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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 A PROFESSIONAL PHILANTHROPIST We have professional diners-out, professional beauties, professional Christians, then why not professional philanthropists?
almshouses
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From this reading Philanthropy now builds almshouses and hospitals, and rails at poverty if it has too much pride to occupy them.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading This brilliant century of ours has nothing to do with the word charity, as it savours too much of stealthy benevolence, so it has substituted in its place the long word philanthropy, which is much more genteel and comprehensive.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading This brilliant century of ours has nothing to do with the word charity, as it savours too much of stealthy benevolence, so it has substituted in its place the long word philanthropy, which is much more genteel and comprehensive.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Philanthropy now builds almshouses and hospitals, and rails at poverty if it has too much pride to occupy them.
beauties
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From this reading A PROFESSIONAL PHILANTHROPIST We have professional diners-out, professional beauties, professional Christians, then why not professional philanthropists?
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Charity, the meekest of the Christian graces, has been long since dethroned, and her place is taken by the blatant braggard Philanthropy, who does his good deeds in a most ostentatious manner, and loudly invites the world to see his generosity, and praise him for it.
benevolencenounUS /bəˈnev.əl.əns/
The quality of being well meaning; kindness and generosity. (Lòng nhân ái, sự nhân từ độ lượng.)
From this reading This brilliant century of ours has nothing to do with the word charity, as it savours too much of stealthy benevolence, so it has substituted in its place the long word philanthropy, which is much more genteel and comprehensive.
blatant
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From this reading Charity, the meekest of the Christian graces, has been long since dethroned, and her place is taken by the blatant braggard Philanthropy, who does his good deeds in a most ostentatious manner, and loudly invites the world to see his generosity, and praise him for it.
braggard
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From this reading Charity, the meekest of the Christian graces, has been long since dethroned, and her place is taken by the blatant braggard Philanthropy, who does his good deeds in a most ostentatious manner, and loudly invites the world to see his generosity, and praise him for it.
brilliant
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From this reading This brilliant century of ours has nothing to do with the word charity, as it savours too much of stealthy benevolence, so it has substituted in its place the long word philanthropy, which is much more genteel and comprehensive.
builds
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From this reading Philanthropy now builds almshouses and hospitals, and rails at poverty if it has too much pride to occupy them.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Charity, the meekest of the Christian graces, has been long since dethroned, and her place is taken by the blatant braggard Philanthropy, who does his good deeds in a most ostentatious manner, and loudly invites the world to see his generosity, and praise him for it.
century
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charity
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Christian
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Christians
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From this reading A PROFESSIONAL PHILANTHROPIST We have professional diners-out, professional beauties, professional Christians, then why not professional philanthropists?
comprehensive
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From this reading This brilliant century of ours has nothing to do with the word charity, as it savours too much of stealthy benevolence, so it has substituted in its place the long word philanthropy, which is much more genteel and comprehensive.
deeds
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From this reading Charity, the meekest of the Christian graces, has been long since dethroned, and her place is taken by the blatant braggard Philanthropy, who does his good deeds in a most ostentatious manner, and loudly invites the world to see his generosity, and praise him for it.
dethroned
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From this reading Charity, the meekest of the Christian graces, has been long since dethroned, and her place is taken by the blatant braggard Philanthropy, who does his good deeds in a most ostentatious manner, and loudly invites the world to see his generosity, and praise him for it.
diners-out
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From this reading A PROFESSIONAL PHILANTHROPIST We have professional diners-out, professional beauties, professional Christians, then why not professional philanthropists?
