Chapter II

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From this reading In the summer of 1914 they lived in a three-room flat in a five-story tenement house in East Thirteenth Street in New York, not far from the East River.

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

From this reading FIELD OF HONOR This war, which started with the assassination of an archduke and his archduchess--a thing we are apt to forget about in the face of a tragedy a billion-fold greater--this war, which started thus and so, already has touched or is touching or yet will touch, at some angle and in some fashion, every one of us in every corner of the world.

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading FIELD OF HONOR This war, which started with the assassination of an archduke and his archduchess--a thing we are apt to forget about in the face of a tragedy a billion-fold greater--this war, which started thus and so, already has touched or is touching or yet will touch, at some angle and in some fashion, every one of us in every corner of the world.

matters of personal concern

From this reading Upon others, who are as numberless now as the sands on the shore, it has come with such brutal emphasis that it must seem to them--such of them as survive--that the whole incredible business was devised and set afoot for the one and the sole purpose of levelling them, their lives and their own small personal affairs in the bloodied red mire of this thing.

on foot; walking

From this reading Upon others, who are as numberless now as the sands on the shore, it has come with such brutal emphasis that it must seem to them--such of them as survive--that the whole incredible business was devised and set afoot for the one and the sole purpose of levelling them, their lives and their own small personal affairs in the bloodied red mire of this thing.

prior to a specified or implied time

From this reading FIELD OF HONOR This war, which started with the assassination of an archduke and his archduchess--a thing we are apt to forget about in the face of a tragedy a billion-fold greater--this war, which started thus and so, already has touched or is touching or yet will touch, at some angle and in some fashion, every one of us in every corner of the world.

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

From this reading FIELD OF HONOR This war, which started with the assassination of an archduke and his archduchess--a thing we are apt to forget about in the face of a tragedy a billion-fold greater--this war, which started thus and so, already has touched or is touching or yet will touch, at some angle and in some fashion, every one of us in every corner of the world.

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

From this reading FIELD OF HONOR This war, which started with the assassination of an archduke and his archduchess--a thing we are apt to forget about in the face of a tragedy a billion-fold greater--this war, which started thus and so, already has touched or is touching or yet will touch, at some angle and in some fashion, every one of us in every corner of the world.

the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians

From this reading FIELD OF HONOR This war, which started with the assassination of an archduke and his archduchess--a thing we are apt to forget about in the face of a tragedy a billion-fold greater--this war, which started thus and so, already has touched or is touching or yet will touch, at some angle and in some fashion, every one of us in every corner of the world.

(usually followed by “to”) naturally disposed toward

From this reading FIELD OF HONOR This war, which started with the assassination of an archduke and his archduchess--a thing we are apt to forget about in the face of a tragedy a billion-fold greater--this war, which started thus and so, already has touched or is touching or yet will touch, at some angle and in some fashion, every one of us in every corner of the world.

a wife or widow of an archduke or a princess of the former ruling house of Austria

From this reading FIELD OF HONOR This war, which started with the assassination of an archduke and his archduchess--a thing we are apt to forget about in the face of a tragedy a billion-fold greater--this war, which started thus and so, already has touched or is touching or yet will touch, at some angle and in some fashion, every one of us in every corner of the world.

a sovereign prince of the former ruling house of Austria

From this reading FIELD OF HONOR This war, which started with the assassination of an archduke and his archduchess--a thing we are apt to forget about in the face of a tragedy a billion-fold greater--this war, which started thus and so, already has touched or is touching or yet will touch, at some angle and in some fashion, every one of us in every corner of the world.

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading FIELD OF HONOR This war, which started with the assassination of an archduke and his archduchess--a thing we are apt to forget about in the face of a tragedy a billion-fold greater--this war, which started thus and so, already has touched or is touching or yet will touch, at some angle and in some fashion, every one of us in every corner of the world.

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

From this reading Upon others, who are as numberless now as the sands on the shore, it has come with such brutal emphasis that it must seem to them--such of them as survive--that the whole incredible business was devised and set afoot for the one and the sole purpose of levelling them, their lives and their own small personal affairs in the bloodied red mire of this thing.

an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation

From this reading FIELD OF HONOR This war, which started with the assassination of an archduke and his archduchess--a thing we are apt to forget about in the face of a tragedy a billion-fold greater--this war, which started thus and so, already has touched or is touching or yet will touch, at some angle and in some fashion, every one of us in every corner of the world.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading FIELD OF HONOR This war, which started with the assassination of an archduke and his archduchess--a thing we are apt to forget about in the face of a tragedy a billion-fold greater--this war, which started thus and so, already has touched or is touching or yet will touch, at some angle and in some fashion, every one of us in every corner of the world.

