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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 Avoiding the callous brutality of the expressed sentiment, he derived a silent and subtle satisfaction from the workings of a fate which had singled him out to survive a ship's company of men as deserving as he, but who were now none the less out of the running.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading When Mr. Spokesly had left his friend to have one more, he experienced that comfortable feeling of having left someone behind which is one of the most tangible and gratifying results of getting on both in the world and in life.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Avoiding the callous brutality of the expressed sentiment, he derived a silent and subtle satisfaction from the workings of a fate which had singled him out to survive a ship's company of men as deserving as he, but who were now none the less out of the running.
Avoiding
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From this reading Avoiding the callous brutality of the expressed sentiment, he derived a silent and subtle satisfaction from the workings of a fate which had singled him out to survive a ship's company of men as deserving as he, but who were now none the less out of the running.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading He would be waiting, no doubt, on the Dark Shore, his pink jaws going continually, ready to navigate them to their long home.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The incident crystallized for him, so to speak, the gaseous and indefinable emotions which had been passing through his mind since he had been fished out of the water.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Mr. McGinnis, who had obligingly died a startling but convenient death, had merely gone before.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading When Mr. Spokesly had left his friend to have one more, he experienced that comfortable feeling of having left someone behind which is one of the most tangible and gratifying results of getting on both in the world and in life.
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading When Mr. Spokesly had left his friend to have one more, he experienced that comfortable feeling of having left someone behind which is one of the most tangible and gratifying results of getting on both in the world and in life.
brutality
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From this reading Avoiding the callous brutality of the expressed sentiment, he derived a silent and subtle satisfaction from the workings of a fate which had singled him out to survive a ship's company of men as deserving as he, but who were now none the less out of the running.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Avoiding the callous brutality of the expressed sentiment, he derived a silent and subtle satisfaction from the workings of a fate which had singled him out to survive a ship's company of men as deserving as he, but who were now none the less out of the running.
callousadjectiveUS /ˈkæləs/
showing no sympathy for other people’s suffering
From this reading Avoiding the callous brutality of the expressed sentiment, he derived a silent and subtle satisfaction from the workings of a fate which had singled him out to survive a ship's company of men as deserving as he, but who were now none the less out of the running.
comfortable
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From this reading When Mr. Spokesly had left his friend to have one more, he experienced that comfortable feeling of having left someone behind which is one of the most tangible and gratifying results of getting on both in the world and in life.
company
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From this reading Avoiding the callous brutality of the expressed sentiment, he derived a silent and subtle satisfaction from the workings of a fate which had singled him out to survive a ship's company of men as deserving as he, but who were now none the less out of the running.
continually
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From this reading He would be waiting, no doubt, on the Dark Shore, his pink jaws going continually, ready to navigate them to their long home.
convenient
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From this reading Mr. McGinnis, who had obligingly died a startling but convenient death, had merely gone before.
crystallized
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From this reading The incident crystallized for him, so to speak, the gaseous and indefinable emotions which had been passing through his mind since he had been fished out of the water.
Dark
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From this reading He would be waiting, no doubt, on the Dark Shore, his pink jaws going continually, ready to navigate them to their long home.
death
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From this reading Mr. McGinnis, who had obligingly died a startling but convenient death, had merely gone before.
derived
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From this reading Avoiding the callous brutality of the expressed sentiment, he derived a silent and subtle satisfaction from the workings of a fate which had singled him out to survive a ship's company of men as deserving as he, but who were now none the less out of the running.
deserving
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From this reading Avoiding the callous brutality of the expressed sentiment, he derived a silent and subtle satisfaction from the workings of a fate which had singled him out to survive a ship's company of men as deserving as he, but who were now none the less out of the running.
died
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From this reading Mr. McGinnis, who had obligingly died a startling but convenient death, had merely gone before.
doubt
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From this reading He would be waiting, no doubt, on the Dark Shore, his pink jaws going continually, ready to navigate them to their long home.
emotions
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From this reading The incident crystallized for him, so to speak, the gaseous and indefinable emotions which had been passing through his mind since he had been fished out of the water.
experienced
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From this reading When Mr. Spokesly had left his friend to have one more, he experienced that comfortable feeling of having left someone behind which is one of the most tangible and gratifying results of getting on both in the world and in life.
expressed
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From this reading Avoiding the callous brutality of the expressed sentiment, he derived a silent and subtle satisfaction from the workings of a fate which had singled him out to survive a ship's company of men as deserving as he, but who were now none the less out of the running.
