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Chapter X

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He threw off his dress clothes with the repulsion that every man feels for such garments after an all-night sitting.
He was tired out, capable only of attending to the trivial and personal things that immediately concerned him; thanked God, with the fervour which the average man expresses for none but the trifling mercies of Providence, that no case compelled his attendance in court at ten o’clock; stretched himself, yawned, stumbled shiveringly into bed, where, drawing the bedclothes tightly around him, he sank at once into the heavy sleep of the weary man.
A confused sound broke upon his slumbers.
In a waking dream it seemed to him that Minna was battering with a hammer at some formless material object which his mind identified as marriage.
He awoke to find the noise that of knocking at his door.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Idols

Chapter X

Reading 1/40 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
He threw off his dress clothes with the repulsion that every man feels for such garments after an all-night sitting.
Line 2
He was tired out, capable only of attending to the trivial and personal things that immediately concerned him; thanked God, with the fervour which the average man expresses for none but the trifling mercies of Providence, that no case compelled his attendance in court at ten o’clock; stretched himself, yawned, stumbled shiveringly into bed, where, drawing the bedclothes tightly around him, he sank at once into the heavy sleep of the weary man.
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A confused sound broke upon his slumbers.
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In a waking dream it seemed to him that Minna was battering with a hammer at some formless material object which his mind identified as marriage.
Line 5
He awoke to find the noise that of knocking at his door.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

After preposition US /ˈæftər/

later than; following

From this reading “He threw off his dress clothes with the repulsion that every man feels for such garments after an all-night sitting.”

Around preposition US /ərˈaʊnd/

surrounding, or on every side of, something

From this reading “He was tired out, capable only of attending to the trivial and personal things that immediately concerned him; thanked God, with the fervour which the average man expresses for none but the trifling mercies of Providence, that no case compelled his attendance in court at ten o’clock; stretched himself, yawned, stumbled shiveringly into bed, where, drawing the bedclothes tightly around him, he sank at once into the heavy sleep of the weary man.”

Dream noun US /driːm/

A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.

From this reading “In a waking dream it seemed to him that Minna was battering with a hammer at some formless material object which his mind identified as marriage.”

Every determiner US /ˈevəri/

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading “He threw off his dress clothes with the repulsion that every man feels for such garments after an all-night sitting.”

Himself pronoun US /hɪmˈself/

used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object

From this reading “He was tired out, capable only of attending to the trivial and personal things that immediately concerned him; thanked God, with the fervour which the average man expresses for none but the trifling mercies of Providence, that no case compelled his attendance in court at ten o’clock; stretched himself, yawned, stumbled shiveringly into bed, where, drawing the bedclothes tightly around him, he sank at once into the heavy sleep of the weary man.”

Mind noun US /mind/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “In a waking dream it seemed to him that Minna was battering with a hammer at some formless material object which his mind identified as marriage.”

None pronoun US /nʌn/

not one, and not any

From this reading “He was tired out, capable only of attending to the trivial and personal things that immediately concerned him; thanked God, with the fervour which the average man expresses for none but the trifling mercies of Providence, that no case compelled his attendance in court at ten o’clock; stretched himself, yawned, stumbled shiveringly into bed, where, drawing the bedclothes tightly around him, he sank at once into the heavy sleep of the weary man.”

Once noun US /once/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “He was tired out, capable only of attending to the trivial and personal things that immediately concerned him; thanked God, with the fervour which the average man expresses for none but the trifling mercies of Providence, that no case compelled his attendance in court at ten o’clock; stretched himself, yawned, stumbled shiveringly into bed, where, drawing the bedclothes tightly around him, he sank at once into the heavy sleep of the weary man.”

Providence noun US /ˈprɑː.və.dəns/

The protective care of God or nature as a spiritual power. (Sự quan phòng, thiên ý phù hộ.)

From this reading “He was tired out, capable only of attending to the trivial and personal things that immediately concerned him; thanked God, with the fervour which the average man expresses for none but the trifling mercies of Providence, that no case compelled his attendance in court at ten o’clock; stretched himself, yawned, stumbled shiveringly into bed, where, drawing the bedclothes tightly around him, he sank at once into the heavy sleep of the weary man.”

