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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 A DREAM ENDS To pick up once more and tighten and knot together the loosened threads which represented the unfinished record that his race had woven into the social fabric of the metropolis was merely an automatic matter for Selwyn.
accomplishing
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From this reading Some public service of modest nature they had performed, not seeking it, not shirking; accomplishing it cleanly when it was intrusted to them.
always
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From this reading His own people had always been among the makers of that fabric.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading His own people had always been among the makers of that fabric.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading A DREAM ENDS To pick up once more and tighten and knot together the loosened threads which represented the unfinished record that his race had woven into the social fabric of the metropolis was merely an automatic matter for Selwyn.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A DREAM ENDS To pick up once more and tighten and knot together the loosened threads which represented the unfinished record that his race had woven into the social fabric of the metropolis was merely an automatic matter for Selwyn.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading His forefathers had been, as a rule, professional men--physicians and lawyers; his grandfather died under the walls of Chapultepec Castle while twisting a tourniquet for a cursing dragoon; an uncle remained indefinitely at Malvern Hill; an only brother at Montauk Point having sickened in the trenches before Santiago.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading His forefathers had been, as a rule, professional men--physicians and lawyers; his grandfather died under the walls of Chapultepec Castle while twisting a tourniquet for a cursing dragoon; an uncle remained indefinitely at Malvern Hill; an only brother at Montauk Point having sickened in the trenches before Santiago.
automatic
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From this reading A DREAM ENDS To pick up once more and tighten and knot together the loosened threads which represented the unfinished record that his race had woven into the social fabric of the metropolis was merely an automatic matter for Selwyn.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading His own people had always been among the makers of that fabric.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading His forefathers had been, as a rule, professional men--physicians and lawyers; his grandfather died under the walls of Chapultepec Castle while twisting a tourniquet for a cursing dragoon; an uncle remained indefinitely at Malvern Hill; an only brother at Montauk Point having sickened in the trenches before Santiago.
births
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From this reading Into part of its vast and intricate pattern they had woven an inconspicuously honourable record--chronicles of births and deaths and marriages, a plain memorandum of plain living, and upright dealing with their fellow men.
brother
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From this reading His forefathers had been, as a rule, professional men--physicians and lawyers; his grandfather died under the walls of Chapultepec Castle while twisting a tourniquet for a cursing dragoon; an uncle remained indefinitely at Malvern Hill; an only brother at Montauk Point having sickened in the trenches before Santiago.
Castle
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From this reading His forefathers had been, as a rule, professional men--physicians and lawyers; his grandfather died under the walls of Chapultepec Castle while twisting a tourniquet for a cursing dragoon; an uncle remained indefinitely at Malvern Hill; an only brother at Montauk Point having sickened in the trenches before Santiago.
Chapultepec
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From this reading His forefathers had been, as a rule, professional men--physicians and lawyers; his grandfather died under the walls of Chapultepec Castle while twisting a tourniquet for a cursing dragoon; an uncle remained indefinitely at Malvern Hill; an only brother at Montauk Point having sickened in the trenches before Santiago.
chronicles
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From this reading Into part of its vast and intricate pattern they had woven an inconspicuously honourable record--chronicles of births and deaths and marriages, a plain memorandum of plain living, and upright dealing with their fellow men.
cleanly
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From this reading Some public service of modest nature they had performed, not seeking it, not shirking; accomplishing it cleanly when it was intrusted to them.
cursing
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From this reading His forefathers had been, as a rule, professional men--physicians and lawyers; his grandfather died under the walls of Chapultepec Castle while twisting a tourniquet for a cursing dragoon; an uncle remained indefinitely at Malvern Hill; an only brother at Montauk Point having sickened in the trenches before Santiago.
dealing
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From this reading Into part of its vast and intricate pattern they had woven an inconspicuously honourable record--chronicles of births and deaths and marriages, a plain memorandum of plain living, and upright dealing with their fellow men.
