Chapter I

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading RUSSIA'S MESSAGE _By William English Walling_ THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SUPER-TRAMP _By William H. Davies_ _Preface by Bernard Shaw_ CRIMES _of_ CHARITY BY KONRAD BERCOVICI WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOHN REED NEW YORK ALFRED A. KNOPF MCMXVII _To my Naomi_ INTRODUCTION There is a literary power which might be called Russian--a style of bald narration which carries absolute conviction of human character, in simple words packed with atmosphere.

perfect or complete or pure

From this reading RUSSIA'S MESSAGE _By William English Walling_ THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SUPER-TRAMP _By William H. Davies_ _Preface by Bernard Shaw_ CRIMES _of_ CHARITY BY KONRAD BERCOVICI WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOHN REED NEW YORK ALFRED A. KNOPF MCMXVII _To my Naomi_ INTRODUCTION There is a literary power which might be called Russian--a style of bald narration which carries absolute conviction of human character, in simple words packed with atmosphere.

in the past

From this reading I read the manuscript more than a year ago, and I remember it chiefly as a series of vivid pictures--a sort of epic of our City of Dreadful Day.

king of Wessex; defeated the Vikings and encouraged writing in English (849-899)

From this reading RUSSIA'S MESSAGE _By William English Walling_ THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SUPER-TRAMP _By William H. Davies_ _Preface by Bernard Shaw_ CRIMES _of_ CHARITY BY KONRAD BERCOVICI WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOHN REED NEW YORK ALFRED A. KNOPF MCMXVII _To my Naomi_ INTRODUCTION There is a literary power which might be called Russian--a style of bald narration which carries absolute conviction of human character, in simple words packed with atmosphere.

not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something

From this reading Here we see and smell and hear the East Side; its crowded, gasping filth, the sour stench of its grinding poverty, the cries and groans and lamentations in many alien tongues of the hopeful peoples whose hope is broken in the Promised Land.

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading RUSSIA'S MESSAGE _By William English Walling_ THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SUPER-TRAMP _By William H. Davies_ _Preface by Bernard Shaw_ CRIMES _of_ CHARITY BY KONRAD BERCOVICI WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOHN REED NEW YORK ALFRED A. KNOPF MCMXVII _To my Naomi_ INTRODUCTION There is a literary power which might be called Russian--a style of bald narration which carries absolute conviction of human character, in simple words packed with atmosphere.

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

From this reading I read the manuscript more than a year ago, and I remember it chiefly as a series of vivid pictures--a sort of epic of our City of Dreadful Day.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading I read the manuscript more than a year ago, and I remember it chiefly as a series of vivid pictures--a sort of epic of our City of Dreadful Day.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Pale, undersized, violent children at play in the iron street; the brown, steamy warmth of Jewish coffee-houses on Grand Street; sick tenement rooms quivering and breathless in summer heat--starkly hungry with the December wind cutting through broken windows; poets, musicians, men and women with the blood of heroes and martyrs, babies who might grow up to be the world's great--stunted, weakened, murdered by the unfair struggle for bread.

a particular environment or surrounding influence

From this reading RUSSIA'S MESSAGE _By William English Walling_ THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SUPER-TRAMP _By William H. Davies_ _Preface by Bernard Shaw_ CRIMES _of_ CHARITY BY KONRAD BERCOVICI WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOHN REED NEW YORK ALFRED A. KNOPF MCMXVII _To my Naomi_ INTRODUCTION There is a literary power which might be called Russian--a style of bald narration which carries absolute conviction of human character, in simple words packed with atmosphere.

a biography of yourself

From this reading RUSSIA'S MESSAGE _By William English Walling_ THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SUPER-TRAMP _By William H. Davies_ _Preface by Bernard Shaw_ CRIMES _of_ CHARITY BY KONRAD BERCOVICI WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOHN REED NEW YORK ALFRED A. KNOPF MCMXVII _To my Naomi_ INTRODUCTION There is a literary power which might be called Russian--a style of bald narration which carries absolute conviction of human character, in simple words packed with atmosphere.

plural of “baby” — a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk

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with no effort to conceal

From this reading RUSSIA'S MESSAGE _By William English Walling_ THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SUPER-TRAMP _By William H. Davies_ _Preface by Bernard Shaw_ CRIMES _of_ CHARITY BY KONRAD BERCOVICI WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOHN REED NEW YORK ALFRED A. KNOPF MCMXVII _To my Naomi_ INTRODUCTION There is a literary power which might be called Russian--a style of bald narration which carries absolute conviction of human character, in simple words packed with atmosphere.

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading RUSSIA'S MESSAGE _By William English Walling_ THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SUPER-TRAMP _By William H. Davies_ _Preface by Bernard Shaw_ CRIMES _of_ CHARITY BY KONRAD BERCOVICI WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOHN REED NEW YORK ALFRED A. KNOPF MCMXVII _To my Naomi_ INTRODUCTION There is a literary power which might be called Russian--a style of bald narration which carries absolute conviction of human character, in simple words packed with atmosphere.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading RUSSIA'S MESSAGE _By William English Walling_ THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SUPER-TRAMP _By William H. Davies_ _Preface by Bernard Shaw_ CRIMES _of_ CHARITY BY KONRAD BERCOVICI WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOHN REED NEW YORK ALFRED A. KNOPF MCMXVII _To my Naomi_ INTRODUCTION There is a literary power which might be called Russian--a style of bald narration which carries absolute conviction of human character, in simple words packed with atmosphere.

French physiologist noted for research on secretions of the alimentary canal and the glycogenic function of the liver (1813-1878)

From this reading RUSSIA'S MESSAGE _By William English Walling_ THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SUPER-TRAMP _By William H. Davies_ _Preface by Bernard Shaw_ CRIMES _of_ CHARITY BY KONRAD BERCOVICI WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOHN REED NEW YORK ALFRED A. KNOPF MCMXVII _To my Naomi_ INTRODUCTION There is a literary power which might be called Russian--a style of bald narration which carries absolute conviction of human character, in simple words packed with atmosphere.

the supreme effort one can make

From this reading Only the best writers have it; this book is full of it.

The red fluid that circulates in the heart and blood vessels.

