1819
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From this reading In the year 1819 the place had ten thousand inhabitants; today it has a hundred and fifty more.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The ancients thought that it was to be considered a great piece of good fortune if the gods allowed a man to be born in a famous town.
past form of “allow” — make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen
From this reading The ancients thought that it was to be considered a great piece of good fortune if the gods allowed a man to be born in a famous town.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading There are not a few towns and townlets of the same name, but they have not quarreled with one another for the honor of counting our hero among their citizens.
ancientsnounUS /ˈeɪntʃənts/
people who lived in times long past (especially during the historical period before the fall of the Roman Empire in western Europe)
From this reading The ancients thought that it was to be considered a great piece of good fortune if the gods allowed a man to be born in a famous town.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There are not a few towns and townlets of the same name, but they have not quarreled with one another for the honor of counting our hero among their citizens.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading There are not a few towns and townlets of the same name, but they have not quarreled with one another for the honor of counting our hero among their citizens.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There are not a few towns and townlets of the same name, but they have not quarreled with one another for the honor of counting our hero among their citizens.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading But as this good fortune has not fallen to the share of many famous men, such towns as Bethlehem, Eisleben, Stratford, Kamenz, Marbach, not having formerly been particularly brilliant spots in the minds of men, it probably makes little difference to Hans Unwirrsch that he first saw the light of the world in a little town called Neustadt.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The ancients thought that it was to be considered a great piece of good fortune if the gods allowed a man to be born in a famous town.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading But as this good fortune has not fallen to the share of many famous men, such towns as Bethlehem, Eisleben, Stratford, Kamenz, Marbach, not having formerly been particularly brilliant spots in the minds of men, it probably makes little difference to Hans Unwirrsch that he first saw the light of the world in a little town called Neustadt.
BethlehemnounUS /ˈbeθlɪhem/
a town in eastern Pennsylvania on the Lehigh River to the northwest of Philadelphia; an important center for steel production
From this reading But as this good fortune has not fallen to the share of many famous men, such towns as Bethlehem, Eisleben, Stratford, Kamenz, Marbach, not having formerly been particularly brilliant spots in the minds of men, it probably makes little difference to Hans Unwirrsch that he first saw the light of the world in a little town called Neustadt.
birthplacenounUS /ˈbɜːrθpleɪs/
the place where someone was born
From this reading Johannes Jakob Nikolaus Unwirrsch did not make his birthplace more famous in the world.
brought into existence
From this reading The ancients thought that it was to be considered a great piece of good fortune if the gods allowed a man to be born in a famous town.
of surpassing excellence
From this reading But as this good fortune has not fallen to the share of many famous men, such towns as Bethlehem, Eisleben, Stratford, Kamenz, Marbach, not having formerly been particularly brilliant spots in the minds of men, it probably makes little difference to Hans Unwirrsch that he first saw the light of the world in a little town called Neustadt.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But as this good fortune has not fallen to the share of many famous men, such towns as Bethlehem, Eisleben, Stratford, Kamenz, Marbach, not having formerly been particularly brilliant spots in the minds of men, it probably makes little difference to Hans Unwirrsch that he first saw the light of the world in a little town called Neustadt.
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading But as this good fortune has not fallen to the share of many famous men, such towns as Bethlehem, Eisleben, Stratford, Kamenz, Marbach, not having formerly been particularly brilliant spots in the minds of men, it probably makes little difference to Hans Unwirrsch that he first saw the light of the world in a little town called Neustadt.
citizensnounUS /ˈsɪtəzənz/
plural of “citizen” — a native or naturalized member of a state or other political community
From this reading There are not a few towns and townlets of the same name, but they have not quarreled with one another for the honor of counting our hero among their citizens.
carefully weighed
From this reading The ancients thought that it was to be considered a great piece of good fortune if the gods allowed a man to be born in a famous town.
countingnounUS /ˈkaʊntɪŋ/
the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order
From this reading There are not a few towns and townlets of the same name, but they have not quarreled with one another for the honor of counting our hero among their citizens.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Johannes Jakob Nikolaus Unwirrsch did not make his birthplace more famous in the world.
the quality of being unlike or dissimilar
From this reading But as this good fortune has not fallen to the share of many famous men, such towns as Bethlehem, Eisleben, Stratford, Kamenz, Marbach, not having formerly been particularly brilliant spots in the minds of men, it probably makes little difference to Hans Unwirrsch that he first saw the light of the world in a little town called Neustadt.
