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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 And yet there is not in France, with its rich variety of soil and climate, a blade, a leaf, a root, a sprig, a peppercorn, which will grow to maturity under conditions more certain than those that have produced this horror.
All
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From this reading All the devouring and insatiate Monsters imagined since imagination could record itself, are fused in the one realisation, Guillotine.
AlongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Along the Paris streets, the death-carts rumble, hollow and harsh.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Along the Paris streets, the death-carts rumble, hollow and harsh.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading All the devouring and insatiate Monsters imagined since imagination could record itself, are fused in the one realisation, Guillotine.
blade
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From this reading And yet there is not in France, with its rich variety of soil and climate, a blade, a leaf, a root, a sprig, a peppercorn, which will grow to maturity under conditions more certain than those that have produced this horror.
carry
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From this reading Six tumbrils carry the day’s wine to La Guillotine.
certain
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From this reading And yet there is not in France, with its rich variety of soil and climate, a blade, a leaf, a root, a sprig, a peppercorn, which will grow to maturity under conditions more certain than those that have produced this horror.
climate
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From this reading And yet there is not in France, with its rich variety of soil and climate, a blade, a leaf, a root, a sprig, a peppercorn, which will grow to maturity under conditions more certain than those that have produced this horror.
conditionsplural nounUS /kənˈdɪʃənz/
the circumstances that affect how something happens
From this reading And yet there is not in France, with its rich variety of soil and climate, a blade, a leaf, a root, a sprig, a peppercorn, which will grow to maturity under conditions more certain than those that have produced this horror.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading All the devouring and insatiate Monsters imagined since imagination could record itself, are fused in the one realisation, Guillotine.
Crush
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From this reading Crush humanity out of shape once more, under similar hammers, and it will twist itself into the same tortured forms.
day's
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From this reading Six tumbrils carry the day’s wine to La Guillotine.
death-carts
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From this reading Along the Paris streets, the death-carts rumble, hollow and harsh.
devouring
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From this reading All the devouring and insatiate Monsters imagined since imagination could record itself, are fused in the one realisation, Guillotine.
forms
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From this reading Crush humanity out of shape once more, under similar hammers, and it will twist itself into the same tortured forms.
France
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From this reading And yet there is not in France, with its rich variety of soil and climate, a blade, a leaf, a root, a sprig, a peppercorn, which will grow to maturity under conditions more certain than those that have produced this horror.
fused
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From this reading All the devouring and insatiate Monsters imagined since imagination could record itself, are fused in the one realisation, Guillotine.
grow
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From this reading And yet there is not in France, with its rich variety of soil and climate, a blade, a leaf, a root, a sprig, a peppercorn, which will grow to maturity under conditions more certain than those that have produced this horror.
Guillotine
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From this reading Six tumbrils carry the day’s wine to La Guillotine.
hammers
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From this reading Crush humanity out of shape once more, under similar hammers, and it will twist itself into the same tortured forms.
harsh
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From this reading Along the Paris streets, the death-carts rumble, hollow and harsh.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading And yet there is not in France, with its rich variety of soil and climate, a blade, a leaf, a root, a sprig, a peppercorn, which will grow to maturity under conditions more certain than those that have produced this horror.
hollow
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From this reading Along the Paris streets, the death-carts rumble, hollow and harsh.
horror
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From this reading And yet there is not in France, with its rich variety of soil and climate, a blade, a leaf, a root, a sprig, a peppercorn, which will grow to maturity under conditions more certain than those that have produced this horror.
humanity
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From this reading Crush humanity out of shape once more, under similar hammers, and it will twist itself into the same tortured forms.
imaginationnounUS /ɪˌmædʒəˈneɪʃən/
The image-making power of the mind; the act of mentally creating or reproducing an object not previously perceived; the ability to create such images
From this reading All the devouring and insatiate Monsters imagined since imagination could record itself, are fused in the one realisation, Guillotine.
imagined
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From this reading All the devouring and insatiate Monsters imagined since imagination could record itself, are fused in the one realisation, Guillotine.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading All the devouring and insatiate Monsters imagined since imagination could record itself, are fused in the one realisation, Guillotine.
insatiate
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From this reading All the devouring and insatiate Monsters imagined since imagination could record itself, are fused in the one realisation, Guillotine.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Crush humanity out of shape once more, under similar hammers, and it will twist itself into the same tortured forms.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And yet there is not in France, with its rich variety of soil and climate, a blade, a leaf, a root, a sprig, a peppercorn, which will grow to maturity under conditions more certain than those that have produced this horror.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Crush humanity out of shape once more, under similar hammers, and it will twist itself into the same tortured forms.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading And yet there is not in France, with its rich variety of soil and climate, a blade, a leaf, a root, a sprig, a peppercorn, which will grow to maturity under conditions more certain than those that have produced this horror.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading All the devouring and insatiate Monsters imagined since imagination could record itself, are fused in the one realisation, Guillotine.
La
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From this reading Six tumbrils carry the day’s wine to La Guillotine.
leaf
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From this reading And yet there is not in France, with its rich variety of soil and climate, a blade, a leaf, a root, a sprig, a peppercorn, which will grow to maturity under conditions more certain than those that have produced this horror.
maturity
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From this reading And yet there is not in France, with its rich variety of soil and climate, a blade, a leaf, a root, a sprig, a peppercorn, which will grow to maturity under conditions more certain than those that have produced this horror.
