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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 It purported to be written by a man who had given up all faith in religion and all forms of spiritual life.
AfterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading VISIONS OF ANOTHER WORLD After Dick had decided to attend the séance he read the article more carefully.
alive
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From this reading By and by he became impressed by the thought that his sons were alive and wanted to speak to him.
all
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From this reading It purported to be written by a man who had given up all faith in religion and all forms of spiritual life.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It purported to be written by a man who had given up all faith in religion and all forms of spiritual life.
ANOTHERnounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading VISIONS OF ANOTHER WORLD After Dick had decided to attend the séance he read the article more carefully.
article
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From this reading VISIONS OF ANOTHER WORLD After Dick had decided to attend the séance he read the article more carefully.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He had tried to find satisfaction in the pleasures and occupations of his daily existence, and had treated everything else as a played-out fallacy.
attend
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From this reading VISIONS OF ANOTHER WORLD After Dick had decided to attend the séance he read the article more carefully.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It purported to be written by a man who had given up all faith in religion and all forms of spiritual life.
became
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From this reading By and by he became impressed by the thought that his sons were alive and wanted to speak to him.
become
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From this reading Then two of his sons had been killed in the war, and life had become a painful, hollow mockery.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Then two of his sons had been killed in the war, and life had become a painful, hollow mockery.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading It purported to be written by a man who had given up all faith in religion and all forms of spiritual life.
carefully
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From this reading VISIONS OF ANOTHER WORLD After Dick had decided to attend the séance he read the article more carefully.
daily
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From this reading He had tried to find satisfaction in the pleasures and occupations of his daily existence, and had treated everything else as a played-out fallacy.
decided
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From this reading VISIONS OF ANOTHER WORLD After Dick had decided to attend the séance he read the article more carefully.
Dick
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From this reading VISIONS OF ANOTHER WORLD After Dick had decided to attend the séance he read the article more carefully.
else
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From this reading He had tried to find satisfaction in the pleasures and occupations of his daily existence, and had treated everything else as a played-out fallacy.
everythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/
all things; all of a situation
From this reading He had tried to find satisfaction in the pleasures and occupations of his daily existence, and had treated everything else as a played-out fallacy.
existence
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From this reading He had tried to find satisfaction in the pleasures and occupations of his daily existence, and had treated everything else as a played-out fallacy.
faith
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fallacy
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From this reading He had tried to find satisfaction in the pleasures and occupations of his daily existence, and had treated everything else as a played-out fallacy.
find
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From this reading He had tried to find satisfaction in the pleasures and occupations of his daily existence, and had treated everything else as a played-out fallacy.
forms
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From this reading It purported to be written by a man who had given up all faith in religion and all forms of spiritual life.
given
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From this reading It purported to be written by a man who had given up all faith in religion and all forms of spiritual life.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading VISIONS OF ANOTHER WORLD After Dick had decided to attend the séance he read the article more carefully.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading VISIONS OF ANOTHER WORLD After Dick had decided to attend the séance he read the article more carefully.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading By and by he became impressed by the thought that his sons were alive and wanted to speak to him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He had tried to find satisfaction in the pleasures and occupations of his daily existence, and had treated everything else as a played-out fallacy.
hollow
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From this reading Then two of his sons had been killed in the war, and life had become a painful, hollow mockery.
impressed
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From this reading By and by he became impressed by the thought that his sons were alive and wanted to speak to him.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It purported to be written by a man who had given up all faith in religion and all forms of spiritual life.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It purported to be written by a man who had given up all faith in religion and all forms of spiritual life.
killed
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From this reading Then two of his sons had been killed in the war, and life had become a painful, hollow mockery.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It purported to be written by a man who had given up all faith in religion and all forms of spiritual life.
man
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From this reading It purported to be written by a man who had given up all faith in religion and all forms of spiritual life.
mockery
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From this reading Then two of his sons had been killed in the war, and life had become a painful, hollow mockery.
more
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From this reading VISIONS OF ANOTHER WORLD After Dick had decided to attend the séance he read the article more carefully.
occupations
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From this reading He had tried to find satisfaction in the pleasures and occupations of his daily existence, and had treated everything else as a played-out fallacy.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading VISIONS OF ANOTHER WORLD After Dick had decided to attend the séance he read the article more carefully.
painful
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From this reading Then two of his sons had been killed in the war, and life had become a painful, hollow mockery.
played-out
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From this reading He had tried to find satisfaction in the pleasures and occupations of his daily existence, and had treated everything else as a played-out fallacy.
pleasures
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From this reading He had tried to find satisfaction in the pleasures and occupations of his daily existence, and had treated everything else as a played-out fallacy.
purported
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From this reading It purported to be written by a man who had given up all faith in religion and all forms of spiritual life.
read
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From this reading VISIONS OF ANOTHER WORLD After Dick had decided to attend the séance he read the article more carefully.
religion
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From this reading It purported to be written by a man who had given up all faith in religion and all forms of spiritual life.
satisfaction
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From this reading He had tried to find satisfaction in the pleasures and occupations of his daily existence, and had treated everything else as a played-out fallacy.
sons
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From this reading Then two of his sons had been killed in the war, and life had become a painful, hollow mockery.
speak
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From this reading By and by he became impressed by the thought that his sons were alive and wanted to speak to him.
spiritual
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From this reading It purported to be written by a man who had given up all faith in religion and all forms of spiritual life.
séance
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From this reading VISIONS OF ANOTHER WORLD After Dick had decided to attend the séance he read the article more carefully.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading By and by he became impressed by the thought that his sons were alive and wanted to speak to him.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading VISIONS OF ANOTHER WORLD After Dick had decided to attend the séance he read the article more carefully.
Then
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From this reading Then two of his sons had been killed in the war, and life had become a painful, hollow mockery.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading By and by he became impressed by the thought that his sons were alive and wanted to speak to him.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading VISIONS OF ANOTHER WORLD After Dick had decided to attend the séance he read the article more carefully.
treated
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From this reading He had tried to find satisfaction in the pleasures and occupations of his daily existence, and had treated everything else as a played-out fallacy.
tried
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From this reading He had tried to find satisfaction in the pleasures and occupations of his daily existence, and had treated everything else as a played-out fallacy.
two
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From this reading Then two of his sons had been killed in the war, and life had become a painful, hollow mockery.
up
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From this reading It purported to be written by a man who had given up all faith in religion and all forms of spiritual life.
VISIONS
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From this reading VISIONS OF ANOTHER WORLD After Dick had decided to attend the séance he read the article more carefully.
wanted
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From this reading By and by he became impressed by the thought that his sons were alive and wanted to speak to him.
war
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From this reading Then two of his sons had been killed in the war, and life had become a painful, hollow mockery.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading By and by he became impressed by the thought that his sons were alive and wanted to speak to him.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading It purported to be written by a man who had given up all faith in religion and all forms of spiritual life.
WORLD
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From this reading VISIONS OF ANOTHER WORLD After Dick had decided to attend the séance he read the article more carefully.
written
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From this reading It purported to be written by a man who had given up all faith in religion and all forms of spiritual life.
