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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
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aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The ancient idea confined investigations to crawling; and for hundreds of years so great was the infatuation about Hog especially, that a virtual end was put to all thinking, properly so called.
absurd
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advances
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all
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almost
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alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading No man dared utter a truth to which he felt himself indebted to his Soul alone.
ancientadjectiveUS /ˈeɪn.ʃənt/
Belonging to the very distant past and no longer in existence or deeply revered.
From this reading The ancient idea confined investigations to crawling; and for hundreds of years so great was the infatuation about Hog especially, that a virtual end was put to all thinking, properly so called.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
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assure
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atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading They would not even look at the end.
attained
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authority
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bounds
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bullet-headed
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byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
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called
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From this reading The ancient idea confined investigations to crawling; and for hundreds of years so great was the infatuation about Hog especially, that a virtual end was put to all thinking, properly so called.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
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confined
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From this reading The ancient idea confined investigations to crawling; and for hundreds of years so great was the infatuation about Hog especially, that a virtual end was put to all thinking, properly so called.
crawling
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From this reading The ancient idea confined investigations to crawling; and for hundreds of years so great was the infatuation about Hog especially, that a virtual end was put to all thinking, properly so called.
dared
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From this reading No man dared utter a truth to which he felt himself indebted to his Soul alone.
dear
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demonstrably
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doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
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easily
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end
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From this reading The ancient idea confined investigations to crawling; and for hundreds of years so great was the infatuation about Hog especially, that a virtual end was put to all thinking, properly so called.
especially
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From this reading The ancient idea confined investigations to crawling; and for hundreds of years so great was the infatuation about Hog especially, that a virtual end was put to all thinking, properly so called.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It mattered not whether the truth was even demonstrably a truth, for the bullet-headed savans of the time regarded only the road by which he had attained it.
face
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fairly
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felt
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From this reading No man dared utter a truth to which he felt himself indebted to his Soul alone.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The ancient idea confined investigations to crawling; and for hundreds of years so great was the infatuation about Hog especially, that a virtual end was put to all thinking, properly so called.
friend
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From this reading Now, my dear friend, I do assure you, most positively, that I represent this matter fairly, on the soundest authority; and you can easily understand how a notion so absurd on its very face must have operated to retard the progress of all true knowledge—which makes its advances almost invariably by intuitive bounds.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The ancient idea confined investigations to crawling; and for hundreds of years so great was the infatuation about Hog especially, that a virtual end was put to all thinking, properly so called.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It mattered not whether the truth was even demonstrably a truth, for the bullet-headed savans of the time regarded only the road by which he had attained it.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Now, my dear friend, I do assure you, most positively, that I represent this matter fairly, on the soundest authority; and you can easily understand how a notion so absurd on its very face must have operated to retard the progress of all true knowledge—which makes its advances almost invariably by intuitive bounds.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading No man dared utter a truth to which he felt himself indebted to his Soul alone.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading No man dared utter a truth to which he felt himself indebted to his Soul alone.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading No man dared utter a truth to which he felt himself indebted to his Soul alone.
Hog
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From this reading The ancient idea confined investigations to crawling; and for hundreds of years so great was the infatuation about Hog especially, that a virtual end was put to all thinking, properly so called.
how
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hundreds
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IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
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idea
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From this reading The ancient idea confined investigations to crawling; and for hundreds of years so great was the infatuation about Hog especially, that a virtual end was put to all thinking, properly so called.
indebted
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From this reading No man dared utter a truth to which he felt himself indebted to his Soul alone.
infatuation
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intuitive
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invariably
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investigations
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From this reading The ancient idea confined investigations to crawling; and for hundreds of years so great was the infatuation about Hog especially, that a virtual end was put to all thinking, properly so called.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It mattered not whether the truth was even demonstrably a truth, for the bullet-headed savans of the time regarded only the road by which he had attained it.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Now, my dear friend, I do assure you, most positively, that I represent this matter fairly, on the soundest authority; and you can easily understand how a notion so absurd on its very face must have operated to retard the progress of all true knowledge—which makes its advances almost invariably by intuitive bounds.
knowledge
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looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They would not even look at the end.
makes
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man
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matter
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mattered
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most
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mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
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mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
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NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading No man dared utter a truth to which he felt himself indebted to his Soul alone.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It mattered not whether the truth was even demonstrably a truth, for the bullet-headed savans of the time regarded only the road by which he had attained it.
notion
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Now
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ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
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onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
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only
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operated
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positively
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progress
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properly
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put
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From this reading The ancient idea confined investigations to crawling; and for hundreds of years so great was the infatuation about Hog especially, that a virtual end was put to all thinking, properly so called.
regarded
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represent
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retard
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road
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From this reading It mattered not whether the truth was even demonstrably a truth, for the bullet-headed savans of the time regarded only the road by which he had attained it.
savans
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From this reading It mattered not whether the truth was even demonstrably a truth, for the bullet-headed savans of the time regarded only the road by which he had attained it.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
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Soul
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From this reading No man dared utter a truth to which he felt himself indebted to his Soul alone.
soundest
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thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
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thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
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TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They would not even look at the end.
thinkingnounUS /thinking/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The ancient idea confined investigations to crawling; and for hundreds of years so great was the infatuation about Hog especially, that a virtual end was put to all thinking, properly so called.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Now, my dear friend, I do assure you, most positively, that I represent this matter fairly, on the soundest authority; and you can easily understand how a notion so absurd on its very face must have operated to retard the progress of all true knowledge—which makes its advances almost invariably by intuitive bounds.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It mattered not whether the truth was even demonstrably a truth, for the bullet-headed savans of the time regarded only the road by which he had attained it.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
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true
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truth
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From this reading No man dared utter a truth to which he felt himself indebted to his Soul alone.
understandnounUS /understand/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
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utter
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very
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virtual
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From this reading The ancient idea confined investigations to crawling; and for hundreds of years so great was the infatuation about Hog especially, that a virtual end was put to all thinking, properly so called.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The ancient idea confined investigations to crawling; and for hundreds of years so great was the infatuation about Hog especially, that a virtual end was put to all thinking, properly so called.
whetherconjunctionUS /ˈweðər/
used to introduce two or more possibilities
From this reading It mattered not whether the truth was even demonstrably a truth, for the bullet-headed savans of the time regarded only the road by which he had attained it.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Now, my dear friend, I do assure you, most positively, that I represent this matter fairly, on the soundest authority; and you can easily understand how a notion so absurd on its very face must have operated to retard the progress of all true knowledge—which makes its advances almost invariably by intuitive bounds.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading They would not even look at the end.
years
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From this reading The ancient idea confined investigations to crawling; and for hundreds of years so great was the infatuation about Hog especially, that a virtual end was put to all thinking, properly so called.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Now, my dear friend, I do assure you, most positively, that I represent this matter fairly, on the soundest authority; and you can easily understand how a notion so absurd on its very face must have operated to retard the progress of all true knowledge—which makes its advances almost invariably by intuitive bounds.
