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1794
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From this reading Quel avantage trouves-tu a persuader a l’homme qu’une force aveugle preside a ses destinees et frappe au hasard le crime et la vertu?--Robespierre, “Discours,” Mai 7, 1794.
7
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From this reading Quel avantage trouves-tu a persuader a l’homme qu’une force aveugle preside a ses destinees et frappe au hasard le crime et la vertu?--Robespierre, “Discours,” Mai 7, 1794.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Quel avantage trouves-tu a persuader a l’homme qu’une force aveugle preside a ses destinees et frappe au hasard le crime et la vertu?--Robespierre, “Discours,” Mai 7, 1794.
advantage
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From this reading What advantage find you in persuading man that nothing but blind force presides over his destinies, and strikes haphazard both crime and virtue?)
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading What advantage find you in persuading man that nothing but blind force presides over his destinies, and strikes haphazard both crime and virtue?)
announce
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From this reading (Who then invested you with the mission to announce to the people that there is no God?
au
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avantage
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From this reading Quel avantage trouves-tu a persuader a l’homme qu’une force aveugle preside a ses destinees et frappe au hasard le crime et la vertu?--Robespierre, “Discours,” Mai 7, 1794.
aveugle
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From this reading Quel avantage trouves-tu a persuader a l’homme qu’une force aveugle preside a ses destinees et frappe au hasard le crime et la vertu?--Robespierre, “Discours,” Mai 7, 1794.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading It was some time before midnight when the stranger returned home.
blind
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From this reading What advantage find you in persuading man that nothing but blind force presides over his destinies, and strikes haphazard both crime and virtue?)
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading What advantage find you in persuading man that nothing but blind force presides over his destinies, and strikes haphazard both crime and virtue?)
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading What advantage find you in persuading man that nothing but blind force presides over his destinies, and strikes haphazard both crime and virtue?)
crime
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From this reading Quel avantage trouves-tu a persuader a l’homme qu’une force aveugle preside a ses destinees et frappe au hasard le crime et la vertu?--Robespierre, “Discours,” Mai 7, 1794.
destinees
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From this reading Quel avantage trouves-tu a persuader a l’homme qu’une force aveugle preside a ses destinees et frappe au hasard le crime et la vertu?--Robespierre, “Discours,” Mai 7, 1794.
destinies
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Discours
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From this reading Quel avantage trouves-tu a persuader a l’homme qu’une force aveugle preside a ses destinees et frappe au hasard le crime et la vertu?--Robespierre, “Discours,” Mai 7, 1794.
divinite
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donc
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donne
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et
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From this reading Quel avantage trouves-tu a persuader a l’homme qu’une force aveugle preside a ses destinees et frappe au hasard le crime et la vertu?--Robespierre, “Discours,” Mai 7, 1794.
find
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force
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From this reading Quel avantage trouves-tu a persuader a l’homme qu’une force aveugle preside a ses destinees et frappe au hasard le crime et la vertu?--Robespierre, “Discours,” Mai 7, 1794.
frappe
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From this reading Quel avantage trouves-tu a persuader a l’homme qu’une force aveugle preside a ses destinees et frappe au hasard le crime et la vertu?--Robespierre, “Discours,” Mai 7, 1794.
God
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haphazard
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hasard
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From this reading Quel avantage trouves-tu a persuader a l’homme qu’une force aveugle preside a ses destinees et frappe au hasard le crime et la vertu?--Robespierre, “Discours,” Mai 7, 1794.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading What advantage find you in persuading man that nothing but blind force presides over his destinies, and strikes haphazard both crime and virtue?)
home
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From this reading It was some time before midnight when the stranger returned home.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
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invested
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isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
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ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was some time before midnight when the stranger returned home.
l'homme
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From this reading Quel avantage trouves-tu a persuader a l’homme qu’une force aveugle preside a ses destinees et frappe au hasard le crime et la vertu?--Robespierre, “Discours,” Mai 7, 1794.
la
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le
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From this reading Quel avantage trouves-tu a persuader a l’homme qu’une force aveugle preside a ses destinees et frappe au hasard le crime et la vertu?--Robespierre, “Discours,” Mai 7, 1794.
Mai
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From this reading Quel avantage trouves-tu a persuader a l’homme qu’une force aveugle preside a ses destinees et frappe au hasard le crime et la vertu?--Robespierre, “Discours,” Mai 7, 1794.
man
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midnight
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mission
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n'existe
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nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
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nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading What advantage find you in persuading man that nothing but blind force presides over his destinies, and strikes haphazard both crime and virtue?)
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
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pas
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people
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persuader
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From this reading Quel avantage trouves-tu a persuader a l’homme qu’une force aveugle preside a ses destinees et frappe au hasard le crime et la vertu?--Robespierre, “Discours,” Mai 7, 1794.
persuading
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peuple
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preside
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From this reading Quel avantage trouves-tu a persuader a l’homme qu’une force aveugle preside a ses destinees et frappe au hasard le crime et la vertu?--Robespierre, “Discours,” Mai 7, 1794.
presides
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qu'une
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From this reading Quel avantage trouves-tu a persuader a l’homme qu’une force aveugle preside a ses destinees et frappe au hasard le crime et la vertu?--Robespierre, “Discours,” Mai 7, 1794.
que
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Quel
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From this reading Quel avantage trouves-tu a persuader a l’homme qu’une force aveugle preside a ses destinees et frappe au hasard le crime et la vertu?--Robespierre, “Discours,” Mai 7, 1794.
Qui
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returnednounUS /ˈreturned/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It was some time before midnight when the stranger returned home.
Robespierre
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From this reading Quel avantage trouves-tu a persuader a l’homme qu’une force aveugle preside a ses destinees et frappe au hasard le crime et la vertu?--Robespierre, “Discours,” Mai 7, 1794.
s'annoncer
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ses
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From this reading Quel avantage trouves-tu a persuader a l’homme qu’une force aveugle preside a ses destinees et frappe au hasard le crime et la vertu?--Robespierre, “Discours,” Mai 7, 1794.
some
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stranger
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strikes
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t'a
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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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then
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there
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timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was some time before midnight when the stranger returned home.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
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trouves-tu
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From this reading Quel avantage trouves-tu a persuader a l’homme qu’une force aveugle preside a ses destinees et frappe au hasard le crime et la vertu?--Robespierre, “Discours,” Mai 7, 1794.
vertu
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From this reading Quel avantage trouves-tu a persuader a l’homme qu’une force aveugle preside a ses destinees et frappe au hasard le crime et la vertu?--Robespierre, “Discours,” Mai 7, 1794.
virtuenounUS /ˈvɝː.tʃuː/
Moral excellence and goodness of character; the highest human attainment in Stoic philosophy.
From this reading What advantage find you in persuading man that nothing but blind force presides over his destinies, and strikes haphazard both crime and virtue?)
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was some time before midnight when the stranger returned home.
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What advantage find you in persuading man that nothing but blind force presides over his destinies, and strikes haphazard both crime and virtue?)
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading It was some time before midnight when the stranger returned home.
WhopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading (Who then invested you with the mission to announce to the people that there is no God?
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading (Who then invested you with the mission to announce to the people that there is no God?
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading (Who then invested you with the mission to announce to the people that there is no God?
