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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 There is a certain malady of the mind induced by too much of one thing.
according
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From this reading True, it parades under different names, according to circumstances and caste.
affinities
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From this reading You may be attacked in a middle-class apartment house, and call it various names, and it may drive you to cafe life and affinities and alimony.
afflicted
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From this reading You may be afflicted in a palace and call it ennui, and it may drive you to commit peccadillos and indiscretions of various sorts.
ailment
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From this reading Just as the body fed too long upon meat becomes a prey to that horrid disease called scurvy, so the mind fed too long upon monotony succumbs to the insidious mental ailment which the West calls “cabin fever.”
alimony
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From this reading You may be attacked in a middle-class apartment house, and call it various names, and it may drive you to cafe life and affinities and alimony.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading True, it parades under different names, according to circumstances and caste.
apartment
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From this reading You may be attacked in a middle-class apartment house, and call it various names, and it may drive you to cafe life and affinities and alimony.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Just as the body fed too long upon meat becomes a prey to that horrid disease called scurvy, so the mind fed too long upon monotony succumbs to the insidious mental ailment which the West calls “cabin fever.”
attacked
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From this reading You may be attacked in a middle-class apartment house, and call it various names, and it may drive you to cafe life and affinities and alimony.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading You may be afflicted in a palace and call it ennui, and it may drive you to commit peccadillos and indiscretions of various sorts.
becomes
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From this reading Just as the body fed too long upon meat becomes a prey to that horrid disease called scurvy, so the mind fed too long upon monotony succumbs to the insidious mental ailment which the West calls “cabin fever.”
bodynounUS /body/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Just as the body fed too long upon meat becomes a prey to that horrid disease called scurvy, so the mind fed too long upon monotony succumbs to the insidious mental ailment which the West calls “cabin fever.”
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading There is a certain malady of the mind induced by too much of one thing.
cabin
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From this reading Just as the body fed too long upon meat becomes a prey to that horrid disease called scurvy, so the mind fed too long upon monotony succumbs to the insidious mental ailment which the West calls “cabin fever.”
cafe
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From this reading You may be attacked in a middle-class apartment house, and call it various names, and it may drive you to cafe life and affinities and alimony.
call
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From this reading You may be afflicted in a palace and call it ennui, and it may drive you to commit peccadillos and indiscretions of various sorts.
called
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From this reading Just as the body fed too long upon meat becomes a prey to that horrid disease called scurvy, so the mind fed too long upon monotony succumbs to the insidious mental ailment which the West calls “cabin fever.”
calls
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From this reading Just as the body fed too long upon meat becomes a prey to that horrid disease called scurvy, so the mind fed too long upon monotony succumbs to the insidious mental ailment which the West calls “cabin fever.”
caste
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From this reading True, it parades under different names, according to circumstances and caste.
certain
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From this reading There is a certain malady of the mind induced by too much of one thing.
circumstances
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From this reading True, it parades under different names, according to circumstances and caste.
commit
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From this reading You may be afflicted in a palace and call it ennui, and it may drive you to commit peccadillos and indiscretions of various sorts.
differentnounUS /ˈdifferent/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading True, it parades under different names, according to circumstances and caste.
disease
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From this reading Just as the body fed too long upon meat becomes a prey to that horrid disease called scurvy, so the mind fed too long upon monotony succumbs to the insidious mental ailment which the West calls “cabin fever.”
drive
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From this reading You may be afflicted in a palace and call it ennui, and it may drive you to commit peccadillos and indiscretions of various sorts.
ennui
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From this reading You may be afflicted in a palace and call it ennui, and it may drive you to commit peccadillos and indiscretions of various sorts.
fed
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From this reading Just as the body fed too long upon meat becomes a prey to that horrid disease called scurvy, so the mind fed too long upon monotony succumbs to the insidious mental ailment which the West calls “cabin fever.”
fever
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From this reading Just as the body fed too long upon meat becomes a prey to that horrid disease called scurvy, so the mind fed too long upon monotony succumbs to the insidious mental ailment which the West calls “cabin fever.”
horrid
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From this reading Just as the body fed too long upon meat becomes a prey to that horrid disease called scurvy, so the mind fed too long upon monotony succumbs to the insidious mental ailment which the West calls “cabin fever.”
house
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From this reading You may be attacked in a middle-class apartment house, and call it various names, and it may drive you to cafe life and affinities and alimony.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading You may be afflicted in a palace and call it ennui, and it may drive you to commit peccadillos and indiscretions of various sorts.
indiscretions
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From this reading You may be afflicted in a palace and call it ennui, and it may drive you to commit peccadillos and indiscretions of various sorts.
induced
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From this reading There is a certain malady of the mind induced by too much of one thing.
insidious
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From this reading Just as the body fed too long upon meat becomes a prey to that horrid disease called scurvy, so the mind fed too long upon monotony succumbs to the insidious mental ailment which the West calls “cabin fever.”
