affairnounUS /əˈfer/
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading He must escape all sense of participation in the affair.
alladjectiveUS /ɔːl/
(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 He must escape all sense of participation in the affair.
alwaysadverbUS /ˈɔːlweɪz/
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading The panorama of his one short year in Chicago rose bit by bit into his mind: the hospital, the rich, bizarre town, the society of thirsty, struggling souls, always rushing madly hither and thither, his love for the woman he had just left, and this final distracting event.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The panorama of his one short year in Chicago rose bit by bit into his mind: the hospital, the rich, bizarre town, the society of thirsty, struggling souls, always rushing madly hither and thither, his love for the woman he had just left, and this final distracting event.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At the gate of the cemetery he fled from the little company.
bangingnounUS /ˈbæŋɪŋ/
a continuing very loud noise
From this reading So he made the long journey in the cable train, thinking disconnectedly in unison with the banging, jolting, grinding of the car.
bitnounUS /bɪt/
a small piece or quantity of something
From this reading The panorama of his one short year in Chicago rose bit by bit into his mind: the hospital, the rich, bizarre town, the society of thirsty, struggling souls, always rushing madly hither and thither, his love for the woman he had just left, and this final distracting event.
bizarreadjectiveUS /bəˈzɑːr/
conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual
From this reading The panorama of his one short year in Chicago rose bit by bit into his mind: the hospital, the rich, bizarre town, the society of thirsty, struggling souls, always rushing madly hither and thither, his love for the woman he had just left, and this final distracting event.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Dr. Leonard wanted to return to the city with him, but he shook off the talkative dentist.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The panorama of his one short year in Chicago rose bit by bit into his mind: the hospital, the rich, bizarre town, the society of thirsty, struggling souls, always rushing madly hither and thither, his love for the woman he had just left, and this final distracting event.
cablenounUS /ˈkeɪbəl/
a telegram sent abroad
From this reading So he made the long journey in the cable train, thinking disconnectedly in unison with the banging, jolting, grinding of the car.
carnounUS /kɑːr/
a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
From this reading So he made the long journey in the cable train, thinking disconnectedly in unison with the banging, jolting, grinding of the car.
cemeterynounUS /ˈseməteri/
a tract of land used for burials
From this reading At the gate of the cemetery he fled from the little company.
ChicagonounUS /ʃəˈkɑːɡoʊ/
largest city in Illinois; a bustling Great Lakes port that extends 26 miles along the southwestern shoreline of Lake Michigan
From this reading The panorama of his one short year in Chicago rose bit by bit into his mind: the hospital, the rich, bizarre town, the society of thirsty, struggling souls, always rushing madly hither and thither, his love for the woman he had just left, and this final distracting event.
citynounUS /ˈsɪti/
a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
From this reading Dr. Leonard wanted to return to the city with him, but he shook off the talkative dentist.
companynounUS /ˈkʌmpəniː/
an institution created to conduct business
From this reading At the gate of the cemetery he fled from the little company.
dentistnounUS /ˈdentəst/
a person qualified to practice dentistry
From this reading Dr. Leonard wanted to return to the city with him, but he shook off the talkative dentist.
disconnectedly
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From this reading So he made the long journey in the cable train, thinking disconnectedly in unison with the banging, jolting, grinding of the car.
distractingverbUS /dɪˈstræktɪŋ/
-ing form of “distract” — draw someone's attention away from something
From this reading The panorama of his one short year in Chicago rose bit by bit into his mind: the hospital, the rich, bizarre town, the society of thirsty, struggling souls, always rushing madly hither and thither, his love for the woman he had just left, and this final distracting event.
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From this reading Dr. Leonard wanted to return to the city with him, but he shook off the talkative dentist.
escapenounUS /ɪˈskeɪp/
the act of escaping physically
From this reading He must escape all sense of participation in the affair.
eventnounUS /ɪˈvent/
something that happens at a given place and time
From this reading The panorama of his one short year in Chicago rose bit by bit into his mind: the hospital, the rich, bizarre town, the society of thirsty, struggling souls, always rushing madly hither and thither, his love for the woman he had just left, and this final distracting event.
finaladjectiveUS /ˈfaɪnəl/
occurring at or forming an end or termination
From this reading The panorama of his one short year in Chicago rose bit by bit into his mind: the hospital, the rich, bizarre town, the society of thirsty, struggling souls, always rushing madly hither and thither, his love for the woman he had just left, and this final distracting event.
fledverbUS /fled/
inflected form of “flee” — run away quickly
From this reading At the gate of the cemetery he fled from the little company.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The panorama of his one short year in Chicago rose bit by bit into his mind: the hospital, the rich, bizarre town, the society of thirsty, struggling souls, always rushing madly hither and thither, his love for the woman he had just left, and this final distracting event.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading At the gate of the cemetery he fled from the little company.
gatenounUS /ɡeɪt/
a movable barrier in a fence or wall
From this reading At the gate of the cemetery he fled from the little company.
