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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 ONE day as he lay there sighing, and groaning, prayerless, tuneless, hopeless, a thought flashed into his mind.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading They say that Michael Angelo in the next generation used to carve statues, not like our timid sculptors, by modelling the work in clay, and then setting a mechanic to chisel it; but would seize the block, conceive the image, and, at once, with mallet and steel make the marble chips fly like mad about him, and the mass sprout into form.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ONE day as he lay there sighing, and groaning, prayerless, tuneless, hopeless, a thought flashed into his mind.
Angelo
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From this reading They say that Michael Angelo in the next generation used to carve statues, not like our timid sculptors, by modelling the work in clay, and then setting a mechanic to chisel it; but would seize the block, conceive the image, and, at once, with mallet and steel make the marble chips fly like mad about him, and the mass sprout into form.
Apollyon's
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From this reading Then, like Christian at Apollyon's feet, he reached his hand suddenly out and caught, not his sword, for he had none, but peaceful labour's humbler weapon, his chisel, and worked with it as if his soul depended on his arm.
arm
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From this reading Then, like Christian at Apollyon's feet, he reached his hand suddenly out and caught, not his sword, for he had none, but peaceful labour's humbler weapon, his chisel, and worked with it as if his soul depended on his arm.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading ONE day as he lay there sighing, and groaning, prayerless, tuneless, hopeless, a thought flashed into his mind.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Then, like Christian at Apollyon's feet, he reached his hand suddenly out and caught, not his sword, for he had none, but peaceful labour's humbler weapon, his chisel, and worked with it as if his soul depended on his arm.
block
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From this reading They say that Michael Angelo in the next generation used to carve statues, not like our timid sculptors, by modelling the work in clay, and then setting a mechanic to chisel it; but would seize the block, conceive the image, and, at once, with mallet and steel make the marble chips fly like mad about him, and the mass sprout into form.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Then, like Christian at Apollyon's feet, he reached his hand suddenly out and caught, not his sword, for he had none, but peaceful labour's humbler weapon, his chisel, and worked with it as if his soul depended on his arm.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading They say that Michael Angelo in the next generation used to carve statues, not like our timid sculptors, by modelling the work in clay, and then setting a mechanic to chisel it; but would seize the block, conceive the image, and, at once, with mallet and steel make the marble chips fly like mad about him, and the mass sprout into form.
carve
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From this reading They say that Michael Angelo in the next generation used to carve statues, not like our timid sculptors, by modelling the work in clay, and then setting a mechanic to chisel it; but would seize the block, conceive the image, and, at once, with mallet and steel make the marble chips fly like mad about him, and the mass sprout into form.
caught
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From this reading Then, like Christian at Apollyon's feet, he reached his hand suddenly out and caught, not his sword, for he had none, but peaceful labour's humbler weapon, his chisel, and worked with it as if his soul depended on his arm.
chips
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From this reading They say that Michael Angelo in the next generation used to carve statues, not like our timid sculptors, by modelling the work in clay, and then setting a mechanic to chisel it; but would seize the block, conceive the image, and, at once, with mallet and steel make the marble chips fly like mad about him, and the mass sprout into form.
chisel
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From this reading Then, like Christian at Apollyon's feet, he reached his hand suddenly out and caught, not his sword, for he had none, but peaceful labour's humbler weapon, his chisel, and worked with it as if his soul depended on his arm.
Christian
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From this reading Then, like Christian at Apollyon's feet, he reached his hand suddenly out and caught, not his sword, for he had none, but peaceful labour's humbler weapon, his chisel, and worked with it as if his soul depended on his arm.
Church
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From this reading He would fill his den of despair with the name of God and the magic words of holy writ, and the pious, prayerful, consolations of the Church.
clay
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From this reading They say that Michael Angelo in the next generation used to carve statues, not like our timid sculptors, by modelling the work in clay, and then setting a mechanic to chisel it; but would seize the block, conceive the image, and, at once, with mallet and steel make the marble chips fly like mad about him, and the mass sprout into form.
conceive
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From this reading They say that Michael Angelo in the next generation used to carve statues, not like our timid sculptors, by modelling the work in clay, and then setting a mechanic to chisel it; but would seize the block, conceive the image, and, at once, with mallet and steel make the marble chips fly like mad about him, and the mass sprout into form.