Eisleben
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From this reading But as this good fortune has not fallen to the share of many famous men, such towns as Bethlehem, Eisleben, Stratford, Kamenz, Marbach, not having formerly been particularly brilliant spots in the minds of men, it probably makes little difference to Hans Unwirrsch that he first saw the light of the world in a little town called Neustadt.
having dropped by the force of gravity
From this reading But as this good fortune has not fallen to the share of many famous men, such towns as Bethlehem, Eisleben, Stratford, Kamenz, Marbach, not having formerly been particularly brilliant spots in the minds of men, it probably makes little difference to Hans Unwirrsch that he first saw the light of the world in a little town called Neustadt.
widely known and esteemed
From this reading The ancients thought that it was to be considered a great piece of good fortune if the gods allowed a man to be born in a famous town.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading There are not a few towns and townlets of the same name, but they have not quarreled with one another for the honor of counting our hero among their citizens.
the cardinal number that is the product of ten and five
From this reading In the year 1819 the place had ten thousand inhabitants; today it has a hundred and fifty more.
firstadjectiveUS /fɜːrst/
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading But as this good fortune has not fallen to the share of many famous men, such towns as Bethlehem, Eisleben, Stratford, Kamenz, Marbach, not having formerly been particularly brilliant spots in the minds of men, it probably makes little difference to Hans Unwirrsch that he first saw the light of the world in a little town called Neustadt.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading There are not a few towns and townlets of the same name, but they have not quarreled with one another for the honor of counting our hero among their citizens.
formerlyadverbUS /ˈfɔːrmərli/
at a previous time
From this reading But as this good fortune has not fallen to the share of many famous men, such towns as Bethlehem, Eisleben, Stratford, Kamenz, Marbach, not having formerly been particularly brilliant spots in the minds of men, it probably makes little difference to Hans Unwirrsch that he first saw the light of the world in a little town called Neustadt.
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
From this reading The ancients thought that it was to be considered a great piece of good fortune if the gods allowed a man to be born in a famous town.
plural of “god” — the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
From this reading The ancients thought that it was to be considered a great piece of good fortune if the gods allowed a man to be born in a famous town.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading The ancients thought that it was to be considered a great piece of good fortune if the gods allowed a man to be born in a famous town.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading The ancients thought that it was to be considered a great piece of good fortune if the gods allowed a man to be born in a famous town.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading In the year 1819 the place had ten thousand inhabitants; today it has a hundred and fifty more.
HansnounUS /hɑːns/
plural of “han” — imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time from 206 BC to AD 220) and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy; remembered as one of the great eras of Chinese civilization
From this reading But as this good fortune has not fallen to the share of many famous men, such towns as Bethlehem, Eisleben, Stratford, Kamenz, Marbach, not having formerly been particularly brilliant spots in the minds of men, it probably makes little difference to Hans Unwirrsch that he first saw the light of the world in a little town called Neustadt.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But as this good fortune has not fallen to the share of many famous men, such towns as Bethlehem, Eisleben, Stratford, Kamenz, Marbach, not having formerly been particularly brilliant spots in the minds of men, it probably makes little difference to Hans Unwirrsch that he first saw the light of the world in a little town called Neustadt.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading There are not a few towns and townlets of the same name, but they have not quarreled with one another for the honor of counting our hero among their citizens.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading But as this good fortune has not fallen to the share of many famous men, such towns as Bethlehem, Eisleben, Stratford, Kamenz, Marbach, not having formerly been particularly brilliant spots in the minds of men, it probably makes little difference to Hans Unwirrsch that he first saw the light of the world in a little town called Neustadt.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But as this good fortune has not fallen to the share of many famous men, such towns as Bethlehem, Eisleben, Stratford, Kamenz, Marbach, not having formerly been particularly brilliant spots in the minds of men, it probably makes little difference to Hans Unwirrsch that he first saw the light of the world in a little town called Neustadt.
