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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 I DEMETRIOS DREAMS A DREAM Now, with the mirror, the necklace, and the collar, Demetrios having returned home, a dream visited him in his slumber, and this was his dream:
air
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From this reading Without knowing why, or what it is that draws him, he is in a hurry to arrive, to be _there_ as soon as he can, but he walks with effort, and the air opposes an inexplicable resistance to his legs, as deep water hampers footsteps.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Without knowing why, or what it is that draws him, he is in a hurry to arrive, to be _there_ as soon as he can, but he walks with effort, and the air opposes an inexplicable resistance to his legs, as deep water hampers footsteps.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I DEMETRIOS DREAMS A DREAM Now, with the mirror, the necklace, and the collar, Demetrios having returned home, a dream visited him in his slumber, and this was his dream:
arrive
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From this reading Without knowing why, or what it is that draws him, he is in a hurry to arrive, to be _there_ as soon as he can, but he walks with effort, and the air opposes an inexplicable resistance to his legs, as deep water hampers footsteps.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Without knowing why, or what it is that draws him, he is in a hurry to arrive, to be _there_ as soon as he can, but he walks with effort, and the air opposes an inexplicable resistance to his legs, as deep water hampers footsteps.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At times, the crowd disappears entirely, whether it be that it really fades away, or that he ceases to be conscious of its presence.
away
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From this reading At times, the crowd disappears entirely, whether it be that it really fades away, or that he ceases to be conscious of its presence.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Without knowing why, or what it is that draws him, he is in a hurry to arrive, to be _there_ as soon as he can, but he walks with effort, and the air opposes an inexplicable resistance to his legs, as deep water hampers footsteps.
bright
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From this reading He trembles, he thinks he will never reach the goal, that he will never know towards whom, in this bright obscurity, he is walking thus, panting and troubled.
brilliance
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From this reading He is going towards the quay, mingled with the crowd, on a strange moonless night, cloudless, but shedding a peculiar brilliance of its own.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He is going towards the quay, mingled with the crowd, on a strange moonless night, cloudless, but shedding a peculiar brilliance of its own.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Without knowing why, or what it is that draws him, he is in a hurry to arrive, to be _there_ as soon as he can, but he walks with effort, and the air opposes an inexplicable resistance to his legs, as deep water hampers footsteps.
ceases
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From this reading At times, the crowd disappears entirely, whether it be that it really fades away, or that he ceases to be conscious of its presence.
cloudless
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From this reading He is going towards the quay, mingled with the crowd, on a strange moonless night, cloudless, but shedding a peculiar brilliance of its own.
collar
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From this reading I DEMETRIOS DREAMS A DREAM Now, with the mirror, the necklace, and the collar, Demetrios having returned home, a dream visited him in his slumber, and this was his dream:
conscious
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From this reading At times, the crowd disappears entirely, whether it be that it really fades away, or that he ceases to be conscious of its presence.
crowd
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From this reading He is going towards the quay, mingled with the crowd, on a strange moonless night, cloudless, but shedding a peculiar brilliance of its own.
deep
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From this reading Without knowing why, or what it is that draws him, he is in a hurry to arrive, to be _there_ as soon as he can, but he walks with effort, and the air opposes an inexplicable resistance to his legs, as deep water hampers footsteps.
DEMETRIOS
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From this reading I DEMETRIOS DREAMS A DREAM Now, with the mirror, the necklace, and the collar, Demetrios having returned home, a dream visited him in his slumber, and this was his dream:
disappears
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From this reading At times, the crowd disappears entirely, whether it be that it really fades away, or that he ceases to be conscious of its presence.
draws
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From this reading Without knowing why, or what it is that draws him, he is in a hurry to arrive, to be _there_ as soon as he can, but he walks with effort, and the air opposes an inexplicable resistance to his legs, as deep water hampers footsteps.
DREAMnounUS /driːm/
A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.