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

From this reading FIELD OF HONOR This war, which started with the assassination of an archduke and his archduchess--a thing we are apt to forget about in the face of a tragedy a billion-fold greater--this war, which started thus and so, already has touched or is touching or yet will touch, at some angle and in some fashion, every one of us in every corner of the world.

inflected form of “bloody” — cover with blood

From this reading Upon others, who are as numberless now as the sands on the shore, it has come with such brutal emphasis that it must seem to them--such of them as survive--that the whole incredible business was devised and set afoot for the one and the sole purpose of levelling them, their lives and their own small personal affairs in the bloodied red mire of this thing.

(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering

From this reading Upon others, who are as numberless now as the sands on the shore, it has come with such brutal emphasis that it must seem to them--such of them as survive--that the whole incredible business was devised and set afoot for the one and the sole purpose of levelling them, their lives and their own small personal affairs in the bloodied red mire of this thing.

a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it

From this reading Upon others, who are as numberless now as the sands on the shore, it has come with such brutal emphasis that it must seem to them--such of them as survive--that the whole incredible business was devised and set afoot for the one and the sole purpose of levelling them, their lives and their own small personal affairs in the bloodied red mire of this thing.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading Some it has touched indirectly, by the oblique.

an occurrence of something

From this reading For example, let us take the case of Paul Gaston Michel Misereux, his orphaned sister Marie and his orphaned half-sister Helene.

move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading Upon others, who are as numberless now as the sands on the shore, it has come with such brutal emphasis that it must seem to them--such of them as survive--that the whole incredible business was devised and set afoot for the one and the sole purpose of levelling them, their lives and their own small personal affairs in the bloodied red mire of this thing.

a place off to the side of an area

From this reading FIELD OF HONOR This war, which started with the assassination of an archduke and his archduchess--a thing we are apt to forget about in the face of a tragedy a billion-fold greater--this war, which started thus and so, already has touched or is touching or yet will touch, at some angle and in some fashion, every one of us in every corner of the world.

past form of “devise” — come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort

From this reading Upon others, who are as numberless now as the sands on the shore, it has come with such brutal emphasis that it must seem to them--such of them as survive--that the whole incredible business was devised and set afoot for the one and the sole purpose of levelling them, their lives and their own small personal affairs in the bloodied red mire of this thing.

the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees

From this reading In the summer of 1914 they lived in a three-room flat in a five-story tenement house in East Thirteenth Street in New York, not far from the East River.

special importance or significance

From this reading Upon others, who are as numberless now as the sands on the shore, it has come with such brutal emphasis that it must seem to them--such of them as survive--that the whole incredible business was devised and set afoot for the one and the sole purpose of levelling them, their lives and their own small personal affairs in the bloodied red mire of this thing.

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading FIELD OF HONOR This war, which started with the assassination of an archduke and his archduchess--a thing we are apt to forget about in the face of a tragedy a billion-fold greater--this war, which started thus and so, already has touched or is touching or yet will touch, at some angle and in some fashion, every one of us in every corner of the world.

an item of information that is typical of a class or group

From this reading For example, let us take the case of Paul Gaston Michel Misereux, his orphaned sister Marie and his orphaned half-sister Helene.

the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear

From this reading FIELD OF HONOR This war, which started with the assassination of an archduke and his archduchess--a thing we are apt to forget about in the face of a tragedy a billion-fold greater--this war, which started thus and so, already has touched or is touching or yet will touch, at some angle and in some fashion, every one of us in every corner of the world.

to a considerable degree; very much

From this reading In the summer of 1914 they lived in a three-room flat in a five-story tenement house in East Thirteenth Street in New York, not far from the East River.

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading FIELD OF HONOR This war, which started with the assassination of an archduke and his archduchess--a thing we are apt to forget about in the face of a tragedy a billion-fold greater--this war, which started thus and so, already has touched or is touching or yet will touch, at some angle and in some fashion, every one of us in every corner of the world.

a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed

From this reading FIELD OF HONOR This war, which started with the assassination of an archduke and his archduchess--a thing we are apt to forget about in the face of a tragedy a billion-fold greater--this war, which started thus and so, already has touched or is touching or yet will touch, at some angle and in some fashion, every one of us in every corner of the world.

