Chapter I · Chapter 1

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

From this reading With a screaming of brakes, the elevated train on which I happened to be jerked to a stop, and passengers intending to disembark were catapulted toward the doorways--a convenience supplied gratis by all elevated roads, which, I have observed, is generally overlooked by their patrons.

a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance

From this reading The jostling and crowding was like an old story to me; I went through the ordeal each morning with an indifference and abstraction born of long custom.

(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class

From this reading With a screaming of brakes, the elevated train on which I happened to be jerked to a stop, and passengers intending to disembark were catapulted toward the doorways--a convenience supplied gratis by all elevated roads, which, I have observed, is generally overlooked by their patrons.

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

From this reading The jostling and crowding was like an old story to me; I went through the ordeal each morning with an indifference and abstraction born of long custom.

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

From this reading With a screaming of brakes, the elevated train on which I happened to be jerked to a stop, and passengers intending to disembark were catapulted toward the doorways--a convenience supplied gratis by all elevated roads, which, I have observed, is generally overlooked by their patrons.

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading With a screaming of brakes, the elevated train on which I happened to be jerked to a stop, and passengers intending to disembark were catapulted toward the doorways--a convenience supplied gratis by all elevated roads, which, I have observed, is generally overlooked by their patrons.

brought into existence

From this reading The jostling and crowding was like an old story to me; I went through the ordeal each morning with an indifference and abstraction born of long custom.

a braking device consisting of a combination of interacting parts that work to slow a motor vehicle

From this reading With a screaming of brakes, the elevated train on which I happened to be jerked to a stop, and passengers intending to disembark were catapulted toward the doorways--a convenience supplied gratis by all elevated roads, which, I have observed, is generally overlooked by their patrons.

food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked

From this reading This was the first wave of the daily townward tide--clerks, shop-girls, and stenographers, for the most part intent upon bread and butter _in futuro_.

lacking funds

From this reading Here the current broke up and diffused, like the current of a river where it empties into the sea.

an edible emulsion of fat globules made by churning milk or cream; for cooking and table use

From this reading This was the first wave of the daily townward tide--clerks, shop-girls, and stenographers, for the most part intent upon bread and butter _in futuro_.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading With a screaming of brakes, the elevated train on which I happened to be jerked to a stop, and passengers intending to disembark were catapulted toward the doorways--a convenience supplied gratis by all elevated roads, which, I have observed, is generally overlooked by their patrons.

past form of “catapult” — shoot forth or launch, as if from a catapult

From this reading With a screaming of brakes, the elevated train on which I happened to be jerked to a stop, and passengers intending to disembark were catapulted toward the doorways--a convenience supplied gratis by all elevated roads, which, I have observed, is generally overlooked by their patrons.

plural of “clerk” — an employee who performs clerical work (e.g., keeps records or accounts)

From this reading This was the first wave of the daily townward tide--clerks, shop-girls, and stenographers, for the most part intent upon bread and butter _in futuro_.

the state of being suitable or opportune

From this reading With a screaming of brakes, the elevated train on which I happened to be jerked to a stop, and passengers intending to disembark were catapulted toward the doorways--a convenience supplied gratis by all elevated roads, which, I have observed, is generally overlooked by their patrons.

overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form

From this reading I crammed the morning paper into my overcoat pocket, fell in with the outrushing current of humanity, and was straightway swept upon the platform, pinched through the revolving gates, and hustled down the covered iron stairway to the street.

inflected form of “cram” — crowd or pack to capacity

From this reading I crammed the morning paper into my overcoat pocket, fell in with the outrushing current of humanity, and was straightway swept upon the platform, pinched through the revolving gates, and hustled down the covered iron stairway to the street.

a situation in which people or things are crowded together

From this reading The jostling and crowding was like an old story to me; I went through the ordeal each morning with an indifference and abstraction born of long custom.

a flow of electricity through a conductor

From this reading I crammed the morning paper into my overcoat pocket, fell in with the outrushing current of humanity, and was straightway swept upon the platform, pinched through the revolving gates, and hustled down the covered iron stairway to the street.

accepted or habitual practice

From this reading The jostling and crowding was like an old story to me; I went through the ordeal each morning with an indifference and abstraction born of long custom.

every day; without missing a day

From this reading This was the first wave of the daily townward tide--clerks, shop-girls, and stenographers, for the most part intent upon bread and butter _in futuro_.

