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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 Whatever may have been the singular inward tranquillity which we have just mentioned, the barricade, for those who are inside it, remains, nonetheless, a vision.
all
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From this reading There is something of the apocalypse in civil war, all the mists of the unknown are commingled with fierce flashes, revolutions are sphinxes, and any one who has passed through a barricade thinks he has traversed a dream.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There is something of the apocalypse in civil war, all the mists of the unknown are commingled with fierce flashes, revolutions are sphinxes, and any one who has passed through a barricade thinks he has traversed a dream.
any
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From this reading There is something of the apocalypse in civil war, all the mists of the unknown are commingled with fierce flashes, revolutions are sphinxes, and any one who has passed through a barricade thinks he has traversed a dream.
apocalypse
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From this reading There is something of the apocalypse in civil war, all the mists of the unknown are commingled with fierce flashes, revolutions are sphinxes, and any one who has passed through a barricade thinks he has traversed a dream.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Whatever may have been the singular inward tranquillity which we have just mentioned, the barricade, for those who are inside it, remains, nonetheless, a vision.
barricade
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From this reading Whatever may have been the singular inward tranquillity which we have just mentioned, the barricade, for those who are inside it, remains, nonetheless, a vision.
barricades
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From this reading We must insist upon one psychological fact peculiar to barricades.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Nothing which is characteristic of that surprising war of the streets should be omitted.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Whatever may have been the singular inward tranquillity which we have just mentioned, the barricade, for those who are inside it, remains, nonetheless, a vision.
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading The feelings to which one is subject in these places we have pointed out in the case of Marius, and we shall see the consequences; they are both more and less than life.
case
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From this reading The feelings to which one is subject in these places we have pointed out in the case of Marius, and we shall see the consequences; they are both more and less than life.
characteristic
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From this reading Nothing which is characteristic of that surprising war of the streets should be omitted.
civil
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From this reading There is something of the apocalypse in civil war, all the mists of the unknown are commingled with fierce flashes, revolutions are sphinxes, and any one who has passed through a barricade thinks he has traversed a dream.
commingled
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From this reading There is something of the apocalypse in civil war, all the mists of the unknown are commingled with fierce flashes, revolutions are sphinxes, and any one who has passed through a barricade thinks he has traversed a dream.
consequences
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From this reading The feelings to which one is subject in these places we have pointed out in the case of Marius, and we shall see the consequences; they are both more and less than life.
dreamnounUS /driːm/
A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.
From this reading There is something of the apocalypse in civil war, all the mists of the unknown are commingled with fierce flashes, revolutions are sphinxes, and any one who has passed through a barricade thinks he has traversed a dream.
fact
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From this reading We must insist upon one psychological fact peculiar to barricades.
feelings
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From this reading The feelings to which one is subject in these places we have pointed out in the case of Marius, and we shall see the consequences; they are both more and less than life.
fierce
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From this reading There is something of the apocalypse in civil war, all the mists of the unknown are commingled with fierce flashes, revolutions are sphinxes, and any one who has passed through a barricade thinks he has traversed a dream.
flashes
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From this reading There is something of the apocalypse in civil war, all the mists of the unknown are commingled with fierce flashes, revolutions are sphinxes, and any one who has passed through a barricade thinks he has traversed a dream.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Whatever may have been the singular inward tranquillity which we have just mentioned, the barricade, for those who are inside it, remains, nonetheless, a vision.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There is something of the apocalypse in civil war, all the mists of the unknown are commingled with fierce flashes, revolutions are sphinxes, and any one who has passed through a barricade thinks he has traversed a dream.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Whatever may have been the singular inward tranquillity which we have just mentioned, the barricade, for those who are inside it, remains, nonetheless, a vision.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading There is something of the apocalypse in civil war, all the mists of the unknown are commingled with fierce flashes, revolutions are sphinxes, and any one who has passed through a barricade thinks he has traversed a dream.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There is something of the apocalypse in civil war, all the mists of the unknown are commingled with fierce flashes, revolutions are sphinxes, and any one who has passed through a barricade thinks he has traversed a dream.
inside
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From this reading Whatever may have been the singular inward tranquillity which we have just mentioned, the barricade, for those who are inside it, remains, nonetheless, a vision.
insist
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From this reading We must insist upon one psychological fact peculiar to barricades.
inward
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From this reading Whatever may have been the singular inward tranquillity which we have just mentioned, the barricade, for those who are inside it, remains, nonetheless, a vision.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Nothing which is characteristic of that surprising war of the streets should be omitted.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Whatever may have been the singular inward tranquillity which we have just mentioned, the barricade, for those who are inside it, remains, nonetheless, a vision.
just
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From this reading Whatever may have been the singular inward tranquillity which we have just mentioned, the barricade, for those who are inside it, remains, nonetheless, a vision.
less
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From this reading The feelings to which one is subject in these places we have pointed out in the case of Marius, and we shall see the consequences; they are both more and less than life.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The feelings to which one is subject in these places we have pointed out in the case of Marius, and we shall see the consequences; they are both more and less than life.
Marius
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From this reading The feelings to which one is subject in these places we have pointed out in the case of Marius, and we shall see the consequences; they are both more and less than life.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading Whatever may have been the singular inward tranquillity which we have just mentioned, the barricade, for those who are inside it, remains, nonetheless, a vision.
mentioned
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From this reading Whatever may have been the singular inward tranquillity which we have just mentioned, the barricade, for those who are inside it, remains, nonetheless, a vision.
mists
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From this reading There is something of the apocalypse in civil war, all the mists of the unknown are commingled with fierce flashes, revolutions are sphinxes, and any one who has passed through a barricade thinks he has traversed a dream.
more
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From this reading The feelings to which one is subject in these places we have pointed out in the case of Marius, and we shall see the consequences; they are both more and less than life.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading We must insist upon one psychological fact peculiar to barricades.
nonetheless
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From this reading Whatever may have been the singular inward tranquillity which we have just mentioned, the barricade, for those who are inside it, remains, nonetheless, a vision.
NothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Nothing which is characteristic of that surprising war of the streets should be omitted.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Nothing which is characteristic of that surprising war of the streets should be omitted.
omitted
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From this reading Nothing which is characteristic of that surprising war of the streets should be omitted.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading We must insist upon one psychological fact peculiar to barricades.
out
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From this reading The feelings to which one is subject in these places we have pointed out in the case of Marius, and we shall see the consequences; they are both more and less than life.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There is something of the apocalypse in civil war, all the mists of the unknown are commingled with fierce flashes, revolutions are sphinxes, and any one who has passed through a barricade thinks he has traversed a dream.
peculiar
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From this reading We must insist upon one psychological fact peculiar to barricades.
places
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From this reading The feelings to which one is subject in these places we have pointed out in the case of Marius, and we shall see the consequences; they are both more and less than life.
pointed
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From this reading The feelings to which one is subject in these places we have pointed out in the case of Marius, and we shall see the consequences; they are both more and less than life.
psychological
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From this reading We must insist upon one psychological fact peculiar to barricades.
remains
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From this reading Whatever may have been the singular inward tranquillity which we have just mentioned, the barricade, for those who are inside it, remains, nonetheless, a vision.
revolutions
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From this reading There is something of the apocalypse in civil war, all the mists of the unknown are commingled with fierce flashes, revolutions are sphinxes, and any one who has passed through a barricade thinks he has traversed a dream.
see
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From this reading The feelings to which one is subject in these places we have pointed out in the case of Marius, and we shall see the consequences; they are both more and less than life.
shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading The feelings to which one is subject in these places we have pointed out in the case of Marius, and we shall see the consequences; they are both more and less than life.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading Nothing which is characteristic of that surprising war of the streets should be omitted.
singular
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From this reading Whatever may have been the singular inward tranquillity which we have just mentioned, the barricade, for those who are inside it, remains, nonetheless, a vision.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading There is something of the apocalypse in civil war, all the mists of the unknown are commingled with fierce flashes, revolutions are sphinxes, and any one who has passed through a barricade thinks he has traversed a dream.
sphinxes
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From this reading There is something of the apocalypse in civil war, all the mists of the unknown are commingled with fierce flashes, revolutions are sphinxes, and any one who has passed through a barricade thinks he has traversed a dream.
streets
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From this reading Nothing which is characteristic of that surprising war of the streets should be omitted.
subject
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From this reading The feelings to which one is subject in these places we have pointed out in the case of Marius, and we shall see the consequences; they are both more and less than life.
surprising
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From this reading Nothing which is characteristic of that surprising war of the streets should be omitted.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading The feelings to which one is subject in these places we have pointed out in the case of Marius, and we shall see the consequences; they are both more and less than life.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Nothing which is characteristic of that surprising war of the streets should be omitted.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Nothing which is characteristic of that surprising war of the streets should be omitted.
There
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From this reading There is something of the apocalypse in civil war, all the mists of the unknown are commingled with fierce flashes, revolutions are sphinxes, and any one who has passed through a barricade thinks he has traversed a dream.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading The feelings to which one is subject in these places we have pointed out in the case of Marius, and we shall see the consequences; they are both more and less than life.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The feelings to which one is subject in these places we have pointed out in the case of Marius, and we shall see the consequences; they are both more and less than life.
thinks
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From this reading There is something of the apocalypse in civil war, all the mists of the unknown are commingled with fierce flashes, revolutions are sphinxes, and any one who has passed through a barricade thinks he has traversed a dream.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Whatever may have been the singular inward tranquillity which we have just mentioned, the barricade, for those who are inside it, remains, nonetheless, a vision.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading There is something of the apocalypse in civil war, all the mists of the unknown are commingled with fierce flashes, revolutions are sphinxes, and any one who has passed through a barricade thinks he has traversed a dream.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We must insist upon one psychological fact peculiar to barricades.
tranquillity
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From this reading Whatever may have been the singular inward tranquillity which we have just mentioned, the barricade, for those who are inside it, remains, nonetheless, a vision.
traversed
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From this reading There is something of the apocalypse in civil war, all the mists of the unknown are commingled with fierce flashes, revolutions are sphinxes, and any one who has passed through a barricade thinks he has traversed a dream.
unknown
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From this reading There is something of the apocalypse in civil war, all the mists of the unknown are commingled with fierce flashes, revolutions are sphinxes, and any one who has passed through a barricade thinks he has traversed a dream.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading We must insist upon one psychological fact peculiar to barricades.
vision
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From this reading Whatever may have been the singular inward tranquillity which we have just mentioned, the barricade, for those who are inside it, remains, nonetheless, a vision.
war
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From this reading Nothing which is characteristic of that surprising war of the streets should be omitted.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We must insist upon one psychological fact peculiar to barricades.
WhateverdeterminerUS /ˌwʌˈtevər/
any or all of a kind, it does not matter which
From this reading Whatever may have been the singular inward tranquillity which we have just mentioned, the barricade, for those who are inside it, remains, nonetheless, a vision.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Nothing which is characteristic of that surprising war of the streets should be omitted.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Whatever may have been the singular inward tranquillity which we have just mentioned, the barricade, for those who are inside it, remains, nonetheless, a vision.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading There is something of the apocalypse in civil war, all the mists of the unknown are commingled with fierce flashes, revolutions are sphinxes, and any one who has passed through a barricade thinks he has traversed a dream.