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a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)

From this reading Only the best writers have it; this book is full of it.

food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked

From this reading Pale, undersized, violent children at play in the iron street; the brown, steamy warmth of Jewish coffee-houses on Grand Street; sick tenement rooms quivering and breathless in summer heat--starkly hungry with the December wind cutting through broken windows; poets, musicians, men and women with the blood of heroes and martyrs, babies who might grow up to be the world's great--stunted, weakened, murdered by the unfair struggle for bread.

not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty

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physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split

From this reading Here we see and smell and hear the East Side; its crowded, gasping filth, the sour stench of its grinding poverty, the cries and groans and lamentations in many alien tongues of the hopeful peoples whose hope is broken in the Promised Land.

an orange of low brightness and saturation

From this reading Pale, undersized, violent children at play in the iron street; the brown, steamy warmth of Jewish coffee-houses on Grand Street; sick tenement rooms quivering and breathless in summer heat--starkly hungry with the December wind cutting through broken windows; poets, musicians, men and women with the blood of heroes and martyrs, babies who might grow up to be the world's great--stunted, weakened, murdered by the unfair struggle for bread.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading RUSSIA'S MESSAGE _By William English Walling_ THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SUPER-TRAMP _By William H. Davies_ _Preface by Bernard Shaw_ CRIMES _of_ CHARITY BY KONRAD BERCOVICI WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOHN REED NEW YORK ALFRED A. KNOPF MCMXVII _To my Naomi_ INTRODUCTION There is a literary power which might be called Russian--a style of bald narration which carries absolute conviction of human character, in simple words packed with atmosphere.

past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading RUSSIA'S MESSAGE _By William English Walling_ THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SUPER-TRAMP _By William H. Davies_ _Preface by Bernard Shaw_ CRIMES _of_ CHARITY BY KONRAD BERCOVICI WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOHN REED NEW YORK ALFRED A. KNOPF MCMXVII _To my Naomi_ INTRODUCTION There is a literary power which might be called Russian--a style of bald narration which carries absolute conviction of human character, in simple words packed with atmosphere.

plural of “carry” — the act of carrying something

From this reading RUSSIA'S MESSAGE _By William English Walling_ THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SUPER-TRAMP _By William H. Davies_ _Preface by Bernard Shaw_ CRIMES _of_ CHARITY BY KONRAD BERCOVICI WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOHN REED NEW YORK ALFRED A. KNOPF MCMXVII _To my Naomi_ INTRODUCTION There is a literary power which might be called Russian--a style of bald narration which carries absolute conviction of human character, in simple words packed with atmosphere.

an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)

From this reading RUSSIA'S MESSAGE _By William English Walling_ THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SUPER-TRAMP _By William H. Davies_ _Preface by Bernard Shaw_ CRIMES _of_ CHARITY BY KONRAD BERCOVICI WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOHN REED NEW YORK ALFRED A. KNOPF MCMXVII _To my Naomi_ INTRODUCTION There is a literary power which might be called Russian--a style of bald narration which carries absolute conviction of human character, in simple words packed with atmosphere.

a foundation created to promote the public good (not for assistance to any particular individuals)

From this reading RUSSIA'S MESSAGE _By William English Walling_ THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SUPER-TRAMP _By William H. Davies_ _Preface by Bernard Shaw_ CRIMES _of_ CHARITY BY KONRAD BERCOVICI WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOHN REED NEW YORK ALFRED A. KNOPF MCMXVII _To my Naomi_ INTRODUCTION There is a literary power which might be called Russian--a style of bald narration which carries absolute conviction of human character, in simple words packed with atmosphere.

for the most part

From this reading I read the manuscript more than a year ago, and I remember it chiefly as a series of vivid pictures--a sort of epic of our City of Dreadful Day.

plural of “child” — a young person of either sex

From this reading Pale, undersized, violent children at play in the iron street; the brown, steamy warmth of Jewish coffee-houses on Grand Street; sick tenement rooms quivering and breathless in summer heat--starkly hungry with the December wind cutting through broken windows; poets, musicians, men and women with the blood of heroes and martyrs, babies who might grow up to be the world's great--stunted, weakened, murdered by the unfair struggle for bread.

a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts

From this reading I read the manuscript more than a year ago, and I remember it chiefly as a series of vivid pictures--a sort of epic of our City of Dreadful Day.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Pale, undersized, violent children at play in the iron street; the brown, steamy warmth of Jewish coffee-houses on Grand Street; sick tenement rooms quivering and breathless in summer heat--starkly hungry with the December wind cutting through broken windows; poets, musicians, men and women with the blood of heroes and martyrs, babies who might grow up to be the world's great--stunted, weakened, murdered by the unfair struggle for bread.

an unshakable belief in something without need for proof or evidence

From this reading RUSSIA'S MESSAGE _By William English Walling_ THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SUPER-TRAMP _By William H. Davies_ _Preface by Bernard Shaw_ CRIMES _of_ CHARITY BY KONRAD BERCOVICI WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOHN REED NEW YORK ALFRED A. KNOPF MCMXVII _To my Naomi_ INTRODUCTION There is a literary power which might be called Russian--a style of bald narration which carries absolute conviction of human character, in simple words packed with atmosphere.

plural of “cry” — a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition

From this reading Here we see and smell and hear the East Side; its crowded, gasping filth, the sour stench of its grinding poverty, the cries and groans and lamentations in many alien tongues of the hopeful peoples whose hope is broken in the Promised Land.

plural of “crime” — (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act

From this reading RUSSIA'S MESSAGE _By William English Walling_ THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SUPER-TRAMP _By William H. Davies_ _Preface by Bernard Shaw_ CRIMES _of_ CHARITY BY KONRAD BERCOVICI WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOHN REED NEW YORK ALFRED A. KNOPF MCMXVII _To my Naomi_ INTRODUCTION There is a literary power which might be called Russian--a style of bald narration which carries absolute conviction of human character, in simple words packed with atmosphere.

overfilled or compacted or concentrated

From this reading Here we see and smell and hear the East Side; its crowded, gasping filth, the sour stench of its grinding poverty, the cries and groans and lamentations in many alien tongues of the hopeful peoples whose hope is broken in the Promised Land.

the activity of selecting the scenes to be shown and putting them together to create a film

From this reading Pale, undersized, violent children at play in the iron street; the brown, steamy warmth of Jewish coffee-houses on Grand Street; sick tenement rooms quivering and breathless in summer heat--starkly hungry with the December wind cutting through broken windows; poets, musicians, men and women with the blood of heroes and martyrs, babies who might grow up to be the world's great--stunted, weakened, murdered by the unfair struggle for bread.

plural of “davy” — English chemist who was a pioneer in electrochemistry and who used it to isolate elements sodium and potassium and barium and boron and calcium and magnesium and chlorine (1778-1829)

From this reading RUSSIA'S MESSAGE _By William English Walling_ THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SUPER-TRAMP _By William H. Davies_ _Preface by Bernard Shaw_ CRIMES _of_ CHARITY BY KONRAD BERCOVICI WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOHN REED NEW YORK ALFRED A. KNOPF MCMXVII _To my Naomi_ INTRODUCTION There is a literary power which might be called Russian--a style of bald narration which carries absolute conviction of human character, in simple words packed with atmosphere.

