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Chapter VIII

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Living If through the years we're not to do Much finer deeds than we have done; If we must merely wander through Time's garden, idling in the sun; If there is nothing big ahead, Why do we fear to join the dead?
Unless to-morrow means that we Shall do some needed service here; That tasks are waiting you and me That will be lost, save we appear; Then why this dreadful thought of sorrow That we may never see to-morrow?
If all our finest deeds are done, And all our splendor's in the past; If there's no battle to be won, What matter if to-day's our last?
Is life so sweet that we would live Though nothing back to life we give?
It is not greatness to have clung To life through eighty fruitless years; The man who dies in action, young, Deserves our praises and our cheers, Who ventures all for one great deed And gives his life to serve life's need.
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Archivist
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Just Folks

Chapter VIII

Reading 1/23 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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Living If through the years we're not to do Much finer deeds than we have done; If we must merely wander through Time's garden, idling in the sun; If there is nothing big ahead, Why do we fear to join the dead?
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Unless to-morrow means that we Shall do some needed service here; That tasks are waiting you and me That will be lost, save we appear; Then why this dreadful thought of sorrow That we may never see to-morrow?
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If all our finest deeds are done, And all our splendor's in the past; If there's no battle to be won, What matter if to-day's our last?
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Is life so sweet that we would live Though nothing back to life we give?
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It is not greatness to have clung To life through eighty fruitless years; The man who dies in action, young, Deserves our praises and our cheers, Who ventures all for one great deed And gives his life to serve life's need.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Clung noun US /clung/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “It is not greatness to have clung To life through eighty fruitless years; The man who dies in action, young, Deserves our praises and our cheers, Who ventures all for one great deed And gives his life to serve life's need.”

Dead noun US /dead/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Living If through the years we're not to do Much finer deeds than we have done; If we must merely wander through Time's garden, idling in the sun; If there is nothing big ahead, Why do we fear to join the dead?”

Done noun US /done/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Living If through the years we're not to do Much finer deeds than we have done; If we must merely wander through Time's garden, idling in the sun; If there is nothing big ahead, Why do we fear to join the dead?”

Dreadful adjective US /ˈdrɛdfəl/

extremely frightening or unpleasant

From this reading “Unless to-morrow means that we Shall do some needed service here; That tasks are waiting you and me That will be lost, save we appear; Then why this dreadful thought of sorrow That we may never see to-morrow?”

Great noun US /great/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “It is not greatness to have clung To life through eighty fruitless years; The man who dies in action, young, Deserves our praises and our cheers, Who ventures all for one great deed And gives his life to serve life's need.”

Have auxiliary verb US /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “Living If through the years we're not to do Much finer deeds than we have done; If we must merely wander through Time's garden, idling in the sun; If there is nothing big ahead, Why do we fear to join the dead?”

Here noun US /here/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Unless to-morrow means that we Shall do some needed service here; That tasks are waiting you and me That will be lost, save we appear; Then why this dreadful thought of sorrow That we may never see to-morrow?”

Last noun US /last/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “If all our finest deeds are done, And all our splendor's in the past; If there's no battle to be won, What matter if to-day's our last?”

Life noun US /life/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Is life so sweet that we would live Though nothing back to life we give?”

May modal verb US /meɪ/

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading “Unless to-morrow means that we Shall do some needed service here; That tasks are waiting you and me That will be lost, save we appear; Then why this dreadful thought of sorrow That we may never see to-morrow?”

Must modal verb US /mʌst/

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading “Living If through the years we're not to do Much finer deeds than we have done; If we must merely wander through Time's garden, idling in the sun; If there is nothing big ahead, Why do we fear to join the dead?”

Need noun US /need/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “It is not greatness to have clung To life through eighty fruitless years; The man who dies in action, young, Deserves our praises and our cheers, Who ventures all for one great deed And gives his life to serve life's need.”

Never noun US /never/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Unless to-morrow means that we Shall do some needed service here; That tasks are waiting you and me That will be lost, save we appear; Then why this dreadful thought of sorrow That we may never see to-morrow?”

Nothing pronoun US /ˈnʌθɪŋ/

not one thing; not anything

From this reading “Living If through the years we're not to do Much finer deeds than we have done; If we must merely wander through Time's garden, idling in the sun; If there is nothing big ahead, Why do we fear to join the dead?”

