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age
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From this reading I take it that generally when middle age looks back on the emotions of youth and its temptations, it is to smile at the wildness of the first and to marvel at the victories of the second.
all
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From this reading The man who calls most, if not all, things vanity, will yield to desires which some high-strung ideal in the boy would rout.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I take it that generally when middle age looks back on the emotions of youth and its temptations, it is to smile at the wildness of the first and to marvel at the victories of the second.
aspiration
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From this reading For sometimes, while passion becomes less fierce, aspiration grows less exalted.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I take it that generally when middle age looks back on the emotions of youth and its temptations, it is to smile at the wildness of the first and to marvel at the victories of the second.
back
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From this reading I take it that generally when middle age looks back on the emotions of youth and its temptations, it is to smile at the wildness of the first and to marvel at the victories of the second.
becomes
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From this reading For sometimes, while passion becomes less fierce, aspiration grows less exalted.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading That is not my mood when I recall the relation between the Countess and myself.
boy
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From this reading The man who calls most, if not all, things vanity, will yield to desires which some high-strung ideal in the boy would rout.
calls
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From this reading The man who calls most, if not all, things vanity, will yield to desires which some high-strung ideal in the boy would rout.
Countess
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From this reading That is not my mood when I recall the relation between the Countess and myself.
desires
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From this reading The man who calls most, if not all, things vanity, will yield to desires which some high-strung ideal in the boy would rout.
emotions
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From this reading I take it that generally when middle age looks back on the emotions of youth and its temptations, it is to smile at the wildness of the first and to marvel at the victories of the second.
exalted
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From this reading For sometimes, while passion becomes less fierce, aspiration grows less exalted.
fierce
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From this reading For sometimes, while passion becomes less fierce, aspiration grows less exalted.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I take it that generally when middle age looks back on the emotions of youth and its temptations, it is to smile at the wildness of the first and to marvel at the victories of the second.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For sometimes, while passion becomes less fierce, aspiration grows less exalted.
generally
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From this reading I take it that generally when middle age looks back on the emotions of youth and its temptations, it is to smile at the wildness of the first and to marvel at the victories of the second.
grows
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From this reading For sometimes, while passion becomes less fierce, aspiration grows less exalted.
high-strung
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From this reading The man who calls most, if not all, things vanity, will yield to desires which some high-strung ideal in the boy would rout.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I PROMISE NOT TO LAUGH.
ideal
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From this reading The man who calls most, if not all, things vanity, will yield to desires which some high-strung ideal in the boy would rout.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading The man who calls most, if not all, things vanity, will yield to desires which some high-strung ideal in the boy would rout.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The man who calls most, if not all, things vanity, will yield to desires which some high-strung ideal in the boy would rout.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I take it that generally when middle age looks back on the emotions of youth and its temptations, it is to smile at the wildness of the first and to marvel at the victories of the second.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I take it that generally when middle age looks back on the emotions of youth and its temptations, it is to smile at the wildness of the first and to marvel at the victories of the second.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading I take it that generally when middle age looks back on the emotions of youth and its temptations, it is to smile at the wildness of the first and to marvel at the victories of the second.
LAUGH
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From this reading I PROMISE NOT TO LAUGH.
less
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From this reading For sometimes, while passion becomes less fierce, aspiration grows less exalted.
looks
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From this reading I take it that generally when middle age looks back on the emotions of youth and its temptations, it is to smile at the wildness of the first and to marvel at the victories of the second.
man
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From this reading The man who calls most, if not all, things vanity, will yield to desires which some high-strung ideal in the boy would rout.
marvel
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From this reading I take it that generally when middle age looks back on the emotions of youth and its temptations, it is to smile at the wildness of the first and to marvel at the victories of the second.
middle
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From this reading I take it that generally when middle age looks back on the emotions of youth and its temptations, it is to smile at the wildness of the first and to marvel at the victories of the second.
mood
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From this reading That is not my mood when I recall the relation between the Countess and myself.
most
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From this reading The man who calls most, if not all, things vanity, will yield to desires which some high-strung ideal in the boy would rout.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading That is not my mood when I recall the relation between the Countess and myself.
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading That is not my mood when I recall the relation between the Countess and myself.
NOTadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I PROMISE NOT TO LAUGH.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I take it that generally when middle age looks back on the emotions of youth and its temptations, it is to smile at the wildness of the first and to marvel at the victories of the second.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I take it that generally when middle age looks back on the emotions of youth and its temptations, it is to smile at the wildness of the first and to marvel at the victories of the second.
passion
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From this reading For sometimes, while passion becomes less fierce, aspiration grows less exalted.
PROMISE
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From this reading I PROMISE NOT TO LAUGH.
recall
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From this reading That is not my mood when I recall the relation between the Countess and myself.
relation
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From this reading That is not my mood when I recall the relation between the Countess and myself.
rout
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From this reading The man who calls most, if not all, things vanity, will yield to desires which some high-strung ideal in the boy would rout.
second
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From this reading I take it that generally when middle age looks back on the emotions of youth and its temptations, it is to smile at the wildness of the first and to marvel at the victories of the second.
smile
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From this reading I take it that generally when middle age looks back on the emotions of youth and its temptations, it is to smile at the wildness of the first and to marvel at the victories of the second.
some
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From this reading The man who calls most, if not all, things vanity, will yield to desires which some high-strung ideal in the boy would rout.
sometimes
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From this reading For sometimes, while passion becomes less fierce, aspiration grows less exalted.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I take it that generally when middle age looks back on the emotions of youth and its temptations, it is to smile at the wildness of the first and to marvel at the victories of the second.
temptations
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From this reading I take it that generally when middle age looks back on the emotions of youth and its temptations, it is to smile at the wildness of the first and to marvel at the victories of the second.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I take it that generally when middle age looks back on the emotions of youth and its temptations, it is to smile at the wildness of the first and to marvel at the victories of the second.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I take it that generally when middle age looks back on the emotions of youth and its temptations, it is to smile at the wildness of the first and to marvel at the victories of the second.
things
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From this reading The man who calls most, if not all, things vanity, will yield to desires which some high-strung ideal in the boy would rout.
TOparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I PROMISE NOT TO LAUGH.
vanity
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From this reading The man who calls most, if not all, things vanity, will yield to desires which some high-strung ideal in the boy would rout.
victories
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From this reading I take it that generally when middle age looks back on the emotions of youth and its temptations, it is to smile at the wildness of the first and to marvel at the victories of the second.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading I take it that generally when middle age looks back on the emotions of youth and its temptations, it is to smile at the wildness of the first and to marvel at the victories of the second.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The man who calls most, if not all, things vanity, will yield to desires which some high-strung ideal in the boy would rout.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading For sometimes, while passion becomes less fierce, aspiration grows less exalted.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading The man who calls most, if not all, things vanity, will yield to desires which some high-strung ideal in the boy would rout.
wildness
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From this reading I take it that generally when middle age looks back on the emotions of youth and its temptations, it is to smile at the wildness of the first and to marvel at the victories of the second.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading The man who calls most, if not all, things vanity, will yield to desires which some high-strung ideal in the boy would rout.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading The man who calls most, if not all, things vanity, will yield to desires which some high-strung ideal in the boy would rout.
yield
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From this reading The man who calls most, if not all, things vanity, will yield to desires which some high-strung ideal in the boy would rout.
youth
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From this reading I take it that generally when middle age looks back on the emotions of youth and its temptations, it is to smile at the wildness of the first and to marvel at the victories of the second.