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading I read the manuscript more than a year ago, and I remember it chiefly as a series of vivid pictures--a sort of epic of our City of Dreadful Day.

the last (12th) month of the year

From this reading Pale, undersized, violent children at play in the iron street; the brown, steamy warmth of Jewish coffee-houses on Grand Street; sick tenement rooms quivering and breathless in summer heat--starkly hungry with the December wind cutting through broken windows; poets, musicians, men and women with the blood of heroes and martyrs, babies who might grow up to be the world's great--stunted, weakened, murdered by the unfair struggle for bread.

causing fear or dread or terror

From this reading I read the manuscript more than a year ago, and I remember it chiefly as a series of vivid pictures--a sort of epic of our City of Dreadful Day.

the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees

From this reading Here we see and smell and hear the East Side; its crowded, gasping filth, the sour stench of its grinding poverty, the cries and groans and lamentations in many alien tongues of the hopeful peoples whose hope is broken in the Promised Land.

an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries

From this reading RUSSIA'S MESSAGE _By William English Walling_ THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SUPER-TRAMP _By William H. Davies_ _Preface by Bernard Shaw_ CRIMES _of_ CHARITY BY KONRAD BERCOVICI WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOHN REED NEW YORK ALFRED A. KNOPF MCMXVII _To my Naomi_ INTRODUCTION There is a literary power which might be called Russian--a style of bald narration which carries absolute conviction of human character, in simple words packed with atmosphere.

very imposing or impressive; surpassing the ordinary (especially in size or scale)

From this reading I read the manuscript more than a year ago, and I remember it chiefly as a series of vivid pictures--a sort of epic of our City of Dreadful Day.

any substance considered disgustingly foul or unpleasant

From this reading Here we see and smell and hear the East Side; its crowded, gasping filth, the sour stench of its grinding poverty, the cries and groans and lamentations in many alien tongues of the hopeful peoples whose hope is broken in the Promised Land.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Pale, undersized, violent children at play in the iron street; the brown, steamy warmth of Jewish coffee-houses on Grand Street; sick tenement rooms quivering and breathless in summer heat--starkly hungry with the December wind cutting through broken windows; poets, musicians, men and women with the blood of heroes and martyrs, babies who might grow up to be the world's great--stunted, weakened, murdered by the unfair struggle for bread.

containing as much or as many as is possible or normal

From this reading Only the best writers have it; this book is full of it.

-ing form of “gasp” — breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted

From this reading Here we see and smell and hear the East Side; its crowded, gasping filth, the sour stench of its grinding poverty, the cries and groans and lamentations in many alien tongues of the hopeful peoples whose hope is broken in the Promised Land.

of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope

From this reading Pale, undersized, violent children at play in the iron street; the brown, steamy warmth of Jewish coffee-houses on Grand Street; sick tenement rooms quivering and breathless in summer heat--starkly hungry with the December wind cutting through broken windows; poets, musicians, men and women with the blood of heroes and martyrs, babies who might grow up to be the world's great--stunted, weakened, murdered by the unfair struggle for bread.

relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind

From this reading Pale, undersized, violent children at play in the iron street; the brown, steamy warmth of Jewish coffee-houses on Grand Street; sick tenement rooms quivering and breathless in summer heat--starkly hungry with the December wind cutting through broken windows; poets, musicians, men and women with the blood of heroes and martyrs, babies who might grow up to be the world's great--stunted, weakened, murdered by the unfair struggle for bread.

material resulting from the process of grinding

From this reading Here we see and smell and hear the East Side; its crowded, gasping filth, the sour stench of its grinding poverty, the cries and groans and lamentations in many alien tongues of the hopeful peoples whose hope is broken in the Promised Land.

plural of “groan” — an utterance expressing pain or disapproval

From this reading Here we see and smell and hear the East Side; its crowded, gasping filth, the sour stench of its grinding poverty, the cries and groans and lamentations in many alien tongues of the hopeful peoples whose hope is broken in the Promised Land.

pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become

From this reading Pale, undersized, violent children at play in the iron street; the brown, steamy warmth of Jewish coffee-houses on Grand Street; sick tenement rooms quivering and breathless in summer heat--starkly hungry with the December wind cutting through broken windows; poets, musicians, men and women with the blood of heroes and martyrs, babies who might grow up to be the world's great--stunted, weakened, murdered by the unfair struggle for bread.

a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas; the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe

From this reading RUSSIA'S MESSAGE _By William English Walling_ THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SUPER-TRAMP _By William H. Davies_ _Preface by Bernard Shaw_ CRIMES _of_ CHARITY BY KONRAD BERCOVICI WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOHN REED NEW YORK ALFRED A. KNOPF MCMXVII _To my Naomi_ INTRODUCTION There is a literary power which might be called Russian--a style of bald narration which carries absolute conviction of human character, in simple words packed with atmosphere.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading Only the best writers have it; this book is full of it.

perceive (sound) via the auditory sense

From this reading Here we see and smell and hear the East Side; its crowded, gasping filth, the sour stench of its grinding poverty, the cries and groans and lamentations in many alien tongues of the hopeful peoples whose hope is broken in the Promised Land.

a form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature

From this reading Pale, undersized, violent children at play in the iron street; the brown, steamy warmth of Jewish coffee-houses on Grand Street; sick tenement rooms quivering and breathless in summer heat--starkly hungry with the December wind cutting through broken windows; poets, musicians, men and women with the blood of heroes and martyrs, babies who might grow up to be the world's great--stunted, weakened, murdered by the unfair struggle for bread.