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From this reading In the summer of 1914 they lived in a three-room flat in a five-story tenement house in East Thirteenth Street in New York, not far from the East River.

having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another

From this reading In the summer of 1914 they lived in a three-room flat in a five-story tenement house in East Thirteenth Street in New York, not far from the East River.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Upon others, who are as numberless now as the sands on the shore, it has come with such brutal emphasis that it must seem to them--such of them as survive--that the whole incredible business was devised and set afoot for the one and the sole purpose of levelling them, their lives and their own small personal affairs in the bloodied red mire of this thing.

dismiss from the mind; stop remembering

From this reading FIELD OF HONOR This war, which started with the assassination of an archduke and his archduchess--a thing we are apt to forget about in the face of a tragedy a billion-fold greater--this war, which started thus and so, already has touched or is touching or yet will touch, at some angle and in some fashion, every one of us in every corner of the world.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading In the summer of 1914 they lived in a three-room flat in a five-story tenement house in East Thirteenth Street in New York, not far from the East River.

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From this reading For example, let us take the case of Paul Gaston Michel Misereux, his orphaned sister Marie and his orphaned half-sister Helene.

greater in size or importance or degree

From this reading FIELD OF HONOR This war, which started with the assassination of an archduke and his archduchess--a thing we are apt to forget about in the face of a tragedy a billion-fold greater--this war, which started thus and so, already has touched or is touching or yet will touch, at some angle and in some fashion, every one of us in every corner of the world.

a sister who has only one parent in common with you

From this reading For example, let us take the case of Paul Gaston Michel Misereux, his orphaned sister Marie and his orphaned half-sister Helene.

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

From this reading FIELD OF HONOR This war, which started with the assassination of an archduke and his archduchess--a thing we are apt to forget about in the face of a tragedy a billion-fold greater--this war, which started thus and so, already has touched or is touching or yet will touch, at some angle and in some fashion, every one of us in every corner of the world.

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

From this reading For example, let us take the case of Paul Gaston Michel Misereux, his orphaned sister Marie and his orphaned half-sister Helene.

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading FIELD OF HONOR This war, which started with the assassination of an archduke and his archduchess--a thing we are apt to forget about in the face of a tragedy a billion-fold greater--this war, which started thus and so, already has touched or is touching or yet will touch, at some angle and in some fashion, every one of us in every corner of the world.

a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction

From this reading FIELD OF HONOR This war, which started with the assassination of an archduke and his archduchess--a thing we are apt to forget about in the face of a tragedy a billion-fold greater--this war, which started thus and so, already has touched or is touching or yet will touch, at some angle and in some fashion, every one of us in every corner of the world.

a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families

From this reading In the summer of 1914 they lived in a three-room flat in a five-story tenement house in East Thirteenth Street in New York, not far from the East River.

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

From this reading FIELD OF HONOR This war, which started with the assassination of an archduke and his archduchess--a thing we are apt to forget about in the face of a tragedy a billion-fold greater--this war, which started thus and so, already has touched or is touching or yet will touch, at some angle and in some fashion, every one of us in every corner of the world.

beyond belief or understanding

From this reading Upon others, who are as numberless now as the sands on the shore, it has come with such brutal emphasis that it must seem to them--such of them as survive--that the whole incredible business was devised and set afoot for the one and the sole purpose of levelling them, their lives and their own small personal affairs in the bloodied red mire of this thing.

not in a forthright manner

From this reading Some it has touched indirectly, by the oblique.

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

From this reading FIELD OF HONOR This war, which started with the assassination of an archduke and his archduchess--a thing we are apt to forget about in the face of a tragedy a billion-fold greater--this war, which started thus and so, already has touched or is touching or yet will touch, at some angle and in some fashion, every one of us in every corner of the world.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Some it has touched indirectly, by the oblique.

used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker

From this reading For example, let us take the case of Paul Gaston Michel Misereux, his orphaned sister Marie and his orphaned half-sister Helene.

