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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 Lee knew a man who, because of his light strength and mastery of horses, had spent a prolonged youth riding in gentlemen's steeplechases for the great Virginia stables; a career of racing silk and odds and danger, of highly ornamental women and champagne, of paddocks and formal halls and surreptitious little ante-rooms.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading That he envied; and, recalling his safe ignominious usefulness during the war, he envied the young half-drunk aviators sweeping in reckless arcs above the fortified German cities.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Or was it, again, only youth that he lamented, conscious of its slipping supinely from his grasp?
all
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From this reading What became clearest was that, of all the things which had happened to him, he would not, at the beginning, have deliberately chosen any.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Lee knew a man who, because of his light strength and mastery of horses, had spent a prolonged youth riding in gentlemen's steeplechases for the great Virginia stables; a career of racing silk and odds and danger, of highly ornamental women and champagne, of paddocks and formal halls and surreptitious little ante-rooms.
ante-rooms
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From this reading Lee knew a man who, because of his light strength and mastery of horses, had spent a prolonged youth riding in gentlemen's steeplechases for the great Virginia stables; a career of racing silk and odds and danger, of highly ornamental women and champagne, of paddocks and formal halls and surreptitious little ante-rooms.
any
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From this reading What became clearest was that, of all the things which had happened to him, he would not, at the beginning, have deliberately chosen any.
arcs
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From this reading That he envied; and, recalling his safe ignominious usefulness during the war, he envied the young half-drunk aviators sweeping in reckless arcs above the fortified German cities.
asleep
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From this reading One, it seemed, bred by the other, had overtaken him, fastened upon him, while he was asleep.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading What became clearest was that, of all the things which had happened to him, he would not, at the beginning, have deliberately chosen any.
aviators
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From this reading That he envied; and, recalling his safe ignominious usefulness during the war, he envied the young half-drunk aviators sweeping in reckless arcs above the fortified German cities.
became
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From this reading What became clearest was that, of all the things which had happened to him, he would not, at the beginning, have deliberately chosen any.
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading Lee knew a man who, because of his light strength and mastery of horses, had spent a prolonged youth riding in gentlemen's steeplechases for the great Virginia stables; a career of racing silk and odds and danger, of highly ornamental women and champagne, of paddocks and formal halls and surreptitious little ante-rooms.
beginningnounUS /ˈbeginning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading What became clearest was that, of all the things which had happened to him, he would not, at the beginning, have deliberately chosen any.
bred
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From this reading One, it seemed, bred by the other, had overtaken him, fastened upon him, while he was asleep.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading One, it seemed, bred by the other, had overtaken him, fastened upon him, while he was asleep.
career
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From this reading Lee knew a man who, because of his light strength and mastery of horses, had spent a prolonged youth riding in gentlemen's steeplechases for the great Virginia stables; a career of racing silk and odds and danger, of highly ornamental women and champagne, of paddocks and formal halls and surreptitious little ante-rooms.
champagne
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From this reading Lee knew a man who, because of his light strength and mastery of horses, had spent a prolonged youth riding in gentlemen's steeplechases for the great Virginia stables; a career of racing silk and odds and danger, of highly ornamental women and champagne, of paddocks and formal halls and surreptitious little ante-rooms.
chosen
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From this reading What became clearest was that, of all the things which had happened to him, he would not, at the beginning, have deliberately chosen any.
cities
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From this reading That he envied; and, recalling his safe ignominious usefulness during the war, he envied the young half-drunk aviators sweeping in reckless arcs above the fortified German cities.
clearest
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From this reading What became clearest was that, of all the things which had happened to him, he would not, at the beginning, have deliberately chosen any.
conscious
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From this reading Or was it, again, only youth that he lamented, conscious of its slipping supinely from his grasp?
danger
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From this reading Lee knew a man who, because of his light strength and mastery of horses, had spent a prolonged youth riding in gentlemen's steeplechases for the great Virginia stables; a career of racing silk and odds and danger, of highly ornamental women and champagne, of paddocks and formal halls and surreptitious little ante-rooms.
deliberately
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From this reading What became clearest was that, of all the things which had happened to him, he would not, at the beginning, have deliberately chosen any.
duringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading That he envied; and, recalling his safe ignominious usefulness during the war, he envied the young half-drunk aviators sweeping in reckless arcs above the fortified German cities.
envied
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From this reading That he envied; and, recalling his safe ignominious usefulness during the war, he envied the young half-drunk aviators sweeping in reckless arcs above the fortified German cities.
fastened
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From this reading One, it seemed, bred by the other, had overtaken him, fastened upon him, while he was asleep.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Lee knew a man who, because of his light strength and mastery of horses, had spent a prolonged youth riding in gentlemen's steeplechases for the great Virginia stables; a career of racing silk and odds and danger, of highly ornamental women and champagne, of paddocks and formal halls and surreptitious little ante-rooms.