One pronoun US /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading “It is not greatness to have clung To life through eighty fruitless years; The man who dies in action, young, Deserves our praises and our cheers, Who ventures all for one great deed And gives his life to serve life's need.”

Save preposition US /seɪv/

except for; apart from

From this reading “Unless to-morrow means that we Shall do some needed service here; That tasks are waiting you and me That will be lost, save we appear; Then why this dreadful thought of sorrow That we may never see to-morrow?”

Shall modal verb US /ʃæl/

used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest

From this reading “Unless to-morrow means that we Shall do some needed service here; That tasks are waiting you and me That will be lost, save we appear; Then why this dreadful thought of sorrow That we may never see to-morrow?”

Though conjunction US /ðoʊ/

in spite of the fact that

From this reading “Is life so sweet that we would live Though nothing back to life we give?”

Thought noun US /thought/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Unless to-morrow means that we Shall do some needed service here; That tasks are waiting you and me That will be lost, save we appear; Then why this dreadful thought of sorrow That we may never see to-morrow?”

Through noun US /ˈthrough/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “Living If through the years we're not to do Much finer deeds than we have done; If we must merely wander through Time's garden, idling in the sun; If there is nothing big ahead, Why do we fear to join the dead?”

Unless conjunction US /ənˈles/

except if; if not

From this reading “Unless to-morrow means that we Shall do some needed service here; That tasks are waiting you and me That will be lost, save we appear; Then why this dreadful thought of sorrow That we may never see to-morrow?”

Waiting noun US /ˈwaiting/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “Unless to-morrow means that we Shall do some needed service here; That tasks are waiting you and me That will be lost, save we appear; Then why this dreadful thought of sorrow That we may never see to-morrow?”

Would modal verb US /wʊd/

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading “Is life so sweet that we would live Though nothing back to life we give?”

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action

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From this reading It is not greatness to have clung To life through eighty fruitless years; The man who dies in action, young, Deserves our praises and our cheers, Who ventures all for one great deed And gives his life to serve life's need.

ahead

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From this reading Living If through the years we're not to do Much finer deeds than we have done; If we must merely wander through Time's garden, idling in the sun; If there is nothing big ahead, Why do we fear to join the dead?

all

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From this reading If all our finest deeds are done, And all our splendor's in the past; If there's no battle to be won, What matter if to-day's our last?

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Unless to-morrow means that we Shall do some needed service here; That tasks are waiting you and me That will be lost, save we appear; Then why this dreadful thought of sorrow That we may never see to-morrow?

appear

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From this reading Unless to-morrow means that we Shall do some needed service here; That tasks are waiting you and me That will be lost, save we appear; Then why this dreadful thought of sorrow That we may never see to-morrow?

areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading Unless to-morrow means that we Shall do some needed service here; That tasks are waiting you and me That will be lost, save we appear; Then why this dreadful thought of sorrow That we may never see to-morrow?

back

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From this reading Is life so sweet that we would live Though nothing back to life we give?

battle

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From this reading If all our finest deeds are done, And all our splendor's in the past; If there's no battle to be won, What matter if to-day's our last?

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading Unless to-morrow means that we Shall do some needed service here; That tasks are waiting you and me That will be lost, save we appear; Then why this dreadful thought of sorrow That we may never see to-morrow?

big

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From this reading Living If through the years we're not to do Much finer deeds than we have done; If we must merely wander through Time's garden, idling in the sun; If there is nothing big ahead, Why do we fear to join the dead?

cheers

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From this reading It is not greatness to have clung To life through eighty fruitless years; The man who dies in action, young, Deserves our praises and our cheers, Who ventures all for one great deed And gives his life to serve life's need.

clungnounUS /clung/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading It is not greatness to have clung To life through eighty fruitless years; The man who dies in action, young, Deserves our praises and our cheers, Who ventures all for one great deed And gives his life to serve life's need.

deadnounUS /dead/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Living If through the years we're not to do Much finer deeds than we have done; If we must merely wander through Time's garden, idling in the sun; If there is nothing big ahead, Why do we fear to join the dead?

deed

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From this reading It is not greatness to have clung To life through eighty fruitless years; The man who dies in action, young, Deserves our praises and our cheers, Who ventures all for one great deed And gives his life to serve life's need.

deeds

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From this reading Living If through the years we're not to do Much finer deeds than we have done; If we must merely wander through Time's garden, idling in the sun; If there is nothing big ahead, Why do we fear to join the dead?