in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is

From this reading Here we see and smell and hear the East Side; its crowded, gasping filth, the sour stench of its grinding poverty, the cries and groans and lamentations in many alien tongues of the hopeful peoples whose hope is broken in the Promised Land.

plural of “hero” — a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength

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a specific instance of feeling hopeful

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having or manifesting hope

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characteristic of humanity

From this reading RUSSIA'S MESSAGE _By William English Walling_ THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SUPER-TRAMP _By William H. Davies_ _Preface by Bernard Shaw_ CRIMES _of_ CHARITY BY KONRAD BERCOVICI WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOHN REED NEW YORK ALFRED A. KNOPF MCMXVII _To my Naomi_ INTRODUCTION There is a literary power which might be called Russian--a style of bald narration which carries absolute conviction of human character, in simple words packed with atmosphere.

feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food

From this reading Pale, undersized, violent children at play in the iron street; the brown, steamy warmth of Jewish coffee-houses on Grand Street; sick tenement rooms quivering and breathless in summer heat--starkly hungry with the December wind cutting through broken windows; poets, musicians, men and women with the blood of heroes and martyrs, babies who might grow up to be the world's great--stunted, weakened, murdered by the unfair struggle for bread.

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading I read the manuscript more than a year ago, and I remember it chiefly as a series of vivid pictures--a sort of epic of our City of Dreadful Day.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading RUSSIA'S MESSAGE _By William English Walling_ THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SUPER-TRAMP _By William H. Davies_ _Preface by Bernard Shaw_ CRIMES _of_ CHARITY BY KONRAD BERCOVICI WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOHN REED NEW YORK ALFRED A. KNOPF MCMXVII _To my Naomi_ INTRODUCTION There is a literary power which might be called Russian--a style of bald narration which carries absolute conviction of human character, in simple words packed with atmosphere.

the act of beginning something new

From this reading RUSSIA'S MESSAGE _By William English Walling_ THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SUPER-TRAMP _By William H. Davies_ _Preface by Bernard Shaw_ CRIMES _of_ CHARITY BY KONRAD BERCOVICI WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOHN REED NEW YORK ALFRED A. KNOPF MCMXVII _To my Naomi_ INTRODUCTION There is a literary power which might be called Russian--a style of bald narration which carries absolute conviction of human character, in simple words packed with atmosphere.

a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood

From this reading Pale, undersized, violent children at play in the iron street; the brown, steamy warmth of Jewish coffee-houses on Grand Street; sick tenement rooms quivering and breathless in summer heat--starkly hungry with the December wind cutting through broken windows; poets, musicians, men and women with the blood of heroes and martyrs, babies who might grow up to be the world's great--stunted, weakened, murdered by the unfair struggle for bread.

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

From this reading RUSSIA'S MESSAGE _By William English Walling_ THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SUPER-TRAMP _By William H. Davies_ _Preface by Bernard Shaw_ CRIMES _of_ CHARITY BY KONRAD BERCOVICI WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOHN REED NEW YORK ALFRED A. KNOPF MCMXVII _To my Naomi_ INTRODUCTION There is a literary power which might be called Russian--a style of bald narration which carries absolute conviction of human character, in simple words packed with atmosphere.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Only the best writers have it; this book is full of it.

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading Here we see and smell and hear the East Side; its crowded, gasping filth, the sour stench of its grinding poverty, the cries and groans and lamentations in many alien tongues of the hopeful peoples whose hope is broken in the Promised Land.

of or relating to Jews or their culture or religion

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a room or building equipped with one or more toilets

From this reading RUSSIA'S MESSAGE _By William English Walling_ THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SUPER-TRAMP _By William H. Davies_ _Preface by Bernard Shaw_ CRIMES _of_ CHARITY BY KONRAD BERCOVICI WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOHN REED NEW YORK ALFRED A. KNOPF MCMXVII _To my Naomi_ INTRODUCTION There is a literary power which might be called Russian--a style of bald narration which carries absolute conviction of human character, in simple words packed with atmosphere.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading RUSSIA'S MESSAGE _By William English Walling_ THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SUPER-TRAMP _By William H. Davies_ _Preface by Bernard Shaw_ CRIMES _of_ CHARITY BY KONRAD BERCOVICI WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOHN REED NEW YORK ALFRED A. KNOPF MCMXVII _To my Naomi_ INTRODUCTION There is a literary power which might be called Russian--a style of bald narration which carries absolute conviction of human character, in simple words packed with atmosphere.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading RUSSIA'S MESSAGE _By William English Walling_ THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SUPER-TRAMP _By William H. Davies_ _Preface by Bernard Shaw_ CRIMES _of_ CHARITY BY KONRAD BERCOVICI WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOHN REED NEW YORK ALFRED A. KNOPF MCMXVII _To my Naomi_ INTRODUCTION There is a literary power which might be called Russian--a style of bald narration which carries absolute conviction of human character, in simple words packed with atmosphere.

an Old Testament book lamenting the desolation of Judah after the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BC; traditionally attributed to the prophet Jeremiah

From this reading Here we see and smell and hear the East Side; its crowded, gasping filth, the sour stench of its grinding poverty, the cries and groans and lamentations in many alien tongues of the hopeful peoples whose hope is broken in the Promised Land.

the land on which real estate is located

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of or relating to or characteristic of literature

From this reading RUSSIA'S MESSAGE _By William English Walling_ THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SUPER-TRAMP _By William H. Davies_ _Preface by Bernard Shaw_ CRIMES _of_ CHARITY BY KONRAD BERCOVICI WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOHN REED NEW YORK ALFRED A. KNOPF MCMXVII _To my Naomi_ INTRODUCTION There is a literary power which might be called Russian--a style of bald narration which carries absolute conviction of human character, in simple words packed with atmosphere.

A book, document, or piece of music written by hand rather than typed or printed.