formal
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From this reading Lee knew a man who, because of his light strength and mastery of horses, had spent a prolonged youth riding in gentlemen's steeplechases for the great Virginia stables; a career of racing silk and odds and danger, of highly ornamental women and champagne, of paddocks and formal halls and surreptitious little ante-rooms.
fortified
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From this reading That he envied; and, recalling his safe ignominious usefulness during the war, he envied the young half-drunk aviators sweeping in reckless arcs above the fortified German cities.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Or was it, again, only youth that he lamented, conscious of its slipping supinely from his grasp?
gentlemen's
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From this reading Lee knew a man who, because of his light strength and mastery of horses, had spent a prolonged youth riding in gentlemen's steeplechases for the great Virginia stables; a career of racing silk and odds and danger, of highly ornamental women and champagne, of paddocks and formal halls and surreptitious little ante-rooms.
German
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From this reading That he envied; and, recalling his safe ignominious usefulness during the war, he envied the young half-drunk aviators sweeping in reckless arcs above the fortified German cities.
graspnounUS /ɡræsp/
a firm hold in a specific situation in this story
From this reading Or was it, again, only youth that he lamented, conscious of its slipping supinely from his grasp?
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Lee knew a man who, because of his light strength and mastery of horses, had spent a prolonged youth riding in gentlemen's steeplechases for the great Virginia stables; a career of racing silk and odds and danger, of highly ornamental women and champagne, of paddocks and formal halls and surreptitious little ante-rooms.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading What became clearest was that, of all the things which had happened to him, he would not, at the beginning, have deliberately chosen any.
half-drunk
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From this reading That he envied; and, recalling his safe ignominious usefulness during the war, he envied the young half-drunk aviators sweeping in reckless arcs above the fortified German cities.
halls
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From this reading Lee knew a man who, because of his light strength and mastery of horses, had spent a prolonged youth riding in gentlemen's steeplechases for the great Virginia stables; a career of racing silk and odds and danger, of highly ornamental women and champagne, of paddocks and formal halls and surreptitious little ante-rooms.
happened
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From this reading What became clearest was that, of all the things which had happened to him, he would not, at the beginning, have deliberately chosen any.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading What became clearest was that, of all the things which had happened to him, he would not, at the beginning, have deliberately chosen any.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading What became clearest was that, of all the things which had happened to him, he would not, at the beginning, have deliberately chosen any.
highly
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From this reading Lee knew a man who, because of his light strength and mastery of horses, had spent a prolonged youth riding in gentlemen's steeplechases for the great Virginia stables; a career of racing silk and odds and danger, of highly ornamental women and champagne, of paddocks and formal halls and surreptitious little ante-rooms.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading What became clearest was that, of all the things which had happened to him, he would not, at the beginning, have deliberately chosen any.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Lee knew a man who, because of his light strength and mastery of horses, had spent a prolonged youth riding in gentlemen's steeplechases for the great Virginia stables; a career of racing silk and odds and danger, of highly ornamental women and champagne, of paddocks and formal halls and surreptitious little ante-rooms.
horses
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From this reading Lee knew a man who, because of his light strength and mastery of horses, had spent a prolonged youth riding in gentlemen's steeplechases for the great Virginia stables; a career of racing silk and odds and danger, of highly ornamental women and champagne, of paddocks and formal halls and surreptitious little ante-rooms.
ignominious
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From this reading That he envied; and, recalling his safe ignominious usefulness during the war, he envied the young half-drunk aviators sweeping in reckless arcs above the fortified German cities.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Lee knew a man who, because of his light strength and mastery of horses, had spent a prolonged youth riding in gentlemen's steeplechases for the great Virginia stables; a career of racing silk and odds and danger, of highly ornamental women and champagne, of paddocks and formal halls and surreptitious little ante-rooms.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading One, it seemed, bred by the other, had overtaken him, fastened upon him, while he was asleep.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Or was it, again, only youth that he lamented, conscious of its slipping supinely from his grasp?
knew
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From this reading Lee knew a man who, because of his light strength and mastery of horses, had spent a prolonged youth riding in gentlemen's steeplechases for the great Virginia stables; a career of racing silk and odds and danger, of highly ornamental women and champagne, of paddocks and formal halls and surreptitious little ante-rooms.
lamentedverbUS /ləˈmentɪd/
expressed great sadness or disappointment
From this reading Or was it, again, only youth that he lamented, conscious of its slipping supinely from his grasp?
