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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 The appearances of life are there so especially gay, it is so much a magnified beer-garden, the houses are so ornate, the theatres so numerous, the very pace of the vehicles is so brisk, that a man in any deep concern of mind or pain of body is constantly driven in upon himself.
admitted
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From this reading IN WHICH I AM DOWN ON MY LUCK IN PARIS In no part of the world is starvation an agreeable business; but I believe it is admitted there is no worse place to starve in than this city of Paris.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading At the same time, if he be at all after my pattern, he is perhaps supported by a childish satisfaction.
agreeable
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From this reading IN WHICH I AM DOWN ON MY LUCK IN PARIS In no part of the world is starvation an agreeable business; but I believe it is admitted there is no worse place to starve in than this city of Paris.
all
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From this reading In his own eyes, he seems the one serious creature moving in a world of horrible unreality; voluble people issuing from a cafe, the _queue_ at theatre-doors, Sunday cabfuls of second-rate pleasure-seekers, the bedizened ladies of the pavement, the show in the jewellers' windows--all the familiar sights contributing to flout his own unhappiness, want, and isolation.
AMauxiliary verbUS /æm/
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading IN WHICH I AM DOWN ON MY LUCK IN PARIS In no part of the world is starvation an agreeable business; but I believe it is admitted there is no worse place to starve in than this city of Paris.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading IN WHICH I AM DOWN ON MY LUCK IN PARIS In no part of the world is starvation an agreeable business; but I believe it is admitted there is no worse place to starve in than this city of Paris.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading In his own eyes, he seems the one serious creature moving in a world of horrible unreality; voluble people issuing from a cafe, the _queue_ at theatre-doors, Sunday cabfuls of second-rate pleasure-seekers, the bedizened ladies of the pavement, the show in the jewellers' windows--all the familiar sights contributing to flout his own unhappiness, want, and isolation.
any
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From this reading The appearances of life are there so especially gay, it is so much a magnified beer-garden, the houses are so ornate, the theatres so numerous, the very pace of the vehicles is so brisk, that a man in any deep concern of mind or pain of body is constantly driven in upon himself.
appearances
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From this reading The appearances of life are there so especially gay, it is so much a magnified beer-garden, the houses are so ornate, the theatres so numerous, the very pace of the vehicles is so brisk, that a man in any deep concern of mind or pain of body is constantly driven in upon himself.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The appearances of life are there so especially gay, it is so much a magnified beer-garden, the houses are so ornate, the theatres so numerous, the very pace of the vehicles is so brisk, that a man in any deep concern of mind or pain of body is constantly driven in upon himself.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading In his own eyes, he seems the one serious creature moving in a world of horrible unreality; voluble people issuing from a cafe, the _queue_ at theatre-doors, Sunday cabfuls of second-rate pleasure-seekers, the bedizened ladies of the pavement, the show in the jewellers' windows--all the familiar sights contributing to flout his own unhappiness, want, and isolation.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading At the same time, if he be at all after my pattern, he is perhaps supported by a childish satisfaction.
bedizened
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From this reading In his own eyes, he seems the one serious creature moving in a world of horrible unreality; voluble people issuing from a cafe, the _queue_ at theatre-doors, Sunday cabfuls of second-rate pleasure-seekers, the bedizened ladies of the pavement, the show in the jewellers' windows--all the familiar sights contributing to flout his own unhappiness, want, and isolation.
beer-garden
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From this reading The appearances of life are there so especially gay, it is so much a magnified beer-garden, the houses are so ornate, the theatres so numerous, the very pace of the vehicles is so brisk, that a man in any deep concern of mind or pain of body is constantly driven in upon himself.
believe
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From this reading IN WHICH I AM DOWN ON MY LUCK IN PARIS In no part of the world is starvation an agreeable business; but I believe it is admitted there is no worse place to starve in than this city of Paris.
body
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From this reading The appearances of life are there so especially gay, it is so much a magnified beer-garden, the houses are so ornate, the theatres so numerous, the very pace of the vehicles is so brisk, that a man in any deep concern of mind or pain of body is constantly driven in upon himself.