fate
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From this reading Avoiding the callous brutality of the expressed sentiment, he derived a silent and subtle satisfaction from the workings of a fate which had singled him out to survive a ship's company of men as deserving as he, but who were now none the less out of the running.
feelingnounUS /ˈfeeling/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading When Mr. Spokesly had left his friend to have one more, he experienced that comfortable feeling of having left someone behind which is one of the most tangible and gratifying results of getting on both in the world and in life.
fished
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From this reading The incident crystallized for him, so to speak, the gaseous and indefinable emotions which had been passing through his mind since he had been fished out of the water.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The incident crystallized for him, so to speak, the gaseous and indefinable emotions which had been passing through his mind since he had been fished out of the water.
friend
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From this reading When Mr. Spokesly had left his friend to have one more, he experienced that comfortable feeling of having left someone behind which is one of the most tangible and gratifying results of getting on both in the world and in life.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Avoiding the callous brutality of the expressed sentiment, he derived a silent and subtle satisfaction from the workings of a fate which had singled him out to survive a ship's company of men as deserving as he, but who were now none the less out of the running.
gaseous
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From this reading The incident crystallized for him, so to speak, the gaseous and indefinable emotions which had been passing through his mind since he had been fished out of the water.
getting
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From this reading When Mr. Spokesly had left his friend to have one more, he experienced that comfortable feeling of having left someone behind which is one of the most tangible and gratifying results of getting on both in the world and in life.
going
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From this reading He would be waiting, no doubt, on the Dark Shore, his pink jaws going continually, ready to navigate them to their long home.
gone
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From this reading Mr. McGinnis, who had obligingly died a startling but convenient death, had merely gone before.
gratifying
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From this reading When Mr. Spokesly had left his friend to have one more, he experienced that comfortable feeling of having left someone behind which is one of the most tangible and gratifying results of getting on both in the world and in life.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading When Mr. Spokesly had left his friend to have one more, he experienced that comfortable feeling of having left someone behind which is one of the most tangible and gratifying results of getting on both in the world and in life.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading When Mr. Spokesly had left his friend to have one more, he experienced that comfortable feeling of having left someone behind which is one of the most tangible and gratifying results of getting on both in the world and in life.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading When Mr. Spokesly had left his friend to have one more, he experienced that comfortable feeling of having left someone behind which is one of the most tangible and gratifying results of getting on both in the world and in life.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When Mr. Spokesly had left his friend to have one more, he experienced that comfortable feeling of having left someone behind which is one of the most tangible and gratifying results of getting on both in the world and in life.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The incident crystallized for him, so to speak, the gaseous and indefinable emotions which had been passing through his mind since he had been fished out of the water.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading When Mr. Spokesly had left his friend to have one more, he experienced that comfortable feeling of having left someone behind which is one of the most tangible and gratifying results of getting on both in the world and in life.
home
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From this reading He would be waiting, no doubt, on the Dark Shore, his pink jaws going continually, ready to navigate them to their long home.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading When Mr. Spokesly had left his friend to have one more, he experienced that comfortable feeling of having left someone behind which is one of the most tangible and gratifying results of getting on both in the world and in life.
incident
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From this reading The incident crystallized for him, so to speak, the gaseous and indefinable emotions which had been passing through his mind since he had been fished out of the water.
indefinable
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From this reading The incident crystallized for him, so to speak, the gaseous and indefinable emotions which had been passing through his mind since he had been fished out of the water.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading When Mr. Spokesly had left his friend to have one more, he experienced that comfortable feeling of having left someone behind which is one of the most tangible and gratifying results of getting on both in the world and in life.
jaws
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From this reading He would be waiting, no doubt, on the Dark Shore, his pink jaws going continually, ready to navigate them to their long home.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When Mr. Spokesly had left his friend to have one more, he experienced that comfortable feeling of having left someone behind which is one of the most tangible and gratifying results of getting on both in the world and in life.
less
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From this reading Avoiding the callous brutality of the expressed sentiment, he derived a silent and subtle satisfaction from the workings of a fate which had singled him out to survive a ship's company of men as deserving as he, but who were now none the less out of the running.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When Mr. Spokesly had left his friend to have one more, he experienced that comfortable feeling of having left someone behind which is one of the most tangible and gratifying results of getting on both in the world and in life.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He would be waiting, no doubt, on the Dark Shore, his pink jaws going continually, ready to navigate them to their long home.
