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American
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From this reading Certain characteristics of the dusky Babylon, certain aspects, phases, features, “say” more to the American spiritual ear than anything else in Europe.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading On our return to town we determined to spend three days there together and then proceed to our errand.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading Certain characteristics of the dusky Babylon, certain aspects, phases, features, “say” more to the American spiritual ear than anything else in Europe.
anywhere
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From this reading “Well,” he said, “with you I’ll go anywhere.”
appeal
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From this reading We were as conscious one as the other of that deeper mystic appeal made by London to those superstitious pilgrims who feel it the mother-city of their race, the distributing heart of their traditional life.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading We were as conscious one as the other of that deeper mystic appeal made by London to those superstitious pilgrims who feel it the mother-city of their race, the distributing heart of their traditional life.
aspects
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From this reading Certain characteristics of the dusky Babylon, certain aspects, phases, features, “say” more to the American spiritual ear than anything else in Europe.
Babylon
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From this reading Certain characteristics of the dusky Babylon, certain aspects, phases, features, “say” more to the American spiritual ear than anything else in Europe.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading We were as conscious one as the other of that deeper mystic appeal made by London to those superstitious pilgrims who feel it the mother-city of their race, the distributing heart of their traditional life.
Certain
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From this reading Certain characteristics of the dusky Babylon, certain aspects, phases, features, “say” more to the American spiritual ear than anything else in Europe.
characteristics
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From this reading Certain characteristics of the dusky Babylon, certain aspects, phases, features, “say” more to the American spiritual ear than anything else in Europe.
charmed
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From this reading The influence of these things on Searle it charmed me to note.
conscious
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From this reading We were as conscious one as the other of that deeper mystic appeal made by London to those superstitious pilgrims who feel it the mother-city of their race, the distributing heart of their traditional life.
days
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From this reading On our return to town we determined to spend three days there together and then proceed to our errand.
deeper
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From this reading We were as conscious one as the other of that deeper mystic appeal made by London to those superstitious pilgrims who feel it the mother-city of their race, the distributing heart of their traditional life.
determinedadjectiveUS /dɪˈtɜrmɪnd/
having firmly decided to do something
From this reading On our return to town we determined to spend three days there together and then proceed to our errand.
distributing
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From this reading We were as conscious one as the other of that deeper mystic appeal made by London to those superstitious pilgrims who feel it the mother-city of their race, the distributing heart of their traditional life.
dusky
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From this reading Certain characteristics of the dusky Babylon, certain aspects, phases, features, “say” more to the American spiritual ear than anything else in Europe.
ear
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From this reading Certain characteristics of the dusky Babylon, certain aspects, phases, features, “say” more to the American spiritual ear than anything else in Europe.
else
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From this reading Certain characteristics of the dusky Babylon, certain aspects, phases, features, “say” more to the American spiritual ear than anything else in Europe.
errand
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From this reading On our return to town we determined to spend three days there together and then proceed to our errand.
Europe
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From this reading Certain characteristics of the dusky Babylon, certain aspects, phases, features, “say” more to the American spiritual ear than anything else in Europe.
features
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From this reading Certain characteristics of the dusky Babylon, certain aspects, phases, features, “say” more to the American spiritual ear than anything else in Europe.
feel
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From this reading We were as conscious one as the other of that deeper mystic appeal made by London to those superstitious pilgrims who feel it the mother-city of their race, the distributing heart of their traditional life.
go
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From this reading “Well,” he said, “with you I’ll go anywhere.”
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Well,” he said, “with you I’ll go anywhere.”
heart
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From this reading We were as conscious one as the other of that deeper mystic appeal made by London to those superstitious pilgrims who feel it the mother-city of their race, the distributing heart of their traditional life.
I'll
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From this reading “Well,” he said, “with you I’ll go anywhere.”
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Certain characteristics of the dusky Babylon, certain aspects, phases, features, “say” more to the American spiritual ear than anything else in Europe.
influence
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From this reading The influence of these things on Searle it charmed me to note.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading We were as conscious one as the other of that deeper mystic appeal made by London to those superstitious pilgrims who feel it the mother-city of their race, the distributing heart of their traditional life.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We were as conscious one as the other of that deeper mystic appeal made by London to those superstitious pilgrims who feel it the mother-city of their race, the distributing heart of their traditional life.
