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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 I cannot say I would be a shaveling myself; but surely a monk with the hope of preferment is a nobler calling to a lad of spirit and ambition than to stand out at a door and cry, ‘Buy, buy,’ ‘What d’ye lack?’ to spend youth as a Flat-cap, and drone out manhood in measuring cloth, hammering metals, or weighing out spices?”
all
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From this reading I hold to be labour eno’--but chop Latin and logic and theology with Saint Aristotle (is not that his hard name?) into the bargain, and all because you had an uncle of high note in Holy Church.
Alwyn
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From this reading “Fair and softly, Master Marmaduke,” said Alwyn, “you will understand me better anon.
ambition
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From this reading I cannot say I would be a shaveling myself; but surely a monk with the hope of preferment is a nobler calling to a lad of spirit and ambition than to stand out at a door and cry, ‘Buy, buy,’ ‘What d’ye lack?’ to spend youth as a Flat-cap, and drone out manhood in measuring cloth, hammering metals, or weighing out spices?”
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading I hold to be labour eno’--but chop Latin and logic and theology with Saint Aristotle (is not that his hard name?) into the bargain, and all because you had an uncle of high note in Holy Church.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading You were reared and brought up with such careful book-lere, not only to read and to write--the which, save the mark!
anon
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From this reading “Fair and softly, Master Marmaduke,” said Alwyn, “you will understand me better anon.
Aristotle
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From this reading I hold to be labour eno’--but chop Latin and logic and theology with Saint Aristotle (is not that his hard name?) into the bargain, and all because you had an uncle of high note in Holy Church.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I cannot say I would be a shaveling myself; but surely a monk with the hope of preferment is a nobler calling to a lad of spirit and ambition than to stand out at a door and cry, ‘Buy, buy,’ ‘What d’ye lack?’ to spend youth as a Flat-cap, and drone out manhood in measuring cloth, hammering metals, or weighing out spices?”
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I cannot say I would be a shaveling myself; but surely a monk with the hope of preferment is a nobler calling to a lad of spirit and ambition than to stand out at a door and cry, ‘Buy, buy,’ ‘What d’ye lack?’ to spend youth as a Flat-cap, and drone out manhood in measuring cloth, hammering metals, or weighing out spices?”
bargain
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From this reading I hold to be labour eno’--but chop Latin and logic and theology with Saint Aristotle (is not that his hard name?) into the bargain, and all because you had an uncle of high note in Holy Church.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I hold to be labour eno’--but chop Latin and logic and theology with Saint Aristotle (is not that his hard name?) into the bargain, and all because you had an uncle of high note in Holy Church.
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading I hold to be labour eno’--but chop Latin and logic and theology with Saint Aristotle (is not that his hard name?) into the bargain, and all because you had an uncle of high note in Holy Church.
better
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From this reading “Fair and softly, Master Marmaduke,” said Alwyn, “you will understand me better anon.
book-lere
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From this reading You were reared and brought up with such careful book-lere, not only to read and to write--the which, save the mark!
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading You were reared and brought up with such careful book-lere, not only to read and to write--the which, save the mark!
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I hold to be labour eno’--but chop Latin and logic and theology with Saint Aristotle (is not that his hard name?) into the bargain, and all because you had an uncle of high note in Holy Church.
Buy
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From this reading I cannot say I would be a shaveling myself; but surely a monk with the hope of preferment is a nobler calling to a lad of spirit and ambition than to stand out at a door and cry, ‘Buy, buy,’ ‘What d’ye lack?’ to spend youth as a Flat-cap, and drone out manhood in measuring cloth, hammering metals, or weighing out spices?”
calling
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From this reading I cannot say I would be a shaveling myself; but surely a monk with the hope of preferment is a nobler calling to a lad of spirit and ambition than to stand out at a door and cry, ‘Buy, buy,’ ‘What d’ye lack?’ to spend youth as a Flat-cap, and drone out manhood in measuring cloth, hammering metals, or weighing out spices?”
cannot
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From this reading I cannot say I would be a shaveling myself; but surely a monk with the hope of preferment is a nobler calling to a lad of spirit and ambition than to stand out at a door and cry, ‘Buy, buy,’ ‘What d’ye lack?’ to spend youth as a Flat-cap, and drone out manhood in measuring cloth, hammering metals, or weighing out spices?”
careful
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From this reading You were reared and brought up with such careful book-lere, not only to read and to write--the which, save the mark!
choice
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From this reading “No, my dear foster-brother,” said the Nevile, “I do not yet comprehend the choice you have made.
chop
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From this reading I hold to be labour eno’--but chop Latin and logic and theology with Saint Aristotle (is not that his hard name?) into the bargain, and all because you had an uncle of high note in Holy Church.
