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andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Courage was the dominant note in Tolstoy’s character, and none have excelled him in portraying brave men.
anger
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From this reading The mettle tried and proved at Sebastopol sustained him when he had drawn on himself the bitter animosity of “Holy Synod” and the relentless anger of Czardom.
animosity
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From this reading The mettle tried and proved at Sebastopol sustained him when he had drawn on himself the bitter animosity of “Holy Synod” and the relentless anger of Czardom.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The mettle tried and proved at Sebastopol sustained him when he had drawn on himself the bitter animosity of “Holy Synod” and the relentless anger of Czardom.
attack
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From this reading It was his natural bent to rouse his foes to combat, rather than wait for their attack, to put on the defensive every falsehood and every wrong of which he was cognisant.
bent
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From this reading It was his natural bent to rouse his foes to combat, rather than wait for their attack, to put on the defensive every falsehood and every wrong of which he was cognisant.
bitter
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From this reading The mettle tried and proved at Sebastopol sustained him when he had drawn on himself the bitter animosity of “Holy Synod” and the relentless anger of Czardom.
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading His own fearlessness was of the rarest, in that it was both physical and moral.
brave
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From this reading Courage was the dominant note in Tolstoy’s character, and none have excelled him in portraying brave men.
character
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From this reading Courage was the dominant note in Tolstoy’s character, and none have excelled him in portraying brave men.
cognisant
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From this reading It was his natural bent to rouse his foes to combat, rather than wait for their attack, to put on the defensive every falsehood and every wrong of which he was cognisant.
combat
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From this reading It was his natural bent to rouse his foes to combat, rather than wait for their attack, to put on the defensive every falsehood and every wrong of which he was cognisant.
Courage
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From this reading Courage was the dominant note in Tolstoy’s character, and none have excelled him in portraying brave men.
Czardom
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From this reading The mettle tried and proved at Sebastopol sustained him when he had drawn on himself the bitter animosity of “Holy Synod” and the relentless anger of Czardom.
defensive
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From this reading It was his natural bent to rouse his foes to combat, rather than wait for their attack, to put on the defensive every falsehood and every wrong of which he was cognisant.
doctrine
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From this reading In spite of his nonresistance doctrine, Tolstoy’s courage was not of the passive order.
dominant
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From this reading Courage was the dominant note in Tolstoy’s character, and none have excelled him in portraying brave men.
drawn
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From this reading The mettle tried and proved at Sebastopol sustained him when he had drawn on himself the bitter animosity of “Holy Synod” and the relentless anger of Czardom.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading It was his natural bent to rouse his foes to combat, rather than wait for their attack, to put on the defensive every falsehood and every wrong of which he was cognisant.
excelled
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From this reading Courage was the dominant note in Tolstoy’s character, and none have excelled him in portraying brave men.
falsehood
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From this reading It was his natural bent to rouse his foes to combat, rather than wait for their attack, to put on the defensive every falsehood and every wrong of which he was cognisant.
fearlessness
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From this reading His own fearlessness was of the rarest, in that it was both physical and moral.
foes
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From this reading It was his natural bent to rouse his foes to combat, rather than wait for their attack, to put on the defensive every falsehood and every wrong of which he was cognisant.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It was his natural bent to rouse his foes to combat, rather than wait for their attack, to put on the defensive every falsehood and every wrong of which he was cognisant.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The mettle tried and proved at Sebastopol sustained him when he had drawn on himself the bitter animosity of “Holy Synod” and the relentless anger of Czardom.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Courage was the dominant note in Tolstoy’s character, and none have excelled him in portraying brave men.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The mettle tried and proved at Sebastopol sustained him when he had drawn on himself the bitter animosity of “Holy Synod” and the relentless anger of Czardom.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Courage was the dominant note in Tolstoy’s character, and none have excelled him in portraying brave men.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading The mettle tried and proved at Sebastopol sustained him when he had drawn on himself the bitter animosity of “Holy Synod” and the relentless anger of Czardom.
HisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading His own fearlessness was of the rarest, in that it was both physical and moral.