From this reading I read the manuscript more than a year ago, and I remember it chiefly as a series of vivid pictures--a sort of epic of our City of Dreadful Day.

a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number

From this reading Here we see and smell and hear the East Side; its crowded, gasping filth, the sour stench of its grinding poverty, the cries and groans and lamentations in many alien tongues of the hopeful peoples whose hope is broken in the Promised Land.

plural of “martyr” — one who suffers for the sake of principle

From this reading Pale, undersized, violent children at play in the iron street; the brown, steamy warmth of Jewish coffee-houses on Grand Street; sick tenement rooms quivering and breathless in summer heat--starkly hungry with the December wind cutting through broken windows; poets, musicians, men and women with the blood of heroes and martyrs, babies who might grow up to be the world's great--stunted, weakened, murdered by the unfair struggle for bread.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading RUSSIA'S MESSAGE _By William English Walling_ THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SUPER-TRAMP _By William H. Davies_ _Preface by Bernard Shaw_ CRIMES _of_ CHARITY BY KONRAD BERCOVICI WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOHN REED NEW YORK ALFRED A. KNOPF MCMXVII _To my Naomi_ INTRODUCTION There is a literary power which might be called Russian--a style of bald narration which carries absolute conviction of human character, in simple words packed with atmosphere.

the force of workers available

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a communication (usually brief) that is written or spoken or signaled

From this reading RUSSIA'S MESSAGE _By William English Walling_ THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SUPER-TRAMP _By William H. Davies_ _Preface by Bernard Shaw_ CRIMES _of_ CHARITY BY KONRAD BERCOVICI WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOHN REED NEW YORK ALFRED A. KNOPF MCMXVII _To my Naomi_ INTRODUCTION There is a literary power which might be called Russian--a style of bald narration which carries absolute conviction of human character, in simple words packed with atmosphere.

used to say something is possible but not certain

From this reading RUSSIA'S MESSAGE _By William English Walling_ THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SUPER-TRAMP _By William H. Davies_ _Preface by Bernard Shaw_ CRIMES _of_ CHARITY BY KONRAD BERCOVICI WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOHN REED NEW YORK ALFRED A. KNOPF MCMXVII _To my Naomi_ INTRODUCTION There is a literary power which might be called Russian--a style of bald narration which carries absolute conviction of human character, in simple words packed with atmosphere.

(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree

From this reading I read the manuscript more than a year ago, and I remember it chiefly as a series of vivid pictures--a sort of epic of our City of Dreadful Day.

killed unlawfully

From this reading Pale, undersized, violent children at play in the iron street; the brown, steamy warmth of Jewish coffee-houses on Grand Street; sick tenement rooms quivering and breathless in summer heat--starkly hungry with the December wind cutting through broken windows; poets, musicians, men and women with the blood of heroes and martyrs, babies who might grow up to be the world's great--stunted, weakened, murdered by the unfair struggle for bread.

plural of “musician” — someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession)

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belonging to the person speaking

From this reading RUSSIA'S MESSAGE _By William English Walling_ THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SUPER-TRAMP _By William H. Davies_ _Preface by Bernard Shaw_ CRIMES _of_ CHARITY BY KONRAD BERCOVICI WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOHN REED NEW YORK ALFRED A. KNOPF MCMXVII _To my Naomi_ INTRODUCTION There is a literary power which might be called Russian--a style of bald narration which carries absolute conviction of human character, in simple words packed with atmosphere.

the mother-in-law of Ruth whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament

From this reading RUSSIA'S MESSAGE _By William English Walling_ THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SUPER-TRAMP _By William H. Davies_ _Preface by Bernard Shaw_ CRIMES _of_ CHARITY BY KONRAD BERCOVICI WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOHN REED NEW YORK ALFRED A. KNOPF MCMXVII _To my Naomi_ INTRODUCTION There is a literary power which might be called Russian--a style of bald narration which carries absolute conviction of human character, in simple words packed with atmosphere.

a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program

From this reading RUSSIA'S MESSAGE _By William English Walling_ THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SUPER-TRAMP _By William H. Davies_ _Preface by Bernard Shaw_ CRIMES _of_ CHARITY BY KONRAD BERCOVICI WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOHN REED NEW YORK ALFRED A. KNOPF MCMXVII _To my Naomi_ INTRODUCTION There is a literary power which might be called Russian--a style of bald narration which carries absolute conviction of human character, in simple words packed with atmosphere.

not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered

From this reading RUSSIA'S MESSAGE _By William English Walling_ THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SUPER-TRAMP _By William H. Davies_ _Preface by Bernard Shaw_ CRIMES _of_ CHARITY BY KONRAD BERCOVICI WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOHN REED NEW YORK ALFRED A. KNOPF MCMXVII _To my Naomi_ INTRODUCTION There is a literary power which might be called Russian--a style of bald narration which carries absolute conviction of human character, in simple words packed with atmosphere.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading RUSSIA'S MESSAGE _By William English Walling_ THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SUPER-TRAMP _By William H. Davies_ _Preface by Bernard Shaw_ CRIMES _of_ CHARITY BY KONRAD BERCOVICI WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOHN REED NEW YORK ALFRED A. KNOPF MCMXVII _To my Naomi_ INTRODUCTION There is a literary power which might be called Russian--a style of bald narration which carries absolute conviction of human character, in simple words packed with atmosphere.

touching and supported by a surface

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and nothing more

From this reading Only the best writers have it; this book is full of it.

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading I read the manuscript more than a year ago, and I remember it chiefly as a series of vivid pictures--a sort of epic of our City of Dreadful Day.

extremely crowed or filled to capacity

From this reading RUSSIA'S MESSAGE _By William English Walling_ THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SUPER-TRAMP _By William H. Davies_ _Preface by Bernard Shaw_ CRIMES _of_ CHARITY BY KONRAD BERCOVICI WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOHN REED NEW YORK ALFRED A. KNOPF MCMXVII _To my Naomi_ INTRODUCTION There is a literary power which might be called Russian--a style of bald narration which carries absolute conviction of human character, in simple words packed with atmosphere.

very light colored; highly diluted with white

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the human beings of a particular nation or community or ethnic group

From this reading Here we see and smell and hear the East Side; its crowded, gasping filth, the sour stench of its grinding poverty, the cries and groans and lamentations in many alien tongues of the hopeful peoples whose hope is broken in the Promised Land.

plural of “picture” — a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface

From this reading I read the manuscript more than a year ago, and I remember it chiefly as a series of vivid pictures--a sort of epic of our City of Dreadful Day.

participate in games or sport

From this reading Pale, undersized, violent children at play in the iron street; the brown, steamy warmth of Jewish coffee-houses on Grand Street; sick tenement rooms quivering and breathless in summer heat--starkly hungry with the December wind cutting through broken windows; poets, musicians, men and women with the blood of heroes and martyrs, babies who might grow up to be the world's great--stunted, weakened, murdered by the unfair struggle for bread.

