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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 This is dedicated to Auguste Borget by his friend De Balzac Bianchon, a physician to whom science owes a fine system of theoretical physiology, and who, while still young, made himself a celebrity in the medical school of Paris, that central luminary to which European doctors do homage, practised surgery for a long time before he took up medicine.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading His earliest studies were guided by one of the greatest of French surgeons, the illustrious Desplein, who flashed across science like a meteor.
actor
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From this reading The glory of a surgeon is like that of an actor: they live only so long as they are alive, and their talent leaves no trace when they are gone.
alive
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From this reading The glory of a surgeon is like that of an actor: they live only so long as they are alive, and their talent leaves no trace when they are gone.
all
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From this reading Like all men of genius, he had no heirs; he carried everything in him, and carried it away with him.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading By the consensus even of his enemies, he took with him to the tomb an incommunicable method.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading This is dedicated to Auguste Borget by his friend De Balzac Bianchon, a physician to whom science owes a fine system of theoretical physiology, and who, while still young, made himself a celebrity in the medical school of Paris, that central luminary to which European doctors do homage, practised surgery for a long time before he took up medicine.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The glory of a surgeon is like that of an actor: they live only so long as they are alive, and their talent leaves no trace when they are gone.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The glory of a surgeon is like that of an actor: they live only so long as they are alive, and their talent leaves no trace when they are gone.
Auguste
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From this reading This is dedicated to Auguste Borget by his friend De Balzac Bianchon, a physician to whom science owes a fine system of theoretical physiology, and who, while still young, made himself a celebrity in the medical school of Paris, that central luminary to which European doctors do homage, practised surgery for a long time before he took up medicine.
away
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From this reading Like all men of genius, he had no heirs; he carried everything in him, and carried it away with him.
Balzac
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From this reading This is dedicated to Auguste Borget by his friend De Balzac Bianchon, a physician to whom science owes a fine system of theoretical physiology, and who, while still young, made himself a celebrity in the medical school of Paris, that central luminary to which European doctors do homage, practised surgery for a long time before he took up medicine.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading This is dedicated to Auguste Borget by his friend De Balzac Bianchon, a physician to whom science owes a fine system of theoretical physiology, and who, while still young, made himself a celebrity in the medical school of Paris, that central luminary to which European doctors do homage, practised surgery for a long time before he took up medicine.
Bianchon
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From this reading This is dedicated to Auguste Borget by his friend De Balzac Bianchon, a physician to whom science owes a fine system of theoretical physiology, and who, while still young, made himself a celebrity in the medical school of Paris, that central luminary to which European doctors do homage, practised surgery for a long time before he took up medicine.
Borget
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From this reading This is dedicated to Auguste Borget by his friend De Balzac Bianchon, a physician to whom science owes a fine system of theoretical physiology, and who, while still young, made himself a celebrity in the medical school of Paris, that central luminary to which European doctors do homage, practised surgery for a long time before he took up medicine.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading This is dedicated to Auguste Borget by his friend De Balzac Bianchon, a physician to whom science owes a fine system of theoretical physiology, and who, while still young, made himself a celebrity in the medical school of Paris, that central luminary to which European doctors do homage, practised surgery for a long time before he took up medicine.
carried
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From this reading Like all men of genius, he had no heirs; he carried everything in him, and carried it away with him.
celebrity
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From this reading This is dedicated to Auguste Borget by his friend De Balzac Bianchon, a physician to whom science owes a fine system of theoretical physiology, and who, while still young, made himself a celebrity in the medical school of Paris, that central luminary to which European doctors do homage, practised surgery for a long time before he took up medicine.
central
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From this reading This is dedicated to Auguste Borget by his friend De Balzac Bianchon, a physician to whom science owes a fine system of theoretical physiology, and who, while still young, made himself a celebrity in the medical school of Paris, that central luminary to which European doctors do homage, practised surgery for a long time before he took up medicine.
consensus
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From this reading By the consensus even of his enemies, he took with him to the tomb an incommunicable method.