consolations
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From this reading He would fill his den of despair with the name of God and the magic words of holy writ, and the pious, prayerful, consolations of the Church.
day
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From this reading ONE day as he lay there sighing, and groaning, prayerless, tuneless, hopeless, a thought flashed into his mind.
den
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From this reading He would fill his den of despair with the name of God and the magic words of holy writ, and the pious, prayerful, consolations of the Church.
depended
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From this reading Then, like Christian at Apollyon's feet, he reached his hand suddenly out and caught, not his sword, for he had none, but peaceful labour's humbler weapon, his chisel, and worked with it as if his soul depended on his arm.
despair
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From this reading He would fill his den of despair with the name of God and the magic words of holy writ, and the pious, prayerful, consolations of the Church.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading What he had done for the poor and the wayfarer, he would do for himself.
done
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From this reading What he had done for the poor and the wayfarer, he would do for himself.
feet
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From this reading Then, like Christian at Apollyon's feet, he reached his hand suddenly out and caught, not his sword, for he had none, but peaceful labour's humbler weapon, his chisel, and worked with it as if his soul depended on his arm.
fill
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From this reading He would fill his den of despair with the name of God and the magic words of holy writ, and the pious, prayerful, consolations of the Church.
flashed
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From this reading ONE day as he lay there sighing, and groaning, prayerless, tuneless, hopeless, a thought flashed into his mind.
fly
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From this reading They say that Michael Angelo in the next generation used to carve statues, not like our timid sculptors, by modelling the work in clay, and then setting a mechanic to chisel it; but would seize the block, conceive the image, and, at once, with mallet and steel make the marble chips fly like mad about him, and the mass sprout into form.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading What he had done for the poor and the wayfarer, he would do for himself.
form
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From this reading They say that Michael Angelo in the next generation used to carve statues, not like our timid sculptors, by modelling the work in clay, and then setting a mechanic to chisel it; but would seize the block, conceive the image, and, at once, with mallet and steel make the marble chips fly like mad about him, and the mass sprout into form.
generation
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From this reading They say that Michael Angelo in the next generation used to carve statues, not like our timid sculptors, by modelling the work in clay, and then setting a mechanic to chisel it; but would seize the block, conceive the image, and, at once, with mallet and steel make the marble chips fly like mad about him, and the mass sprout into form.
God
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From this reading He would fill his den of despair with the name of God and the magic words of holy writ, and the pious, prayerful, consolations of the Church.
groaning
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From this reading ONE day as he lay there sighing, and groaning, prayerless, tuneless, hopeless, a thought flashed into his mind.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading What he had done for the poor and the wayfarer, he would do for himself.
hand
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From this reading Then, like Christian at Apollyon's feet, he reached his hand suddenly out and caught, not his sword, for he had none, but peaceful labour's humbler weapon, his chisel, and worked with it as if his soul depended on his arm.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading ONE day as he lay there sighing, and groaning, prayerless, tuneless, hopeless, a thought flashed into his mind.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading They say that Michael Angelo in the next generation used to carve statues, not like our timid sculptors, by modelling the work in clay, and then setting a mechanic to chisel it; but would seize the block, conceive the image, and, at once, with mallet and steel make the marble chips fly like mad about him, and the mass sprout into form.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading What he had done for the poor and the wayfarer, he would do for himself.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading ONE day as he lay there sighing, and groaning, prayerless, tuneless, hopeless, a thought flashed into his mind.
holy
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From this reading He would fill his den of despair with the name of God and the magic words of holy writ, and the pious, prayerful, consolations of the Church.
hopeless
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From this reading ONE day as he lay there sighing, and groaning, prayerless, tuneless, hopeless, a thought flashed into his mind.
humbler
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From this reading Then, like Christian at Apollyon's feet, he reached his hand suddenly out and caught, not his sword, for he had none, but peaceful labour's humbler weapon, his chisel, and worked with it as if his soul depended on his arm.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Then, like Christian at Apollyon's feet, he reached his hand suddenly out and caught, not his sword, for he had none, but peaceful labour's humbler weapon, his chisel, and worked with it as if his soul depended on his arm.
