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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 CODE AND A THEORY To probe Godfrey Ledstone's mind would be to come up against the odd bundle of ideas which constitutes the average young man's workaday morality--the code before mentioned.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading A CODE AND A THEORY To probe Godfrey Ledstone's mind would be to come up against the odd bundle of ideas which constitutes the average young man's workaday morality--the code before mentioned.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A CODE AND A THEORY To probe Godfrey Ledstone's mind would be to come up against the odd bundle of ideas which constitutes the average young man's workaday morality--the code before mentioned.
appal
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From this reading To interfere seriously with it is to rouse a hive of questions, large, difficult, so profoundly awkward as to appal statesmen, lay or ecclesiastical--questions not only moral and religious, but social and economic.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading To interfere seriously with it is to rouse a hive of questions, large, difficult, so profoundly awkward as to appal statesmen, lay or ecclesiastical--questions not only moral and religious, but social and economic.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading This congeries of rules, exceptions, compromises, strictnesses, and elasticities may be condemned; it cannot be sneered at or lightly dismissed.
average
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From this reading A CODE AND A THEORY To probe Godfrey Ledstone's mind would be to come up against the odd bundle of ideas which constitutes the average young man's workaday morality--the code before mentioned.
awkward
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From this reading To interfere seriously with it is to rouse a hive of questions, large, difficult, so profoundly awkward as to appal statesmen, lay or ecclesiastical--questions not only moral and religious, but social and economic.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading A CODE AND A THEORY To probe Godfrey Ledstone's mind would be to come up against the odd bundle of ideas which constitutes the average young man's workaday morality--the code before mentioned.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading It has, on the whole, satisfied centuries; only at rare intervals has it been seriously interfered with by the powers that be, by Church, or State, or Church-ruled State.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading A CODE AND A THEORY To probe Godfrey Ledstone's mind would be to come up against the odd bundle of ideas which constitutes the average young man's workaday morality--the code before mentioned.
bundlenounUS /ˈbʌndəl/
a group of things tied or wrapped together
From this reading A CODE AND A THEORY To probe Godfrey Ledstone's mind would be to come up against the odd bundle of ideas which constitutes the average young man's workaday morality--the code before mentioned.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading To interfere seriously with it is to rouse a hive of questions, large, difficult, so profoundly awkward as to appal statesmen, lay or ecclesiastical--questions not only moral and religious, but social and economic.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading It has, on the whole, satisfied centuries; only at rare intervals has it been seriously interfered with by the powers that be, by Church, or State, or Church-ruled State.
cannot
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From this reading This congeries of rules, exceptions, compromises, strictnesses, and elasticities may be condemned; it cannot be sneered at or lightly dismissed.
centuries
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From this reading It has, on the whole, satisfied centuries; only at rare intervals has it been seriously interfered with by the powers that be, by Church, or State, or Church-ruled State.
Church
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Church-ruled
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From this reading It has, on the whole, satisfied centuries; only at rare intervals has it been seriously interfered with by the powers that be, by Church, or State, or Church-ruled State.
CODE
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From this reading A CODE AND A THEORY To probe Godfrey Ledstone's mind would be to come up against the odd bundle of ideas which constitutes the average young man's workaday morality--the code before mentioned.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A CODE AND A THEORY To probe Godfrey Ledstone's mind would be to come up against the odd bundle of ideas which constitutes the average young man's workaday morality--the code before mentioned.
compromises
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From this reading This congeries of rules, exceptions, compromises, strictnesses, and elasticities may be condemned; it cannot be sneered at or lightly dismissed.
condemnation
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From this reading Formal condemnation and practical tolerance leave these questions sleeping.
condemned
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From this reading This congeries of rules, exceptions, compromises, strictnesses, and elasticities may be condemned; it cannot be sneered at or lightly dismissed.
congeries
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constitutes
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From this reading A CODE AND A THEORY To probe Godfrey Ledstone's mind would be to come up against the odd bundle of ideas which constitutes the average young man's workaday morality--the code before mentioned.
difficult
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dismissed
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From this reading This congeries of rules, exceptions, compromises, strictnesses, and elasticities may be condemned; it cannot be sneered at or lightly dismissed.
ecclesiastical
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economic
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elasticities
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From this reading This congeries of rules, exceptions, compromises, strictnesses, and elasticities may be condemned; it cannot be sneered at or lightly dismissed.
exceptions
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From this reading This congeries of rules, exceptions, compromises, strictnesses, and elasticities may be condemned; it cannot be sneered at or lightly dismissed.