De
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From this reading This is dedicated to Auguste Borget by his friend De Balzac Bianchon, a physician to whom science owes a fine system of theoretical physiology, and who, while still young, made himself a celebrity in the medical school of Paris, that central luminary to which European doctors do homage, practised surgery for a long time before he took up medicine.
dedicated
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From this reading This is dedicated to Auguste Borget by his friend De Balzac Bianchon, a physician to whom science owes a fine system of theoretical physiology, and who, while still young, made himself a celebrity in the medical school of Paris, that central luminary to which European doctors do homage, practised surgery for a long time before he took up medicine.
Desplein
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From this reading His earliest studies were guided by one of the greatest of French surgeons, the illustrious Desplein, who flashed across science like a meteor.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading This is dedicated to Auguste Borget by his friend De Balzac Bianchon, a physician to whom science owes a fine system of theoretical physiology, and who, while still young, made himself a celebrity in the medical school of Paris, that central luminary to which European doctors do homage, practised surgery for a long time before he took up medicine.
doctors
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From this reading This is dedicated to Auguste Borget by his friend De Balzac Bianchon, a physician to whom science owes a fine system of theoretical physiology, and who, while still young, made himself a celebrity in the medical school of Paris, that central luminary to which European doctors do homage, practised surgery for a long time before he took up medicine.
earliest
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From this reading His earliest studies were guided by one of the greatest of French surgeons, the illustrious Desplein, who flashed across science like a meteor.
enemies
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From this reading By the consensus even of his enemies, he took with him to the tomb an incommunicable method.
European
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From this reading This is dedicated to Auguste Borget by his friend De Balzac Bianchon, a physician to whom science owes a fine system of theoretical physiology, and who, while still young, made himself a celebrity in the medical school of Paris, that central luminary to which European doctors do homage, practised surgery for a long time before he took up medicine.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading By the consensus even of his enemies, he took with him to the tomb an incommunicable method.
everythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/
all things; all of a situation
From this reading Like all men of genius, he had no heirs; he carried everything in him, and carried it away with him.
finenounUS /fine/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This is dedicated to Auguste Borget by his friend De Balzac Bianchon, a physician to whom science owes a fine system of theoretical physiology, and who, while still young, made himself a celebrity in the medical school of Paris, that central luminary to which European doctors do homage, practised surgery for a long time before he took up medicine.
flashed
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From this reading His earliest studies were guided by one of the greatest of French surgeons, the illustrious Desplein, who flashed across science like a meteor.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading This is dedicated to Auguste Borget by his friend De Balzac Bianchon, a physician to whom science owes a fine system of theoretical physiology, and who, while still young, made himself a celebrity in the medical school of Paris, that central luminary to which European doctors do homage, practised surgery for a long time before he took up medicine.
French
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From this reading His earliest studies were guided by one of the greatest of French surgeons, the illustrious Desplein, who flashed across science like a meteor.
friend
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From this reading This is dedicated to Auguste Borget by his friend De Balzac Bianchon, a physician to whom science owes a fine system of theoretical physiology, and who, while still young, made himself a celebrity in the medical school of Paris, that central luminary to which European doctors do homage, practised surgery for a long time before he took up medicine.
genius
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From this reading Like all men of genius, he had no heirs; he carried everything in him, and carried it away with him.
glory
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From this reading The glory of a surgeon is like that of an actor: they live only so long as they are alive, and their talent leaves no trace when they are gone.
gone
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From this reading The glory of a surgeon is like that of an actor: they live only so long as they are alive, and their talent leaves no trace when they are gone.
greatest
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From this reading His earliest studies were guided by one of the greatest of French surgeons, the illustrious Desplein, who flashed across science like a meteor.
guided
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From this reading His earliest studies were guided by one of the greatest of French surgeons, the illustrious Desplein, who flashed across science like a meteor.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Like all men of genius, he had no heirs; he carried everything in him, and carried it away with him.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading This is dedicated to Auguste Borget by his friend De Balzac Bianchon, a physician to whom science owes a fine system of theoretical physiology, and who, while still young, made himself a celebrity in the medical school of Paris, that central luminary to which European doctors do homage, practised surgery for a long time before he took up medicine.