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From this reading Upon others, who are as numberless now as the sands on the shore, it has come with such brutal emphasis that it must seem to them--such of them as survive--that the whole incredible business was devised and set afoot for the one and the sole purpose of levelling them, their lives and their own small personal affairs in the bloodied red mire of this thing.

past form of “live” — be an inhabitant of or reside in

From this reading In the summer of 1914 they lived in a three-room flat in a five-story tenement house in East Thirteenth Street in New York, not far from the East River.

plural of “life” — a characteristic state or mode of living

From this reading Upon others, who are as numberless now as the sands on the shore, it has come with such brutal emphasis that it must seem to them--such of them as survive--that the whole incredible business was devised and set afoot for the one and the sole purpose of levelling them, their lives and their own small personal affairs in the bloodied red mire of this thing.

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

From this reading For example, let us take the case of Paul Gaston Michel Misereux, his orphaned sister Marie and his orphaned half-sister Helene.

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

From this reading For example, let us take the case of Paul Gaston Michel Misereux, his orphaned sister Marie and his orphaned half-sister Helene.

a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot

From this reading Upon others, who are as numberless now as the sands on the shore, it has come with such brutal emphasis that it must seem to them--such of them as survive--that the whole incredible business was devised and set afoot for the one and the sole purpose of levelling them, their lives and their own small personal affairs in the bloodied red mire of this thing.

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

From this reading For example, let us take the case of Paul Gaston Michel Misereux, his orphaned sister Marie and his orphaned half-sister Helene.

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading Upon others, who are as numberless now as the sands on the shore, it has come with such brutal emphasis that it must seem to them--such of them as survive--that the whole incredible business was devised and set afoot for the one and the sole purpose of levelling them, their lives and their own small personal affairs in the bloodied red mire of this thing.

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

From this reading In the summer of 1914 they lived in a three-room flat in a five-story tenement house in East Thirteenth Street in New York, not far from the East River.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading In the summer of 1914 they lived in a three-room flat in a five-story tenement house in East Thirteenth Street in New York, not far from the East River.

in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events

From this reading Upon others, who are as numberless now as the sands on the shore, it has come with such brutal emphasis that it must seem to them--such of them as survive--that the whole incredible business was devised and set afoot for the one and the sole purpose of levelling them, their lives and their own small personal affairs in the bloodied red mire of this thing.

too numerous to be counted

From this reading Upon others, who are as numberless now as the sands on the shore, it has come with such brutal emphasis that it must seem to them--such of them as survive--that the whole incredible business was devised and set afoot for the one and the sole purpose of levelling them, their lives and their own small personal affairs in the bloodied red mire of this thing.

slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled

From this reading Some it has touched indirectly, by the oblique.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading FIELD OF HONOR This war, which started with the assassination of an archduke and his archduchess--a thing we are apt to forget about in the face of a tragedy a billion-fold greater--this war, which started thus and so, already has touched or is touching or yet will touch, at some angle and in some fashion, every one of us in every corner of the world.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Upon others, who are as numberless now as the sands on the shore, it has come with such brutal emphasis that it must seem to them--such of them as survive--that the whole incredible business was devised and set afoot for the one and the sole purpose of levelling them, their lives and their own small personal affairs in the bloodied red mire of this thing.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading FIELD OF HONOR This war, which started with the assassination of an archduke and his archduchess--a thing we are apt to forget about in the face of a tragedy a billion-fold greater--this war, which started thus and so, already has touched or is touching or yet will touch, at some angle and in some fashion, every one of us in every corner of the world.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading FIELD OF HONOR This war, which started with the assassination of an archduke and his archduchess--a thing we are apt to forget about in the face of a tragedy a billion-fold greater--this war, which started thus and so, already has touched or is touching or yet will touch, at some angle and in some fashion, every one of us in every corner of the world.

deprived of parents by death or desertion

From this reading For example, let us take the case of Paul Gaston Michel Misereux, his orphaned sister Marie and his orphaned half-sister Helene.

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From this reading Upon others, who are as numberless now as the sands on the shore, it has come with such brutal emphasis that it must seem to them--such of them as survive--that the whole incredible business was devised and set afoot for the one and the sole purpose of levelling them, their lives and their own small personal affairs in the bloodied red mire of this thing.

have ownership or possession of

From this reading Upon others, who are as numberless now as the sands on the shore, it has come with such brutal emphasis that it must seem to them--such of them as survive--that the whole incredible business was devised and set afoot for the one and the sole purpose of levelling them, their lives and their own small personal affairs in the bloodied red mire of this thing.

