Chapter VI
"I mean an extremist." Kitty laughed. "Weighty word! You'll always have a world full of people who keep to the golden mean. Why bother yourself about me and Tolstoy?"
Youth and the Bright Medusa
Chapter VI
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"I
mean
an
extremist."
Kitty
laughed.
"Weighty
word!
You'll
always
have
a
world
full
of
people
who
keep
to
the
golden
mean.
Why
bother
yourself
about
me
and
Tolstoy?"
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
"I
mean
an
extremist."
Line 2
Kitty
laughed.
Line 3
"Weighty
word!
Line 4
You'll
always
have
a
world
full
of
people
who
keep
to
the
golden
mean.
Line 5
Why
bother
yourself
about
me
and
Tolstoy?"
Learner Dictionary
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About
preposition
US /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “Why bother yourself about me and Tolstoy?"”
Have
auxiliary verb
US /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “You'll always have a world full of people who keep to the golden mean.”
Yourself
pronoun
US /jərˈself/
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading “Why bother yourself about me and Tolstoy?"”
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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 You'll always have a world full of people who keep to the golden mean.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Why bother yourself about me and Tolstoy?"
always
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From this reading You'll always have a world full of people who keep to the golden mean.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading "I mean an extremist."
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Why bother yourself about me and Tolstoy?"
bother
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extremist
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From this reading "I mean an extremist."
full
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golden
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From this reading You'll always have a world full of people who keep to the golden mean.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading You'll always have a world full of people who keep to the golden mean.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I mean an extremist."
keep
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Kitty
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From this reading Kitty laughed.
laughed
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From this reading Kitty laughed.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Why bother yourself about me and Tolstoy?"
mean
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From this reading "I mean an extremist."
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading You'll always have a world full of people who keep to the golden mean.
people
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From this reading You'll always have a world full of people who keep to the golden mean.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading You'll always have a world full of people who keep to the golden mean.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading You'll always have a world full of people who keep to the golden mean.
Tolstoy
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Weighty
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From this reading "Weighty word!
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading You'll always have a world full of people who keep to the golden mean.
Why
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word
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From this reading "Weighty word!
world
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You'll
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From this reading You'll always have a world full of people who keep to the golden mean.
yourselfpronounUS /jərˈself/
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading Why bother yourself about me and Tolstoy?"