Seemed noun US /seemed/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “In a waking dream it seemed to him that Minna was battering with a hammer at some formless material object which his mind identified as marriage.”

Upon preposition US /əˈpɑːn/

a formal word for “on”

From this reading “A confused sound broke upon his slumbers.”

Waking adjective US /ˈweɪ.kɪŋ/

Risen from sleep; conscious.

From this reading “In a waking dream it seemed to him that Minna was battering with a hammer at some formless material object which his mind identified as marriage.”

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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 A confused sound broke upon his slumbers.

afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/

later than; following

From this reading He threw off his dress clothes with the repulsion that every man feels for such garments after an all-night sitting.

all-night

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From this reading He threw off his dress clothes with the repulsion that every man feels for such garments after an all-night sitting.

andeterminerUS /æn/

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading He threw off his dress clothes with the repulsion that every man feels for such garments after an all-night sitting.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading He was tired out, capable only of attending to the trivial and personal things that immediately concerned him; thanked God, with the fervour which the average man expresses for none but the trifling mercies of Providence, that no case compelled his attendance in court at ten o’clock; stretched himself, yawned, stumbled shiveringly into bed, where, drawing the bedclothes tightly around him, he sank at once into the heavy sleep of the weary man.

aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/

surrounding, or on every side of, something

From this reading He was tired out, capable only of attending to the trivial and personal things that immediately concerned him; thanked God, with the fervour which the average man expresses for none but the trifling mercies of Providence, that no case compelled his attendance in court at ten o’clock; stretched himself, yawned, stumbled shiveringly into bed, where, drawing the bedclothes tightly around him, he sank at once into the heavy sleep of the weary man.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading In a waking dream it seemed to him that Minna was battering with a hammer at some formless material object which his mind identified as marriage.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading He was tired out, capable only of attending to the trivial and personal things that immediately concerned him; thanked God, with the fervour which the average man expresses for none but the trifling mercies of Providence, that no case compelled his attendance in court at ten o’clock; stretched himself, yawned, stumbled shiveringly into bed, where, drawing the bedclothes tightly around him, he sank at once into the heavy sleep of the weary man.

attendance

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From this reading He was tired out, capable only of attending to the trivial and personal things that immediately concerned him; thanked God, with the fervour which the average man expresses for none but the trifling mercies of Providence, that no case compelled his attendance in court at ten o’clock; stretched himself, yawned, stumbled shiveringly into bed, where, drawing the bedclothes tightly around him, he sank at once into the heavy sleep of the weary man.

attending

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From this reading He was tired out, capable only of attending to the trivial and personal things that immediately concerned him; thanked God, with the fervour which the average man expresses for none but the trifling mercies of Providence, that no case compelled his attendance in court at ten o’clock; stretched himself, yawned, stumbled shiveringly into bed, where, drawing the bedclothes tightly around him, he sank at once into the heavy sleep of the weary man.

average

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From this reading He was tired out, capable only of attending to the trivial and personal things that immediately concerned him; thanked God, with the fervour which the average man expresses for none but the trifling mercies of Providence, that no case compelled his attendance in court at ten o’clock; stretched himself, yawned, stumbled shiveringly into bed, where, drawing the bedclothes tightly around him, he sank at once into the heavy sleep of the weary man.

awoke

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From this reading He awoke to find the noise that of knocking at his door.

battering

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From this reading In a waking dream it seemed to him that Minna was battering with a hammer at some formless material object which his mind identified as marriage.

bed

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From this reading He was tired out, capable only of attending to the trivial and personal things that immediately concerned him; thanked God, with the fervour which the average man expresses for none but the trifling mercies of Providence, that no case compelled his attendance in court at ten o’clock; stretched himself, yawned, stumbled shiveringly into bed, where, drawing the bedclothes tightly around him, he sank at once into the heavy sleep of the weary man.

bedclothes

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From this reading He was tired out, capable only of attending to the trivial and personal things that immediately concerned him; thanked God, with the fervour which the average man expresses for none but the trifling mercies of Providence, that no case compelled his attendance in court at ten o’clock; stretched himself, yawned, stumbled shiveringly into bed, where, drawing the bedclothes tightly around him, he sank at once into the heavy sleep of the weary man.