a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength
From this reading There are not a few towns and townlets of the same name, but they have not quarreled with one another for the honor of counting our hero among their citizens.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Johannes Jakob Nikolaus Unwirrsch did not make his birthplace more famous in the world.
a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction
From this reading There are not a few towns and townlets of the same name, but they have not quarreled with one another for the honor of counting our hero among their citizens.
ten 10s
From this reading In the year 1819 the place had ten thousand inhabitants; today it has a hundred and fifty more.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading The ancients thought that it was to be considered a great piece of good fortune if the gods allowed a man to be born in a famous town.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The ancients thought that it was to be considered a great piece of good fortune if the gods allowed a man to be born in a famous town.
plural of “inhabitant” — a person who inhabits a particular place
From this reading In the year 1819 the place had ten thousand inhabitants; today it has a hundred and fifty more.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The ancients thought that it was to be considered a great piece of good fortune if the gods allowed a man to be born in a famous town.
Jakob
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From this reading Johannes Jakob Nikolaus Unwirrsch did not make his birthplace more famous in the world.
Johannes
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From this reading Johannes Jakob Nikolaus Unwirrsch did not make his birthplace more famous in the world.
Kamenz
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From this reading But as this good fortune has not fallen to the share of many famous men, such towns as Bethlehem, Eisleben, Stratford, Kamenz, Marbach, not having formerly been particularly brilliant spots in the minds of men, it probably makes little difference to Hans Unwirrsch that he first saw the light of the world in a little town called Neustadt.
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading But as this good fortune has not fallen to the share of many famous men, such towns as Bethlehem, Eisleben, Stratford, Kamenz, Marbach, not having formerly been particularly brilliant spots in the minds of men, it probably makes little difference to Hans Unwirrsch that he first saw the light of the world in a little town called Neustadt.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading But as this good fortune has not fallen to the share of many famous men, such towns as Bethlehem, Eisleben, Stratford, Kamenz, Marbach, not having formerly been particularly brilliant spots in the minds of men, it probably makes little difference to Hans Unwirrsch that he first saw the light of the world in a little town called Neustadt.
engage in
From this reading Johannes Jakob Nikolaus Unwirrsch did not make his birthplace more famous in the world.
plural of “make” — a recognizable kind
From this reading But as this good fortune has not fallen to the share of many famous men, such towns as Bethlehem, Eisleben, Stratford, Kamenz, Marbach, not having formerly been particularly brilliant spots in the minds of men, it probably makes little difference to Hans Unwirrsch that he first saw the light of the world in a little town called Neustadt.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading The ancients thought that it was to be considered a great piece of good fortune if the gods allowed a man to be born in a famous town.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading But as this good fortune has not fallen to the share of many famous men, such towns as Bethlehem, Eisleben, Stratford, Kamenz, Marbach, not having formerly been particularly brilliant spots in the minds of men, it probably makes little difference to Hans Unwirrsch that he first saw the light of the world in a little town called Neustadt.
