Chapter VI
“Yes.” “Suppose you might have all the rank and power of a king or of an emperor, would you rather be wise?” “Yes.” “Suppose I undertook to teach you, would you give up everything of joy and of pleasure to follow me?” “Yes.”
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Chapter VI
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“Yes.”
“Suppose
you
might
have
all
the
rank
and
power
of
a
king
or
of
an
emperor,
would
you
rather
be
wise?”
“Yes.”
“Suppose
I
undertook
to
teach
you,
would
you
give
up
everything
of
joy
and
of
pleasure
to
follow
me?”
“Yes.”
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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“Yes.”
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“Suppose
you
might
have
all
the
rank
and
power
of
a
king
or
of
an
emperor,
would
you
rather
be
wise?”
Line 3
“Yes.”
Line 4
“Suppose
I
undertook
to
teach
you,
would
you
give
up
everything
of
joy
and
of
pleasure
to
follow
me?”
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“Yes.”
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Everything
pronoun
US /ˈevriθɪŋ/
all things; all of a situation
From this reading ““Suppose I undertook to teach you, would you give up everything of joy and of pleasure to follow me?””
Have
auxiliary verb
US /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ““Suppose you might have all the rank and power of a king or of an emperor, would you rather be wise?””
Might
modal verb
US /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading ““Suppose you might have all the rank and power of a king or of an emperor, would you rather be wise?””
Suppose
noun
US /ˈsuppose/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading ““Suppose you might have all the rank and power of a king or of an emperor, would you rather be wise?””
Would
modal verb
US /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading ““Suppose you might have all the rank and power of a king or of an emperor, would you rather be wise?””
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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 “Suppose you might have all the rank and power of a king or of an emperor, would you rather be wise?”
all
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From this reading “Suppose you might have all the rank and power of a king or of an emperor, would you rather be wise?”
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading “Suppose you might have all the rank and power of a king or of an emperor, would you rather be wise?”
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Suppose you might have all the rank and power of a king or of an emperor, would you rather be wise?”
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “Suppose you might have all the rank and power of a king or of an emperor, would you rather be wise?”
emperor
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From this reading “Suppose you might have all the rank and power of a king or of an emperor, would you rather be wise?”
everythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/
all things; all of a situation
From this reading “Suppose I undertook to teach you, would you give up everything of joy and of pleasure to follow me?”
follow
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From this reading “Suppose I undertook to teach you, would you give up everything of joy and of pleasure to follow me?”
give
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From this reading “Suppose I undertook to teach you, would you give up everything of joy and of pleasure to follow me?”
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Suppose you might have all the rank and power of a king or of an emperor, would you rather be wise?”
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Suppose I undertook to teach you, would you give up everything of joy and of pleasure to follow me?”
joy
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From this reading “Suppose I undertook to teach you, would you give up everything of joy and of pleasure to follow me?”
king
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From this reading “Suppose you might have all the rank and power of a king or of an emperor, would you rather be wise?”
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Suppose I undertook to teach you, would you give up everything of joy and of pleasure to follow me?”
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading “Suppose you might have all the rank and power of a king or of an emperor, would you rather be wise?”
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Suppose you might have all the rank and power of a king or of an emperor, would you rather be wise?”
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading “Suppose you might have all the rank and power of a king or of an emperor, would you rather be wise?”
pleasure
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From this reading “Suppose I undertook to teach you, would you give up everything of joy and of pleasure to follow me?”
power
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From this reading “Suppose you might have all the rank and power of a king or of an emperor, would you rather be wise?”
rank
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From this reading “Suppose you might have all the rank and power of a king or of an emperor, would you rather be wise?”
rather
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From this reading “Suppose you might have all the rank and power of a king or of an emperor, would you rather be wise?”
SupposenounUS /ˈsuppose/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Suppose you might have all the rank and power of a king or of an emperor, would you rather be wise?”
teach
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From this reading “Suppose I undertook to teach you, would you give up everything of joy and of pleasure to follow me?”
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Suppose you might have all the rank and power of a king or of an emperor, would you rather be wise?”
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Suppose I undertook to teach you, would you give up everything of joy and of pleasure to follow me?”
undertook
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From this reading “Suppose I undertook to teach you, would you give up everything of joy and of pleasure to follow me?”
up
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From this reading “Suppose I undertook to teach you, would you give up everything of joy and of pleasure to follow me?”
wise
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From this reading “Suppose you might have all the rank and power of a king or of an emperor, would you rather be wise?”
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Suppose you might have all the rank and power of a king or of an emperor, would you rather be wise?”
Yes
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From this reading “Yes.”
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Suppose you might have all the rank and power of a king or of an emperor, would you rather be wise?”