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Chapter VII · II

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Prende, giovine audace e impaziente, L’occasione offerta avidamente.
“Ger.
Lib.,” c. vi. xxix.
(Take, youth, bold and impatient, the offered occasion eagerly.)
Clarence Glyndon was a young man of fortune, not large, but easy and independent.
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Chapter VII · II

Reading 1/57 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Prende, giovine audace e impaziente, L’occasione offerta avidamente.
Line 2
“Ger.
Line 3
Lib.,” c. vi. xxix.
Line 4
(Take, youth, bold and impatient, the offered occasion eagerly.)
Line 5
Clarence Glyndon was a young man of fortune, not large, but easy and independent.

Learner Dictionary

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Fortune noun US /ˈfortune/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “Clarence Glyndon was a young man of fortune, not large, but easy and independent.”

Take noun US /take/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “(Take, youth, bold and impatient, the offered occasion eagerly.)”

All words in this reading · 35

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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 Clarence Glyndon was a young man of fortune, not large, but easy and independent.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading (Take, youth, bold and impatient, the offered occasion eagerly.)

audace

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From this reading Prende, giovine audace e impaziente, L’occasione offerta avidamente.

avidamente

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From this reading Prende, giovine audace e impaziente, L’occasione offerta avidamente.

bold

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From this reading (Take, youth, bold and impatient, the offered occasion eagerly.)

butconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading Clarence Glyndon was a young man of fortune, not large, but easy and independent.

c

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From this reading Lib.,” c. vi. xxix.

Clarence

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e

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From this reading Prende, giovine audace e impaziente, L’occasione offerta avidamente.

eagerly

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From this reading (Take, youth, bold and impatient, the offered occasion eagerly.)

easy

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From this reading Clarence Glyndon was a young man of fortune, not large, but easy and independent.

fortunenounUS /ˈfortune/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading Clarence Glyndon was a young man of fortune, not large, but easy and independent.

Ger

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From this reading “Ger.

giovine

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From this reading Prende, giovine audace e impaziente, L’occasione offerta avidamente.

Glyndon

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From this reading Clarence Glyndon was a young man of fortune, not large, but easy and independent.

impatient

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From this reading (Take, youth, bold and impatient, the offered occasion eagerly.)

impaziente

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From this reading Prende, giovine audace e impaziente, L’occasione offerta avidamente.

independent

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From this reading Clarence Glyndon was a young man of fortune, not large, but easy and independent.

L'occasione

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From this reading Prende, giovine audace e impaziente, L’occasione offerta avidamente.

large

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From this reading Clarence Glyndon was a young man of fortune, not large, but easy and independent.

Lib

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From this reading Lib.,” c. vi. xxix.

man

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From this reading Clarence Glyndon was a young man of fortune, not large, but easy and independent.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Clarence Glyndon was a young man of fortune, not large, but easy and independent.

occasion

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From this reading (Take, youth, bold and impatient, the offered occasion eagerly.)

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Clarence Glyndon was a young man of fortune, not large, but easy and independent.

offered

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From this reading (Take, youth, bold and impatient, the offered occasion eagerly.)

offerta

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From this reading Prende, giovine audace e impaziente, L’occasione offerta avidamente.

Prende

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From this reading Prende, giovine audace e impaziente, L’occasione offerta avidamente.

TakenounUS /take/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading (Take, youth, bold and impatient, the offered occasion eagerly.)

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading (Take, youth, bold and impatient, the offered occasion eagerly.)

vi

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From this reading Lib.,” c. vi. xxix.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

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

From this reading Clarence Glyndon was a young man of fortune, not large, but easy and independent.

xxix

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From this reading Lib.,” c. vi. xxix.

young

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From this reading Clarence Glyndon was a young man of fortune, not large, but easy and independent.

youth

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From this reading (Take, youth, bold and impatient, the offered occasion eagerly.)