Deserves

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From this reading It is not greatness to have clung To life through eighty fruitless years; The man who dies in action, young, Deserves our praises and our cheers, Who ventures all for one great deed And gives his life to serve life's need.

dies

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From this reading It is not greatness to have clung To life through eighty fruitless years; The man who dies in action, young, Deserves our praises and our cheers, Who ventures all for one great deed And gives his life to serve life's need.

doauxiliary verbUS /duː/

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading Living If through the years we're not to do Much finer deeds than we have done; If we must merely wander through Time's garden, idling in the sun; If there is nothing big ahead, Why do we fear to join the dead?

donenounUS /done/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Living If through the years we're not to do Much finer deeds than we have done; If we must merely wander through Time's garden, idling in the sun; If there is nothing big ahead, Why do we fear to join the dead?

dreadfuladjectiveUS /ˈdrɛdfəl/

extremely frightening or unpleasant

From this reading Unless to-morrow means that we Shall do some needed service here; That tasks are waiting you and me That will be lost, save we appear; Then why this dreadful thought of sorrow That we may never see to-morrow?

eighty

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From this reading It is not greatness to have clung To life through eighty fruitless years; The man who dies in action, young, Deserves our praises and our cheers, Who ventures all for one great deed And gives his life to serve life's need.

fear

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From this reading Living If through the years we're not to do Much finer deeds than we have done; If we must merely wander through Time's garden, idling in the sun; If there is nothing big ahead, Why do we fear to join the dead?

finer

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From this reading Living If through the years we're not to do Much finer deeds than we have done; If we must merely wander through Time's garden, idling in the sun; If there is nothing big ahead, Why do we fear to join the dead?

finest

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From this reading If all our finest deeds are done, And all our splendor's in the past; If there's no battle to be won, What matter if to-day's our last?

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading It is not greatness to have clung To life through eighty fruitless years; The man who dies in action, young, Deserves our praises and our cheers, Who ventures all for one great deed And gives his life to serve life's need.

fruitless

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From this reading It is not greatness to have clung To life through eighty fruitless years; The man who dies in action, young, Deserves our praises and our cheers, Who ventures all for one great deed And gives his life to serve life's need.

garden

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From this reading Living If through the years we're not to do Much finer deeds than we have done; If we must merely wander through Time's garden, idling in the sun; If there is nothing big ahead, Why do we fear to join the dead?

give

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From this reading Is life so sweet that we would live Though nothing back to life we give?

gives

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From this reading It is not greatness to have clung To life through eighty fruitless years; The man who dies in action, young, Deserves our praises and our cheers, Who ventures all for one great deed And gives his life to serve life's need.

greatnounUS /great/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading It is not greatness to have clung To life through eighty fruitless years; The man who dies in action, young, Deserves our praises and our cheers, Who ventures all for one great deed And gives his life to serve life's need.

greatness

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From this reading It is not greatness to have clung To life through eighty fruitless years; The man who dies in action, young, Deserves our praises and our cheers, Who ventures all for one great deed And gives his life to serve life's need.

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading Living If through the years we're not to do Much finer deeds than we have done; If we must merely wander through Time's garden, idling in the sun; If there is nothing big ahead, Why do we fear to join the dead?

herenounUS /here/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Unless to-morrow means that we Shall do some needed service here; That tasks are waiting you and me That will be lost, save we appear; Then why this dreadful thought of sorrow That we may never see to-morrow?

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading It is not greatness to have clung To life through eighty fruitless years; The man who dies in action, young, Deserves our praises and our cheers, Who ventures all for one great deed And gives his life to serve life's need.

idling

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From this reading Living If through the years we're not to do Much finer deeds than we have done; If we must merely wander through Time's garden, idling in the sun; If there is nothing big ahead, Why do we fear to join the dead?