United States feminist (1885-1977)

From this reading For example, let us take the case of Paul Gaston Michel Misereux, his orphaned sister Marie and his orphaned half-sister Helene.

concerning or affecting a particular person or his or her private life and personality

From this reading Upon others, who are as numberless now as the sands on the shore, it has come with such brutal emphasis that it must seem to them--such of them as survive--that the whole incredible business was devised and set afoot for the one and the sole purpose of levelling them, their lives and their own small personal affairs in the bloodied red mire of this thing.

an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions

From this reading Upon others, who are as numberless now as the sands on the shore, it has come with such brutal emphasis that it must seem to them--such of them as survive--that the whole incredible business was devised and set afoot for the one and the sole purpose of levelling them, their lives and their own small personal affairs in the bloodied red mire of this thing.

red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood

From this reading Upon others, who are as numberless now as the sands on the shore, it has come with such brutal emphasis that it must seem to them--such of them as survive--that the whole incredible business was devised and set afoot for the one and the sole purpose of levelling them, their lives and their own small personal affairs in the bloodied red mire of this thing.

a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)

From this reading In the summer of 1914 they lived in a three-room flat in a five-story tenement house in East Thirteenth Street in New York, not far from the East River.

the region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean

From this reading Upon others, who are as numberless now as the sands on the shore, it has come with such brutal emphasis that it must seem to them--such of them as survive--that the whole incredible business was devised and set afoot for the one and the sole purpose of levelling them, their lives and their own small personal affairs in the bloodied red mire of this thing.

give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect

From this reading Upon others, who are as numberless now as the sands on the shore, it has come with such brutal emphasis that it must seem to them--such of them as survive--that the whole incredible business was devised and set afoot for the one and the sole purpose of levelling them, their lives and their own small personal affairs in the bloodied red mire of this thing.

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading Upon others, who are as numberless now as the sands on the shore, it has come with such brutal emphasis that it must seem to them--such of them as survive--that the whole incredible business was devised and set afoot for the one and the sole purpose of levelling them, their lives and their own small personal affairs in the bloodied red mire of this thing.

the land along the edge of a body of water

From this reading Upon others, who are as numberless now as the sands on the shore, it has come with such brutal emphasis that it must seem to them--such of them as survive--that the whole incredible business was devised and set afoot for the one and the sole purpose of levelling them, their lives and their own small personal affairs in the bloodied red mire of this thing.

a female person who has the same parents as another person

From this reading For example, let us take the case of Paul Gaston Michel Misereux, his orphaned sister Marie and his orphaned half-sister Helene.

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading Upon others, who are as numberless now as the sands on the shore, it has come with such brutal emphasis that it must seem to them--such of them as survive--that the whole incredible business was devised and set afoot for the one and the sole purpose of levelling them, their lives and their own small personal affairs in the bloodied red mire of this thing.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading FIELD OF HONOR This war, which started with the assassination of an archduke and his archduchess--a thing we are apt to forget about in the face of a tragedy a billion-fold greater--this war, which started thus and so, already has touched or is touching or yet will touch, at some angle and in some fashion, every one of us in every corner of the world.

the underside of footwear or a golf club

From this reading Upon others, who are as numberless now as the sands on the shore, it has come with such brutal emphasis that it must seem to them--such of them as survive--that the whole incredible business was devised and set afoot for the one and the sole purpose of levelling them, their lives and their own small personal affairs in the bloodied red mire of this thing.

(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity

From this reading FIELD OF HONOR This war, which started with the assassination of an archduke and his archduchess--a thing we are apt to forget about in the face of a tragedy a billion-fold greater--this war, which started thus and so, already has touched or is touching or yet will touch, at some angle and in some fashion, every one of us in every corner of the world.

past form of “start” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action

From this reading FIELD OF HONOR This war, which started with the assassination of an archduke and his archduchess--a thing we are apt to forget about in the face of a tragedy a billion-fold greater--this war, which started thus and so, already has touched or is touching or yet will touch, at some angle and in some fashion, every one of us in every corner of the world.

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

From this reading In the summer of 1914 they lived in a three-room flat in a five-story tenement house in East Thirteenth Street in New York, not far from the East River.

