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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 François Gaspard was a pleasant and cheerful man, good company, and genial to his neighbours and comrades, but it may be doubted whether Society had not made a grave mistake in not hanging him at the earliest opportunity.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Thanks to this sanguine view, he found himself, at the age of forty-five, a free man in New Lindsey; and, thinking that he and his native country had had about enough of one another, he had enrolled himself as a subject of her Majesty, and had plunged into the affairs of his new home with his usual energy.
affairs
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From this reading Thanks to this sanguine view, he found himself, at the age of forty-five, a free man in New Lindsey; and, thinking that he and his native country had had about enough of one another, he had enrolled himself as a subject of her Majesty, and had plunged into the affairs of his new home with his usual energy.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading In his younger days he had lived in perpetual warfare against Society, its institutions and constitutions--a warfare that he carried on without scruple and without quarter: he would have had no cause for complaint had he been dealt with on this basis of his own choosing.
age
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From this reading Thanks to this sanguine view, he found himself, at the age of forty-five, a free man in New Lindsey; and, thinking that he and his native country had had about enough of one another, he had enrolled himself as a subject of her Majesty, and had plunged into the affairs of his new home with his usual energy.
alive
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From this reading Society, however, had chosen to fancy that it could reform François, or, failing that, could keep him alive and yet harmless.
ANdeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading BY AN OVERSIGHT OF SOCIETY'S.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading François Gaspard was a pleasant and cheerful man, good company, and genial to his neighbours and comrades, but it may be doubted whether Society had not made a grave mistake in not hanging him at the earliest opportunity.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Thanks to this sanguine view, he found himself, at the age of forty-five, a free man in New Lindsey; and, thinking that he and his native country had had about enough of one another, he had enrolled himself as a subject of her Majesty, and had plunged into the affairs of his new home with his usual energy.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Thanks to this sanguine view, he found himself, at the age of forty-five, a free man in New Lindsey; and, thinking that he and his native country had had about enough of one another, he had enrolled himself as a subject of her Majesty, and had plunged into the affairs of his new home with his usual energy.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading François Gaspard was a pleasant and cheerful man, good company, and genial to his neighbours and comrades, but it may be doubted whether Society had not made a grave mistake in not hanging him at the earliest opportunity.
basis
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From this reading In his younger days he had lived in perpetual warfare against Society, its institutions and constitutions--a warfare that he carried on without scruple and without quarter: he would have had no cause for complaint had he been dealt with on this basis of his own choosing.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading François Gaspard was a pleasant and cheerful man, good company, and genial to his neighbours and comrades, but it may be doubted whether Society had not made a grave mistake in not hanging him at the earliest opportunity.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading In his younger days he had lived in perpetual warfare against Society, its institutions and constitutions--a warfare that he carried on without scruple and without quarter: he would have had no cause for complaint had he been dealt with on this basis of his own choosing.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading François Gaspard was a pleasant and cheerful man, good company, and genial to his neighbours and comrades, but it may be doubted whether Society had not made a grave mistake in not hanging him at the earliest opportunity.
BYprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading BY AN OVERSIGHT OF SOCIETY'S.
carried
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From this reading In his younger days he had lived in perpetual warfare against Society, its institutions and constitutions--a warfare that he carried on without scruple and without quarter: he would have had no cause for complaint had he been dealt with on this basis of his own choosing.
cause
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From this reading In his younger days he had lived in perpetual warfare against Society, its institutions and constitutions--a warfare that he carried on without scruple and without quarter: he would have had no cause for complaint had he been dealt with on this basis of his own choosing.
cheerful
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From this reading François Gaspard was a pleasant and cheerful man, good company, and genial to his neighbours and comrades, but it may be doubted whether Society had not made a grave mistake in not hanging him at the earliest opportunity.
choosing
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From this reading In his younger days he had lived in perpetual warfare against Society, its institutions and constitutions--a warfare that he carried on without scruple and without quarter: he would have had no cause for complaint had he been dealt with on this basis of his own choosing.
chosen
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From this reading Society, however, had chosen to fancy that it could reform François, or, failing that, could keep him alive and yet harmless.
company
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From this reading François Gaspard was a pleasant and cheerful man, good company, and genial to his neighbours and comrades, but it may be doubted whether Society had not made a grave mistake in not hanging him at the earliest opportunity.
complaint
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From this reading In his younger days he had lived in perpetual warfare against Society, its institutions and constitutions--a warfare that he carried on without scruple and without quarter: he would have had no cause for complaint had he been dealt with on this basis of his own choosing.