Church
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From this reading I hold to be labour eno’--but chop Latin and logic and theology with Saint Aristotle (is not that his hard name?) into the bargain, and all because you had an uncle of high note in Holy Church.
cloth
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From this reading I cannot say I would be a shaveling myself; but surely a monk with the hope of preferment is a nobler calling to a lad of spirit and ambition than to stand out at a door and cry, ‘Buy, buy,’ ‘What d’ye lack?’ to spend youth as a Flat-cap, and drone out manhood in measuring cloth, hammering metals, or weighing out spices?”
comprehend
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From this reading “No, my dear foster-brother,” said the Nevile, “I do not yet comprehend the choice you have made.
cry
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From this reading I cannot say I would be a shaveling myself; but surely a monk with the hope of preferment is a nobler calling to a lad of spirit and ambition than to stand out at a door and cry, ‘Buy, buy,’ ‘What d’ye lack?’ to spend youth as a Flat-cap, and drone out manhood in measuring cloth, hammering metals, or weighing out spices?”
d'ye
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From this reading I cannot say I would be a shaveling myself; but surely a monk with the hope of preferment is a nobler calling to a lad of spirit and ambition than to stand out at a door and cry, ‘Buy, buy,’ ‘What d’ye lack?’ to spend youth as a Flat-cap, and drone out manhood in measuring cloth, hammering metals, or weighing out spices?”
dear
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From this reading “No, my dear foster-brother,” said the Nevile, “I do not yet comprehend the choice you have made.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “No, my dear foster-brother,” said the Nevile, “I do not yet comprehend the choice you have made.
door
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From this reading I cannot say I would be a shaveling myself; but surely a monk with the hope of preferment is a nobler calling to a lad of spirit and ambition than to stand out at a door and cry, ‘Buy, buy,’ ‘What d’ye lack?’ to spend youth as a Flat-cap, and drone out manhood in measuring cloth, hammering metals, or weighing out spices?”
drone
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From this reading I cannot say I would be a shaveling myself; but surely a monk with the hope of preferment is a nobler calling to a lad of spirit and ambition than to stand out at a door and cry, ‘Buy, buy,’ ‘What d’ye lack?’ to spend youth as a Flat-cap, and drone out manhood in measuring cloth, hammering metals, or weighing out spices?”
eno
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From this reading I hold to be labour eno’--but chop Latin and logic and theology with Saint Aristotle (is not that his hard name?) into the bargain, and all because you had an uncle of high note in Holy Church.
FairnounUS /fair/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Fair and softly, Master Marmaduke,” said Alwyn, “you will understand me better anon.
Flat-cap
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From this reading I cannot say I would be a shaveling myself; but surely a monk with the hope of preferment is a nobler calling to a lad of spirit and ambition than to stand out at a door and cry, ‘Buy, buy,’ ‘What d’ye lack?’ to spend youth as a Flat-cap, and drone out manhood in measuring cloth, hammering metals, or weighing out spices?”
foster-brother
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From this reading “No, my dear foster-brother,” said the Nevile, “I do not yet comprehend the choice you have made.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I hold to be labour eno’--but chop Latin and logic and theology with Saint Aristotle (is not that his hard name?) into the bargain, and all because you had an uncle of high note in Holy Church.
hammering
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From this reading I cannot say I would be a shaveling myself; but surely a monk with the hope of preferment is a nobler calling to a lad of spirit and ambition than to stand out at a door and cry, ‘Buy, buy,’ ‘What d’ye lack?’ to spend youth as a Flat-cap, and drone out manhood in measuring cloth, hammering metals, or weighing out spices?”
hard
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From this reading I hold to be labour eno’--but chop Latin and logic and theology with Saint Aristotle (is not that his hard name?) into the bargain, and all because you had an uncle of high note in Holy Church.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “No, my dear foster-brother,” said the Nevile, “I do not yet comprehend the choice you have made.
high
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From this reading I hold to be labour eno’--but chop Latin and logic and theology with Saint Aristotle (is not that his hard name?) into the bargain, and all because you had an uncle of high note in Holy Church.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading I hold to be labour eno’--but chop Latin and logic and theology with Saint Aristotle (is not that his hard name?) into the bargain, and all because you had an uncle of high note in Holy Church.
hold
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From this reading I hold to be labour eno’--but chop Latin and logic and theology with Saint Aristotle (is not that his hard name?) into the bargain, and all because you had an uncle of high note in Holy Church.
