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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 CAPTURED BY THOUGHTS MALEVOLENT As the followers of Brutar burst into the globular amphitheatre with shouts of menace, a confusion--a chaos--a panic descended upon the gathering.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading The stools upon which we had been sitting were overturned; the floor around me, and above me was grey with its surging occupants; they were floating inward, struggling groups of them; the air soon was full of them, like feathers tossed in a breeze.
aimless
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From this reading It seemed--as the idea came to me from some dim recess of that other mind which had been mine--it seemed an aimless struggle.
aimlessly
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From this reading Everywhere the people were rising to flight; struggling to escape, struggling with each other, aimlessly, unreasonably, with scarce the steady thought to distinguish friend from foe.
air
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From this reading The stools upon which we had been sitting were overturned; the floor around me, and above me was grey with its surging occupants; they were floating inward, struggling groups of them; the air soon was full of them, like feathers tossed in a breeze.
amphitheatre
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From this reading CAPTURED BY THOUGHTS MALEVOLENT As the followers of Brutar burst into the globular amphitheatre with shouts of menace, a confusion--a chaos--a panic descended upon the gathering.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading It seemed--as the idea came to me from some dim recess of that other mind which had been mine--it seemed an aimless struggle.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The stools upon which we had been sitting were overturned; the floor around me, and above me was grey with its surging occupants; they were floating inward, struggling groups of them; the air soon was full of them, like feathers tossed in a breeze.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading The stools upon which we had been sitting were overturned; the floor around me, and above me was grey with its surging occupants; they were floating inward, struggling groups of them; the air soon was full of them, like feathers tossed in a breeze.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading CAPTURED BY THOUGHTS MALEVOLENT As the followers of Brutar burst into the globular amphitheatre with shouts of menace, a confusion--a chaos--a panic descended upon the gathering.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The stools upon which we had been sitting were overturned; the floor around me, and above me was grey with its surging occupants; they were floating inward, struggling groups of them; the air soon was full of them, like feathers tossed in a breeze.
breeze
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From this reading The stools upon which we had been sitting were overturned; the floor around me, and above me was grey with its surging occupants; they were floating inward, struggling groups of them; the air soon was full of them, like feathers tossed in a breeze.
Brutar
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From this reading CAPTURED BY THOUGHTS MALEVOLENT As the followers of Brutar burst into the globular amphitheatre with shouts of menace, a confusion--a chaos--a panic descended upon the gathering.
burst
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From this reading CAPTURED BY THOUGHTS MALEVOLENT As the followers of Brutar burst into the globular amphitheatre with shouts of menace, a confusion--a chaos--a panic descended upon the gathering.
BYprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading CAPTURED BY THOUGHTS MALEVOLENT As the followers of Brutar burst into the globular amphitheatre with shouts of menace, a confusion--a chaos--a panic descended upon the gathering.
came
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From this reading It seemed--as the idea came to me from some dim recess of that other mind which had been mine--it seemed an aimless struggle.
CAPTURED
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From this reading CAPTURED BY THOUGHTS MALEVOLENT As the followers of Brutar burst into the globular amphitheatre with shouts of menace, a confusion--a chaos--a panic descended upon the gathering.
caused
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From this reading I could feel the breeze now--a turgid motion of that imponderable, invisible fluid for which I have no other name save air; a breeze caused by the fluttering things which were ourselves.
chaos
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From this reading CAPTURED BY THOUGHTS MALEVOLENT As the followers of Brutar burst into the globular amphitheatre with shouts of menace, a confusion--a chaos--a panic descended upon the gathering.
confusion
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From this reading CAPTURED BY THOUGHTS MALEVOLENT As the followers of Brutar burst into the globular amphitheatre with shouts of menace, a confusion--a chaos--a panic descended upon the gathering.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading I could feel the breeze now--a turgid motion of that imponderable, invisible fluid for which I have no other name save air; a breeze caused by the fluttering things which were ourselves.
descendednounUS /ˈdescended/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading CAPTURED BY THOUGHTS MALEVOLENT As the followers of Brutar burst into the globular amphitheatre with shouts of menace, a confusion--a chaos--a panic descended upon the gathering.
dim
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From this reading It seemed--as the idea came to me from some dim recess of that other mind which had been mine--it seemed an aimless struggle.
distinguish
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From this reading Everywhere the people were rising to flight; struggling to escape, struggling with each other, aimlessly, unreasonably, with scarce the steady thought to distinguish friend from foe.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading Everywhere the people were rising to flight; struggling to escape, struggling with each other, aimlessly, unreasonably, with scarce the steady thought to distinguish friend from foe.
escape
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From this reading Everywhere the people were rising to flight; struggling to escape, struggling with each other, aimlessly, unreasonably, with scarce the steady thought to distinguish friend from foe.