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There is a certain malady of the mind induced by too much of one thing.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading True, it parades under different names, according to circumstances and caste.
Just
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From this reading Just as the body fed too long upon meat becomes a prey to that horrid disease called scurvy, so the mind fed too long upon monotony succumbs to the insidious mental ailment which the West calls “cabin fever.”
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading You may be attacked in a middle-class apartment house, and call it various names, and it may drive you to cafe life and affinities and alimony.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Just as the body fed too long upon meat becomes a prey to that horrid disease called scurvy, so the mind fed too long upon monotony succumbs to the insidious mental ailment which the West calls “cabin fever.”
malady
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From this reading There is a certain malady of the mind induced by too much of one thing.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading You may be afflicted in a palace and call it ennui, and it may drive you to commit peccadillos and indiscretions of various sorts.
meat
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From this reading Just as the body fed too long upon meat becomes a prey to that horrid disease called scurvy, so the mind fed too long upon monotony succumbs to the insidious mental ailment which the West calls “cabin fever.”
mental
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From this reading Just as the body fed too long upon meat becomes a prey to that horrid disease called scurvy, so the mind fed too long upon monotony succumbs to the insidious mental ailment which the West calls “cabin fever.”
middle-class
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From this reading You may be attacked in a middle-class apartment house, and call it various names, and it may drive you to cafe life and affinities and alimony.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There is a certain malady of the mind induced by too much of one thing.
monotony
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From this reading Just as the body fed too long upon meat becomes a prey to that horrid disease called scurvy, so the mind fed too long upon monotony succumbs to the insidious mental ailment which the West calls “cabin fever.”
much
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From this reading There is a certain malady of the mind induced by too much of one thing.
names
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From this reading True, it parades under different names, according to circumstances and caste.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There is a certain malady of the mind induced by too much of one thing.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading There is a certain malady of the mind induced by too much of one thing.
palace
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From this reading You may be afflicted in a palace and call it ennui, and it may drive you to commit peccadillos and indiscretions of various sorts.
parades
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From this reading True, it parades under different names, according to circumstances and caste.
peccadillos
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From this reading You may be afflicted in a palace and call it ennui, and it may drive you to commit peccadillos and indiscretions of various sorts.
prey
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From this reading Just as the body fed too long upon meat becomes a prey to that horrid disease called scurvy, so the mind fed too long upon monotony succumbs to the insidious mental ailment which the West calls “cabin fever.”
scurvy
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From this reading Just as the body fed too long upon meat becomes a prey to that horrid disease called scurvy, so the mind fed too long upon monotony succumbs to the insidious mental ailment which the West calls “cabin fever.”
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Just as the body fed too long upon meat becomes a prey to that horrid disease called scurvy, so the mind fed too long upon monotony succumbs to the insidious mental ailment which the West calls “cabin fever.”
sorts
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From this reading You may be afflicted in a palace and call it ennui, and it may drive you to commit peccadillos and indiscretions of various sorts.
succumbs
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From this reading Just as the body fed too long upon meat becomes a prey to that horrid disease called scurvy, so the mind fed too long upon monotony succumbs to the insidious mental ailment which the West calls “cabin fever.”
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Just as the body fed too long upon meat becomes a prey to that horrid disease called scurvy, so the mind fed too long upon monotony succumbs to the insidious mental ailment which the West calls “cabin fever.”
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There is a certain malady of the mind induced by too much of one thing.
There
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From this reading There is a certain malady of the mind induced by too much of one thing.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There is a certain malady of the mind induced by too much of one thing.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Just as the body fed too long upon meat becomes a prey to that horrid disease called scurvy, so the mind fed too long upon monotony succumbs to the insidious mental ailment which the West calls “cabin fever.”
too
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From this reading There is a certain malady of the mind induced by too much of one thing.
True
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From this reading True, it parades under different names, according to circumstances and caste.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading True, it parades under different names, according to circumstances and caste.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Just as the body fed too long upon meat becomes a prey to that horrid disease called scurvy, so the mind fed too long upon monotony succumbs to the insidious mental ailment which the West calls “cabin fever.”
various
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From this reading You may be afflicted in a palace and call it ennui, and it may drive you to commit peccadillos and indiscretions of various sorts.
West
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From this reading Just as the body fed too long upon meat becomes a prey to that horrid disease called scurvy, so the mind fed too long upon monotony succumbs to the insidious mental ailment which the West calls “cabin fever.”
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Just as the body fed too long upon meat becomes a prey to that horrid disease called scurvy, so the mind fed too long upon monotony succumbs to the insidious mental ailment which the West calls “cabin fever.”
YoupronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You may be afflicted in a palace and call it ennui, and it may drive you to commit peccadillos and indiscretions of various sorts.