IfconjunctionUS /ɪf/

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading Living If through the years we're not to do Much finer deeds than we have done; If we must merely wander through Time's garden, idling in the sun; If there is nothing big ahead, Why do we fear to join the dead?

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading Living If through the years we're not to do Much finer deeds than we have done; If we must merely wander through Time's garden, idling in the sun; If there is nothing big ahead, Why do we fear to join the dead?

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Living If through the years we're not to do Much finer deeds than we have done; If we must merely wander through Time's garden, idling in the sun; If there is nothing big ahead, Why do we fear to join the dead?

ItpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading It is not greatness to have clung To life through eighty fruitless years; The man who dies in action, young, Deserves our praises and our cheers, Who ventures all for one great deed And gives his life to serve life's need.

join

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From this reading Living If through the years we're not to do Much finer deeds than we have done; If we must merely wander through Time's garden, idling in the sun; If there is nothing big ahead, Why do we fear to join the dead?

lastnounUS /last/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading If all our finest deeds are done, And all our splendor's in the past; If there's no battle to be won, What matter if to-day's our last?

lifenounUS /life/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Is life so sweet that we would live Though nothing back to life we give?

life's

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From this reading It is not greatness to have clung To life through eighty fruitless years; The man who dies in action, young, Deserves our praises and our cheers, Who ventures all for one great deed And gives his life to serve life's need.

live

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From this reading Is life so sweet that we would live Though nothing back to life we give?

Living

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From this reading Living If through the years we're not to do Much finer deeds than we have done; If we must merely wander through Time's garden, idling in the sun; If there is nothing big ahead, Why do we fear to join the dead?

lost

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From this reading Unless to-morrow means that we Shall do some needed service here; That tasks are waiting you and me That will be lost, save we appear; Then why this dreadful thought of sorrow That we may never see to-morrow?

man

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From this reading It is not greatness to have clung To life through eighty fruitless years; The man who dies in action, young, Deserves our praises and our cheers, Who ventures all for one great deed And gives his life to serve life's need.

matter

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From this reading If all our finest deeds are done, And all our splendor's in the past; If there's no battle to be won, What matter if to-day's our last?

maymodal verbUS /meɪ/

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading Unless to-morrow means that we Shall do some needed service here; That tasks are waiting you and me That will be lost, save we appear; Then why this dreadful thought of sorrow That we may never see to-morrow?

mepronounUS /miː/

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Unless to-morrow means that we Shall do some needed service here; That tasks are waiting you and me That will be lost, save we appear; Then why this dreadful thought of sorrow That we may never see to-morrow?

means

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From this reading Unless to-morrow means that we Shall do some needed service here; That tasks are waiting you and me That will be lost, save we appear; Then why this dreadful thought of sorrow That we may never see to-morrow?

merely

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From this reading Living If through the years we're not to do Much finer deeds than we have done; If we must merely wander through Time's garden, idling in the sun; If there is nothing big ahead, Why do we fear to join the dead?

Much

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From this reading Living If through the years we're not to do Much finer deeds than we have done; If we must merely wander through Time's garden, idling in the sun; If there is nothing big ahead, Why do we fear to join the dead?

mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading Living If through the years we're not to do Much finer deeds than we have done; If we must merely wander through Time's garden, idling in the sun; If there is nothing big ahead, Why do we fear to join the dead?

neednounUS /need/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading It is not greatness to have clung To life through eighty fruitless years; The man who dies in action, young, Deserves our praises and our cheers, Who ventures all for one great deed And gives his life to serve life's need.

needed

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From this reading Unless to-morrow means that we Shall do some needed service here; That tasks are waiting you and me That will be lost, save we appear; Then why this dreadful thought of sorrow That we may never see to-morrow?

nevernounUS /never/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Unless to-morrow means that we Shall do some needed service here; That tasks are waiting you and me That will be lost, save we appear; Then why this dreadful thought of sorrow That we may never see to-morrow?

nodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

From this reading If all our finest deeds are done, And all our splendor's in the past; If there's no battle to be won, What matter if to-day's our last?

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Living If through the years we're not to do Much finer deeds than we have done; If we must merely wander through Time's garden, idling in the sun; If there is nothing big ahead, Why do we fear to join the dead?

nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/

not one thing; not anything

From this reading Living If through the years we're not to do Much finer deeds than we have done; If we must merely wander through Time's garden, idling in the sun; If there is nothing big ahead, Why do we fear to join the dead?

