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Remember the Alamo
Remember the Alamo

Chapter XVIII · Under One Flag

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“And through thee I believe In the noble and great, who are gone.”
“Yes!
I believe that there lived Others like thee in the past.
Not like the men of the crowd.
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.”
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Remember the Alamo

Chapter XVIII · Under One Flag

Reading 1/39 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
“And through thee I believe In the noble and great, who are gone.”
Line 2
“Yes!
Line 3
I believe that there lived Others like thee in the past.
Line 4
Not like the men of the crowd.
Line 5
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.”

Learner Dictionary

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

Around preposition US /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.””

Believe noun US /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.””

Good noun US /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.””

Great noun US /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.””

Life noun US /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.””

Make noun US /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.””

Thee pronoun US /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.””

Through noun US /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.””

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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!