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The Shadow Line: A Confession
The Shadow Line: A Confession

Chapter I

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To Borys And All Others Who, Like Himself, Have Crossed In Early Youth The Shadow-Line Of Their Generation With Love --_D’autre fois, calme plat, grand miroir De mon desespoir_.
--BAUDELAIRE Only the young have such moments.
I don’t mean the very young.
No. The very young have, properly speaking, no moments.
It is the privilege of early youth to live in advance of its days in all the beautiful continuity of hope which knows no pauses and no introspection.
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Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

The Shadow Line: A Confession

Chapter I

Reading 1/44 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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To Borys And All Others Who, Like Himself, Have Crossed In Early Youth The Shadow-Line Of Their Generation With Love --_D’autre fois, calme plat, grand miroir De mon desespoir_.
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--BAUDELAIRE Only the young have such moments.
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I don’t mean the very young.
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No. The very young have, properly speaking, no moments.
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It is the privilege of early youth to live in advance of its days in all the beautiful continuity of hope which knows no pauses and no introspection.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Have auxiliary verb US /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “To Borys And All Others Who, Like Himself, Have Crossed In Early Youth The Shadow-Line Of Their Generation With Love --_D’autre fois, calme plat, grand miroir De mon desespoir_.”

Himself pronoun US /hɪmˈself/

used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object

From this reading “To Borys And All Others Who, Like Himself, Have Crossed In Early Youth The Shadow-Line Of Their Generation With Love --_D’autre fois, calme plat, grand miroir De mon desespoir_.”

All words in this reading · 55

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advance

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From this reading It is the privilege of early youth to live in advance of its days in all the beautiful continuity of hope which knows no pauses and no introspection.

All

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From this reading To Borys And All Others Who, Like Himself, Have Crossed In Early Youth The Shadow-Line Of Their Generation With Love --_D’autre fois, calme plat, grand miroir De mon desespoir_.

AndconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading To Borys And All Others Who, Like Himself, Have Crossed In Early Youth The Shadow-Line Of Their Generation With Love --_D’autre fois, calme plat, grand miroir De mon desespoir_.

BAUDELAIRE

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From this reading --BAUDELAIRE Only the young have such moments.

beautiful

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From this reading It is the privilege of early youth to live in advance of its days in all the beautiful continuity of hope which knows no pauses and no introspection.

Borys

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From this reading To Borys And All Others Who, Like Himself, Have Crossed In Early Youth The Shadow-Line Of Their Generation With Love --_D’autre fois, calme plat, grand miroir De mon desespoir_.

calme

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From this reading To Borys And All Others Who, Like Himself, Have Crossed In Early Youth The Shadow-Line Of Their Generation With Love --_D’autre fois, calme plat, grand miroir De mon desespoir_.

continuity

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From this reading It is the privilege of early youth to live in advance of its days in all the beautiful continuity of hope which knows no pauses and no introspection.

Crossed

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From this reading To Borys And All Others Who, Like Himself, Have Crossed In Early Youth The Shadow-Line Of Their Generation With Love --_D’autre fois, calme plat, grand miroir De mon desespoir_.

D'autre

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From this reading To Borys And All Others Who, Like Himself, Have Crossed In Early Youth The Shadow-Line Of Their Generation With Love --_D’autre fois, calme plat, grand miroir De mon desespoir_.

days

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From this reading It is the privilege of early youth to live in advance of its days in all the beautiful continuity of hope which knows no pauses and no introspection.

De

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From this reading To Borys And All Others Who, Like Himself, Have Crossed In Early Youth The Shadow-Line Of Their Generation With Love --_D’autre fois, calme plat, grand miroir De mon desespoir_.

desespoir

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From this reading To Borys And All Others Who, Like Himself, Have Crossed In Early Youth The Shadow-Line Of Their Generation With Love --_D’autre fois, calme plat, grand miroir De mon desespoir_.

don't

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From this reading I don’t mean the very young.

Early

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From this reading To Borys And All Others Who, Like Himself, Have Crossed In Early Youth The Shadow-Line Of Their Generation With Love --_D’autre fois, calme plat, grand miroir De mon desespoir_.

fois

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From this reading To Borys And All Others Who, Like Himself, Have Crossed In Early Youth The Shadow-Line Of Their Generation With Love --_D’autre fois, calme plat, grand miroir De mon desespoir_.

Generation

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From this reading To Borys And All Others Who, Like Himself, Have Crossed In Early Youth The Shadow-Line Of Their Generation With Love --_D’autre fois, calme plat, grand miroir De mon desespoir_.

grand

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From this reading To Borys And All Others Who, Like Himself, Have Crossed In Early Youth The Shadow-Line Of Their Generation With Love --_D’autre fois, calme plat, grand miroir De mon desespoir_.

Haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading To Borys And All Others Who, Like Himself, Have Crossed In Early Youth The Shadow-Line Of Their Generation With Love --_D’autre fois, calme plat, grand miroir De mon desespoir_.

HimselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/

used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object

From this reading To Borys And All Others Who, Like Himself, Have Crossed In Early Youth The Shadow-Line Of Their Generation With Love --_D’autre fois, calme plat, grand miroir De mon desespoir_.

hope

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From this reading It is the privilege of early youth to live in advance of its days in all the beautiful continuity of hope which knows no pauses and no introspection.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading I don’t mean the very young.

InprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading To Borys And All Others Who, Like Himself, Have Crossed In Early Youth The Shadow-Line Of Their Generation With Love --_D’autre fois, calme plat, grand miroir De mon desespoir_.

introspection

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From this reading It is the privilege of early youth to live in advance of its days in all the beautiful continuity of hope which knows no pauses and no introspection.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading It is the privilege of early youth to live in advance of its days in all the beautiful continuity of hope which knows no pauses and no introspection.

ItpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading It is the privilege of early youth to live in advance of its days in all the beautiful continuity of hope which knows no pauses and no introspection.

itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading It is the privilege of early youth to live in advance of its days in all the beautiful continuity of hope which knows no pauses and no introspection.

knows

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From this reading It is the privilege of early youth to live in advance of its days in all the beautiful continuity of hope which knows no pauses and no introspection.

Like

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From this reading To Borys And All Others Who, Like Himself, Have Crossed In Early Youth The Shadow-Line Of Their Generation With Love --_D’autre fois, calme plat, grand miroir De mon desespoir_.

live

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From this reading It is the privilege of early youth to live in advance of its days in all the beautiful continuity of hope which knows no pauses and no introspection.

Love

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From this reading To Borys And All Others Who, Like Himself, Have Crossed In Early Youth The Shadow-Line Of Their Generation With Love --_D’autre fois, calme plat, grand miroir De mon desespoir_.

mean

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From this reading I don’t mean the very young.

miroir

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From this reading To Borys And All Others Who, Like Himself, Have Crossed In Early Youth The Shadow-Line Of Their Generation With Love --_D’autre fois, calme plat, grand miroir De mon desespoir_.

moments

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From this reading --BAUDELAIRE Only the young have such moments.

mon

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From this reading To Borys And All Others Who, Like Himself, Have Crossed In Early Youth The Shadow-Line Of Their Generation With Love --_D’autre fois, calme plat, grand miroir De mon desespoir_.

NodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

From this reading No. The very young have, properly speaking, no moments.

OfprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading To Borys And All Others Who, Like Himself, Have Crossed In Early Youth The Shadow-Line Of Their Generation With Love --_D’autre fois, calme plat, grand miroir De mon desespoir_.

Only

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From this reading --BAUDELAIRE Only the young have such moments.

Others

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From this reading To Borys And All Others Who, Like Himself, Have Crossed In Early Youth The Shadow-Line Of Their Generation With Love --_D’autre fois, calme plat, grand miroir De mon desespoir_.

pauses

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From this reading It is the privilege of early youth to live in advance of its days in all the beautiful continuity of hope which knows no pauses and no introspection.

plat

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From this reading To Borys And All Others Who, Like Himself, Have Crossed In Early Youth The Shadow-Line Of Their Generation With Love --_D’autre fois, calme plat, grand miroir De mon desespoir_.

privilege

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From this reading It is the privilege of early youth to live in advance of its days in all the beautiful continuity of hope which knows no pauses and no introspection.

properly

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From this reading No. The very young have, properly speaking, no moments.

Shadow-Line

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From this reading To Borys And All Others Who, Like Himself, Have Crossed In Early Youth The Shadow-Line Of Their Generation With Love --_D’autre fois, calme plat, grand miroir De mon desespoir_.

speaking

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From this reading No. The very young have, properly speaking, no moments.

suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading --BAUDELAIRE Only the young have such moments.

ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading To Borys And All Others Who, Like Himself, Have Crossed In Early Youth The Shadow-Line Of Their Generation With Love --_D’autre fois, calme plat, grand miroir De mon desespoir_.

TheirdeterminerUS /ðer/

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading To Borys And All Others Who, Like Himself, Have Crossed In Early Youth The Shadow-Line Of Their Generation With Love --_D’autre fois, calme plat, grand miroir De mon desespoir_.

ToparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading To Borys And All Others Who, Like Himself, Have Crossed In Early Youth The Shadow-Line Of Their Generation With Love --_D’autre fois, calme plat, grand miroir De mon desespoir_.

very

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From this reading I don’t mean the very young.

whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading It is the privilege of early youth to live in advance of its days in all the beautiful continuity of hope which knows no pauses and no introspection.

WhopronounUS /huː/

which person or people

From this reading To Borys And All Others Who, Like Himself, Have Crossed In Early Youth The Shadow-Line Of Their Generation With Love --_D’autre fois, calme plat, grand miroir De mon desespoir_.

WithprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading To Borys And All Others Who, Like Himself, Have Crossed In Early Youth The Shadow-Line Of Their Generation With Love --_D’autre fois, calme plat, grand miroir De mon desespoir_.

young

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From this reading --BAUDELAIRE Only the young have such moments.

Youth

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From this reading To Borys And All Others Who, Like Himself, Have Crossed In Early Youth The Shadow-Line Of Their Generation With Love --_D’autre fois, calme plat, grand miroir De mon desespoir_.