(of light rays) subjected to scattering by reflection from a rough surface or transmission through a translucent material

From this reading Here the current broke up and diffused, like the current of a river where it empties into the sea.

go ashore

From this reading With a screaming of brakes, the elevated train on which I happened to be jerked to a stop, and passengers intending to disembark were catapulted toward the doorways--a convenience supplied gratis by all elevated roads, which, I have observed, is generally overlooked by their patrons.

plural of “doorway” — the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close

From this reading With a screaming of brakes, the elevated train on which I happened to be jerked to a stop, and passengers intending to disembark were catapulted toward the doorways--a convenience supplied gratis by all elevated roads, which, I have observed, is generally overlooked by their patrons.

being or moving lower in position or less in some value

From this reading I crammed the morning paper into my overcoat pocket, fell in with the outrushing current of humanity, and was straightway swept upon the platform, pinched through the revolving gates, and hustled down the covered iron stairway to the street.

every one of two or more people or things, taken separately

From this reading The jostling and crowding was like an old story to me; I went through the ordeal each morning with an indifference and abstraction born of long custom.

raised above the ground

From this reading With a screaming of brakes, the elevated train on which I happened to be jerked to a stop, and passengers intending to disembark were catapulted toward the doorways--a convenience supplied gratis by all elevated roads, which, I have observed, is generally overlooked by their patrons.

plural of “empty” — a container that has been emptied

From this reading Here the current broke up and diffused, like the current of a river where it empties into the sea.

cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow

From this reading I crammed the morning paper into my overcoat pocket, fell in with the outrushing current of humanity, and was straightway swept upon the platform, pinched through the revolving gates, and hustled down the covered iron stairway to the street.

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading This was the first wave of the daily townward tide--clerks, shop-girls, and stenographers, for the most part intent upon bread and butter _in futuro_.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading This was the first wave of the daily townward tide--clerks, shop-girls, and stenographers, for the most part intent upon bread and butter _in futuro_.

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From this reading This was the first wave of the daily townward tide--clerks, shop-girls, and stenographers, for the most part intent upon bread and butter _in futuro_.

United States computer entrepreneur whose software company made him the youngest multi-billionaire in the history of the United States (born in 1955)

From this reading I crammed the morning paper into my overcoat pocket, fell in with the outrushing current of humanity, and was straightway swept upon the platform, pinched through the revolving gates, and hustled down the covered iron stairway to the street.

usually; as a rule

From this reading With a screaming of brakes, the elevated train on which I happened to be jerked to a stop, and passengers intending to disembark were catapulted toward the doorways--a convenience supplied gratis by all elevated roads, which, I have observed, is generally overlooked by their patrons.

costing nothing

From this reading With a screaming of brakes, the elevated train on which I happened to be jerked to a stop, and passengers intending to disembark were catapulted toward the doorways--a convenience supplied gratis by all elevated roads, which, I have observed, is generally overlooked by their patrons.

past form of “happen” — come to pass

From this reading With a screaming of brakes, the elevated train on which I happened to be jerked to a stop, and passengers intending to disembark were catapulted toward the doorways--a convenience supplied gratis by all elevated roads, which, I have observed, is generally overlooked by their patrons.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading With a screaming of brakes, the elevated train on which I happened to be jerked to a stop, and passengers intending to disembark were catapulted toward the doorways--a convenience supplied gratis by all elevated roads, which, I have observed, is generally overlooked by their patrons.

in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is

From this reading Here the current broke up and diffused, like the current of a river where it empties into the sea.

the quality of being humane

From this reading I crammed the morning paper into my overcoat pocket, fell in with the outrushing current of humanity, and was straightway swept upon the platform, pinched through the revolving gates, and hustled down the covered iron stairway to the street.

past form of “hustle” — cause to move furtively and hurriedly

From this reading I crammed the morning paper into my overcoat pocket, fell in with the outrushing current of humanity, and was straightway swept upon the platform, pinched through the revolving gates, and hustled down the covered iron stairway to the street.