comradesnounUS /ˈkɑːmrædz/
people who share difficult work or danger, especially soldiers
From this reading François Gaspard was a pleasant and cheerful man, good company, and genial to his neighbours and comrades, but it may be doubted whether Society had not made a grave mistake in not hanging him at the earliest opportunity.
constitutions
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From this reading In his younger days he had lived in perpetual warfare against Society, its institutions and constitutions--a warfare that he carried on without scruple and without quarter: he would have had no cause for complaint had he been dealt with on this basis of his own choosing.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Society, however, had chosen to fancy that it could reform François, or, failing that, could keep him alive and yet harmless.
country
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From this reading Thanks to this sanguine view, he found himself, at the age of forty-five, a free man in New Lindsey; and, thinking that he and his native country had had about enough of one another, he had enrolled himself as a subject of her Majesty, and had plunged into the affairs of his new home with his usual energy.
days
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From this reading In his younger days he had lived in perpetual warfare against Society, its institutions and constitutions--a warfare that he carried on without scruple and without quarter: he would have had no cause for complaint had he been dealt with on this basis of his own choosing.
dealt
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From this reading In his younger days he had lived in perpetual warfare against Society, its institutions and constitutions--a warfare that he carried on without scruple and without quarter: he would have had no cause for complaint had he been dealt with on this basis of his own choosing.
doubted
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From this reading François Gaspard was a pleasant and cheerful man, good company, and genial to his neighbours and comrades, but it may be doubted whether Society had not made a grave mistake in not hanging him at the earliest opportunity.
earliest
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From this reading François Gaspard was a pleasant and cheerful man, good company, and genial to his neighbours and comrades, but it may be doubted whether Society had not made a grave mistake in not hanging him at the earliest opportunity.
energy
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From this reading Thanks to this sanguine view, he found himself, at the age of forty-five, a free man in New Lindsey; and, thinking that he and his native country had had about enough of one another, he had enrolled himself as a subject of her Majesty, and had plunged into the affairs of his new home with his usual energy.
enough
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From this reading Thanks to this sanguine view, he found himself, at the age of forty-five, a free man in New Lindsey; and, thinking that he and his native country had had about enough of one another, he had enrolled himself as a subject of her Majesty, and had plunged into the affairs of his new home with his usual energy.
enrolled
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From this reading Thanks to this sanguine view, he found himself, at the age of forty-five, a free man in New Lindsey; and, thinking that he and his native country had had about enough of one another, he had enrolled himself as a subject of her Majesty, and had plunged into the affairs of his new home with his usual energy.
failing
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From this reading Society, however, had chosen to fancy that it could reform François, or, failing that, could keep him alive and yet harmless.
fancy
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From this reading Society, however, had chosen to fancy that it could reform François, or, failing that, could keep him alive and yet harmless.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading In his younger days he had lived in perpetual warfare against Society, its institutions and constitutions--a warfare that he carried on without scruple and without quarter: he would have had no cause for complaint had he been dealt with on this basis of his own choosing.
forty-five
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From this reading Thanks to this sanguine view, he found himself, at the age of forty-five, a free man in New Lindsey; and, thinking that he and his native country had had about enough of one another, he had enrolled himself as a subject of her Majesty, and had plunged into the affairs of his new home with his usual energy.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Thanks to this sanguine view, he found himself, at the age of forty-five, a free man in New Lindsey; and, thinking that he and his native country had had about enough of one another, he had enrolled himself as a subject of her Majesty, and had plunged into the affairs of his new home with his usual energy.
François
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From this reading François Gaspard was a pleasant and cheerful man, good company, and genial to his neighbours and comrades, but it may be doubted whether Society had not made a grave mistake in not hanging him at the earliest opportunity.
freeadjectiveUS /friː/
acting without enough restraint or discipline
From this reading Thanks to this sanguine view, he found himself, at the age of forty-five, a free man in New Lindsey; and, thinking that he and his native country had had about enough of one another, he had enrolled himself as a subject of her Majesty, and had plunged into the affairs of his new home with his usual energy.
