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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 The dust which no one needs or notices; the mock farina which flies out from under the two revolving circles of the grindstones; the impalpable cloud which goes forth to gleam golden in the sun a moment, and then is scattered--on the wind, into the water, up in the sunlight, down in the mud.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading Only the dust: a mote in the air; a speck in the light; a black spot in the living daytime; a colorless atom in the immensity of the atmosphere, borne up one instant to gleam against the sky, dropped down the next to lie in a fetid ditch.
air
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From this reading Only the dust: a mote in the air; a speck in the light; a black spot in the living daytime; a colorless atom in the immensity of the atmosphere, borne up one instant to gleam against the sky, dropped down the next to lie in a fetid ditch.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The dust which no one needs or notices; the mock farina which flies out from under the two revolving circles of the grindstones; the impalpable cloud which goes forth to gleam golden in the sun a moment, and then is scattered--on the wind, into the water, up in the sunlight, down in the mud.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Not the wheat itself; not even so much as the chaff; only the dust from the corn.
atmosphere
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From this reading Only the dust: a mote in the air; a speck in the light; a black spot in the living daytime; a colorless atom in the immensity of the atmosphere, borne up one instant to gleam against the sky, dropped down the next to lie in a fetid ditch.
atom
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From this reading Only the dust: a mote in the air; a speck in the light; a black spot in the living daytime; a colorless atom in the immensity of the atmosphere, borne up one instant to gleam against the sky, dropped down the next to lie in a fetid ditch.
avers
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From this reading Only the dust: the dust that flows out from between the grindstones, grinding exceeding hard and small, as the religion which calls itself Love avers that its God does grind the world.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading Only the dust: the dust that flows out from between the grindstones, grinding exceeding hard and small, as the religion which calls itself Love avers that its God does grind the world.
black
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From this reading Only the dust: a mote in the air; a speck in the light; a black spot in the living daytime; a colorless atom in the immensity of the atmosphere, borne up one instant to gleam against the sky, dropped down the next to lie in a fetid ditch.
borne
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From this reading Only the dust: a mote in the air; a speck in the light; a black spot in the living daytime; a colorless atom in the immensity of the atmosphere, borne up one instant to gleam against the sky, dropped down the next to lie in a fetid ditch.
calls
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From this reading Only the dust: the dust that flows out from between the grindstones, grinding exceeding hard and small, as the religion which calls itself Love avers that its God does grind the world.
cares
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From this reading What matters? who cares?
chaff
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From this reading Not the wheat itself; not even so much as the chaff; only the dust from the corn.
circles
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From this reading The dust which no one needs or notices; the mock farina which flies out from under the two revolving circles of the grindstones; the impalpable cloud which goes forth to gleam golden in the sun a moment, and then is scattered--on the wind, into the water, up in the sunlight, down in the mud.
cloud
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From this reading The dust which no one needs or notices; the mock farina which flies out from under the two revolving circles of the grindstones; the impalpable cloud which goes forth to gleam golden in the sun a moment, and then is scattered--on the wind, into the water, up in the sunlight, down in the mud.
colorless
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From this reading Only the dust: a mote in the air; a speck in the light; a black spot in the living daytime; a colorless atom in the immensity of the atmosphere, borne up one instant to gleam against the sky, dropped down the next to lie in a fetid ditch.
corn
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From this reading Not the wheat itself; not even so much as the chaff; only the dust from the corn.
daytime
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From this reading Only the dust: a mote in the air; a speck in the light; a black spot in the living daytime; a colorless atom in the immensity of the atmosphere, borne up one instant to gleam against the sky, dropped down the next to lie in a fetid ditch.
ditch
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From this reading Only the dust: a mote in the air; a speck in the light; a black spot in the living daytime; a colorless atom in the immensity of the atmosphere, borne up one instant to gleam against the sky, dropped down the next to lie in a fetid ditch.
doesauxiliary verbUS /dʌz/
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Only the dust: the dust that flows out from between the grindstones, grinding exceeding hard and small, as the religion which calls itself Love avers that its God does grind the world.
down
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From this reading The dust which no one needs or notices; the mock farina which flies out from under the two revolving circles of the grindstones; the impalpable cloud which goes forth to gleam golden in the sun a moment, and then is scattered--on the wind, into the water, up in the sunlight, down in the mud.
dropped
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From this reading Only the dust: a mote in the air; a speck in the light; a black spot in the living daytime; a colorless atom in the immensity of the atmosphere, borne up one instant to gleam against the sky, dropped down the next to lie in a fetid ditch.