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading With a screaming of brakes, the elevated train on which I happened to be jerked to a stop, and passengers intending to disembark were catapulted toward the doorways--a convenience supplied gratis by all elevated roads, which, I have observed, is generally overlooked by their patrons.

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

From this reading I crammed the morning paper into my overcoat pocket, fell in with the outrushing current of humanity, and was straightway swept upon the platform, pinched through the revolving gates, and hustled down the covered iron stairway to the street.

unbiased impartial unconcern

From this reading The jostling and crowding was like an old story to me; I went through the ordeal each morning with an indifference and abstraction born of long custom.

-ing form of “intend” — have in mind as a purpose

From this reading With a screaming of brakes, the elevated train on which I happened to be jerked to a stop, and passengers intending to disembark were catapulted toward the doorways--a convenience supplied gratis by all elevated roads, which, I have observed, is generally overlooked by their patrons.

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

From this reading This was the first wave of the daily townward tide--clerks, shop-girls, and stenographers, for the most part intent upon bread and butter _in futuro_.

moving to the inside of something

From this reading I crammed the morning paper into my overcoat pocket, fell in with the outrushing current of humanity, and was straightway swept upon the platform, pinched through the revolving gates, and hustled down the covered iron stairway to the street.

a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood

From this reading I crammed the morning paper into my overcoat pocket, fell in with the outrushing current of humanity, and was straightway swept upon the platform, pinched through the revolving gates, and hustled down the covered iron stairway to the street.

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

From this reading With a screaming of brakes, the elevated train on which I happened to be jerked to a stop, and passengers intending to disembark were catapulted toward the doorways--a convenience supplied gratis by all elevated roads, which, I have observed, is generally overlooked by their patrons.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Here the current broke up and diffused, like the current of a river where it empties into the sea.

past form of “jerk” — pull, or move with a sudden movement

From this reading With a screaming of brakes, the elevated train on which I happened to be jerked to a stop, and passengers intending to disembark were catapulted toward the doorways--a convenience supplied gratis by all elevated roads, which, I have observed, is generally overlooked by their patrons.

the act of jostling (forcing your way by pushing)

From this reading The jostling and crowding was like an old story to me; I went through the ordeal each morning with an indifference and abstraction born of long custom.

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading Here the current broke up and diffused, like the current of a river where it empties into the sea.

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 The jostling and crowding was like an old story to me; I went through the ordeal each morning with an indifference and abstraction born of long custom.

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading The jostling and crowding was like an old story to me; I went through the ordeal each morning with an indifference and abstraction born of long custom.

the time period between dawn and noon

From this reading I crammed the morning paper into my overcoat pocket, fell in with the outrushing current of humanity, and was straightway swept upon the platform, pinched through the revolving gates, and hustled down the covered iron stairway to the street.

used to form the superlative

From this reading This was the first wave of the daily townward tide--clerks, shop-girls, and stenographers, for the most part intent upon bread and butter _in futuro_.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading I crammed the morning paper into my overcoat pocket, fell in with the outrushing current of humanity, and was straightway swept upon the platform, pinched through the revolving gates, and hustled down the covered iron stairway to the street.

discovered or determined by scientific observation

From this reading With a screaming of brakes, the elevated train on which I happened to be jerked to a stop, and passengers intending to disembark were catapulted toward the doorways--a convenience supplied gratis by all elevated roads, which, I have observed, is generally overlooked by their patrons.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading With a screaming of brakes, the elevated train on which I happened to be jerked to a stop, and passengers intending to disembark were catapulted toward the doorways--a convenience supplied gratis by all elevated roads, which, I have observed, is generally overlooked by their patrons.

(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age

From this reading The jostling and crowding was like an old story to me; I went through the ordeal each morning with an indifference and abstraction born of long custom.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading With a screaming of brakes, the elevated train on which I happened to be jerked to a stop, and passengers intending to disembark were catapulted toward the doorways--a convenience supplied gratis by all elevated roads, which, I have observed, is generally overlooked by their patrons.

a severe or trying experience

From this reading The jostling and crowding was like an old story to me; I went through the ordeal each morning with an indifference and abstraction born of long custom.

