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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 When a man has grown so old as I am, when he has reached the verge of seventy-two years, there is nothing that carries him back to the dreamland of his life, to his boyhood, like recognition of those young hearts up yonder.
also
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From this reading I desire to thank the Pilgrims of New York also for their kind notice and message which they have cabled over here.
amauxiliary verbUS /æm/
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading When a man has grown so old as I am, when he has reached the verge of seventy-two years, there is nothing that carries him back to the dreamland of his life, to his boyhood, like recognition of those young hearts up yonder.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And so I thank them out of my heart.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading When a man has grown so old as I am, when he has reached the verge of seventy-two years, there is nothing that carries him back to the dreamland of his life, to his boyhood, like recognition of those young hearts up yonder.
back
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From this reading When a man has grown so old as I am, when he has reached the verge of seventy-two years, there is nothing that carries him back to the dreamland of his life, to his boyhood, like recognition of those young hearts up yonder.
Birrell
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From this reading Mr. Birrell says he does not know how he got here.
boyhood
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From this reading When a man has grown so old as I am, when he has reached the verge of seventy-two years, there is nothing that carries him back to the dreamland of his life, to his boyhood, like recognition of those young hearts up yonder.
cabled
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From this reading I desire to thank the Pilgrims of New York also for their kind notice and message which they have cabled over here.
carries
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From this reading When a man has grown so old as I am, when he has reached the verge of seventy-two years, there is nothing that carries him back to the dreamland of his life, to his boyhood, like recognition of those young hearts up yonder.
desire
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From this reading Pilgrims, I desire first to thank those undergraduates of Oxford.
doesauxiliary verbUS /dʌz/
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Mr. Birrell says he does not know how he got here.
dreamland
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From this reading When a man has grown so old as I am, when he has reached the verge of seventy-two years, there is nothing that carries him back to the dreamland of his life, to his boyhood, like recognition of those young hearts up yonder.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Pilgrims, I desire first to thank those undergraduates of Oxford.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I desire to thank the Pilgrims of New York also for their kind notice and message which they have cabled over here.
got
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From this reading Mr. Birrell says he does not know how he got here.
grown
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From this reading When a man has grown so old as I am, when he has reached the verge of seventy-two years, there is nothing that carries him back to the dreamland of his life, to his boyhood, like recognition of those young hearts up yonder.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading When a man has grown so old as I am, when he has reached the verge of seventy-two years, there is nothing that carries him back to the dreamland of his life, to his boyhood, like recognition of those young hearts up yonder.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I desire to thank the Pilgrims of New York also for their kind notice and message which they have cabled over here.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When a man has grown so old as I am, when he has reached the verge of seventy-two years, there is nothing that carries him back to the dreamland of his life, to his boyhood, like recognition of those young hearts up yonder.
heart
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From this reading And so I thank them out of my heart.
hearts
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From this reading When a man has grown so old as I am, when he has reached the verge of seventy-two years, there is nothing that carries him back to the dreamland of his life, to his boyhood, like recognition of those young hearts up yonder.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I desire to thank the Pilgrims of New York also for their kind notice and message which they have cabled over here.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading When a man has grown so old as I am, when he has reached the verge of seventy-two years, there is nothing that carries him back to the dreamland of his life, to his boyhood, like recognition of those young hearts up yonder.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading When a man has grown so old as I am, when he has reached the verge of seventy-two years, there is nothing that carries him back to the dreamland of his life, to his boyhood, like recognition of those young hearts up yonder.
how
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From this reading Mr. Birrell says he does not know how he got here.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Pilgrims, I desire first to thank those undergraduates of Oxford.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading When a man has grown so old as I am, when he has reached the verge of seventy-two years, there is nothing that carries him back to the dreamland of his life, to his boyhood, like recognition of those young hearts up yonder.
kind
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From this reading I desire to thank the Pilgrims of New York also for their kind notice and message which they have cabled over here.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mr. Birrell says he does not know how he got here.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When a man has grown so old as I am, when he has reached the verge of seventy-two years, there is nothing that carries him back to the dreamland of his life, to his boyhood, like recognition of those young hearts up yonder.
like
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From this reading When a man has grown so old as I am, when he has reached the verge of seventy-two years, there is nothing that carries him back to the dreamland of his life, to his boyhood, like recognition of those young hearts up yonder.
man
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From this reading When a man has grown so old as I am, when he has reached the verge of seventy-two years, there is nothing that carries him back to the dreamland of his life, to his boyhood, like recognition of those young hearts up yonder.
message
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From this reading I desire to thank the Pilgrims of New York also for their kind notice and message which they have cabled over here.
