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17
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From this reading For my part, I liked a story to begin with an old wayside inn where, “towards the close of the year 17--,” several gentlemen in three-cocked hats were playing bowls.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading In anything fit to be called by the name of reading, the process itself should be absorbing and voluptuous; we should gloat over a book, be rapt clean out of ourselves, and rise from the perusal, our mind filled with the busiest, kaleidoscopic dance of images, incapable of sleep or of continuous thought.
absorbing
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From this reading In anything fit to be called by the name of reading, the process itself should be absorbing and voluptuous; we should gloat over a book, be rapt clean out of ourselves, and rise from the perusal, our mind filled with the busiest, kaleidoscopic dance of images, incapable of sleep or of continuous thought.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Eloquence and thought, character and conversation, were but obstacles to brush aside as we dug blithely after a certain sort of incident, like a pig for truffles.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading For my part, I liked a story to begin with an old wayside inn where, “towards the close of the year 17--,” several gentlemen in three-cocked hats were playing bowls.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading In anything fit to be called by the name of reading, the process itself should be absorbing and voluptuous; we should gloat over a book, be rapt clean out of ourselves, and rise from the perusal, our mind filled with the busiest, kaleidoscopic dance of images, incapable of sleep or of continuous thought.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading In anything fit to be called by the name of reading, the process itself should be absorbing and voluptuous; we should gloat over a book, be rapt clean out of ourselves, and rise from the perusal, our mind filled with the busiest, kaleidoscopic dance of images, incapable of sleep or of continuous thought.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Eloquence and thought, character and conversation, were but obstacles to brush aside as we dug blithely after a certain sort of incident, like a pig for truffles.
aside
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From this reading Eloquence and thought, character and conversation, were but obstacles to brush aside as we dug blithely after a certain sort of incident, like a pig for truffles.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading In anything fit to be called by the name of reading, the process itself should be absorbing and voluptuous; we should gloat over a book, be rapt clean out of ourselves, and rise from the perusal, our mind filled with the busiest, kaleidoscopic dance of images, incapable of sleep or of continuous thought.
begin
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From this reading For my part, I liked a story to begin with an old wayside inn where, “towards the close of the year 17--,” several gentlemen in three-cocked hats were playing bowls.
blithely
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From this reading Eloquence and thought, character and conversation, were but obstacles to brush aside as we dug blithely after a certain sort of incident, like a pig for truffles.
book
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From this reading In anything fit to be called by the name of reading, the process itself should be absorbing and voluptuous; we should gloat over a book, be rapt clean out of ourselves, and rise from the perusal, our mind filled with the busiest, kaleidoscopic dance of images, incapable of sleep or of continuous thought.
booksnounUS /bʊks/
Bound written or printed works.
From this reading It was for this last pleasure that we read so closely, and loved our books so dearly, in the bright, troubled period of boyhood.
bowls
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From this reading For my part, I liked a story to begin with an old wayside inn where, “towards the close of the year 17--,” several gentlemen in three-cocked hats were playing bowls.
boyhood
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From this reading It was for this last pleasure that we read so closely, and loved our books so dearly, in the bright, troubled period of boyhood.
breakers
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From this reading The words, if the book be eloquent, should run thenceforward in our ears like the noise of breakers, and the story, if it be a story, repeat itself in a thousand coloured pictures to the eye.
bright
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From this reading It was for this last pleasure that we read so closely, and loved our books so dearly, in the bright, troubled period of boyhood.
brush
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From this reading Eloquence and thought, character and conversation, were but obstacles to brush aside as we dug blithely after a certain sort of incident, like a pig for truffles.
busiest
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From this reading In anything fit to be called by the name of reading, the process itself should be absorbing and voluptuous; we should gloat over a book, be rapt clean out of ourselves, and rise from the perusal, our mind filled with the busiest, kaleidoscopic dance of images, incapable of sleep or of continuous thought.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Eloquence and thought, character and conversation, were but obstacles to brush aside as we dug blithely after a certain sort of incident, like a pig for truffles.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading In anything fit to be called by the name of reading, the process itself should be absorbing and voluptuous; we should gloat over a book, be rapt clean out of ourselves, and rise from the perusal, our mind filled with the busiest, kaleidoscopic dance of images, incapable of sleep or of continuous thought.
called
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From this reading In anything fit to be called by the name of reading, the process itself should be absorbing and voluptuous; we should gloat over a book, be rapt clean out of ourselves, and rise from the perusal, our mind filled with the busiest, kaleidoscopic dance of images, incapable of sleep or of continuous thought.