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From this reading I crammed the morning paper into my overcoat pocket, fell in with the outrushing current of humanity, and was straightway swept upon the platform, pinched through the revolving gates, and hustled down the covered iron stairway to the street.

a heavy coat worn over clothes in winter

From this reading I crammed the morning paper into my overcoat pocket, fell in with the outrushing current of humanity, and was straightway swept upon the platform, pinched through the revolving gates, and hustled down the covered iron stairway to the street.

not taken into account

From this reading With a screaming of brakes, the elevated train on which I happened to be jerked to a stop, and passengers intending to disembark were catapulted toward the doorways--a convenience supplied gratis by all elevated roads, which, I have observed, is generally overlooked by their patrons.

a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses

From this reading I crammed the morning paper into my overcoat pocket, fell in with the outrushing current of humanity, and was straightway swept upon the platform, pinched through the revolving gates, and hustled down the covered iron stairway to the street.

something determined in relation to something that includes it

From this reading This was the first wave of the daily townward tide--clerks, shop-girls, and stenographers, for the most part intent upon bread and butter _in futuro_.

plural of “passenger” — a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it

From this reading With a screaming of brakes, the elevated train on which I happened to be jerked to a stop, and passengers intending to disembark were catapulted toward the doorways--a convenience supplied gratis by all elevated roads, which, I have observed, is generally overlooked by their patrons.

plural of “patron” — a regular customer

From this reading With a screaming of brakes, the elevated train on which I happened to be jerked to a stop, and passengers intending to disembark were catapulted toward the doorways--a convenience supplied gratis by all elevated roads, which, I have observed, is generally overlooked by their patrons.

sounding as if the nose were pinched

From this reading I crammed the morning paper into my overcoat pocket, fell in with the outrushing current of humanity, and was straightway swept upon the platform, pinched through the revolving gates, and hustled down the covered iron stairway to the street.

a raised horizontal surface

From this reading I crammed the morning paper into my overcoat pocket, fell in with the outrushing current of humanity, and was straightway swept upon the platform, pinched through the revolving gates, and hustled down the covered iron stairway to the street.

a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles

From this reading I crammed the morning paper into my overcoat pocket, fell in with the outrushing current of humanity, and was straightway swept upon the platform, pinched through the revolving gates, and hustled down the covered iron stairway to the street.

-ing form of “revolve” — turn on or around an axis or a center

From this reading I crammed the morning paper into my overcoat pocket, fell in with the outrushing current of humanity, and was straightway swept upon the platform, pinched through the revolving gates, and hustled down the covered iron stairway to the street.

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

From this reading Here the current broke up and diffused, like the current of a river where it empties into the sea.

a partly sheltered anchorage

From this reading With a screaming of brakes, the elevated train on which I happened to be jerked to a stop, and passengers intending to disembark were catapulted toward the doorways--a convenience supplied gratis by all elevated roads, which, I have observed, is generally overlooked by their patrons.

so extremely intense as to evoke screams

From this reading With a screaming of brakes, the elevated train on which I happened to be jerked to a stop, and passengers intending to disembark were catapulted toward the doorways--a convenience supplied gratis by all elevated roads, which, I have observed, is generally overlooked by their patrons.

a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land

From this reading Here the current broke up and diffused, like the current of a river where it empties into the sea.

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From this reading This was the first wave of the daily townward tide--clerks, shop-girls, and stenographers, for the most part intent upon bread and butter _in futuro_.

a way of access (upward and downward) consisting of a set of steps

From this reading I crammed the morning paper into my overcoat pocket, fell in with the outrushing current of humanity, and was straightway swept upon the platform, pinched through the revolving gates, and hustled down the covered iron stairway to the street.

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From this reading This was the first wave of the daily townward tide--clerks, shop-girls, and stenographers, for the most part intent upon bread and butter _in futuro_.

come to a halt, stop moving

From this reading With a screaming of brakes, the elevated train on which I happened to be jerked to a stop, and passengers intending to disembark were catapulted toward the doorways--a convenience supplied gratis by all elevated roads, which, I have observed, is generally overlooked by their patrons.

a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program

From this reading The jostling and crowding was like an old story to me; I went through the ordeal each morning with an indifference and abstraction born of long custom.

at once

From this reading I crammed the morning paper into my overcoat pocket, fell in with the outrushing current of humanity, and was straightway swept upon the platform, pinched through the revolving gates, and hustled down the covered iron stairway to the street.

