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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 Political economy, in so far as it is a science at all, was not pumped up and embellished by any such academic clients and ticket-of-leave men.
academic
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From this reading Political economy, in so far as it is a science at all, was not pumped up and embellished by any such academic clients and ticket-of-leave men.
accustomed
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Adam
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From this reading Adam Smith, true enough, was once a professor, but he threw up his chair to go to Paris, and there he met, not more professors, but all the current enemies of professors—the Nearings and Henry Georges and Karl Marxes of the time.
air
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all
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also
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andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Political economy, in so far as it is a science at all, was not pumped up and embellished by any such academic clients and ticket-of-leave men.
any
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From this reading Political economy, in so far as it is a science at all, was not pumped up and embellished by any such academic clients and ticket-of-leave men.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Political economy, in so far as it is a science at all, was not pumped up and embellished by any such academic clients and ticket-of-leave men.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Political economy, in so far as it is a science at all, was not pumped up and embellished by any such academic clients and ticket-of-leave men.
beam
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From this reading Consider the others of that bulk and beam: Bentham, Ricardo, Mill and their like.
Bentham
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From this reading Consider the others of that bulk and beam: Bentham, Ricardo, Mill and their like.
book
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From this reading And the book that he wrote was not orthodox, but revolutionary.
brief
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bulk
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From this reading Consider the others of that bulk and beam: Bentham, Ricardo, Mill and their like.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading It was put on its legs by inquirers who were not only safe from all dousing in the campus pump, but who were also free from the mental timorousness and conformity which go inevitably with school-teaching—in brief, by men of the world, accustomed to its free air, its hospitality to originality and plain speaking.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Political economy, in so far as it is a science at all, was not pumped up and embellished by any such academic clients and ticket-of-leave men.
campus
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chair
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From this reading Adam Smith, true enough, was once a professor, but he threw up his chair to go to Paris, and there he met, not more professors, but all the current enemies of professors—the Nearings and Henry Georges and Karl Marxes of the time.
clients
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conformity
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Consider
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From this reading Consider the others of that bulk and beam: Bentham, Ricardo, Mill and their like.
currentnounUS /ˈcurrent/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Adam Smith, true enough, was once a professor, but he threw up his chair to go to Paris, and there he met, not more professors, but all the current enemies of professors—the Nearings and Henry Georges and Karl Marxes of the time.
dousing
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economy
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From this reading Political economy, in so far as it is a science at all, was not pumped up and embellished by any such academic clients and ticket-of-leave men.
embellished
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From this reading Political economy, in so far as it is a science at all, was not pumped up and embellished by any such academic clients and ticket-of-leave men.
enemies
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From this reading Adam Smith, true enough, was once a professor, but he threw up his chair to go to Paris, and there he met, not more professors, but all the current enemies of professors—the Nearings and Henry Georges and Karl Marxes of the time.
enough
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From this reading Adam Smith, true enough, was once a professor, but he threw up his chair to go to Paris, and there he met, not more professors, but all the current enemies of professors—the Nearings and Henry Georges and Karl Marxes of the time.
far
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From this reading Political economy, in so far as it is a science at all, was not pumped up and embellished by any such academic clients and ticket-of-leave men.
freeadjectiveUS /friː/
acting without enough restraint or discipline
From this reading It was put on its legs by inquirers who were not only safe from all dousing in the campus pump, but who were also free from the mental timorousness and conformity which go inevitably with school-teaching—in brief, by men of the world, accustomed to its free air, its hospitality to originality and plain speaking.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It was put on its legs by inquirers who were not only safe from all dousing in the campus pump, but who were also free from the mental timorousness and conformity which go inevitably with school-teaching—in brief, by men of the world, accustomed to its free air, its hospitality to originality and plain speaking.
Georges
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From this reading Adam Smith, true enough, was once a professor, but he threw up his chair to go to Paris, and there he met, not more professors, but all the current enemies of professors—the Nearings and Henry Georges and Karl Marxes of the time.
go
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hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Adam Smith, true enough, was once a professor, but he threw up his chair to go to Paris, and there he met, not more professors, but all the current enemies of professors—the Nearings and Henry Georges and Karl Marxes of the time.