Mr
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From this reading Mr. Birrell says he does not know how he got here.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading And so I thank them out of my heart.
New
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From this reading I desire to thank the Pilgrims of New York also for their kind notice and message which they have cabled over here.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Mr. Birrell says he does not know how he got here.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading When a man has grown so old as I am, when he has reached the verge of seventy-two years, there is nothing that carries him back to the dreamland of his life, to his boyhood, like recognition of those young hearts up yonder.
notice
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From this reading I desire to thank the Pilgrims of New York also for their kind notice and message which they have cabled over here.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Pilgrims, I desire first to thank those undergraduates of Oxford.
old
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From this reading When a man has grown so old as I am, when he has reached the verge of seventy-two years, there is nothing that carries him back to the dreamland of his life, to his boyhood, like recognition of those young hearts up yonder.
out
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From this reading And so I thank them out of my heart.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading I desire to thank the Pilgrims of New York also for their kind notice and message which they have cabled over here.
Oxford
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From this reading Pilgrims, I desire first to thank those undergraduates of Oxford.
Pilgrims
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From this reading Pilgrims, I desire first to thank those undergraduates of Oxford.
reached
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From this reading When a man has grown so old as I am, when he has reached the verge of seventy-two years, there is nothing that carries him back to the dreamland of his life, to his boyhood, like recognition of those young hearts up yonder.
recognition
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From this reading When a man has grown so old as I am, when he has reached the verge of seventy-two years, there is nothing that carries him back to the dreamland of his life, to his boyhood, like recognition of those young hearts up yonder.
says
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From this reading Mr. Birrell says he does not know how he got here.
seventy-two
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From this reading When a man has grown so old as I am, when he has reached the verge of seventy-two years, there is nothing that carries him back to the dreamland of his life, to his boyhood, like recognition of those young hearts up yonder.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading When a man has grown so old as I am, when he has reached the verge of seventy-two years, there is nothing that carries him back to the dreamland of his life, to his boyhood, like recognition of those young hearts up yonder.
thank
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From this reading Pilgrims, I desire first to thank those undergraduates of Oxford.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading When a man has grown so old as I am, when he has reached the verge of seventy-two years, there is nothing that carries him back to the dreamland of his life, to his boyhood, like recognition of those young hearts up yonder.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading When a man has grown so old as I am, when he has reached the verge of seventy-two years, there is nothing that carries him back to the dreamland of his life, to his boyhood, like recognition of those young hearts up yonder.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading I desire to thank the Pilgrims of New York also for their kind notice and message which they have cabled over here.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading And so I thank them out of my heart.
there
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From this reading When a man has grown so old as I am, when he has reached the verge of seventy-two years, there is nothing that carries him back to the dreamland of his life, to his boyhood, like recognition of those young hearts up yonder.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I desire to thank the Pilgrims of New York also for their kind notice and message which they have cabled over here.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Pilgrims, I desire first to thank those undergraduates of Oxford.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Pilgrims, I desire first to thank those undergraduates of Oxford.
undergraduates
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From this reading Pilgrims, I desire first to thank those undergraduates of Oxford.
up
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From this reading When a man has grown so old as I am, when he has reached the verge of seventy-two years, there is nothing that carries him back to the dreamland of his life, to his boyhood, like recognition of those young hearts up yonder.
verge
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From this reading When a man has grown so old as I am, when he has reached the verge of seventy-two years, there is nothing that carries him back to the dreamland of his life, to his boyhood, like recognition of those young hearts up yonder.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When a man has grown so old as I am, when he has reached the verge of seventy-two years, there is nothing that carries him back to the dreamland of his life, to his boyhood, like recognition of those young hearts up yonder.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading I desire to thank the Pilgrims of New York also for their kind notice and message which they have cabled over here.
years
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From this reading When a man has grown so old as I am, when he has reached the verge of seventy-two years, there is nothing that carries him back to the dreamland of his life, to his boyhood, like recognition of those young hearts up yonder.
yonder
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From this reading When a man has grown so old as I am, when he has reached the verge of seventy-two years, there is nothing that carries him back to the dreamland of his life, to his boyhood, like recognition of those young hearts up yonder.
York
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From this reading I desire to thank the Pilgrims of New York also for their kind notice and message which they have cabled over here.
young
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From this reading When a man has grown so old as I am, when he has reached the verge of seventy-two years, there is nothing that carries him back to the dreamland of his life, to his boyhood, like recognition of those young hearts up yonder.