dust
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From this reading Not the wheat itself; not even so much as the chaff; only the dust from the corn.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Not the wheat itself; not even so much as the chaff; only the dust from the corn.
exceeding
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From this reading Only the dust: the dust that flows out from between the grindstones, grinding exceeding hard and small, as the religion which calls itself Love avers that its God does grind the world.
farina
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From this reading The dust which no one needs or notices; the mock farina which flies out from under the two revolving circles of the grindstones; the impalpable cloud which goes forth to gleam golden in the sun a moment, and then is scattered--on the wind, into the water, up in the sunlight, down in the mud.
fetid
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From this reading Only the dust: a mote in the air; a speck in the light; a black spot in the living daytime; a colorless atom in the immensity of the atmosphere, borne up one instant to gleam against the sky, dropped down the next to lie in a fetid ditch.
flies
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From this reading The dust which no one needs or notices; the mock farina which flies out from under the two revolving circles of the grindstones; the impalpable cloud which goes forth to gleam golden in the sun a moment, and then is scattered--on the wind, into the water, up in the sunlight, down in the mud.
flows
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From this reading Only the dust: the dust that flows out from between the grindstones, grinding exceeding hard and small, as the religion which calls itself Love avers that its God does grind the world.
forth
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From this reading The dust which no one needs or notices; the mock farina which flies out from under the two revolving circles of the grindstones; the impalpable cloud which goes forth to gleam golden in the sun a moment, and then is scattered--on the wind, into the water, up in the sunlight, down in the mud.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Not the wheat itself; not even so much as the chaff; only the dust from the corn.
gleam
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From this reading The dust which no one needs or notices; the mock farina which flies out from under the two revolving circles of the grindstones; the impalpable cloud which goes forth to gleam golden in the sun a moment, and then is scattered--on the wind, into the water, up in the sunlight, down in the mud.
God
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From this reading Only the dust: the dust that flows out from between the grindstones, grinding exceeding hard and small, as the religion which calls itself Love avers that its God does grind the world.
goes
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From this reading The dust which no one needs or notices; the mock farina which flies out from under the two revolving circles of the grindstones; the impalpable cloud which goes forth to gleam golden in the sun a moment, and then is scattered--on the wind, into the water, up in the sunlight, down in the mud.
golden
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From this reading The dust which no one needs or notices; the mock farina which flies out from under the two revolving circles of the grindstones; the impalpable cloud which goes forth to gleam golden in the sun a moment, and then is scattered--on the wind, into the water, up in the sunlight, down in the mud.
grind
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From this reading Only the dust: the dust that flows out from between the grindstones, grinding exceeding hard and small, as the religion which calls itself Love avers that its God does grind the world.
grinding
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From this reading Only the dust: the dust that flows out from between the grindstones, grinding exceeding hard and small, as the religion which calls itself Love avers that its God does grind the world.
grindstones
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From this reading The dust which no one needs or notices; the mock farina which flies out from under the two revolving circles of the grindstones; the impalpable cloud which goes forth to gleam golden in the sun a moment, and then is scattered--on the wind, into the water, up in the sunlight, down in the mud.
hard
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From this reading Only the dust: the dust that flows out from between the grindstones, grinding exceeding hard and small, as the religion which calls itself Love avers that its God does grind the world.
immensity
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From this reading Only the dust: a mote in the air; a speck in the light; a black spot in the living daytime; a colorless atom in the immensity of the atmosphere, borne up one instant to gleam against the sky, dropped down the next to lie in a fetid ditch.
impalpable
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From this reading The dust which no one needs or notices; the mock farina which flies out from under the two revolving circles of the grindstones; the impalpable cloud which goes forth to gleam golden in the sun a moment, and then is scattered--on the wind, into the water, up in the sunlight, down in the mud.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The dust which no one needs or notices; the mock farina which flies out from under the two revolving circles of the grindstones; the impalpable cloud which goes forth to gleam golden in the sun a moment, and then is scattered--on the wind, into the water, up in the sunlight, down in the mud.
instant
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From this reading Only the dust: a mote in the air; a speck in the light; a black spot in the living daytime; a colorless atom in the immensity of the atmosphere, borne up one instant to gleam against the sky, dropped down the next to lie in a fetid ditch.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The dust which no one needs or notices; the mock farina which flies out from under the two revolving circles of the grindstones; the impalpable cloud which goes forth to gleam golden in the sun a moment, and then is scattered--on the wind, into the water, up in the sunlight, down in the mud.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The dust which no one needs or notices; the mock farina which flies out from under the two revolving circles of the grindstones; the impalpable cloud which goes forth to gleam golden in the sun a moment, and then is scattered--on the wind, into the water, up in the sunlight, down in the mud.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Only the dust: the dust that flows out from between the grindstones, grinding exceeding hard and small, as the religion which calls itself Love avers that its God does grind the world.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading Not the wheat itself; not even so much as the chaff; only the dust from the corn.