From this reading I DEMETRIOS DREAMS A DREAM Now, with the mirror, the necklace, and the collar, Demetrios having returned home, a dream visited him in his slumber, and this was his dream:
DREAMS
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From this reading I DEMETRIOS DREAMS A DREAM Now, with the mirror, the necklace, and the collar, Demetrios having returned home, a dream visited him in his slumber, and this was his dream:
effort
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From this reading Without knowing why, or what it is that draws him, he is in a hurry to arrive, to be _there_ as soon as he can, but he walks with effort, and the air opposes an inexplicable resistance to his legs, as deep water hampers footsteps.
entirelynounUS /ˈentirely/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading At times, the crowd disappears entirely, whether it be that it really fades away, or that he ceases to be conscious of its presence.
fades
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From this reading At times, the crowd disappears entirely, whether it be that it really fades away, or that he ceases to be conscious of its presence.
footsteps
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From this reading Without knowing why, or what it is that draws him, he is in a hurry to arrive, to be _there_ as soon as he can, but he walks with effort, and the air opposes an inexplicable resistance to his legs, as deep water hampers footsteps.
goal
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From this reading He trembles, he thinks he will never reach the goal, that he will never know towards whom, in this bright obscurity, he is walking thus, panting and troubled.
going
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From this reading He is going towards the quay, mingled with the crowd, on a strange moonless night, cloudless, but shedding a peculiar brilliance of its own.
hampers
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From this reading Without knowing why, or what it is that draws him, he is in a hurry to arrive, to be _there_ as soon as he can, but he walks with effort, and the air opposes an inexplicable resistance to his legs, as deep water hampers footsteps.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading I DEMETRIOS DREAMS A DREAM Now, with the mirror, the necklace, and the collar, Demetrios having returned home, a dream visited him in his slumber, and this was his dream:
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He is going towards the quay, mingled with the crowd, on a strange moonless night, cloudless, but shedding a peculiar brilliance of its own.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I DEMETRIOS DREAMS A DREAM Now, with the mirror, the necklace, and the collar, Demetrios having returned home, a dream visited him in his slumber, and this was his dream:
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading I DEMETRIOS DREAMS A DREAM Now, with the mirror, the necklace, and the collar, Demetrios having returned home, a dream visited him in his slumber, and this was his dream:
home
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From this reading I DEMETRIOS DREAMS A DREAM Now, with the mirror, the necklace, and the collar, Demetrios having returned home, a dream visited him in his slumber, and this was his dream:
hurry
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From this reading Without knowing why, or what it is that draws him, he is in a hurry to arrive, to be _there_ as soon as he can, but he walks with effort, and the air opposes an inexplicable resistance to his legs, as deep water hampers footsteps.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I DEMETRIOS DREAMS A DREAM Now, with the mirror, the necklace, and the collar, Demetrios having returned home, a dream visited him in his slumber, and this was his dream:
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I DEMETRIOS DREAMS A DREAM Now, with the mirror, the necklace, and the collar, Demetrios having returned home, a dream visited him in his slumber, and this was his dream:
inexplicablenounUS /inexplicable/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Without knowing why, or what it is that draws him, he is in a hurry to arrive, to be _there_ as soon as he can, but he walks with effort, and the air opposes an inexplicable resistance to his legs, as deep water hampers footsteps.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He is going towards the quay, mingled with the crowd, on a strange moonless night, cloudless, but shedding a peculiar brilliance of its own.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Without knowing why, or what it is that draws him, he is in a hurry to arrive, to be _there_ as soon as he can, but he walks with effort, and the air opposes an inexplicable resistance to his legs, as deep water hampers footsteps.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading He is going towards the quay, mingled with the crowd, on a strange moonless night, cloudless, but shedding a peculiar brilliance of its own.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He trembles, he thinks he will never reach the goal, that he will never know towards whom, in this bright obscurity, he is walking thus, panting and troubled.
knowing
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From this reading Without knowing why, or what it is that draws him, he is in a hurry to arrive, to be _there_ as soon as he can, but he walks with effort, and the air opposes an inexplicable resistance to his legs, as deep water hampers footsteps.
legs
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From this reading Without knowing why, or what it is that draws him, he is in a hurry to arrive, to be _there_ as soon as he can, but he walks with effort, and the air opposes an inexplicable resistance to his legs, as deep water hampers footsteps.