Holy
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From this reading I hold to be labour eno’--but chop Latin and logic and theology with Saint Aristotle (is not that his hard name?) into the bargain, and all because you had an uncle of high note in Holy Church.
hope
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From this reading I cannot say I would be a shaveling myself; but surely a monk with the hope of preferment is a nobler calling to a lad of spirit and ambition than to stand out at a door and cry, ‘Buy, buy,’ ‘What d’ye lack?’ to spend youth as a Flat-cap, and drone out manhood in measuring cloth, hammering metals, or weighing out spices?”
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “No, my dear foster-brother,” said the Nevile, “I do not yet comprehend the choice you have made.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I hold to be labour eno’--but chop Latin and logic and theology with Saint Aristotle (is not that his hard name?) into the bargain, and all because you had an uncle of high note in Holy Church.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading I hold to be labour eno’--but chop Latin and logic and theology with Saint Aristotle (is not that his hard name?) into the bargain, and all because you had an uncle of high note in Holy Church.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I hold to be labour eno’--but chop Latin and logic and theology with Saint Aristotle (is not that his hard name?) into the bargain, and all because you had an uncle of high note in Holy Church.
labour
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From this reading I hold to be labour eno’--but chop Latin and logic and theology with Saint Aristotle (is not that his hard name?) into the bargain, and all because you had an uncle of high note in Holy Church.
lack
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From this reading I cannot say I would be a shaveling myself; but surely a monk with the hope of preferment is a nobler calling to a lad of spirit and ambition than to stand out at a door and cry, ‘Buy, buy,’ ‘What d’ye lack?’ to spend youth as a Flat-cap, and drone out manhood in measuring cloth, hammering metals, or weighing out spices?”
lad
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From this reading I cannot say I would be a shaveling myself; but surely a monk with the hope of preferment is a nobler calling to a lad of spirit and ambition than to stand out at a door and cry, ‘Buy, buy,’ ‘What d’ye lack?’ to spend youth as a Flat-cap, and drone out manhood in measuring cloth, hammering metals, or weighing out spices?”
Latin
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From this reading I hold to be labour eno’--but chop Latin and logic and theology with Saint Aristotle (is not that his hard name?) into the bargain, and all because you had an uncle of high note in Holy Church.
logic
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From this reading I hold to be labour eno’--but chop Latin and logic and theology with Saint Aristotle (is not that his hard name?) into the bargain, and all because you had an uncle of high note in Holy Church.
made
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From this reading “No, my dear foster-brother,” said the Nevile, “I do not yet comprehend the choice you have made.
manhood
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From this reading I cannot say I would be a shaveling myself; but surely a monk with the hope of preferment is a nobler calling to a lad of spirit and ambition than to stand out at a door and cry, ‘Buy, buy,’ ‘What d’ye lack?’ to spend youth as a Flat-cap, and drone out manhood in measuring cloth, hammering metals, or weighing out spices?”
mark
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From this reading You were reared and brought up with such careful book-lere, not only to read and to write--the which, save the mark!
Marmaduke
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From this reading “Fair and softly, Master Marmaduke,” said Alwyn, “you will understand me better anon.
Master
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From this reading “Fair and softly, Master Marmaduke,” said Alwyn, “you will understand me better anon.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Fair and softly, Master Marmaduke,” said Alwyn, “you will understand me better anon.
measuring
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From this reading I cannot say I would be a shaveling myself; but surely a monk with the hope of preferment is a nobler calling to a lad of spirit and ambition than to stand out at a door and cry, ‘Buy, buy,’ ‘What d’ye lack?’ to spend youth as a Flat-cap, and drone out manhood in measuring cloth, hammering metals, or weighing out spices?”
metals
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From this reading I cannot say I would be a shaveling myself; but surely a monk with the hope of preferment is a nobler calling to a lad of spirit and ambition than to stand out at a door and cry, ‘Buy, buy,’ ‘What d’ye lack?’ to spend youth as a Flat-cap, and drone out manhood in measuring cloth, hammering metals, or weighing out spices?”
monk
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From this reading I cannot say I would be a shaveling myself; but surely a monk with the hope of preferment is a nobler calling to a lad of spirit and ambition than to stand out at a door and cry, ‘Buy, buy,’ ‘What d’ye lack?’ to spend youth as a Flat-cap, and drone out manhood in measuring cloth, hammering metals, or weighing out spices?”
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “No, my dear foster-brother,” said the Nevile, “I do not yet comprehend the choice you have made.
