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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 There is no indecent haste, no scrambling to put a semblance of finish to the incomplete, as there is in the hurried death of cities.
add
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From this reading “Loo's home again,” men told each other at “The Black Sailor”; and the women, who discussed the matter in the village street, had little to add to this bare piece of news.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Loo's home again,” men told each other at “The Black Sailor”; and the women, who discussed the matter in the village street, had little to add to this bare piece of news.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading At Farlingford, forgotten of the world, events move slowly and men's minds assimilate change without shock.
anxious
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From this reading Young faces grow softly mellow without those lines and anxious crow's-feet that mar the features of the middle-aged, who, to earn their daily bread or to kill the tedium of their lives, find it necessary to dwell in streets.
arrives
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From this reading Old people look for death long before it arrives, so that when at last the great change comes it is effected quite calmly.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading There is no indecent haste, no scrambling to put a semblance of finish to the incomplete, as there is in the hurried death of cities.
assimilate
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From this reading At Farlingford, forgotten of the world, events move slowly and men's minds assimilate change without shock.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At Farlingford, forgotten of the world, events move slowly and men's minds assimilate change without shock.
bare
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From this reading “Loo's home again,” men told each other at “The Black Sailor”; and the women, who discussed the matter in the village street, had little to add to this bare piece of news.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Old people look for death long before it arrives, so that when at last the great change comes it is effected quite calmly.
Black
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From this reading “Loo's home again,” men told each other at “The Black Sailor”; and the women, who discussed the matter in the village street, had little to add to this bare piece of news.
bread
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From this reading Young faces grow softly mellow without those lines and anxious crow's-feet that mar the features of the middle-aged, who, to earn their daily bread or to kill the tedium of their lives, find it necessary to dwell in streets.
calmly
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From this reading Old people look for death long before it arrives, so that when at last the great change comes it is effected quite calmly.
change
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From this reading At Farlingford, forgotten of the world, events move slowly and men's minds assimilate change without shock.
cities
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From this reading There is no indecent haste, no scrambling to put a semblance of finish to the incomplete, as there is in the hurried death of cities.
comes
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From this reading Old people look for death long before it arrives, so that when at last the great change comes it is effected quite calmly.
crow's-feet
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From this reading Young faces grow softly mellow without those lines and anxious crow's-feet that mar the features of the middle-aged, who, to earn their daily bread or to kill the tedium of their lives, find it necessary to dwell in streets.
daily
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From this reading Young faces grow softly mellow without those lines and anxious crow's-feet that mar the features of the middle-aged, who, to earn their daily bread or to kill the tedium of their lives, find it necessary to dwell in streets.
death
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From this reading Old people look for death long before it arrives, so that when at last the great change comes it is effected quite calmly.
discussed
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From this reading “Loo's home again,” men told each other at “The Black Sailor”; and the women, who discussed the matter in the village street, had little to add to this bare piece of news.
dwell
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From this reading Young faces grow softly mellow without those lines and anxious crow's-feet that mar the features of the middle-aged, who, to earn their daily bread or to kill the tedium of their lives, find it necessary to dwell in streets.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading “Loo's home again,” men told each other at “The Black Sailor”; and the women, who discussed the matter in the village street, had little to add to this bare piece of news.
earn
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From this reading Young faces grow softly mellow without those lines and anxious crow's-feet that mar the features of the middle-aged, who, to earn their daily bread or to kill the tedium of their lives, find it necessary to dwell in streets.
effected
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From this reading Old people look for death long before it arrives, so that when at last the great change comes it is effected quite calmly.
events
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From this reading At Farlingford, forgotten of the world, events move slowly and men's minds assimilate change without shock.
faces
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From this reading Young faces grow softly mellow without those lines and anxious crow's-feet that mar the features of the middle-aged, who, to earn their daily bread or to kill the tedium of their lives, find it necessary to dwell in streets.
Farlingford
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From this reading At Farlingford, forgotten of the world, events move slowly and men's minds assimilate change without shock.
features
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From this reading Young faces grow softly mellow without those lines and anxious crow's-feet that mar the features of the middle-aged, who, to earn their daily bread or to kill the tedium of their lives, find it necessary to dwell in streets.
find
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From this reading Young faces grow softly mellow without those lines and anxious crow's-feet that mar the features of the middle-aged, who, to earn their daily bread or to kill the tedium of their lives, find it necessary to dwell in streets.
finish
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From this reading There is no indecent haste, no scrambling to put a semblance of finish to the incomplete, as there is in the hurried death of cities.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Old people look for death long before it arrives, so that when at last the great change comes it is effected quite calmly.
forgottenadjectiveUS /fərˈɡɑːt.n̩/
Not remembered; lapsed from memory.
