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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 "Yes; and I made it insidiously, in order to see if you had not acquired what is called a classical education."
acquired
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From this reading "Yes; and I made it insidiously, in order to see if you had not acquired what is called a classical education."
amici
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From this reading SAID Kenelm, at last breaking silence-- "'Rapiamus, amici, Occasionem de die, dumque virent genua, Et decet, obducta solvatur fronte senectus!'"
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Yes; and I made it insidiously, in order to see if you had not acquired what is called a classical education."
askednounUS /asked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Is not that quotation from Horace?" asked the minstrel.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading SAID Kenelm, at last breaking silence-- "'Rapiamus, amici, Occasionem de die, dumque virent genua, Et decet, obducta solvatur fronte senectus!'"
boyhood
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From this reading "I might have received such education, if my tastes and my destinies had not withdrawn me in boyhood from studies of which I did not then comprehend the full value.
breaking
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From this reading SAID Kenelm, at last breaking silence-- "'Rapiamus, amici, Occasionem de die, dumque virent genua, Et decet, obducta solvatur fronte senectus!'"
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But I did pick up a smattering of Latin at school; and from time to time since I left school I have endeavoured to gain some little knowledge of the most popular Latin poets; chiefly, I own to my shame, by the help of literal English translations."
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading But I did pick up a smattering of Latin at school; and from time to time since I left school I have endeavoured to gain some little knowledge of the most popular Latin poets; chiefly, I own to my shame, by the help of literal English translations."
called
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From this reading "Yes; and I made it insidiously, in order to see if you had not acquired what is called a classical education."
chiefly
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From this reading But I did pick up a smattering of Latin at school; and from time to time since I left school I have endeavoured to gain some little knowledge of the most popular Latin poets; chiefly, I own to my shame, by the help of literal English translations."
classical
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From this reading "Yes; and I made it insidiously, in order to see if you had not acquired what is called a classical education."
comprehend
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From this reading "I might have received such education, if my tastes and my destinies had not withdrawn me in boyhood from studies of which I did not then comprehend the full value.
de
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From this reading SAID Kenelm, at last breaking silence-- "'Rapiamus, amici, Occasionem de die, dumque virent genua, Et decet, obducta solvatur fronte senectus!'"
decet
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From this reading SAID Kenelm, at last breaking silence-- "'Rapiamus, amici, Occasionem de die, dumque virent genua, Et decet, obducta solvatur fronte senectus!'"
destinies
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From this reading "I might have received such education, if my tastes and my destinies had not withdrawn me in boyhood from studies of which I did not then comprehend the full value.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading "I might have received such education, if my tastes and my destinies had not withdrawn me in boyhood from studies of which I did not then comprehend the full value.
die
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From this reading SAID Kenelm, at last breaking silence-- "'Rapiamus, amici, Occasionem de die, dumque virent genua, Et decet, obducta solvatur fronte senectus!'"
dumque
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From this reading SAID Kenelm, at last breaking silence-- "'Rapiamus, amici, Occasionem de die, dumque virent genua, Et decet, obducta solvatur fronte senectus!'"
education
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From this reading "Yes; and I made it insidiously, in order to see if you had not acquired what is called a classical education."
endeavoured
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From this reading But I did pick up a smattering of Latin at school; and from time to time since I left school I have endeavoured to gain some little knowledge of the most popular Latin poets; chiefly, I own to my shame, by the help of literal English translations."
English
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From this reading But I did pick up a smattering of Latin at school; and from time to time since I left school I have endeavoured to gain some little knowledge of the most popular Latin poets; chiefly, I own to my shame, by the help of literal English translations."
Et
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From this reading SAID Kenelm, at last breaking silence-- "'Rapiamus, amici, Occasionem de die, dumque virent genua, Et decet, obducta solvatur fronte senectus!'"
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "Is not that quotation from Horace?" asked the minstrel.
fronte
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From this reading SAID Kenelm, at last breaking silence-- "'Rapiamus, amici, Occasionem de die, dumque virent genua, Et decet, obducta solvatur fronte senectus!'"
full
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From this reading "I might have received such education, if my tastes and my destinies had not withdrawn me in boyhood from studies of which I did not then comprehend the full value.
gain
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From this reading But I did pick up a smattering of Latin at school; and from time to time since I left school I have endeavoured to gain some little knowledge of the most popular Latin poets; chiefly, I own to my shame, by the help of literal English translations."
genua
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From this reading SAID Kenelm, at last breaking silence-- "'Rapiamus, amici, Occasionem de die, dumque virent genua, Et decet, obducta solvatur fronte senectus!'"
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading "Yes; and I made it insidiously, in order to see if you had not acquired what is called a classical education."
