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all
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From this reading Who all around me to-day, Bluster, or cringe, and make life Hideous, and arid, and vile, But souls temper’d with fire, Fervent, heroic, and good; Helpers, and friends of mankind.”
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “And through thee I believe In the noble and great, who are gone.”
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “And through thee I believe In the noble and great, who are gone.”
arid
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From this reading Who all around me to-day, Bluster, or cringe, and make life Hideous, and arid, and vile, But souls temper’d with fire, Fervent, heroic, and good; Helpers, and friends of mankind.”
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Who all around me to-day, Bluster, or cringe, and make life Hideous, and arid, and vile, But souls temper’d with fire, Fervent, heroic, and good; Helpers, and friends of mankind.”
believenounUS /ˈbelieve/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “And through thee I believe In the noble and great, who are gone.”
Bluster
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From this reading Who all around me to-day, Bluster, or cringe, and make life Hideous, and arid, and vile, But souls temper’d with fire, Fervent, heroic, and good; Helpers, and friends of mankind.”
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Who all around me to-day, Bluster, or cringe, and make life Hideous, and arid, and vile, But souls temper’d with fire, Fervent, heroic, and good; Helpers, and friends of mankind.”
cringe
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From this reading Who all around me to-day, Bluster, or cringe, and make life Hideous, and arid, and vile, But souls temper’d with fire, Fervent, heroic, and good; Helpers, and friends of mankind.”
crowd
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From this reading Not like the men of the crowd.
Fervent
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From this reading Who all around me to-day, Bluster, or cringe, and make life Hideous, and arid, and vile, But souls temper’d with fire, Fervent, heroic, and good; Helpers, and friends of mankind.”
fire
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From this reading Who all around me to-day, Bluster, or cringe, and make life Hideous, and arid, and vile, But souls temper’d with fire, Fervent, heroic, and good; Helpers, and friends of mankind.”
friends
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From this reading Who all around me to-day, Bluster, or cringe, and make life Hideous, and arid, and vile, But souls temper’d with fire, Fervent, heroic, and good; Helpers, and friends of mankind.”
gone
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From this reading “And through thee I believe In the noble and great, who are gone.”
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Who all around me to-day, Bluster, or cringe, and make life Hideous, and arid, and vile, But souls temper’d with fire, Fervent, heroic, and good; Helpers, and friends of mankind.”
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And through thee I believe In the noble and great, who are gone.”
Helpers
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From this reading Who all around me to-day, Bluster, or cringe, and make life Hideous, and arid, and vile, But souls temper’d with fire, Fervent, heroic, and good; Helpers, and friends of mankind.”
heroic
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From this reading Who all around me to-day, Bluster, or cringe, and make life Hideous, and arid, and vile, But souls temper’d with fire, Fervent, heroic, and good; Helpers, and friends of mankind.”
Hideous
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From this reading Who all around me to-day, Bluster, or cringe, and make life Hideous, and arid, and vile, But souls temper’d with fire, Fervent, heroic, and good; Helpers, and friends of mankind.”
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “And through thee I believe In the noble and great, who are gone.”
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “And through thee I believe In the noble and great, who are gone.”
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Who all around me to-day, Bluster, or cringe, and make life Hideous, and arid, and vile, But souls temper’d with fire, Fervent, heroic, and good; Helpers, and friends of mankind.”
like
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From this reading I believe that there lived Others like thee in the past.
lived
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From this reading I believe that there lived Others like thee in the past.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Who all around me to-day, Bluster, or cringe, and make life Hideous, and arid, and vile, But souls temper’d with fire, Fervent, heroic, and good; Helpers, and friends of mankind.”
mankind
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From this reading Who all around me to-day, Bluster, or cringe, and make life Hideous, and arid, and vile, But souls temper’d with fire, Fervent, heroic, and good; Helpers, and friends of mankind.”
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Who all around me to-day, Bluster, or cringe, and make life Hideous, and arid, and vile, But souls temper’d with fire, Fervent, heroic, and good; Helpers, and friends of mankind.”
men
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From this reading Not like the men of the crowd.
noble
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From this reading “And through thee I believe In the noble and great, who are gone.”
NotadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Not like the men of the crowd.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Not like the men of the crowd.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Who all around me to-day, Bluster, or cringe, and make life Hideous, and arid, and vile, But souls temper’d with fire, Fervent, heroic, and good; Helpers, and friends of mankind.”
Others
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From this reading I believe that there lived Others like thee in the past.
past
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From this reading I believe that there lived Others like thee in the past.
souls
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From this reading Who all around me to-day, Bluster, or cringe, and make life Hideous, and arid, and vile, But souls temper’d with fire, Fervent, heroic, and good; Helpers, and friends of mankind.”
temper'd
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From this reading Who all around me to-day, Bluster, or cringe, and make life Hideous, and arid, and vile, But souls temper’d with fire, Fervent, heroic, and good; Helpers, and friends of mankind.”
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I believe that there lived Others like thee in the past.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “And through thee I believe In the noble and great, who are gone.”
theepronounUS /ðiː/
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading “And through thee I believe In the noble and great, who are gone.”
there
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From this reading I believe that there lived Others like thee in the past.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “And through thee I believe In the noble and great, who are gone.”
to-day
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From this reading Who all around me to-day, Bluster, or cringe, and make life Hideous, and arid, and vile, But souls temper’d with fire, Fervent, heroic, and good; Helpers, and friends of mankind.”
vile
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From this reading Who all around me to-day, Bluster, or cringe, and make life Hideous, and arid, and vile, But souls temper’d with fire, Fervent, heroic, and good; Helpers, and friends of mankind.”
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading “And through thee I believe In the noble and great, who are gone.”
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Who all around me to-day, Bluster, or cringe, and make life Hideous, and arid, and vile, But souls temper’d with fire, Fervent, heroic, and good; Helpers, and friends of mankind.”
Yes
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From this reading “Yes!