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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 In a city in transition, where yesterday is as dead as a dead century, where those who prepare the old year for burial are already taking the ante-mortem statement of the new, the future fulfils the functions of the present.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading For a few weeks men spoke of him in the several clubs of which he had lately been a member--spoke of him always in the past tense; and after a little while spoke of him no more.
almost
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From this reading His world and his city had almost ceased to think of Siward.
alreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In a city in transition, where yesterday is as dead as a dead century, where those who prepare the old year for burial are already taking the ante-mortem statement of the new, the future fulfils the functions of the present.
always
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From this reading For a few weeks men spoke of him in the several clubs of which he had lately been a member--spoke of him always in the past tense; and after a little while spoke of him no more.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading His world and his city had almost ceased to think of Siward.
ante-mortem
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From this reading In a city in transition, where yesterday is as dead as a dead century, where those who prepare the old year for burial are already taking the ante-mortem statement of the new, the future fulfils the functions of the present.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading In a city in transition, where yesterday is as dead as a dead century, where those who prepare the old year for burial are already taking the ante-mortem statement of the new, the future fulfils the functions of the present.
artauxiliary verbUS /ɑːrt/
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading Memory, once a fine art, is becoming a lost art in Manhattan.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading In a city in transition, where yesterday is as dead as a dead century, where those who prepare the old year for burial are already taking the ante-mortem statement of the new, the future fulfils the functions of the present.
becoming
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From this reading Memory, once a fine art, is becoming a lost art in Manhattan.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading For a few weeks men spoke of him in the several clubs of which he had lately been a member--spoke of him always in the past tense; and after a little while spoke of him no more.
burial
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From this reading In a city in transition, where yesterday is as dead as a dead century, where those who prepare the old year for burial are already taking the ante-mortem statement of the new, the future fulfils the functions of the present.
by-product
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From this reading Time itself is considered merely as a by-product of horse-power, discounted with flippancy as the unavoidable friction clogging the fly-wheel of progress.
ceased
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From this reading His world and his city had almost ceased to think of Siward.
century
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From this reading In a city in transition, where yesterday is as dead as a dead century, where those who prepare the old year for burial are already taking the ante-mortem statement of the new, the future fulfils the functions of the present.
city
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From this reading In a city in transition, where yesterday is as dead as a dead century, where those who prepare the old year for burial are already taking the ante-mortem statement of the new, the future fulfils the functions of the present.
clogging
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From this reading Time itself is considered merely as a by-product of horse-power, discounted with flippancy as the unavoidable friction clogging the fly-wheel of progress.
clubs
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From this reading For a few weeks men spoke of him in the several clubs of which he had lately been a member--spoke of him always in the past tense; and after a little while spoke of him no more.
considered
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From this reading Time itself is considered merely as a by-product of horse-power, discounted with flippancy as the unavoidable friction clogging the fly-wheel of progress.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In a city in transition, where yesterday is as dead as a dead century, where those who prepare the old year for burial are already taking the ante-mortem statement of the new, the future fulfils the functions of the present.
discounted
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From this reading Time itself is considered merely as a by-product of horse-power, discounted with flippancy as the unavoidable friction clogging the fly-wheel of progress.
few
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From this reading For a few weeks men spoke of him in the several clubs of which he had lately been a member--spoke of him always in the past tense; and after a little while spoke of him no more.
finenounUS /fine/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Memory, once a fine art, is becoming a lost art in Manhattan.
flippancy
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From this reading Time itself is considered merely as a by-product of horse-power, discounted with flippancy as the unavoidable friction clogging the fly-wheel of progress.
fly-wheel
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From this reading Time itself is considered merely as a by-product of horse-power, discounted with flippancy as the unavoidable friction clogging the fly-wheel of progress.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading In a city in transition, where yesterday is as dead as a dead century, where those who prepare the old year for burial are already taking the ante-mortem statement of the new, the future fulfils the functions of the present.
friction
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From this reading Time itself is considered merely as a by-product of horse-power, discounted with flippancy as the unavoidable friction clogging the fly-wheel of progress.
fulfils
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From this reading In a city in transition, where yesterday is as dead as a dead century, where those who prepare the old year for burial are already taking the ante-mortem statement of the new, the future fulfils the functions of the present.
functions
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From this reading In a city in transition, where yesterday is as dead as a dead century, where those who prepare the old year for burial are already taking the ante-mortem statement of the new, the future fulfils the functions of the present.
future
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From this reading In a city in transition, where yesterday is as dead as a dead century, where those who prepare the old year for burial are already taking the ante-mortem statement of the new, the future fulfils the functions of the present.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading His world and his city had almost ceased to think of Siward.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading For a few weeks men spoke of him in the several clubs of which he had lately been a member--spoke of him always in the past tense; and after a little while spoke of him no more.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading For a few weeks men spoke of him in the several clubs of which he had lately been a member--spoke of him always in the past tense; and after a little while spoke of him no more.
HisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading His world and his city had almost ceased to think of Siward.
horse-power
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From this reading Time itself is considered merely as a by-product of horse-power, discounted with flippancy as the unavoidable friction clogging the fly-wheel of progress.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In a city in transition, where yesterday is as dead as a dead century, where those who prepare the old year for burial are already taking the ante-mortem statement of the new, the future fulfils the functions of the present.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading In a city in transition, where yesterday is as dead as a dead century, where those who prepare the old year for burial are already taking the ante-mortem statement of the new, the future fulfils the functions of the present.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading Time itself is considered merely as a by-product of horse-power, discounted with flippancy as the unavoidable friction clogging the fly-wheel of progress.
lately
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From this reading For a few weeks men spoke of him in the several clubs of which he had lately been a member--spoke of him always in the past tense; and after a little while spoke of him no more.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For a few weeks men spoke of him in the several clubs of which he had lately been a member--spoke of him always in the past tense; and after a little while spoke of him no more.
lost
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From this reading Memory, once a fine art, is becoming a lost art in Manhattan.
