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Chapter V

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Now I my speech execute—no, I would say I bring her to the close.
I am a foreigner—but here, under you, have I it entirely forgotten.
And so again and yet again proffer I you my heartiest thanks.
GERMAN FOR THE HUNGARIANS ADDRESS AT THE JUBILEE CELEBRATION OF THE EMANCIPATION OF THE HUNGARIAN PRESS, MARCH 26, 1899 The Ministry and members of Parliament were present.
The subject was the “Ausgleich”--i. e., the arrangement for the apportionment of the taxes between Hungary and Austria.
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Mark Twain's Speeches

Chapter V

Reading 1/33 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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Now I my speech execute—no, I would say I bring her to the close.
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I am a foreigner—but here, under you, have I it entirely forgotten.
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And so again and yet again proffer I you my heartiest thanks.
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GERMAN FOR THE HUNGARIANS ADDRESS AT THE JUBILEE CELEBRATION OF THE EMANCIPATION OF THE HUNGARIAN PRESS, MARCH 26, 1899 The Ministry and members of Parliament were present.
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The subject was the “Ausgleich”--i. e., the arrangement for the apportionment of the taxes between Hungary and Austria.

Learner Dictionary

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

Again noun US /again/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “And so again and yet again proffer I you my heartiest thanks.”

Between preposition US /bɪˈtwiːn/

in the space, time, or range separating two things

From this reading “The subject was the “Ausgleich”--i. e., the arrangement for the apportionment of the taxes between Hungary and Austria.”

Entirely noun US /ˈentirely/

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

From this reading “I am a foreigner—but here, under you, have I it entirely forgotten.”

Forgotten adjective US /fərˈɡɑːt.n̩/

Not remembered; lapsed from memory.

From this reading “I am a foreigner—but here, under you, have I it entirely forgotten.”

Have auxiliary verb US /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “I am a foreigner—but here, under you, have I it entirely forgotten.”

Here noun US /here/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “I am a foreigner—but here, under you, have I it entirely forgotten.”

Under preposition US /ˈʌndər/

below or beneath something; less than

From this reading “I am a foreigner—but here, under you, have I it entirely forgotten.”

Would modal verb US /wʊd/

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

From this reading “Now I my speech execute—no, I would say I bring her to the close.”

Yet conjunction US /jet/

but in spite of that

From this reading “And so again and yet again proffer I you my heartiest thanks.”

All words in this reading · 60

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1899

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From this reading GERMAN FOR THE HUNGARIANS ADDRESS AT THE JUBILEE CELEBRATION OF THE EMANCIPATION OF THE HUNGARIAN PRESS, MARCH 26, 1899 The Ministry and members of Parliament were present.

26

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From this reading GERMAN FOR THE HUNGARIANS ADDRESS AT THE JUBILEE CELEBRATION OF THE EMANCIPATION OF THE HUNGARIAN PRESS, MARCH 26, 1899 The Ministry and members of Parliament were present.

adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading I am a foreigner—but here, under you, have I it entirely forgotten.

ADDRESS

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From this reading GERMAN FOR THE HUNGARIANS ADDRESS AT THE JUBILEE CELEBRATION OF THE EMANCIPATION OF THE HUNGARIAN PRESS, MARCH 26, 1899 The Ministry and members of Parliament were present.

againnounUS /again/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading And so again and yet again proffer I you my heartiest thanks.

amauxiliary verbUS /æm/

the form of “be” used with “I”

From this reading I am a foreigner—but here, under you, have I it entirely forgotten.

AndconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading And so again and yet again proffer I you my heartiest thanks.

apportionment

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From this reading The subject was the “Ausgleich”--i. e., the arrangement for the apportionment of the taxes between Hungary and Austria.

arrangement

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From this reading The subject was the “Ausgleich”--i. e., the arrangement for the apportionment of the taxes between Hungary and Austria.

ATprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading GERMAN FOR THE HUNGARIANS ADDRESS AT THE JUBILEE CELEBRATION OF THE EMANCIPATION OF THE HUNGARIAN PRESS, MARCH 26, 1899 The Ministry and members of Parliament were present.

Ausgleich

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From this reading The subject was the “Ausgleich”--i. e., the arrangement for the apportionment of the taxes between Hungary and Austria.

Austria

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From this reading The subject was the “Ausgleich”--i. e., the arrangement for the apportionment of the taxes between Hungary and Austria.

betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/

in the space, time, or range separating two things

From this reading The subject was the “Ausgleich”--i. e., the arrangement for the apportionment of the taxes between Hungary and Austria.

bring

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From this reading Now I my speech execute—no, I would say I bring her to the close.

butconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading I am a foreigner—but here, under you, have I it entirely forgotten.

CELEBRATION

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From this reading GERMAN FOR THE HUNGARIANS ADDRESS AT THE JUBILEE CELEBRATION OF THE EMANCIPATION OF THE HUNGARIAN PRESS, MARCH 26, 1899 The Ministry and members of Parliament were present.

close

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From this reading Now I my speech execute—no, I would say I bring her to the close.

e

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From this reading The subject was the “Ausgleich”--i. e., the arrangement for the apportionment of the taxes between Hungary and Austria.

EMANCIPATION

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From this reading GERMAN FOR THE HUNGARIANS ADDRESS AT THE JUBILEE CELEBRATION OF THE EMANCIPATION OF THE HUNGARIAN PRESS, MARCH 26, 1899 The Ministry and members of Parliament were present.

entirelynounUS /ˈentirely/

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

From this reading I am a foreigner—but here, under you, have I it entirely forgotten.

execute

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From this reading Now I my speech execute—no, I would say I bring her to the close.

FORprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading GERMAN FOR THE HUNGARIANS ADDRESS AT THE JUBILEE CELEBRATION OF THE EMANCIPATION OF THE HUNGARIAN PRESS, MARCH 26, 1899 The Ministry and members of Parliament were present.

foreigner

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From this reading I am a foreigner—but here, under you, have I it entirely forgotten.

forgottenadjectiveUS /fərˈɡɑːt.n̩/

Not remembered; lapsed from memory.

From this reading I am a foreigner—but here, under you, have I it entirely forgotten.

GERMAN

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From this reading GERMAN FOR THE HUNGARIANS ADDRESS AT THE JUBILEE CELEBRATION OF THE EMANCIPATION OF THE HUNGARIAN PRESS, MARCH 26, 1899 The Ministry and members of Parliament were present.

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading I am a foreigner—but here, under you, have I it entirely forgotten.

heartiest

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From this reading And so again and yet again proffer I you my heartiest thanks.

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading Now I my speech execute—no, I would say I bring her to the close.

herenounUS /here/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading I am a foreigner—but here, under you, have I it entirely forgotten.

HUNGARIAN

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From this reading GERMAN FOR THE HUNGARIANS ADDRESS AT THE JUBILEE CELEBRATION OF THE EMANCIPATION OF THE HUNGARIAN PRESS, MARCH 26, 1899 The Ministry and members of Parliament were present.

HUNGARIANS

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From this reading GERMAN FOR THE HUNGARIANS ADDRESS AT THE JUBILEE CELEBRATION OF THE EMANCIPATION OF THE HUNGARIAN PRESS, MARCH 26, 1899 The Ministry and members of Parliament were present.

Hungary

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From this reading The subject was the “Ausgleich”--i. e., the arrangement for the apportionment of the taxes between Hungary and Austria.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading Now I my speech execute—no, I would say I bring her to the close.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading I am a foreigner—but here, under you, have I it entirely forgotten.

JUBILEE

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From this reading GERMAN FOR THE HUNGARIANS ADDRESS AT THE JUBILEE CELEBRATION OF THE EMANCIPATION OF THE HUNGARIAN PRESS, MARCH 26, 1899 The Ministry and members of Parliament were present.

MARCH

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From this reading GERMAN FOR THE HUNGARIANS ADDRESS AT THE JUBILEE CELEBRATION OF THE EMANCIPATION OF THE HUNGARIAN PRESS, MARCH 26, 1899 The Ministry and members of Parliament were present.

members

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From this reading GERMAN FOR THE HUNGARIANS ADDRESS AT THE JUBILEE CELEBRATION OF THE EMANCIPATION OF THE HUNGARIAN PRESS, MARCH 26, 1899 The Ministry and members of Parliament were present.

Ministry

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From this reading GERMAN FOR THE HUNGARIANS ADDRESS AT THE JUBILEE CELEBRATION OF THE EMANCIPATION OF THE HUNGARIAN PRESS, MARCH 26, 1899 The Ministry and members of Parliament were present.

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading Now I my speech execute—no, I would say I bring her to the close.

nodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

From this reading Now I my speech execute—no, I would say I bring her to the close.

Now

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From this reading Now I my speech execute—no, I would say I bring her to the close.

OFprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading GERMAN FOR THE HUNGARIANS ADDRESS AT THE JUBILEE CELEBRATION OF THE EMANCIPATION OF THE HUNGARIAN PRESS, MARCH 26, 1899 The Ministry and members of Parliament were present.

Parliament

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From this reading GERMAN FOR THE HUNGARIANS ADDRESS AT THE JUBILEE CELEBRATION OF THE EMANCIPATION OF THE HUNGARIAN PRESS, MARCH 26, 1899 The Ministry and members of Parliament were present.

present

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From this reading GERMAN FOR THE HUNGARIANS ADDRESS AT THE JUBILEE CELEBRATION OF THE EMANCIPATION OF THE HUNGARIAN PRESS, MARCH 26, 1899 The Ministry and members of Parliament were present.

PRESS

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From this reading GERMAN FOR THE HUNGARIANS ADDRESS AT THE JUBILEE CELEBRATION OF THE EMANCIPATION OF THE HUNGARIAN PRESS, MARCH 26, 1899 The Ministry and members of Parliament were present.

proffer

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From this reading And so again and yet again proffer I you my heartiest thanks.

say

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From this reading Now I my speech execute—no, I would say I bring her to the close.

soconjunctionUS /soʊ/

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading And so again and yet again proffer I you my heartiest thanks.

speech

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From this reading Now I my speech execute—no, I would say I bring her to the close.

subject

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From this reading The subject was the “Ausgleich”--i. e., the arrangement for the apportionment of the taxes between Hungary and Austria.

taxes

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From this reading The subject was the “Ausgleich”--i. e., the arrangement for the apportionment of the taxes between Hungary and Austria.

thanks

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From this reading And so again and yet again proffer I you my heartiest thanks.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading Now I my speech execute—no, I would say I bring her to the close.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading Now I my speech execute—no, I would say I bring her to the close.

underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/

below or beneath something; less than

From this reading I am a foreigner—but here, under you, have I it entirely forgotten.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

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

From this reading The subject was the “Ausgleich”--i. e., the arrangement for the apportionment of the taxes between Hungary and Austria.

wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/

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

From this reading GERMAN FOR THE HUNGARIANS ADDRESS AT THE JUBILEE CELEBRATION OF THE EMANCIPATION OF THE HUNGARIAN PRESS, MARCH 26, 1899 The Ministry and members of Parliament were present.

wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/

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

From this reading Now I my speech execute—no, I would say I bring her to the close.

yetconjunctionUS /jet/

but in spite of that

From this reading And so again and yet again proffer I you my heartiest thanks.

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading I am a foreigner—but here, under you, have I it entirely forgotten.