Everywhere
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From this reading Everywhere the people were rising to flight; struggling to escape, struggling with each other, aimlessly, unreasonably, with scarce the steady thought to distinguish friend from foe.
feathers
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From this reading The stools upon which we had been sitting were overturned; the floor around me, and above me was grey with its surging occupants; they were floating inward, struggling groups of them; the air soon was full of them, like feathers tossed in a breeze.
feel
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From this reading I could feel the breeze now--a turgid motion of that imponderable, invisible fluid for which I have no other name save air; a breeze caused by the fluttering things which were ourselves.
flight
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From this reading Everywhere the people were rising to flight; struggling to escape, struggling with each other, aimlessly, unreasonably, with scarce the steady thought to distinguish friend from foe.
floating
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From this reading The stools upon which we had been sitting were overturned; the floor around me, and above me was grey with its surging occupants; they were floating inward, struggling groups of them; the air soon was full of them, like feathers tossed in a breeze.
floor
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From this reading The stools upon which we had been sitting were overturned; the floor around me, and above me was grey with its surging occupants; they were floating inward, struggling groups of them; the air soon was full of them, like feathers tossed in a breeze.
fluid
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From this reading I could feel the breeze now--a turgid motion of that imponderable, invisible fluid for which I have no other name save air; a breeze caused by the fluttering things which were ourselves.
flutteringverbUS /ˈflʌtərɪŋ/
moving with quick light beats or trembles
From this reading I could feel the breeze now--a turgid motion of that imponderable, invisible fluid for which I have no other name save air; a breeze caused by the fluttering things which were ourselves.
foe
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From this reading Everywhere the people were rising to flight; struggling to escape, struggling with each other, aimlessly, unreasonably, with scarce the steady thought to distinguish friend from foe.
followers
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From this reading CAPTURED BY THOUGHTS MALEVOLENT As the followers of Brutar burst into the globular amphitheatre with shouts of menace, a confusion--a chaos--a panic descended upon the gathering.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I could feel the breeze now--a turgid motion of that imponderable, invisible fluid for which I have no other name save air; a breeze caused by the fluttering things which were ourselves.
friend
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From this reading Everywhere the people were rising to flight; struggling to escape, struggling with each other, aimlessly, unreasonably, with scarce the steady thought to distinguish friend from foe.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Everywhere the people were rising to flight; struggling to escape, struggling with each other, aimlessly, unreasonably, with scarce the steady thought to distinguish friend from foe.
full
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From this reading The stools upon which we had been sitting were overturned; the floor around me, and above me was grey with its surging occupants; they were floating inward, struggling groups of them; the air soon was full of them, like feathers tossed in a breeze.
gathering
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From this reading CAPTURED BY THOUGHTS MALEVOLENT As the followers of Brutar burst into the globular amphitheatre with shouts of menace, a confusion--a chaos--a panic descended upon the gathering.
globular
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From this reading CAPTURED BY THOUGHTS MALEVOLENT As the followers of Brutar burst into the globular amphitheatre with shouts of menace, a confusion--a chaos--a panic descended upon the gathering.
grey
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From this reading The stools upon which we had been sitting were overturned; the floor around me, and above me was grey with its surging occupants; they were floating inward, struggling groups of them; the air soon was full of them, like feathers tossed in a breeze.
groups
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From this reading The stools upon which we had been sitting were overturned; the floor around me, and above me was grey with its surging occupants; they were floating inward, struggling groups of them; the air soon was full of them, like feathers tossed in a breeze.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The stools upon which we had been sitting were overturned; the floor around me, and above me was grey with its surging occupants; they were floating inward, struggling groups of them; the air soon was full of them, like feathers tossed in a breeze.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I could feel the breeze now--a turgid motion of that imponderable, invisible fluid for which I have no other name save air; a breeze caused by the fluttering things which were ourselves.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I could feel the breeze now--a turgid motion of that imponderable, invisible fluid for which I have no other name save air; a breeze caused by the fluttering things which were ourselves.
idea
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From this reading It seemed--as the idea came to me from some dim recess of that other mind which had been mine--it seemed an aimless struggle.
imponderable
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From this reading I could feel the breeze now--a turgid motion of that imponderable, invisible fluid for which I have no other name save air; a breeze caused by the fluttering things which were ourselves.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The stools upon which we had been sitting were overturned; the floor around me, and above me was grey with its surging occupants; they were floating inward, struggling groups of them; the air soon was full of them, like feathers tossed in a breeze.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading CAPTURED BY THOUGHTS MALEVOLENT As the followers of Brutar burst into the globular amphitheatre with shouts of menace, a confusion--a chaos--a panic descended upon the gathering.