image
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From this reading They say that Michael Angelo in the next generation used to carve statues, not like our timid sculptors, by modelling the work in clay, and then setting a mechanic to chisel it; but would seize the block, conceive the image, and, at once, with mallet and steel make the marble chips fly like mad about him, and the mass sprout into form.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading They say that Michael Angelo in the next generation used to carve statues, not like our timid sculptors, by modelling the work in clay, and then setting a mechanic to chisel it; but would seize the block, conceive the image, and, at once, with mallet and steel make the marble chips fly like mad about him, and the mass sprout into form.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading ONE day as he lay there sighing, and groaning, prayerless, tuneless, hopeless, a thought flashed into his mind.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Then, like Christian at Apollyon's feet, he reached his hand suddenly out and caught, not his sword, for he had none, but peaceful labour's humbler weapon, his chisel, and worked with it as if his soul depended on his arm.
labour's
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From this reading Then, like Christian at Apollyon's feet, he reached his hand suddenly out and caught, not his sword, for he had none, but peaceful labour's humbler weapon, his chisel, and worked with it as if his soul depended on his arm.
lay
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From this reading ONE day as he lay there sighing, and groaning, prayerless, tuneless, hopeless, a thought flashed into his mind.
like
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From this reading Then, like Christian at Apollyon's feet, he reached his hand suddenly out and caught, not his sword, for he had none, but peaceful labour's humbler weapon, his chisel, and worked with it as if his soul depended on his arm.
mad
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From this reading They say that Michael Angelo in the next generation used to carve statues, not like our timid sculptors, by modelling the work in clay, and then setting a mechanic to chisel it; but would seize the block, conceive the image, and, at once, with mallet and steel make the marble chips fly like mad about him, and the mass sprout into form.
magic
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From this reading He would fill his den of despair with the name of God and the magic words of holy writ, and the pious, prayerful, consolations of the Church.
make
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From this reading They say that Michael Angelo in the next generation used to carve statues, not like our timid sculptors, by modelling the work in clay, and then setting a mechanic to chisel it; but would seize the block, conceive the image, and, at once, with mallet and steel make the marble chips fly like mad about him, and the mass sprout into form.
mallet
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From this reading They say that Michael Angelo in the next generation used to carve statues, not like our timid sculptors, by modelling the work in clay, and then setting a mechanic to chisel it; but would seize the block, conceive the image, and, at once, with mallet and steel make the marble chips fly like mad about him, and the mass sprout into form.
marble
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From this reading They say that Michael Angelo in the next generation used to carve statues, not like our timid sculptors, by modelling the work in clay, and then setting a mechanic to chisel it; but would seize the block, conceive the image, and, at once, with mallet and steel make the marble chips fly like mad about him, and the mass sprout into form.
mass
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From this reading They say that Michael Angelo in the next generation used to carve statues, not like our timid sculptors, by modelling the work in clay, and then setting a mechanic to chisel it; but would seize the block, conceive the image, and, at once, with mallet and steel make the marble chips fly like mad about him, and the mass sprout into form.
mechanic
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From this reading They say that Michael Angelo in the next generation used to carve statues, not like our timid sculptors, by modelling the work in clay, and then setting a mechanic to chisel it; but would seize the block, conceive the image, and, at once, with mallet and steel make the marble chips fly like mad about him, and the mass sprout into form.
Michael
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From this reading They say that Michael Angelo in the next generation used to carve statues, not like our timid sculptors, by modelling the work in clay, and then setting a mechanic to chisel it; but would seize the block, conceive the image, and, at once, with mallet and steel make the marble chips fly like mad about him, and the mass sprout into form.
mindnounUS /maɪnd/
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading ONE day as he lay there sighing, and groaning, prayerless, tuneless, hopeless, a thought flashed into his mind.
modelling
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From this reading They say that Michael Angelo in the next generation used to carve statues, not like our timid sculptors, by modelling the work in clay, and then setting a mechanic to chisel it; but would seize the block, conceive the image, and, at once, with mallet and steel make the marble chips fly like mad about him, and the mass sprout into form.
name
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From this reading He would fill his den of despair with the name of God and the magic words of holy writ, and the pious, prayerful, consolations of the Church.
next
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From this reading They say that Michael Angelo in the next generation used to carve statues, not like our timid sculptors, by modelling the work in clay, and then setting a mechanic to chisel it; but would seize the block, conceive the image, and, at once, with mallet and steel make the marble chips fly like mad about him, and the mass sprout into form.