heirs
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From this reading Like all men of genius, he had no heirs; he carried everything in him, and carried it away with him.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading By the consensus even of his enemies, he took with him to the tomb an incommunicable method.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading This is dedicated to Auguste Borget by his friend De Balzac Bianchon, a physician to whom science owes a fine system of theoretical physiology, and who, while still young, made himself a celebrity in the medical school of Paris, that central luminary to which European doctors do homage, practised surgery for a long time before he took up medicine.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading This is dedicated to Auguste Borget by his friend De Balzac Bianchon, a physician to whom science owes a fine system of theoretical physiology, and who, while still young, made himself a celebrity in the medical school of Paris, that central luminary to which European doctors do homage, practised surgery for a long time before he took up medicine.
homage
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From this reading This is dedicated to Auguste Borget by his friend De Balzac Bianchon, a physician to whom science owes a fine system of theoretical physiology, and who, while still young, made himself a celebrity in the medical school of Paris, that central luminary to which European doctors do homage, practised surgery for a long time before he took up medicine.
illustrious
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From this reading His earliest studies were guided by one of the greatest of French surgeons, the illustrious Desplein, who flashed across science like a meteor.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading This is dedicated to Auguste Borget by his friend De Balzac Bianchon, a physician to whom science owes a fine system of theoretical physiology, and who, while still young, made himself a celebrity in the medical school of Paris, that central luminary to which European doctors do homage, practised surgery for a long time before he took up medicine.
incommunicable
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From this reading By the consensus even of his enemies, he took with him to the tomb an incommunicable method.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This is dedicated to Auguste Borget by his friend De Balzac Bianchon, a physician to whom science owes a fine system of theoretical physiology, and who, while still young, made himself a celebrity in the medical school of Paris, that central luminary to which European doctors do homage, practised surgery for a long time before he took up medicine.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Like all men of genius, he had no heirs; he carried everything in him, and carried it away with him.
leaves
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From this reading The glory of a surgeon is like that of an actor: they live only so long as they are alive, and their talent leaves no trace when they are gone.
like
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From this reading His earliest studies were guided by one of the greatest of French surgeons, the illustrious Desplein, who flashed across science like a meteor.
live
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From this reading The glory of a surgeon is like that of an actor: they live only so long as they are alive, and their talent leaves no trace when they are gone.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This is dedicated to Auguste Borget by his friend De Balzac Bianchon, a physician to whom science owes a fine system of theoretical physiology, and who, while still young, made himself a celebrity in the medical school of Paris, that central luminary to which European doctors do homage, practised surgery for a long time before he took up medicine.
luminary
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From this reading This is dedicated to Auguste Borget by his friend De Balzac Bianchon, a physician to whom science owes a fine system of theoretical physiology, and who, while still young, made himself a celebrity in the medical school of Paris, that central luminary to which European doctors do homage, practised surgery for a long time before he took up medicine.
made
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From this reading This is dedicated to Auguste Borget by his friend De Balzac Bianchon, a physician to whom science owes a fine system of theoretical physiology, and who, while still young, made himself a celebrity in the medical school of Paris, that central luminary to which European doctors do homage, practised surgery for a long time before he took up medicine.
medical
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From this reading This is dedicated to Auguste Borget by his friend De Balzac Bianchon, a physician to whom science owes a fine system of theoretical physiology, and who, while still young, made himself a celebrity in the medical school of Paris, that central luminary to which European doctors do homage, practised surgery for a long time before he took up medicine.
medicine
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From this reading This is dedicated to Auguste Borget by his friend De Balzac Bianchon, a physician to whom science owes a fine system of theoretical physiology, and who, while still young, made himself a celebrity in the medical school of Paris, that central luminary to which European doctors do homage, practised surgery for a long time before he took up medicine.
men
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From this reading Like all men of genius, he had no heirs; he carried everything in him, and carried it away with him.
meteor
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From this reading His earliest studies were guided by one of the greatest of French surgeons, the illustrious Desplein, who flashed across science like a meteor.
method
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From this reading By the consensus even of his enemies, he took with him to the tomb an incommunicable method.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Like all men of genius, he had no heirs; he carried everything in him, and carried it away with him.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading This is dedicated to Auguste Borget by his friend De Balzac Bianchon, a physician to whom science owes a fine system of theoretical physiology, and who, while still young, made himself a celebrity in the medical school of Paris, that central luminary to which European doctors do homage, practised surgery for a long time before he took up medicine.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading His earliest studies were guided by one of the greatest of French surgeons, the illustrious Desplein, who flashed across science like a meteor.