briskadjectiveUS /brɪsk/
energetic and quick
From this reading The appearances of life are there so especially gay, it is so much a magnified beer-garden, the houses are so ornate, the theatres so numerous, the very pace of the vehicles is so brisk, that a man in any deep concern of mind or pain of body is constantly driven in upon himself.
business
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From this reading IN WHICH I AM DOWN ON MY LUCK IN PARIS In no part of the world is starvation an agreeable business; but I believe it is admitted there is no worse place to starve in than this city of Paris.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading IN WHICH I AM DOWN ON MY LUCK IN PARIS In no part of the world is starvation an agreeable business; but I believe it is admitted there is no worse place to starve in than this city of Paris.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading At the same time, if he be at all after my pattern, he is perhaps supported by a childish satisfaction.
cabfuls
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From this reading In his own eyes, he seems the one serious creature moving in a world of horrible unreality; voluble people issuing from a cafe, the _queue_ at theatre-doors, Sunday cabfuls of second-rate pleasure-seekers, the bedizened ladies of the pavement, the show in the jewellers' windows--all the familiar sights contributing to flout his own unhappiness, want, and isolation.
cafe
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From this reading In his own eyes, he seems the one serious creature moving in a world of horrible unreality; voluble people issuing from a cafe, the _queue_ at theatre-doors, Sunday cabfuls of second-rate pleasure-seekers, the bedizened ladies of the pavement, the show in the jewellers' windows--all the familiar sights contributing to flout his own unhappiness, want, and isolation.
childish
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From this reading At the same time, if he be at all after my pattern, he is perhaps supported by a childish satisfaction.
city
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From this reading IN WHICH I AM DOWN ON MY LUCK IN PARIS In no part of the world is starvation an agreeable business; but I believe it is admitted there is no worse place to starve in than this city of Paris.
concern
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From this reading The appearances of life are there so especially gay, it is so much a magnified beer-garden, the houses are so ornate, the theatres so numerous, the very pace of the vehicles is so brisk, that a man in any deep concern of mind or pain of body is constantly driven in upon himself.
constantly
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From this reading The appearances of life are there so especially gay, it is so much a magnified beer-garden, the houses are so ornate, the theatres so numerous, the very pace of the vehicles is so brisk, that a man in any deep concern of mind or pain of body is constantly driven in upon himself.
contributing
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From this reading In his own eyes, he seems the one serious creature moving in a world of horrible unreality; voluble people issuing from a cafe, the _queue_ at theatre-doors, Sunday cabfuls of second-rate pleasure-seekers, the bedizened ladies of the pavement, the show in the jewellers' windows--all the familiar sights contributing to flout his own unhappiness, want, and isolation.
creature
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From this reading In his own eyes, he seems the one serious creature moving in a world of horrible unreality; voluble people issuing from a cafe, the _queue_ at theatre-doors, Sunday cabfuls of second-rate pleasure-seekers, the bedizened ladies of the pavement, the show in the jewellers' windows--all the familiar sights contributing to flout his own unhappiness, want, and isolation.
deep
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From this reading The appearances of life are there so especially gay, it is so much a magnified beer-garden, the houses are so ornate, the theatres so numerous, the very pace of the vehicles is so brisk, that a man in any deep concern of mind or pain of body is constantly driven in upon himself.
DOWN
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From this reading IN WHICH I AM DOWN ON MY LUCK IN PARIS In no part of the world is starvation an agreeable business; but I believe it is admitted there is no worse place to starve in than this city of Paris.
driven
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From this reading The appearances of life are there so especially gay, it is so much a magnified beer-garden, the houses are so ornate, the theatres so numerous, the very pace of the vehicles is so brisk, that a man in any deep concern of mind or pain of body is constantly driven in upon himself.
especially
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From this reading The appearances of life are there so especially gay, it is so much a magnified beer-garden, the houses are so ornate, the theatres so numerous, the very pace of the vehicles is so brisk, that a man in any deep concern of mind or pain of body is constantly driven in upon himself.
eyes
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From this reading In his own eyes, he seems the one serious creature moving in a world of horrible unreality; voluble people issuing from a cafe, the _queue_ at theatre-doors, Sunday cabfuls of second-rate pleasure-seekers, the bedizened ladies of the pavement, the show in the jewellers' windows--all the familiar sights contributing to flout his own unhappiness, want, and isolation.
