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Passages from the English Notebooks, Complete

Chapter IX

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September 17th.--It is singular to feel a sense of my own country returning upon me with the intercourse of the people whom I find here.
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Passages from the English Notebooks, Complete

Chapter IX

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September 17th.--It is singular to feel a sense of my own country returning upon me with the intercourse of the people whom I find here.
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Learner Dictionary

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

Here noun US /here/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “September 17th.--It is singular to feel a sense of my own country returning upon me with the intercourse of the people whom I find here.”

Upon preposition US /əˈpɑːn/

a formal word for “on”

From this reading “September 17th.--It is singular to feel a sense of my own country returning upon me with the intercourse of the people whom I find here.”

All words in this reading · 24

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17th

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From this reading September 17th.--It is singular to feel a sense of my own country returning upon me with the intercourse of the people whom I find here.

adeterminerUS /ə/

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

From this reading September 17th.--It is singular to feel a sense of my own country returning upon me with the intercourse of the people whom I find here.

country

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From this reading September 17th.--It is singular to feel a sense of my own country returning upon me with the intercourse of the people whom I find here.

feel

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From this reading September 17th.--It is singular to feel a sense of my own country returning upon me with the intercourse of the people whom I find here.

find

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From this reading September 17th.--It is singular to feel a sense of my own country returning upon me with the intercourse of the people whom I find here.

herenounUS /here/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading September 17th.--It is singular to feel a sense of my own country returning upon me with the intercourse of the people whom I find here.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading September 17th.--It is singular to feel a sense of my own country returning upon me with the intercourse of the people whom I find here.

intercourse

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From this reading September 17th.--It is singular to feel a sense of my own country returning upon me with the intercourse of the people whom I find here.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

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

From this reading September 17th.--It is singular to feel a sense of my own country returning upon me with the intercourse of the people whom I find here.

ItpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading September 17th.--It is singular to feel a sense of my own country returning upon me with the intercourse of the people whom I find here.

mepronounUS /miː/

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading September 17th.--It is singular to feel a sense of my own country returning upon me with the intercourse of the people whom I find here.

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading September 17th.--It is singular to feel a sense of my own country returning upon me with the intercourse of the people whom I find here.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading September 17th.--It is singular to feel a sense of my own country returning upon me with the intercourse of the people whom I find here.

own

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From this reading September 17th.--It is singular to feel a sense of my own country returning upon me with the intercourse of the people whom I find here.

people

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From this reading September 17th.--It is singular to feel a sense of my own country returning upon me with the intercourse of the people whom I find here.

returning

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From this reading September 17th.--It is singular to feel a sense of my own country returning upon me with the intercourse of the people whom I find here.

sense

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From this reading September 17th.--It is singular to feel a sense of my own country returning upon me with the intercourse of the people whom I find here.

September

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From this reading September 17th.--It is singular to feel a sense of my own country returning upon me with the intercourse of the people whom I find here.

singular

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From this reading September 17th.--It is singular to feel a sense of my own country returning upon me with the intercourse of the people whom I find here.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading September 17th.--It is singular to feel a sense of my own country returning upon me with the intercourse of the people whom I find here.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading September 17th.--It is singular to feel a sense of my own country returning upon me with the intercourse of the people whom I find here.

uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/

a formal word for “on”

From this reading September 17th.--It is singular to feel a sense of my own country returning upon me with the intercourse of the people whom I find here.

whompronounUS /huːm/

the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading September 17th.--It is singular to feel a sense of my own country returning upon me with the intercourse of the people whom I find here.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading September 17th.--It is singular to feel a sense of my own country returning upon me with the intercourse of the people whom I find here.