deaths
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From this reading Into part of its vast and intricate pattern they had woven an inconspicuously honourable record--chronicles of births and deaths and marriages, a plain memorandum of plain living, and upright dealing with their fellow men.
died
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From this reading His forefathers had been, as a rule, professional men--physicians and lawyers; his grandfather died under the walls of Chapultepec Castle while twisting a tourniquet for a cursing dragoon; an uncle remained indefinitely at Malvern Hill; an only brother at Montauk Point having sickened in the trenches before Santiago.
dragoon
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From this reading His forefathers had been, as a rule, professional men--physicians and lawyers; his grandfather died under the walls of Chapultepec Castle while twisting a tourniquet for a cursing dragoon; an uncle remained indefinitely at Malvern Hill; an only brother at Montauk Point having sickened in the trenches before Santiago.
DREAMnounUS /driːm/
A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.
From this reading A DREAM ENDS To pick up once more and tighten and knot together the loosened threads which represented the unfinished record that his race had woven into the social fabric of the metropolis was merely an automatic matter for Selwyn.
ENDS
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From this reading A DREAM ENDS To pick up once more and tighten and knot together the loosened threads which represented the unfinished record that his race had woven into the social fabric of the metropolis was merely an automatic matter for Selwyn.
fabric
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From this reading A DREAM ENDS To pick up once more and tighten and knot together the loosened threads which represented the unfinished record that his race had woven into the social fabric of the metropolis was merely an automatic matter for Selwyn.
fellow
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From this reading Into part of its vast and intricate pattern they had woven an inconspicuously honourable record--chronicles of births and deaths and marriages, a plain memorandum of plain living, and upright dealing with their fellow men.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading A DREAM ENDS To pick up once more and tighten and knot together the loosened threads which represented the unfinished record that his race had woven into the social fabric of the metropolis was merely an automatic matter for Selwyn.
forefathers
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From this reading His forefathers had been, as a rule, professional men--physicians and lawyers; his grandfather died under the walls of Chapultepec Castle while twisting a tourniquet for a cursing dragoon; an uncle remained indefinitely at Malvern Hill; an only brother at Montauk Point having sickened in the trenches before Santiago.
grandfather
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From this reading His forefathers had been, as a rule, professional men--physicians and lawyers; his grandfather died under the walls of Chapultepec Castle while twisting a tourniquet for a cursing dragoon; an uncle remained indefinitely at Malvern Hill; an only brother at Montauk Point having sickened in the trenches before Santiago.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading A DREAM ENDS To pick up once more and tighten and knot together the loosened threads which represented the unfinished record that his race had woven into the social fabric of the metropolis was merely an automatic matter for Selwyn.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading His forefathers had been, as a rule, professional men--physicians and lawyers; his grandfather died under the walls of Chapultepec Castle while twisting a tourniquet for a cursing dragoon; an uncle remained indefinitely at Malvern Hill; an only brother at Montauk Point having sickened in the trenches before Santiago.
Hill
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From this reading His forefathers had been, as a rule, professional men--physicians and lawyers; his grandfather died under the walls of Chapultepec Castle while twisting a tourniquet for a cursing dragoon; an uncle remained indefinitely at Malvern Hill; an only brother at Montauk Point having sickened in the trenches before Santiago.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading A DREAM ENDS To pick up once more and tighten and knot together the loosened threads which represented the unfinished record that his race had woven into the social fabric of the metropolis was merely an automatic matter for Selwyn.
honourable
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From this reading Into part of its vast and intricate pattern they had woven an inconspicuously honourable record--chronicles of births and deaths and marriages, a plain memorandum of plain living, and upright dealing with their fellow men.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading His forefathers had been, as a rule, professional men--physicians and lawyers; his grandfather died under the walls of Chapultepec Castle while twisting a tourniquet for a cursing dragoon; an uncle remained indefinitely at Malvern Hill; an only brother at Montauk Point having sickened in the trenches before Santiago.