certain
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From this reading Eloquence and thought, character and conversation, were but obstacles to brush aside as we dug blithely after a certain sort of incident, like a pig for truffles.
character
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From this reading Eloquence and thought, character and conversation, were but obstacles to brush aside as we dug blithely after a certain sort of incident, like a pig for truffles.
clean
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From this reading In anything fit to be called by the name of reading, the process itself should be absorbing and voluptuous; we should gloat over a book, be rapt clean out of ourselves, and rise from the perusal, our mind filled with the busiest, kaleidoscopic dance of images, incapable of sleep or of continuous thought.
close
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From this reading For my part, I liked a story to begin with an old wayside inn where, “towards the close of the year 17--,” several gentlemen in three-cocked hats were playing bowls.
closely
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From this reading It was for this last pleasure that we read so closely, and loved our books so dearly, in the bright, troubled period of boyhood.
coloured
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From this reading The words, if the book be eloquent, should run thenceforward in our ears like the noise of breakers, and the story, if it be a story, repeat itself in a thousand coloured pictures to the eye.
continuous
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From this reading In anything fit to be called by the name of reading, the process itself should be absorbing and voluptuous; we should gloat over a book, be rapt clean out of ourselves, and rise from the perusal, our mind filled with the busiest, kaleidoscopic dance of images, incapable of sleep or of continuous thought.
conversation
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From this reading Eloquence and thought, character and conversation, were but obstacles to brush aside as we dug blithely after a certain sort of incident, like a pig for truffles.
dance
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From this reading In anything fit to be called by the name of reading, the process itself should be absorbing and voluptuous; we should gloat over a book, be rapt clean out of ourselves, and rise from the perusal, our mind filled with the busiest, kaleidoscopic dance of images, incapable of sleep or of continuous thought.
dearly
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From this reading It was for this last pleasure that we read so closely, and loved our books so dearly, in the bright, troubled period of boyhood.
dug
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From this reading Eloquence and thought, character and conversation, were but obstacles to brush aside as we dug blithely after a certain sort of incident, like a pig for truffles.
ears
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From this reading The words, if the book be eloquent, should run thenceforward in our ears like the noise of breakers, and the story, if it be a story, repeat itself in a thousand coloured pictures to the eye.
EloquencenounUS /ˈel.ə.kwəns/
Fluent, persuasive, and graceful speaking or writing. (Sự hùng biện, tài ăn nói lưu loát.)
From this reading Eloquence and thought, character and conversation, were but obstacles to brush aside as we dug blithely after a certain sort of incident, like a pig for truffles.
eloquent
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From this reading The words, if the book be eloquent, should run thenceforward in our ears like the noise of breakers, and the story, if it be a story, repeat itself in a thousand coloured pictures to the eye.
eye
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From this reading The words, if the book be eloquent, should run thenceforward in our ears like the noise of breakers, and the story, if it be a story, repeat itself in a thousand coloured pictures to the eye.
filled
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From this reading In anything fit to be called by the name of reading, the process itself should be absorbing and voluptuous; we should gloat over a book, be rapt clean out of ourselves, and rise from the perusal, our mind filled with the busiest, kaleidoscopic dance of images, incapable of sleep or of continuous thought.
fit
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From this reading In anything fit to be called by the name of reading, the process itself should be absorbing and voluptuous; we should gloat over a book, be rapt clean out of ourselves, and rise from the perusal, our mind filled with the busiest, kaleidoscopic dance of images, incapable of sleep or of continuous thought.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It was for this last pleasure that we read so closely, and loved our books so dearly, in the bright, troubled period of boyhood.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading In anything fit to be called by the name of reading, the process itself should be absorbing and voluptuous; we should gloat over a book, be rapt clean out of ourselves, and rise from the perusal, our mind filled with the busiest, kaleidoscopic dance of images, incapable of sleep or of continuous thought.
gentlemennounUS /gentlemen/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For my part, I liked a story to begin with an old wayside inn where, “towards the close of the year 17--,” several gentlemen in three-cocked hats were playing bowls.
gloat
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From this reading In anything fit to be called by the name of reading, the process itself should be absorbing and voluptuous; we should gloat over a book, be rapt clean out of ourselves, and rise from the perusal, our mind filled with the busiest, kaleidoscopic dance of images, incapable of sleep or of continuous thought.
hats
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From this reading For my part, I liked a story to begin with an old wayside inn where, “towards the close of the year 17--,” several gentlemen in three-cocked hats were playing bowls.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading For my part, I liked a story to begin with an old wayside inn where, “towards the close of the year 17--,” several gentlemen in three-cocked hats were playing bowls.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading The words, if the book be eloquent, should run thenceforward in our ears like the noise of breakers, and the story, if it be a story, repeat itself in a thousand coloured pictures to the eye.