Formal
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From this reading Formal condemnation and practical tolerance leave these questions sleeping.
Godfrey
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From this reading A CODE AND A THEORY To probe Godfrey Ledstone's mind would be to come up against the odd bundle of ideas which constitutes the average young man's workaday morality--the code before mentioned.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It has, on the whole, satisfied centuries; only at rare intervals has it been seriously interfered with by the powers that be, by Church, or State, or Church-ruled State.
hive
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From this reading To interfere seriously with it is to rouse a hive of questions, large, difficult, so profoundly awkward as to appal statesmen, lay or ecclesiastical--questions not only moral and religious, but social and economic.
ideas
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From this reading A CODE AND A THEORY To probe Godfrey Ledstone's mind would be to come up against the odd bundle of ideas which constitutes the average young man's workaday morality--the code before mentioned.
interfere
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From this reading To interfere seriously with it is to rouse a hive of questions, large, difficult, so profoundly awkward as to appal statesmen, lay or ecclesiastical--questions not only moral and religious, but social and economic.
interfered
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From this reading It has, on the whole, satisfied centuries; only at rare intervals has it been seriously interfered with by the powers that be, by Church, or State, or Church-ruled State.
intervals
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From this reading It has, on the whole, satisfied centuries; only at rare intervals has it been seriously interfered with by the powers that be, by Church, or State, or Church-ruled State.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading To interfere seriously with it is to rouse a hive of questions, large, difficult, so profoundly awkward as to appal statesmen, lay or ecclesiastical--questions not only moral and religious, but social and economic.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading This congeries of rules, exceptions, compromises, strictnesses, and elasticities may be condemned; it cannot be sneered at or lightly dismissed.
large
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lay
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leave
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From this reading Formal condemnation and practical tolerance leave these questions sleeping.
Ledstone's
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From this reading A CODE AND A THEORY To probe Godfrey Ledstone's mind would be to come up against the odd bundle of ideas which constitutes the average young man's workaday morality--the code before mentioned.
lightly
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From this reading This congeries of rules, exceptions, compromises, strictnesses, and elasticities may be condemned; it cannot be sneered at or lightly dismissed.
man's
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From this reading A CODE AND A THEORY To probe Godfrey Ledstone's mind would be to come up against the odd bundle of ideas which constitutes the average young man's workaday morality--the code before mentioned.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading This congeries of rules, exceptions, compromises, strictnesses, and elasticities may be condemned; it cannot be sneered at or lightly dismissed.
mentioned
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From this reading A CODE AND A THEORY To probe Godfrey Ledstone's mind would be to come up against the odd bundle of ideas which constitutes the average young man's workaday morality--the code before mentioned.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A CODE AND A THEORY To probe Godfrey Ledstone's mind would be to come up against the odd bundle of ideas which constitutes the average young man's workaday morality--the code before mentioned.
moral
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morality
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From this reading A CODE AND A THEORY To probe Godfrey Ledstone's mind would be to come up against the odd bundle of ideas which constitutes the average young man's workaday morality--the code before mentioned.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading To interfere seriously with it is to rouse a hive of questions, large, difficult, so profoundly awkward as to appal statesmen, lay or ecclesiastical--questions not only moral and religious, but social and economic.
odd
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From this reading A CODE AND A THEORY To probe Godfrey Ledstone's mind would be to come up against the odd bundle of ideas which constitutes the average young man's workaday morality--the code before mentioned.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A CODE AND A THEORY To probe Godfrey Ledstone's mind would be to come up against the odd bundle of ideas which constitutes the average young man's workaday morality--the code before mentioned.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It has, on the whole, satisfied centuries; only at rare intervals has it been seriously interfered with by the powers that be, by Church, or State, or Church-ruled State.
only
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From this reading It has, on the whole, satisfied centuries; only at rare intervals has it been seriously interfered with by the powers that be, by Church, or State, or Church-ruled State.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading This congeries of rules, exceptions, compromises, strictnesses, and elasticities may be condemned; it cannot be sneered at or lightly dismissed.