Gaspard
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From this reading François Gaspard was a pleasant and cheerful man, good company, and genial to his neighbours and comrades, but it may be doubted whether Society had not made a grave mistake in not hanging him at the earliest opportunity.
genial
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From this reading François Gaspard was a pleasant and cheerful man, good company, and genial to his neighbours and comrades, but it may be doubted whether Society had not made a grave mistake in not hanging him at the earliest opportunity.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading François Gaspard was a pleasant and cheerful man, good company, and genial to his neighbours and comrades, but it may be doubted whether Society had not made a grave mistake in not hanging him at the earliest opportunity.
grave
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From this reading François Gaspard was a pleasant and cheerful man, good company, and genial to his neighbours and comrades, but it may be doubted whether Society had not made a grave mistake in not hanging him at the earliest opportunity.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading François Gaspard was a pleasant and cheerful man, good company, and genial to his neighbours and comrades, but it may be doubted whether Society had not made a grave mistake in not hanging him at the earliest opportunity.
hanging
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From this reading François Gaspard was a pleasant and cheerful man, good company, and genial to his neighbours and comrades, but it may be doubted whether Society had not made a grave mistake in not hanging him at the earliest opportunity.
harmless
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From this reading Society, however, had chosen to fancy that it could reform François, or, failing that, could keep him alive and yet harmless.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading In his younger days he had lived in perpetual warfare against Society, its institutions and constitutions--a warfare that he carried on without scruple and without quarter: he would have had no cause for complaint had he been dealt with on this basis of his own choosing.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading In his younger days he had lived in perpetual warfare against Society, its institutions and constitutions--a warfare that he carried on without scruple and without quarter: he would have had no cause for complaint had he been dealt with on this basis of his own choosing.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Thanks to this sanguine view, he found himself, at the age of forty-five, a free man in New Lindsey; and, thinking that he and his native country had had about enough of one another, he had enrolled himself as a subject of her Majesty, and had plunged into the affairs of his new home with his usual energy.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading François Gaspard was a pleasant and cheerful man, good company, and genial to his neighbours and comrades, but it may be doubted whether Society had not made a grave mistake in not hanging him at the earliest opportunity.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Thanks to this sanguine view, he found himself, at the age of forty-five, a free man in New Lindsey; and, thinking that he and his native country had had about enough of one another, he had enrolled himself as a subject of her Majesty, and had plunged into the affairs of his new home with his usual energy.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading François Gaspard was a pleasant and cheerful man, good company, and genial to his neighbours and comrades, but it may be doubted whether Society had not made a grave mistake in not hanging him at the earliest opportunity.
home
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From this reading Thanks to this sanguine view, he found himself, at the age of forty-five, a free man in New Lindsey; and, thinking that he and his native country had had about enough of one another, he had enrolled himself as a subject of her Majesty, and had plunged into the affairs of his new home with his usual energy.
howeveradverbUS /ˌhaʊˈevər/
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading Society, however, had chosen to fancy that it could reform François, or, failing that, could keep him alive and yet harmless.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading François Gaspard was a pleasant and cheerful man, good company, and genial to his neighbours and comrades, but it may be doubted whether Society had not made a grave mistake in not hanging him at the earliest opportunity.
institutions
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From this reading In his younger days he had lived in perpetual warfare against Society, its institutions and constitutions--a warfare that he carried on without scruple and without quarter: he would have had no cause for complaint had he been dealt with on this basis of his own choosing.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Thanks to this sanguine view, he found himself, at the age of forty-five, a free man in New Lindsey; and, thinking that he and his native country had had about enough of one another, he had enrolled himself as a subject of her Majesty, and had plunged into the affairs of his new home with his usual energy.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading François Gaspard was a pleasant and cheerful man, good company, and genial to his neighbours and comrades, but it may be doubted whether Society had not made a grave mistake in not hanging him at the earliest opportunity.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading In his younger days he had lived in perpetual warfare against Society, its institutions and constitutions--a warfare that he carried on without scruple and without quarter: he would have had no cause for complaint had he been dealt with on this basis of his own choosing.
keep
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From this reading Society, however, had chosen to fancy that it could reform François, or, failing that, could keep him alive and yet harmless.
Lindsey
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From this reading Thanks to this sanguine view, he found himself, at the age of forty-five, a free man in New Lindsey; and, thinking that he and his native country had had about enough of one another, he had enrolled himself as a subject of her Majesty, and had plunged into the affairs of his new home with his usual energy.
lived
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From this reading In his younger days he had lived in perpetual warfare against Society, its institutions and constitutions--a warfare that he carried on without scruple and without quarter: he would have had no cause for complaint had he been dealt with on this basis of his own choosing.
made
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From this reading François Gaspard was a pleasant and cheerful man, good company, and genial to his neighbours and comrades, but it may be doubted whether Society had not made a grave mistake in not hanging him at the earliest opportunity.