mingled
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From this reading He is going towards the quay, mingled with the crowd, on a strange moonless night, cloudless, but shedding a peculiar brilliance of its own.
mirror
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From this reading I DEMETRIOS DREAMS A DREAM Now, with the mirror, the necklace, and the collar, Demetrios having returned home, a dream visited him in his slumber, and this was his dream:
moonless
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From this reading He is going towards the quay, mingled with the crowd, on a strange moonless night, cloudless, but shedding a peculiar brilliance of its own.
necklace
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From this reading I DEMETRIOS DREAMS A DREAM Now, with the mirror, the necklace, and the collar, Demetrios having returned home, a dream visited him in his slumber, and this was his dream:
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He trembles, he thinks he will never reach the goal, that he will never know towards whom, in this bright obscurity, he is walking thus, panting and troubled.
night
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From this reading He is going towards the quay, mingled with the crowd, on a strange moonless night, cloudless, but shedding a peculiar brilliance of its own.
Now
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From this reading I DEMETRIOS DREAMS A DREAM Now, with the mirror, the necklace, and the collar, Demetrios having returned home, a dream visited him in his slumber, and this was his dream:
obscurity
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From this reading He trembles, he thinks he will never reach the goal, that he will never know towards whom, in this bright obscurity, he is walking thus, panting and troubled.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He is going towards the quay, mingled with the crowd, on a strange moonless night, cloudless, but shedding a peculiar brilliance of its own.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He is going towards the quay, mingled with the crowd, on a strange moonless night, cloudless, but shedding a peculiar brilliance of its own.
opposes
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From this reading Without knowing why, or what it is that draws him, he is in a hurry to arrive, to be _there_ as soon as he can, but he walks with effort, and the air opposes an inexplicable resistance to his legs, as deep water hampers footsteps.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Without knowing why, or what it is that draws him, he is in a hurry to arrive, to be _there_ as soon as he can, but he walks with effort, and the air opposes an inexplicable resistance to his legs, as deep water hampers footsteps.
own
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From this reading He is going towards the quay, mingled with the crowd, on a strange moonless night, cloudless, but shedding a peculiar brilliance of its own.
panting
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From this reading He trembles, he thinks he will never reach the goal, that he will never know towards whom, in this bright obscurity, he is walking thus, panting and troubled.
peculiar
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From this reading He is going towards the quay, mingled with the crowd, on a strange moonless night, cloudless, but shedding a peculiar brilliance of its own.
presence
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From this reading At times, the crowd disappears entirely, whether it be that it really fades away, or that he ceases to be conscious of its presence.
quay
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From this reading He is going towards the quay, mingled with the crowd, on a strange moonless night, cloudless, but shedding a peculiar brilliance of its own.
reach
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From this reading He trembles, he thinks he will never reach the goal, that he will never know towards whom, in this bright obscurity, he is walking thus, panting and troubled.
really
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From this reading At times, the crowd disappears entirely, whether it be that it really fades away, or that he ceases to be conscious of its presence.
resistance
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From this reading Without knowing why, or what it is that draws him, he is in a hurry to arrive, to be _there_ as soon as he can, but he walks with effort, and the air opposes an inexplicable resistance to his legs, as deep water hampers footsteps.
returnednounUS /ˈreturned/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I DEMETRIOS DREAMS A DREAM Now, with the mirror, the necklace, and the collar, Demetrios having returned home, a dream visited him in his slumber, and this was his dream:
shedding
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From this reading He is going towards the quay, mingled with the crowd, on a strange moonless night, cloudless, but shedding a peculiar brilliance of its own.
slumber
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From this reading I DEMETRIOS DREAMS A DREAM Now, with the mirror, the necklace, and the collar, Demetrios having returned home, a dream visited him in his slumber, and this was his dream:
soon
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From this reading Without knowing why, or what it is that draws him, he is in a hurry to arrive, to be _there_ as soon as he can, but he walks with effort, and the air opposes an inexplicable resistance to his legs, as deep water hampers footsteps.