From this reading At Farlingford, forgotten of the world, events move slowly and men's minds assimilate change without shock.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Old people look for death long before it arrives, so that when at last the great change comes it is effected quite calmly.
grow
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From this reading Young faces grow softly mellow without those lines and anxious crow's-feet that mar the features of the middle-aged, who, to earn their daily bread or to kill the tedium of their lives, find it necessary to dwell in streets.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading “Loo's home again,” men told each other at “The Black Sailor”; and the women, who discussed the matter in the village street, had little to add to this bare piece of news.
haste
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From this reading There is no indecent haste, no scrambling to put a semblance of finish to the incomplete, as there is in the hurried death of cities.
home
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From this reading “Loo's home again,” men told each other at “The Black Sailor”; and the women, who discussed the matter in the village street, had little to add to this bare piece of news.
hurried
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From this reading There is no indecent haste, no scrambling to put a semblance of finish to the incomplete, as there is in the hurried death of cities.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There is no indecent haste, no scrambling to put a semblance of finish to the incomplete, as there is in the hurried death of cities.
incomplete
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From this reading There is no indecent haste, no scrambling to put a semblance of finish to the incomplete, as there is in the hurried death of cities.
indecent
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From this reading There is no indecent haste, no scrambling to put a semblance of finish to the incomplete, as there is in the hurried death of cities.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Old people look for death long before it arrives, so that when at last the great change comes it is effected quite calmly.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Old people look for death long before it arrives, so that when at last the great change comes it is effected quite calmly.
kill
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From this reading Young faces grow softly mellow without those lines and anxious crow's-feet that mar the features of the middle-aged, who, to earn their daily bread or to kill the tedium of their lives, find it necessary to dwell in streets.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Old people look for death long before it arrives, so that when at last the great change comes it is effected quite calmly.
lines
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From this reading Young faces grow softly mellow without those lines and anxious crow's-feet that mar the features of the middle-aged, who, to earn their daily bread or to kill the tedium of their lives, find it necessary to dwell in streets.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Loo's home again,” men told each other at “The Black Sailor”; and the women, who discussed the matter in the village street, had little to add to this bare piece of news.
lives
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From this reading Young faces grow softly mellow without those lines and anxious crow's-feet that mar the features of the middle-aged, who, to earn their daily bread or to kill the tedium of their lives, find it necessary to dwell in streets.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Old people look for death long before it arrives, so that when at last the great change comes it is effected quite calmly.
Loo's
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From this reading “Loo's home again,” men told each other at “The Black Sailor”; and the women, who discussed the matter in the village street, had little to add to this bare piece of news.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Old people look for death long before it arrives, so that when at last the great change comes it is effected quite calmly.
mar
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From this reading Young faces grow softly mellow without those lines and anxious crow's-feet that mar the features of the middle-aged, who, to earn their daily bread or to kill the tedium of their lives, find it necessary to dwell in streets.
matter
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From this reading “Loo's home again,” men told each other at “The Black Sailor”; and the women, who discussed the matter in the village street, had little to add to this bare piece of news.
mellow
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From this reading Young faces grow softly mellow without those lines and anxious crow's-feet that mar the features of the middle-aged, who, to earn their daily bread or to kill the tedium of their lives, find it necessary to dwell in streets.
men
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From this reading “Loo's home again,” men told each other at “The Black Sailor”; and the women, who discussed the matter in the village street, had little to add to this bare piece of news.
men's
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From this reading At Farlingford, forgotten of the world, events move slowly and men's minds assimilate change without shock.
middle-aged
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From this reading Young faces grow softly mellow without those lines and anxious crow's-feet that mar the features of the middle-aged, who, to earn their daily bread or to kill the tedium of their lives, find it necessary to dwell in streets.
minds
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From this reading At Farlingford, forgotten of the world, events move slowly and men's minds assimilate change without shock.
move
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From this reading At Farlingford, forgotten of the world, events move slowly and men's minds assimilate change without shock.
necessary
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From this reading Young faces grow softly mellow without those lines and anxious crow's-feet that mar the features of the middle-aged, who, to earn their daily bread or to kill the tedium of their lives, find it necessary to dwell in streets.
news
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From this reading “Loo's home again,” men told each other at “The Black Sailor”; and the women, who discussed the matter in the village street, had little to add to this bare piece of news.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading There is no indecent haste, no scrambling to put a semblance of finish to the incomplete, as there is in the hurried death of cities.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading At Farlingford, forgotten of the world, events move slowly and men's minds assimilate change without shock.