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading This brilliant century of ours has nothing to do with the word charity, as it savours too much of stealthy benevolence, so it has substituted in its place the long word philanthropy, which is much more genteel and comprehensive.
doesauxiliary verbUS /dʌz/
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Charity, the meekest of the Christian graces, has been long since dethroned, and her place is taken by the blatant braggard Philanthropy, who does his good deeds in a most ostentatious manner, and loudly invites the world to see his generosity, and praise him for it.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Charity, the meekest of the Christian graces, has been long since dethroned, and her place is taken by the blatant braggard Philanthropy, who does his good deeds in a most ostentatious manner, and loudly invites the world to see his generosity, and praise him for it.
generosity
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From this reading Charity, the meekest of the Christian graces, has been long since dethroned, and her place is taken by the blatant braggard Philanthropy, who does his good deeds in a most ostentatious manner, and loudly invites the world to see his generosity, and praise him for it.
genteel
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From this reading This brilliant century of ours has nothing to do with the word charity, as it savours too much of stealthy benevolence, so it has substituted in its place the long word philanthropy, which is much more genteel and comprehensive.
gifts
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From this reading Charity, modestly hooded, went into the houses of the poor, and tendered her gifts with smiles.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Charity, the meekest of the Christian graces, has been long since dethroned, and her place is taken by the blatant braggard Philanthropy, who does his good deeds in a most ostentatious manner, and loudly invites the world to see his generosity, and praise him for it.
graces
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From this reading Charity, the meekest of the Christian graces, has been long since dethroned, and her place is taken by the blatant braggard Philanthropy, who does his good deeds in a most ostentatious manner, and loudly invites the world to see his generosity, and praise him for it.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This brilliant century of ours has nothing to do with the word charity, as it savours too much of stealthy benevolence, so it has substituted in its place the long word philanthropy, which is much more genteel and comprehensive.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading A PROFESSIONAL PHILANTHROPIST We have professional diners-out, professional beauties, professional Christians, then why not professional philanthropists?
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Charity, the meekest of the Christian graces, has been long since dethroned, and her place is taken by the blatant braggard Philanthropy, who does his good deeds in a most ostentatious manner, and loudly invites the world to see his generosity, and praise him for it.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Charity, the meekest of the Christian graces, has been long since dethroned, and her place is taken by the blatant braggard Philanthropy, who does his good deeds in a most ostentatious manner, and loudly invites the world to see his generosity, and praise him for it.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Charity, the meekest of the Christian graces, has been long since dethroned, and her place is taken by the blatant braggard Philanthropy, who does his good deeds in a most ostentatious manner, and loudly invites the world to see his generosity, and praise him for it.
hooded
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From this reading Charity, modestly hooded, went into the houses of the poor, and tendered her gifts with smiles.
hospitals
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From this reading Philanthropy now builds almshouses and hospitals, and rails at poverty if it has too much pride to occupy them.
houses
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From this reading Charity, modestly hooded, went into the houses of the poor, and tendered her gifts with smiles.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Philanthropy now builds almshouses and hospitals, and rails at poverty if it has too much pride to occupy them.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading This brilliant century of ours has nothing to do with the word charity, as it savours too much of stealthy benevolence, so it has substituted in its place the long word philanthropy, which is much more genteel and comprehensive.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Charity, modestly hooded, went into the houses of the poor, and tendered her gifts with smiles.
invites
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From this reading Charity, the meekest of the Christian graces, has been long since dethroned, and her place is taken by the blatant braggard Philanthropy, who does his good deeds in a most ostentatious manner, and loudly invites the world to see his generosity, and praise him for it.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This brilliant century of ours has nothing to do with the word charity, as it savours too much of stealthy benevolence, so it has substituted in its place the long word philanthropy, which is much more genteel and comprehensive.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading This brilliant century of ours has nothing to do with the word charity, as it savours too much of stealthy benevolence, so it has substituted in its place the long word philanthropy, which is much more genteel and comprehensive.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading This brilliant century of ours has nothing to do with the word charity, as it savours too much of stealthy benevolence, so it has substituted in its place the long word philanthropy, which is much more genteel and comprehensive.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This brilliant century of ours has nothing to do with the word charity, as it savours too much of stealthy benevolence, so it has substituted in its place the long word philanthropy, which is much more genteel and comprehensive.
loudly
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From this reading Charity, the meekest of the Christian graces, has been long since dethroned, and her place is taken by the blatant braggard Philanthropy, who does his good deeds in a most ostentatious manner, and loudly invites the world to see his generosity, and praise him for it.