powersnounUS /powers/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It has, on the whole, satisfied centuries; only at rare intervals has it been seriously interfered with by the powers that be, by Church, or State, or Church-ruled State.
practical
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From this reading Formal condemnation and practical tolerance leave these questions sleeping.
probe
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From this reading A CODE AND A THEORY To probe Godfrey Ledstone's mind would be to come up against the odd bundle of ideas which constitutes the average young man's workaday morality--the code before mentioned.
profoundly
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questions
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rare
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From this reading It has, on the whole, satisfied centuries; only at rare intervals has it been seriously interfered with by the powers that be, by Church, or State, or Church-ruled State.
religious
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rouse
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rules
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From this reading This congeries of rules, exceptions, compromises, strictnesses, and elasticities may be condemned; it cannot be sneered at or lightly dismissed.
satisfied
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From this reading It has, on the whole, satisfied centuries; only at rare intervals has it been seriously interfered with by the powers that be, by Church, or State, or Church-ruled State.
seriously
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From this reading It has, on the whole, satisfied centuries; only at rare intervals has it been seriously interfered with by the powers that be, by Church, or State, or Church-ruled State.
sleeping
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From this reading Formal condemnation and practical tolerance leave these questions sleeping.
sneered
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From this reading This congeries of rules, exceptions, compromises, strictnesses, and elasticities may be condemned; it cannot be sneered at or lightly dismissed.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading To interfere seriously with it is to rouse a hive of questions, large, difficult, so profoundly awkward as to appal statesmen, lay or ecclesiastical--questions not only moral and religious, but social and economic.
social
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State
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From this reading It has, on the whole, satisfied centuries; only at rare intervals has it been seriously interfered with by the powers that be, by Church, or State, or Church-ruled State.
statesmen
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From this reading To interfere seriously with it is to rouse a hive of questions, large, difficult, so profoundly awkward as to appal statesmen, lay or ecclesiastical--questions not only moral and religious, but social and economic.
strictnesses
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From this reading This congeries of rules, exceptions, compromises, strictnesses, and elasticities may be condemned; it cannot be sneered at or lightly dismissed.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It has, on the whole, satisfied centuries; only at rare intervals has it been seriously interfered with by the powers that be, by Church, or State, or Church-ruled State.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A CODE AND A THEORY To probe Godfrey Ledstone's mind would be to come up against the odd bundle of ideas which constitutes the average young man's workaday morality--the code before mentioned.
THEORY
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From this reading A CODE AND A THEORY To probe Godfrey Ledstone's mind would be to come up against the odd bundle of ideas which constitutes the average young man's workaday morality--the code before mentioned.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Formal condemnation and practical tolerance leave these questions sleeping.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This congeries of rules, exceptions, compromises, strictnesses, and elasticities may be condemned; it cannot be sneered at or lightly dismissed.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A CODE AND A THEORY To probe Godfrey Ledstone's mind would be to come up against the odd bundle of ideas which constitutes the average young man's workaday morality--the code before mentioned.
tolerance
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From this reading Formal condemnation and practical tolerance leave these questions sleeping.
up
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From this reading A CODE AND A THEORY To probe Godfrey Ledstone's mind would be to come up against the odd bundle of ideas which constitutes the average young man's workaday morality--the code before mentioned.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading A CODE AND A THEORY To probe Godfrey Ledstone's mind would be to come up against the odd bundle of ideas which constitutes the average young man's workaday morality--the code before mentioned.
whole
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From this reading It has, on the whole, satisfied centuries; only at rare intervals has it been seriously interfered with by the powers that be, by Church, or State, or Church-ruled State.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading It has, on the whole, satisfied centuries; only at rare intervals has it been seriously interfered with by the powers that be, by Church, or State, or Church-ruled State.
workaday
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From this reading A CODE AND A THEORY To probe Godfrey Ledstone's mind would be to come up against the odd bundle of ideas which constitutes the average young man's workaday morality--the code before mentioned.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading A CODE AND A THEORY To probe Godfrey Ledstone's mind would be to come up against the odd bundle of ideas which constitutes the average young man's workaday morality--the code before mentioned.
young
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From this reading A CODE AND A THEORY To probe Godfrey Ledstone's mind would be to come up against the odd bundle of ideas which constitutes the average young man's workaday morality--the code before mentioned.