broke

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From this reading A confused sound broke upon his slumbers.

butconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading He was tired out, capable only of attending to the trivial and personal things that immediately concerned him; thanked God, with the fervour which the average man expresses for none but the trifling mercies of Providence, that no case compelled his attendance in court at ten o’clock; stretched himself, yawned, stumbled shiveringly into bed, where, drawing the bedclothes tightly around him, he sank at once into the heavy sleep of the weary man.

capable

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From this reading He was tired out, capable only of attending to the trivial and personal things that immediately concerned him; thanked God, with the fervour which the average man expresses for none but the trifling mercies of Providence, that no case compelled his attendance in court at ten o’clock; stretched himself, yawned, stumbled shiveringly into bed, where, drawing the bedclothes tightly around him, he sank at once into the heavy sleep of the weary man.

case

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From this reading He was tired out, capable only of attending to the trivial and personal things that immediately concerned him; thanked God, with the fervour which the average man expresses for none but the trifling mercies of Providence, that no case compelled his attendance in court at ten o’clock; stretched himself, yawned, stumbled shiveringly into bed, where, drawing the bedclothes tightly around him, he sank at once into the heavy sleep of the weary man.

clothes

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From this reading He threw off his dress clothes with the repulsion that every man feels for such garments after an all-night sitting.

compelled

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From this reading He was tired out, capable only of attending to the trivial and personal things that immediately concerned him; thanked God, with the fervour which the average man expresses for none but the trifling mercies of Providence, that no case compelled his attendance in court at ten o’clock; stretched himself, yawned, stumbled shiveringly into bed, where, drawing the bedclothes tightly around him, he sank at once into the heavy sleep of the weary man.

concerned

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From this reading He was tired out, capable only of attending to the trivial and personal things that immediately concerned him; thanked God, with the fervour which the average man expresses for none but the trifling mercies of Providence, that no case compelled his attendance in court at ten o’clock; stretched himself, yawned, stumbled shiveringly into bed, where, drawing the bedclothes tightly around him, he sank at once into the heavy sleep of the weary man.

confused

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From this reading A confused sound broke upon his slumbers.

court

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From this reading He was tired out, capable only of attending to the trivial and personal things that immediately concerned him; thanked God, with the fervour which the average man expresses for none but the trifling mercies of Providence, that no case compelled his attendance in court at ten o’clock; stretched himself, yawned, stumbled shiveringly into bed, where, drawing the bedclothes tightly around him, he sank at once into the heavy sleep of the weary man.

door

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From this reading He awoke to find the noise that of knocking at his door.

drawing

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From this reading He was tired out, capable only of attending to the trivial and personal things that immediately concerned him; thanked God, with the fervour which the average man expresses for none but the trifling mercies of Providence, that no case compelled his attendance in court at ten o’clock; stretched himself, yawned, stumbled shiveringly into bed, where, drawing the bedclothes tightly around him, he sank at once into the heavy sleep of the weary man.

dreamnounUS /driːm/

A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.

From this reading In a waking dream it seemed to him that Minna was battering with a hammer at some formless material object which his mind identified as marriage.

dress

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From this reading He threw off his dress clothes with the repulsion that every man feels for such garments after an all-night sitting.

everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading He threw off his dress clothes with the repulsion that every man feels for such garments after an all-night sitting.

expresses

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From this reading He was tired out, capable only of attending to the trivial and personal things that immediately concerned him; thanked God, with the fervour which the average man expresses for none but the trifling mercies of Providence, that no case compelled his attendance in court at ten o’clock; stretched himself, yawned, stumbled shiveringly into bed, where, drawing the bedclothes tightly around him, he sank at once into the heavy sleep of the weary man.

feels

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From this reading He threw off his dress clothes with the repulsion that every man feels for such garments after an all-night sitting.

fervour

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From this reading He was tired out, capable only of attending to the trivial and personal things that immediately concerned him; thanked God, with the fervour which the average man expresses for none but the trifling mercies of Providence, that no case compelled his attendance in court at ten o’clock; stretched himself, yawned, stumbled shiveringly into bed, where, drawing the bedclothes tightly around him, he sank at once into the heavy sleep of the weary man.

find

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From this reading He awoke to find the noise that of knocking at his door.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading He threw off his dress clothes with the repulsion that every man feels for such garments after an all-night sitting.

formless

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From this reading In a waking dream it seemed to him that Minna was battering with a hammer at some formless material object which his mind identified as marriage.

garments

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From this reading He threw off his dress clothes with the repulsion that every man feels for such garments after an all-night sitting.

