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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 The next morning I received a letter from my mother.
advice
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From this reading "My dear Henry," began my affectionate and incomparable parent-- "My dear Henry, "You have now fairly entered the world, and though at your age my advice may be but little followed, my experience cannot altogether be useless.
affectionate
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From this reading "My dear Henry," began my affectionate and incomparable parent-- "My dear Henry, "You have now fairly entered the world, and though at your age my advice may be but little followed, my experience cannot altogether be useless.
age
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From this reading "My dear Henry," began my affectionate and incomparable parent-- "My dear Henry, "You have now fairly entered the world, and though at your age my advice may be but little followed, my experience cannot altogether be useless.
ait
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From this reading Pia mater, Plus quam se sapere, et virtutibus esse priorem Vult, et ait prope vera.--Horace.
altogether
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From this reading "My dear Henry," began my affectionate and incomparable parent-- "My dear Henry, "You have now fairly entered the world, and though at your age my advice may be but little followed, my experience cannot altogether be useless.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "My dear Henry," began my affectionate and incomparable parent-- "My dear Henry, "You have now fairly entered the world, and though at your age my advice may be but little followed, my experience cannot altogether be useless.
apology
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From this reading I shall, therefore, make no apology for a few precepts, which I hope may tend to make you a wiser and better man.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "My dear Henry," began my affectionate and incomparable parent-- "My dear Henry, "You have now fairly entered the world, and though at your age my advice may be but little followed, my experience cannot altogether be useless.
atras
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From this reading Vere mihi festus atras Eximet curas.--Horace.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "My dear Henry," began my affectionate and incomparable parent-- "My dear Henry, "You have now fairly entered the world, and though at your age my advice may be but little followed, my experience cannot altogether be useless.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "My dear Henry," began my affectionate and incomparable parent-- "My dear Henry, "You have now fairly entered the world, and though at your age my advice may be but little followed, my experience cannot altogether be useless.
better
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From this reading I shall, therefore, make no apology for a few precepts, which I hope may tend to make you a wiser and better man.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "My dear Henry," began my affectionate and incomparable parent-- "My dear Henry, "You have now fairly entered the world, and though at your age my advice may be but little followed, my experience cannot altogether be useless.
cannot
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From this reading "My dear Henry," began my affectionate and incomparable parent-- "My dear Henry, "You have now fairly entered the world, and though at your age my advice may be but little followed, my experience cannot altogether be useless.
curas
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From this reading Vere mihi festus atras Eximet curas.--Horace.
dear
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From this reading "My dear Henry," began my affectionate and incomparable parent-- "My dear Henry, "You have now fairly entered the world, and though at your age my advice may be but little followed, my experience cannot altogether be useless.
entered
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From this reading "My dear Henry," began my affectionate and incomparable parent-- "My dear Henry, "You have now fairly entered the world, and though at your age my advice may be but little followed, my experience cannot altogether be useless.
esse
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From this reading Pia mater, Plus quam se sapere, et virtutibus esse priorem Vult, et ait prope vera.--Horace.
et
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From this reading Pia mater, Plus quam se sapere, et virtutibus esse priorem Vult, et ait prope vera.--Horace.
Eximet
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From this reading Vere mihi festus atras Eximet curas.--Horace.
experience
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From this reading "My dear Henry," began my affectionate and incomparable parent-- "My dear Henry, "You have now fairly entered the world, and though at your age my advice may be but little followed, my experience cannot altogether be useless.
fairly
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From this reading "My dear Henry," began my affectionate and incomparable parent-- "My dear Henry, "You have now fairly entered the world, and though at your age my advice may be but little followed, my experience cannot altogether be useless.
festus
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From this reading Vere mihi festus atras Eximet curas.--Horace.
few
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From this reading I shall, therefore, make no apology for a few precepts, which I hope may tend to make you a wiser and better man.
followed
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From this reading "My dear Henry," began my affectionate and incomparable parent-- "My dear Henry, "You have now fairly entered the world, and though at your age my advice may be but little followed, my experience cannot altogether be useless.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I shall, therefore, make no apology for a few precepts, which I hope may tend to make you a wiser and better man.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The next morning I received a letter from my mother.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "My dear Henry," began my affectionate and incomparable parent-- "My dear Henry, "You have now fairly entered the world, and though at your age my advice may be but little followed, my experience cannot altogether be useless.
Henry
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From this reading "My dear Henry," began my affectionate and incomparable parent-- "My dear Henry, "You have now fairly entered the world, and though at your age my advice may be but little followed, my experience cannot altogether be useless.
hope
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From this reading I shall, therefore, make no apology for a few precepts, which I hope may tend to make you a wiser and better man.
