adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading You are made angrily contemptuous by their failure to get on; why don’t they bestir themselves, push and bustle, welcome kicks so long as halfpence follow, make place in the world’s eye--in short, take a leaf from the book of Mr Jasper Milvain?
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The chances are that you have neither understanding nor sympathy for men such as Edwin Reardon and Harold Biffen.
angrilyadverbUS /ˈæŋɡrəli/
with anger
From this reading You are made angrily contemptuous by their failure to get on; why don’t they bestir themselves, push and bustle, welcome kicks so long as halfpence follow, make place in the world’s eye--in short, take a leaf from the book of Mr Jasper Milvain?
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The chances are that you have neither understanding nor sympathy for men such as Edwin Reardon and Harold Biffen.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The chances are that you have neither understanding nor sympathy for men such as Edwin Reardon and Harold Biffen.
bestirverb
become active
From this reading You are made angrily contemptuous by their failure to get on; why don’t they bestir themselves, push and bustle, welcome kicks so long as halfpence follow, make place in the world’s eye--in short, take a leaf from the book of Mr Jasper Milvain?
Biffen
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From this reading The chances are that you have neither understanding nor sympathy for men such as Edwin Reardon and Harold Biffen.
booknounUS /bʊk/
a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
From this reading You are made angrily contemptuous by their failure to get on; why don’t they bestir themselves, push and bustle, welcome kicks so long as halfpence follow, make place in the world’s eye--in short, take a leaf from the book of Mr Jasper Milvain?
bustlenounUS /ˈbʌsəl/
a rapid active commotion
From this reading You are made angrily contemptuous by their failure to get on; why don’t they bestir themselves, push and bustle, welcome kicks so long as halfpence follow, make place in the world’s eye--in short, take a leaf from the book of Mr Jasper Milvain?
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But try to imagine a personality wholly unfitted for the rough and tumble of the world’s labour-market.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading You are made angrily contemptuous by their failure to get on; why don’t they bestir themselves, push and bustle, welcome kicks so long as halfpence follow, make place in the world’s eye--in short, take a leaf from the book of Mr Jasper Milvain?
chancesnounUS /ˈtʃænsəz/
plural of “chance” — a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
From this reading The chances are that you have neither understanding nor sympathy for men such as Edwin Reardon and Harold Biffen.
contemptuousadjectiveUS /kənˈtemptʃuːəs/
expressing extreme contempt
From this reading You are made angrily contemptuous by their failure to get on; why don’t they bestir themselves, push and bustle, welcome kicks so long as halfpence follow, make place in the world’s eye--in short, take a leaf from the book of Mr Jasper Milvain?
don't
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From this reading You are made angrily contemptuous by their failure to get on; why don’t they bestir themselves, push and bustle, welcome kicks so long as halfpence follow, make place in the world’s eye--in short, take a leaf from the book of Mr Jasper Milvain?
EdwinnounUS /ˈedwən/
king of Northumbria who was converted to Christianity (585-633)
From this reading The chances are that you have neither understanding nor sympathy for men such as Edwin Reardon and Harold Biffen.
enviousadjectiveUS /ˈenviəs/
showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages
From this reading They seem to you inert, flabby, weakly envious, foolishly obstinate, impiously mutinous, and many other things.
eyenounUS /aɪ/
the organ of sight
From this reading You are made angrily contemptuous by their failure to get on; why don’t they bestir themselves, push and bustle, welcome kicks so long as halfpence follow, make place in the world’s eye--in short, take a leaf from the book of Mr Jasper Milvain?
failurenounUS /ˈfeɪljər/
an act that fails
From this reading You are made angrily contemptuous by their failure to get on; why don’t they bestir themselves, push and bustle, welcome kicks so long as halfpence follow, make place in the world’s eye--in short, take a leaf from the book of Mr Jasper Milvain?
flabbyadjectiveUS /ˈflæbi/
out of condition; not strong or robust; incapable of exertion or endurance
From this reading They seem to you inert, flabby, weakly envious, foolishly obstinate, impiously mutinous, and many other things.