inconspicuously
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From this reading Into part of its vast and intricate pattern they had woven an inconspicuously honourable record--chronicles of births and deaths and marriages, a plain memorandum of plain living, and upright dealing with their fellow men.
indefinitely
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From this reading His forefathers had been, as a rule, professional men--physicians and lawyers; his grandfather died under the walls of Chapultepec Castle while twisting a tourniquet for a cursing dragoon; an uncle remained indefinitely at Malvern Hill; an only brother at Montauk Point having sickened in the trenches before Santiago.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading A DREAM ENDS To pick up once more and tighten and knot together the loosened threads which represented the unfinished record that his race had woven into the social fabric of the metropolis was merely an automatic matter for Selwyn.
intricate
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From this reading Into part of its vast and intricate pattern they had woven an inconspicuously honourable record--chronicles of births and deaths and marriages, a plain memorandum of plain living, and upright dealing with their fellow men.
intrusted
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From this reading Some public service of modest nature they had performed, not seeking it, not shirking; accomplishing it cleanly when it was intrusted to them.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Some public service of modest nature they had performed, not seeking it, not shirking; accomplishing it cleanly when it was intrusted to them.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Into part of its vast and intricate pattern they had woven an inconspicuously honourable record--chronicles of births and deaths and marriages, a plain memorandum of plain living, and upright dealing with their fellow men.
knot
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From this reading A DREAM ENDS To pick up once more and tighten and knot together the loosened threads which represented the unfinished record that his race had woven into the social fabric of the metropolis was merely an automatic matter for Selwyn.
lawyers
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From this reading His forefathers had been, as a rule, professional men--physicians and lawyers; his grandfather died under the walls of Chapultepec Castle while twisting a tourniquet for a cursing dragoon; an uncle remained indefinitely at Malvern Hill; an only brother at Montauk Point having sickened in the trenches before Santiago.
living
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From this reading Into part of its vast and intricate pattern they had woven an inconspicuously honourable record--chronicles of births and deaths and marriages, a plain memorandum of plain living, and upright dealing with their fellow men.
loosened
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From this reading A DREAM ENDS To pick up once more and tighten and knot together the loosened threads which represented the unfinished record that his race had woven into the social fabric of the metropolis was merely an automatic matter for Selwyn.
makers
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From this reading His own people had always been among the makers of that fabric.
Malvern
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From this reading His forefathers had been, as a rule, professional men--physicians and lawyers; his grandfather died under the walls of Chapultepec Castle while twisting a tourniquet for a cursing dragoon; an uncle remained indefinitely at Malvern Hill; an only brother at Montauk Point having sickened in the trenches before Santiago.
marriages
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From this reading Into part of its vast and intricate pattern they had woven an inconspicuously honourable record--chronicles of births and deaths and marriages, a plain memorandum of plain living, and upright dealing with their fellow men.
matter
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From this reading A DREAM ENDS To pick up once more and tighten and knot together the loosened threads which represented the unfinished record that his race had woven into the social fabric of the metropolis was merely an automatic matter for Selwyn.
memorandum
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From this reading Into part of its vast and intricate pattern they had woven an inconspicuously honourable record--chronicles of births and deaths and marriages, a plain memorandum of plain living, and upright dealing with their fellow men.
men
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From this reading Into part of its vast and intricate pattern they had woven an inconspicuously honourable record--chronicles of births and deaths and marriages, a plain memorandum of plain living, and upright dealing with their fellow men.
merely
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From this reading A DREAM ENDS To pick up once more and tighten and knot together the loosened threads which represented the unfinished record that his race had woven into the social fabric of the metropolis was merely an automatic matter for Selwyn.
metropolis
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From this reading A DREAM ENDS To pick up once more and tighten and knot together the loosened threads which represented the unfinished record that his race had woven into the social fabric of the metropolis was merely an automatic matter for Selwyn.
modest
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From this reading Some public service of modest nature they had performed, not seeking it, not shirking; accomplishing it cleanly when it was intrusted to them.
