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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 Without the immortal city, along the Appia Via, there dwelt a singular and romantic visionary, of the name of Volktman.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Without the immortal city, along the Appia Via, there dwelt a singular and romantic visionary, of the name of Volktman.
ANdeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading THE VISIONARY AND HIS DAUGHTER--AN ENGLISHMAN, SUCH AS FOREIGNERS IMAGINE THE ENGLISH.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE VISIONARY AND HIS DAUGHTER--AN ENGLISHMAN, SUCH AS FOREIGNERS IMAGINE THE ENGLISH.
Appia
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From this reading Without the immortal city, along the Appia Via, there dwelt a singular and romantic visionary, of the name of Volktman.
ASconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading THE VISIONARY AND HIS DAUGHTER--AN ENGLISHMAN, SUCH AS FOREIGNERS IMAGINE THE ENGLISH.
awoke
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From this reading Volktman was essentially a man belonging to the past time: the character of his enthusiasm was weird and Gothic; with beings of the present day he had no sympathy; their loves, their hatreds, their politics, their literature, awoke no echo in his breast.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
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beings
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From this reading Volktman was essentially a man belonging to the past time: the character of his enthusiasm was weird and Gothic; with beings of the present day he had no sympathy; their loves, their hatreds, their politics, their literature, awoke no echo in his breast.
belonging
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From this reading Volktman was essentially a man belonging to the past time: the character of his enthusiasm was weird and Gothic; with beings of the present day he had no sympathy; their loves, their hatreds, their politics, their literature, awoke no echo in his breast.
bestowed
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From this reading He was by birth a Dane; and nature had bestowed on him that frame of mind which might have won him a distinguished career, had she placed the period of his birth in the eleventh century.
birth
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From this reading He was by birth a Dane; and nature had bestowed on him that frame of mind which might have won him a distinguished career, had she placed the period of his birth in the eleventh century.
breast
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From this reading Volktman was essentially a man belonging to the past time: the character of his enthusiasm was weird and Gothic; with beings of the present day he had no sympathy; their loves, their hatreds, their politics, their literature, awoke no echo in his breast.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading He was by birth a Dane; and nature had bestowed on him that frame of mind which might have won him a distinguished career, had she placed the period of his birth in the eleventh century.
career
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From this reading He was by birth a Dane; and nature had bestowed on him that frame of mind which might have won him a distinguished career, had she placed the period of his birth in the eleventh century.
century
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From this reading He was by birth a Dane; and nature had bestowed on him that frame of mind which might have won him a distinguished career, had she placed the period of his birth in the eleventh century.
character
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From this reading Volktman was essentially a man belonging to the past time: the character of his enthusiasm was weird and Gothic; with beings of the present day he had no sympathy; their loves, their hatreds, their politics, their literature, awoke no echo in his breast.
characters
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city
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From this reading Without the immortal city, along the Appia Via, there dwelt a singular and romantic visionary, of the name of Volktman.
Dane
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From this reading He was by birth a Dane; and nature had bestowed on him that frame of mind which might have won him a distinguished career, had she placed the period of his birth in the eleventh century.
DAUGHTER
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From this reading THE VISIONARY AND HIS DAUGHTER--AN ENGLISHMAN, SUCH AS FOREIGNERS IMAGINE THE ENGLISH.
day
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From this reading Volktman was essentially a man belonging to the past time: the character of his enthusiasm was weird and Gothic; with beings of the present day he had no sympathy; their loves, their hatreds, their politics, their literature, awoke no echo in his breast.
diferent
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distinguished
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From this reading He was by birth a Dane; and nature had bestowed on him that frame of mind which might have won him a distinguished career, had she placed the period of his birth in the eleventh century.
dwelt
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From this reading Without the immortal city, along the Appia Via, there dwelt a singular and romantic visionary, of the name of Volktman.
echo
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From this reading Volktman was essentially a man belonging to the past time: the character of his enthusiasm was weird and Gothic; with beings of the present day he had no sympathy; their loves, their hatreds, their politics, their literature, awoke no echo in his breast.
eleventh
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From this reading He was by birth a Dane; and nature had bestowed on him that frame of mind which might have won him a distinguished career, had she placed the period of his birth in the eleventh century.
