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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 VI THE week in town had been sultry, and the men, in the Sunday emancipation of white flannel and duck, filled the deck-chairs of the yacht with their outstretched apathy, following, through a mist of cigarette-smoke, the flitting inconsequences of the women.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The reaction from the chief episode of his earlier life had bred in Glennard an uneasy distaste for any kind of personal saliency.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading VI THE week in town had been sultry, and the men, in the Sunday emancipation of white flannel and duck, filled the deck-chairs of the yacht with their outstretched apathy, following, through a mist of cigarette-smoke, the flitting inconsequences of the women.
any
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From this reading The reaction from the chief episode of his earlier life had bred in Glennard an uneasy distaste for any kind of personal saliency.
apathy
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From this reading VI THE week in town had been sultry, and the men, in the Sunday emancipation of white flannel and duck, filled the deck-chairs of the yacht with their outstretched apathy, following, through a mist of cigarette-smoke, the flitting inconsequences of the women.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Cleverness was useful in business; but in society it seemed to him as futile as the sham cascades formed by a stream that might have been used to drive a mill.
atoms
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From this reading The party was a small one--Flamel had few intimate friends--but composed of more heterogeneous atoms than the little pools into which society usually runs.
attitude
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From this reading He liked the collective point of view that goes with the civilized uniformity of dress-clothes, and his wife’s attitude implied the same preference; yet they found themselves slipping more and more into Flamel’s intimacy.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading VI THE week in town had been sultry, and the men, in the Sunday emancipation of white flannel and duck, filled the deck-chairs of the yacht with their outstretched apathy, following, through a mist of cigarette-smoke, the flitting inconsequences of the women.
bred
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From this reading The reaction from the chief episode of his earlier life had bred in Glennard an uneasy distaste for any kind of personal saliency.
business
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From this reading Cleverness was useful in business; but in society it seemed to him as futile as the sham cascades formed by a stream that might have been used to drive a mill.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The party was a small one--Flamel had few intimate friends--but composed of more heterogeneous atoms than the little pools into which society usually runs.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Cleverness was useful in business; but in society it seemed to him as futile as the sham cascades formed by a stream that might have been used to drive a mill.
cascades
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From this reading Cleverness was useful in business; but in society it seemed to him as futile as the sham cascades formed by a stream that might have been used to drive a mill.
chief
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From this reading The reaction from the chief episode of his earlier life had bred in Glennard an uneasy distaste for any kind of personal saliency.
cigarette-smoke
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From this reading VI THE week in town had been sultry, and the men, in the Sunday emancipation of white flannel and duck, filled the deck-chairs of the yacht with their outstretched apathy, following, through a mist of cigarette-smoke, the flitting inconsequences of the women.
civilized
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From this reading He liked the collective point of view that goes with the civilized uniformity of dress-clothes, and his wife’s attitude implied the same preference; yet they found themselves slipping more and more into Flamel’s intimacy.
ClevernessnounUS /ˈklev.ər.nəs/
The quality of being intelligent, quick to understand, and resourceful in danger.
From this reading Cleverness was useful in business; but in society it seemed to him as futile as the sham cascades formed by a stream that might have been used to drive a mill.
collective
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From this reading He liked the collective point of view that goes with the civilized uniformity of dress-clothes, and his wife’s attitude implied the same preference; yet they found themselves slipping more and more into Flamel’s intimacy.
composed
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From this reading The party was a small one--Flamel had few intimate friends--but composed of more heterogeneous atoms than the little pools into which society usually runs.
deck-chairs
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From this reading VI THE week in town had been sultry, and the men, in the Sunday emancipation of white flannel and duck, filled the deck-chairs of the yacht with their outstretched apathy, following, through a mist of cigarette-smoke, the flitting inconsequences of the women.
distaste
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From this reading The reaction from the chief episode of his earlier life had bred in Glennard an uneasy distaste for any kind of personal saliency.