Henry
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From this reading Adam Smith, true enough, was once a professor, but he threw up his chair to go to Paris, and there he met, not more professors, but all the current enemies of professors—the Nearings and Henry Georges and Karl Marxes of the time.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Adam Smith, true enough, was once a professor, but he threw up his chair to go to Paris, and there he met, not more professors, but all the current enemies of professors—the Nearings and Henry Georges and Karl Marxes of the time.
hospitality
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inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Political economy, in so far as it is a science at all, was not pumped up and embellished by any such academic clients and ticket-of-leave men.
inevitably
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inquirers
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From this reading It was put on its legs by inquirers who were not only safe from all dousing in the campus pump, but who were also free from the mental timorousness and conformity which go inevitably with school-teaching—in brief, by men of the world, accustomed to its free air, its hospitality to originality and plain speaking.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Political economy, in so far as it is a science at all, was not pumped up and embellished by any such academic clients and ticket-of-leave men.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Political economy, in so far as it is a science at all, was not pumped up and embellished by any such academic clients and ticket-of-leave men.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading It was put on its legs by inquirers who were not only safe from all dousing in the campus pump, but who were also free from the mental timorousness and conformity which go inevitably with school-teaching—in brief, by men of the world, accustomed to its free air, its hospitality to originality and plain speaking.
Karl
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legs
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like
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From this reading Consider the others of that bulk and beam: Bentham, Ricardo, Mill and their like.
Marxes
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From this reading Adam Smith, true enough, was once a professor, but he threw up his chair to go to Paris, and there he met, not more professors, but all the current enemies of professors—the Nearings and Henry Georges and Karl Marxes of the time.
men
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From this reading Political economy, in so far as it is a science at all, was not pumped up and embellished by any such academic clients and ticket-of-leave men.
mental
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From this reading It was put on its legs by inquirers who were not only safe from all dousing in the campus pump, but who were also free from the mental timorousness and conformity which go inevitably with school-teaching—in brief, by men of the world, accustomed to its free air, its hospitality to originality and plain speaking.
met
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Mill
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From this reading Consider the others of that bulk and beam: Bentham, Ricardo, Mill and their like.
more
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From this reading Adam Smith, true enough, was once a professor, but he threw up his chair to go to Paris, and there he met, not more professors, but all the current enemies of professors—the Nearings and Henry Georges and Karl Marxes of the time.
Nearings
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From this reading Adam Smith, true enough, was once a professor, but he threw up his chair to go to Paris, and there he met, not more professors, but all the current enemies of professors—the Nearings and Henry Georges and Karl Marxes of the time.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Political economy, in so far as it is a science at all, was not pumped up and embellished by any such academic clients and ticket-of-leave men.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was put on its legs by inquirers who were not only safe from all dousing in the campus pump, but who were also free from the mental timorousness and conformity which go inevitably with school-teaching—in brief, by men of the world, accustomed to its free air, its hospitality to originality and plain speaking.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It was put on its legs by inquirers who were not only safe from all dousing in the campus pump, but who were also free from the mental timorousness and conformity which go inevitably with school-teaching—in brief, by men of the world, accustomed to its free air, its hospitality to originality and plain speaking.
once
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only
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originality
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orthodox
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From this reading And the book that he wrote was not orthodox, but revolutionary.
others
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From this reading Consider the others of that bulk and beam: Bentham, Ricardo, Mill and their like.
Paris
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From this reading Adam Smith, true enough, was once a professor, but he threw up his chair to go to Paris, and there he met, not more professors, but all the current enemies of professors—the Nearings and Henry Georges and Karl Marxes of the time.
plain
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Political
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professor
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From this reading Adam Smith, true enough, was once a professor, but he threw up his chair to go to Paris, and there he met, not more professors, but all the current enemies of professors—the Nearings and Henry Georges and Karl Marxes of the time.
professors
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From this reading Adam Smith, true enough, was once a professor, but he threw up his chair to go to Paris, and there he met, not more professors, but all the current enemies of professors—the Nearings and Henry Georges and Karl Marxes of the time.
pump
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From this reading It was put on its legs by inquirers who were not only safe from all dousing in the campus pump, but who were also free from the mental timorousness and conformity which go inevitably with school-teaching—in brief, by men of the world, accustomed to its free air, its hospitality to originality and plain speaking.
pumped
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From this reading Political economy, in so far as it is a science at all, was not pumped up and embellished by any such academic clients and ticket-of-leave men.
put
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From this reading It was put on its legs by inquirers who were not only safe from all dousing in the campus pump, but who were also free from the mental timorousness and conformity which go inevitably with school-teaching—in brief, by men of the world, accustomed to its free air, its hospitality to originality and plain speaking.
revolutionary
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From this reading And the book that he wrote was not orthodox, but revolutionary.