ENGLISH
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From this reading THE VISIONARY AND HIS DAUGHTER--AN ENGLISHMAN, SUCH AS FOREIGNERS IMAGINE THE ENGLISH.
ENGLISHMAN
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From this reading THE VISIONARY AND HIS DAUGHTER--AN ENGLISHMAN, SUCH AS FOREIGNERS IMAGINE THE ENGLISH.
enthusiasm
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From this reading Volktman was essentially a man belonging to the past time: the character of his enthusiasm was weird and Gothic; with beings of the present day he had no sympathy; their loves, their hatreds, their politics, their literature, awoke no echo in his breast.
essentially
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From this reading Volktman was essentially a man belonging to the past time: the character of his enthusiasm was weird and Gothic; with beings of the present day he had no sympathy; their loves, their hatreds, their politics, their literature, awoke no echo in his breast.
eye
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FOREIGNERS
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From this reading THE VISIONARY AND HIS DAUGHTER--AN ENGLISHMAN, SUCH AS FOREIGNERS IMAGINE THE ENGLISH.
frame
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From this reading He was by birth a Dane; and nature had bestowed on him that frame of mind which might have won him a distinguished career, had she placed the period of his birth in the eleventh century.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
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Gothic
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From this reading Volktman was essentially a man belonging to the past time: the character of his enthusiasm was weird and Gothic; with beings of the present day he had no sympathy; their loves, their hatreds, their politics, their literature, awoke no echo in his breast.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He was by birth a Dane; and nature had bestowed on him that frame of mind which might have won him a distinguished career, had she placed the period of his birth in the eleventh century.
hatreds
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From this reading Volktman was essentially a man belonging to the past time: the character of his enthusiasm was weird and Gothic; with beings of the present day he had no sympathy; their loves, their hatreds, their politics, their literature, awoke no echo in his breast.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
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HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was by birth a Dane; and nature had bestowed on him that frame of mind which might have won him a distinguished career, had she placed the period of his birth in the eleventh century.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He was by birth a Dane; and nature had bestowed on him that frame of mind which might have won him a distinguished career, had she placed the period of his birth in the eleventh century.
HISdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading THE VISIONARY AND HIS DAUGHTER--AN ENGLISHMAN, SUCH AS FOREIGNERS IMAGINE THE ENGLISH.
hitherto
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IMAGINEnounUS /ˈimagine/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading THE VISIONARY AND HIS DAUGHTER--AN ENGLISHMAN, SUCH AS FOREIGNERS IMAGINE THE ENGLISH.
immortaladjUS /ɪˈmɔːr.t̬əl/
Living forever; never dying or decaying. (Bất tử, trường tồn vĩnh cửu.)
From this reading Without the immortal city, along the Appia Via, there dwelt a singular and romantic visionary, of the name of Volktman.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He was by birth a Dane; and nature had bestowed on him that frame of mind which might have won him a distinguished career, had she placed the period of his birth in the eleventh century.
literature
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From this reading Volktman was essentially a man belonging to the past time: the character of his enthusiasm was weird and Gothic; with beings of the present day he had no sympathy; their loves, their hatreds, their politics, their literature, awoke no echo in his breast.
loves
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From this reading Volktman was essentially a man belonging to the past time: the character of his enthusiasm was weird and Gothic; with beings of the present day he had no sympathy; their loves, their hatreds, their politics, their literature, awoke no echo in his breast.
man
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From this reading Volktman was essentially a man belonging to the past time: the character of his enthusiasm was weird and Gothic; with beings of the present day he had no sympathy; their loves, their hatreds, their politics, their literature, awoke no echo in his breast.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading He was by birth a Dane; and nature had bestowed on him that frame of mind which might have won him a distinguished career, had she placed the period of his birth in the eleventh century.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was by birth a Dane; and nature had bestowed on him that frame of mind which might have won him a distinguished career, had she placed the period of his birth in the eleventh century.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
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namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Without the immortal city, along the Appia Via, there dwelt a singular and romantic visionary, of the name of Volktman.
nature
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From this reading He was by birth a Dane; and nature had bestowed on him that frame of mind which might have won him a distinguished career, had she placed the period of his birth in the eleventh century.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Volktman was essentially a man belonging to the past time: the character of his enthusiasm was weird and Gothic; with beings of the present day he had no sympathy; their loves, their hatreds, their politics, their literature, awoke no echo in his breast.