Old
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From this reading Old people look for death long before it arrives, so that when at last the great change comes it is effected quite calmly.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Young faces grow softly mellow without those lines and anxious crow's-feet that mar the features of the middle-aged, who, to earn their daily bread or to kill the tedium of their lives, find it necessary to dwell in streets.
other
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From this reading “Loo's home again,” men told each other at “The Black Sailor”; and the women, who discussed the matter in the village street, had little to add to this bare piece of news.
people
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From this reading Old people look for death long before it arrives, so that when at last the great change comes it is effected quite calmly.
piece
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From this reading “Loo's home again,” men told each other at “The Black Sailor”; and the women, who discussed the matter in the village street, had little to add to this bare piece of news.
put
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From this reading There is no indecent haste, no scrambling to put a semblance of finish to the incomplete, as there is in the hurried death of cities.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Old people look for death long before it arrives, so that when at last the great change comes it is effected quite calmly.
Sailor
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From this reading “Loo's home again,” men told each other at “The Black Sailor”; and the women, who discussed the matter in the village street, had little to add to this bare piece of news.
scrambling
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From this reading There is no indecent haste, no scrambling to put a semblance of finish to the incomplete, as there is in the hurried death of cities.
semblance
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From this reading There is no indecent haste, no scrambling to put a semblance of finish to the incomplete, as there is in the hurried death of cities.
shock
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From this reading At Farlingford, forgotten of the world, events move slowly and men's minds assimilate change without shock.
slowly
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From this reading At Farlingford, forgotten of the world, events move slowly and men's minds assimilate change without shock.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Old people look for death long before it arrives, so that when at last the great change comes it is effected quite calmly.
softly
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From this reading Young faces grow softly mellow without those lines and anxious crow's-feet that mar the features of the middle-aged, who, to earn their daily bread or to kill the tedium of their lives, find it necessary to dwell in streets.
street
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From this reading “Loo's home again,” men told each other at “The Black Sailor”; and the women, who discussed the matter in the village street, had little to add to this bare piece of news.
streets
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From this reading Young faces grow softly mellow without those lines and anxious crow's-feet that mar the features of the middle-aged, who, to earn their daily bread or to kill the tedium of their lives, find it necessary to dwell in streets.
tedium
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From this reading Young faces grow softly mellow without those lines and anxious crow's-feet that mar the features of the middle-aged, who, to earn their daily bread or to kill the tedium of their lives, find it necessary to dwell in streets.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Old people look for death long before it arrives, so that when at last the great change comes it is effected quite calmly.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading At Farlingford, forgotten of the world, events move slowly and men's minds assimilate change without shock.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Young faces grow softly mellow without those lines and anxious crow's-feet that mar the features of the middle-aged, who, to earn their daily bread or to kill the tedium of their lives, find it necessary to dwell in streets.
There
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From this reading There is no indecent haste, no scrambling to put a semblance of finish to the incomplete, as there is in the hurried death of cities.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “Loo's home again,” men told each other at “The Black Sailor”; and the women, who discussed the matter in the village street, had little to add to this bare piece of news.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Young faces grow softly mellow without those lines and anxious crow's-feet that mar the features of the middle-aged, who, to earn their daily bread or to kill the tedium of their lives, find it necessary to dwell in streets.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There is no indecent haste, no scrambling to put a semblance of finish to the incomplete, as there is in the hurried death of cities.
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Loo's home again,” men told each other at “The Black Sailor”; and the women, who discussed the matter in the village street, had little to add to this bare piece of news.
village
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From this reading “Loo's home again,” men told each other at “The Black Sailor”; and the women, who discussed the matter in the village street, had little to add to this bare piece of news.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Old people look for death long before it arrives, so that when at last the great change comes it is effected quite calmly.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Young faces grow softly mellow without those lines and anxious crow's-feet that mar the features of the middle-aged, who, to earn their daily bread or to kill the tedium of their lives, find it necessary to dwell in streets.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading At Farlingford, forgotten of the world, events move slowly and men's minds assimilate change without shock.
women
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From this reading “Loo's home again,” men told each other at “The Black Sailor”; and the women, who discussed the matter in the village street, had little to add to this bare piece of news.
world
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From this reading At Farlingford, forgotten of the world, events move slowly and men's minds assimilate change without shock.
Young
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From this reading Young faces grow softly mellow without those lines and anxious crow's-feet that mar the features of the middle-aged, who, to earn their daily bread or to kill the tedium of their lives, find it necessary to dwell in streets.