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Unless to-morrow means that we Shall do some needed service here; That tasks are waiting you and me That will be lost, save we appear; Then why this dreadful thought of sorrow That we may never see to-morrow?

onepronounUS /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading It is not greatness to have clung To life through eighty fruitless years; The man who dies in action, young, Deserves our praises and our cheers, Who ventures all for one great deed And gives his life to serve life's need.

ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading If all our finest deeds are done, And all our splendor's in the past; If there's no battle to be won, What matter if to-day's our last?

past

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From this reading If all our finest deeds are done, And all our splendor's in the past; If there's no battle to be won, What matter if to-day's our last?

praises

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From this reading It is not greatness to have clung To life through eighty fruitless years; The man who dies in action, young, Deserves our praises and our cheers, Who ventures all for one great deed And gives his life to serve life's need.

saveprepositionUS /seɪv/

except for; apart from

From this reading Unless to-morrow means that we Shall do some needed service here; That tasks are waiting you and me That will be lost, save we appear; Then why this dreadful thought of sorrow That we may never see to-morrow?

see

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From this reading Unless to-morrow means that we Shall do some needed service here; That tasks are waiting you and me That will be lost, save we appear; Then why this dreadful thought of sorrow That we may never see to-morrow?

serve

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From this reading It is not greatness to have clung To life through eighty fruitless years; The man who dies in action, young, Deserves our praises and our cheers, Who ventures all for one great deed And gives his life to serve life's need.

service

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From this reading Unless to-morrow means that we Shall do some needed service here; That tasks are waiting you and me That will be lost, save we appear; Then why this dreadful thought of sorrow That we may never see to-morrow?

Shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/

used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest

From this reading Unless to-morrow means that we Shall do some needed service here; That tasks are waiting you and me That will be lost, save we appear; Then why this dreadful thought of sorrow That we may never see to-morrow?

soconjunctionUS /soʊ/

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading Is life so sweet that we would live Though nothing back to life we give?

some

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From this reading Unless to-morrow means that we Shall do some needed service here; That tasks are waiting you and me That will be lost, save we appear; Then why this dreadful thought of sorrow That we may never see to-morrow?

sorrow

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From this reading Unless to-morrow means that we Shall do some needed service here; That tasks are waiting you and me That will be lost, save we appear; Then why this dreadful thought of sorrow That we may never see to-morrow?

splendor's

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From this reading If all our finest deeds are done, And all our splendor's in the past; If there's no battle to be won, What matter if to-day's our last?

sun

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From this reading Living If through the years we're not to do Much finer deeds than we have done; If we must merely wander through Time's garden, idling in the sun; If there is nothing big ahead, Why do we fear to join the dead?

sweet

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From this reading Is life so sweet that we would live Though nothing back to life we give?

tasks

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From this reading Unless to-morrow means that we Shall do some needed service here; That tasks are waiting you and me That will be lost, save we appear; Then why this dreadful thought of sorrow That we may never see to-morrow?

thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading Living If through the years we're not to do Much finer deeds than we have done; If we must merely wander through Time's garden, idling in the sun; If there is nothing big ahead, Why do we fear to join the dead?

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Unless to-morrow means that we Shall do some needed service here; That tasks are waiting you and me That will be lost, save we appear; Then why this dreadful thought of sorrow That we may never see to-morrow?

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading Living If through the years we're not to do Much finer deeds than we have done; If we must merely wander through Time's garden, idling in the sun; If there is nothing big ahead, Why do we fear to join the dead?

Then

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From this reading Unless to-morrow means that we Shall do some needed service here; That tasks are waiting you and me That will be lost, save we appear; Then why this dreadful thought of sorrow That we may never see to-morrow?

there

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From this reading Living If through the years we're not to do Much finer deeds than we have done; If we must merely wander through Time's garden, idling in the sun; If there is nothing big ahead, Why do we fear to join the dead?

there's

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From this reading If all our finest deeds are done, And all our splendor's in the past; If there's no battle to be won, What matter if to-day's our last?

thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading Unless to-morrow means that we Shall do some needed service here; That tasks are waiting you and me That will be lost, save we appear; Then why this dreadful thought of sorrow That we may never see to-morrow?

ThoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/

in spite of the fact that

From this reading Is life so sweet that we would live Though nothing back to life we give?

thoughtnounUS /thought/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Unless to-morrow means that we Shall do some needed service here; That tasks are waiting you and me That will be lost, save we appear; Then why this dreadful thought of sorrow That we may never see to-morrow?

throughnounUS /ˈthrough/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading Living If through the years we're not to do Much finer deeds than we have done; If we must merely wander through Time's garden, idling in the sun; If there is nothing big ahead, Why do we fear to join the dead?

Time's

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From this reading Living If through the years we're not to do Much finer deeds than we have done; If we must merely wander through Time's garden, idling in the sun; If there is nothing big ahead, Why do we fear to join the dead?

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Living If through the years we're not to do Much finer deeds than we have done; If we must merely wander through Time's garden, idling in the sun; If there is nothing big ahead, Why do we fear to join the dead?

to-day's

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From this reading If all our finest deeds are done, And all our splendor's in the past; If there's no battle to be won, What matter if to-day's our last?

to-morrow

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From this reading Unless to-morrow means that we Shall do some needed service here; That tasks are waiting you and me That will be lost, save we appear; Then why this dreadful thought of sorrow That we may never see to-morrow?

UnlessconjunctionUS /ənˈles/

except if; if not

From this reading Unless to-morrow means that we Shall do some needed service here; That tasks are waiting you and me That will be lost, save we appear; Then why this dreadful thought of sorrow That we may never see to-morrow?

ventures

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From this reading It is not greatness to have clung To life through eighty fruitless years; The man who dies in action, young, Deserves our praises and our cheers, Who ventures all for one great deed And gives his life to serve life's need.

waiting

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From this reading Unless to-morrow means that we Shall do some needed service here; That tasks are waiting you and me That will be lost, save we appear; Then why this dreadful thought of sorrow That we may never see to-morrow?

wander

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From this reading Living If through the years we're not to do Much finer deeds than we have done; If we must merely wander through Time's garden, idling in the sun; If there is nothing big ahead, Why do we fear to join the dead?

wepronounUS /wiː/

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading Living If through the years we're not to do Much finer deeds than we have done; If we must merely wander through Time's garden, idling in the sun; If there is nothing big ahead, Why do we fear to join the dead?

we're

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From this reading Living If through the years we're not to do Much finer deeds than we have done; If we must merely wander through Time's garden, idling in the sun; If there is nothing big ahead, Why do we fear to join the dead?

WhatpronounUS /wʌt/

used to ask for information about something

From this reading If all our finest deeds are done, And all our splendor's in the past; If there's no battle to be won, What matter if to-day's our last?

whopronounUS /huː/

which person or people

From this reading It is not greatness to have clung To life through eighty fruitless years; The man who dies in action, young, Deserves our praises and our cheers, Who ventures all for one great deed And gives his life to serve life's need.

Why

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From this reading Living If through the years we're not to do Much finer deeds than we have done; If we must merely wander through Time's garden, idling in the sun; If there is nothing big ahead, Why do we fear to join the dead?

willmodal verbUS /wɪl/

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading Unless to-morrow means that we Shall do some needed service here; That tasks are waiting you and me That will be lost, save we appear; Then why this dreadful thought of sorrow That we may never see to-morrow?

won

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From this reading If all our finest deeds are done, And all our splendor's in the past; If there's no battle to be won, What matter if to-day's our last?

wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading Is life so sweet that we would live Though nothing back to life we give?

years

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From this reading Living If through the years we're not to do Much finer deeds than we have done; If we must merely wander through Time's garden, idling in the sun; If there is nothing big ahead, Why do we fear to join the dead?

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Unless to-morrow means that we Shall do some needed service here; That tasks are waiting you and me That will be lost, save we appear; Then why this dreadful thought of sorrow That we may never see to-morrow?

young

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From this reading It is not greatness to have clung To life through eighty fruitless years; The man who dies in action, young, Deserves our praises and our cheers, Who ventures all for one great deed And gives his life to serve life's need.