God

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From this reading He was tired out, capable only of attending to the trivial and personal things that immediately concerned him; thanked God, with the fervour which the average man expresses for none but the trifling mercies of Providence, that no case compelled his attendance in court at ten o’clock; stretched himself, yawned, stumbled shiveringly into bed, where, drawing the bedclothes tightly around him, he sank at once into the heavy sleep of the weary man.

hammer

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From this reading In a waking dream it seemed to him that Minna was battering with a hammer at some formless material object which his mind identified as marriage.

HepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading He threw off his dress clothes with the repulsion that every man feels for such garments after an all-night sitting.

heavy

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From this reading He was tired out, capable only of attending to the trivial and personal things that immediately concerned him; thanked God, with the fervour which the average man expresses for none but the trifling mercies of Providence, that no case compelled his attendance in court at ten o’clock; stretched himself, yawned, stumbled shiveringly into bed, where, drawing the bedclothes tightly around him, he sank at once into the heavy sleep of the weary man.

himpronounUS /hɪm/

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading He was tired out, capable only of attending to the trivial and personal things that immediately concerned him; thanked God, with the fervour which the average man expresses for none but the trifling mercies of Providence, that no case compelled his attendance in court at ten o’clock; stretched himself, yawned, stumbled shiveringly into bed, where, drawing the bedclothes tightly around him, he sank at once into the heavy sleep of the weary man.

himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/

used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object

From this reading He was tired out, capable only of attending to the trivial and personal things that immediately concerned him; thanked God, with the fervour which the average man expresses for none but the trifling mercies of Providence, that no case compelled his attendance in court at ten o’clock; stretched himself, yawned, stumbled shiveringly into bed, where, drawing the bedclothes tightly around him, he sank at once into the heavy sleep of the weary man.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading He threw off his dress clothes with the repulsion that every man feels for such garments after an all-night sitting.

identified

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From this reading In a waking dream it seemed to him that Minna was battering with a hammer at some formless material object which his mind identified as marriage.

immediately

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From this reading He was tired out, capable only of attending to the trivial and personal things that immediately concerned him; thanked God, with the fervour which the average man expresses for none but the trifling mercies of Providence, that no case compelled his attendance in court at ten o’clock; stretched himself, yawned, stumbled shiveringly into bed, where, drawing the bedclothes tightly around him, he sank at once into the heavy sleep of the weary man.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading He was tired out, capable only of attending to the trivial and personal things that immediately concerned him; thanked God, with the fervour which the average man expresses for none but the trifling mercies of Providence, that no case compelled his attendance in court at ten o’clock; stretched himself, yawned, stumbled shiveringly into bed, where, drawing the bedclothes tightly around him, he sank at once into the heavy sleep of the weary man.

intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/

moving to the inside of something

From this reading He was tired out, capable only of attending to the trivial and personal things that immediately concerned him; thanked God, with the fervour which the average man expresses for none but the trifling mercies of Providence, that no case compelled his attendance in court at ten o’clock; stretched himself, yawned, stumbled shiveringly into bed, where, drawing the bedclothes tightly around him, he sank at once into the heavy sleep of the weary man.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading In a waking dream it seemed to him that Minna was battering with a hammer at some formless material object which his mind identified as marriage.

knocking

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From this reading He awoke to find the noise that of knocking at his door.

man

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From this reading He threw off his dress clothes with the repulsion that every man feels for such garments after an all-night sitting.

marriage

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From this reading In a waking dream it seemed to him that Minna was battering with a hammer at some formless material object which his mind identified as marriage.

material

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From this reading In a waking dream it seemed to him that Minna was battering with a hammer at some formless material object which his mind identified as marriage.

mercies

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From this reading He was tired out, capable only of attending to the trivial and personal things that immediately concerned him; thanked God, with the fervour which the average man expresses for none but the trifling mercies of Providence, that no case compelled his attendance in court at ten o’clock; stretched himself, yawned, stumbled shiveringly into bed, where, drawing the bedclothes tightly around him, he sank at once into the heavy sleep of the weary man.

mindnounUS /mind/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading In a waking dream it seemed to him that Minna was battering with a hammer at some formless material object which his mind identified as marriage.