plural of “poet” — a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)

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the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions

From this reading Here we see and smell and hear the East Side; its crowded, gasping filth, the sour stench of its grinding poverty, the cries and groans and lamentations in many alien tongues of the hopeful peoples whose hope is broken in the Promised Land.

possession of controlling influence

From this reading RUSSIA'S MESSAGE _By William English Walling_ THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SUPER-TRAMP _By William H. Davies_ _Preface by Bernard Shaw_ CRIMES _of_ CHARITY BY KONRAD BERCOVICI WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOHN REED NEW YORK ALFRED A. KNOPF MCMXVII _To my Naomi_ INTRODUCTION There is a literary power which might be called Russian--a style of bald narration which carries absolute conviction of human character, in simple words packed with atmosphere.

a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book

From this reading RUSSIA'S MESSAGE _By William English Walling_ THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SUPER-TRAMP _By William H. Davies_ _Preface by Bernard Shaw_ CRIMES _of_ CHARITY BY KONRAD BERCOVICI WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOHN REED NEW YORK ALFRED A. KNOPF MCMXVII _To my Naomi_ INTRODUCTION There is a literary power which might be called Russian--a style of bald narration which carries absolute conviction of human character, in simple words packed with atmosphere.

past form of “promise” — make a promise or commitment

From this reading Here we see and smell and hear the East Side; its crowded, gasping filth, the sour stench of its grinding poverty, the cries and groans and lamentations in many alien tongues of the hopeful peoples whose hope is broken in the Promised Land.

a shaky motion

From this reading Pale, undersized, violent children at play in the iron street; the brown, steamy warmth of Jewish coffee-houses on Grand Street; sick tenement rooms quivering and breathless in summer heat--starkly hungry with the December wind cutting through broken windows; poets, musicians, men and women with the blood of heroes and martyrs, babies who might grow up to be the world's great--stunted, weakened, murdered by the unfair struggle for bread.

interpret something that is written or printed

From this reading I read the manuscript more than a year ago, and I remember it chiefly as a series of vivid pictures--a sort of epic of our City of Dreadful Day.

tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites

From this reading RUSSIA'S MESSAGE _By William English Walling_ THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SUPER-TRAMP _By William H. Davies_ _Preface by Bernard Shaw_ CRIMES _of_ CHARITY BY KONRAD BERCOVICI WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOHN REED NEW YORK ALFRED A. KNOPF MCMXVII _To my Naomi_ INTRODUCTION There is a literary power which might be called Russian--a style of bald narration which carries absolute conviction of human character, in simple words packed with atmosphere.

To recall to mind.

From this reading I read the manuscript more than a year ago, and I remember it chiefly as a series of vivid pictures--a sort of epic of our City of Dreadful Day.

apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel)

From this reading Pale, undersized, violent children at play in the iron street; the brown, steamy warmth of Jewish coffee-houses on Grand Street; sick tenement rooms quivering and breathless in summer heat--starkly hungry with the December wind cutting through broken windows; poets, musicians, men and women with the blood of heroes and martyrs, babies who might grow up to be the world's great--stunted, weakened, murdered by the unfair struggle for bread.

possessive form of “russia” — a former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia; established in 1922; included Russia and 14 other soviet socialist republics (Ukraine and Byelorussia and others); officially dissolved 31 December 1991

From this reading RUSSIA'S MESSAGE _By William English Walling_ THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SUPER-TRAMP _By William H. Davies_ _Preface by Bernard Shaw_ CRIMES _of_ CHARITY BY KONRAD BERCOVICI WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOHN REED NEW YORK ALFRED A. KNOPF MCMXVII _To my Naomi_ INTRODUCTION There is a literary power which might be called Russian--a style of bald narration which carries absolute conviction of human character, in simple words packed with atmosphere.

a native or inhabitant of Russia

From this reading RUSSIA'S MESSAGE _By William English Walling_ THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SUPER-TRAMP _By William H. Davies_ _Preface by Bernard Shaw_ CRIMES _of_ CHARITY BY KONRAD BERCOVICI WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOHN REED NEW YORK ALFRED A. KNOPF MCMXVII _To my Naomi_ INTRODUCTION There is a literary power which might be called Russian--a style of bald narration which carries absolute conviction of human character, in simple words packed with atmosphere.

perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading Here we see and smell and hear the East Side; its crowded, gasping filth, the sour stench of its grinding poverty, the cries and groans and lamentations in many alien tongues of the hopeful peoples whose hope is broken in the Promised Land.

similar things placed in order or happening one after another

From this reading I read the manuscript more than a year ago, and I remember it chiefly as a series of vivid pictures--a sort of epic of our City of Dreadful Day.

United States clarinetist and leader of a swing band (1910-2004)

From this reading RUSSIA'S MESSAGE _By William English Walling_ THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SUPER-TRAMP _By William H. Davies_ _Preface by Bernard Shaw_ CRIMES _of_ CHARITY BY KONRAD BERCOVICI WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOHN REED NEW YORK ALFRED A. KNOPF MCMXVII _To my Naomi_ INTRODUCTION There is a literary power which might be called Russian--a style of bald narration which carries absolute conviction of human character, in simple words packed with atmosphere.

affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function

From this reading Pale, undersized, violent children at play in the iron street; the brown, steamy warmth of Jewish coffee-houses on Grand Street; sick tenement rooms quivering and breathless in summer heat--starkly hungry with the December wind cutting through broken windows; poets, musicians, men and women with the blood of heroes and martyrs, babies who might grow up to be the world's great--stunted, weakened, murdered by the unfair struggle for bread.

a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location

From this reading Here we see and smell and hear the East Side; its crowded, gasping filth, the sour stench of its grinding poverty, the cries and groans and lamentations in many alien tongues of the hopeful peoples whose hope is broken in the Promised Land.

having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved

From this reading RUSSIA'S MESSAGE _By William English Walling_ THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SUPER-TRAMP _By William H. Davies_ _Preface by Bernard Shaw_ CRIMES _of_ CHARITY BY KONRAD BERCOVICI WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOHN REED NEW YORK ALFRED A. KNOPF MCMXVII _To my Naomi_ INTRODUCTION There is a literary power which might be called Russian--a style of bald narration which carries absolute conviction of human character, in simple words packed with atmosphere.