familiar
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From this reading In his own eyes, he seems the one serious creature moving in a world of horrible unreality; voluble people issuing from a cafe, the _queue_ at theatre-doors, Sunday cabfuls of second-rate pleasure-seekers, the bedizened ladies of the pavement, the show in the jewellers' windows--all the familiar sights contributing to flout his own unhappiness, want, and isolation.
flout
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From this reading In his own eyes, he seems the one serious creature moving in a world of horrible unreality; voluble people issuing from a cafe, the _queue_ at theatre-doors, Sunday cabfuls of second-rate pleasure-seekers, the bedizened ladies of the pavement, the show in the jewellers' windows--all the familiar sights contributing to flout his own unhappiness, want, and isolation.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading In his own eyes, he seems the one serious creature moving in a world of horrible unreality; voluble people issuing from a cafe, the _queue_ at theatre-doors, Sunday cabfuls of second-rate pleasure-seekers, the bedizened ladies of the pavement, the show in the jewellers' windows--all the familiar sights contributing to flout his own unhappiness, want, and isolation.
gay
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From this reading The appearances of life are there so especially gay, it is so much a magnified beer-garden, the houses are so ornate, the theatres so numerous, the very pace of the vehicles is so brisk, that a man in any deep concern of mind or pain of body is constantly driven in upon himself.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading In his own eyes, he seems the one serious creature moving in a world of horrible unreality; voluble people issuing from a cafe, the _queue_ at theatre-doors, Sunday cabfuls of second-rate pleasure-seekers, the bedizened ladies of the pavement, the show in the jewellers' windows--all the familiar sights contributing to flout his own unhappiness, want, and isolation.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading The appearances of life are there so especially gay, it is so much a magnified beer-garden, the houses are so ornate, the theatres so numerous, the very pace of the vehicles is so brisk, that a man in any deep concern of mind or pain of body is constantly driven in upon himself.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading In his own eyes, he seems the one serious creature moving in a world of horrible unreality; voluble people issuing from a cafe, the _queue_ at theatre-doors, Sunday cabfuls of second-rate pleasure-seekers, the bedizened ladies of the pavement, the show in the jewellers' windows--all the familiar sights contributing to flout his own unhappiness, want, and isolation.
horrible
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From this reading In his own eyes, he seems the one serious creature moving in a world of horrible unreality; voluble people issuing from a cafe, the _queue_ at theatre-doors, Sunday cabfuls of second-rate pleasure-seekers, the bedizened ladies of the pavement, the show in the jewellers' windows--all the familiar sights contributing to flout his own unhappiness, want, and isolation.
houses
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From this reading The appearances of life are there so especially gay, it is so much a magnified beer-garden, the houses are so ornate, the theatres so numerous, the very pace of the vehicles is so brisk, that a man in any deep concern of mind or pain of body is constantly driven in upon himself.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading IN WHICH I AM DOWN ON MY LUCK IN PARIS In no part of the world is starvation an agreeable business; but I believe it is admitted there is no worse place to starve in than this city of Paris.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading At the same time, if he be at all after my pattern, he is perhaps supported by a childish satisfaction.
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading IN WHICH I AM DOWN ON MY LUCK IN PARIS In no part of the world is starvation an agreeable business; but I believe it is admitted there is no worse place to starve in than this city of Paris.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading IN WHICH I AM DOWN ON MY LUCK IN PARIS In no part of the world is starvation an agreeable business; but I believe it is admitted there is no worse place to starve in than this city of Paris.
isolation
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From this reading In his own eyes, he seems the one serious creature moving in a world of horrible unreality; voluble people issuing from a cafe, the _queue_ at theatre-doors, Sunday cabfuls of second-rate pleasure-seekers, the bedizened ladies of the pavement, the show in the jewellers' windows--all the familiar sights contributing to flout his own unhappiness, want, and isolation.