only
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From this reading The glory of a surgeon is like that of an actor: they live only so long as they are alive, and their talent leaves no trace when they are gone.
owes
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From this reading This is dedicated to Auguste Borget by his friend De Balzac Bianchon, a physician to whom science owes a fine system of theoretical physiology, and who, while still young, made himself a celebrity in the medical school of Paris, that central luminary to which European doctors do homage, practised surgery for a long time before he took up medicine.
Paris
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From this reading This is dedicated to Auguste Borget by his friend De Balzac Bianchon, a physician to whom science owes a fine system of theoretical physiology, and who, while still young, made himself a celebrity in the medical school of Paris, that central luminary to which European doctors do homage, practised surgery for a long time before he took up medicine.
physician
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From this reading This is dedicated to Auguste Borget by his friend De Balzac Bianchon, a physician to whom science owes a fine system of theoretical physiology, and who, while still young, made himself a celebrity in the medical school of Paris, that central luminary to which European doctors do homage, practised surgery for a long time before he took up medicine.
physiology
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From this reading This is dedicated to Auguste Borget by his friend De Balzac Bianchon, a physician to whom science owes a fine system of theoretical physiology, and who, while still young, made himself a celebrity in the medical school of Paris, that central luminary to which European doctors do homage, practised surgery for a long time before he took up medicine.
practised
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From this reading This is dedicated to Auguste Borget by his friend De Balzac Bianchon, a physician to whom science owes a fine system of theoretical physiology, and who, while still young, made himself a celebrity in the medical school of Paris, that central luminary to which European doctors do homage, practised surgery for a long time before he took up medicine.
school
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From this reading This is dedicated to Auguste Borget by his friend De Balzac Bianchon, a physician to whom science owes a fine system of theoretical physiology, and who, while still young, made himself a celebrity in the medical school of Paris, that central luminary to which European doctors do homage, practised surgery for a long time before he took up medicine.
science
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From this reading This is dedicated to Auguste Borget by his friend De Balzac Bianchon, a physician to whom science owes a fine system of theoretical physiology, and who, while still young, made himself a celebrity in the medical school of Paris, that central luminary to which European doctors do homage, practised surgery for a long time before he took up medicine.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The glory of a surgeon is like that of an actor: they live only so long as they are alive, and their talent leaves no trace when they are gone.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This is dedicated to Auguste Borget by his friend De Balzac Bianchon, a physician to whom science owes a fine system of theoretical physiology, and who, while still young, made himself a celebrity in the medical school of Paris, that central luminary to which European doctors do homage, practised surgery for a long time before he took up medicine.
studies
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From this reading His earliest studies were guided by one of the greatest of French surgeons, the illustrious Desplein, who flashed across science like a meteor.
surgeon
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From this reading The glory of a surgeon is like that of an actor: they live only so long as they are alive, and their talent leaves no trace when they are gone.
surgeons
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From this reading His earliest studies were guided by one of the greatest of French surgeons, the illustrious Desplein, who flashed across science like a meteor.
surgery
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From this reading This is dedicated to Auguste Borget by his friend De Balzac Bianchon, a physician to whom science owes a fine system of theoretical physiology, and who, while still young, made himself a celebrity in the medical school of Paris, that central luminary to which European doctors do homage, practised surgery for a long time before he took up medicine.
system
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From this reading This is dedicated to Auguste Borget by his friend De Balzac Bianchon, a physician to whom science owes a fine system of theoretical physiology, and who, while still young, made himself a celebrity in the medical school of Paris, that central luminary to which European doctors do homage, practised surgery for a long time before he took up medicine.