Minna

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From this reading In a waking dream it seemed to him that Minna was battering with a hammer at some formless material object which his mind identified as marriage.

nodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

From this reading He was tired out, capable only of attending to the trivial and personal things that immediately concerned him; thanked God, with the fervour which the average man expresses for none but the trifling mercies of Providence, that no case compelled his attendance in court at ten o’clock; stretched himself, yawned, stumbled shiveringly into bed, where, drawing the bedclothes tightly around him, he sank at once into the heavy sleep of the weary man.

noise

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From this reading He awoke to find the noise that of knocking at his door.

nonepronounUS /nʌn/

not one, and not any

From this reading He was tired out, capable only of attending to the trivial and personal things that immediately concerned him; thanked God, with the fervour which the average man expresses for none but the trifling mercies of Providence, that no case compelled his attendance in court at ten o’clock; stretched himself, yawned, stumbled shiveringly into bed, where, drawing the bedclothes tightly around him, he sank at once into the heavy sleep of the weary man.

o'clock

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From this reading He was tired out, capable only of attending to the trivial and personal things that immediately concerned him; thanked God, with the fervour which the average man expresses for none but the trifling mercies of Providence, that no case compelled his attendance in court at ten o’clock; stretched himself, yawned, stumbled shiveringly into bed, where, drawing the bedclothes tightly around him, he sank at once into the heavy sleep of the weary man.

object

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From this reading In a waking dream it seemed to him that Minna was battering with a hammer at some formless material object which his mind identified as marriage.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading He was tired out, capable only of attending to the trivial and personal things that immediately concerned him; thanked God, with the fervour which the average man expresses for none but the trifling mercies of Providence, that no case compelled his attendance in court at ten o’clock; stretched himself, yawned, stumbled shiveringly into bed, where, drawing the bedclothes tightly around him, he sank at once into the heavy sleep of the weary man.

off

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From this reading He threw off his dress clothes with the repulsion that every man feels for such garments after an all-night sitting.

once

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From this reading He was tired out, capable only of attending to the trivial and personal things that immediately concerned him; thanked God, with the fervour which the average man expresses for none but the trifling mercies of Providence, that no case compelled his attendance in court at ten o’clock; stretched himself, yawned, stumbled shiveringly into bed, where, drawing the bedclothes tightly around him, he sank at once into the heavy sleep of the weary man.

only

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From this reading He was tired out, capable only of attending to the trivial and personal things that immediately concerned him; thanked God, with the fervour which the average man expresses for none but the trifling mercies of Providence, that no case compelled his attendance in court at ten o’clock; stretched himself, yawned, stumbled shiveringly into bed, where, drawing the bedclothes tightly around him, he sank at once into the heavy sleep of the weary man.

out

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From this reading He was tired out, capable only of attending to the trivial and personal things that immediately concerned him; thanked God, with the fervour which the average man expresses for none but the trifling mercies of Providence, that no case compelled his attendance in court at ten o’clock; stretched himself, yawned, stumbled shiveringly into bed, where, drawing the bedclothes tightly around him, he sank at once into the heavy sleep of the weary man.

personal

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From this reading He was tired out, capable only of attending to the trivial and personal things that immediately concerned him; thanked God, with the fervour which the average man expresses for none but the trifling mercies of Providence, that no case compelled his attendance in court at ten o’clock; stretched himself, yawned, stumbled shiveringly into bed, where, drawing the bedclothes tightly around him, he sank at once into the heavy sleep of the weary man.

ProvidencenounUS /ˈprɑː.və.dəns/

The protective care of God or nature as a spiritual power. (Sự quan phòng, thiên ý phù hộ.)