Montauk
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From this reading His forefathers had been, as a rule, professional men--physicians and lawyers; his grandfather died under the walls of Chapultepec Castle while twisting a tourniquet for a cursing dragoon; an uncle remained indefinitely at Malvern Hill; an only brother at Montauk Point having sickened in the trenches before Santiago.
more
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From this reading A DREAM ENDS To pick up once more and tighten and knot together the loosened threads which represented the unfinished record that his race had woven into the social fabric of the metropolis was merely an automatic matter for Selwyn.
nature
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From this reading Some public service of modest nature they had performed, not seeking it, not shirking; accomplishing it cleanly when it was intrusted to them.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Some public service of modest nature they had performed, not seeking it, not shirking; accomplishing it cleanly when it was intrusted to them.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A DREAM ENDS To pick up once more and tighten and knot together the loosened threads which represented the unfinished record that his race had woven into the social fabric of the metropolis was merely an automatic matter for Selwyn.
once
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From this reading A DREAM ENDS To pick up once more and tighten and knot together the loosened threads which represented the unfinished record that his race had woven into the social fabric of the metropolis was merely an automatic matter for Selwyn.
only
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From this reading His forefathers had been, as a rule, professional men--physicians and lawyers; his grandfather died under the walls of Chapultepec Castle while twisting a tourniquet for a cursing dragoon; an uncle remained indefinitely at Malvern Hill; an only brother at Montauk Point having sickened in the trenches before Santiago.
own
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From this reading His own people had always been among the makers of that fabric.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Into part of its vast and intricate pattern they had woven an inconspicuously honourable record--chronicles of births and deaths and marriages, a plain memorandum of plain living, and upright dealing with their fellow men.
pattern
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From this reading Into part of its vast and intricate pattern they had woven an inconspicuously honourable record--chronicles of births and deaths and marriages, a plain memorandum of plain living, and upright dealing with their fellow men.
people
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From this reading His own people had always been among the makers of that fabric.
performed
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From this reading Some public service of modest nature they had performed, not seeking it, not shirking; accomplishing it cleanly when it was intrusted to them.
physicians
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From this reading His forefathers had been, as a rule, professional men--physicians and lawyers; his grandfather died under the walls of Chapultepec Castle while twisting a tourniquet for a cursing dragoon; an uncle remained indefinitely at Malvern Hill; an only brother at Montauk Point having sickened in the trenches before Santiago.
pick
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From this reading A DREAM ENDS To pick up once more and tighten and knot together the loosened threads which represented the unfinished record that his race had woven into the social fabric of the metropolis was merely an automatic matter for Selwyn.
plain
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From this reading Into part of its vast and intricate pattern they had woven an inconspicuously honourable record--chronicles of births and deaths and marriages, a plain memorandum of plain living, and upright dealing with their fellow men.
PointnounUS /pɔɪnt/
the main matter or purpose being discussed
From this reading His forefathers had been, as a rule, professional men--physicians and lawyers; his grandfather died under the walls of Chapultepec Castle while twisting a tourniquet for a cursing dragoon; an uncle remained indefinitely at Malvern Hill; an only brother at Montauk Point having sickened in the trenches before Santiago.
professional
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From this reading His forefathers had been, as a rule, professional men--physicians and lawyers; his grandfather died under the walls of Chapultepec Castle while twisting a tourniquet for a cursing dragoon; an uncle remained indefinitely at Malvern Hill; an only brother at Montauk Point having sickened in the trenches before Santiago.
public
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From this reading Some public service of modest nature they had performed, not seeking it, not shirking; accomplishing it cleanly when it was intrusted to them.
race
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From this reading A DREAM ENDS To pick up once more and tighten and knot together the loosened threads which represented the unfinished record that his race had woven into the social fabric of the metropolis was merely an automatic matter for Selwyn.
record
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From this reading A DREAM ENDS To pick up once more and tighten and knot together the loosened threads which represented the unfinished record that his race had woven into the social fabric of the metropolis was merely an automatic matter for Selwyn.