McGinnis
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From this reading Mr. McGinnis, who had obligingly died a startling but convenient death, had merely gone before.
men
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From this reading Avoiding the callous brutality of the expressed sentiment, he derived a silent and subtle satisfaction from the workings of a fate which had singled him out to survive a ship's company of men as deserving as he, but who were now none the less out of the running.
merely
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From this reading Mr. McGinnis, who had obligingly died a startling but convenient death, had merely gone before.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The incident crystallized for him, so to speak, the gaseous and indefinable emotions which had been passing through his mind since he had been fished out of the water.
more
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From this reading When Mr. Spokesly had left his friend to have one more, he experienced that comfortable feeling of having left someone behind which is one of the most tangible and gratifying results of getting on both in the world and in life.
most
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From this reading When Mr. Spokesly had left his friend to have one more, he experienced that comfortable feeling of having left someone behind which is one of the most tangible and gratifying results of getting on both in the world and in life.
Mr
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From this reading When Mr. Spokesly had left his friend to have one more, he experienced that comfortable feeling of having left someone behind which is one of the most tangible and gratifying results of getting on both in the world and in life.
navigate
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From this reading He would be waiting, no doubt, on the Dark Shore, his pink jaws going continually, ready to navigate them to their long home.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading He would be waiting, no doubt, on the Dark Shore, his pink jaws going continually, ready to navigate them to their long home.
nonepronounUS /nʌn/
not one, and not any
From this reading Avoiding the callous brutality of the expressed sentiment, he derived a silent and subtle satisfaction from the workings of a fate which had singled him out to survive a ship's company of men as deserving as he, but who were now none the less out of the running.
now
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From this reading Avoiding the callous brutality of the expressed sentiment, he derived a silent and subtle satisfaction from the workings of a fate which had singled him out to survive a ship's company of men as deserving as he, but who were now none the less out of the running.
obligingly
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From this reading Mr. McGinnis, who had obligingly died a startling but convenient death, had merely gone before.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading When Mr. Spokesly had left his friend to have one more, he experienced that comfortable feeling of having left someone behind which is one of the most tangible and gratifying results of getting on both in the world and in life.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading When Mr. Spokesly had left his friend to have one more, he experienced that comfortable feeling of having left someone behind which is one of the most tangible and gratifying results of getting on both in the world and in life.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading When Mr. Spokesly had left his friend to have one more, he experienced that comfortable feeling of having left someone behind which is one of the most tangible and gratifying results of getting on both in the world and in life.
out
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From this reading The incident crystallized for him, so to speak, the gaseous and indefinable emotions which had been passing through his mind since he had been fished out of the water.
passing
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From this reading The incident crystallized for him, so to speak, the gaseous and indefinable emotions which had been passing through his mind since he had been fished out of the water.
pink
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From this reading He would be waiting, no doubt, on the Dark Shore, his pink jaws going continually, ready to navigate them to their long home.
ready
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From this reading He would be waiting, no doubt, on the Dark Shore, his pink jaws going continually, ready to navigate them to their long home.
results
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From this reading When Mr. Spokesly had left his friend to have one more, he experienced that comfortable feeling of having left someone behind which is one of the most tangible and gratifying results of getting on both in the world and in life.
runningnounUS /ˈrunning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Avoiding the callous brutality of the expressed sentiment, he derived a silent and subtle satisfaction from the workings of a fate which had singled him out to survive a ship's company of men as deserving as he, but who were now none the less out of the running.
satisfaction
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From this reading Avoiding the callous brutality of the expressed sentiment, he derived a silent and subtle satisfaction from the workings of a fate which had singled him out to survive a ship's company of men as deserving as he, but who were now none the less out of the running.
sentiment
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From this reading Avoiding the callous brutality of the expressed sentiment, he derived a silent and subtle satisfaction from the workings of a fate which had singled him out to survive a ship's company of men as deserving as he, but who were now none the less out of the running.
ship's
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From this reading Avoiding the callous brutality of the expressed sentiment, he derived a silent and subtle satisfaction from the workings of a fate which had singled him out to survive a ship's company of men as deserving as he, but who were now none the less out of the running.