dress-clothes
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From this reading He liked the collective point of view that goes with the civilized uniformity of dress-clothes, and his wife’s attitude implied the same preference; yet they found themselves slipping more and more into Flamel’s intimacy.
drive
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From this reading Cleverness was useful in business; but in society it seemed to him as futile as the sham cascades formed by a stream that might have been used to drive a mill.
duck
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From this reading VI THE week in town had been sultry, and the men, in the Sunday emancipation of white flannel and duck, filled the deck-chairs of the yacht with their outstretched apathy, following, through a mist of cigarette-smoke, the flitting inconsequences of the women.
earlier
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From this reading The reaction from the chief episode of his earlier life had bred in Glennard an uneasy distaste for any kind of personal saliency.
emancipation
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From this reading VI THE week in town had been sultry, and the men, in the Sunday emancipation of white flannel and duck, filled the deck-chairs of the yacht with their outstretched apathy, following, through a mist of cigarette-smoke, the flitting inconsequences of the women.
episode
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From this reading The reaction from the chief episode of his earlier life had bred in Glennard an uneasy distaste for any kind of personal saliency.
few
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From this reading The party was a small one--Flamel had few intimate friends--but composed of more heterogeneous atoms than the little pools into which society usually runs.
filled
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From this reading VI THE week in town had been sultry, and the men, in the Sunday emancipation of white flannel and duck, filled the deck-chairs of the yacht with their outstretched apathy, following, through a mist of cigarette-smoke, the flitting inconsequences of the women.
Flamel
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From this reading The party was a small one--Flamel had few intimate friends--but composed of more heterogeneous atoms than the little pools into which society usually runs.
Flamel's
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From this reading He liked the collective point of view that goes with the civilized uniformity of dress-clothes, and his wife’s attitude implied the same preference; yet they found themselves slipping more and more into Flamel’s intimacy.
flannel
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From this reading VI THE week in town had been sultry, and the men, in the Sunday emancipation of white flannel and duck, filled the deck-chairs of the yacht with their outstretched apathy, following, through a mist of cigarette-smoke, the flitting inconsequences of the women.
flitting
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From this reading VI THE week in town had been sultry, and the men, in the Sunday emancipation of white flannel and duck, filled the deck-chairs of the yacht with their outstretched apathy, following, through a mist of cigarette-smoke, the flitting inconsequences of the women.
following
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From this reading VI THE week in town had been sultry, and the men, in the Sunday emancipation of white flannel and duck, filled the deck-chairs of the yacht with their outstretched apathy, following, through a mist of cigarette-smoke, the flitting inconsequences of the women.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The reaction from the chief episode of his earlier life had bred in Glennard an uneasy distaste for any kind of personal saliency.
formed
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From this reading Cleverness was useful in business; but in society it seemed to him as futile as the sham cascades formed by a stream that might have been used to drive a mill.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He liked the collective point of view that goes with the civilized uniformity of dress-clothes, and his wife’s attitude implied the same preference; yet they found themselves slipping more and more into Flamel’s intimacy.
friends
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From this reading The party was a small one--Flamel had few intimate friends--but composed of more heterogeneous atoms than the little pools into which society usually runs.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The reaction from the chief episode of his earlier life had bred in Glennard an uneasy distaste for any kind of personal saliency.
futile
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From this reading Cleverness was useful in business; but in society it seemed to him as futile as the sham cascades formed by a stream that might have been used to drive a mill.
