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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 IS OF THE NATURE OF A SERMON.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading He took to it at first more because he had no other book to read, but it laid hold of his imagination after a time, and he began to test the world around him by the lofty morality of the New Testament.
altogether
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From this reading That book was studied by him as something fresh and altogether new on the lonely Sundays he passed amongst the navvies.
amongstprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋst/
surrounded by; in the company of
From this reading That book was studied by him as something fresh and altogether new on the lonely Sundays he passed amongst the navvies.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading During these two years the attitude of Thomas's mind changed much towards society and its institutions.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading He took to it at first more because he had no other book to read, but it laid hold of his imagination after a time, and he began to test the world around him by the lofty morality of the New Testament.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading That book was studied by him as something fresh and altogether new on the lonely Sundays he passed amongst the navvies.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He took to it at first more because he had no other book to read, but it laid hold of his imagination after a time, and he began to test the world around him by the lofty morality of the New Testament.
attitude
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From this reading During these two years the attitude of Thomas's mind changed much towards society and its institutions.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading He may be said for the first time to have become a religious man, and his religion was of the simpler and more unsophisticated type which comes to a man who knows little of dogma, but much of the contents of the Bible.
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading He took to it at first more because he had no other book to read, but it laid hold of his imagination after a time, and he began to test the world around him by the lofty morality of the New Testament.
become
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From this reading He may be said for the first time to have become a religious man, and his religion was of the simpler and more unsophisticated type which comes to a man who knows little of dogma, but much of the contents of the Bible.
began
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From this reading He took to it at first more because he had no other book to read, but it laid hold of his imagination after a time, and he began to test the world around him by the lofty morality of the New Testament.
Bible
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From this reading He may be said for the first time to have become a religious man, and his religion was of the simpler and more unsophisticated type which comes to a man who knows little of dogma, but much of the contents of the Bible.
book
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From this reading That book was studied by him as something fresh and altogether new on the lonely Sundays he passed amongst the navvies.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He may be said for the first time to have become a religious man, and his religion was of the simpler and more unsophisticated type which comes to a man who knows little of dogma, but much of the contents of the Bible.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading That book was studied by him as something fresh and altogether new on the lonely Sundays he passed amongst the navvies.
changed
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From this reading During these two years the attitude of Thomas's mind changed much towards society and its institutions.
comes
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From this reading He may be said for the first time to have become a religious man, and his religion was of the simpler and more unsophisticated type which comes to a man who knows little of dogma, but much of the contents of the Bible.
contents
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From this reading He may be said for the first time to have become a religious man, and his religion was of the simpler and more unsophisticated type which comes to a man who knows little of dogma, but much of the contents of the Bible.
dogma
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From this reading He may be said for the first time to have become a religious man, and his religion was of the simpler and more unsophisticated type which comes to a man who knows little of dogma, but much of the contents of the Bible.
DuringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading During these two years the attitude of Thomas's mind changed much towards society and its institutions.
first
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From this reading He may be said for the first time to have become a religious man, and his religion was of the simpler and more unsophisticated type which comes to a man who knows little of dogma, but much of the contents of the Bible.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He may be said for the first time to have become a religious man, and his religion was of the simpler and more unsophisticated type which comes to a man who knows little of dogma, but much of the contents of the Bible.
fresh
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From this reading That book was studied by him as something fresh and altogether new on the lonely Sundays he passed amongst the navvies.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He took to it at first more because he had no other book to read, but it laid hold of his imagination after a time, and he began to test the world around him by the lofty morality of the New Testament.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading He may be said for the first time to have become a religious man, and his religion was of the simpler and more unsophisticated type which comes to a man who knows little of dogma, but much of the contents of the Bible.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He may be said for the first time to have become a religious man, and his religion was of the simpler and more unsophisticated type which comes to a man who knows little of dogma, but much of the contents of the Bible.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading That book was studied by him as something fresh and altogether new on the lonely Sundays he passed amongst the navvies.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He may be said for the first time to have become a religious man, and his religion was of the simpler and more unsophisticated type which comes to a man who knows little of dogma, but much of the contents of the Bible.
hold
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From this reading He took to it at first more because he had no other book to read, but it laid hold of his imagination after a time, and he began to test the world around him by the lofty morality of the New Testament.
imagination
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From this reading He took to it at first more because he had no other book to read, but it laid hold of his imagination after a time, and he began to test the world around him by the lofty morality of the New Testament.
institutions
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From this reading During these two years the attitude of Thomas's mind changed much towards society and its institutions.
ISauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading IS OF THE NATURE OF A SERMON.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He took to it at first more because he had no other book to read, but it laid hold of his imagination after a time, and he began to test the world around him by the lofty morality of the New Testament.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading During these two years the attitude of Thomas's mind changed much towards society and its institutions.
knows
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From this reading He may be said for the first time to have become a religious man, and his religion was of the simpler and more unsophisticated type which comes to a man who knows little of dogma, but much of the contents of the Bible.
laid
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From this reading He took to it at first more because he had no other book to read, but it laid hold of his imagination after a time, and he began to test the world around him by the lofty morality of the New Testament.
little
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From this reading He may be said for the first time to have become a religious man, and his religion was of the simpler and more unsophisticated type which comes to a man who knows little of dogma, but much of the contents of the Bible.
lofty
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From this reading He took to it at first more because he had no other book to read, but it laid hold of his imagination after a time, and he began to test the world around him by the lofty morality of the New Testament.
lonely
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From this reading That book was studied by him as something fresh and altogether new on the lonely Sundays he passed amongst the navvies.