Monsters
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From this reading All the devouring and insatiate Monsters imagined since imagination could record itself, are fused in the one realisation, Guillotine.
more
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From this reading And yet there is not in France, with its rich variety of soil and climate, a blade, a leaf, a root, a sprig, a peppercorn, which will grow to maturity under conditions more certain than those that have produced this horror.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading And yet there is not in France, with its rich variety of soil and climate, a blade, a leaf, a root, a sprig, a peppercorn, which will grow to maturity under conditions more certain than those that have produced this horror.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And yet there is not in France, with its rich variety of soil and climate, a blade, a leaf, a root, a sprig, a peppercorn, which will grow to maturity under conditions more certain than those that have produced this horror.
once
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From this reading Crush humanity out of shape once more, under similar hammers, and it will twist itself into the same tortured forms.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading All the devouring and insatiate Monsters imagined since imagination could record itself, are fused in the one realisation, Guillotine.
out
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From this reading Crush humanity out of shape once more, under similar hammers, and it will twist itself into the same tortured forms.
Paris
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From this reading Along the Paris streets, the death-carts rumble, hollow and harsh.
peppercorn
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From this reading And yet there is not in France, with its rich variety of soil and climate, a blade, a leaf, a root, a sprig, a peppercorn, which will grow to maturity under conditions more certain than those that have produced this horror.
produced
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From this reading And yet there is not in France, with its rich variety of soil and climate, a blade, a leaf, a root, a sprig, a peppercorn, which will grow to maturity under conditions more certain than those that have produced this horror.
realisationnounUS /ˌriːələˈzeɪʃən/
the actual form or embodiment of an idea or imagined thing
From this reading All the devouring and insatiate Monsters imagined since imagination could record itself, are fused in the one realisation, Guillotine.
record
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From this reading All the devouring and insatiate Monsters imagined since imagination could record itself, are fused in the one realisation, Guillotine.
rich
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From this reading And yet there is not in France, with its rich variety of soil and climate, a blade, a leaf, a root, a sprig, a peppercorn, which will grow to maturity under conditions more certain than those that have produced this horror.
root
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From this reading And yet there is not in France, with its rich variety of soil and climate, a blade, a leaf, a root, a sprig, a peppercorn, which will grow to maturity under conditions more certain than those that have produced this horror.
rumble
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From this reading Along the Paris streets, the death-carts rumble, hollow and harsh.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Crush humanity out of shape once more, under similar hammers, and it will twist itself into the same tortured forms.
shape
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From this reading Crush humanity out of shape once more, under similar hammers, and it will twist itself into the same tortured forms.
similar
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From this reading Crush humanity out of shape once more, under similar hammers, and it will twist itself into the same tortured forms.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading All the devouring and insatiate Monsters imagined since imagination could record itself, are fused in the one realisation, Guillotine.
Six
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From this reading Six tumbrils carry the day’s wine to La Guillotine.
soil
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From this reading And yet there is not in France, with its rich variety of soil and climate, a blade, a leaf, a root, a sprig, a peppercorn, which will grow to maturity under conditions more certain than those that have produced this horror.
sprig
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From this reading And yet there is not in France, with its rich variety of soil and climate, a blade, a leaf, a root, a sprig, a peppercorn, which will grow to maturity under conditions more certain than those that have produced this horror.
streets
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From this reading Along the Paris streets, the death-carts rumble, hollow and harsh.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading And yet there is not in France, with its rich variety of soil and climate, a blade, a leaf, a root, a sprig, a peppercorn, which will grow to maturity under conditions more certain than those that have produced this horror.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And yet there is not in France, with its rich variety of soil and climate, a blade, a leaf, a root, a sprig, a peppercorn, which will grow to maturity under conditions more certain than those that have produced this horror.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Along the Paris streets, the death-carts rumble, hollow and harsh.
there
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From this reading And yet there is not in France, with its rich variety of soil and climate, a blade, a leaf, a root, a sprig, a peppercorn, which will grow to maturity under conditions more certain than those that have produced this horror.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading And yet there is not in France, with its rich variety of soil and climate, a blade, a leaf, a root, a sprig, a peppercorn, which will grow to maturity under conditions more certain than those that have produced this horror.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading And yet there is not in France, with its rich variety of soil and climate, a blade, a leaf, a root, a sprig, a peppercorn, which will grow to maturity under conditions more certain than those that have produced this horror.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Six tumbrils carry the day’s wine to La Guillotine.
tortured
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From this reading Crush humanity out of shape once more, under similar hammers, and it will twist itself into the same tortured forms.
tumbrils
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From this reading Six tumbrils carry the day’s wine to La Guillotine.
twist
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From this reading Crush humanity out of shape once more, under similar hammers, and it will twist itself into the same tortured forms.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading And yet there is not in France, with its rich variety of soil and climate, a blade, a leaf, a root, a sprig, a peppercorn, which will grow to maturity under conditions more certain than those that have produced this horror.
variety
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From this reading And yet there is not in France, with its rich variety of soil and climate, a blade, a leaf, a root, a sprig, a peppercorn, which will grow to maturity under conditions more certain than those that have produced this horror.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading And yet there is not in France, with its rich variety of soil and climate, a blade, a leaf, a root, a sprig, a peppercorn, which will grow to maturity under conditions more certain than those that have produced this horror.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading And yet there is not in France, with its rich variety of soil and climate, a blade, a leaf, a root, a sprig, a peppercorn, which will grow to maturity under conditions more certain than those that have produced this horror.
wine
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From this reading Six tumbrils carry the day’s wine to La Guillotine.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading And yet there is not in France, with its rich variety of soil and climate, a blade, a leaf, a root, a sprig, a peppercorn, which will grow to maturity under conditions more certain than those that have produced this horror.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading And yet there is not in France, with its rich variety of soil and climate, a blade, a leaf, a root, a sprig, a peppercorn, which will grow to maturity under conditions more certain than those that have produced this horror.