Ricardo
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From this reading Consider the others of that bulk and beam: Bentham, Ricardo, Mill and their like.
safe
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From this reading It was put on its legs by inquirers who were not only safe from all dousing in the campus pump, but who were also free from the mental timorousness and conformity which go inevitably with school-teaching—in brief, by men of the world, accustomed to its free air, its hospitality to originality and plain speaking.
school-teaching
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From this reading It was put on its legs by inquirers who were not only safe from all dousing in the campus pump, but who were also free from the mental timorousness and conformity which go inevitably with school-teaching—in brief, by men of the world, accustomed to its free air, its hospitality to originality and plain speaking.
science
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Smith
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From this reading Adam Smith, true enough, was once a professor, but he threw up his chair to go to Paris, and there he met, not more professors, but all the current enemies of professors—the Nearings and Henry Georges and Karl Marxes of the time.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Political economy, in so far as it is a science at all, was not pumped up and embellished by any such academic clients and ticket-of-leave men.
speaking
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From this reading It was put on its legs by inquirers who were not only safe from all dousing in the campus pump, but who were also free from the mental timorousness and conformity which go inevitably with school-teaching—in brief, by men of the world, accustomed to its free air, its hospitality to originality and plain speaking.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Political economy, in so far as it is a science at all, was not pumped up and embellished by any such academic clients and ticket-of-leave men.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And the book that he wrote was not orthodox, but revolutionary.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was put on its legs by inquirers who were not only safe from all dousing in the campus pump, but who were also free from the mental timorousness and conformity which go inevitably with school-teaching—in brief, by men of the world, accustomed to its free air, its hospitality to originality and plain speaking.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Consider the others of that bulk and beam: Bentham, Ricardo, Mill and their like.
there
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From this reading Adam Smith, true enough, was once a professor, but he threw up his chair to go to Paris, and there he met, not more professors, but all the current enemies of professors—the Nearings and Henry Georges and Karl Marxes of the time.
threw
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From this reading Adam Smith, true enough, was once a professor, but he threw up his chair to go to Paris, and there he met, not more professors, but all the current enemies of professors—the Nearings and Henry Georges and Karl Marxes of the time.
ticket-of-leave
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timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Adam Smith, true enough, was once a professor, but he threw up his chair to go to Paris, and there he met, not more professors, but all the current enemies of professors—the Nearings and Henry Georges and Karl Marxes of the time.
timorousness
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From this reading It was put on its legs by inquirers who were not only safe from all dousing in the campus pump, but who were also free from the mental timorousness and conformity which go inevitably with school-teaching—in brief, by men of the world, accustomed to its free air, its hospitality to originality and plain speaking.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was put on its legs by inquirers who were not only safe from all dousing in the campus pump, but who were also free from the mental timorousness and conformity which go inevitably with school-teaching—in brief, by men of the world, accustomed to its free air, its hospitality to originality and plain speaking.
true
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From this reading Adam Smith, true enough, was once a professor, but he threw up his chair to go to Paris, and there he met, not more professors, but all the current enemies of professors—the Nearings and Henry Georges and Karl Marxes of the time.
up
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From this reading Political economy, in so far as it is a science at all, was not pumped up and embellished by any such academic clients and ticket-of-leave men.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Political economy, in so far as it is a science at all, was not pumped up and embellished by any such academic clients and ticket-of-leave men.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading It was put on its legs by inquirers who were not only safe from all dousing in the campus pump, but who were also free from the mental timorousness and conformity which go inevitably with school-teaching—in brief, by men of the world, accustomed to its free air, its hospitality to originality and plain speaking.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading It was put on its legs by inquirers who were not only safe from all dousing in the campus pump, but who were also free from the mental timorousness and conformity which go inevitably with school-teaching—in brief, by men of the world, accustomed to its free air, its hospitality to originality and plain speaking.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading It was put on its legs by inquirers who were not only safe from all dousing in the campus pump, but who were also free from the mental timorousness and conformity which go inevitably with school-teaching—in brief, by men of the world, accustomed to its free air, its hospitality to originality and plain speaking.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading It was put on its legs by inquirers who were not only safe from all dousing in the campus pump, but who were also free from the mental timorousness and conformity which go inevitably with school-teaching—in brief, by men of the world, accustomed to its free air, its hospitality to originality and plain speaking.
world
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From this reading It was put on its legs by inquirers who were not only safe from all dousing in the campus pump, but who were also free from the mental timorousness and conformity which go inevitably with school-teaching—in brief, by men of the world, accustomed to its free air, its hospitality to originality and plain speaking.
wrote
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From this reading And the book that he wrote was not orthodox, but revolutionary.