followverbUS /ˈfɑːloʊ/
to travel behind, go after, come after
From this reading You are made angrily contemptuous by their failure to get on; why don’t they bestir themselves, push and bustle, welcome kicks so long as halfpence follow, make place in the world’s eye--in short, take a leaf from the book of Mr Jasper Milvain?
foolishlyadverbUS /ˈfuːlɪʃli/
without good sense or judgment
From this reading They seem to you inert, flabby, weakly envious, foolishly obstinate, impiously mutinous, and many other things.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The chances are that you have neither understanding nor sympathy for men such as Edwin Reardon and Harold Biffen.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading You are made angrily contemptuous by their failure to get on; why don’t they bestir themselves, push and bustle, welcome kicks so long as halfpence follow, make place in the world’s eye--in short, take a leaf from the book of Mr Jasper Milvain?
getverbUS /ɡet/
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading You are made angrily contemptuous by their failure to get on; why don’t they bestir themselves, push and bustle, welcome kicks so long as halfpence follow, make place in the world’s eye--in short, take a leaf from the book of Mr Jasper Milvain?
halfpence
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From this reading You are made angrily contemptuous by their failure to get on; why don’t they bestir themselves, push and bustle, welcome kicks so long as halfpence follow, make place in the world’s eye--in short, take a leaf from the book of Mr Jasper Milvain?
Harold
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From this reading The chances are that you have neither understanding nor sympathy for men such as Edwin Reardon and Harold Biffen.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The chances are that you have neither understanding nor sympathy for men such as Edwin Reardon and Harold Biffen.
imagineverbUS /ˌɪˈmædʒən/
form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
From this reading But try to imagine a personality wholly unfitted for the rough and tumble of the world’s labour-market.
impiouslyadverb
in an impious manner
From this reading They seem to you inert, flabby, weakly envious, foolishly obstinate, impiously mutinous, and many other things.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading You are made angrily contemptuous by their failure to get on; why don’t they bestir themselves, push and bustle, welcome kicks so long as halfpence follow, make place in the world’s eye--in short, take a leaf from the book of Mr Jasper Milvain?
inertadjectiveUS /ˌɪˈnɜːrt/
unable to move or resist motion
From this reading They seem to you inert, flabby, weakly envious, foolishly obstinate, impiously mutinous, and many other things.
JaspernounUS /ˈdʒæspər/
an opaque form of quartz; red or yellow or brown or dark green in color; used for ornamentation or as a gemstone
From this reading You are made angrily contemptuous by their failure to get on; why don’t they bestir themselves, push and bustle, welcome kicks so long as halfpence follow, make place in the world’s eye--in short, take a leaf from the book of Mr Jasper Milvain?
kicksnounUS /kɪks/
plural of “kick” — the act of delivering a blow with the foot
From this reading You are made angrily contemptuous by their failure to get on; why don’t they bestir themselves, push and bustle, welcome kicks so long as halfpence follow, make place in the world’s eye--in short, take a leaf from the book of Mr Jasper Milvain?
labour-market
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From this reading But try to imagine a personality wholly unfitted for the rough and tumble of the world’s labour-market.
leafnounUS /liːf/
the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants
From this reading You are made angrily contemptuous by their failure to get on; why don’t they bestir themselves, push and bustle, welcome kicks so long as halfpence follow, make place in the world’s eye--in short, take a leaf from the book of Mr Jasper Milvain?
longadjectiveUS /lɔːŋ/
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading You are made angrily contemptuous by their failure to get on; why don’t they bestir themselves, push and bustle, welcome kicks so long as halfpence follow, make place in the world’s eye--in short, take a leaf from the book of Mr Jasper Milvain?
madeadjectiveUS /meɪd/
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading You are made angrily contemptuous by their failure to get on; why don’t they bestir themselves, push and bustle, welcome kicks so long as halfpence follow, make place in the world’s eye--in short, take a leaf from the book of Mr Jasper Milvain?