grindingnounUS /ˈɡraɪndɪŋ/
material resulting from the process of grinding
From this reading So he made the long journey in the cable train, thinking disconnectedly in unison with the banging, jolting, grinding of the car.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The panorama of his one short year in Chicago rose bit by bit into his mind: the hospital, the rich, bizarre town, the society of thirsty, struggling souls, always rushing madly hither and thither, his love for the woman he had just left, and this final distracting event.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading At the gate of the cemetery he fled from the little company.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Dr. Leonard wanted to return to the city with him, but he shook off the talkative dentist.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The panorama of his one short year in Chicago rose bit by bit into his mind: the hospital, the rich, bizarre town, the society of thirsty, struggling souls, always rushing madly hither and thither, his love for the woman he had just left, and this final distracting event.
hitheradverbUS /ˈhɪðər/
an old word meaning “to this place”
From this reading The panorama of his one short year in Chicago rose bit by bit into his mind: the hospital, the rich, bizarre town, the society of thirsty, struggling souls, always rushing madly hither and thither, his love for the woman he had just left, and this final distracting event.
hospitalnounUS /ˈhɑːspɪtəl/
a health facility where patients receive treatment
From this reading The panorama of his one short year in Chicago rose bit by bit into his mind: the hospital, the rich, bizarre town, the society of thirsty, struggling souls, always rushing madly hither and thither, his love for the woman he had just left, and this final distracting event.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He must escape all sense of participation in the affair.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The panorama of his one short year in Chicago rose bit by bit into his mind: the hospital, the rich, bizarre town, the society of thirsty, struggling souls, always rushing madly hither and thither, his love for the woman he had just left, and this final distracting event.
joltingadjectiveUS /ˈdʒoʊltɪŋ/
causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements
From this reading So he made the long journey in the cable train, thinking disconnectedly in unison with the banging, jolting, grinding of the car.
journeyverbUS /ˈdʒɜːrni/
undertake a journey or trip
From this reading So he made the long journey in the cable train, thinking disconnectedly in unison with the banging, jolting, grinding of the car.
justadverbUS /dʒʌst/
and nothing more
From this reading The panorama of his one short year in Chicago rose bit by bit into his mind: the hospital, the rich, bizarre town, the society of thirsty, struggling souls, always rushing madly hither and thither, his love for the woman he had just left, and this final distracting event.
leftnounUS /left/
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading The panorama of his one short year in Chicago rose bit by bit into his mind: the hospital, the rich, bizarre town, the society of thirsty, struggling souls, always rushing madly hither and thither, his love for the woman he had just left, and this final distracting event.
LeonardnounUS /ˈlenərd/
United States writer of thrillers (born in 1925)
From this reading Dr. Leonard wanted to return to the city with him, but he shook off the talkative dentist.
littleadjectiveUS /ˈlɪtəl/
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading At the gate of the cemetery he fled from the little company.
longadjectiveUS /lɔːŋ/
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 So he made the long journey in the cable train, thinking disconnectedly in unison with the banging, jolting, grinding of the car.
lovenounUS /lʌv/
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading The panorama of his one short year in Chicago rose bit by bit into his mind: the hospital, the rich, bizarre town, the society of thirsty, struggling souls, always rushing madly hither and thither, his love for the woman he had just left, and this final distracting event.
madeadjectiveUS /meɪd/
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading So he made the long journey in the cable train, thinking disconnectedly in unison with the banging, jolting, grinding of the car.
madlyadverbUS /ˈmædli/
in an uncontrolled manner
From this reading The panorama of his one short year in Chicago rose bit by bit into his mind: the hospital, the rich, bizarre town, the society of thirsty, struggling souls, always rushing madly hither and thither, his love for the woman he had just left, and this final distracting event.
mindnounUS /maɪnd/
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading The panorama of his one short year in Chicago rose bit by bit into his mind: the hospital, the rich, bizarre town, the society of thirsty, struggling souls, always rushing madly hither and thither, his love for the woman he had just left, and this final distracting event.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading He must escape all sense of participation in the affair.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading At the gate of the cemetery he fled from the little company.
offadverbUS /ɔːf/
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Dr. Leonard wanted to return to the city with him, but he shook off the talkative dentist.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The panorama of his one short year in Chicago rose bit by bit into his mind: the hospital, the rich, bizarre town, the society of thirsty, struggling souls, always rushing madly hither and thither, his love for the woman he had just left, and this final distracting event.
panoramanounUS /ˌpænərˈæmə/
the visual percept of a region
From this reading The panorama of his one short year in Chicago rose bit by bit into his mind: the hospital, the rich, bizarre town, the society of thirsty, struggling souls, always rushing madly hither and thither, his love for the woman he had just left, and this final distracting event.
participationnounUS /pɑːrˌtɪsəˈpeɪʃən/
the act of sharing in the activities of a group
From this reading He must escape all sense of participation in the affair.
returnverbUS /rɪˈtɜːrn/
go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading Dr. Leonard wanted to return to the city with him, but he shook off the talkative dentist.