Glennard
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From this reading The reaction from the chief episode of his earlier life had bred in Glennard an uneasy distaste for any kind of personal saliency.
goes
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From this reading He liked the collective point of view that goes with the civilized uniformity of dress-clothes, and his wife’s attitude implied the same preference; yet they found themselves slipping more and more into Flamel’s intimacy.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading VI THE week in town had been sultry, and the men, in the Sunday emancipation of white flannel and duck, filled the deck-chairs of the yacht with their outstretched apathy, following, through a mist of cigarette-smoke, the flitting inconsequences of the women.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Cleverness was useful in business; but in society it seemed to him as futile as the sham cascades formed by a stream that might have been used to drive a mill.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He liked the collective point of view that goes with the civilized uniformity of dress-clothes, and his wife’s attitude implied the same preference; yet they found themselves slipping more and more into Flamel’s intimacy.
heterogeneous
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From this reading The party was a small one--Flamel had few intimate friends--but composed of more heterogeneous atoms than the little pools into which society usually runs.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Cleverness was useful in business; but in society it seemed to him as futile as the sham cascades formed by a stream that might have been used to drive a mill.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The reaction from the chief episode of his earlier life had bred in Glennard an uneasy distaste for any kind of personal saliency.
implied
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From this reading He liked the collective point of view that goes with the civilized uniformity of dress-clothes, and his wife’s attitude implied the same preference; yet they found themselves slipping more and more into Flamel’s intimacy.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading VI THE week in town had been sultry, and the men, in the Sunday emancipation of white flannel and duck, filled the deck-chairs of the yacht with their outstretched apathy, following, through a mist of cigarette-smoke, the flitting inconsequences of the women.
inconsequences
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From this reading VI THE week in town had been sultry, and the men, in the Sunday emancipation of white flannel and duck, filled the deck-chairs of the yacht with their outstretched apathy, following, through a mist of cigarette-smoke, the flitting inconsequences of the women.
intimacy
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From this reading He liked the collective point of view that goes with the civilized uniformity of dress-clothes, and his wife’s attitude implied the same preference; yet they found themselves slipping more and more into Flamel’s intimacy.
intimate
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From this reading The party was a small one--Flamel had few intimate friends--but composed of more heterogeneous atoms than the little pools into which society usually runs.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The party was a small one--Flamel had few intimate friends--but composed of more heterogeneous atoms than the little pools into which society usually runs.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Cleverness was useful in business; but in society it seemed to him as futile as the sham cascades formed by a stream that might have been used to drive a mill.
kind
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From this reading The reaction from the chief episode of his earlier life had bred in Glennard an uneasy distaste for any kind of personal saliency.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The reaction from the chief episode of his earlier life had bred in Glennard an uneasy distaste for any kind of personal saliency.
liked
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From this reading He liked the collective point of view that goes with the civilized uniformity of dress-clothes, and his wife’s attitude implied the same preference; yet they found themselves slipping more and more into Flamel’s intimacy.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The party was a small one--Flamel had few intimate friends--but composed of more heterogeneous atoms than the little pools into which society usually runs.
men
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From this reading VI THE week in town had been sultry, and the men, in the Sunday emancipation of white flannel and duck, filled the deck-chairs of the yacht with their outstretched apathy, following, through a mist of cigarette-smoke, the flitting inconsequences of the women.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Cleverness was useful in business; but in society it seemed to him as futile as the sham cascades formed by a stream that might have been used to drive a mill.
mill
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From this reading Cleverness was useful in business; but in society it seemed to him as futile as the sham cascades formed by a stream that might have been used to drive a mill.
mist
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From this reading VI THE week in town had been sultry, and the men, in the Sunday emancipation of white flannel and duck, filled the deck-chairs of the yacht with their outstretched apathy, following, through a mist of cigarette-smoke, the flitting inconsequences of the women.
more
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From this reading The party was a small one--Flamel had few intimate friends--but composed of more heterogeneous atoms than the little pools into which society usually runs.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading VI THE week in town had been sultry, and the men, in the Sunday emancipation of white flannel and duck, filled the deck-chairs of the yacht with their outstretched apathy, following, through a mist of cigarette-smoke, the flitting inconsequences of the women.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The party was a small one--Flamel had few intimate friends--but composed of more heterogeneous atoms than the little pools into which society usually runs.