Majesty
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From this reading Thanks to this sanguine view, he found himself, at the age of forty-five, a free man in New Lindsey; and, thinking that he and his native country had had about enough of one another, he had enrolled himself as a subject of her Majesty, and had plunged into the affairs of his new home with his usual energy.
man
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From this reading François Gaspard was a pleasant and cheerful man, good company, and genial to his neighbours and comrades, but it may be doubted whether Society had not made a grave mistake in not hanging him at the earliest opportunity.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading François Gaspard was a pleasant and cheerful man, good company, and genial to his neighbours and comrades, but it may be doubted whether Society had not made a grave mistake in not hanging him at the earliest opportunity.
mistake
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From this reading François Gaspard was a pleasant and cheerful man, good company, and genial to his neighbours and comrades, but it may be doubted whether Society had not made a grave mistake in not hanging him at the earliest opportunity.
native
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From this reading Thanks to this sanguine view, he found himself, at the age of forty-five, a free man in New Lindsey; and, thinking that he and his native country had had about enough of one another, he had enrolled himself as a subject of her Majesty, and had plunged into the affairs of his new home with his usual energy.
neighbours
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From this reading François Gaspard was a pleasant and cheerful man, good company, and genial to his neighbours and comrades, but it may be doubted whether Society had not made a grave mistake in not hanging him at the earliest opportunity.
New
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From this reading Thanks to this sanguine view, he found himself, at the age of forty-five, a free man in New Lindsey; and, thinking that he and his native country had had about enough of one another, he had enrolled himself as a subject of her Majesty, and had plunged into the affairs of his new home with his usual energy.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading In his younger days he had lived in perpetual warfare against Society, its institutions and constitutions--a warfare that he carried on without scruple and without quarter: he would have had no cause for complaint had he been dealt with on this basis of his own choosing.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading François Gaspard was a pleasant and cheerful man, good company, and genial to his neighbours and comrades, but it may be doubted whether Society had not made a grave mistake in not hanging him at the earliest opportunity.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading BY AN OVERSIGHT OF SOCIETY'S.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading In his younger days he had lived in perpetual warfare against Society, its institutions and constitutions--a warfare that he carried on without scruple and without quarter: he would have had no cause for complaint had he been dealt with on this basis of his own choosing.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Thanks to this sanguine view, he found himself, at the age of forty-five, a free man in New Lindsey; and, thinking that he and his native country had had about enough of one another, he had enrolled himself as a subject of her Majesty, and had plunged into the affairs of his new home with his usual energy.
opportunity
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From this reading François Gaspard was a pleasant and cheerful man, good company, and genial to his neighbours and comrades, but it may be doubted whether Society had not made a grave mistake in not hanging him at the earliest opportunity.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Society, however, had chosen to fancy that it could reform François, or, failing that, could keep him alive and yet harmless.
OVERSIGHT
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From this reading BY AN OVERSIGHT OF SOCIETY'S.
own
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From this reading In his younger days he had lived in perpetual warfare against Society, its institutions and constitutions--a warfare that he carried on without scruple and without quarter: he would have had no cause for complaint had he been dealt with on this basis of his own choosing.
perpetual
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From this reading In his younger days he had lived in perpetual warfare against Society, its institutions and constitutions--a warfare that he carried on without scruple and without quarter: he would have had no cause for complaint had he been dealt with on this basis of his own choosing.
pleasantnounUS /pleasant/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading François Gaspard was a pleasant and cheerful man, good company, and genial to his neighbours and comrades, but it may be doubted whether Society had not made a grave mistake in not hanging him at the earliest opportunity.
plunged
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From this reading Thanks to this sanguine view, he found himself, at the age of forty-five, a free man in New Lindsey; and, thinking that he and his native country had had about enough of one another, he had enrolled himself as a subject of her Majesty, and had plunged into the affairs of his new home with his usual energy.
quarter
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From this reading In his younger days he had lived in perpetual warfare against Society, its institutions and constitutions--a warfare that he carried on without scruple and without quarter: he would have had no cause for complaint had he been dealt with on this basis of his own choosing.
reform
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From this reading Society, however, had chosen to fancy that it could reform François, or, failing that, could keep him alive and yet harmless.
sanguine
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From this reading Thanks to this sanguine view, he found himself, at the age of forty-five, a free man in New Lindsey; and, thinking that he and his native country had had about enough of one another, he had enrolled himself as a subject of her Majesty, and had plunged into the affairs of his new home with his usual energy.
scruple
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From this reading In his younger days he had lived in perpetual warfare against Society, its institutions and constitutions--a warfare that he carried on without scruple and without quarter: he would have had no cause for complaint had he been dealt with on this basis of his own choosing.