remainednounUS /ˈremained/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading His forefathers had been, as a rule, professional men--physicians and lawyers; his grandfather died under the walls of Chapultepec Castle while twisting a tourniquet for a cursing dragoon; an uncle remained indefinitely at Malvern Hill; an only brother at Montauk Point having sickened in the trenches before Santiago.
represented
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From this reading A DREAM ENDS To pick up once more and tighten and knot together the loosened threads which represented the unfinished record that his race had woven into the social fabric of the metropolis was merely an automatic matter for Selwyn.
rule
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From this reading His forefathers had been, as a rule, professional men--physicians and lawyers; his grandfather died under the walls of Chapultepec Castle while twisting a tourniquet for a cursing dragoon; an uncle remained indefinitely at Malvern Hill; an only brother at Montauk Point having sickened in the trenches before Santiago.
Santiago
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From this reading His forefathers had been, as a rule, professional men--physicians and lawyers; his grandfather died under the walls of Chapultepec Castle while twisting a tourniquet for a cursing dragoon; an uncle remained indefinitely at Malvern Hill; an only brother at Montauk Point having sickened in the trenches before Santiago.
seeking
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From this reading Some public service of modest nature they had performed, not seeking it, not shirking; accomplishing it cleanly when it was intrusted to them.
Selwyn
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From this reading A DREAM ENDS To pick up once more and tighten and knot together the loosened threads which represented the unfinished record that his race had woven into the social fabric of the metropolis was merely an automatic matter for Selwyn.
service
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From this reading Some public service of modest nature they had performed, not seeking it, not shirking; accomplishing it cleanly when it was intrusted to them.
shirking
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From this reading Some public service of modest nature they had performed, not seeking it, not shirking; accomplishing it cleanly when it was intrusted to them.
sickened
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From this reading His forefathers had been, as a rule, professional men--physicians and lawyers; his grandfather died under the walls of Chapultepec Castle while twisting a tourniquet for a cursing dragoon; an uncle remained indefinitely at Malvern Hill; an only brother at Montauk Point having sickened in the trenches before Santiago.
social
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From this reading A DREAM ENDS To pick up once more and tighten and knot together the loosened threads which represented the unfinished record that his race had woven into the social fabric of the metropolis was merely an automatic matter for Selwyn.
Some
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From this reading Some public service of modest nature they had performed, not seeking it, not shirking; accomplishing it cleanly when it was intrusted to them.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading A DREAM ENDS To pick up once more and tighten and knot together the loosened threads which represented the unfinished record that his race had woven into the social fabric of the metropolis was merely an automatic matter for Selwyn.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A DREAM ENDS To pick up once more and tighten and knot together the loosened threads which represented the unfinished record that his race had woven into the social fabric of the metropolis was merely an automatic matter for Selwyn.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Into part of its vast and intricate pattern they had woven an inconspicuously honourable record--chronicles of births and deaths and marriages, a plain memorandum of plain living, and upright dealing with their fellow men.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Some public service of modest nature they had performed, not seeking it, not shirking; accomplishing it cleanly when it was intrusted to them.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Into part of its vast and intricate pattern they had woven an inconspicuously honourable record--chronicles of births and deaths and marriages, a plain memorandum of plain living, and upright dealing with their fellow men.
threads
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From this reading A DREAM ENDS To pick up once more and tighten and knot together the loosened threads which represented the unfinished record that his race had woven into the social fabric of the metropolis was merely an automatic matter for Selwyn.
tighten
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From this reading A DREAM ENDS To pick up once more and tighten and knot together the loosened threads which represented the unfinished record that his race had woven into the social fabric of the metropolis was merely an automatic matter for Selwyn.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A DREAM ENDS To pick up once more and tighten and knot together the loosened threads which represented the unfinished record that his race had woven into the social fabric of the metropolis was merely an automatic matter for Selwyn.