the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form

From this reading Here we see and smell and hear the East Side; its crowded, gasping filth, the sour stench of its grinding poverty, the cries and groans and lamentations in many alien tongues of the hopeful peoples whose hope is broken in the Promised Land.

a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality

From this reading I read the manuscript more than a year ago, and I remember it chiefly as a series of vivid pictures--a sort of epic of our City of Dreadful Day.

go sour or spoil

From this reading Here we see and smell and hear the East Side; its crowded, gasping filth, the sour stench of its grinding poverty, the cries and groans and lamentations in many alien tongues of the hopeful peoples whose hope is broken in the Promised Land.

in a stark manner

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filled with steam or emitting moisture in the form of vapor or mist

From this reading Pale, undersized, violent children at play in the iron street; the brown, steamy warmth of Jewish coffee-houses on Grand Street; sick tenement rooms quivering and breathless in summer heat--starkly hungry with the December wind cutting through broken windows; poets, musicians, men and women with the blood of heroes and martyrs, babies who might grow up to be the world's great--stunted, weakened, murdered by the unfair struggle for bread.

a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant

From this reading Here we see and smell and hear the East Side; its crowded, gasping filth, the sour stench of its grinding poverty, the cries and groans and lamentations in many alien tongues of the hopeful peoples whose hope is broken in the Promised Land.

a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings

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make a strenuous or labored effort

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inferior in size or quality

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how something is done or how it happens

From this reading RUSSIA'S MESSAGE _By William English Walling_ THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SUPER-TRAMP _By William H. Davies_ _Preface by Bernard Shaw_ CRIMES _of_ CHARITY BY KONRAD BERCOVICI WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOHN REED NEW YORK ALFRED A. KNOPF MCMXVII _To my Naomi_ INTRODUCTION There is a literary power which might be called Russian--a style of bald narration which carries absolute conviction of human character, in simple words packed with atmosphere.

the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox

From this reading Pale, undersized, violent children at play in the iron street; the brown, steamy warmth of Jewish coffee-houses on Grand Street; sick tenement rooms quivering and breathless in summer heat--starkly hungry with the December wind cutting through broken windows; poets, musicians, men and women with the blood of heroes and martyrs, babies who might grow up to be the world's great--stunted, weakened, murdered by the unfair struggle for bread.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading RUSSIA'S MESSAGE _By William English Walling_ THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SUPER-TRAMP _By William H. Davies_ _Preface by Bernard Shaw_ CRIMES _of_ CHARITY BY KONRAD BERCOVICI WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOHN REED NEW YORK ALFRED A. KNOPF MCMXVII _To my Naomi_ INTRODUCTION There is a literary power which might be called Russian--a style of bald narration which carries absolute conviction of human character, in simple words packed with atmosphere.

a run-down apartment house barely meeting minimal standards

From this reading Pale, undersized, violent children at play in the iron street; the brown, steamy warmth of Jewish coffee-houses on Grand Street; sick tenement rooms quivering and breathless in summer heat--starkly hungry with the December wind cutting through broken windows; poets, musicians, men and women with the blood of heroes and martyrs, babies who might grow up to be the world's great--stunted, weakened, murdered by the unfair struggle for bread.

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading I read the manuscript more than a year ago, and I remember it chiefly as a series of vivid pictures--a sort of epic of our City of Dreadful Day.

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

From this reading RUSSIA'S MESSAGE _By William English Walling_ THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SUPER-TRAMP _By William H. Davies_ _Preface by Bernard Shaw_ CRIMES _of_ CHARITY BY KONRAD BERCOVICI WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOHN REED NEW YORK ALFRED A. KNOPF MCMXVII _To my Naomi_ INTRODUCTION There is a literary power which might be called Russian--a style of bald narration which carries absolute conviction of human character, in simple words packed with atmosphere.

in or at that place or location

From this reading RUSSIA'S MESSAGE _By William English Walling_ THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SUPER-TRAMP _By William H. Davies_ _Preface by Bernard Shaw_ CRIMES _of_ CHARITY BY KONRAD BERCOVICI WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOHN REED NEW YORK ALFRED A. KNOPF MCMXVII _To my Naomi_ INTRODUCTION There is a literary power which might be called Russian--a style of bald narration which carries absolute conviction of human character, in simple words packed with atmosphere.

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading Only the best writers have it; this book is full of it.

from one end or side of something to the other

From this reading Pale, undersized, violent children at play in the iron street; the brown, steamy warmth of Jewish coffee-houses on Grand Street; sick tenement rooms quivering and breathless in summer heat--starkly hungry with the December wind cutting through broken windows; poets, musicians, men and women with the blood of heroes and martyrs, babies who might grow up to be the world's great--stunted, weakened, murdered by the unfair struggle for bread.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading RUSSIA'S MESSAGE _By William English Walling_ THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SUPER-TRAMP _By William H. Davies_ _Preface by Bernard Shaw_ CRIMES _of_ CHARITY BY KONRAD BERCOVICI WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOHN REED NEW YORK ALFRED A. KNOPF MCMXVII _To my Naomi_ INTRODUCTION There is a literary power which might be called Russian--a style of bald narration which carries absolute conviction of human character, in simple words packed with atmosphere.

plural of “tongue” — a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity

From this reading Here we see and smell and hear the East Side; its crowded, gasping filth, the sour stench of its grinding poverty, the cries and groans and lamentations in many alien tongues of the hopeful peoples whose hope is broken in the Promised Land.

smaller than normal for its kind

From this reading Pale, undersized, violent children at play in the iron street; the brown, steamy warmth of Jewish coffee-houses on Grand Street; sick tenement rooms quivering and breathless in summer heat--starkly hungry with the December wind cutting through broken windows; poets, musicians, men and women with the blood of heroes and martyrs, babies who might grow up to be the world's great--stunted, weakened, murdered by the unfair struggle for bread.

not fair; marked by injustice or partiality or deception

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being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

From this reading Pale, undersized, violent children at play in the iron street; the brown, steamy warmth of Jewish coffee-houses on Grand Street; sick tenement rooms quivering and breathless in summer heat--starkly hungry with the December wind cutting through broken windows; poets, musicians, men and women with the blood of heroes and martyrs, babies who might grow up to be the world's great--stunted, weakened, murdered by the unfair struggle for bread.

acting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensity

From this reading Pale, undersized, violent children at play in the iron street; the brown, steamy warmth of Jewish coffee-houses on Grand Street; sick tenement rooms quivering and breathless in summer heat--starkly hungry with the December wind cutting through broken windows; poets, musicians, men and women with the blood of heroes and martyrs, babies who might grow up to be the world's great--stunted, weakened, murdered by the unfair struggle for bread.

evoking lifelike images within the mind

From this reading I read the manuscript more than a year ago, and I remember it chiefly as a series of vivid pictures--a sort of epic of our City of Dreadful Day.