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading I cannot say I would be a shaveling myself; but surely a monk with the hope of preferment is a nobler calling to a lad of spirit and ambition than to stand out at a door and cry, ‘Buy, buy,’ ‘What d’ye lack?’ to spend youth as a Flat-cap, and drone out manhood in measuring cloth, hammering metals, or weighing out spices?”
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I hold to be labour eno’--but chop Latin and logic and theology with Saint Aristotle (is not that his hard name?) into the bargain, and all because you had an uncle of high note in Holy Church.
Nevile
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From this reading “No, my dear foster-brother,” said the Nevile, “I do not yet comprehend the choice you have made.
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading “No, my dear foster-brother,” said the Nevile, “I do not yet comprehend the choice you have made.
nobler
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From this reading I cannot say I would be a shaveling myself; but surely a monk with the hope of preferment is a nobler calling to a lad of spirit and ambition than to stand out at a door and cry, ‘Buy, buy,’ ‘What d’ye lack?’ to spend youth as a Flat-cap, and drone out manhood in measuring cloth, hammering metals, or weighing out spices?”
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “No, my dear foster-brother,” said the Nevile, “I do not yet comprehend the choice you have made.
note
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From this reading I hold to be labour eno’--but chop Latin and logic and theology with Saint Aristotle (is not that his hard name?) into the bargain, and all because you had an uncle of high note in Holy Church.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I hold to be labour eno’--but chop Latin and logic and theology with Saint Aristotle (is not that his hard name?) into the bargain, and all because you had an uncle of high note in Holy Church.
only
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From this reading You were reared and brought up with such careful book-lere, not only to read and to write--the which, save the mark!
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading I cannot say I would be a shaveling myself; but surely a monk with the hope of preferment is a nobler calling to a lad of spirit and ambition than to stand out at a door and cry, ‘Buy, buy,’ ‘What d’ye lack?’ to spend youth as a Flat-cap, and drone out manhood in measuring cloth, hammering metals, or weighing out spices?”
out
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From this reading I cannot say I would be a shaveling myself; but surely a monk with the hope of preferment is a nobler calling to a lad of spirit and ambition than to stand out at a door and cry, ‘Buy, buy,’ ‘What d’ye lack?’ to spend youth as a Flat-cap, and drone out manhood in measuring cloth, hammering metals, or weighing out spices?”
preferment
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From this reading I cannot say I would be a shaveling myself; but surely a monk with the hope of preferment is a nobler calling to a lad of spirit and ambition than to stand out at a door and cry, ‘Buy, buy,’ ‘What d’ye lack?’ to spend youth as a Flat-cap, and drone out manhood in measuring cloth, hammering metals, or weighing out spices?”
read
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From this reading You were reared and brought up with such careful book-lere, not only to read and to write--the which, save the mark!
reared
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From this reading You were reared and brought up with such careful book-lere, not only to read and to write--the which, save the mark!
said
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From this reading “No, my dear foster-brother,” said the Nevile, “I do not yet comprehend the choice you have made.
Saint
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From this reading I hold to be labour eno’--but chop Latin and logic and theology with Saint Aristotle (is not that his hard name?) into the bargain, and all because you had an uncle of high note in Holy Church.
saveprepositionUS /seɪv/
except for; apart from
From this reading You were reared and brought up with such careful book-lere, not only to read and to write--the which, save the mark!
say
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From this reading I cannot say I would be a shaveling myself; but surely a monk with the hope of preferment is a nobler calling to a lad of spirit and ambition than to stand out at a door and cry, ‘Buy, buy,’ ‘What d’ye lack?’ to spend youth as a Flat-cap, and drone out manhood in measuring cloth, hammering metals, or weighing out spices?”
shaveling
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From this reading I cannot say I would be a shaveling myself; but surely a monk with the hope of preferment is a nobler calling to a lad of spirit and ambition than to stand out at a door and cry, ‘Buy, buy,’ ‘What d’ye lack?’ to spend youth as a Flat-cap, and drone out manhood in measuring cloth, hammering metals, or weighing out spices?”
softly
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From this reading “Fair and softly, Master Marmaduke,” said Alwyn, “you will understand me better anon.
spend
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From this reading I cannot say I would be a shaveling myself; but surely a monk with the hope of preferment is a nobler calling to a lad of spirit and ambition than to stand out at a door and cry, ‘Buy, buy,’ ‘What d’ye lack?’ to spend youth as a Flat-cap, and drone out manhood in measuring cloth, hammering metals, or weighing out spices?”
spices
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From this reading I cannot say I would be a shaveling myself; but surely a monk with the hope of preferment is a nobler calling to a lad of spirit and ambition than to stand out at a door and cry, ‘Buy, buy,’ ‘What d’ye lack?’ to spend youth as a Flat-cap, and drone out manhood in measuring cloth, hammering metals, or weighing out spices?”