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "I might have received such education, if my tastes and my destinies had not withdrawn me in boyhood from studies of which I did not then comprehend the full value.
helpnounUS /help/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But I did pick up a smattering of Latin at school; and from time to time since I left school I have endeavoured to gain some little knowledge of the most popular Latin poets; chiefly, I own to my shame, by the help of literal English translations."
Horace
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From this reading "Is not that quotation from Horace?" asked the minstrel.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Yes; and I made it insidiously, in order to see if you had not acquired what is called a classical education."
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "Yes; and I made it insidiously, in order to see if you had not acquired what is called a classical education."
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Yes; and I made it insidiously, in order to see if you had not acquired what is called a classical education."
insidiously
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From this reading "Yes; and I made it insidiously, in order to see if you had not acquired what is called a classical education."
Isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Is not that quotation from Horace?" asked the minstrel.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Yes; and I made it insidiously, in order to see if you had not acquired what is called a classical education."
Kenelm
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From this reading SAID Kenelm, at last breaking silence-- "'Rapiamus, amici, Occasionem de die, dumque virent genua, Et decet, obducta solvatur fronte senectus!'"
knowledge
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From this reading But I did pick up a smattering of Latin at school; and from time to time since I left school I have endeavoured to gain some little knowledge of the most popular Latin poets; chiefly, I own to my shame, by the help of literal English translations."
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading SAID Kenelm, at last breaking silence-- "'Rapiamus, amici, Occasionem de die, dumque virent genua, Et decet, obducta solvatur fronte senectus!'"
Latin
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From this reading But I did pick up a smattering of Latin at school; and from time to time since I left school I have endeavoured to gain some little knowledge of the most popular Latin poets; chiefly, I own to my shame, by the help of literal English translations."
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But I did pick up a smattering of Latin at school; and from time to time since I left school I have endeavoured to gain some little knowledge of the most popular Latin poets; chiefly, I own to my shame, by the help of literal English translations."
literal
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From this reading But I did pick up a smattering of Latin at school; and from time to time since I left school I have endeavoured to gain some little knowledge of the most popular Latin poets; chiefly, I own to my shame, by the help of literal English translations."
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But I did pick up a smattering of Latin at school; and from time to time since I left school I have endeavoured to gain some little knowledge of the most popular Latin poets; chiefly, I own to my shame, by the help of literal English translations."
made
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From this reading "Yes; and I made it insidiously, in order to see if you had not acquired what is called a classical education."
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "I might have received such education, if my tastes and my destinies had not withdrawn me in boyhood from studies of which I did not then comprehend the full value.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading "I might have received such education, if my tastes and my destinies had not withdrawn me in boyhood from studies of which I did not then comprehend the full value.
minstrel
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From this reading "Is not that quotation from Horace?" asked the minstrel.
most
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From this reading But I did pick up a smattering of Latin at school; and from time to time since I left school I have endeavoured to gain some little knowledge of the most popular Latin poets; chiefly, I own to my shame, by the help of literal English translations."
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "I might have received such education, if my tastes and my destinies had not withdrawn me in boyhood from studies of which I did not then comprehend the full value.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "Is not that quotation from Horace?" asked the minstrel.
obducta
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From this reading SAID Kenelm, at last breaking silence-- "'Rapiamus, amici, Occasionem de die, dumque virent genua, Et decet, obducta solvatur fronte senectus!'"
Occasionem
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From this reading SAID Kenelm, at last breaking silence-- "'Rapiamus, amici, Occasionem de die, dumque virent genua, Et decet, obducta solvatur fronte senectus!'"
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "I might have received such education, if my tastes and my destinies had not withdrawn me in boyhood from studies of which I did not then comprehend the full value.
ordernounUS /order/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Yes; and I made it insidiously, in order to see if you had not acquired what is called a classical education."
own
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From this reading But I did pick up a smattering of Latin at school; and from time to time since I left school I have endeavoured to gain some little knowledge of the most popular Latin poets; chiefly, I own to my shame, by the help of literal English translations."
pick
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From this reading But I did pick up a smattering of Latin at school; and from time to time since I left school I have endeavoured to gain some little knowledge of the most popular Latin poets; chiefly, I own to my shame, by the help of literal English translations."
poets
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From this reading But I did pick up a smattering of Latin at school; and from time to time since I left school I have endeavoured to gain some little knowledge of the most popular Latin poets; chiefly, I own to my shame, by the help of literal English translations."
popular
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From this reading But I did pick up a smattering of Latin at school; and from time to time since I left school I have endeavoured to gain some little knowledge of the most popular Latin poets; chiefly, I own to my shame, by the help of literal English translations."
quotation
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From this reading "Is not that quotation from Horace?" asked the minstrel.