richadjectiveUS /rɪtʃ/
possessing material wealth
From this reading The panorama of his one short year in Chicago rose bit by bit into his mind: the hospital, the rich, bizarre town, the society of thirsty, struggling souls, always rushing madly hither and thither, his love for the woman he had just left, and this final distracting event.
rosenounUS /roʊz/
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading The panorama of his one short year in Chicago rose bit by bit into his mind: the hospital, the rich, bizarre town, the society of thirsty, struggling souls, always rushing madly hither and thither, his love for the woman he had just left, and this final distracting event.
rushingnounUS /ˈrʌʃɪŋ/
(American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line
From this reading The panorama of his one short year in Chicago rose bit by bit into his mind: the hospital, the rich, bizarre town, the society of thirsty, struggling souls, always rushing madly hither and thither, his love for the woman he had just left, and this final distracting event.
sensenounUS /sens/
a general conscious awareness
From this reading He must escape all sense of participation in the affair.
shooknounUS /ʃʊk/
a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment
From this reading Dr. Leonard wanted to return to the city with him, but he shook off the talkative dentist.
shortadjectiveUS /ʃɔːrt/
primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
From this reading The panorama of his one short year in Chicago rose bit by bit into his mind: the hospital, the rich, bizarre town, the society of thirsty, struggling souls, always rushing madly hither and thither, his love for the woman he had just left, and this final distracting event.
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So he made the long journey in the cable train, thinking disconnectedly in unison with the banging, jolting, grinding of the car.
societynounUS /səˈsaɪəti/
an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization
From this reading The panorama of his one short year in Chicago rose bit by bit into his mind: the hospital, the rich, bizarre town, the society of thirsty, struggling souls, always rushing madly hither and thither, his love for the woman he had just left, and this final distracting event.
soulsnounUS /soʊlz/
plural of “soul” — the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
From this reading The panorama of his one short year in Chicago rose bit by bit into his mind: the hospital, the rich, bizarre town, the society of thirsty, struggling souls, always rushing madly hither and thither, his love for the woman he had just left, and this final distracting event.
strugglingadjectiveUS /ˈstrʌɡəlɪŋ/
engaged in a struggle to overcome especially poverty or obscurity
From this reading The panorama of his one short year in Chicago rose bit by bit into his mind: the hospital, the rich, bizarre town, the society of thirsty, struggling souls, always rushing madly hither and thither, his love for the woman he had just left, and this final distracting event.
talkativeadjectiveUS /ˈtɔːkətɪv/
full of trivial conversation
From this reading Dr. Leonard wanted to return to the city with him, but he shook off the talkative dentist.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading At the gate of the cemetery he fled from the little company.
thinkingnounUS /ˈθɪŋkɪŋ/
the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
From this reading So he made the long journey in the cable train, thinking disconnectedly in unison with the banging, jolting, grinding of the car.
thirstyadjectiveUS /ˈθɜːrsti/
needing moisture
From this reading The panorama of his one short year in Chicago rose bit by bit into his mind: the hospital, the rich, bizarre town, the society of thirsty, struggling souls, always rushing madly hither and thither, his love for the woman he had just left, and this final distracting event.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The panorama of his one short year in Chicago rose bit by bit into his mind: the hospital, the rich, bizarre town, the society of thirsty, struggling souls, always rushing madly hither and thither, his love for the woman he had just left, and this final distracting event.
thitheradverbUS /ˈðɪθɜːr/
an old word meaning “to that place”
From this reading The panorama of his one short year in Chicago rose bit by bit into his mind: the hospital, the rich, bizarre town, the society of thirsty, struggling souls, always rushing madly hither and thither, his love for the woman he had just left, and this final distracting event.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Dr. Leonard wanted to return to the city with him, but he shook off the talkative dentist.
townnounUS /taʊn/
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading The panorama of his one short year in Chicago rose bit by bit into his mind: the hospital, the rich, bizarre town, the society of thirsty, struggling souls, always rushing madly hither and thither, his love for the woman he had just left, and this final distracting event.
trainverbUS /treɪn/
create by training and teaching
From this reading So he made the long journey in the cable train, thinking disconnectedly in unison with the banging, jolting, grinding of the car.
unisonnounUS /ˈjuːnəsən/
corresponding exactly
From this reading So he made the long journey in the cable train, thinking disconnectedly in unison with the banging, jolting, grinding of the car.
wantedadjectiveUS /ˈwɔːntɪd/
desired or wished for or sought
From this reading Dr. Leonard wanted to return to the city with him, but he shook off the talkative dentist.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Dr. Leonard wanted to return to the city with him, but he shook off the talkative dentist.
womannounUS /ˈwʊmən/
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading The panorama of his one short year in Chicago rose bit by bit into his mind: the hospital, the rich, bizarre town, the society of thirsty, struggling souls, always rushing madly hither and thither, his love for the woman he had just left, and this final distracting event.
yearnounUS /jɪr/
a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days
From this reading The panorama of his one short year in Chicago rose bit by bit into his mind: the hospital, the rich, bizarre town, the society of thirsty, struggling souls, always rushing madly hither and thither, his love for the woman he had just left, and this final distracting event.