invisible
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From this reading I could feel the breeze now--a turgid motion of that imponderable, invisible fluid for which I have no other name save air; a breeze caused by the fluttering things which were ourselves.
inward
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From this reading The stools upon which we had been sitting were overturned; the floor around me, and above me was grey with its surging occupants; they were floating inward, struggling groups of them; the air soon was full of them, like feathers tossed in a breeze.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It seemed--as the idea came to me from some dim recess of that other mind which had been mine--it seemed an aimless struggle.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The stools upon which we had been sitting were overturned; the floor around me, and above me was grey with its surging occupants; they were floating inward, struggling groups of them; the air soon was full of them, like feathers tossed in a breeze.
like
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From this reading The stools upon which we had been sitting were overturned; the floor around me, and above me was grey with its surging occupants; they were floating inward, struggling groups of them; the air soon was full of them, like feathers tossed in a breeze.
MALEVOLENT
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From this reading CAPTURED BY THOUGHTS MALEVOLENT As the followers of Brutar burst into the globular amphitheatre with shouts of menace, a confusion--a chaos--a panic descended upon the gathering.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The stools upon which we had been sitting were overturned; the floor around me, and above me was grey with its surging occupants; they were floating inward, struggling groups of them; the air soon was full of them, like feathers tossed in a breeze.
menace
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From this reading CAPTURED BY THOUGHTS MALEVOLENT As the followers of Brutar burst into the globular amphitheatre with shouts of menace, a confusion--a chaos--a panic descended upon the gathering.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It seemed--as the idea came to me from some dim recess of that other mind which had been mine--it seemed an aimless struggle.
minepronounUS /maɪn/
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading It seemed--as the idea came to me from some dim recess of that other mind which had been mine--it seemed an aimless struggle.
motion
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From this reading I could feel the breeze now--a turgid motion of that imponderable, invisible fluid for which I have no other name save air; a breeze caused by the fluttering things which were ourselves.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I could feel the breeze now--a turgid motion of that imponderable, invisible fluid for which I have no other name save air; a breeze caused by the fluttering things which were ourselves.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading I could feel the breeze now--a turgid motion of that imponderable, invisible fluid for which I have no other name save air; a breeze caused by the fluttering things which were ourselves.
now
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From this reading I could feel the breeze now--a turgid motion of that imponderable, invisible fluid for which I have no other name save air; a breeze caused by the fluttering things which were ourselves.
occupants
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From this reading The stools upon which we had been sitting were overturned; the floor around me, and above me was grey with its surging occupants; they were floating inward, struggling groups of them; the air soon was full of them, like feathers tossed in a breeze.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading CAPTURED BY THOUGHTS MALEVOLENT As the followers of Brutar burst into the globular amphitheatre with shouts of menace, a confusion--a chaos--a panic descended upon the gathering.
other
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From this reading Everywhere the people were rising to flight; struggling to escape, struggling with each other, aimlessly, unreasonably, with scarce the steady thought to distinguish friend from foe.
ourselvespronounUS /aʊərˈselvz/
used when we are both doing the action and receiving it
From this reading I could feel the breeze now--a turgid motion of that imponderable, invisible fluid for which I have no other name save air; a breeze caused by the fluttering things which were ourselves.
overturned
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From this reading The stools upon which we had been sitting were overturned; the floor around me, and above me was grey with its surging occupants; they were floating inward, struggling groups of them; the air soon was full of them, like feathers tossed in a breeze.
panic
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From this reading CAPTURED BY THOUGHTS MALEVOLENT As the followers of Brutar burst into the globular amphitheatre with shouts of menace, a confusion--a chaos--a panic descended upon the gathering.
people
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From this reading Everywhere the people were rising to flight; struggling to escape, struggling with each other, aimlessly, unreasonably, with scarce the steady thought to distinguish friend from foe.
recess
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From this reading It seemed--as the idea came to me from some dim recess of that other mind which had been mine--it seemed an aimless struggle.
rising
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From this reading Everywhere the people were rising to flight; struggling to escape, struggling with each other, aimlessly, unreasonably, with scarce the steady thought to distinguish friend from foe.
saveprepositionUS /seɪv/
except for; apart from
From this reading I could feel the breeze now--a turgid motion of that imponderable, invisible fluid for which I have no other name save air; a breeze caused by the fluttering things which were ourselves.
scarceadjectiveUS /skɛrs/
hard to find or in short supply
From this reading Everywhere the people were rising to flight; struggling to escape, struggling with each other, aimlessly, unreasonably, with scarce the steady thought to distinguish friend from foe.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It seemed--as the idea came to me from some dim recess of that other mind which had been mine--it seemed an aimless struggle.