strange
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From this reading He is going towards the quay, mingled with the crowd, on a strange moonless night, cloudless, but shedding a peculiar brilliance of its own.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Without knowing why, or what it is that draws him, he is in a hurry to arrive, to be _there_ as soon as he can, but he walks with effort, and the air opposes an inexplicable resistance to his legs, as deep water hampers footsteps.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I DEMETRIOS DREAMS A DREAM Now, with the mirror, the necklace, and the collar, Demetrios having returned home, a dream visited him in his slumber, and this was his dream:
there
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From this reading Without knowing why, or what it is that draws him, he is in a hurry to arrive, to be _there_ as soon as he can, but he walks with effort, and the air opposes an inexplicable resistance to his legs, as deep water hampers footsteps.
thinks
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From this reading He trembles, he thinks he will never reach the goal, that he will never know towards whom, in this bright obscurity, he is walking thus, panting and troubled.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading I DEMETRIOS DREAMS A DREAM Now, with the mirror, the necklace, and the collar, Demetrios having returned home, a dream visited him in his slumber, and this was his dream:
thus
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From this reading He trembles, he thinks he will never reach the goal, that he will never know towards whom, in this bright obscurity, he is walking thus, panting and troubled.
times
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From this reading At times, the crowd disappears entirely, whether it be that it really fades away, or that he ceases to be conscious of its presence.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Without knowing why, or what it is that draws him, he is in a hurry to arrive, to be _there_ as soon as he can, but he walks with effort, and the air opposes an inexplicable resistance to his legs, as deep water hampers footsteps.
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading He is going towards the quay, mingled with the crowd, on a strange moonless night, cloudless, but shedding a peculiar brilliance of its own.
trembles
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From this reading He trembles, he thinks he will never reach the goal, that he will never know towards whom, in this bright obscurity, he is walking thus, panting and troubled.
troubled
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From this reading He trembles, he thinks he will never reach the goal, that he will never know towards whom, in this bright obscurity, he is walking thus, panting and troubled.
visited
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From this reading I DEMETRIOS DREAMS A DREAM Now, with the mirror, the necklace, and the collar, Demetrios having returned home, a dream visited him in his slumber, and this was his dream:
walking
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From this reading He trembles, he thinks he will never reach the goal, that he will never know towards whom, in this bright obscurity, he is walking thus, panting and troubled.
walks
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From this reading Without knowing why, or what it is that draws him, he is in a hurry to arrive, to be _there_ as soon as he can, but he walks with effort, and the air opposes an inexplicable resistance to his legs, as deep water hampers footsteps.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I DEMETRIOS DREAMS A DREAM Now, with the mirror, the necklace, and the collar, Demetrios having returned home, a dream visited him in his slumber, and this was his dream:
water
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From this reading Without knowing why, or what it is that draws him, he is in a hurry to arrive, to be _there_ as soon as he can, but he walks with effort, and the air opposes an inexplicable resistance to his legs, as deep water hampers footsteps.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Without knowing why, or what it is that draws him, he is in a hurry to arrive, to be _there_ as soon as he can, but he walks with effort, and the air opposes an inexplicable resistance to his legs, as deep water hampers footsteps.
whetherconjunctionUS /ˈweðər/
used to introduce two or more possibilities
From this reading At times, the crowd disappears entirely, whether it be that it really fades away, or that he ceases to be conscious of its presence.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He trembles, he thinks he will never reach the goal, that he will never know towards whom, in this bright obscurity, he is walking thus, panting and troubled.
why
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From this reading Without knowing why, or what it is that draws him, he is in a hurry to arrive, to be _there_ as soon as he can, but he walks with effort, and the air opposes an inexplicable resistance to his legs, as deep water hampers footsteps.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading He trembles, he thinks he will never reach the goal, that he will never know towards whom, in this bright obscurity, he is walking thus, panting and troubled.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading I DEMETRIOS DREAMS A DREAM Now, with the mirror, the necklace, and the collar, Demetrios having returned home, a dream visited him in his slumber, and this was his dream:
WithoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Without knowing why, or what it is that draws him, he is in a hurry to arrive, to be _there_ as soon as he can, but he walks with effort, and the air opposes an inexplicable resistance to his legs, as deep water hampers footsteps.