spirit
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From this reading I cannot say I would be a shaveling myself; but surely a monk with the hope of preferment is a nobler calling to a lad of spirit and ambition than to stand out at a door and cry, ‘Buy, buy,’ ‘What d’ye lack?’ to spend youth as a Flat-cap, and drone out manhood in measuring cloth, hammering metals, or weighing out spices?”
stand
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From this reading I cannot say I would be a shaveling myself; but surely a monk with the hope of preferment is a nobler calling to a lad of spirit and ambition than to stand out at a door and cry, ‘Buy, buy,’ ‘What d’ye lack?’ to spend youth as a Flat-cap, and drone out manhood in measuring cloth, hammering metals, or weighing out spices?”
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading You were reared and brought up with such careful book-lere, not only to read and to write--the which, save the mark!
surely
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From this reading I cannot say I would be a shaveling myself; but surely a monk with the hope of preferment is a nobler calling to a lad of spirit and ambition than to stand out at a door and cry, ‘Buy, buy,’ ‘What d’ye lack?’ to spend youth as a Flat-cap, and drone out manhood in measuring cloth, hammering metals, or weighing out spices?”
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading I cannot say I would be a shaveling myself; but surely a monk with the hope of preferment is a nobler calling to a lad of spirit and ambition than to stand out at a door and cry, ‘Buy, buy,’ ‘What d’ye lack?’ to spend youth as a Flat-cap, and drone out manhood in measuring cloth, hammering metals, or weighing out spices?”
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I hold to be labour eno’--but chop Latin and logic and theology with Saint Aristotle (is not that his hard name?) into the bargain, and all because you had an uncle of high note in Holy Church.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “No, my dear foster-brother,” said the Nevile, “I do not yet comprehend the choice you have made.
theology
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From this reading I hold to be labour eno’--but chop Latin and logic and theology with Saint Aristotle (is not that his hard name?) into the bargain, and all because you had an uncle of high note in Holy Church.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading You were reared and brought up with such careful book-lere, not only to read and to write--the which, save the mark!
uncle
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From this reading I hold to be labour eno’--but chop Latin and logic and theology with Saint Aristotle (is not that his hard name?) into the bargain, and all because you had an uncle of high note in Holy Church.
understandnounUS /understand/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Fair and softly, Master Marmaduke,” said Alwyn, “you will understand me better anon.
up
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From this reading You were reared and brought up with such careful book-lere, not only to read and to write--the which, save the mark!
weighing
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From this reading I cannot say I would be a shaveling myself; but surely a monk with the hope of preferment is a nobler calling to a lad of spirit and ambition than to stand out at a door and cry, ‘Buy, buy,’ ‘What d’ye lack?’ to spend youth as a Flat-cap, and drone out manhood in measuring cloth, hammering metals, or weighing out spices?”
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading You were reared and brought up with such careful book-lere, not only to read and to write--the which, save the mark!
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading I cannot say I would be a shaveling myself; but surely a monk with the hope of preferment is a nobler calling to a lad of spirit and ambition than to stand out at a door and cry, ‘Buy, buy,’ ‘What d’ye lack?’ to spend youth as a Flat-cap, and drone out manhood in measuring cloth, hammering metals, or weighing out spices?”
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading You were reared and brought up with such careful book-lere, not only to read and to write--the which, save the mark!
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading “Fair and softly, Master Marmaduke,” said Alwyn, “you will understand me better anon.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading You were reared and brought up with such careful book-lere, not only to read and to write--the which, save the mark!
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading I cannot say I would be a shaveling myself; but surely a monk with the hope of preferment is a nobler calling to a lad of spirit and ambition than to stand out at a door and cry, ‘Buy, buy,’ ‘What d’ye lack?’ to spend youth as a Flat-cap, and drone out manhood in measuring cloth, hammering metals, or weighing out spices?”
write
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From this reading You were reared and brought up with such careful book-lere, not only to read and to write--the which, save the mark!
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading “No, my dear foster-brother,” said the Nevile, “I do not yet comprehend the choice you have made.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “No, my dear foster-brother,” said the Nevile, “I do not yet comprehend the choice you have made.
youth
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From this reading I cannot say I would be a shaveling myself; but surely a monk with the hope of preferment is a nobler calling to a lad of spirit and ambition than to stand out at a door and cry, ‘Buy, buy,’ ‘What d’ye lack?’ to spend youth as a Flat-cap, and drone out manhood in measuring cloth, hammering metals, or weighing out spices?”