Holy
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From this reading The mettle tried and proved at Sebastopol sustained him when he had drawn on himself the bitter animosity of “Holy Synod” and the relentless anger of Czardom.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Courage was the dominant note in Tolstoy’s character, and none have excelled him in portraying brave men.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading His own fearlessness was of the rarest, in that it was both physical and moral.
men
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From this reading Courage was the dominant note in Tolstoy’s character, and none have excelled him in portraying brave men.
mettle
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From this reading The mettle tried and proved at Sebastopol sustained him when he had drawn on himself the bitter animosity of “Holy Synod” and the relentless anger of Czardom.
moral
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From this reading His own fearlessness was of the rarest, in that it was both physical and moral.
natural
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From this reading It was his natural bent to rouse his foes to combat, rather than wait for their attack, to put on the defensive every falsehood and every wrong of which he was cognisant.
nonepronounUS /nʌn/
not one, and not any
From this reading Courage was the dominant note in Tolstoy’s character, and none have excelled him in portraying brave men.
nonresistance
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From this reading In spite of his nonresistance doctrine, Tolstoy’s courage was not of the passive order.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading In spite of his nonresistance doctrine, Tolstoy’s courage was not of the passive order.
note
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From this reading Courage was the dominant note in Tolstoy’s character, and none have excelled him in portraying brave men.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading His own fearlessness was of the rarest, in that it was both physical and moral.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The mettle tried and proved at Sebastopol sustained him when he had drawn on himself the bitter animosity of “Holy Synod” and the relentless anger of Czardom.
ordernounUS /order/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In spite of his nonresistance doctrine, Tolstoy’s courage was not of the passive order.
own
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From this reading His own fearlessness was of the rarest, in that it was both physical and moral.
passive
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From this reading In spite of his nonresistance doctrine, Tolstoy’s courage was not of the passive order.
physical
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From this reading His own fearlessness was of the rarest, in that it was both physical and moral.
portraying
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From this reading Courage was the dominant note in Tolstoy’s character, and none have excelled him in portraying brave men.
proved
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From this reading The mettle tried and proved at Sebastopol sustained him when he had drawn on himself the bitter animosity of “Holy Synod” and the relentless anger of Czardom.
put
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From this reading It was his natural bent to rouse his foes to combat, rather than wait for their attack, to put on the defensive every falsehood and every wrong of which he was cognisant.
rarest
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From this reading His own fearlessness was of the rarest, in that it was both physical and moral.
rather
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From this reading It was his natural bent to rouse his foes to combat, rather than wait for their attack, to put on the defensive every falsehood and every wrong of which he was cognisant.
relentless
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From this reading The mettle tried and proved at Sebastopol sustained him when he had drawn on himself the bitter animosity of “Holy Synod” and the relentless anger of Czardom.
rouse
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From this reading It was his natural bent to rouse his foes to combat, rather than wait for their attack, to put on the defensive every falsehood and every wrong of which he was cognisant.
Sebastopol
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From this reading The mettle tried and proved at Sebastopol sustained him when he had drawn on himself the bitter animosity of “Holy Synod” and the relentless anger of Czardom.
spite
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From this reading In spite of his nonresistance doctrine, Tolstoy’s courage was not of the passive order.
sustained
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From this reading The mettle tried and proved at Sebastopol sustained him when he had drawn on himself the bitter animosity of “Holy Synod” and the relentless anger of Czardom.
Synod
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From this reading The mettle tried and proved at Sebastopol sustained him when he had drawn on himself the bitter animosity of “Holy Synod” and the relentless anger of Czardom.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading It was his natural bent to rouse his foes to combat, rather than wait for their attack, to put on the defensive every falsehood and every wrong of which he was cognisant.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading His own fearlessness was of the rarest, in that it was both physical and moral.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Courage was the dominant note in Tolstoy’s character, and none have excelled him in portraying brave men.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading It was his natural bent to rouse his foes to combat, rather than wait for their attack, to put on the defensive every falsehood and every wrong of which he was cognisant.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was his natural bent to rouse his foes to combat, rather than wait for their attack, to put on the defensive every falsehood and every wrong of which he was cognisant.
Tolstoy's
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From this reading Courage was the dominant note in Tolstoy’s character, and none have excelled him in portraying brave men.
tried
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From this reading The mettle tried and proved at Sebastopol sustained him when he had drawn on himself the bitter animosity of “Holy Synod” and the relentless anger of Czardom.
wait
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From this reading It was his natural bent to rouse his foes to combat, rather than wait for their attack, to put on the defensive every falsehood and every wrong of which he was cognisant.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Courage was the dominant note in Tolstoy’s character, and none have excelled him in portraying brave men.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading The mettle tried and proved at Sebastopol sustained him when he had drawn on himself the bitter animosity of “Holy Synod” and the relentless anger of Czardom.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading It was his natural bent to rouse his foes to combat, rather than wait for their attack, to put on the defensive every falsehood and every wrong of which he was cognisant.
wrong
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From this reading It was his natural bent to rouse his foes to combat, rather than wait for their attack, to put on the defensive every falsehood and every wrong of which he was cognisant.