Society
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From this reading François Gaspard was a pleasant and cheerful man, good company, and genial to his neighbours and comrades, but it may be doubted whether Society had not made a grave mistake in not hanging him at the earliest opportunity.
SOCIETY'S
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From this reading BY AN OVERSIGHT OF SOCIETY'S.
subject
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From this reading Thanks to this sanguine view, he found himself, at the age of forty-five, a free man in New Lindsey; and, thinking that he and his native country had had about enough of one another, he had enrolled himself as a subject of her Majesty, and had plunged into the affairs of his new home with his usual energy.
Thanks
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From this reading Thanks to this sanguine view, he found himself, at the age of forty-five, a free man in New Lindsey; and, thinking that he and his native country had had about enough of one another, he had enrolled himself as a subject of her Majesty, and had plunged into the affairs of his new home with his usual energy.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading In his younger days he had lived in perpetual warfare against Society, its institutions and constitutions--a warfare that he carried on without scruple and without quarter: he would have had no cause for complaint had he been dealt with on this basis of his own choosing.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading François Gaspard was a pleasant and cheerful man, good company, and genial to his neighbours and comrades, but it may be doubted whether Society had not made a grave mistake in not hanging him at the earliest opportunity.
thinkingnounUS /thinking/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Thanks to this sanguine view, he found himself, at the age of forty-five, a free man in New Lindsey; and, thinking that he and his native country had had about enough of one another, he had enrolled himself as a subject of her Majesty, and had plunged into the affairs of his new home with his usual energy.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading In his younger days he had lived in perpetual warfare against Society, its institutions and constitutions--a warfare that he carried on without scruple and without quarter: he would have had no cause for complaint had he been dealt with on this basis of his own choosing.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading François Gaspard was a pleasant and cheerful man, good company, and genial to his neighbours and comrades, but it may be doubted whether Society had not made a grave mistake in not hanging him at the earliest opportunity.
usual
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From this reading Thanks to this sanguine view, he found himself, at the age of forty-five, a free man in New Lindsey; and, thinking that he and his native country had had about enough of one another, he had enrolled himself as a subject of her Majesty, and had plunged into the affairs of his new home with his usual energy.
view
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From this reading Thanks to this sanguine view, he found himself, at the age of forty-five, a free man in New Lindsey; and, thinking that he and his native country had had about enough of one another, he had enrolled himself as a subject of her Majesty, and had plunged into the affairs of his new home with his usual energy.
warfare
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From this reading In his younger days he had lived in perpetual warfare against Society, its institutions and constitutions--a warfare that he carried on without scruple and without quarter: he would have had no cause for complaint had he been dealt with on this basis of his own choosing.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading François Gaspard was a pleasant and cheerful man, good company, and genial to his neighbours and comrades, but it may be doubted whether Society had not made a grave mistake in not hanging him at the earliest opportunity.
whetherconjunctionUS /ˈweðər/
used to introduce two or more possibilities
From this reading François Gaspard was a pleasant and cheerful man, good company, and genial to his neighbours and comrades, but it may be doubted whether Society had not made a grave mistake in not hanging him at the earliest opportunity.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading In his younger days he had lived in perpetual warfare against Society, its institutions and constitutions--a warfare that he carried on without scruple and without quarter: he would have had no cause for complaint had he been dealt with on this basis of his own choosing.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading In his younger days he had lived in perpetual warfare against Society, its institutions and constitutions--a warfare that he carried on without scruple and without quarter: he would have had no cause for complaint had he been dealt with on this basis of his own choosing.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading In his younger days he had lived in perpetual warfare against Society, its institutions and constitutions--a warfare that he carried on without scruple and without quarter: he would have had no cause for complaint had he been dealt with on this basis of his own choosing.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Society, however, had chosen to fancy that it could reform François, or, failing that, could keep him alive and yet harmless.
younger
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From this reading In his younger days he had lived in perpetual warfare against Society, its institutions and constitutions--a warfare that he carried on without scruple and without quarter: he would have had no cause for complaint had he been dealt with on this basis of his own choosing.