Lee
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From this reading Lee knew a man who, because of his light strength and mastery of horses, had spent a prolonged youth riding in gentlemen's steeplechases for the great Virginia stables; a career of racing silk and odds and danger, of highly ornamental women and champagne, of paddocks and formal halls and surreptitious little ante-rooms.
light
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From this reading Lee knew a man who, because of his light strength and mastery of horses, had spent a prolonged youth riding in gentlemen's steeplechases for the great Virginia stables; a career of racing silk and odds and danger, of highly ornamental women and champagne, of paddocks and formal halls and surreptitious little ante-rooms.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Lee knew a man who, because of his light strength and mastery of horses, had spent a prolonged youth riding in gentlemen's steeplechases for the great Virginia stables; a career of racing silk and odds and danger, of highly ornamental women and champagne, of paddocks and formal halls and surreptitious little ante-rooms.
man
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From this reading Lee knew a man who, because of his light strength and mastery of horses, had spent a prolonged youth riding in gentlemen's steeplechases for the great Virginia stables; a career of racing silk and odds and danger, of highly ornamental women and champagne, of paddocks and formal halls and surreptitious little ante-rooms.
mastery
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From this reading Lee knew a man who, because of his light strength and mastery of horses, had spent a prolonged youth riding in gentlemen's steeplechases for the great Virginia stables; a career of racing silk and odds and danger, of highly ornamental women and champagne, of paddocks and formal halls and surreptitious little ante-rooms.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading What became clearest was that, of all the things which had happened to him, he would not, at the beginning, have deliberately chosen any.
odds
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From this reading Lee knew a man who, because of his light strength and mastery of horses, had spent a prolonged youth riding in gentlemen's steeplechases for the great Virginia stables; a career of racing silk and odds and danger, of highly ornamental women and champagne, of paddocks and formal halls and surreptitious little ante-rooms.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading What became clearest was that, of all the things which had happened to him, he would not, at the beginning, have deliberately chosen any.
OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One, it seemed, bred by the other, had overtaken him, fastened upon him, while he was asleep.
only
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From this reading Or was it, again, only youth that he lamented, conscious of its slipping supinely from his grasp?
OrconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Or was it, again, only youth that he lamented, conscious of its slipping supinely from his grasp?
ornamental
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From this reading Lee knew a man who, because of his light strength and mastery of horses, had spent a prolonged youth riding in gentlemen's steeplechases for the great Virginia stables; a career of racing silk and odds and danger, of highly ornamental women and champagne, of paddocks and formal halls and surreptitious little ante-rooms.
other
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From this reading One, it seemed, bred by the other, had overtaken him, fastened upon him, while he was asleep.
overtaken
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From this reading One, it seemed, bred by the other, had overtaken him, fastened upon him, while he was asleep.
paddocks
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From this reading Lee knew a man who, because of his light strength and mastery of horses, had spent a prolonged youth riding in gentlemen's steeplechases for the great Virginia stables; a career of racing silk and odds and danger, of highly ornamental women and champagne, of paddocks and formal halls and surreptitious little ante-rooms.
prolonged
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From this reading Lee knew a man who, because of his light strength and mastery of horses, had spent a prolonged youth riding in gentlemen's steeplechases for the great Virginia stables; a career of racing silk and odds and danger, of highly ornamental women and champagne, of paddocks and formal halls and surreptitious little ante-rooms.
racing
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From this reading Lee knew a man who, because of his light strength and mastery of horses, had spent a prolonged youth riding in gentlemen's steeplechases for the great Virginia stables; a career of racing silk and odds and danger, of highly ornamental women and champagne, of paddocks and formal halls and surreptitious little ante-rooms.
recalling
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From this reading That he envied; and, recalling his safe ignominious usefulness during the war, he envied the young half-drunk aviators sweeping in reckless arcs above the fortified German cities.
reckless
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From this reading That he envied; and, recalling his safe ignominious usefulness during the war, he envied the young half-drunk aviators sweeping in reckless arcs above the fortified German cities.
riding
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From this reading Lee knew a man who, because of his light strength and mastery of horses, had spent a prolonged youth riding in gentlemen's steeplechases for the great Virginia stables; a career of racing silk and odds and danger, of highly ornamental women and champagne, of paddocks and formal halls and surreptitious little ante-rooms.
safe
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From this reading That he envied; and, recalling his safe ignominious usefulness during the war, he envied the young half-drunk aviators sweeping in reckless arcs above the fortified German cities.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One, it seemed, bred by the other, had overtaken him, fastened upon him, while he was asleep.
silk
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From this reading Lee knew a man who, because of his light strength and mastery of horses, had spent a prolonged youth riding in gentlemen's steeplechases for the great Virginia stables; a career of racing silk and odds and danger, of highly ornamental women and champagne, of paddocks and formal halls and surreptitious little ante-rooms.
