evolution, when we first took the name of Altruria in our great, peaceful campaign against the Accumulation.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I will not trouble you with details; in fact, I have been afraid that I had already treated of our affairs too abstractly; but, since your own experience furnishes you the means of seizing my meaning, I will go on as before.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I should be very sorry,” the Altrurian proceeded, “to have any one believe that I have not been giving you a _bona fide_ account of conditions in my country before the Evolution, when we first took the name of Altruria in our great, peaceful campaign against the Accumulation.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I should be very sorry,” the Altrurian proceeded, “to have any one believe that I have not been giving you a _bona fide_ account of conditions in my country before the Evolution, when we first took the name of Altruria in our great, peaceful campaign against the Accumulation.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “I should be very sorry,” the Altrurian proceeded, “to have any one believe that I have not been giving you a _bona fide_ account of conditions in my country before the Evolution, when we first took the name of Altruria in our great, peaceful campaign against the Accumulation.
intelligently
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From this reading As for offering you any allegory or travesty of your own conditions, I will simply say that I do not know them well enough to do so intelligently.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading “You will understand me when I explain that the Accumulation had not erected itself into the sovereignty with us unopposed.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading “You will understand me when I explain that the Accumulation had not erected itself into the sovereignty with us unopposed.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As for offering you any allegory or travesty of your own conditions, I will simply say that I do not know them well enough to do so intelligently.
likeness
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From this reading But, whatever they are, God forbid that the likeness which you seem to recognize should ever go so far as the desperate state of things which we finally reached.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “You will understand me when I explain that the Accumulation had not erected itself into the sovereignty with us unopposed.
meaning
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From this reading I will not trouble you with details; in fact, I have been afraid that I had already treated of our affairs too abstractly; but, since your own experience furnishes you the means of seizing my meaning, I will go on as before.
means
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From this reading I will not trouble you with details; in fact, I have been afraid that I had already treated of our affairs too abstractly; but, since your own experience furnishes you the means of seizing my meaning, I will go on as before.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “I should be very sorry,” the Altrurian proceeded, “to have any one believe that I have not been giving you a _bona fide_ account of conditions in my country before the Evolution, when we first took the name of Altruria in our great, peaceful campaign against the Accumulation.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I should be very sorry,” the Altrurian proceeded, “to have any one believe that I have not been giving you a _bona fide_ account of conditions in my country before the Evolution, when we first took the name of Altruria in our great, peaceful campaign against the Accumulation.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “I should be very sorry,” the Altrurian proceeded, “to have any one believe that I have not been giving you a _bona fide_ account of conditions in my country before the Evolution, when we first took the name of Altruria in our great, peaceful campaign against the Accumulation.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “I should be very sorry,” the Altrurian proceeded, “to have any one believe that I have not been giving you a _bona fide_ account of conditions in my country before the Evolution, when we first took the name of Altruria in our great, peaceful campaign against the Accumulation.
offering
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From this reading As for offering you any allegory or travesty of your own conditions, I will simply say that I do not know them well enough to do so intelligently.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I will not trouble you with details; in fact, I have been afraid that I had already treated of our affairs too abstractly; but, since your own experience furnishes you the means of seizing my meaning, I will go on as before.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “I should be very sorry,” the Altrurian proceeded, “to have any one believe that I have not been giving you a _bona fide_ account of conditions in my country before the Evolution, when we first took the name of Altruria in our great, peaceful campaign against the Accumulation.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading As for offering you any allegory or travesty of your own conditions, I will simply say that I do not know them well enough to do so intelligently.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading “I should be very sorry,” the Altrurian proceeded, “to have any one believe that I have not been giving you a _bona fide_ account of conditions in my country before the Evolution, when we first took the name of Altruria in our great, peaceful campaign against the Accumulation.
own
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From this reading As for offering you any allegory or travesty of your own conditions, I will simply say that I do not know them well enough to do so intelligently.
peaceful
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From this reading “I should be very sorry,” the Altrurian proceeded, “to have any one believe that I have not been giving you a _bona fide_ account of conditions in my country before the Evolution, when we first took the name of Altruria in our great, peaceful campaign against the Accumulation.
proceeded
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From this reading “I should be very sorry,” the Altrurian proceeded, “to have any one believe that I have not been giving you a _bona fide_ account of conditions in my country before the Evolution, when we first took the name of Altruria in our great, peaceful campaign against the Accumulation.
reached
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From this reading But, whatever they are, God forbid that the likeness which you seem to recognize should ever go so far as the desperate state of things which we finally reached.
recognize
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From this reading But, whatever they are, God forbid that the likeness which you seem to recognize should ever go so far as the desperate state of things which we finally reached.
say
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From this reading As for offering you any allegory or travesty of your own conditions, I will simply say that I do not know them well enough to do so intelligently.
seem
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From this reading But, whatever they are, God forbid that the likeness which you seem to recognize should ever go so far as the desperate state of things which we finally reached.
seizing
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From this reading I will not trouble you with details; in fact, I have been afraid that I had already treated of our affairs too abstractly; but, since your own experience furnishes you the means of seizing my meaning, I will go on as before.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading “I should be very sorry,” the Altrurian proceeded, “to have any one believe that I have not been giving you a _bona fide_ account of conditions in my country before the Evolution, when we first took the name of Altruria in our great, peaceful campaign against the Accumulation.