Manhattan
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From this reading Memory, once a fine art, is becoming a lost art in Manhattan.
member
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From this reading For a few weeks men spoke of him in the several clubs of which he had lately been a member--spoke of him always in the past tense; and after a little while spoke of him no more.
MemorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading Memory, once a fine art, is becoming a lost art in Manhattan.
men
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From this reading For a few weeks men spoke of him in the several clubs of which he had lately been a member--spoke of him always in the past tense; and after a little while spoke of him no more.
merely
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From this reading Time itself is considered merely as a by-product of horse-power, discounted with flippancy as the unavoidable friction clogging the fly-wheel of progress.
more
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From this reading For a few weeks men spoke of him in the several clubs of which he had lately been a member--spoke of him always in the past tense; and after a little while spoke of him no more.
new
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From this reading In a city in transition, where yesterday is as dead as a dead century, where those who prepare the old year for burial are already taking the ante-mortem statement of the new, the future fulfils the functions of the present.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading For a few weeks men spoke of him in the several clubs of which he had lately been a member--spoke of him always in the past tense; and after a little while spoke of him no more.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In a city in transition, where yesterday is as dead as a dead century, where those who prepare the old year for burial are already taking the ante-mortem statement of the new, the future fulfils the functions of the present.
old
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From this reading In a city in transition, where yesterday is as dead as a dead century, where those who prepare the old year for burial are already taking the ante-mortem statement of the new, the future fulfils the functions of the present.
once
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From this reading Memory, once a fine art, is becoming a lost art in Manhattan.
past
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From this reading For a few weeks men spoke of him in the several clubs of which he had lately been a member--spoke of him always in the past tense; and after a little while spoke of him no more.
prepare
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From this reading In a city in transition, where yesterday is as dead as a dead century, where those who prepare the old year for burial are already taking the ante-mortem statement of the new, the future fulfils the functions of the present.
present
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From this reading In a city in transition, where yesterday is as dead as a dead century, where those who prepare the old year for burial are already taking the ante-mortem statement of the new, the future fulfils the functions of the present.
progress
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From this reading Time itself is considered merely as a by-product of horse-power, discounted with flippancy as the unavoidable friction clogging the fly-wheel of progress.
several
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From this reading For a few weeks men spoke of him in the several clubs of which he had lately been a member--spoke of him always in the past tense; and after a little while spoke of him no more.
Siward
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From this reading His world and his city had almost ceased to think of Siward.
spoke
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From this reading For a few weeks men spoke of him in the several clubs of which he had lately been a member--spoke of him always in the past tense; and after a little while spoke of him no more.
statement
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From this reading In a city in transition, where yesterday is as dead as a dead century, where those who prepare the old year for burial are already taking the ante-mortem statement of the new, the future fulfils the functions of the present.
taking
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From this reading In a city in transition, where yesterday is as dead as a dead century, where those who prepare the old year for burial are already taking the ante-mortem statement of the new, the future fulfils the functions of the present.
tense
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From this reading For a few weeks men spoke of him in the several clubs of which he had lately been a member--spoke of him always in the past tense; and after a little while spoke of him no more.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In a city in transition, where yesterday is as dead as a dead century, where those who prepare the old year for burial are already taking the ante-mortem statement of the new, the future fulfils the functions of the present.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His world and his city had almost ceased to think of Siward.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading In a city in transition, where yesterday is as dead as a dead century, where those who prepare the old year for burial are already taking the ante-mortem statement of the new, the future fulfils the functions of the present.
TimenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Time itself is considered merely as a by-product of horse-power, discounted with flippancy as the unavoidable friction clogging the fly-wheel of progress.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading His world and his city had almost ceased to think of Siward.
transition
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From this reading In a city in transition, where yesterday is as dead as a dead century, where those who prepare the old year for burial are already taking the ante-mortem statement of the new, the future fulfils the functions of the present.
unavoidable
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From this reading Time itself is considered merely as a by-product of horse-power, discounted with flippancy as the unavoidable friction clogging the fly-wheel of progress.
weeks
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From this reading For a few weeks men spoke of him in the several clubs of which he had lately been a member--spoke of him always in the past tense; and after a little while spoke of him no more.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading In a city in transition, where yesterday is as dead as a dead century, where those who prepare the old year for burial are already taking the ante-mortem statement of the new, the future fulfils the functions of the present.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading For a few weeks men spoke of him in the several clubs of which he had lately been a member--spoke of him always in the past tense; and after a little while spoke of him no more.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading For a few weeks men spoke of him in the several clubs of which he had lately been a member--spoke of him always in the past tense; and after a little while spoke of him no more.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading In a city in transition, where yesterday is as dead as a dead century, where those who prepare the old year for burial are already taking the ante-mortem statement of the new, the future fulfils the functions of the present.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Time itself is considered merely as a by-product of horse-power, discounted with flippancy as the unavoidable friction clogging the fly-wheel of progress.
world
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From this reading His world and his city had almost ceased to think of Siward.
year
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From this reading In a city in transition, where yesterday is as dead as a dead century, where those who prepare the old year for burial are already taking the ante-mortem statement of the new, the future fulfils the functions of the present.
yesterday
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From this reading In a city in transition, where yesterday is as dead as a dead century, where those who prepare the old year for burial are already taking the ante-mortem statement of the new, the future fulfils the functions of the present.