issuing
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From this reading In his own eyes, he seems the one serious creature moving in a world of horrible unreality; voluble people issuing from a cafe, the _queue_ at theatre-doors, Sunday cabfuls of second-rate pleasure-seekers, the bedizened ladies of the pavement, the show in the jewellers' windows--all the familiar sights contributing to flout his own unhappiness, want, and isolation.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading IN WHICH I AM DOWN ON MY LUCK IN PARIS In no part of the world is starvation an agreeable business; but I believe it is admitted there is no worse place to starve in than this city of Paris.
jewellers
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From this reading In his own eyes, he seems the one serious creature moving in a world of horrible unreality; voluble people issuing from a cafe, the _queue_ at theatre-doors, Sunday cabfuls of second-rate pleasure-seekers, the bedizened ladies of the pavement, the show in the jewellers' windows--all the familiar sights contributing to flout his own unhappiness, want, and isolation.
ladies
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From this reading In his own eyes, he seems the one serious creature moving in a world of horrible unreality; voluble people issuing from a cafe, the _queue_ at theatre-doors, Sunday cabfuls of second-rate pleasure-seekers, the bedizened ladies of the pavement, the show in the jewellers' windows--all the familiar sights contributing to flout his own unhappiness, want, and isolation.
last
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From this reading "This is life at last," he may tell himself; "this is the real thing.
life
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From this reading The appearances of life are there so especially gay, it is so much a magnified beer-garden, the houses are so ornate, the theatres so numerous, the very pace of the vehicles is so brisk, that a man in any deep concern of mind or pain of body is constantly driven in upon himself.
LUCK
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From this reading IN WHICH I AM DOWN ON MY LUCK IN PARIS In no part of the world is starvation an agreeable business; but I believe it is admitted there is no worse place to starve in than this city of Paris.
magnified
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From this reading The appearances of life are there so especially gay, it is so much a magnified beer-garden, the houses are so ornate, the theatres so numerous, the very pace of the vehicles is so brisk, that a man in any deep concern of mind or pain of body is constantly driven in upon himself.
man
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From this reading The appearances of life are there so especially gay, it is so much a magnified beer-garden, the houses are so ornate, the theatres so numerous, the very pace of the vehicles is so brisk, that a man in any deep concern of mind or pain of body is constantly driven in upon himself.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading "This is life at last," he may tell himself; "this is the real thing.
mindnounUS /maɪnd/
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading The appearances of life are there so especially gay, it is so much a magnified beer-garden, the houses are so ornate, the theatres so numerous, the very pace of the vehicles is so brisk, that a man in any deep concern of mind or pain of body is constantly driven in upon himself.
moving
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From this reading In his own eyes, he seems the one serious creature moving in a world of horrible unreality; voluble people issuing from a cafe, the _queue_ at theatre-doors, Sunday cabfuls of second-rate pleasure-seekers, the bedizened ladies of the pavement, the show in the jewellers' windows--all the familiar sights contributing to flout his own unhappiness, want, and isolation.
much
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From this reading The appearances of life are there so especially gay, it is so much a magnified beer-garden, the houses are so ornate, the theatres so numerous, the very pace of the vehicles is so brisk, that a man in any deep concern of mind or pain of body is constantly driven in upon himself.
MYdeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading IN WHICH I AM DOWN ON MY LUCK IN PARIS In no part of the world is starvation an agreeable business; but I believe it is admitted there is no worse place to starve in than this city of Paris.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading IN WHICH I AM DOWN ON MY LUCK IN PARIS In no part of the world is starvation an agreeable business; but I believe it is admitted there is no worse place to starve in than this city of Paris.
numerous
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From this reading The appearances of life are there so especially gay, it is so much a magnified beer-garden, the houses are so ornate, the theatres so numerous, the very pace of the vehicles is so brisk, that a man in any deep concern of mind or pain of body is constantly driven in upon himself.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading IN WHICH I AM DOWN ON MY LUCK IN PARIS In no part of the world is starvation an agreeable business; but I believe it is admitted there is no worse place to starve in than this city of Paris.
ONprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading IN WHICH I AM DOWN ON MY LUCK IN PARIS In no part of the world is starvation an agreeable business; but I believe it is admitted there is no worse place to starve in than this city of Paris.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading In his own eyes, he seems the one serious creature moving in a world of horrible unreality; voluble people issuing from a cafe, the _queue_ at theatre-doors, Sunday cabfuls of second-rate pleasure-seekers, the bedizened ladies of the pavement, the show in the jewellers' windows--all the familiar sights contributing to flout his own unhappiness, want, and isolation.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The appearances of life are there so especially gay, it is so much a magnified beer-garden, the houses are so ornate, the theatres so numerous, the very pace of the vehicles is so brisk, that a man in any deep concern of mind or pain of body is constantly driven in upon himself.
ornate
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From this reading The appearances of life are there so especially gay, it is so much a magnified beer-garden, the houses are so ornate, the theatres so numerous, the very pace of the vehicles is so brisk, that a man in any deep concern of mind or pain of body is constantly driven in upon himself.
own
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From this reading In his own eyes, he seems the one serious creature moving in a world of horrible unreality; voluble people issuing from a cafe, the _queue_ at theatre-doors, Sunday cabfuls of second-rate pleasure-seekers, the bedizened ladies of the pavement, the show in the jewellers' windows--all the familiar sights contributing to flout his own unhappiness, want, and isolation.
pace
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From this reading The appearances of life are there so especially gay, it is so much a magnified beer-garden, the houses are so ornate, the theatres so numerous, the very pace of the vehicles is so brisk, that a man in any deep concern of mind or pain of body is constantly driven in upon himself.
pain
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From this reading The appearances of life are there so especially gay, it is so much a magnified beer-garden, the houses are so ornate, the theatres so numerous, the very pace of the vehicles is so brisk, that a man in any deep concern of mind or pain of body is constantly driven in upon himself.
PARIS
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From this reading IN WHICH I AM DOWN ON MY LUCK IN PARIS In no part of the world is starvation an agreeable business; but I believe it is admitted there is no worse place to starve in than this city of Paris.
part
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From this reading IN WHICH I AM DOWN ON MY LUCK IN PARIS In no part of the world is starvation an agreeable business; but I believe it is admitted there is no worse place to starve in than this city of Paris.
pattern
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From this reading At the same time, if he be at all after my pattern, he is perhaps supported by a childish satisfaction.
pavement
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From this reading In his own eyes, he seems the one serious creature moving in a world of horrible unreality; voluble people issuing from a cafe, the _queue_ at theatre-doors, Sunday cabfuls of second-rate pleasure-seekers, the bedizened ladies of the pavement, the show in the jewellers' windows--all the familiar sights contributing to flout his own unhappiness, want, and isolation.
people
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From this reading In his own eyes, he seems the one serious creature moving in a world of horrible unreality; voluble people issuing from a cafe, the _queue_ at theatre-doors, Sunday cabfuls of second-rate pleasure-seekers, the bedizened ladies of the pavement, the show in the jewellers' windows--all the familiar sights contributing to flout his own unhappiness, want, and isolation.
perhaps
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From this reading At the same time, if he be at all after my pattern, he is perhaps supported by a childish satisfaction.
place
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From this reading IN WHICH I AM DOWN ON MY LUCK IN PARIS In no part of the world is starvation an agreeable business; but I believe it is admitted there is no worse place to starve in than this city of Paris.
pleasure-seekers
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From this reading In his own eyes, he seems the one serious creature moving in a world of horrible unreality; voluble people issuing from a cafe, the _queue_ at theatre-doors, Sunday cabfuls of second-rate pleasure-seekers, the bedizened ladies of the pavement, the show in the jewellers' windows--all the familiar sights contributing to flout his own unhappiness, want, and isolation.
queue
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From this reading In his own eyes, he seems the one serious creature moving in a world of horrible unreality; voluble people issuing from a cafe, the _queue_ at theatre-doors, Sunday cabfuls of second-rate pleasure-seekers, the bedizened ladies of the pavement, the show in the jewellers' windows--all the familiar sights contributing to flout his own unhappiness, want, and isolation.
real
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From this reading "This is life at last," he may tell himself; "this is the real thing.
sameadjectiveUS /seɪm/
Identical; not different.