shouts
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From this reading CAPTURED BY THOUGHTS MALEVOLENT As the followers of Brutar burst into the globular amphitheatre with shouts of menace, a confusion--a chaos--a panic descended upon the gathering.
sitting
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From this reading The stools upon which we had been sitting were overturned; the floor around me, and above me was grey with its surging occupants; they were floating inward, struggling groups of them; the air soon was full of them, like feathers tossed in a breeze.
some
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From this reading It seemed--as the idea came to me from some dim recess of that other mind which had been mine--it seemed an aimless struggle.
soon
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From this reading The stools upon which we had been sitting were overturned; the floor around me, and above me was grey with its surging occupants; they were floating inward, struggling groups of them; the air soon was full of them, like feathers tossed in a breeze.
steady
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From this reading Everywhere the people were rising to flight; struggling to escape, struggling with each other, aimlessly, unreasonably, with scarce the steady thought to distinguish friend from foe.
stools
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From this reading The stools upon which we had been sitting were overturned; the floor around me, and above me was grey with its surging occupants; they were floating inward, struggling groups of them; the air soon was full of them, like feathers tossed in a breeze.
struggle
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From this reading It seemed--as the idea came to me from some dim recess of that other mind which had been mine--it seemed an aimless struggle.
struggling
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From this reading Everywhere the people were rising to flight; struggling to escape, struggling with each other, aimlessly, unreasonably, with scarce the steady thought to distinguish friend from foe.
surging
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From this reading The stools upon which we had been sitting were overturned; the floor around me, and above me was grey with its surging occupants; they were floating inward, struggling groups of them; the air soon was full of them, like feathers tossed in a breeze.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I could feel the breeze now--a turgid motion of that imponderable, invisible fluid for which I have no other name save air; a breeze caused by the fluttering things which were ourselves.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading CAPTURED BY THOUGHTS MALEVOLENT As the followers of Brutar burst into the globular amphitheatre with shouts of menace, a confusion--a chaos--a panic descended upon the gathering.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The stools upon which we had been sitting were overturned; the floor around me, and above me was grey with its surging occupants; they were floating inward, struggling groups of them; the air soon was full of them, like feathers tossed in a breeze.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The stools upon which we had been sitting were overturned; the floor around me, and above me was grey with its surging occupants; they were floating inward, struggling groups of them; the air soon was full of them, like feathers tossed in a breeze.
things
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From this reading I could feel the breeze now--a turgid motion of that imponderable, invisible fluid for which I have no other name save air; a breeze caused by the fluttering things which were ourselves.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Everywhere the people were rising to flight; struggling to escape, struggling with each other, aimlessly, unreasonably, with scarce the steady thought to distinguish friend from foe.
THOUGHTS
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From this reading CAPTURED BY THOUGHTS MALEVOLENT As the followers of Brutar burst into the globular amphitheatre with shouts of menace, a confusion--a chaos--a panic descended upon the gathering.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Everywhere the people were rising to flight; struggling to escape, struggling with each other, aimlessly, unreasonably, with scarce the steady thought to distinguish friend from foe.
tossed
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From this reading The stools upon which we had been sitting were overturned; the floor around me, and above me was grey with its surging occupants; they were floating inward, struggling groups of them; the air soon was full of them, like feathers tossed in a breeze.
turgid
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From this reading I could feel the breeze now--a turgid motion of that imponderable, invisible fluid for which I have no other name save air; a breeze caused by the fluttering things which were ourselves.
unreasonably
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From this reading Everywhere the people were rising to flight; struggling to escape, struggling with each other, aimlessly, unreasonably, with scarce the steady thought to distinguish friend from foe.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading CAPTURED BY THOUGHTS MALEVOLENT As the followers of Brutar burst into the globular amphitheatre with shouts of menace, a confusion--a chaos--a panic descended upon the gathering.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The stools upon which we had been sitting were overturned; the floor around me, and above me was grey with its surging occupants; they were floating inward, struggling groups of them; the air soon was full of them, like feathers tossed in a breeze.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading The stools upon which we had been sitting were overturned; the floor around me, and above me was grey with its surging occupants; they were floating inward, struggling groups of them; the air soon was full of them, like feathers tossed in a breeze.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Everywhere the people were rising to flight; struggling to escape, struggling with each other, aimlessly, unreasonably, with scarce the steady thought to distinguish friend from foe.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The stools upon which we had been sitting were overturned; the floor around me, and above me was grey with its surging occupants; they were floating inward, struggling groups of them; the air soon was full of them, like feathers tossed in a breeze.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading CAPTURED BY THOUGHTS MALEVOLENT As the followers of Brutar burst into the globular amphitheatre with shouts of menace, a confusion--a chaos--a panic descended upon the gathering.