-ing form of “wall” — surround with a wall in order to fortify

From this reading RUSSIA'S MESSAGE _By William English Walling_ THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SUPER-TRAMP _By William H. Davies_ _Preface by Bernard Shaw_ CRIMES _of_ CHARITY BY KONRAD BERCOVICI WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOHN REED NEW YORK ALFRED A. KNOPF MCMXVII _To my Naomi_ INTRODUCTION There is a literary power which might be called Russian--a style of bald narration which carries absolute conviction of human character, in simple words packed with atmosphere.

the sensation caused by heat energy

From this reading Pale, undersized, violent children at play in the iron street; the brown, steamy warmth of Jewish coffee-houses on Grand Street; sick tenement rooms quivering and breathless in summer heat--starkly hungry with the December wind cutting through broken windows; poets, musicians, men and women with the blood of heroes and martyrs, babies who might grow up to be the world's great--stunted, weakened, murdered by the unfair struggle for bread.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading Here we see and smell and hear the East Side; its crowded, gasping filth, the sour stench of its grinding poverty, the cries and groans and lamentations in many alien tongues of the hopeful peoples whose hope is broken in the Promised Land.

impaired by diminution

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used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading RUSSIA'S MESSAGE _By William English Walling_ THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SUPER-TRAMP _By William H. Davies_ _Preface by Bernard Shaw_ CRIMES _of_ CHARITY BY KONRAD BERCOVICI WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOHN REED NEW YORK ALFRED A. KNOPF MCMXVII _To my Naomi_ INTRODUCTION There is a literary power which might be called Russian--a style of bald narration which carries absolute conviction of human character, in simple words packed with atmosphere.

which person or people

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belonging to which person

From this reading Here we see and smell and hear the East Side; its crowded, gasping filth, the sour stench of its grinding poverty, the cries and groans and lamentations in many alien tongues of the hopeful peoples whose hope is broken in the Promised Land.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading RUSSIA'S MESSAGE _By William English Walling_ THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SUPER-TRAMP _By William H. Davies_ _Preface by Bernard Shaw_ CRIMES _of_ CHARITY BY KONRAD BERCOVICI WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOHN REED NEW YORK ALFRED A. KNOPF MCMXVII _To my Naomi_ INTRODUCTION There is a literary power which might be called Russian--a style of bald narration which carries absolute conviction of human character, in simple words packed with atmosphere.

air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure

From this reading Pale, undersized, violent children at play in the iron street; the brown, steamy warmth of Jewish coffee-houses on Grand Street; sick tenement rooms quivering and breathless in summer heat--starkly hungry with the December wind cutting through broken windows; poets, musicians, men and women with the blood of heroes and martyrs, babies who might grow up to be the world's great--stunted, weakened, murdered by the unfair struggle for bread.

(trademark) an operating system with a graphical user interface

From this reading Pale, undersized, violent children at play in the iron street; the brown, steamy warmth of Jewish coffee-houses on Grand Street; sick tenement rooms quivering and breathless in summer heat--starkly hungry with the December wind cutting through broken windows; poets, musicians, men and women with the blood of heroes and martyrs, babies who might grow up to be the world's great--stunted, weakened, murdered by the unfair struggle for bread.

in the company of; together with

From this reading RUSSIA'S MESSAGE _By William English Walling_ THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SUPER-TRAMP _By William H. Davies_ _Preface by Bernard Shaw_ CRIMES _of_ CHARITY BY KONRAD BERCOVICI WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOHN REED NEW YORK ALFRED A. KNOPF MCMXVII _To my Naomi_ INTRODUCTION There is a literary power which might be called Russian--a style of bald narration which carries absolute conviction of human character, in simple words packed with atmosphere.

plural of “woman” — an adult female person (as opposed to a man)

From this reading Pale, undersized, violent children at play in the iron street; the brown, steamy warmth of Jewish coffee-houses on Grand Street; sick tenement rooms quivering and breathless in summer heat--starkly hungry with the December wind cutting through broken windows; poets, musicians, men and women with the blood of heroes and martyrs, babies who might grow up to be the world's great--stunted, weakened, murdered by the unfair struggle for bread.

the words that are spoken

From this reading RUSSIA'S MESSAGE _By William English Walling_ THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SUPER-TRAMP _By William H. Davies_ _Preface by Bernard Shaw_ CRIMES _of_ CHARITY BY KONRAD BERCOVICI WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOHN REED NEW YORK ALFRED A. KNOPF MCMXVII _To my Naomi_ INTRODUCTION There is a literary power which might be called Russian--a style of bald narration which carries absolute conviction of human character, in simple words packed with atmosphere.

possessive form of “world” — everything that exists anywhere

From this reading Pale, undersized, violent children at play in the iron street; the brown, steamy warmth of Jewish coffee-houses on Grand Street; sick tenement rooms quivering and breathless in summer heat--starkly hungry with the December wind cutting through broken windows; poets, musicians, men and women with the blood of heroes and martyrs, babies who might grow up to be the world's great--stunted, weakened, murdered by the unfair struggle for bread.

plural of “writer” — writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)

From this reading Only the best writers have it; this book is full of it.

a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days

From this reading I read the manuscript more than a year ago, and I remember it chiefly as a series of vivid pictures--a sort of epic of our City of Dreadful Day.

the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose

From this reading RUSSIA'S MESSAGE _By William English Walling_ THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SUPER-TRAMP _By William H. Davies_ _Preface by Bernard Shaw_ CRIMES _of_ CHARITY BY KONRAD BERCOVICI WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOHN REED NEW YORK ALFRED A. KNOPF MCMXVII _To my Naomi_ INTRODUCTION There is a literary power which might be called Russian--a style of bald narration which carries absolute conviction of human character, in simple words packed with atmosphere.