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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 He was a man naturally of good heart in such matters, who was not afraid of his brother-men, nor yet of women, his sisters.
addressed
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From this reading Park Lane From the beginning of the affair Tregear had found the necessity of bolstering himself up inwardly in his great attempt by mottoes, proverbs, and instigations to courage addressed to himself.
affair
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From this reading Park Lane From the beginning of the affair Tregear had found the necessity of bolstering himself up inwardly in his great attempt by mottoes, proverbs, and instigations to courage addressed to himself.
afraid
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From this reading He was a man naturally of good heart in such matters, who was not afraid of his brother-men, nor yet of women, his sisters.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Park Lane From the beginning of the affair Tregear had found the necessity of bolstering himself up inwardly in his great attempt by mottoes, proverbs, and instigations to courage addressed to himself.
attempt
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From this reading Park Lane From the beginning of the affair Tregear had found the necessity of bolstering himself up inwardly in his great attempt by mottoes, proverbs, and instigations to courage addressed to himself.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading But in this affair he knew very much persistence would be required of him, and that even with such persistence he might probably fail, unless he should find a more than ordinary constancy in the girl.
beginningnounUS /ˈbeginning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Park Lane From the beginning of the affair Tregear had found the necessity of bolstering himself up inwardly in his great attempt by mottoes, proverbs, and instigations to courage addressed to himself.
bolstering
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From this reading Park Lane From the beginning of the affair Tregear had found the necessity of bolstering himself up inwardly in his great attempt by mottoes, proverbs, and instigations to courage addressed to himself.
brave
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From this reading "None but the brave deserve the fair."
brother-men
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From this reading He was a man naturally of good heart in such matters, who was not afraid of his brother-men, nor yet of women, his sisters.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "None but the brave deserve the fair."
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Park Lane From the beginning of the affair Tregear had found the necessity of bolstering himself up inwardly in his great attempt by mottoes, proverbs, and instigations to courage addressed to himself.
constancy
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From this reading But in this affair he knew very much persistence would be required of him, and that even with such persistence he might probably fail, unless he should find a more than ordinary constancy in the girl.
courage
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From this reading Park Lane From the beginning of the affair Tregear had found the necessity of bolstering himself up inwardly in his great attempt by mottoes, proverbs, and instigations to courage addressed to himself.
De
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From this reading "De l'audace, et encore de l'audace, et toujours de l'audace."
deserve
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From this reading "None but the brave deserve the fair."
encore
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From this reading "De l'audace, et encore de l'audace, et toujours de l'audace."
et
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From this reading "De l'audace, et encore de l'audace, et toujours de l'audace."
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But in this affair he knew very much persistence would be required of him, and that even with such persistence he might probably fail, unless he should find a more than ordinary constancy in the girl.
fail
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From this reading But in this affair he knew very much persistence would be required of him, and that even with such persistence he might probably fail, unless he should find a more than ordinary constancy in the girl.
fairnounUS /fair/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "None but the brave deserve the fair."
find
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From this reading But in this affair he knew very much persistence would be required of him, and that even with such persistence he might probably fail, unless he should find a more than ordinary constancy in the girl.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Park Lane From the beginning of the affair Tregear had found the necessity of bolstering himself up inwardly in his great attempt by mottoes, proverbs, and instigations to courage addressed to himself.
FromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Park Lane From the beginning of the affair Tregear had found the necessity of bolstering himself up inwardly in his great attempt by mottoes, proverbs, and instigations to courage addressed to himself.
girl
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From this reading But in this affair he knew very much persistence would be required of him, and that even with such persistence he might probably fail, unless he should find a more than ordinary constancy in the girl.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was a man naturally of good heart in such matters, who was not afraid of his brother-men, nor yet of women, his sisters.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Park Lane From the beginning of the affair Tregear had found the necessity of bolstering himself up inwardly in his great attempt by mottoes, proverbs, and instigations to courage addressed to himself.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Park Lane From the beginning of the affair Tregear had found the necessity of bolstering himself up inwardly in his great attempt by mottoes, proverbs, and instigations to courage addressed to himself.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was a man naturally of good heart in such matters, who was not afraid of his brother-men, nor yet of women, his sisters.
heart
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From this reading He was a man naturally of good heart in such matters, who was not afraid of his brother-men, nor yet of women, his sisters.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading But in this affair he knew very much persistence would be required of him, and that even with such persistence he might probably fail, unless he should find a more than ordinary constancy in the girl.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Park Lane From the beginning of the affair Tregear had found the necessity of bolstering himself up inwardly in his great attempt by mottoes, proverbs, and instigations to courage addressed to himself.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Park Lane From the beginning of the affair Tregear had found the necessity of bolstering himself up inwardly in his great attempt by mottoes, proverbs, and instigations to courage addressed to himself.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Park Lane From the beginning of the affair Tregear had found the necessity of bolstering himself up inwardly in his great attempt by mottoes, proverbs, and instigations to courage addressed to himself.
instigations
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From this reading Park Lane From the beginning of the affair Tregear had found the necessity of bolstering himself up inwardly in his great attempt by mottoes, proverbs, and instigations to courage addressed to himself.
inwardly
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From this reading Park Lane From the beginning of the affair Tregear had found the necessity of bolstering himself up inwardly in his great attempt by mottoes, proverbs, and instigations to courage addressed to himself.
knew
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From this reading But in this affair he knew very much persistence would be required of him, and that even with such persistence he might probably fail, unless he should find a more than ordinary constancy in the girl.
l'audace
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From this reading "De l'audace, et encore de l'audace, et toujours de l'audace."