Marbach
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From this reading But as this good fortune has not fallen to the share of many famous men, such towns as Bethlehem, Eisleben, Stratford, Kamenz, Marbach, not having formerly been particularly brilliant spots in the minds of men, it probably makes little difference to Hans Unwirrsch that he first saw the light of the world in a little town called Neustadt.
the force of workers available
From this reading But as this good fortune has not fallen to the share of many famous men, such towns as Bethlehem, Eisleben, Stratford, Kamenz, Marbach, not having formerly been particularly brilliant spots in the minds of men, it probably makes little difference to Hans Unwirrsch that he first saw the light of the world in a little town called Neustadt.
plural of “mind” — that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason
From this reading But as this good fortune has not fallen to the share of many famous men, such towns as Bethlehem, Eisleben, Stratford, Kamenz, Marbach, not having formerly been particularly brilliant spots in the minds of men, it probably makes little difference to Hans Unwirrsch that he first saw the light of the world in a little town called Neustadt.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading Johannes Jakob Nikolaus Unwirrsch did not make his birthplace more famous in the world.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading There are not a few towns and townlets of the same name, but they have not quarreled with one another for the honor of counting our hero among their citizens.
Neustadt
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From this reading But as this good fortune has not fallen to the share of many famous men, such towns as Bethlehem, Eisleben, Stratford, Kamenz, Marbach, not having formerly been particularly brilliant spots in the minds of men, it probably makes little difference to Hans Unwirrsch that he first saw the light of the world in a little town called Neustadt.
Nikolaus
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From this reading Johannes Jakob Nikolaus Unwirrsch did not make his birthplace more famous in the world.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading But as this good fortune has not fallen to the share of many famous men, such towns as Bethlehem, Eisleben, Stratford, Kamenz, Marbach, not having formerly been particularly brilliant spots in the minds of men, it probably makes little difference to Hans Unwirrsch that he first saw the light of the world in a little town called Neustadt.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The ancients thought that it was to be considered a great piece of good fortune if the gods allowed a man to be born in a famous town.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading There are not a few towns and townlets of the same name, but they have not quarreled with one another for the honor of counting our hero among their citizens.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading There are not a few towns and townlets of the same name, but they have not quarreled with one another for the honor of counting our hero among their citizens.
to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common
From this reading But as this good fortune has not fallen to the share of many famous men, such towns as Bethlehem, Eisleben, Stratford, Kamenz, Marbach, not having formerly been particularly brilliant spots in the minds of men, it probably makes little difference to Hans Unwirrsch that he first saw the light of the world in a little town called Neustadt.
a separate part of a whole
From this reading The ancients thought that it was to be considered a great piece of good fortune if the gods allowed a man to be born in a famous town.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading In the year 1819 the place had ten thousand inhabitants; today it has a hundred and fifty more.
with considerable certainty; without much doubt
From this reading But as this good fortune has not fallen to the share of many famous men, such towns as Bethlehem, Eisleben, Stratford, Kamenz, Marbach, not having formerly been particularly brilliant spots in the minds of men, it probably makes little difference to Hans Unwirrsch that he first saw the light of the world in a little town called Neustadt.
quarreledverbUS /ˈkwɔːrəld/
past form of “quarrel” — have a disagreement over something
From this reading There are not a few towns and townlets of the same name, but they have not quarreled with one another for the honor of counting our hero among their citizens.
Identical; not different.
From this reading There are not a few towns and townlets of the same name, but they have not quarreled with one another for the honor of counting our hero among their citizens.
cut with a saw
From this reading But as this good fortune has not fallen to the share of many famous men, such towns as Bethlehem, Eisleben, Stratford, Kamenz, Marbach, not having formerly been particularly brilliant spots in the minds of men, it probably makes little difference to Hans Unwirrsch that he first saw the light of the world in a little town called Neustadt.
have in common
From this reading But as this good fortune has not fallen to the share of many famous men, such towns as Bethlehem, Eisleben, Stratford, Kamenz, Marbach, not having formerly been particularly brilliant spots in the minds of men, it probably makes little difference to Hans Unwirrsch that he first saw the light of the world in a little town called Neustadt.
spotsnounUS /spɑːts/
spots before the eyes caused by opaque cell fragments in the vitreous humor and lens
From this reading But as this good fortune has not fallen to the share of many famous men, such towns as Bethlehem, Eisleben, Stratford, Kamenz, Marbach, not having formerly been particularly brilliant spots in the minds of men, it probably makes little difference to Hans Unwirrsch that he first saw the light of the world in a little town called Neustadt.