outstretched
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From this reading VI THE week in town had been sultry, and the men, in the Sunday emancipation of white flannel and duck, filled the deck-chairs of the yacht with their outstretched apathy, following, through a mist of cigarette-smoke, the flitting inconsequences of the women.
partynounUS /party/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The party was a small one--Flamel had few intimate friends--but composed of more heterogeneous atoms than the little pools into which society usually runs.
personal
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From this reading The reaction from the chief episode of his earlier life had bred in Glennard an uneasy distaste for any kind of personal saliency.
pointnounUS /pɔɪnt/
the main matter or purpose being discussed
From this reading He liked the collective point of view that goes with the civilized uniformity of dress-clothes, and his wife’s attitude implied the same preference; yet they found themselves slipping more and more into Flamel’s intimacy.
pools
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From this reading The party was a small one--Flamel had few intimate friends--but composed of more heterogeneous atoms than the little pools into which society usually runs.
preference
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From this reading He liked the collective point of view that goes with the civilized uniformity of dress-clothes, and his wife’s attitude implied the same preference; yet they found themselves slipping more and more into Flamel’s intimacy.
reaction
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From this reading The reaction from the chief episode of his earlier life had bred in Glennard an uneasy distaste for any kind of personal saliency.
runs
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From this reading The party was a small one--Flamel had few intimate friends--but composed of more heterogeneous atoms than the little pools into which society usually runs.
saliency
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From this reading The reaction from the chief episode of his earlier life had bred in Glennard an uneasy distaste for any kind of personal saliency.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He liked the collective point of view that goes with the civilized uniformity of dress-clothes, and his wife’s attitude implied the same preference; yet they found themselves slipping more and more into Flamel’s intimacy.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Cleverness was useful in business; but in society it seemed to him as futile as the sham cascades formed by a stream that might have been used to drive a mill.
sham
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From this reading Cleverness was useful in business; but in society it seemed to him as futile as the sham cascades formed by a stream that might have been used to drive a mill.
slipping
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From this reading He liked the collective point of view that goes with the civilized uniformity of dress-clothes, and his wife’s attitude implied the same preference; yet they found themselves slipping more and more into Flamel’s intimacy.
small
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From this reading The party was a small one--Flamel had few intimate friends--but composed of more heterogeneous atoms than the little pools into which society usually runs.
society
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From this reading The party was a small one--Flamel had few intimate friends--but composed of more heterogeneous atoms than the little pools into which society usually runs.
stream
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From this reading Cleverness was useful in business; but in society it seemed to him as futile as the sham cascades formed by a stream that might have been used to drive a mill.
sultry
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From this reading VI THE week in town had been sultry, and the men, in the Sunday emancipation of white flannel and duck, filled the deck-chairs of the yacht with their outstretched apathy, following, through a mist of cigarette-smoke, the flitting inconsequences of the women.
Sunday
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From this reading VI THE week in town had been sultry, and the men, in the Sunday emancipation of white flannel and duck, filled the deck-chairs of the yacht with their outstretched apathy, following, through a mist of cigarette-smoke, the flitting inconsequences of the women.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading The party was a small one--Flamel had few intimate friends--but composed of more heterogeneous atoms than the little pools into which society usually runs.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Cleverness was useful in business; but in society it seemed to him as futile as the sham cascades formed by a stream that might have been used to drive a mill.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading VI THE week in town had been sultry, and the men, in the Sunday emancipation of white flannel and duck, filled the deck-chairs of the yacht with their outstretched apathy, following, through a mist of cigarette-smoke, the flitting inconsequences of the women.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading VI THE week in town had been sultry, and the men, in the Sunday emancipation of white flannel and duck, filled the deck-chairs of the yacht with their outstretched apathy, following, through a mist of cigarette-smoke, the flitting inconsequences of the women.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading He liked the collective point of view that goes with the civilized uniformity of dress-clothes, and his wife’s attitude implied the same preference; yet they found themselves slipping more and more into Flamel’s intimacy.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He liked the collective point of view that goes with the civilized uniformity of dress-clothes, and his wife’s attitude implied the same preference; yet they found themselves slipping more and more into Flamel’s intimacy.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading VI THE week in town had been sultry, and the men, in the Sunday emancipation of white flannel and duck, filled the deck-chairs of the yacht with their outstretched apathy, following, through a mist of cigarette-smoke, the flitting inconsequences of the women.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Cleverness was useful in business; but in society it seemed to him as futile as the sham cascades formed by a stream that might have been used to drive a mill.