Shore
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From this reading He would be waiting, no doubt, on the Dark Shore, his pink jaws going continually, ready to navigate them to their long home.
silent
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From this reading Avoiding the callous brutality of the expressed sentiment, he derived a silent and subtle satisfaction from the workings of a fate which had singled him out to survive a ship's company of men as deserving as he, but who were now none the less out of the running.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading The incident crystallized for him, so to speak, the gaseous and indefinable emotions which had been passing through his mind since he had been fished out of the water.
singled
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From this reading Avoiding the callous brutality of the expressed sentiment, he derived a silent and subtle satisfaction from the workings of a fate which had singled him out to survive a ship's company of men as deserving as he, but who were now none the less out of the running.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The incident crystallized for him, so to speak, the gaseous and indefinable emotions which had been passing through his mind since he had been fished out of the water.
someonepronounUS /ˈsʌmwʌn/
a person, without saying who
From this reading When Mr. Spokesly had left his friend to have one more, he experienced that comfortable feeling of having left someone behind which is one of the most tangible and gratifying results of getting on both in the world and in life.
speak
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From this reading The incident crystallized for him, so to speak, the gaseous and indefinable emotions which had been passing through his mind since he had been fished out of the water.
Spokesly
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From this reading When Mr. Spokesly had left his friend to have one more, he experienced that comfortable feeling of having left someone behind which is one of the most tangible and gratifying results of getting on both in the world and in life.
startling
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From this reading Mr. McGinnis, who had obligingly died a startling but convenient death, had merely gone before.
subtle
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From this reading Avoiding the callous brutality of the expressed sentiment, he derived a silent and subtle satisfaction from the workings of a fate which had singled him out to survive a ship's company of men as deserving as he, but who were now none the less out of the running.
survive
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From this reading Avoiding the callous brutality of the expressed sentiment, he derived a silent and subtle satisfaction from the workings of a fate which had singled him out to survive a ship's company of men as deserving as he, but who were now none the less out of the running.
tangible
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From this reading When Mr. Spokesly had left his friend to have one more, he experienced that comfortable feeling of having left someone behind which is one of the most tangible and gratifying results of getting on both in the world and in life.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading When Mr. Spokesly had left his friend to have one more, he experienced that comfortable feeling of having left someone behind which is one of the most tangible and gratifying results of getting on both in the world and in life.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading When Mr. Spokesly had left his friend to have one more, he experienced that comfortable feeling of having left someone behind which is one of the most tangible and gratifying results of getting on both in the world and in life.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading He would be waiting, no doubt, on the Dark Shore, his pink jaws going continually, ready to navigate them to their long home.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading He would be waiting, no doubt, on the Dark Shore, his pink jaws going continually, ready to navigate them to their long home.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The incident crystallized for him, so to speak, the gaseous and indefinable emotions which had been passing through his mind since he had been fished out of the water.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading When Mr. Spokesly had left his friend to have one more, he experienced that comfortable feeling of having left someone behind which is one of the most tangible and gratifying results of getting on both in the world and in life.
waiting
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From this reading He would be waiting, no doubt, on the Dark Shore, his pink jaws going continually, ready to navigate them to their long home.
water
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From this reading The incident crystallized for him, so to speak, the gaseous and indefinable emotions which had been passing through his mind since he had been fished out of the water.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Avoiding the callous brutality of the expressed sentiment, he derived a silent and subtle satisfaction from the workings of a fate which had singled him out to survive a ship's company of men as deserving as he, but who were now none the less out of the running.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When Mr. Spokesly had left his friend to have one more, he experienced that comfortable feeling of having left someone behind which is one of the most tangible and gratifying results of getting on both in the world and in life.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading When Mr. Spokesly had left his friend to have one more, he experienced that comfortable feeling of having left someone behind which is one of the most tangible and gratifying results of getting on both in the world and in life.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Avoiding the callous brutality of the expressed sentiment, he derived a silent and subtle satisfaction from the workings of a fate which had singled him out to survive a ship's company of men as deserving as he, but who were now none the less out of the running.
workings
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From this reading Avoiding the callous brutality of the expressed sentiment, he derived a silent and subtle satisfaction from the workings of a fate which had singled him out to survive a ship's company of men as deserving as he, but who were now none the less out of the running.
world
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From this reading When Mr. Spokesly had left his friend to have one more, he experienced that comfortable feeling of having left someone behind which is one of the most tangible and gratifying results of getting on both in the world and in life.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading He would be waiting, no doubt, on the Dark Shore, his pink jaws going continually, ready to navigate them to their long home.