slipping
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From this reading Or was it, again, only youth that he lamented, conscious of its slipping supinely from his grasp?
spent
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From this reading Lee knew a man who, because of his light strength and mastery of horses, had spent a prolonged youth riding in gentlemen's steeplechases for the great Virginia stables; a career of racing silk and odds and danger, of highly ornamental women and champagne, of paddocks and formal halls and surreptitious little ante-rooms.
stables
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From this reading Lee knew a man who, because of his light strength and mastery of horses, had spent a prolonged youth riding in gentlemen's steeplechases for the great Virginia stables; a career of racing silk and odds and danger, of highly ornamental women and champagne, of paddocks and formal halls and surreptitious little ante-rooms.
steeplechases
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From this reading Lee knew a man who, because of his light strength and mastery of horses, had spent a prolonged youth riding in gentlemen's steeplechases for the great Virginia stables; a career of racing silk and odds and danger, of highly ornamental women and champagne, of paddocks and formal halls and surreptitious little ante-rooms.
strengthnounUS /ˈstrength/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Lee knew a man who, because of his light strength and mastery of horses, had spent a prolonged youth riding in gentlemen's steeplechases for the great Virginia stables; a career of racing silk and odds and danger, of highly ornamental women and champagne, of paddocks and formal halls and surreptitious little ante-rooms.
supinely
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From this reading Or was it, again, only youth that he lamented, conscious of its slipping supinely from his grasp?
surreptitious
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From this reading Lee knew a man who, because of his light strength and mastery of horses, had spent a prolonged youth riding in gentlemen's steeplechases for the great Virginia stables; a career of racing silk and odds and danger, of highly ornamental women and champagne, of paddocks and formal halls and surreptitious little ante-rooms.
sweeping
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From this reading That he envied; and, recalling his safe ignominious usefulness during the war, he envied the young half-drunk aviators sweeping in reckless arcs above the fortified German cities.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading What became clearest was that, of all the things which had happened to him, he would not, at the beginning, have deliberately chosen any.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading What became clearest was that, of all the things which had happened to him, he would not, at the beginning, have deliberately chosen any.
things
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From this reading What became clearest was that, of all the things which had happened to him, he would not, at the beginning, have deliberately chosen any.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading What became clearest was that, of all the things which had happened to him, he would not, at the beginning, have deliberately chosen any.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading One, it seemed, bred by the other, had overtaken him, fastened upon him, while he was asleep.
usefulness
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From this reading That he envied; and, recalling his safe ignominious usefulness during the war, he envied the young half-drunk aviators sweeping in reckless arcs above the fortified German cities.
Virginia
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From this reading Lee knew a man who, because of his light strength and mastery of horses, had spent a prolonged youth riding in gentlemen's steeplechases for the great Virginia stables; a career of racing silk and odds and danger, of highly ornamental women and champagne, of paddocks and formal halls and surreptitious little ante-rooms.
war
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From this reading That he envied; and, recalling his safe ignominious usefulness during the war, he envied the young half-drunk aviators sweeping in reckless arcs above the fortified German cities.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading What became clearest was that, of all the things which had happened to him, he would not, at the beginning, have deliberately chosen any.
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What became clearest was that, of all the things which had happened to him, he would not, at the beginning, have deliberately chosen any.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading What became clearest was that, of all the things which had happened to him, he would not, at the beginning, have deliberately chosen any.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading One, it seemed, bred by the other, had overtaken him, fastened upon him, while he was asleep.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Lee knew a man who, because of his light strength and mastery of horses, had spent a prolonged youth riding in gentlemen's steeplechases for the great Virginia stables; a career of racing silk and odds and danger, of highly ornamental women and champagne, of paddocks and formal halls and surreptitious little ante-rooms.
women
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From this reading Lee knew a man who, because of his light strength and mastery of horses, had spent a prolonged youth riding in gentlemen's steeplechases for the great Virginia stables; a career of racing silk and odds and danger, of highly ornamental women and champagne, of paddocks and formal halls and surreptitious little ante-rooms.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading What became clearest was that, of all the things which had happened to him, he would not, at the beginning, have deliberately chosen any.
young
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From this reading That he envied; and, recalling his safe ignominious usefulness during the war, he envied the young half-drunk aviators sweeping in reckless arcs above the fortified German cities.
youth
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From this reading Lee knew a man who, because of his light strength and mastery of horses, had spent a prolonged youth riding in gentlemen's steeplechases for the great Virginia stables; a career of racing silk and odds and danger, of highly ornamental women and champagne, of paddocks and formal halls and surreptitious little ante-rooms.