man
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From this reading He may be said for the first time to have become a religious man, and his religion was of the simpler and more unsophisticated type which comes to a man who knows little of dogma, but much of the contents of the Bible.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading He may be said for the first time to have become a religious man, and his religion was of the simpler and more unsophisticated type which comes to a man who knows little of dogma, but much of the contents of the Bible.
mindnounUS /maɪnd/
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading During these two years the attitude of Thomas's mind changed much towards society and its institutions.
morality
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From this reading He took to it at first more because he had no other book to read, but it laid hold of his imagination after a time, and he began to test the world around him by the lofty morality of the New Testament.
more
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From this reading He may be said for the first time to have become a religious man, and his religion was of the simpler and more unsophisticated type which comes to a man who knows little of dogma, but much of the contents of the Bible.
much
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From this reading During these two years the attitude of Thomas's mind changed much towards society and its institutions.
NATURE
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From this reading IS OF THE NATURE OF A SERMON.
navvies
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From this reading That book was studied by him as something fresh and altogether new on the lonely Sundays he passed amongst the navvies.
new
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From this reading That book was studied by him as something fresh and altogether new on the lonely Sundays he passed amongst the navvies.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading He took to it at first more because he had no other book to read, but it laid hold of his imagination after a time, and he began to test the world around him by the lofty morality of the New Testament.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading IS OF THE NATURE OF A SERMON.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading That book was studied by him as something fresh and altogether new on the lonely Sundays he passed amongst the navvies.
other
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From this reading He took to it at first more because he had no other book to read, but it laid hold of his imagination after a time, and he began to test the world around him by the lofty morality of the New Testament.
passed
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From this reading That book was studied by him as something fresh and altogether new on the lonely Sundays he passed amongst the navvies.
read
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From this reading He took to it at first more because he had no other book to read, but it laid hold of his imagination after a time, and he began to test the world around him by the lofty morality of the New Testament.
religion
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From this reading He may be said for the first time to have become a religious man, and his religion was of the simpler and more unsophisticated type which comes to a man who knows little of dogma, but much of the contents of the Bible.
religious
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From this reading He may be said for the first time to have become a religious man, and his religion was of the simpler and more unsophisticated type which comes to a man who knows little of dogma, but much of the contents of the Bible.
said
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From this reading He may be said for the first time to have become a religious man, and his religion was of the simpler and more unsophisticated type which comes to a man who knows little of dogma, but much of the contents of the Bible.
SERMON
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From this reading IS OF THE NATURE OF A SERMON.
simpler
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From this reading He may be said for the first time to have become a religious man, and his religion was of the simpler and more unsophisticated type which comes to a man who knows little of dogma, but much of the contents of the Bible.
society
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From this reading During these two years the attitude of Thomas's mind changed much towards society and its institutions.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading That book was studied by him as something fresh and altogether new on the lonely Sundays he passed amongst the navvies.
studied
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From this reading That book was studied by him as something fresh and altogether new on the lonely Sundays he passed amongst the navvies.
Sundays
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From this reading That book was studied by him as something fresh and altogether new on the lonely Sundays he passed amongst the navvies.
test
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From this reading He took to it at first more because he had no other book to read, but it laid hold of his imagination after a time, and he began to test the world around him by the lofty morality of the New Testament.
Testament
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From this reading He took to it at first more because he had no other book to read, but it laid hold of his imagination after a time, and he began to test the world around him by the lofty morality of the New Testament.
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That book was studied by him as something fresh and altogether new on the lonely Sundays he passed amongst the navvies.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading IS OF THE NATURE OF A SERMON.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading During these two years the attitude of Thomas's mind changed much towards society and its institutions.
Thomas's
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From this reading During these two years the attitude of Thomas's mind changed much towards society and its institutions.
time
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From this reading He may be said for the first time to have become a religious man, and his religion was of the simpler and more unsophisticated type which comes to a man who knows little of dogma, but much of the contents of the Bible.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He may be said for the first time to have become a religious man, and his religion was of the simpler and more unsophisticated type which comes to a man who knows little of dogma, but much of the contents of the Bible.
took
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From this reading He took to it at first more because he had no other book to read, but it laid hold of his imagination after a time, and he began to test the world around him by the lofty morality of the New Testament.
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading During these two years the attitude of Thomas's mind changed much towards society and its institutions.
two
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From this reading During these two years the attitude of Thomas's mind changed much towards society and its institutions.
type
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From this reading He may be said for the first time to have become a religious man, and his religion was of the simpler and more unsophisticated type which comes to a man who knows little of dogma, but much of the contents of the Bible.
unsophisticated
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From this reading He may be said for the first time to have become a religious man, and his religion was of the simpler and more unsophisticated type which comes to a man who knows little of dogma, but much of the contents of the Bible.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He may be said for the first time to have become a religious man, and his religion was of the simpler and more unsophisticated type which comes to a man who knows little of dogma, but much of the contents of the Bible.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading He may be said for the first time to have become a religious man, and his religion was of the simpler and more unsophisticated type which comes to a man who knows little of dogma, but much of the contents of the Bible.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading He may be said for the first time to have become a religious man, and his religion was of the simpler and more unsophisticated type which comes to a man who knows little of dogma, but much of the contents of the Bible.
world
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From this reading He took to it at first more because he had no other book to read, but it laid hold of his imagination after a time, and he began to test the world around him by the lofty morality of the New Testament.
years
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From this reading During these two years the attitude of Thomas's mind changed much towards society and its institutions.