lie
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From this reading Only the dust: a mote in the air; a speck in the light; a black spot in the living daytime; a colorless atom in the immensity of the atmosphere, borne up one instant to gleam against the sky, dropped down the next to lie in a fetid ditch.
light
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From this reading Only the dust: a mote in the air; a speck in the light; a black spot in the living daytime; a colorless atom in the immensity of the atmosphere, borne up one instant to gleam against the sky, dropped down the next to lie in a fetid ditch.
living
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From this reading Only the dust: a mote in the air; a speck in the light; a black spot in the living daytime; a colorless atom in the immensity of the atmosphere, borne up one instant to gleam against the sky, dropped down the next to lie in a fetid ditch.
Love
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From this reading Only the dust: the dust that flows out from between the grindstones, grinding exceeding hard and small, as the religion which calls itself Love avers that its God does grind the world.
matters
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From this reading What matters? who cares?
mock
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From this reading The dust which no one needs or notices; the mock farina which flies out from under the two revolving circles of the grindstones; the impalpable cloud which goes forth to gleam golden in the sun a moment, and then is scattered--on the wind, into the water, up in the sunlight, down in the mud.
moment
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From this reading The dust which no one needs or notices; the mock farina which flies out from under the two revolving circles of the grindstones; the impalpable cloud which goes forth to gleam golden in the sun a moment, and then is scattered--on the wind, into the water, up in the sunlight, down in the mud.
mote
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From this reading Only the dust: a mote in the air; a speck in the light; a black spot in the living daytime; a colorless atom in the immensity of the atmosphere, borne up one instant to gleam against the sky, dropped down the next to lie in a fetid ditch.
much
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From this reading Not the wheat itself; not even so much as the chaff; only the dust from the corn.
mud
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From this reading The dust which no one needs or notices; the mock farina which flies out from under the two revolving circles of the grindstones; the impalpable cloud which goes forth to gleam golden in the sun a moment, and then is scattered--on the wind, into the water, up in the sunlight, down in the mud.
needs
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From this reading The dust which no one needs or notices; the mock farina which flies out from under the two revolving circles of the grindstones; the impalpable cloud which goes forth to gleam golden in the sun a moment, and then is scattered--on the wind, into the water, up in the sunlight, down in the mud.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Only the dust: a mote in the air; a speck in the light; a black spot in the living daytime; a colorless atom in the immensity of the atmosphere, borne up one instant to gleam against the sky, dropped down the next to lie in a fetid ditch.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading The dust which no one needs or notices; the mock farina which flies out from under the two revolving circles of the grindstones; the impalpable cloud which goes forth to gleam golden in the sun a moment, and then is scattered--on the wind, into the water, up in the sunlight, down in the mud.
NotadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Not the wheat itself; not even so much as the chaff; only the dust from the corn.
notices
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From this reading The dust which no one needs or notices; the mock farina which flies out from under the two revolving circles of the grindstones; the impalpable cloud which goes forth to gleam golden in the sun a moment, and then is scattered--on the wind, into the water, up in the sunlight, down in the mud.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The dust which no one needs or notices; the mock farina which flies out from under the two revolving circles of the grindstones; the impalpable cloud which goes forth to gleam golden in the sun a moment, and then is scattered--on the wind, into the water, up in the sunlight, down in the mud.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The dust which no one needs or notices; the mock farina which flies out from under the two revolving circles of the grindstones; the impalpable cloud which goes forth to gleam golden in the sun a moment, and then is scattered--on the wind, into the water, up in the sunlight, down in the mud.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The dust which no one needs or notices; the mock farina which flies out from under the two revolving circles of the grindstones; the impalpable cloud which goes forth to gleam golden in the sun a moment, and then is scattered--on the wind, into the water, up in the sunlight, down in the mud.
only
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From this reading Not the wheat itself; not even so much as the chaff; only the dust from the corn.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The dust which no one needs or notices; the mock farina which flies out from under the two revolving circles of the grindstones; the impalpable cloud which goes forth to gleam golden in the sun a moment, and then is scattered--on the wind, into the water, up in the sunlight, down in the mud.
out
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From this reading The dust which no one needs or notices; the mock farina which flies out from under the two revolving circles of the grindstones; the impalpable cloud which goes forth to gleam golden in the sun a moment, and then is scattered--on the wind, into the water, up in the sunlight, down in the mud.