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading Upon others, who are as numberless now as the sands on the shore, it has come with such brutal emphasis that it must seem to them--such of them as survive--that the whole incredible business was devised and set afoot for the one and the sole purpose of levelling them, their lives and their own small personal affairs in the bloodied red mire of this thing.

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

From this reading In the summer of 1914 they lived in a three-room flat in a five-story tenement house in East Thirteenth Street in New York, not far from the East River.

continue to live and avoid dying

From this reading Upon others, who are as numberless now as the sands on the shore, it has come with such brutal emphasis that it must seem to them--such of them as survive--that the whole incredible business was devised and set afoot for the one and the sole purpose of levelling them, their lives and their own small personal affairs in the bloodied red mire of this thing.

carry out

From this reading For example, let us take the case of Paul Gaston Michel Misereux, his orphaned sister Marie and his orphaned half-sister Helene.

a run-down apartment house barely meeting minimal standards

From this reading In the summer of 1914 they lived in a three-room flat in a five-story tenement house in East Thirteenth Street in New York, not far from the East River.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Upon others, who are as numberless now as the sands on the shore, it has come with such brutal emphasis that it must seem to them--such of them as survive--that the whole incredible business was devised and set afoot for the one and the sole purpose of levelling them, their lives and their own small personal affairs in the bloodied red mire of this thing.

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

From this reading FIELD OF HONOR This war, which started with the assassination of an archduke and his archduchess--a thing we are apt to forget about in the face of a tragedy a billion-fold greater--this war, which started thus and so, already has touched or is touching or yet will touch, at some angle and in some fashion, every one of us in every corner of the world.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading Upon others, who are as numberless now as the sands on the shore, it has come with such brutal emphasis that it must seem to them--such of them as survive--that the whole incredible business was devised and set afoot for the one and the sole purpose of levelling them, their lives and their own small personal affairs in the bloodied red mire of this thing.

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading Upon others, who are as numberless now as the sands on the shore, it has come with such brutal emphasis that it must seem to them--such of them as survive--that the whole incredible business was devised and set afoot for the one and the sole purpose of levelling them, their lives and their own small personal affairs in the bloodied red mire of this thing.

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading In the summer of 1914 they lived in a three-room flat in a five-story tenement house in East Thirteenth Street in New York, not far from the East River.

a special situation

From this reading FIELD OF HONOR This war, which started with the assassination of an archduke and his archduchess--a thing we are apt to forget about in the face of a tragedy a billion-fold greater--this war, which started thus and so, already has touched or is touching or yet will touch, at some angle and in some fashion, every one of us in every corner of the world.

Constituting number thirteen in a sequence.

From this reading In the summer of 1914 they lived in a three-room flat in a five-story tenement house in East Thirteenth Street in New York, not far from the East River.

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

From this reading FIELD OF HONOR This war, which started with the assassination of an archduke and his archduchess--a thing we are apt to forget about in the face of a tragedy a billion-fold greater--this war, which started thus and so, already has touched or is touching or yet will touch, at some angle and in some fashion, every one of us in every corner of the world.

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From this reading In the summer of 1914 they lived in a three-room flat in a five-story tenement house in East Thirteenth Street in New York, not far from the East River.

(used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result

From this reading FIELD OF HONOR This war, which started with the assassination of an archduke and his archduchess--a thing we are apt to forget about in the face of a tragedy a billion-fold greater--this war, which started thus and so, already has touched or is touching or yet will touch, at some angle and in some fashion, every one of us in every corner of the world.

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

From this reading FIELD OF HONOR This war, which started with the assassination of an archduke and his archduchess--a thing we are apt to forget about in the face of a tragedy a billion-fold greater--this war, which started thus and so, already has touched or is touching or yet will touch, at some angle and in some fashion, every one of us in every corner of the world.

make physical contact with, come in contact with

From this reading FIELD OF HONOR This war, which started with the assassination of an archduke and his archduchess--a thing we are apt to forget about in the face of a tragedy a billion-fold greater--this war, which started thus and so, already has touched or is touching or yet will touch, at some angle and in some fashion, every one of us in every corner of the world.

having come into contact

From this reading FIELD OF HONOR This war, which started with the assassination of an archduke and his archduchess--a thing we are apt to forget about in the face of a tragedy a billion-fold greater--this war, which started thus and so, already has touched or is touching or yet will touch, at some angle and in some fashion, every one of us in every corner of the world.