town
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From this reading VI THE week in town had been sultry, and the men, in the Sunday emancipation of white flannel and duck, filled the deck-chairs of the yacht with their outstretched apathy, following, through a mist of cigarette-smoke, the flitting inconsequences of the women.
uneasy
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From this reading The reaction from the chief episode of his earlier life had bred in Glennard an uneasy distaste for any kind of personal saliency.
uniformity
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From this reading He liked the collective point of view that goes with the civilized uniformity of dress-clothes, and his wife’s attitude implied the same preference; yet they found themselves slipping more and more into Flamel’s intimacy.
used
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From this reading Cleverness was useful in business; but in society it seemed to him as futile as the sham cascades formed by a stream that might have been used to drive a mill.
useful
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From this reading Cleverness was useful in business; but in society it seemed to him as futile as the sham cascades formed by a stream that might have been used to drive a mill.
usually
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From this reading The party was a small one--Flamel had few intimate friends--but composed of more heterogeneous atoms than the little pools into which society usually runs.
VI
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From this reading VI THE week in town had been sultry, and the men, in the Sunday emancipation of white flannel and duck, filled the deck-chairs of the yacht with their outstretched apathy, following, through a mist of cigarette-smoke, the flitting inconsequences of the women.
view
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From this reading He liked the collective point of view that goes with the civilized uniformity of dress-clothes, and his wife’s attitude implied the same preference; yet they found themselves slipping more and more into Flamel’s intimacy.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The party was a small one--Flamel had few intimate friends--but composed of more heterogeneous atoms than the little pools into which society usually runs.
week
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From this reading VI THE week in town had been sultry, and the men, in the Sunday emancipation of white flannel and duck, filled the deck-chairs of the yacht with their outstretched apathy, following, through a mist of cigarette-smoke, the flitting inconsequences of the women.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The party was a small one--Flamel had few intimate friends--but composed of more heterogeneous atoms than the little pools into which society usually runs.
white
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From this reading VI THE week in town had been sultry, and the men, in the Sunday emancipation of white flannel and duck, filled the deck-chairs of the yacht with their outstretched apathy, following, through a mist of cigarette-smoke, the flitting inconsequences of the women.
wife's
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From this reading He liked the collective point of view that goes with the civilized uniformity of dress-clothes, and his wife’s attitude implied the same preference; yet they found themselves slipping more and more into Flamel’s intimacy.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading VI THE week in town had been sultry, and the men, in the Sunday emancipation of white flannel and duck, filled the deck-chairs of the yacht with their outstretched apathy, following, through a mist of cigarette-smoke, the flitting inconsequences of the women.
women
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From this reading VI THE week in town had been sultry, and the men, in the Sunday emancipation of white flannel and duck, filled the deck-chairs of the yacht with their outstretched apathy, following, through a mist of cigarette-smoke, the flitting inconsequences of the women.
yacht
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From this reading VI THE week in town had been sultry, and the men, in the Sunday emancipation of white flannel and duck, filled the deck-chairs of the yacht with their outstretched apathy, following, through a mist of cigarette-smoke, the flitting inconsequences of the women.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading He liked the collective point of view that goes with the civilized uniformity of dress-clothes, and his wife’s attitude implied the same preference; yet they found themselves slipping more and more into Flamel’s intimacy.