London
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From this reading We were as conscious one as the other of that deeper mystic appeal made by London to those superstitious pilgrims who feel it the mother-city of their race, the distributing heart of their traditional life.
made
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From this reading We were as conscious one as the other of that deeper mystic appeal made by London to those superstitious pilgrims who feel it the mother-city of their race, the distributing heart of their traditional life.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The influence of these things on Searle it charmed me to note.
more
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From this reading Certain characteristics of the dusky Babylon, certain aspects, phases, features, “say” more to the American spiritual ear than anything else in Europe.
mother-city
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From this reading We were as conscious one as the other of that deeper mystic appeal made by London to those superstitious pilgrims who feel it the mother-city of their race, the distributing heart of their traditional life.
mystic
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From this reading We were as conscious one as the other of that deeper mystic appeal made by London to those superstitious pilgrims who feel it the mother-city of their race, the distributing heart of their traditional life.
note
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From this reading The influence of these things on Searle it charmed me to note.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading We were as conscious one as the other of that deeper mystic appeal made by London to those superstitious pilgrims who feel it the mother-city of their race, the distributing heart of their traditional life.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On our return to town we determined to spend three days there together and then proceed to our errand.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading We were as conscious one as the other of that deeper mystic appeal made by London to those superstitious pilgrims who feel it the mother-city of their race, the distributing heart of their traditional life.
other
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From this reading We were as conscious one as the other of that deeper mystic appeal made by London to those superstitious pilgrims who feel it the mother-city of their race, the distributing heart of their traditional life.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading On our return to town we determined to spend three days there together and then proceed to our errand.
phases
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From this reading Certain characteristics of the dusky Babylon, certain aspects, phases, features, “say” more to the American spiritual ear than anything else in Europe.
pilgrims
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From this reading We were as conscious one as the other of that deeper mystic appeal made by London to those superstitious pilgrims who feel it the mother-city of their race, the distributing heart of their traditional life.
proceed
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From this reading On our return to town we determined to spend three days there together and then proceed to our errand.
race
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From this reading We were as conscious one as the other of that deeper mystic appeal made by London to those superstitious pilgrims who feel it the mother-city of their race, the distributing heart of their traditional life.
return
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From this reading On our return to town we determined to spend three days there together and then proceed to our errand.
said
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From this reading “Well,” he said, “with you I’ll go anywhere.”
say
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From this reading Certain characteristics of the dusky Babylon, certain aspects, phases, features, “say” more to the American spiritual ear than anything else in Europe.
Searle
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From this reading The influence of these things on Searle it charmed me to note.
spend
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From this reading On our return to town we determined to spend three days there together and then proceed to our errand.
spiritual
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From this reading Certain characteristics of the dusky Babylon, certain aspects, phases, features, “say” more to the American spiritual ear than anything else in Europe.
superstitious
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From this reading We were as conscious one as the other of that deeper mystic appeal made by London to those superstitious pilgrims who feel it the mother-city of their race, the distributing heart of their traditional life.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Certain characteristics of the dusky Babylon, certain aspects, phases, features, “say” more to the American spiritual ear than anything else in Europe.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading We were as conscious one as the other of that deeper mystic appeal made by London to those superstitious pilgrims who feel it the mother-city of their race, the distributing heart of their traditional life.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading We were as conscious one as the other of that deeper mystic appeal made by London to those superstitious pilgrims who feel it the mother-city of their race, the distributing heart of their traditional life.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading We were as conscious one as the other of that deeper mystic appeal made by London to those superstitious pilgrims who feel it the mother-city of their race, the distributing heart of their traditional life.
then
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From this reading On our return to town we determined to spend three days there together and then proceed to our errand.
there
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From this reading On our return to town we determined to spend three days there together and then proceed to our errand.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading The influence of these things on Searle it charmed me to note.
things
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From this reading The influence of these things on Searle it charmed me to note.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading We were as conscious one as the other of that deeper mystic appeal made by London to those superstitious pilgrims who feel it the mother-city of their race, the distributing heart of their traditional life.
three
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From this reading On our return to town we determined to spend three days there together and then proceed to our errand.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading On our return to town we determined to spend three days there together and then proceed to our errand.
together
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From this reading On our return to town we determined to spend three days there together and then proceed to our errand.
town
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From this reading On our return to town we determined to spend three days there together and then proceed to our errand.
traditional
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From this reading We were as conscious one as the other of that deeper mystic appeal made by London to those superstitious pilgrims who feel it the mother-city of their race, the distributing heart of their traditional life.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading On our return to town we determined to spend three days there together and then proceed to our errand.
Well
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From this reading “Well,” he said, “with you I’ll go anywhere.”
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading We were as conscious one as the other of that deeper mystic appeal made by London to those superstitious pilgrims who feel it the mother-city of their race, the distributing heart of their traditional life.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading We were as conscious one as the other of that deeper mystic appeal made by London to those superstitious pilgrims who feel it the mother-city of their race, the distributing heart of their traditional life.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading “Well,” he said, “with you I’ll go anywhere.”
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Well,” he said, “with you I’ll go anywhere.”
