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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 There is a class of persons who are never content with riding their own hobbies; they must have others mount with them.
adopted
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From this reading _SOCIAL_ theories that favor our passions, peculiarities, defects of character or weaknesses are readily adopted, and, with minds of an ardent temper, often become hobbies.
aimless
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From this reading And so they try to arrest this movement or that, or, gathering a company of aimless people, they galvanize them with their own wild purposes, and start them forth into the world on Quixotic errands.
All
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From this reading All the world is going wrong because it moves past them--trotting, pacing or galloping, as it may be, upon its own hobbies.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading _SOCIAL_ theories that favor our passions, peculiarities, defects of character or weaknesses are readily adopted, and, with minds of an ardent temper, often become hobbies.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _SOCIAL_ theories that favor our passions, peculiarities, defects of character or weaknesses are readily adopted, and, with minds of an ardent temper, often become hobbies.
ardent
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From this reading _SOCIAL_ theories that favor our passions, peculiarities, defects of character or weaknesses are readily adopted, and, with minds of an ardent temper, often become hobbies.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading _SOCIAL_ theories that favor our passions, peculiarities, defects of character or weaknesses are readily adopted, and, with minds of an ardent temper, often become hobbies.
arrest
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From this reading And so they try to arrest this movement or that, or, gathering a company of aimless people, they galvanize them with their own wild purposes, and start them forth into the world on Quixotic errands.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading All the world is going wrong because it moves past them--trotting, pacing or galloping, as it may be, upon its own hobbies.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading All the world is going wrong because it moves past them--trotting, pacing or galloping, as it may be, upon its own hobbies.
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading All the world is going wrong because it moves past them--trotting, pacing or galloping, as it may be, upon its own hobbies.
become
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From this reading _SOCIAL_ theories that favor our passions, peculiarities, defects of character or weaknesses are readily adopted, and, with minds of an ardent temper, often become hobbies.
character
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From this reading _SOCIAL_ theories that favor our passions, peculiarities, defects of character or weaknesses are readily adopted, and, with minds of an ardent temper, often become hobbies.
class
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From this reading There is a class of persons who are never content with riding their own hobbies; they must have others mount with them.
company
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From this reading And so they try to arrest this movement or that, or, gathering a company of aimless people, they galvanize them with their own wild purposes, and start them forth into the world on Quixotic errands.
content
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From this reading There is a class of persons who are never content with riding their own hobbies; they must have others mount with them.
defects
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From this reading _SOCIAL_ theories that favor our passions, peculiarities, defects of character or weaknesses are readily adopted, and, with minds of an ardent temper, often become hobbies.
errands
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From this reading And so they try to arrest this movement or that, or, gathering a company of aimless people, they galvanize them with their own wild purposes, and start them forth into the world on Quixotic errands.
favor
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From this reading _SOCIAL_ theories that favor our passions, peculiarities, defects of character or weaknesses are readily adopted, and, with minds of an ardent temper, often become hobbies.
forth
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From this reading And so they try to arrest this movement or that, or, gathering a company of aimless people, they galvanize them with their own wild purposes, and start them forth into the world on Quixotic errands.
galloping
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From this reading All the world is going wrong because it moves past them--trotting, pacing or galloping, as it may be, upon its own hobbies.
galvanize
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From this reading And so they try to arrest this movement or that, or, gathering a company of aimless people, they galvanize them with their own wild purposes, and start them forth into the world on Quixotic errands.
gathering
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From this reading And so they try to arrest this movement or that, or, gathering a company of aimless people, they galvanize them with their own wild purposes, and start them forth into the world on Quixotic errands.
going
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From this reading All the world is going wrong because it moves past them--trotting, pacing or galloping, as it may be, upon its own hobbies.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading There is a class of persons who are never content with riding their own hobbies; they must have others mount with them.
hobbies
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From this reading _SOCIAL_ theories that favor our passions, peculiarities, defects of character or weaknesses are readily adopted, and, with minds of an ardent temper, often become hobbies.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading And so they try to arrest this movement or that, or, gathering a company of aimless people, they galvanize them with their own wild purposes, and start them forth into the world on Quixotic errands.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There is a class of persons who are never content with riding their own hobbies; they must have others mount with them.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading All the world is going wrong because it moves past them--trotting, pacing or galloping, as it may be, upon its own hobbies.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading All the world is going wrong because it moves past them--trotting, pacing or galloping, as it may be, upon its own hobbies.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading All the world is going wrong because it moves past them--trotting, pacing or galloping, as it may be, upon its own hobbies.
minds
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From this reading _SOCIAL_ theories that favor our passions, peculiarities, defects of character or weaknesses are readily adopted, and, with minds of an ardent temper, often become hobbies.
mount
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From this reading There is a class of persons who are never content with riding their own hobbies; they must have others mount with them.
movement
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From this reading And so they try to arrest this movement or that, or, gathering a company of aimless people, they galvanize them with their own wild purposes, and start them forth into the world on Quixotic errands.
moves
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From this reading All the world is going wrong because it moves past them--trotting, pacing or galloping, as it may be, upon its own hobbies.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading There is a class of persons who are never content with riding their own hobbies; they must have others mount with them.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There is a class of persons who are never content with riding their own hobbies; they must have others mount with them.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _SOCIAL_ theories that favor our passions, peculiarities, defects of character or weaknesses are readily adopted, and, with minds of an ardent temper, often become hobbies.