From this reading He was tired out, capable only of attending to the trivial and personal things that immediately concerned him; thanked God, with the fervour which the average man expresses for none but the trifling mercies of Providence, that no case compelled his attendance in court at ten o’clock; stretched himself, yawned, stumbled shiveringly into bed, where, drawing the bedclothes tightly around him, he sank at once into the heavy sleep of the weary man.

repulsion

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From this reading He threw off his dress clothes with the repulsion that every man feels for such garments after an all-night sitting.

sank

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From this reading He was tired out, capable only of attending to the trivial and personal things that immediately concerned him; thanked God, with the fervour which the average man expresses for none but the trifling mercies of Providence, that no case compelled his attendance in court at ten o’clock; stretched himself, yawned, stumbled shiveringly into bed, where, drawing the bedclothes tightly around him, he sank at once into the heavy sleep of the weary man.

seemednounUS /seemed/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading In a waking dream it seemed to him that Minna was battering with a hammer at some formless material object which his mind identified as marriage.

shiveringly

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From this reading He was tired out, capable only of attending to the trivial and personal things that immediately concerned him; thanked God, with the fervour which the average man expresses for none but the trifling mercies of Providence, that no case compelled his attendance in court at ten o’clock; stretched himself, yawned, stumbled shiveringly into bed, where, drawing the bedclothes tightly around him, he sank at once into the heavy sleep of the weary man.

sitting

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From this reading He threw off his dress clothes with the repulsion that every man feels for such garments after an all-night sitting.

sleep

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From this reading He was tired out, capable only of attending to the trivial and personal things that immediately concerned him; thanked God, with the fervour which the average man expresses for none but the trifling mercies of Providence, that no case compelled his attendance in court at ten o’clock; stretched himself, yawned, stumbled shiveringly into bed, where, drawing the bedclothes tightly around him, he sank at once into the heavy sleep of the weary man.

slumbers

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From this reading A confused sound broke upon his slumbers.

some

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From this reading In a waking dream it seemed to him that Minna was battering with a hammer at some formless material object which his mind identified as marriage.

sound

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From this reading A confused sound broke upon his slumbers.

stretched

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From this reading He was tired out, capable only of attending to the trivial and personal things that immediately concerned him; thanked God, with the fervour which the average man expresses for none but the trifling mercies of Providence, that no case compelled his attendance in court at ten o’clock; stretched himself, yawned, stumbled shiveringly into bed, where, drawing the bedclothes tightly around him, he sank at once into the heavy sleep of the weary man.

stumbled

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From this reading He was tired out, capable only of attending to the trivial and personal things that immediately concerned him; thanked God, with the fervour which the average man expresses for none but the trifling mercies of Providence, that no case compelled his attendance in court at ten o’clock; stretched himself, yawned, stumbled shiveringly into bed, where, drawing the bedclothes tightly around him, he sank at once into the heavy sleep of the weary man.

suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading He threw off his dress clothes with the repulsion that every man feels for such garments after an all-night sitting.

ten

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From this reading He was tired out, capable only of attending to the trivial and personal things that immediately concerned him; thanked God, with the fervour which the average man expresses for none but the trifling mercies of Providence, that no case compelled his attendance in court at ten o’clock; stretched himself, yawned, stumbled shiveringly into bed, where, drawing the bedclothes tightly around him, he sank at once into the heavy sleep of the weary man.

thanked

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From this reading He was tired out, capable only of attending to the trivial and personal things that immediately concerned him; thanked God, with the fervour which the average man expresses for none but the trifling mercies of Providence, that no case compelled his attendance in court at ten o’clock; stretched himself, yawned, stumbled shiveringly into bed, where, drawing the bedclothes tightly around him, he sank at once into the heavy sleep of the weary man.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading He threw off his dress clothes with the repulsion that every man feels for such garments after an all-night sitting.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading He threw off his dress clothes with the repulsion that every man feels for such garments after an all-night sitting.

things

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From this reading He was tired out, capable only of attending to the trivial and personal things that immediately concerned him; thanked God, with the fervour which the average man expresses for none but the trifling mercies of Providence, that no case compelled his attendance in court at ten o’clock; stretched himself, yawned, stumbled shiveringly into bed, where, drawing the bedclothes tightly around him, he sank at once into the heavy sleep of the weary man.

threw

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From this reading He threw off his dress clothes with the repulsion that every man feels for such garments after an all-night sitting.