Horace
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From this reading Pia mater, Plus quam se sapere, et virtutibus esse priorem Vult, et ait prope vera.--Horace.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading The next morning I received a letter from my mother.
incomparable
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From this reading "My dear Henry," began my affectionate and incomparable parent-- "My dear Henry, "You have now fairly entered the world, and though at your age my advice may be but little followed, my experience cannot altogether be useless.
letter
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From this reading The next morning I received a letter from my mother.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "My dear Henry," began my affectionate and incomparable parent-- "My dear Henry, "You have now fairly entered the world, and though at your age my advice may be but little followed, my experience cannot altogether be useless.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I shall, therefore, make no apology for a few precepts, which I hope may tend to make you a wiser and better man.
man
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From this reading I shall, therefore, make no apology for a few precepts, which I hope may tend to make you a wiser and better man.
mater
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From this reading Pia mater, Plus quam se sapere, et virtutibus esse priorem Vult, et ait prope vera.--Horace.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading "My dear Henry," began my affectionate and incomparable parent-- "My dear Henry, "You have now fairly entered the world, and though at your age my advice may be but little followed, my experience cannot altogether be useless.
mihi
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From this reading Vere mihi festus atras Eximet curas.--Horace.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The next morning I received a letter from my mother.
mother
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From this reading The next morning I received a letter from my mother.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading The next morning I received a letter from my mother.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The next morning I received a letter from my mother.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading I shall, therefore, make no apology for a few precepts, which I hope may tend to make you a wiser and better man.
now
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From this reading "My dear Henry," began my affectionate and incomparable parent-- "My dear Henry, "You have now fairly entered the world, and though at your age my advice may be but little followed, my experience cannot altogether be useless.
parent
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From this reading "My dear Henry," began my affectionate and incomparable parent-- "My dear Henry, "You have now fairly entered the world, and though at your age my advice may be but little followed, my experience cannot altogether be useless.
Pia
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From this reading Pia mater, Plus quam se sapere, et virtutibus esse priorem Vult, et ait prope vera.--Horace.
Plus
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From this reading Pia mater, Plus quam se sapere, et virtutibus esse priorem Vult, et ait prope vera.--Horace.
precepts
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From this reading I shall, therefore, make no apology for a few precepts, which I hope may tend to make you a wiser and better man.
priorem
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From this reading Pia mater, Plus quam se sapere, et virtutibus esse priorem Vult, et ait prope vera.--Horace.
prope
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From this reading Pia mater, Plus quam se sapere, et virtutibus esse priorem Vult, et ait prope vera.--Horace.
quam
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From this reading Pia mater, Plus quam se sapere, et virtutibus esse priorem Vult, et ait prope vera.--Horace.
received
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From this reading The next morning I received a letter from my mother.
sapere
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From this reading Pia mater, Plus quam se sapere, et virtutibus esse priorem Vult, et ait prope vera.--Horace.
se
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From this reading Pia mater, Plus quam se sapere, et virtutibus esse priorem Vult, et ait prope vera.--Horace.
shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading I shall, therefore, make no apology for a few precepts, which I hope may tend to make you a wiser and better man.
tend
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From this reading I shall, therefore, make no apology for a few precepts, which I hope may tend to make you a wiser and better man.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The next morning I received a letter from my mother.
thereforeadverbUS /ˈðerfɔːr/
for that reason; as a result
From this reading I shall, therefore, make no apology for a few precepts, which I hope may tend to make you a wiser and better man.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading "My dear Henry," began my affectionate and incomparable parent-- "My dear Henry, "You have now fairly entered the world, and though at your age my advice may be but little followed, my experience cannot altogether be useless.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I shall, therefore, make no apology for a few precepts, which I hope may tend to make you a wiser and better man.
useless
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From this reading "My dear Henry," began my affectionate and incomparable parent-- "My dear Henry, "You have now fairly entered the world, and though at your age my advice may be but little followed, my experience cannot altogether be useless.
vera
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From this reading Pia mater, Plus quam se sapere, et virtutibus esse priorem Vult, et ait prope vera.--Horace.
Vere
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From this reading Vere mihi festus atras Eximet curas.--Horace.
virtutibus
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From this reading Pia mater, Plus quam se sapere, et virtutibus esse priorem Vult, et ait prope vera.--Horace.
Vult
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From this reading Pia mater, Plus quam se sapere, et virtutibus esse priorem Vult, et ait prope vera.--Horace.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading I shall, therefore, make no apology for a few precepts, which I hope may tend to make you a wiser and better man.
wiser
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From this reading I shall, therefore, make no apology for a few precepts, which I hope may tend to make you a wiser and better man.
world
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From this reading "My dear Henry," began my affectionate and incomparable parent-- "My dear Henry, "You have now fairly entered the world, and though at your age my advice may be but little followed, my experience cannot altogether be useless.
YoupronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "My dear Henry," began my affectionate and incomparable parent-- "My dear Henry, "You have now fairly entered the world, and though at your age my advice may be but little followed, my experience cannot altogether be useless.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "My dear Henry," began my affectionate and incomparable parent-- "My dear Henry, "You have now fairly entered the world, and though at your age my advice may be but little followed, my experience cannot altogether be useless.