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

From this reading I crammed the morning paper into my overcoat pocket, fell in with the outrushing current of humanity, and was straightway swept upon the platform, pinched through the revolving gates, and hustled down the covered iron stairway to the street.

inflected form of “supply” — give something useful or necessary to

From this reading With a screaming of brakes, the elevated train on which I happened to be jerked to a stop, and passengers intending to disembark were catapulted toward the doorways--a convenience supplied gratis by all elevated roads, which, I have observed, is generally overlooked by their patrons.

possessing sweep

From this reading I crammed the morning paper into my overcoat pocket, fell in with the outrushing current of humanity, and was straightway swept upon the platform, pinched through the revolving gates, and hustled down the covered iron stairway to the street.

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

From this reading With a screaming of brakes, the elevated train on which I happened to be jerked to a stop, and passengers intending to disembark were catapulted toward the doorways--a convenience supplied gratis by all elevated roads, which, I have observed, is generally overlooked by their patrons.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading With a screaming of brakes, the elevated train on which I happened to be jerked to a stop, and passengers intending to disembark were catapulted toward the doorways--a convenience supplied gratis by all elevated roads, which, I have observed, is generally overlooked by their patrons.

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

From this reading This was the first wave of the daily townward tide--clerks, shop-girls, and stenographers, for the most part intent upon bread and butter _in futuro_.

from one end or side of something to the other

From this reading I crammed the morning paper into my overcoat pocket, fell in with the outrushing current of humanity, and was straightway swept upon the platform, pinched through the revolving gates, and hustled down the covered iron stairway to the street.

the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon

From this reading This was the first wave of the daily townward tide--clerks, shop-girls, and stenographers, for the most part intent upon bread and butter _in futuro_.

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

From this reading With a screaming of brakes, the elevated train on which I happened to be jerked to a stop, and passengers intending to disembark were catapulted toward the doorways--a convenience supplied gratis by all elevated roads, which, I have observed, is generally overlooked by their patrons.

in the direction of

From this reading With a screaming of brakes, the elevated train on which I happened to be jerked to a stop, and passengers intending to disembark were catapulted toward the doorways--a convenience supplied gratis by all elevated roads, which, I have observed, is generally overlooked by their patrons.

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From this reading This was the first wave of the daily townward tide--clerks, shop-girls, and stenographers, for the most part intent upon bread and butter _in futuro_.

create by training and teaching

From this reading With a screaming of brakes, the elevated train on which I happened to be jerked to a stop, and passengers intending to disembark were catapulted toward the doorways--a convenience supplied gratis by all elevated roads, which, I have observed, is generally overlooked by their patrons.

being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

From this reading Here the current broke up and diffused, like the current of a river where it empties into the sea.

a formal word for “on”

From this reading I crammed the morning paper into my overcoat pocket, fell in with the outrushing current of humanity, and was straightway swept upon the platform, pinched through the revolving gates, and hustled down the covered iron stairway to the street.

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

From this reading I crammed the morning paper into my overcoat pocket, fell in with the outrushing current of humanity, and was straightway swept upon the platform, pinched through the revolving gates, and hustled down the covered iron stairway to the street.

one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)

From this reading This was the first wave of the daily townward tide--clerks, shop-girls, and stenographers, for the most part intent upon bread and butter _in futuro_.

inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading The jostling and crowding was like an old story to me; I went through the ordeal each morning with an indifference and abstraction born of long custom.

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

From this reading With a screaming of brakes, the elevated train on which I happened to be jerked to a stop, and passengers intending to disembark were catapulted toward the doorways--a convenience supplied gratis by all elevated roads, which, I have observed, is generally overlooked by their patrons.

in or at the place that

From this reading Here the current broke up and diffused, like the current of a river where it empties into the sea.

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

From this reading With a screaming of brakes, the elevated train on which I happened to be jerked to a stop, and passengers intending to disembark were catapulted toward the doorways--a convenience supplied gratis by all elevated roads, which, I have observed, is generally overlooked by their patrons.

in the company of; together with

From this reading With a screaming of brakes, the elevated train on which I happened to be jerked to a stop, and passengers intending to disembark were catapulted toward the doorways--a convenience supplied gratis by all elevated roads, which, I have observed, is generally overlooked by their patrons.