nonepronounUS /nʌn/
not one, and not any
From this reading Then, like Christian at Apollyon's feet, he reached his hand suddenly out and caught, not his sword, for he had none, but peaceful labour's humbler weapon, his chisel, and worked with it as if his soul depended on his arm.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Then, like Christian at Apollyon's feet, he reached his hand suddenly out and caught, not his sword, for he had none, but peaceful labour's humbler weapon, his chisel, and worked with it as if his soul depended on his arm.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He would fill his den of despair with the name of God and the magic words of holy writ, and the pious, prayerful, consolations of the Church.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Then, like Christian at Apollyon's feet, he reached his hand suddenly out and caught, not his sword, for he had none, but peaceful labour's humbler weapon, his chisel, and worked with it as if his soul depended on his arm.
once
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From this reading They say that Michael Angelo in the next generation used to carve statues, not like our timid sculptors, by modelling the work in clay, and then setting a mechanic to chisel it; but would seize the block, conceive the image, and, at once, with mallet and steel make the marble chips fly like mad about him, and the mass sprout into form.
ONEpronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading ONE day as he lay there sighing, and groaning, prayerless, tuneless, hopeless, a thought flashed into his mind.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading They say that Michael Angelo in the next generation used to carve statues, not like our timid sculptors, by modelling the work in clay, and then setting a mechanic to chisel it; but would seize the block, conceive the image, and, at once, with mallet and steel make the marble chips fly like mad about him, and the mass sprout into form.
out
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From this reading Then, like Christian at Apollyon's feet, he reached his hand suddenly out and caught, not his sword, for he had none, but peaceful labour's humbler weapon, his chisel, and worked with it as if his soul depended on his arm.
peaceful
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From this reading Then, like Christian at Apollyon's feet, he reached his hand suddenly out and caught, not his sword, for he had none, but peaceful labour's humbler weapon, his chisel, and worked with it as if his soul depended on his arm.
pious
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From this reading He would fill his den of despair with the name of God and the magic words of holy writ, and the pious, prayerful, consolations of the Church.
poor
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From this reading What he had done for the poor and the wayfarer, he would do for himself.
prayerful
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From this reading He would fill his den of despair with the name of God and the magic words of holy writ, and the pious, prayerful, consolations of the Church.
prayerless
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From this reading ONE day as he lay there sighing, and groaning, prayerless, tuneless, hopeless, a thought flashed into his mind.
reached
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From this reading Then, like Christian at Apollyon's feet, he reached his hand suddenly out and caught, not his sword, for he had none, but peaceful labour's humbler weapon, his chisel, and worked with it as if his soul depended on his arm.
say
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From this reading They say that Michael Angelo in the next generation used to carve statues, not like our timid sculptors, by modelling the work in clay, and then setting a mechanic to chisel it; but would seize the block, conceive the image, and, at once, with mallet and steel make the marble chips fly like mad about him, and the mass sprout into form.
sculptors
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From this reading They say that Michael Angelo in the next generation used to carve statues, not like our timid sculptors, by modelling the work in clay, and then setting a mechanic to chisel it; but would seize the block, conceive the image, and, at once, with mallet and steel make the marble chips fly like mad about him, and the mass sprout into form.
seize
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From this reading They say that Michael Angelo in the next generation used to carve statues, not like our timid sculptors, by modelling the work in clay, and then setting a mechanic to chisel it; but would seize the block, conceive the image, and, at once, with mallet and steel make the marble chips fly like mad about him, and the mass sprout into form.
setting
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From this reading They say that Michael Angelo in the next generation used to carve statues, not like our timid sculptors, by modelling the work in clay, and then setting a mechanic to chisel it; but would seize the block, conceive the image, and, at once, with mallet and steel make the marble chips fly like mad about him, and the mass sprout into form.
sighing
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From this reading ONE day as he lay there sighing, and groaning, prayerless, tuneless, hopeless, a thought flashed into his mind.
soul
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From this reading Then, like Christian at Apollyon's feet, he reached his hand suddenly out and caught, not his sword, for he had none, but peaceful labour's humbler weapon, his chisel, and worked with it as if his soul depended on his arm.
sprout
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From this reading They say that Michael Angelo in the next generation used to carve statues, not like our timid sculptors, by modelling the work in clay, and then setting a mechanic to chisel it; but would seize the block, conceive the image, and, at once, with mallet and steel make the marble chips fly like mad about him, and the mass sprout into form.