From this reading At the same time, if he be at all after my pattern, he is perhaps supported by a childish satisfaction.
satisfaction
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From this reading At the same time, if he be at all after my pattern, he is perhaps supported by a childish satisfaction.
second-rate
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From this reading In his own eyes, he seems the one serious creature moving in a world of horrible unreality; voluble people issuing from a cafe, the _queue_ at theatre-doors, Sunday cabfuls of second-rate pleasure-seekers, the bedizened ladies of the pavement, the show in the jewellers' windows--all the familiar sights contributing to flout his own unhappiness, want, and isolation.
seems
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From this reading In his own eyes, he seems the one serious creature moving in a world of horrible unreality; voluble people issuing from a cafe, the _queue_ at theatre-doors, Sunday cabfuls of second-rate pleasure-seekers, the bedizened ladies of the pavement, the show in the jewellers' windows--all the familiar sights contributing to flout his own unhappiness, want, and isolation.
serious
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From this reading In his own eyes, he seems the one serious creature moving in a world of horrible unreality; voluble people issuing from a cafe, the _queue_ at theatre-doors, Sunday cabfuls of second-rate pleasure-seekers, the bedizened ladies of the pavement, the show in the jewellers' windows--all the familiar sights contributing to flout his own unhappiness, want, and isolation.
show
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From this reading In his own eyes, he seems the one serious creature moving in a world of horrible unreality; voluble people issuing from a cafe, the _queue_ at theatre-doors, Sunday cabfuls of second-rate pleasure-seekers, the bedizened ladies of the pavement, the show in the jewellers' windows--all the familiar sights contributing to flout his own unhappiness, want, and isolation.
sights
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From this reading In his own eyes, he seems the one serious creature moving in a world of horrible unreality; voluble people issuing from a cafe, the _queue_ at theatre-doors, Sunday cabfuls of second-rate pleasure-seekers, the bedizened ladies of the pavement, the show in the jewellers' windows--all the familiar sights contributing to flout his own unhappiness, want, and isolation.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The appearances of life are there so especially gay, it is so much a magnified beer-garden, the houses are so ornate, the theatres so numerous, the very pace of the vehicles is so brisk, that a man in any deep concern of mind or pain of body is constantly driven in upon himself.
starvation
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From this reading IN WHICH I AM DOWN ON MY LUCK IN PARIS In no part of the world is starvation an agreeable business; but I believe it is admitted there is no worse place to starve in than this city of Paris.
starve
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From this reading IN WHICH I AM DOWN ON MY LUCK IN PARIS In no part of the world is starvation an agreeable business; but I believe it is admitted there is no worse place to starve in than this city of Paris.
Sunday
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From this reading In his own eyes, he seems the one serious creature moving in a world of horrible unreality; voluble people issuing from a cafe, the _queue_ at theatre-doors, Sunday cabfuls of second-rate pleasure-seekers, the bedizened ladies of the pavement, the show in the jewellers' windows--all the familiar sights contributing to flout his own unhappiness, want, and isolation.
supported
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From this reading At the same time, if he be at all after my pattern, he is perhaps supported by a childish satisfaction.
tell
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From this reading "This is life at last," he may tell himself; "this is the real thing.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading IN WHICH I AM DOWN ON MY LUCK IN PARIS In no part of the world is starvation an agreeable business; but I believe it is admitted there is no worse place to starve in than this city of Paris.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The appearances of life are there so especially gay, it is so much a magnified beer-garden, the houses are so ornate, the theatres so numerous, the very pace of the vehicles is so brisk, that a man in any deep concern of mind or pain of body is constantly driven in upon himself.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading IN WHICH I AM DOWN ON MY LUCK IN PARIS In no part of the world is starvation an agreeable business; but I believe it is admitted there is no worse place to starve in than this city of Paris.
theatre-doors
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From this reading In his own eyes, he seems the one serious creature moving in a world of horrible unreality; voluble people issuing from a cafe, the _queue_ at theatre-doors, Sunday cabfuls of second-rate pleasure-seekers, the bedizened ladies of the pavement, the show in the jewellers' windows--all the familiar sights contributing to flout his own unhappiness, want, and isolation.
