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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 The commercial traveller, a personage unknown to antiquity, is one of the striking figures created by the manners and customs of our present epoch.
abounding
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accumulated
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all
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From this reading Our century will bind the realm of isolated power, abounding as it does in creative genius, to the realm of universal but levelling might; equalizing all products, spreading them broadcast among the masses, and being itself controlled by the principle of unity,--the final expression of all societies.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading Our century will bind the realm of isolated power, abounding as it does in creative genius, to the realm of universal but levelling might; equalizing all products, spreading them broadcast among the masses, and being itself controlled by the principle of unity,--the final expression of all societies.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The commercial traveller, a personage unknown to antiquity, is one of the striking figures created by the manners and customs of our present epoch.
antiquity
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From this reading The commercial traveller, a personage unknown to antiquity, is one of the striking figures created by the manners and customs of our present epoch.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Our century will bind the realm of isolated power, abounding as it does in creative genius, to the realm of universal but levelling might; equalizing all products, spreading them broadcast among the masses, and being itself controlled by the principle of unity,--the final expression of all societies.
barbarism
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beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading May he not, in some conceivable order of things, be destined to mark for coming philosophers the great transition which welds a period of material enterprise to the period of intellectual strength?
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Our century will bind the realm of isolated power, abounding as it does in creative genius, to the realm of universal but levelling might; equalizing all products, spreading them broadcast among the masses, and being itself controlled by the principle of unity,--the final expression of all societies.
bind
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broadcast
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butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Our century will bind the realm of isolated power, abounding as it does in creative genius, to the realm of universal but levelling might; equalizing all products, spreading them broadcast among the masses, and being itself controlled by the principle of unity,--the final expression of all societies.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The commercial traveller, a personage unknown to antiquity, is one of the striking figures created by the manners and customs of our present epoch.
century
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civilizations
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coming
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commercial
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conceivable
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controlled
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created
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creative
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customs
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From this reading The commercial traveller, a personage unknown to antiquity, is one of the striking figures created by the manners and customs of our present epoch.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
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destined
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direction
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Doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Do we not find the dead level of barbarism succeeding the saturnalia of popular thought and the last struggles of those civilizations which accumulated the treasures of the world in one direction?
doesauxiliary verbUS /dʌz/
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Our century will bind the realm of isolated power, abounding as it does in creative genius, to the realm of universal but levelling might; equalizing all products, spreading them broadcast among the masses, and being itself controlled by the principle of unity,--the final expression of all societies.
enterprise
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epoch
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From this reading The commercial traveller, a personage unknown to antiquity, is one of the striking figures created by the manners and customs of our present epoch.
equalizing
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expression
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figures
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From this reading The commercial traveller, a personage unknown to antiquity, is one of the striking figures created by the manners and customs of our present epoch.
final
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find
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forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading May he not, in some conceivable order of things, be destined to mark for coming philosophers the great transition which welds a period of material enterprise to the period of intellectual strength?
genius
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greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading May he not, in some conceivable order of things, be destined to mark for coming philosophers the great transition which welds a period of material enterprise to the period of intellectual strength?
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading May he not, in some conceivable order of things, be destined to mark for coming philosophers the great transition which welds a period of material enterprise to the period of intellectual strength?
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading May he not, in some conceivable order of things, be destined to mark for coming philosophers the great transition which welds a period of material enterprise to the period of intellectual strength?
intellectual
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isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The commercial traveller, a personage unknown to antiquity, is one of the striking figures created by the manners and customs of our present epoch.
isolated
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From this reading Our century will bind the realm of isolated power, abounding as it does in creative genius, to the realm of universal but levelling might; equalizing all products, spreading them broadcast among the masses, and being itself controlled by the principle of unity,--the final expression of all societies.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Our century will bind the realm of isolated power, abounding as it does in creative genius, to the realm of universal but levelling might; equalizing all products, spreading them broadcast among the masses, and being itself controlled by the principle of unity,--the final expression of all societies.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading Our century will bind the realm of isolated power, abounding as it does in creative genius, to the realm of universal but levelling might; equalizing all products, spreading them broadcast among the masses, and being itself controlled by the principle of unity,--the final expression of all societies.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Do we not find the dead level of barbarism succeeding the saturnalia of popular thought and the last struggles of those civilizations which accumulated the treasures of the world in one direction?
level
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levelling
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manners
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mark
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masses
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material
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Maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading May he not, in some conceivable order of things, be destined to mark for coming philosophers the great transition which welds a period of material enterprise to the period of intellectual strength?
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Our century will bind the realm of isolated power, abounding as it does in creative genius, to the realm of universal but levelling might; equalizing all products, spreading them broadcast among the masses, and being itself controlled by the principle of unity,--the final expression of all societies.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading May he not, in some conceivable order of things, be destined to mark for coming philosophers the great transition which welds a period of material enterprise to the period of intellectual strength?
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The commercial traveller, a personage unknown to antiquity, is one of the striking figures created by the manners and customs of our present epoch.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The commercial traveller, a personage unknown to antiquity, is one of the striking figures created by the manners and customs of our present epoch.
ordernounUS /order/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading May he not, in some conceivable order of things, be destined to mark for coming philosophers the great transition which welds a period of material enterprise to the period of intellectual strength?
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading The commercial traveller, a personage unknown to antiquity, is one of the striking figures created by the manners and customs of our present epoch.
period
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personage
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philosophers
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popular
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power
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present
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principle
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products
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realm
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saturnalia
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societies
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some
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spreading
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strengthnounUS /ˈstrength/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
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striking
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struggles
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succeeding
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ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The commercial traveller, a personage unknown to antiquity, is one of the striking figures created by the manners and customs of our present epoch.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Our century will bind the realm of isolated power, abounding as it does in creative genius, to the realm of universal but levelling might; equalizing all products, spreading them broadcast among the masses, and being itself controlled by the principle of unity,--the final expression of all societies.
things
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thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Do we not find the dead level of barbarism succeeding the saturnalia of popular thought and the last struggles of those civilizations which accumulated the treasures of the world in one direction?
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Do we not find the dead level of barbarism succeeding the saturnalia of popular thought and the last struggles of those civilizations which accumulated the treasures of the world in one direction?
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The commercial traveller, a personage unknown to antiquity, is one of the striking figures created by the manners and customs of our present epoch.
transition
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traveller
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From this reading The commercial traveller, a personage unknown to antiquity, is one of the striking figures created by the manners and customs of our present epoch.
treasures
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unity
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universal
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unknown
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From this reading The commercial traveller, a personage unknown to antiquity, is one of the striking figures created by the manners and customs of our present epoch.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
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welds
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whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading May he not, in some conceivable order of things, be destined to mark for coming philosophers the great transition which welds a period of material enterprise to the period of intellectual strength?
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Our century will bind the realm of isolated power, abounding as it does in creative genius, to the realm of universal but levelling might; equalizing all products, spreading them broadcast among the masses, and being itself controlled by the principle of unity,--the final expression of all societies.
world
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