religion
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From this reading Only the dust: the dust that flows out from between the grindstones, grinding exceeding hard and small, as the religion which calls itself Love avers that its God does grind the world.
revolving
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From this reading The dust which no one needs or notices; the mock farina which flies out from under the two revolving circles of the grindstones; the impalpable cloud which goes forth to gleam golden in the sun a moment, and then is scattered--on the wind, into the water, up in the sunlight, down in the mud.
scattered
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From this reading The dust which no one needs or notices; the mock farina which flies out from under the two revolving circles of the grindstones; the impalpable cloud which goes forth to gleam golden in the sun a moment, and then is scattered--on the wind, into the water, up in the sunlight, down in the mud.
sky
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From this reading Only the dust: a mote in the air; a speck in the light; a black spot in the living daytime; a colorless atom in the immensity of the atmosphere, borne up one instant to gleam against the sky, dropped down the next to lie in a fetid ditch.
small
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From this reading Only the dust: the dust that flows out from between the grindstones, grinding exceeding hard and small, as the religion which calls itself Love avers that its God does grind the world.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Not the wheat itself; not even so much as the chaff; only the dust from the corn.
speck
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From this reading Only the dust: a mote in the air; a speck in the light; a black spot in the living daytime; a colorless atom in the immensity of the atmosphere, borne up one instant to gleam against the sky, dropped down the next to lie in a fetid ditch.
spot
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From this reading Only the dust: a mote in the air; a speck in the light; a black spot in the living daytime; a colorless atom in the immensity of the atmosphere, borne up one instant to gleam against the sky, dropped down the next to lie in a fetid ditch.
sun
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From this reading The dust which no one needs or notices; the mock farina which flies out from under the two revolving circles of the grindstones; the impalpable cloud which goes forth to gleam golden in the sun a moment, and then is scattered--on the wind, into the water, up in the sunlight, down in the mud.
sunlight
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From this reading The dust which no one needs or notices; the mock farina which flies out from under the two revolving circles of the grindstones; the impalpable cloud which goes forth to gleam golden in the sun a moment, and then is scattered--on the wind, into the water, up in the sunlight, down in the mud.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Only the dust: the dust that flows out from between the grindstones, grinding exceeding hard and small, as the religion which calls itself Love avers that its God does grind the world.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Not the wheat itself; not even so much as the chaff; only the dust from the corn.
then
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From this reading The dust which no one needs or notices; the mock farina which flies out from under the two revolving circles of the grindstones; the impalpable cloud which goes forth to gleam golden in the sun a moment, and then is scattered--on the wind, into the water, up in the sunlight, down in the mud.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The dust which no one needs or notices; the mock farina which flies out from under the two revolving circles of the grindstones; the impalpable cloud which goes forth to gleam golden in the sun a moment, and then is scattered--on the wind, into the water, up in the sunlight, down in the mud.
two
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From this reading The dust which no one needs or notices; the mock farina which flies out from under the two revolving circles of the grindstones; the impalpable cloud which goes forth to gleam golden in the sun a moment, and then is scattered--on the wind, into the water, up in the sunlight, down in the mud.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading The dust which no one needs or notices; the mock farina which flies out from under the two revolving circles of the grindstones; the impalpable cloud which goes forth to gleam golden in the sun a moment, and then is scattered--on the wind, into the water, up in the sunlight, down in the mud.
up
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From this reading The dust which no one needs or notices; the mock farina which flies out from under the two revolving circles of the grindstones; the impalpable cloud which goes forth to gleam golden in the sun a moment, and then is scattered--on the wind, into the water, up in the sunlight, down in the mud.
water
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From this reading The dust which no one needs or notices; the mock farina which flies out from under the two revolving circles of the grindstones; the impalpable cloud which goes forth to gleam golden in the sun a moment, and then is scattered--on the wind, into the water, up in the sunlight, down in the mud.
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What matters? who cares?
wheat
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From this reading Not the wheat itself; not even so much as the chaff; only the dust from the corn.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The dust which no one needs or notices; the mock farina which flies out from under the two revolving circles of the grindstones; the impalpable cloud which goes forth to gleam golden in the sun a moment, and then is scattered--on the wind, into the water, up in the sunlight, down in the mud.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading What matters? who cares?
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The dust which no one needs or notices; the mock farina which flies out from under the two revolving circles of the grindstones; the impalpable cloud which goes forth to gleam golden in the sun a moment, and then is scattered--on the wind, into the water, up in the sunlight, down in the mud.
world
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From this reading Only the dust: the dust that flows out from between the grindstones, grinding exceeding hard and small, as the religion which calls itself Love avers that its God does grind the world.