now
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ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Without the immortal city, along the Appia Via, there dwelt a singular and romantic visionary, of the name of Volktman.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He was by birth a Dane; and nature had bestowed on him that frame of mind which might have won him a distinguished career, had she placed the period of his birth in the eleventh century.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
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past
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From this reading Volktman was essentially a man belonging to the past time: the character of his enthusiasm was weird and Gothic; with beings of the present day he had no sympathy; their loves, their hatreds, their politics, their literature, awoke no echo in his breast.
period
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From this reading He was by birth a Dane; and nature had bestowed on him that frame of mind which might have won him a distinguished career, had she placed the period of his birth in the eleventh century.
placed
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From this reading He was by birth a Dane; and nature had bestowed on him that frame of mind which might have won him a distinguished career, had she placed the period of his birth in the eleventh century.
politics
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From this reading Volktman was essentially a man belonging to the past time: the character of his enthusiasm was weird and Gothic; with beings of the present day he had no sympathy; their loves, their hatreds, their politics, their literature, awoke no echo in his breast.
present
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reader
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romantic
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From this reading Without the immortal city, along the Appia Via, there dwelt a singular and romantic visionary, of the name of Volktman.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was by birth a Dane; and nature had bestowed on him that frame of mind which might have won him a distinguished career, had she placed the period of his birth in the eleventh century.
singular
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From this reading Without the immortal city, along the Appia Via, there dwelt a singular and romantic visionary, of the name of Volktman.
SUCHdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading THE VISIONARY AND HIS DAUGHTER--AN ENGLISHMAN, SUCH AS FOREIGNERS IMAGINE THE ENGLISH.
sympathy
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From this reading Volktman was essentially a man belonging to the past time: the character of his enthusiasm was weird and Gothic; with beings of the present day he had no sympathy; their loves, their hatreds, their politics, their literature, awoke no echo in his breast.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He was by birth a Dane; and nature had bestowed on him that frame of mind which might have won him a distinguished career, had she placed the period of his birth in the eleventh century.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE VISIONARY AND HIS DAUGHTER--AN ENGLISHMAN, SUCH AS FOREIGNERS IMAGINE THE ENGLISH.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Volktman was essentially a man belonging to the past time: the character of his enthusiasm was weird and Gothic; with beings of the present day he had no sympathy; their loves, their hatreds, their politics, their literature, awoke no echo in his breast.
there
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From this reading Without the immortal city, along the Appia Via, there dwelt a singular and romantic visionary, of the name of Volktman.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
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timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Volktman was essentially a man belonging to the past time: the character of his enthusiasm was weird and Gothic; with beings of the present day he had no sympathy; their loves, their hatreds, their politics, their literature, awoke no echo in his breast.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
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very
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ViaprepositionUS /ˈvaɪə/
by way of; passing through
From this reading Without the immortal city, along the Appia Via, there dwelt a singular and romantic visionary, of the name of Volktman.
VISIONARY
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From this reading THE VISIONARY AND HIS DAUGHTER--AN ENGLISHMAN, SUCH AS FOREIGNERS IMAGINE THE ENGLISH.
Volktman
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From this reading Without the immortal city, along the Appia Via, there dwelt a singular and romantic visionary, of the name of Volktman.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was by birth a Dane; and nature had bestowed on him that frame of mind which might have won him a distinguished career, had she placed the period of his birth in the eleventh century.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
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weird
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From this reading Volktman was essentially a man belonging to the past time: the character of his enthusiasm was weird and Gothic; with beings of the present day he had no sympathy; their loves, their hatreds, their politics, their literature, awoke no echo in his breast.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
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withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Volktman was essentially a man belonging to the past time: the character of his enthusiasm was weird and Gothic; with beings of the present day he had no sympathy; their loves, their hatreds, their politics, their literature, awoke no echo in his breast.
WithoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Without the immortal city, along the Appia Via, there dwelt a singular and romantic visionary, of the name of Volktman.
won
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From this reading He was by birth a Dane; and nature had bestowed on him that frame of mind which might have won him a distinguished career, had she placed the period of his birth in the eleventh century.