Stratford
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From this reading But as this good fortune has not fallen to the share of many famous men, such towns as Bethlehem, Eisleben, Stratford, Kamenz, Marbach, not having formerly been particularly brilliant spots in the minds of men, it probably makes little difference to Hans Unwirrsch that he first saw the light of the world in a little town called Neustadt.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading But as this good fortune has not fallen to the share of many famous men, such towns as Bethlehem, Eisleben, Stratford, Kamenz, Marbach, not having formerly been particularly brilliant spots in the minds of men, it probably makes little difference to Hans Unwirrsch that he first saw the light of the world in a little town called Neustadt.
the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
From this reading In the year 1819 the place had ten thousand inhabitants; today it has a hundred and fifty more.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The ancients thought that it was to be considered a great piece of good fortune if the gods allowed a man to be born in a famous town.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The ancients thought that it was to be considered a great piece of good fortune if the gods allowed a man to be born in a famous town.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading There are not a few towns and townlets of the same name, but they have not quarreled with one another for the honor of counting our hero among their citizens.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There are not a few towns and townlets of the same name, but they have not quarreled with one another for the honor of counting our hero among their citizens.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading There are not a few towns and townlets of the same name, but they have not quarreled with one another for the honor of counting our hero among their citizens.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading But as this good fortune has not fallen to the share of many famous men, such towns as Bethlehem, Eisleben, Stratford, Kamenz, Marbach, not having formerly been particularly brilliant spots in the minds of men, it probably makes little difference to Hans Unwirrsch that he first saw the light of the world in a little town called Neustadt.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading The ancients thought that it was to be considered a great piece of good fortune if the gods allowed a man to be born in a famous town.
the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
From this reading In the year 1819 the place had ten thousand inhabitants; today it has a hundred and fifty more.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The ancients thought that it was to be considered a great piece of good fortune if the gods allowed a man to be born in a famous town.
todaynounUS /təˈdeɪ/
the present time or age
From this reading In the year 1819 the place had ten thousand inhabitants; today it has a hundred and fifty more.
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading The ancients thought that it was to be considered a great piece of good fortune if the gods allowed a man to be born in a famous town.
townlets
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From this reading There are not a few towns and townlets of the same name, but they have not quarreled with one another for the honor of counting our hero among their citizens.
townsnounUS /taʊnz/
plural of “town” — an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading But as this good fortune has not fallen to the share of many famous men, such towns as Bethlehem, Eisleben, Stratford, Kamenz, Marbach, not having formerly been particularly brilliant spots in the minds of men, it probably makes little difference to Hans Unwirrsch that he first saw the light of the world in a little town called Neustadt.
Unwirrsch
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From this reading But as this good fortune has not fallen to the share of many famous men, such towns as Bethlehem, Eisleben, Stratford, Kamenz, Marbach, not having formerly been particularly brilliant spots in the minds of men, it probably makes little difference to Hans Unwirrsch that he first saw the light of the world in a little town called Neustadt.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The ancients thought that it was to be considered a great piece of good fortune if the gods allowed a man to be born in a famous town.
in the company of; together with
From this reading There are not a few towns and townlets of the same name, but they have not quarreled with one another for the honor of counting our hero among their citizens.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading But as this good fortune has not fallen to the share of many famous men, such towns as Bethlehem, Eisleben, Stratford, Kamenz, Marbach, not having formerly been particularly brilliant spots in the minds of men, it probably makes little difference to Hans Unwirrsch that he first saw the light of the world in a little town called Neustadt.
a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days
From this reading In the year 1819 the place had ten thousand inhabitants; today it has a hundred and fifty more.
