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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 When I arrived at an age when my character should have been in some measure "moulded," I was, like most persons of a peculiar nervous temperament, very vacillating and changeful.
age
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From this reading When I arrived at an age when my character should have been in some measure "moulded," I was, like most persons of a peculiar nervous temperament, very vacillating and changeful.
ambitions
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From this reading I was now constantly developing new, short-lived ambitions.
ANdeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading HIS PURSUIT OF AN EDUCATION.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading When I arrived at an age when my character should have been in some measure "moulded," I was, like most persons of a peculiar nervous temperament, very vacillating and changeful.
arrived
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From this reading When I arrived at an age when my character should have been in some measure "moulded," I was, like most persons of a peculiar nervous temperament, very vacillating and changeful.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading When I arrived at an age when my character should have been in some measure "moulded," I was, like most persons of a peculiar nervous temperament, very vacillating and changeful.
became
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From this reading Occasionally I became industrious for short periods of time.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading When I arrived at an age when my character should have been in some measure "moulded," I was, like most persons of a peculiar nervous temperament, very vacillating and changeful.
changeful
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From this reading When I arrived at an age when my character should have been in some measure "moulded," I was, like most persons of a peculiar nervous temperament, very vacillating and changeful.
character
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From this reading When I arrived at an age when my character should have been in some measure "moulded," I was, like most persons of a peculiar nervous temperament, very vacillating and changeful.
constantly
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From this reading I was now constantly developing new, short-lived ambitions.
developing
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From this reading I was now constantly developing new, short-lived ambitions.
didn't
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From this reading No one knew how to size me up; in fact, I didn't know myself.
EDUCATION
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From this reading HIS PURSUIT OF AN EDUCATION.
fact
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From this reading No one knew how to size me up; in fact, I didn't know myself.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Occasionally I became industrious for short periods of time.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading When I arrived at an age when my character should have been in some measure "moulded," I was, like most persons of a peculiar nervous temperament, very vacillating and changeful.
HISdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading HIS PURSUIT OF AN EDUCATION.
how
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From this reading No one knew how to size me up; in fact, I didn't know myself.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading When I arrived at an age when my character should have been in some measure "moulded," I was, like most persons of a peculiar nervous temperament, very vacillating and changeful.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading When I arrived at an age when my character should have been in some measure "moulded," I was, like most persons of a peculiar nervous temperament, very vacillating and changeful.
industrious
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From this reading Occasionally I became industrious for short periods of time.
knew
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From this reading No one knew how to size me up; in fact, I didn't know myself.
know
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From this reading No one knew how to size me up; in fact, I didn't know myself.
like
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From this reading When I arrived at an age when my character should have been in some measure "moulded," I was, like most persons of a peculiar nervous temperament, very vacillating and changeful.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading No one knew how to size me up; in fact, I didn't know myself.
measure
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From this reading When I arrived at an age when my character should have been in some measure "moulded," I was, like most persons of a peculiar nervous temperament, very vacillating and changeful.
most
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From this reading When I arrived at an age when my character should have been in some measure "moulded," I was, like most persons of a peculiar nervous temperament, very vacillating and changeful.
moulded
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From this reading When I arrived at an age when my character should have been in some measure "moulded," I was, like most persons of a peculiar nervous temperament, very vacillating and changeful.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading When I arrived at an age when my character should have been in some measure "moulded," I was, like most persons of a peculiar nervous temperament, very vacillating and changeful.
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading No one knew how to size me up; in fact, I didn't know myself.
nervous
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From this reading When I arrived at an age when my character should have been in some measure "moulded," I was, like most persons of a peculiar nervous temperament, very vacillating and changeful.
new
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From this reading I was now constantly developing new, short-lived ambitions.
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading No one knew how to size me up; in fact, I didn't know myself.
now
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From this reading I was now constantly developing new, short-lived ambitions.
Occasionally
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From this reading Occasionally I became industrious for short periods of time.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading HIS PURSUIT OF AN EDUCATION.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading No one knew how to size me up; in fact, I didn't know myself.
peculiar
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From this reading When I arrived at an age when my character should have been in some measure "moulded," I was, like most persons of a peculiar nervous temperament, very vacillating and changeful.
periods
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From this reading Occasionally I became industrious for short periods of time.
persons
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From this reading When I arrived at an age when my character should have been in some measure "moulded," I was, like most persons of a peculiar nervous temperament, very vacillating and changeful.
PURSUIT
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From this reading HIS PURSUIT OF AN EDUCATION.
short
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From this reading Occasionally I became industrious for short periods of time.
short-lived
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From this reading I was now constantly developing new, short-lived ambitions.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading When I arrived at an age when my character should have been in some measure "moulded," I was, like most persons of a peculiar nervous temperament, very vacillating and changeful.
size
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From this reading No one knew how to size me up; in fact, I didn't know myself.
some
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From this reading When I arrived at an age when my character should have been in some measure "moulded," I was, like most persons of a peculiar nervous temperament, very vacillating and changeful.
temperament
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From this reading When I arrived at an age when my character should have been in some measure "moulded," I was, like most persons of a peculiar nervous temperament, very vacillating and changeful.
time
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From this reading Occasionally I became industrious for short periods of time.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading No one knew how to size me up; in fact, I didn't know myself.
up
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From this reading No one knew how to size me up; in fact, I didn't know myself.
vacillating
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From this reading When I arrived at an age when my character should have been in some measure "moulded," I was, like most persons of a peculiar nervous temperament, very vacillating and changeful.
very
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From this reading When I arrived at an age when my character should have been in some measure "moulded," I was, like most persons of a peculiar nervous temperament, very vacillating and changeful.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading When I arrived at an age when my character should have been in some measure "moulded," I was, like most persons of a peculiar nervous temperament, very vacillating and changeful.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When I arrived at an age when my character should have been in some measure "moulded," I was, like most persons of a peculiar nervous temperament, very vacillating and changeful.