Lane
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From this reading Park Lane From the beginning of the affair Tregear had found the necessity of bolstering himself up inwardly in his great attempt by mottoes, proverbs, and instigations to courage addressed to himself.
man
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From this reading He was a man naturally of good heart in such matters, who was not afraid of his brother-men, nor yet of women, his sisters.
matters
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From this reading He was a man naturally of good heart in such matters, who was not afraid of his brother-men, nor yet of women, his sisters.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading But in this affair he knew very much persistence would be required of him, and that even with such persistence he might probably fail, unless he should find a more than ordinary constancy in the girl.
more
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From this reading But in this affair he knew very much persistence would be required of him, and that even with such persistence he might probably fail, unless he should find a more than ordinary constancy in the girl.
mottoes
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From this reading Park Lane From the beginning of the affair Tregear had found the necessity of bolstering himself up inwardly in his great attempt by mottoes, proverbs, and instigations to courage addressed to himself.
much
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From this reading But in this affair he knew very much persistence would be required of him, and that even with such persistence he might probably fail, unless he should find a more than ordinary constancy in the girl.
naturally
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From this reading He was a man naturally of good heart in such matters, who was not afraid of his brother-men, nor yet of women, his sisters.
necessity
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From this reading Park Lane From the beginning of the affair Tregear had found the necessity of bolstering himself up inwardly in his great attempt by mottoes, proverbs, and instigations to courage addressed to himself.
NonepronounUS /nʌn/
not one, and not any
From this reading "None but the brave deserve the fair."
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading He was a man naturally of good heart in such matters, who was not afraid of his brother-men, nor yet of women, his sisters.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading He was a man naturally of good heart in such matters, who was not afraid of his brother-men, nor yet of women, his sisters.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Park Lane From the beginning of the affair Tregear had found the necessity of bolstering himself up inwardly in his great attempt by mottoes, proverbs, and instigations to courage addressed to himself.
ordinary
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From this reading But in this affair he knew very much persistence would be required of him, and that even with such persistence he might probably fail, unless he should find a more than ordinary constancy in the girl.
Park
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From this reading Park Lane From the beginning of the affair Tregear had found the necessity of bolstering himself up inwardly in his great attempt by mottoes, proverbs, and instigations to courage addressed to himself.
persistence
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From this reading But in this affair he knew very much persistence would be required of him, and that even with such persistence he might probably fail, unless he should find a more than ordinary constancy in the girl.
probably
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From this reading But in this affair he knew very much persistence would be required of him, and that even with such persistence he might probably fail, unless he should find a more than ordinary constancy in the girl.
proverbs
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From this reading Park Lane From the beginning of the affair Tregear had found the necessity of bolstering himself up inwardly in his great attempt by mottoes, proverbs, and instigations to courage addressed to himself.
requirednounUS /required/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But in this affair he knew very much persistence would be required of him, and that even with such persistence he might probably fail, unless he should find a more than ordinary constancy in the girl.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading But in this affair he knew very much persistence would be required of him, and that even with such persistence he might probably fail, unless he should find a more than ordinary constancy in the girl.
sisters
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From this reading He was a man naturally of good heart in such matters, who was not afraid of his brother-men, nor yet of women, his sisters.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading He was a man naturally of good heart in such matters, who was not afraid of his brother-men, nor yet of women, his sisters.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading But in this affair he knew very much persistence would be required of him, and that even with such persistence he might probably fail, unless he should find a more than ordinary constancy in the girl.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But in this affair he knew very much persistence would be required of him, and that even with such persistence he might probably fail, unless he should find a more than ordinary constancy in the girl.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Park Lane From the beginning of the affair Tregear had found the necessity of bolstering himself up inwardly in his great attempt by mottoes, proverbs, and instigations to courage addressed to himself.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading But in this affair he knew very much persistence would be required of him, and that even with such persistence he might probably fail, unless he should find a more than ordinary constancy in the girl.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Park Lane From the beginning of the affair Tregear had found the necessity of bolstering himself up inwardly in his great attempt by mottoes, proverbs, and instigations to courage addressed to himself.
toujours
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From this reading "De l'audace, et encore de l'audace, et toujours de l'audace."
Tregear
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From this reading Park Lane From the beginning of the affair Tregear had found the necessity of bolstering himself up inwardly in his great attempt by mottoes, proverbs, and instigations to courage addressed to himself.
unlessconjunctionUS /ənˈles/
except if; if not
From this reading But in this affair he knew very much persistence would be required of him, and that even with such persistence he might probably fail, unless he should find a more than ordinary constancy in the girl.
up
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From this reading Park Lane From the beginning of the affair Tregear had found the necessity of bolstering himself up inwardly in his great attempt by mottoes, proverbs, and instigations to courage addressed to himself.
very
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From this reading But in this affair he knew very much persistence would be required of him, and that even with such persistence he might probably fail, unless he should find a more than ordinary constancy in the girl.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was a man naturally of good heart in such matters, who was not afraid of his brother-men, nor yet of women, his sisters.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading He was a man naturally of good heart in such matters, who was not afraid of his brother-men, nor yet of women, his sisters.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading But in this affair he knew very much persistence would be required of him, and that even with such persistence he might probably fail, unless he should find a more than ordinary constancy in the girl.
women
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From this reading He was a man naturally of good heart in such matters, who was not afraid of his brother-men, nor yet of women, his sisters.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading But in this affair he knew very much persistence would be required of him, and that even with such persistence he might probably fail, unless he should find a more than ordinary constancy in the girl.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading He was a man naturally of good heart in such matters, who was not afraid of his brother-men, nor yet of women, his sisters.