simply
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From this reading As for offering you any allegory or travesty of your own conditions, I will simply say that I do not know them well enough to do so intelligently.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading I will not trouble you with details; in fact, I have been afraid that I had already treated of our affairs too abstractly; but, since your own experience furnishes you the means of seizing my meaning, I will go on as before.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading As for offering you any allegory or travesty of your own conditions, I will simply say that I do not know them well enough to do so intelligently.
sorry
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From this reading “I should be very sorry,” the Altrurian proceeded, “to have any one believe that I have not been giving you a _bona fide_ account of conditions in my country before the Evolution, when we first took the name of Altruria in our great, peaceful campaign against the Accumulation.
sovereignty
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From this reading “You will understand me when I explain that the Accumulation had not erected itself into the sovereignty with us unopposed.
state
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From this reading But, whatever they are, God forbid that the likeness which you seem to recognize should ever go so far as the desperate state of things which we finally reached.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “I should be very sorry,” the Altrurian proceeded, “to have any one believe that I have not been giving you a _bona fide_ account of conditions in my country before the Evolution, when we first took the name of Altruria in our great, peaceful campaign against the Accumulation.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “I should be very sorry,” the Altrurian proceeded, “to have any one believe that I have not been giving you a _bona fide_ account of conditions in my country before the Evolution, when we first took the name of Altruria in our great, peaceful campaign against the Accumulation.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading As for offering you any allegory or travesty of your own conditions, I will simply say that I do not know them well enough to do so intelligently.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But, whatever they are, God forbid that the likeness which you seem to recognize should ever go so far as the desperate state of things which we finally reached.
things
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From this reading But, whatever they are, God forbid that the likeness which you seem to recognize should ever go so far as the desperate state of things which we finally reached.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “I should be very sorry,” the Altrurian proceeded, “to have any one believe that I have not been giving you a _bona fide_ account of conditions in my country before the Evolution, when we first took the name of Altruria in our great, peaceful campaign against the Accumulation.
too
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From this reading I will not trouble you with details; in fact, I have been afraid that I had already treated of our affairs too abstractly; but, since your own experience furnishes you the means of seizing my meaning, I will go on as before.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I should be very sorry,” the Altrurian proceeded, “to have any one believe that I have not been giving you a _bona fide_ account of conditions in my country before the Evolution, when we first took the name of Altruria in our great, peaceful campaign against the Accumulation.
travesty
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From this reading As for offering you any allegory or travesty of your own conditions, I will simply say that I do not know them well enough to do so intelligently.
treated
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From this reading I will not trouble you with details; in fact, I have been afraid that I had already treated of our affairs too abstractly; but, since your own experience furnishes you the means of seizing my meaning, I will go on as before.
trouble
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From this reading I will not trouble you with details; in fact, I have been afraid that I had already treated of our affairs too abstractly; but, since your own experience furnishes you the means of seizing my meaning, I will go on as before.
understandnounUS /understand/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “You will understand me when I explain that the Accumulation had not erected itself into the sovereignty with us unopposed.
unopposed
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From this reading “You will understand me when I explain that the Accumulation had not erected itself into the sovereignty with us unopposed.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “You will understand me when I explain that the Accumulation had not erected itself into the sovereignty with us unopposed.
very
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From this reading “I should be very sorry,” the Altrurian proceeded, “to have any one believe that I have not been giving you a _bona fide_ account of conditions in my country before the Evolution, when we first took the name of Altruria in our great, peaceful campaign against the Accumulation.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “I should be very sorry,” the Altrurian proceeded, “to have any one believe that I have not been giving you a _bona fide_ account of conditions in my country before the Evolution, when we first took the name of Altruria in our great, peaceful campaign against the Accumulation.
well
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From this reading As for offering you any allegory or travesty of your own conditions, I will simply say that I do not know them well enough to do so intelligently.
whateverdeterminerUS /ˌwʌˈtevər/
any or all of a kind, it does not matter which
From this reading But, whatever they are, God forbid that the likeness which you seem to recognize should ever go so far as the desperate state of things which we finally reached.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading “I should be very sorry,” the Altrurian proceeded, “to have any one believe that I have not been giving you a _bona fide_ account of conditions in my country before the Evolution, when we first took the name of Altruria in our great, peaceful campaign against the Accumulation.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading But, whatever they are, God forbid that the likeness which you seem to recognize should ever go so far as the desperate state of things which we finally reached.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading As for offering you any allegory or travesty of your own conditions, I will simply say that I do not know them well enough to do so intelligently.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading I will not trouble you with details; in fact, I have been afraid that I had already treated of our affairs too abstractly; but, since your own experience furnishes you the means of seizing my meaning, I will go on as before.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I should be very sorry,” the Altrurian proceeded, “to have any one believe that I have not been giving you a _bona fide_ account of conditions in my country before the Evolution, when we first took the name of Altruria in our great, peaceful campaign against the Accumulation.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading As for offering you any allegory or travesty of your own conditions, I will simply say that I do not know them well enough to do so intelligently.