manner
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From this reading Charity, the meekest of the Christian graces, has been long since dethroned, and her place is taken by the blatant braggard Philanthropy, who does his good deeds in a most ostentatious manner, and loudly invites the world to see his generosity, and praise him for it.
meekest
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From this reading Charity, the meekest of the Christian graces, has been long since dethroned, and her place is taken by the blatant braggard Philanthropy, who does his good deeds in a most ostentatious manner, and loudly invites the world to see his generosity, and praise him for it.
modestly
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From this reading Charity, modestly hooded, went into the houses of the poor, and tendered her gifts with smiles.
more
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From this reading This brilliant century of ours has nothing to do with the word charity, as it savours too much of stealthy benevolence, so it has substituted in its place the long word philanthropy, which is much more genteel and comprehensive.
most
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From this reading Charity, the meekest of the Christian graces, has been long since dethroned, and her place is taken by the blatant braggard Philanthropy, who does his good deeds in a most ostentatious manner, and loudly invites the world to see his generosity, and praise him for it.
much
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From this reading This brilliant century of ours has nothing to do with the word charity, as it savours too much of stealthy benevolence, so it has substituted in its place the long word philanthropy, which is much more genteel and comprehensive.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading A PROFESSIONAL PHILANTHROPIST We have professional diners-out, professional beauties, professional Christians, then why not professional philanthropists?
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading This brilliant century of ours has nothing to do with the word charity, as it savours too much of stealthy benevolence, so it has substituted in its place the long word philanthropy, which is much more genteel and comprehensive.
now
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From this reading Philanthropy now builds almshouses and hospitals, and rails at poverty if it has too much pride to occupy them.
occupy
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From this reading Philanthropy now builds almshouses and hospitals, and rails at poverty if it has too much pride to occupy them.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading This brilliant century of ours has nothing to do with the word charity, as it savours too much of stealthy benevolence, so it has substituted in its place the long word philanthropy, which is much more genteel and comprehensive.
ostentatious
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From this reading Charity, the meekest of the Christian graces, has been long since dethroned, and her place is taken by the blatant braggard Philanthropy, who does his good deeds in a most ostentatious manner, and loudly invites the world to see his generosity, and praise him for it.
ourspronounUS /ˈaʊərz/
the one or ones belonging to us
From this reading This brilliant century of ours has nothing to do with the word charity, as it savours too much of stealthy benevolence, so it has substituted in its place the long word philanthropy, which is much more genteel and comprehensive.
PHILANTHROPIST
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From this reading A PROFESSIONAL PHILANTHROPIST We have professional diners-out, professional beauties, professional Christians, then why not professional philanthropists?
philanthropists
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From this reading A PROFESSIONAL PHILANTHROPIST We have professional diners-out, professional beauties, professional Christians, then why not professional philanthropists?
philanthropy
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From this reading This brilliant century of ours has nothing to do with the word charity, as it savours too much of stealthy benevolence, so it has substituted in its place the long word philanthropy, which is much more genteel and comprehensive.
place
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From this reading This brilliant century of ours has nothing to do with the word charity, as it savours too much of stealthy benevolence, so it has substituted in its place the long word philanthropy, which is much more genteel and comprehensive.
poornounUS /poor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Charity, modestly hooded, went into the houses of the poor, and tendered her gifts with smiles.
poverty
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From this reading Philanthropy now builds almshouses and hospitals, and rails at poverty if it has too much pride to occupy them.
praise
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From this reading Charity, the meekest of the Christian graces, has been long since dethroned, and her place is taken by the blatant braggard Philanthropy, who does his good deeds in a most ostentatious manner, and loudly invites the world to see his generosity, and praise him for it.
pride
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From this reading Philanthropy now builds almshouses and hospitals, and rails at poverty if it has too much pride to occupy them.