often
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From this reading _SOCIAL_ theories that favor our passions, peculiarities, defects of character or weaknesses are readily adopted, and, with minds of an ardent temper, often become hobbies.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading And so they try to arrest this movement or that, or, gathering a company of aimless people, they galvanize them with their own wild purposes, and start them forth into the world on Quixotic errands.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading _SOCIAL_ theories that favor our passions, peculiarities, defects of character or weaknesses are readily adopted, and, with minds of an ardent temper, often become hobbies.
others
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From this reading There is a class of persons who are never content with riding their own hobbies; they must have others mount with them.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading _SOCIAL_ theories that favor our passions, peculiarities, defects of character or weaknesses are readily adopted, and, with minds of an ardent temper, often become hobbies.
own
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From this reading There is a class of persons who are never content with riding their own hobbies; they must have others mount with them.
pacing
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From this reading All the world is going wrong because it moves past them--trotting, pacing or galloping, as it may be, upon its own hobbies.
passions
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From this reading _SOCIAL_ theories that favor our passions, peculiarities, defects of character or weaknesses are readily adopted, and, with minds of an ardent temper, often become hobbies.
past
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From this reading All the world is going wrong because it moves past them--trotting, pacing or galloping, as it may be, upon its own hobbies.
peculiarities
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From this reading _SOCIAL_ theories that favor our passions, peculiarities, defects of character or weaknesses are readily adopted, and, with minds of an ardent temper, often become hobbies.
people
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From this reading And so they try to arrest this movement or that, or, gathering a company of aimless people, they galvanize them with their own wild purposes, and start them forth into the world on Quixotic errands.
persons
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From this reading There is a class of persons who are never content with riding their own hobbies; they must have others mount with them.
purposes
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From this reading And so they try to arrest this movement or that, or, gathering a company of aimless people, they galvanize them with their own wild purposes, and start them forth into the world on Quixotic errands.
Quixotic
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From this reading And so they try to arrest this movement or that, or, gathering a company of aimless people, they galvanize them with their own wild purposes, and start them forth into the world on Quixotic errands.
readilynounUS /readily/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _SOCIAL_ theories that favor our passions, peculiarities, defects of character or weaknesses are readily adopted, and, with minds of an ardent temper, often become hobbies.
REFORMERS
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From this reading THE REFORMERS.
riding
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From this reading There is a class of persons who are never content with riding their own hobbies; they must have others mount with them.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading And so they try to arrest this movement or that, or, gathering a company of aimless people, they galvanize them with their own wild purposes, and start them forth into the world on Quixotic errands.
SOCIAL
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From this reading _SOCIAL_ theories that favor our passions, peculiarities, defects of character or weaknesses are readily adopted, and, with minds of an ardent temper, often become hobbies.
startnounUS /start/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And so they try to arrest this movement or that, or, gathering a company of aimless people, they galvanize them with their own wild purposes, and start them forth into the world on Quixotic errands.
temper
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From this reading _SOCIAL_ theories that favor our passions, peculiarities, defects of character or weaknesses are readily adopted, and, with minds of an ardent temper, often become hobbies.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading _SOCIAL_ theories that favor our passions, peculiarities, defects of character or weaknesses are readily adopted, and, with minds of an ardent temper, often become hobbies.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE REFORMERS.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading There is a class of persons who are never content with riding their own hobbies; they must have others mount with them.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading There is a class of persons who are never content with riding their own hobbies; they must have others mount with them.
theories
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From this reading _SOCIAL_ theories that favor our passions, peculiarities, defects of character or weaknesses are readily adopted, and, with minds of an ardent temper, often become hobbies.
There
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From this reading There is a class of persons who are never content with riding their own hobbies; they must have others mount with them.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading There is a class of persons who are never content with riding their own hobbies; they must have others mount with them.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading And so they try to arrest this movement or that, or, gathering a company of aimless people, they galvanize them with their own wild purposes, and start them forth into the world on Quixotic errands.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And so they try to arrest this movement or that, or, gathering a company of aimless people, they galvanize them with their own wild purposes, and start them forth into the world on Quixotic errands.
trotting
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From this reading All the world is going wrong because it moves past them--trotting, pacing or galloping, as it may be, upon its own hobbies.
try
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From this reading And so they try to arrest this movement or that, or, gathering a company of aimless people, they galvanize them with their own wild purposes, and start them forth into the world on Quixotic errands.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading All the world is going wrong because it moves past them--trotting, pacing or galloping, as it may be, upon its own hobbies.
weaknesses
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From this reading _SOCIAL_ theories that favor our passions, peculiarities, defects of character or weaknesses are readily adopted, and, with minds of an ardent temper, often become hobbies.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading There is a class of persons who are never content with riding their own hobbies; they must have others mount with them.
wild
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From this reading And so they try to arrest this movement or that, or, gathering a company of aimless people, they galvanize them with their own wild purposes, and start them forth into the world on Quixotic errands.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading _SOCIAL_ theories that favor our passions, peculiarities, defects of character or weaknesses are readily adopted, and, with minds of an ardent temper, often become hobbies.
world
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From this reading All the world is going wrong because it moves past them--trotting, pacing or galloping, as it may be, upon its own hobbies.
wrong
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From this reading All the world is going wrong because it moves past them--trotting, pacing or galloping, as it may be, upon its own hobbies.