together
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From this reading A DREAM ENDS To pick up once more and tighten and knot together the loosened threads which represented the unfinished record that his race had woven into the social fabric of the metropolis was merely an automatic matter for Selwyn.
tourniquet
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From this reading His forefathers had been, as a rule, professional men--physicians and lawyers; his grandfather died under the walls of Chapultepec Castle while twisting a tourniquet for a cursing dragoon; an uncle remained indefinitely at Malvern Hill; an only brother at Montauk Point having sickened in the trenches before Santiago.
trenches
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From this reading His forefathers had been, as a rule, professional men--physicians and lawyers; his grandfather died under the walls of Chapultepec Castle while twisting a tourniquet for a cursing dragoon; an uncle remained indefinitely at Malvern Hill; an only brother at Montauk Point having sickened in the trenches before Santiago.
twisting
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From this reading His forefathers had been, as a rule, professional men--physicians and lawyers; his grandfather died under the walls of Chapultepec Castle while twisting a tourniquet for a cursing dragoon; an uncle remained indefinitely at Malvern Hill; an only brother at Montauk Point having sickened in the trenches before Santiago.
uncle
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From this reading His forefathers had been, as a rule, professional men--physicians and lawyers; his grandfather died under the walls of Chapultepec Castle while twisting a tourniquet for a cursing dragoon; an uncle remained indefinitely at Malvern Hill; an only brother at Montauk Point having sickened in the trenches before Santiago.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading His forefathers had been, as a rule, professional men--physicians and lawyers; his grandfather died under the walls of Chapultepec Castle while twisting a tourniquet for a cursing dragoon; an uncle remained indefinitely at Malvern Hill; an only brother at Montauk Point having sickened in the trenches before Santiago.
unfinished
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From this reading A DREAM ENDS To pick up once more and tighten and knot together the loosened threads which represented the unfinished record that his race had woven into the social fabric of the metropolis was merely an automatic matter for Selwyn.
up
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From this reading A DREAM ENDS To pick up once more and tighten and knot together the loosened threads which represented the unfinished record that his race had woven into the social fabric of the metropolis was merely an automatic matter for Selwyn.
upright
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From this reading Into part of its vast and intricate pattern they had woven an inconspicuously honourable record--chronicles of births and deaths and marriages, a plain memorandum of plain living, and upright dealing with their fellow men.
vast
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From this reading Into part of its vast and intricate pattern they had woven an inconspicuously honourable record--chronicles of births and deaths and marriages, a plain memorandum of plain living, and upright dealing with their fellow men.
walls
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From this reading His forefathers had been, as a rule, professional men--physicians and lawyers; his grandfather died under the walls of Chapultepec Castle while twisting a tourniquet for a cursing dragoon; an uncle remained indefinitely at Malvern Hill; an only brother at Montauk Point having sickened in the trenches before Santiago.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A DREAM ENDS To pick up once more and tighten and knot together the loosened threads which represented the unfinished record that his race had woven into the social fabric of the metropolis was merely an automatic matter for Selwyn.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Some public service of modest nature they had performed, not seeking it, not shirking; accomplishing it cleanly when it was intrusted to them.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading A DREAM ENDS To pick up once more and tighten and knot together the loosened threads which represented the unfinished record that his race had woven into the social fabric of the metropolis was merely an automatic matter for Selwyn.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading His forefathers had been, as a rule, professional men--physicians and lawyers; his grandfather died under the walls of Chapultepec Castle while twisting a tourniquet for a cursing dragoon; an uncle remained indefinitely at Malvern Hill; an only brother at Montauk Point having sickened in the trenches before Santiago.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Into part of its vast and intricate pattern they had woven an inconspicuously honourable record--chronicles of births and deaths and marriages, a plain memorandum of plain living, and upright dealing with their fellow men.
woven
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From this reading A DREAM ENDS To pick up once more and tighten and knot together the loosened threads which represented the unfinished record that his race had woven into the social fabric of the metropolis was merely an automatic matter for Selwyn.