makeverbUS /meɪk/
engage in
From this reading You are made angrily contemptuous by their failure to get on; why don’t they bestir themselves, push and bustle, welcome kicks so long as halfpence follow, make place in the world’s eye--in short, take a leaf from the book of Mr Jasper Milvain?
manyadjectiveUS /ˈmeni/
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 They seem to you inert, flabby, weakly envious, foolishly obstinate, impiously mutinous, and many other things.
mennounUS /men/
the force of workers available
From this reading The chances are that you have neither understanding nor sympathy for men such as Edwin Reardon and Harold Biffen.
merelyadverbUS /ˈmɪrli/
and nothing more
From this reading They merely provoke you.
Milvain
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From this reading You are made angrily contemptuous by their failure to get on; why don’t they bestir themselves, push and bustle, welcome kicks so long as halfpence follow, make place in the world’s eye--in short, take a leaf from the book of Mr Jasper Milvain?
MrnounUS /ˈmɪstər/
a form of address for a man
From this reading You are made angrily contemptuous by their failure to get on; why don’t they bestir themselves, push and bustle, welcome kicks so long as halfpence follow, make place in the world’s eye--in short, take a leaf from the book of Mr Jasper Milvain?
mutinousadjectiveUS /ˈmjuːtənəs/
disposed to or in a state of mutiny
From this reading They seem to you inert, flabby, weakly envious, foolishly obstinate, impiously mutinous, and many other things.
neitherdeterminerUS /ˈniːðər/
not one and not the other of two
From this reading The chances are that you have neither understanding nor sympathy for men such as Edwin Reardon and Harold Biffen.
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading The chances are that you have neither understanding nor sympathy for men such as Edwin Reardon and Harold Biffen.
obstinateadjectiveUS /ˈɑːbstənət/
tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield
From this reading They seem to you inert, flabby, weakly envious, foolishly obstinate, impiously mutinous, and many other things.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading You are made angrily contemptuous by their failure to get on; why don’t they bestir themselves, push and bustle, welcome kicks so long as halfpence follow, make place in the world’s eye--in short, take a leaf from the book of Mr Jasper Milvain?
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading You are made angrily contemptuous by their failure to get on; why don’t they bestir themselves, push and bustle, welcome kicks so long as halfpence follow, make place in the world’s eye--in short, take a leaf from the book of Mr Jasper Milvain?
otheradjectiveUS /ˈʌðər/
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading They seem to you inert, flabby, weakly envious, foolishly obstinate, impiously mutinous, and many other things.
personalitynounUS /ˌpɜːrsəˈnælɪti/
the complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental--that characterize a unique individual
From this reading But try to imagine a personality wholly unfitted for the rough and tumble of the world’s labour-market.
placenounUS /pleɪs/
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading You are made angrily contemptuous by their failure to get on; why don’t they bestir themselves, push and bustle, welcome kicks so long as halfpence follow, make place in the world’s eye--in short, take a leaf from the book of Mr Jasper Milvain?
provokeverbUS /prəˈvoʊk/
call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
From this reading They merely provoke you.
pushverbUS /pʊʃ/
move with force
From this reading You are made angrily contemptuous by their failure to get on; why don’t they bestir themselves, push and bustle, welcome kicks so long as halfpence follow, make place in the world’s eye--in short, take a leaf from the book of Mr Jasper Milvain?
Reardon
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From this reading The chances are that you have neither understanding nor sympathy for men such as Edwin Reardon and Harold Biffen.
roughadjectiveUS /rʌf/
having or caused by an irregular surface
From this reading But try to imagine a personality wholly unfitted for the rough and tumble of the world’s labour-market.
seemverbUS /siːm/
give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading They seem to you inert, flabby, weakly envious, foolishly obstinate, impiously mutinous, and many other things.
shortadjectiveUS /ʃɔːrt/
primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
From this reading You are made angrily contemptuous by their failure to get on; why don’t they bestir themselves, push and bustle, welcome kicks so long as halfpence follow, make place in the world’s eye--in short, take a leaf from the book of Mr Jasper Milvain?