Rapiamus
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From this reading SAID Kenelm, at last breaking silence-- "'Rapiamus, amici, Occasionem de die, dumque virent genua, Et decet, obducta solvatur fronte senectus!'"
received
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From this reading "I might have received such education, if my tastes and my destinies had not withdrawn me in boyhood from studies of which I did not then comprehend the full value.
SAID
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From this reading SAID Kenelm, at last breaking silence-- "'Rapiamus, amici, Occasionem de die, dumque virent genua, Et decet, obducta solvatur fronte senectus!'"
school
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From this reading But I did pick up a smattering of Latin at school; and from time to time since I left school I have endeavoured to gain some little knowledge of the most popular Latin poets; chiefly, I own to my shame, by the help of literal English translations."
see
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From this reading "Yes; and I made it insidiously, in order to see if you had not acquired what is called a classical education."
senectus
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From this reading SAID Kenelm, at last breaking silence-- "'Rapiamus, amici, Occasionem de die, dumque virent genua, Et decet, obducta solvatur fronte senectus!'"
shame
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From this reading But I did pick up a smattering of Latin at school; and from time to time since I left school I have endeavoured to gain some little knowledge of the most popular Latin poets; chiefly, I own to my shame, by the help of literal English translations."
silencenounUS /ˈsaɪ.ləns/
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading SAID Kenelm, at last breaking silence-- "'Rapiamus, amici, Occasionem de die, dumque virent genua, Et decet, obducta solvatur fronte senectus!'"
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading But I did pick up a smattering of Latin at school; and from time to time since I left school I have endeavoured to gain some little knowledge of the most popular Latin poets; chiefly, I own to my shame, by the help of literal English translations."
smattering
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From this reading But I did pick up a smattering of Latin at school; and from time to time since I left school I have endeavoured to gain some little knowledge of the most popular Latin poets; chiefly, I own to my shame, by the help of literal English translations."
solvatur
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From this reading SAID Kenelm, at last breaking silence-- "'Rapiamus, amici, Occasionem de die, dumque virent genua, Et decet, obducta solvatur fronte senectus!'"
some
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From this reading But I did pick up a smattering of Latin at school; and from time to time since I left school I have endeavoured to gain some little knowledge of the most popular Latin poets; chiefly, I own to my shame, by the help of literal English translations."
studies
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From this reading "I might have received such education, if my tastes and my destinies had not withdrawn me in boyhood from studies of which I did not then comprehend the full value.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading "I might have received such education, if my tastes and my destinies had not withdrawn me in boyhood from studies of which I did not then comprehend the full value.
tastes
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From this reading "I might have received such education, if my tastes and my destinies had not withdrawn me in boyhood from studies of which I did not then comprehend the full value.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Is not that quotation from Horace?" asked the minstrel.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Is not that quotation from Horace?" asked the minstrel.
then
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From this reading "I might have received such education, if my tastes and my destinies had not withdrawn me in boyhood from studies of which I did not then comprehend the full value.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But I did pick up a smattering of Latin at school; and from time to time since I left school I have endeavoured to gain some little knowledge of the most popular Latin poets; chiefly, I own to my shame, by the help of literal English translations."
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Yes; and I made it insidiously, in order to see if you had not acquired what is called a classical education."
translations
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From this reading But I did pick up a smattering of Latin at school; and from time to time since I left school I have endeavoured to gain some little knowledge of the most popular Latin poets; chiefly, I own to my shame, by the help of literal English translations."
up
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From this reading But I did pick up a smattering of Latin at school; and from time to time since I left school I have endeavoured to gain some little knowledge of the most popular Latin poets; chiefly, I own to my shame, by the help of literal English translations."
value
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From this reading "I might have received such education, if my tastes and my destinies had not withdrawn me in boyhood from studies of which I did not then comprehend the full value.
virent
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From this reading SAID Kenelm, at last breaking silence-- "'Rapiamus, amici, Occasionem de die, dumque virent genua, Et decet, obducta solvatur fronte senectus!'"
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "Yes; and I made it insidiously, in order to see if you had not acquired what is called a classical education."
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading "I might have received such education, if my tastes and my destinies had not withdrawn me in boyhood from studies of which I did not then comprehend the full value.
withdrawn
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From this reading "I might have received such education, if my tastes and my destinies had not withdrawn me in boyhood from studies of which I did not then comprehend the full value.
Yes
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From this reading "Yes; and I made it insidiously, in order to see if you had not acquired what is called a classical education."
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Yes; and I made it insidiously, in order to see if you had not acquired what is called a classical education."
