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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 A BIRD WITHOUT WINGS.
altogether
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From this reading A man's _puerilia_ are to himself not altogether puerile; they are parcel of the complex explanation of his existent self.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The two greatest forces at work on the yielding substance are parents and position, with the gardener's boy beneath my window crusts and cuffs, with me at the window kingship and Styrian discipline.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading A man's _puerilia_ are to himself not altogether puerile; they are parcel of the complex explanation of his existent self.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He starts, I suppose, as something, a very malleable something, ready to be hammered into the shape that the socket requires.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The two greatest forces at work on the yielding substance are parents and position, with the gardener's boy beneath my window crusts and cuffs, with me at the window kingship and Styrian discipline.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading He starts, I suppose, as something, a very malleable something, ready to be hammered into the shape that the socket requires.
beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading The two greatest forces at work on the yielding substance are parents and position, with the gardener's boy beneath my window crusts and cuffs, with me at the window kingship and Styrian discipline.
BIRD
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From this reading A BIRD WITHOUT WINGS.
birth
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From this reading In the latter there was to me nothing strange; I had grown into it from birth.
boy
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From this reading The two greatest forces at work on the yielding substance are parents and position, with the gardener's boy beneath my window crusts and cuffs, with me at the window kingship and Styrian discipline.
complex
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From this reading A man's _puerilia_ are to himself not altogether puerile; they are parcel of the complex explanation of his existent self.
crusts
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From this reading The two greatest forces at work on the yielding substance are parents and position, with the gardener's boy beneath my window crusts and cuffs, with me at the window kingship and Styrian discipline.
cuffs
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From this reading The two greatest forces at work on the yielding substance are parents and position, with the gardener's boy beneath my window crusts and cuffs, with me at the window kingship and Styrian discipline.
discipline
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From this reading The two greatest forces at work on the yielding substance are parents and position, with the gardener's boy beneath my window crusts and cuffs, with me at the window kingship and Styrian discipline.
existent
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From this reading A man's _puerilia_ are to himself not altogether puerile; they are parcel of the complex explanation of his existent self.
explanation
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From this reading A man's _puerilia_ are to himself not altogether puerile; they are parcel of the complex explanation of his existent self.
forces
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From this reading The two greatest forces at work on the yielding substance are parents and position, with the gardener's boy beneath my window crusts and cuffs, with me at the window kingship and Styrian discipline.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading In the latter there was to me nothing strange; I had grown into it from birth.
gardener's
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From this reading The two greatest forces at work on the yielding substance are parents and position, with the gardener's boy beneath my window crusts and cuffs, with me at the window kingship and Styrian discipline.
greatest
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From this reading The two greatest forces at work on the yielding substance are parents and position, with the gardener's boy beneath my window crusts and cuffs, with me at the window kingship and Styrian discipline.
grown
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From this reading In the latter there was to me nothing strange; I had grown into it from birth.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading In the latter there was to me nothing strange; I had grown into it from birth.
hammered
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From this reading He starts, I suppose, as something, a very malleable something, ready to be hammered into the shape that the socket requires.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He starts, I suppose, as something, a very malleable something, ready to be hammered into the shape that the socket requires.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading A man's _puerilia_ are to himself not altogether puerile; they are parcel of the complex explanation of his existent self.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading A man's _puerilia_ are to himself not altogether puerile; they are parcel of the complex explanation of his existent self.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading He starts, I suppose, as something, a very malleable something, ready to be hammered into the shape that the socket requires.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the latter there was to me nothing strange; I had grown into it from birth.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading He starts, I suppose, as something, a very malleable something, ready to be hammered into the shape that the socket requires.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading In the latter there was to me nothing strange; I had grown into it from birth.
kingship
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From this reading The two greatest forces at work on the yielding substance are parents and position, with the gardener's boy beneath my window crusts and cuffs, with me at the window kingship and Styrian discipline.
latter
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From this reading In the latter there was to me nothing strange; I had grown into it from birth.
malleable
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From this reading He starts, I suppose, as something, a very malleable something, ready to be hammered into the shape that the socket requires.