statues
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From this reading They say that Michael Angelo in the next generation used to carve statues, not like our timid sculptors, by modelling the work in clay, and then setting a mechanic to chisel it; but would seize the block, conceive the image, and, at once, with mallet and steel make the marble chips fly like mad about him, and the mass sprout into form.
steel
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From this reading They say that Michael Angelo in the next generation used to carve statues, not like our timid sculptors, by modelling the work in clay, and then setting a mechanic to chisel it; but would seize the block, conceive the image, and, at once, with mallet and steel make the marble chips fly like mad about him, and the mass sprout into form.
suddenly
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From this reading Then, like Christian at Apollyon's feet, he reached his hand suddenly out and caught, not his sword, for he had none, but peaceful labour's humbler weapon, his chisel, and worked with it as if his soul depended on his arm.
sword
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From this reading Then, like Christian at Apollyon's feet, he reached his hand suddenly out and caught, not his sword, for he had none, but peaceful labour's humbler weapon, his chisel, and worked with it as if his soul depended on his arm.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading They say that Michael Angelo in the next generation used to carve statues, not like our timid sculptors, by modelling the work in clay, and then setting a mechanic to chisel it; but would seize the block, conceive the image, and, at once, with mallet and steel make the marble chips fly like mad about him, and the mass sprout into form.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading What he had done for the poor and the wayfarer, he would do for himself.
Then
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From this reading Then, like Christian at Apollyon's feet, he reached his hand suddenly out and caught, not his sword, for he had none, but peaceful labour's humbler weapon, his chisel, and worked with it as if his soul depended on his arm.
there
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From this reading ONE day as he lay there sighing, and groaning, prayerless, tuneless, hopeless, a thought flashed into his mind.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They say that Michael Angelo in the next generation used to carve statues, not like our timid sculptors, by modelling the work in clay, and then setting a mechanic to chisel it; but would seize the block, conceive the image, and, at once, with mallet and steel make the marble chips fly like mad about him, and the mass sprout into form.
thought
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From this reading ONE day as he lay there sighing, and groaning, prayerless, tuneless, hopeless, a thought flashed into his mind.
timid
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From this reading They say that Michael Angelo in the next generation used to carve statues, not like our timid sculptors, by modelling the work in clay, and then setting a mechanic to chisel it; but would seize the block, conceive the image, and, at once, with mallet and steel make the marble chips fly like mad about him, and the mass sprout into form.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading They say that Michael Angelo in the next generation used to carve statues, not like our timid sculptors, by modelling the work in clay, and then setting a mechanic to chisel it; but would seize the block, conceive the image, and, at once, with mallet and steel make the marble chips fly like mad about him, and the mass sprout into form.
tuneless
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From this reading ONE day as he lay there sighing, and groaning, prayerless, tuneless, hopeless, a thought flashed into his mind.
used
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From this reading They say that Michael Angelo in the next generation used to carve statues, not like our timid sculptors, by modelling the work in clay, and then setting a mechanic to chisel it; but would seize the block, conceive the image, and, at once, with mallet and steel make the marble chips fly like mad about him, and the mass sprout into form.
wayfarer
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From this reading What he had done for the poor and the wayfarer, he would do for himself.
weapon
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From this reading Then, like Christian at Apollyon's feet, he reached his hand suddenly out and caught, not his sword, for he had none, but peaceful labour's humbler weapon, his chisel, and worked with it as if his soul depended on his arm.
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What he had done for the poor and the wayfarer, he would do for himself.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading He would fill his den of despair with the name of God and the magic words of holy writ, and the pious, prayerful, consolations of the Church.
words
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From this reading He would fill his den of despair with the name of God and the magic words of holy writ, and the pious, prayerful, consolations of the Church.
work
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From this reading They say that Michael Angelo in the next generation used to carve statues, not like our timid sculptors, by modelling the work in clay, and then setting a mechanic to chisel it; but would seize the block, conceive the image, and, at once, with mallet and steel make the marble chips fly like mad about him, and the mass sprout into form.
worked
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From this reading Then, like Christian at Apollyon's feet, he reached his hand suddenly out and caught, not his sword, for he had none, but peaceful labour's humbler weapon, his chisel, and worked with it as if his soul depended on his arm.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading What he had done for the poor and the wayfarer, he would do for himself.
writ
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From this reading He would fill his den of despair with the name of God and the magic words of holy writ, and the pious, prayerful, consolations of the Church.