arousing affect

From this reading FIELD OF HONOR This war, which started with the assassination of an archduke and his archduchess--a thing we are apt to forget about in the face of a tragedy a billion-fold greater--this war, which started thus and so, already has touched or is touching or yet will touch, at some angle and in some fashion, every one of us in every corner of the world.

an event resulting in great loss and misfortune

From this reading FIELD OF HONOR This war, which started with the assassination of an archduke and his archduchess--a thing we are apt to forget about in the face of a tragedy a billion-fold greater--this war, which started thus and so, already has touched or is touching or yet will touch, at some angle and in some fashion, every one of us in every corner of the world.

a formal word for “on”

From this reading Upon others, who are as numberless now as the sands on the shore, it has come with such brutal emphasis that it must seem to them--such of them as survive--that the whole incredible business was devised and set afoot for the one and the sole purpose of levelling them, their lives and their own small personal affairs in the bloodied red mire of this thing.

the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading FIELD OF HONOR This war, which started with the assassination of an archduke and his archduchess--a thing we are apt to forget about in the face of a tragedy a billion-fold greater--this war, which started thus and so, already has touched or is touching or yet will touch, at some angle and in some fashion, every one of us in every corner of the world.

the waging of armed conflict against an enemy

From this reading FIELD OF HONOR This war, which started with the assassination of an archduke and his archduchess--a thing we are apt to forget about in the face of a tragedy a billion-fold greater--this war, which started thus and so, already has touched or is touching or yet will touch, at some angle and in some fashion, every one of us in every corner of the world.

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

From this reading Upon others, who are as numberless now as the sands on the shore, it has come with such brutal emphasis that it must seem to them--such of them as survive--that the whole incredible business was devised and set afoot for the one and the sole purpose of levelling them, their lives and their own small personal affairs in the bloodied red mire of this thing.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading FIELD OF HONOR This war, which started with the assassination of an archduke and his archduchess--a thing we are apt to forget about in the face of a tragedy a billion-fold greater--this war, which started thus and so, already has touched or is touching or yet will touch, at some angle and in some fashion, every one of us in every corner of the world.

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

From this reading FIELD OF HONOR This war, which started with the assassination of an archduke and his archduchess--a thing we are apt to forget about in the face of a tragedy a billion-fold greater--this war, which started thus and so, already has touched or is touching or yet will touch, at some angle and in some fashion, every one of us in every corner of the world.

which person or people

From this reading Upon others, who are as numberless now as the sands on the shore, it has come with such brutal emphasis that it must seem to them--such of them as survive--that the whole incredible business was devised and set afoot for the one and the sole purpose of levelling them, their lives and their own small personal affairs in the bloodied red mire of this thing.

including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete

From this reading Upon others, who are as numberless now as the sands on the shore, it has come with such brutal emphasis that it must seem to them--such of them as survive--that the whole incredible business was devised and set afoot for the one and the sole purpose of levelling them, their lives and their own small personal affairs in the bloodied red mire of this thing.

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading FIELD OF HONOR This war, which started with the assassination of an archduke and his archduchess--a thing we are apt to forget about in the face of a tragedy a billion-fold greater--this war, which started thus and so, already has touched or is touching or yet will touch, at some angle and in some fashion, every one of us in every corner of the world.

in the company of; together with

From this reading FIELD OF HONOR This war, which started with the assassination of an archduke and his archduchess--a thing we are apt to forget about in the face of a tragedy a billion-fold greater--this war, which started thus and so, already has touched or is touching or yet will touch, at some angle and in some fashion, every one of us in every corner of the world.

everything that exists anywhere

From this reading FIELD OF HONOR This war, which started with the assassination of an archduke and his archduchess--a thing we are apt to forget about in the face of a tragedy a billion-fold greater--this war, which started thus and so, already has touched or is touching or yet will touch, at some angle and in some fashion, every one of us in every corner of the world.

but in spite of that

From this reading FIELD OF HONOR This war, which started with the assassination of an archduke and his archduchess--a thing we are apt to forget about in the face of a tragedy a billion-fold greater--this war, which started thus and so, already has touched or is touching or yet will touch, at some angle and in some fashion, every one of us in every corner of the world.

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 In the summer of 1914 they lived in a three-room flat in a five-story tenement house in East Thirteenth Street in New York, not far from the East River.