man's
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From this reading A man's _puerilia_ are to himself not altogether puerile; they are parcel of the complex explanation of his existent self.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The two greatest forces at work on the yielding substance are parents and position, with the gardener's boy beneath my window crusts and cuffs, with me at the window kingship and Styrian discipline.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading The two greatest forces at work on the yielding substance are parents and position, with the gardener's boy beneath my window crusts and cuffs, with me at the window kingship and Styrian discipline.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading A man's _puerilia_ are to himself not altogether puerile; they are parcel of the complex explanation of his existent self.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading In the latter there was to me nothing strange; I had grown into it from birth.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A man's _puerilia_ are to himself not altogether puerile; they are parcel of the complex explanation of his existent self.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The two greatest forces at work on the yielding substance are parents and position, with the gardener's boy beneath my window crusts and cuffs, with me at the window kingship and Styrian discipline.
parcel
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From this reading A man's _puerilia_ are to himself not altogether puerile; they are parcel of the complex explanation of his existent self.
parents
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From this reading The two greatest forces at work on the yielding substance are parents and position, with the gardener's boy beneath my window crusts and cuffs, with me at the window kingship and Styrian discipline.
position
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From this reading The two greatest forces at work on the yielding substance are parents and position, with the gardener's boy beneath my window crusts and cuffs, with me at the window kingship and Styrian discipline.
puerile
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From this reading A man's _puerilia_ are to himself not altogether puerile; they are parcel of the complex explanation of his existent self.
puerilia
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From this reading A man's _puerilia_ are to himself not altogether puerile; they are parcel of the complex explanation of his existent self.
ready
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From this reading He starts, I suppose, as something, a very malleable something, ready to be hammered into the shape that the socket requires.
requires
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From this reading He starts, I suppose, as something, a very malleable something, ready to be hammered into the shape that the socket requires.
self
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From this reading A man's _puerilia_ are to himself not altogether puerile; they are parcel of the complex explanation of his existent self.
shape
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From this reading He starts, I suppose, as something, a very malleable something, ready to be hammered into the shape that the socket requires.
socket
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From this reading He starts, I suppose, as something, a very malleable something, ready to be hammered into the shape that the socket requires.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading He starts, I suppose, as something, a very malleable something, ready to be hammered into the shape that the socket requires.
starts
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From this reading He starts, I suppose, as something, a very malleable something, ready to be hammered into the shape that the socket requires.
strange
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From this reading In the latter there was to me nothing strange; I had grown into it from birth.
Styrian
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From this reading The two greatest forces at work on the yielding substance are parents and position, with the gardener's boy beneath my window crusts and cuffs, with me at the window kingship and Styrian discipline.
substancenounUS /ˈsʌbstəns/
wealth or financial means
From this reading The two greatest forces at work on the yielding substance are parents and position, with the gardener's boy beneath my window crusts and cuffs, with me at the window kingship and Styrian discipline.
supposenounUS /ˈsuppose/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He starts, I suppose, as something, a very malleable something, ready to be hammered into the shape that the socket requires.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He starts, I suppose, as something, a very malleable something, ready to be hammered into the shape that the socket requires.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A man's _puerilia_ are to himself not altogether puerile; they are parcel of the complex explanation of his existent self.
there
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From this reading In the latter there was to me nothing strange; I had grown into it from birth.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading A man's _puerilia_ are to himself not altogether puerile; they are parcel of the complex explanation of his existent self.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A man's _puerilia_ are to himself not altogether puerile; they are parcel of the complex explanation of his existent self.
two
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From this reading The two greatest forces at work on the yielding substance are parents and position, with the gardener's boy beneath my window crusts and cuffs, with me at the window kingship and Styrian discipline.
very
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From this reading He starts, I suppose, as something, a very malleable something, ready to be hammered into the shape that the socket requires.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading In the latter there was to me nothing strange; I had grown into it from birth.
window
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From this reading The two greatest forces at work on the yielding substance are parents and position, with the gardener's boy beneath my window crusts and cuffs, with me at the window kingship and Styrian discipline.
WINGS
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From this reading A BIRD WITHOUT WINGS.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The two greatest forces at work on the yielding substance are parents and position, with the gardener's boy beneath my window crusts and cuffs, with me at the window kingship and Styrian discipline.
WITHOUTprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading A BIRD WITHOUT WINGS.
work
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From this reading The two greatest forces at work on the yielding substance are parents and position, with the gardener's boy beneath my window crusts and cuffs, with me at the window kingship and Styrian discipline.
yielding
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From this reading The two greatest forces at work on the yielding substance are parents and position, with the gardener's boy beneath my window crusts and cuffs, with me at the window kingship and Styrian discipline.