tightly

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From this reading He was tired out, capable only of attending to the trivial and personal things that immediately concerned him; thanked God, with the fervour which the average man expresses for none but the trifling mercies of Providence, that no case compelled his attendance in court at ten o’clock; stretched himself, yawned, stumbled shiveringly into bed, where, drawing the bedclothes tightly around him, he sank at once into the heavy sleep of the weary man.

tired

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From this reading He was tired out, capable only of attending to the trivial and personal things that immediately concerned him; thanked God, with the fervour which the average man expresses for none but the trifling mercies of Providence, that no case compelled his attendance in court at ten o’clock; stretched himself, yawned, stumbled shiveringly into bed, where, drawing the bedclothes tightly around him, he sank at once into the heavy sleep of the weary man.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading He was tired out, capable only of attending to the trivial and personal things that immediately concerned him; thanked God, with the fervour which the average man expresses for none but the trifling mercies of Providence, that no case compelled his attendance in court at ten o’clock; stretched himself, yawned, stumbled shiveringly into bed, where, drawing the bedclothes tightly around him, he sank at once into the heavy sleep of the weary man.

trifling

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From this reading He was tired out, capable only of attending to the trivial and personal things that immediately concerned him; thanked God, with the fervour which the average man expresses for none but the trifling mercies of Providence, that no case compelled his attendance in court at ten o’clock; stretched himself, yawned, stumbled shiveringly into bed, where, drawing the bedclothes tightly around him, he sank at once into the heavy sleep of the weary man.

trivial

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From this reading He was tired out, capable only of attending to the trivial and personal things that immediately concerned him; thanked God, with the fervour which the average man expresses for none but the trifling mercies of Providence, that no case compelled his attendance in court at ten o’clock; stretched himself, yawned, stumbled shiveringly into bed, where, drawing the bedclothes tightly around him, he sank at once into the heavy sleep of the weary man.

uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/

a formal word for “on”

From this reading A confused sound broke upon his slumbers.

wakingadjectiveUS /ˈweɪ.kɪŋ/

Risen from sleep; conscious.

From this reading In a waking dream it seemed to him that Minna was battering with a hammer at some formless material object which his mind identified as marriage.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading He was tired out, capable only of attending to the trivial and personal things that immediately concerned him; thanked God, with the fervour which the average man expresses for none but the trifling mercies of Providence, that no case compelled his attendance in court at ten o’clock; stretched himself, yawned, stumbled shiveringly into bed, where, drawing the bedclothes tightly around him, he sank at once into the heavy sleep of the weary man.

weary

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From this reading He was tired out, capable only of attending to the trivial and personal things that immediately concerned him; thanked God, with the fervour which the average man expresses for none but the trifling mercies of Providence, that no case compelled his attendance in court at ten o’clock; stretched himself, yawned, stumbled shiveringly into bed, where, drawing the bedclothes tightly around him, he sank at once into the heavy sleep of the weary man.

whereconjunctionUS /wer/

in or at the place that

From this reading He was tired out, capable only of attending to the trivial and personal things that immediately concerned him; thanked God, with the fervour which the average man expresses for none but the trifling mercies of Providence, that no case compelled his attendance in court at ten o’clock; stretched himself, yawned, stumbled shiveringly into bed, where, drawing the bedclothes tightly around him, he sank at once into the heavy sleep of the weary man.

whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading He was tired out, capable only of attending to the trivial and personal things that immediately concerned him; thanked God, with the fervour which the average man expresses for none but the trifling mercies of Providence, that no case compelled his attendance in court at ten o’clock; stretched himself, yawned, stumbled shiveringly into bed, where, drawing the bedclothes tightly around him, he sank at once into the heavy sleep of the weary man.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading He threw off his dress clothes with the repulsion that every man feels for such garments after an all-night sitting.

yawned

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From this reading He was tired out, capable only of attending to the trivial and personal things that immediately concerned him; thanked God, with the fervour which the average man expresses for none but the trifling mercies of Providence, that no case compelled his attendance in court at ten o’clock; stretched himself, yawned, stumbled shiveringly into bed, where, drawing the bedclothes tightly around him, he sank at once into the heavy sleep of the weary man.