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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 ***** To a gentleman is to be one all the world over, and in every relation and grade of society.
acceptation
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From this reading And, unhappily, the manners of a certain so-called upper grade have a kind of currency, and meet with a certain external acceptation throughout all the others, and this tends to keep us well satisfied with slight acquirements and the amateurish accomplishments of a clique.
accomplishments
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From this reading And, unhappily, the manners of a certain so-called upper grade have a kind of currency, and meet with a certain external acceptation throughout all the others, and this tends to keep us well satisfied with slight acquirements and the amateurish accomplishments of a clique.
acquirements
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From this reading And, unhappily, the manners of a certain so-called upper grade have a kind of currency, and meet with a certain external acceptation throughout all the others, and this tends to keep us well satisfied with slight acquirements and the amateurish accomplishments of a clique.
all
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From this reading ***** To a gentleman is to be one all the world over, and in every relation and grade of society.
amateurish
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From this reading And, unhappily, the manners of a certain so-called upper grade have a kind of currency, and meet with a certain external acceptation throughout all the others, and this tends to keep us well satisfied with slight acquirements and the amateurish accomplishments of a clique.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ***** To a gentleman is to be one all the world over, and in every relation and grade of society.
artauxiliary verbUS /ɑːrt/
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading But manners, like art, should be human and central.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading ***** To a gentleman is to be one all the world over, and in every relation and grade of society.
bornnounUS /born/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It is a high calling, to which a man must first be born, and then devote himself for life.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But manners, like art, should be human and central.
calling
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From this reading It is a high calling, to which a man must first be born, and then devote himself for life.
central
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From this reading But manners, like art, should be human and central.
certain
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From this reading And, unhappily, the manners of a certain so-called upper grade have a kind of currency, and meet with a certain external acceptation throughout all the others, and this tends to keep us well satisfied with slight acquirements and the amateurish accomplishments of a clique.
clique
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From this reading And, unhappily, the manners of a certain so-called upper grade have a kind of currency, and meet with a certain external acceptation throughout all the others, and this tends to keep us well satisfied with slight acquirements and the amateurish accomplishments of a clique.
considerations
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From this reading ***** Respectability is a very thing in its way, but it does not rise superior to all considerations.
currency
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From this reading And, unhappily, the manners of a certain so-called upper grade have a kind of currency, and meet with a certain external acceptation throughout all the others, and this tends to keep us well satisfied with slight acquirements and the amateurish accomplishments of a clique.
devote
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From this reading It is a high calling, to which a man must first be born, and then devote himself for life.
doesauxiliary verbUS /dʌz/
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ***** Respectability is a very thing in its way, but it does not rise superior to all considerations.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading ***** To a gentleman is to be one all the world over, and in every relation and grade of society.
external
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From this reading And, unhappily, the manners of a certain so-called upper grade have a kind of currency, and meet with a certain external acceptation throughout all the others, and this tends to keep us well satisfied with slight acquirements and the amateurish accomplishments of a clique.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It is a high calling, to which a man must first be born, and then devote himself for life.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It is a high calling, to which a man must first be born, and then devote himself for life.
gentlemannounUS /ˈgentleman/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading ***** To a gentleman is to be one all the world over, and in every relation and grade of society.
grade
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From this reading ***** To a gentleman is to be one all the world over, and in every relation and grade of society.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading And, unhappily, the manners of a certain so-called upper grade have a kind of currency, and meet with a certain external acceptation throughout all the others, and this tends to keep us well satisfied with slight acquirements and the amateurish accomplishments of a clique.
high
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From this reading It is a high calling, to which a man must first be born, and then devote himself for life.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading It is a high calling, to which a man must first be born, and then devote himself for life.
human
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From this reading But manners, like art, should be human and central.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading ***** To a gentleman is to be one all the world over, and in every relation and grade of society.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ***** To a gentleman is to be one all the world over, and in every relation and grade of society.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is a high calling, to which a man must first be born, and then devote himself for life.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading ***** Respectability is a very thing in its way, but it does not rise superior to all considerations.
keep
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From this reading And, unhappily, the manners of a certain so-called upper grade have a kind of currency, and meet with a certain external acceptation throughout all the others, and this tends to keep us well satisfied with slight acquirements and the amateurish accomplishments of a clique.
kind
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From this reading And, unhappily, the manners of a certain so-called upper grade have a kind of currency, and meet with a certain external acceptation throughout all the others, and this tends to keep us well satisfied with slight acquirements and the amateurish accomplishments of a clique.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It is a high calling, to which a man must first be born, and then devote himself for life.
like
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From this reading But manners, like art, should be human and central.
man
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From this reading It is a high calling, to which a man must first be born, and then devote himself for life.