talent
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From this reading The glory of a surgeon is like that of an actor: they live only so long as they are alive, and their talent leaves no trace when they are gone.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading This is dedicated to Auguste Borget by his friend De Balzac Bianchon, a physician to whom science owes a fine system of theoretical physiology, and who, while still young, made himself a celebrity in the medical school of Paris, that central luminary to which European doctors do homage, practised surgery for a long time before he took up medicine.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading This is dedicated to Auguste Borget by his friend De Balzac Bianchon, a physician to whom science owes a fine system of theoretical physiology, and who, while still young, made himself a celebrity in the medical school of Paris, that central luminary to which European doctors do homage, practised surgery for a long time before he took up medicine.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The glory of a surgeon is like that of an actor: they live only so long as they are alive, and their talent leaves no trace when they are gone.
theoretical
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From this reading This is dedicated to Auguste Borget by his friend De Balzac Bianchon, a physician to whom science owes a fine system of theoretical physiology, and who, while still young, made himself a celebrity in the medical school of Paris, that central luminary to which European doctors do homage, practised surgery for a long time before he took up medicine.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The glory of a surgeon is like that of an actor: they live only so long as they are alive, and their talent leaves no trace when they are gone.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This is dedicated to Auguste Borget by his friend De Balzac Bianchon, a physician to whom science owes a fine system of theoretical physiology, and who, while still young, made himself a celebrity in the medical school of Paris, that central luminary to which European doctors do homage, practised surgery for a long time before he took up medicine.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This is dedicated to Auguste Borget by his friend De Balzac Bianchon, a physician to whom science owes a fine system of theoretical physiology, and who, while still young, made himself a celebrity in the medical school of Paris, that central luminary to which European doctors do homage, practised surgery for a long time before he took up medicine.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading This is dedicated to Auguste Borget by his friend De Balzac Bianchon, a physician to whom science owes a fine system of theoretical physiology, and who, while still young, made himself a celebrity in the medical school of Paris, that central luminary to which European doctors do homage, practised surgery for a long time before he took up medicine.
tomb
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From this reading By the consensus even of his enemies, he took with him to the tomb an incommunicable method.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This is dedicated to Auguste Borget by his friend De Balzac Bianchon, a physician to whom science owes a fine system of theoretical physiology, and who, while still young, made himself a celebrity in the medical school of Paris, that central luminary to which European doctors do homage, practised surgery for a long time before he took up medicine.
trace
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From this reading The glory of a surgeon is like that of an actor: they live only so long as they are alive, and their talent leaves no trace when they are gone.
up
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From this reading This is dedicated to Auguste Borget by his friend De Balzac Bianchon, a physician to whom science owes a fine system of theoretical physiology, and who, while still young, made himself a celebrity in the medical school of Paris, that central luminary to which European doctors do homage, practised surgery for a long time before he took up medicine.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading His earliest studies were guided by one of the greatest of French surgeons, the illustrious Desplein, who flashed across science like a meteor.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading The glory of a surgeon is like that of an actor: they live only so long as they are alive, and their talent leaves no trace when they are gone.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading This is dedicated to Auguste Borget by his friend De Balzac Bianchon, a physician to whom science owes a fine system of theoretical physiology, and who, while still young, made himself a celebrity in the medical school of Paris, that central luminary to which European doctors do homage, practised surgery for a long time before he took up medicine.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading This is dedicated to Auguste Borget by his friend De Balzac Bianchon, a physician to whom science owes a fine system of theoretical physiology, and who, while still young, made himself a celebrity in the medical school of Paris, that central luminary to which European doctors do homage, practised surgery for a long time before he took up medicine.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading This is dedicated to Auguste Borget by his friend De Balzac Bianchon, a physician to whom science owes a fine system of theoretical physiology, and who, while still young, made himself a celebrity in the medical school of Paris, that central luminary to which European doctors do homage, practised surgery for a long time before he took up medicine.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading This is dedicated to Auguste Borget by his friend De Balzac Bianchon, a physician to whom science owes a fine system of theoretical physiology, and who, while still young, made himself a celebrity in the medical school of Paris, that central luminary to which European doctors do homage, practised surgery for a long time before he took up medicine.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading By the consensus even of his enemies, he took with him to the tomb an incommunicable method.
young
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From this reading This is dedicated to Auguste Borget by his friend De Balzac Bianchon, a physician to whom science owes a fine system of theoretical physiology, and who, while still young, made himself a celebrity in the medical school of Paris, that central luminary to which European doctors do homage, practised surgery for a long time before he took up medicine.