PROFESSIONAL
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From this reading A PROFESSIONAL PHILANTHROPIST We have professional diners-out, professional beauties, professional Christians, then why not professional philanthropists?
rails
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From this reading Philanthropy now builds almshouses and hospitals, and rails at poverty if it has too much pride to occupy them.
savours
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From this reading This brilliant century of ours has nothing to do with the word charity, as it savours too much of stealthy benevolence, so it has substituted in its place the long word philanthropy, which is much more genteel and comprehensive.
see
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From this reading Charity, the meekest of the Christian graces, has been long since dethroned, and her place is taken by the blatant braggard Philanthropy, who does his good deeds in a most ostentatious manner, and loudly invites the world to see his generosity, and praise him for it.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Charity, the meekest of the Christian graces, has been long since dethroned, and her place is taken by the blatant braggard Philanthropy, who does his good deeds in a most ostentatious manner, and loudly invites the world to see his generosity, and praise him for it.
smiles
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From this reading Charity, modestly hooded, went into the houses of the poor, and tendered her gifts with smiles.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading This brilliant century of ours has nothing to do with the word charity, as it savours too much of stealthy benevolence, so it has substituted in its place the long word philanthropy, which is much more genteel and comprehensive.
stealthy
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substituted
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From this reading This brilliant century of ours has nothing to do with the word charity, as it savours too much of stealthy benevolence, so it has substituted in its place the long word philanthropy, which is much more genteel and comprehensive.
taken
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From this reading Charity, the meekest of the Christian graces, has been long since dethroned, and her place is taken by the blatant braggard Philanthropy, who does his good deeds in a most ostentatious manner, and loudly invites the world to see his generosity, and praise him for it.
tendered
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From this reading Charity, modestly hooded, went into the houses of the poor, and tendered her gifts with smiles.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading This brilliant century of ours has nothing to do with the word charity, as it savours too much of stealthy benevolence, so it has substituted in its place the long word philanthropy, which is much more genteel and comprehensive.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Philanthropy now builds almshouses and hospitals, and rails at poverty if it has too much pride to occupy them.
then
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From this reading A PROFESSIONAL PHILANTHROPIST We have professional diners-out, professional beauties, professional Christians, then why not professional philanthropists?
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This brilliant century of ours has nothing to do with the word charity, as it savours too much of stealthy benevolence, so it has substituted in its place the long word philanthropy, which is much more genteel and comprehensive.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading This brilliant century of ours has nothing to do with the word charity, as it savours too much of stealthy benevolence, so it has substituted in its place the long word philanthropy, which is much more genteel and comprehensive.
too
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From this reading This brilliant century of ours has nothing to do with the word charity, as it savours too much of stealthy benevolence, so it has substituted in its place the long word philanthropy, which is much more genteel and comprehensive.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading A PROFESSIONAL PHILANTHROPIST We have professional diners-out, professional beauties, professional Christians, then why not professional philanthropists?
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Charity, modestly hooded, went into the houses of the poor, and tendered her gifts with smiles.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading This brilliant century of ours has nothing to do with the word charity, as it savours too much of stealthy benevolence, so it has substituted in its place the long word philanthropy, which is much more genteel and comprehensive.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Charity, the meekest of the Christian graces, has been long since dethroned, and her place is taken by the blatant braggard Philanthropy, who does his good deeds in a most ostentatious manner, and loudly invites the world to see his generosity, and praise him for it.
why
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From this reading A PROFESSIONAL PHILANTHROPIST We have professional diners-out, professional beauties, professional Christians, then why not professional philanthropists?
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading This brilliant century of ours has nothing to do with the word charity, as it savours too much of stealthy benevolence, so it has substituted in its place the long word philanthropy, which is much more genteel and comprehensive.
word
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From this reading This brilliant century of ours has nothing to do with the word charity, as it savours too much of stealthy benevolence, so it has substituted in its place the long word philanthropy, which is much more genteel and comprehensive.
world
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From this reading Charity, the meekest of the Christian graces, has been long since dethroned, and her place is taken by the blatant braggard Philanthropy, who does his good deeds in a most ostentatious manner, and loudly invites the world to see his generosity, and praise him for it.