manners
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From this reading And, unhappily, the manners of a certain so-called upper grade have a kind of currency, and meet with a certain external acceptation throughout all the others, and this tends to keep us well satisfied with slight acquirements and the amateurish accomplishments of a clique.
meet
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From this reading And, unhappily, the manners of a certain so-called upper grade have a kind of currency, and meet with a certain external acceptation throughout all the others, and this tends to keep us well satisfied with slight acquirements and the amateurish accomplishments of a clique.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading It is a high calling, to which a man must first be born, and then devote himself for life.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading ***** Respectability is a very thing in its way, but it does not rise superior to all considerations.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading ***** To a gentleman is to be one all the world over, and in every relation and grade of society.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading ***** To a gentleman is to be one all the world over, and in every relation and grade of society.
others
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From this reading And, unhappily, the manners of a certain so-called upper grade have a kind of currency, and meet with a certain external acceptation throughout all the others, and this tends to keep us well satisfied with slight acquirements and the amateurish accomplishments of a clique.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading ***** To a gentleman is to be one all the world over, and in every relation and grade of society.
relation
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From this reading ***** To a gentleman is to be one all the world over, and in every relation and grade of society.
Respectability
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From this reading ***** Respectability is a very thing in its way, but it does not rise superior to all considerations.
rise
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From this reading ***** Respectability is a very thing in its way, but it does not rise superior to all considerations.
satisfied
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From this reading And, unhappily, the manners of a certain so-called upper grade have a kind of currency, and meet with a certain external acceptation throughout all the others, and this tends to keep us well satisfied with slight acquirements and the amateurish accomplishments of a clique.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading But manners, like art, should be human and central.
slight
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From this reading And, unhappily, the manners of a certain so-called upper grade have a kind of currency, and meet with a certain external acceptation throughout all the others, and this tends to keep us well satisfied with slight acquirements and the amateurish accomplishments of a clique.
so-called
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From this reading And, unhappily, the manners of a certain so-called upper grade have a kind of currency, and meet with a certain external acceptation throughout all the others, and this tends to keep us well satisfied with slight acquirements and the amateurish accomplishments of a clique.
society
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From this reading ***** To a gentleman is to be one all the world over, and in every relation and grade of society.
superior
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From this reading ***** Respectability is a very thing in its way, but it does not rise superior to all considerations.
tends
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From this reading And, unhappily, the manners of a certain so-called upper grade have a kind of currency, and meet with a certain external acceptation throughout all the others, and this tends to keep us well satisfied with slight acquirements and the amateurish accomplishments of a clique.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ***** To a gentleman is to be one all the world over, and in every relation and grade of society.
then
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From this reading It is a high calling, to which a man must first be born, and then devote himself for life.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ***** Respectability is a very thing in its way, but it does not rise superior to all considerations.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading And, unhappily, the manners of a certain so-called upper grade have a kind of currency, and meet with a certain external acceptation throughout all the others, and this tends to keep us well satisfied with slight acquirements and the amateurish accomplishments of a clique.
throughoutprepositionUS /θruːˈaʊt/
in every part of a place, or for the whole of a period
From this reading And, unhappily, the manners of a certain so-called upper grade have a kind of currency, and meet with a certain external acceptation throughout all the others, and this tends to keep us well satisfied with slight acquirements and the amateurish accomplishments of a clique.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading ***** To a gentleman is to be one all the world over, and in every relation and grade of society.
unhappily
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From this reading And, unhappily, the manners of a certain so-called upper grade have a kind of currency, and meet with a certain external acceptation throughout all the others, and this tends to keep us well satisfied with slight acquirements and the amateurish accomplishments of a clique.
upper
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From this reading And, unhappily, the manners of a certain so-called upper grade have a kind of currency, and meet with a certain external acceptation throughout all the others, and this tends to keep us well satisfied with slight acquirements and the amateurish accomplishments of a clique.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading And, unhappily, the manners of a certain so-called upper grade have a kind of currency, and meet with a certain external acceptation throughout all the others, and this tends to keep us well satisfied with slight acquirements and the amateurish accomplishments of a clique.
very
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From this reading ***** Respectability is a very thing in its way, but it does not rise superior to all considerations.
way
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From this reading ***** Respectability is a very thing in its way, but it does not rise superior to all considerations.
well
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From this reading And, unhappily, the manners of a certain so-called upper grade have a kind of currency, and meet with a certain external acceptation throughout all the others, and this tends to keep us well satisfied with slight acquirements and the amateurish accomplishments of a clique.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading It is a high calling, to which a man must first be born, and then devote himself for life.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading And, unhappily, the manners of a certain so-called upper grade have a kind of currency, and meet with a certain external acceptation throughout all the others, and this tends to keep us well satisfied with slight acquirements and the amateurish accomplishments of a clique.
world
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From this reading ***** To a gentleman is to be one all the world over, and in every relation and grade of society.