theatres
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From this reading The appearances of life are there so especially gay, it is so much a magnified beer-garden, the houses are so ornate, the theatres so numerous, the very pace of the vehicles is so brisk, that a man in any deep concern of mind or pain of body is constantly driven in upon himself.
there
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From this reading IN WHICH I AM DOWN ON MY LUCK IN PARIS In no part of the world is starvation an agreeable business; but I believe it is admitted there is no worse place to starve in than this city of Paris.
thing
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From this reading "This is life at last," he may tell himself; "this is the real thing.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading IN WHICH I AM DOWN ON MY LUCK IN PARIS In no part of the world is starvation an agreeable business; but I believe it is admitted there is no worse place to starve in than this city of Paris.
time
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From this reading At the same time, if he be at all after my pattern, he is perhaps supported by a childish satisfaction.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading IN WHICH I AM DOWN ON MY LUCK IN PARIS In no part of the world is starvation an agreeable business; but I believe it is admitted there is no worse place to starve in than this city of Paris.
unhappiness
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From this reading In his own eyes, he seems the one serious creature moving in a world of horrible unreality; voluble people issuing from a cafe, the _queue_ at theatre-doors, Sunday cabfuls of second-rate pleasure-seekers, the bedizened ladies of the pavement, the show in the jewellers' windows--all the familiar sights contributing to flout his own unhappiness, want, and isolation.
unreality
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From this reading In his own eyes, he seems the one serious creature moving in a world of horrible unreality; voluble people issuing from a cafe, the _queue_ at theatre-doors, Sunday cabfuls of second-rate pleasure-seekers, the bedizened ladies of the pavement, the show in the jewellers' windows--all the familiar sights contributing to flout his own unhappiness, want, and isolation.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The appearances of life are there so especially gay, it is so much a magnified beer-garden, the houses are so ornate, the theatres so numerous, the very pace of the vehicles is so brisk, that a man in any deep concern of mind or pain of body is constantly driven in upon himself.
vehicles
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From this reading The appearances of life are there so especially gay, it is so much a magnified beer-garden, the houses are so ornate, the theatres so numerous, the very pace of the vehicles is so brisk, that a man in any deep concern of mind or pain of body is constantly driven in upon himself.
very
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From this reading The appearances of life are there so especially gay, it is so much a magnified beer-garden, the houses are so ornate, the theatres so numerous, the very pace of the vehicles is so brisk, that a man in any deep concern of mind or pain of body is constantly driven in upon himself.
voluble
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From this reading In his own eyes, he seems the one serious creature moving in a world of horrible unreality; voluble people issuing from a cafe, the _queue_ at theatre-doors, Sunday cabfuls of second-rate pleasure-seekers, the bedizened ladies of the pavement, the show in the jewellers' windows--all the familiar sights contributing to flout his own unhappiness, want, and isolation.
want
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From this reading In his own eyes, he seems the one serious creature moving in a world of horrible unreality; voluble people issuing from a cafe, the _queue_ at theatre-doors, Sunday cabfuls of second-rate pleasure-seekers, the bedizened ladies of the pavement, the show in the jewellers' windows--all the familiar sights contributing to flout his own unhappiness, want, and isolation.
WHICHpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading IN WHICH I AM DOWN ON MY LUCK IN PARIS In no part of the world is starvation an agreeable business; but I believe it is admitted there is no worse place to starve in than this city of Paris.
windows
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From this reading In his own eyes, he seems the one serious creature moving in a world of horrible unreality; voluble people issuing from a cafe, the _queue_ at theatre-doors, Sunday cabfuls of second-rate pleasure-seekers, the bedizened ladies of the pavement, the show in the jewellers' windows--all the familiar sights contributing to flout his own unhappiness, want, and isolation.
world
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From this reading IN WHICH I AM DOWN ON MY LUCK IN PARIS In no part of the world is starvation an agreeable business; but I believe it is admitted there is no worse place to starve in than this city of Paris.
worse
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From this reading IN WHICH I AM DOWN ON MY LUCK IN PARIS In no part of the world is starvation an agreeable business; but I believe it is admitted there is no worse place to starve in than this city of Paris.