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading You are made angrily contemptuous by their failure to get on; why don’t they bestir themselves, push and bustle, welcome kicks so long as halfpence follow, make place in the world’s eye--in short, take a leaf from the book of Mr Jasper Milvain?
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading The chances are that you have neither understanding nor sympathy for men such as Edwin Reardon and Harold Biffen.
sympathynounUS /ˈsɪmpəθi/
an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion
From this reading The chances are that you have neither understanding nor sympathy for men such as Edwin Reardon and Harold Biffen.
takeverbUS /teɪk/
carry out
From this reading You are made angrily contemptuous by their failure to get on; why don’t they bestir themselves, push and bustle, welcome kicks so long as halfpence follow, make place in the world’s eye--in short, take a leaf from the book of Mr Jasper Milvain?
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The chances are that you have neither understanding nor sympathy for men such as Edwin Reardon and Harold Biffen.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The chances are that you have neither understanding nor sympathy for men such as Edwin Reardon and Harold Biffen.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading You are made angrily contemptuous by their failure to get on; why don’t they bestir themselves, push and bustle, welcome kicks so long as halfpence follow, make place in the world’s eye--in short, take a leaf from the book of Mr Jasper Milvain?
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading You are made angrily contemptuous by their failure to get on; why don’t they bestir themselves, push and bustle, welcome kicks so long as halfpence follow, make place in the world’s eye--in short, take a leaf from the book of Mr Jasper Milvain?
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They merely provoke you.
thingsnounUS /θɪŋz/
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading They seem to you inert, flabby, weakly envious, foolishly obstinate, impiously mutinous, and many other things.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading They seem to you inert, flabby, weakly envious, foolishly obstinate, impiously mutinous, and many other things.
tryverbUS /traɪ/
make an effort or attempt
From this reading But try to imagine a personality wholly unfitted for the rough and tumble of the world’s labour-market.
tumbleverbUS /ˈtʌmbəl/
fall down, as if collapsing
From this reading But try to imagine a personality wholly unfitted for the rough and tumble of the world’s labour-market.
understandingnounUS /ˌʌndərˈstændɪŋ/
the cognitive condition of someone who understands
From this reading The chances are that you have neither understanding nor sympathy for men such as Edwin Reardon and Harold Biffen.
unfitted
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From this reading But try to imagine a personality wholly unfitted for the rough and tumble of the world’s labour-market.
weaklyadverbUS /ˈwiːkli/
in a weak or feeble manner or to a minor degree
From this reading They seem to you inert, flabby, weakly envious, foolishly obstinate, impiously mutinous, and many other things.
welcomeverbUS /ˈwelkəm/
accept gladly
From this reading You are made angrily contemptuous by their failure to get on; why don’t they bestir themselves, push and bustle, welcome kicks so long as halfpence follow, make place in the world’s eye--in short, take a leaf from the book of Mr Jasper Milvain?
whollyadverbUS /ˈhoʊli/
to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (“whole” is often used informally for “wholly”)
From this reading But try to imagine a personality wholly unfitted for the rough and tumble of the world’s labour-market.
whynounUS /waɪ/
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading You are made angrily contemptuous by their failure to get on; why don’t they bestir themselves, push and bustle, welcome kicks so long as halfpence follow, make place in the world’s eye--in short, take a leaf from the book of Mr Jasper Milvain?
world'snounUS /wɜːrldz/
possessive form of “world” — everything that exists anywhere
From this reading You are made angrily contemptuous by their failure to get on; why don’t they bestir themselves, push and bustle, welcome kicks so long as halfpence follow, make place in the world’s eye--in short, take a leaf from the book of Mr Jasper Milvain?
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading The chances are that you have neither understanding nor sympathy for men such as Edwin Reardon and Harold Biffen.