images
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From this reading In anything fit to be called by the name of reading, the process itself should be absorbing and voluptuous; we should gloat over a book, be rapt clean out of ourselves, and rise from the perusal, our mind filled with the busiest, kaleidoscopic dance of images, incapable of sleep or of continuous thought.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In anything fit to be called by the name of reading, the process itself should be absorbing and voluptuous; we should gloat over a book, be rapt clean out of ourselves, and rise from the perusal, our mind filled with the busiest, kaleidoscopic dance of images, incapable of sleep or of continuous thought.
incapable
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From this reading In anything fit to be called by the name of reading, the process itself should be absorbing and voluptuous; we should gloat over a book, be rapt clean out of ourselves, and rise from the perusal, our mind filled with the busiest, kaleidoscopic dance of images, incapable of sleep or of continuous thought.
incident
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From this reading Eloquence and thought, character and conversation, were but obstacles to brush aside as we dug blithely after a certain sort of incident, like a pig for truffles.
inn
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From this reading For my part, I liked a story to begin with an old wayside inn where, “towards the close of the year 17--,” several gentlemen in three-cocked hats were playing bowls.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The words, if the book be eloquent, should run thenceforward in our ears like the noise of breakers, and the story, if it be a story, repeat itself in a thousand coloured pictures to the eye.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading In anything fit to be called by the name of reading, the process itself should be absorbing and voluptuous; we should gloat over a book, be rapt clean out of ourselves, and rise from the perusal, our mind filled with the busiest, kaleidoscopic dance of images, incapable of sleep or of continuous thought.
kaleidoscopic
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From this reading In anything fit to be called by the name of reading, the process itself should be absorbing and voluptuous; we should gloat over a book, be rapt clean out of ourselves, and rise from the perusal, our mind filled with the busiest, kaleidoscopic dance of images, incapable of sleep or of continuous thought.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was for this last pleasure that we read so closely, and loved our books so dearly, in the bright, troubled period of boyhood.
like
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From this reading The words, if the book be eloquent, should run thenceforward in our ears like the noise of breakers, and the story, if it be a story, repeat itself in a thousand coloured pictures to the eye.
liked
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From this reading For my part, I liked a story to begin with an old wayside inn where, “towards the close of the year 17--,” several gentlemen in three-cocked hats were playing bowls.
loved
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From this reading It was for this last pleasure that we read so closely, and loved our books so dearly, in the bright, troubled period of boyhood.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In anything fit to be called by the name of reading, the process itself should be absorbing and voluptuous; we should gloat over a book, be rapt clean out of ourselves, and rise from the perusal, our mind filled with the busiest, kaleidoscopic dance of images, incapable of sleep or of continuous thought.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading For my part, I liked a story to begin with an old wayside inn where, “towards the close of the year 17--,” several gentlemen in three-cocked hats were playing bowls.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In anything fit to be called by the name of reading, the process itself should be absorbing and voluptuous; we should gloat over a book, be rapt clean out of ourselves, and rise from the perusal, our mind filled with the busiest, kaleidoscopic dance of images, incapable of sleep or of continuous thought.
noise
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From this reading The words, if the book be eloquent, should run thenceforward in our ears like the noise of breakers, and the story, if it be a story, repeat itself in a thousand coloured pictures to the eye.
obstacles
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From this reading Eloquence and thought, character and conversation, were but obstacles to brush aside as we dug blithely after a certain sort of incident, like a pig for truffles.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In anything fit to be called by the name of reading, the process itself should be absorbing and voluptuous; we should gloat over a book, be rapt clean out of ourselves, and rise from the perusal, our mind filled with the busiest, kaleidoscopic dance of images, incapable of sleep or of continuous thought.
old
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From this reading For my part, I liked a story to begin with an old wayside inn where, “towards the close of the year 17--,” several gentlemen in three-cocked hats were playing bowls.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading In anything fit to be called by the name of reading, the process itself should be absorbing and voluptuous; we should gloat over a book, be rapt clean out of ourselves, and rise from the perusal, our mind filled with the busiest, kaleidoscopic dance of images, incapable of sleep or of continuous thought.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading In anything fit to be called by the name of reading, the process itself should be absorbing and voluptuous; we should gloat over a book, be rapt clean out of ourselves, and rise from the perusal, our mind filled with the busiest, kaleidoscopic dance of images, incapable of sleep or of continuous thought.
ourselvespronounUS /aʊərˈselvz/
used when we are both doing the action and receiving it
From this reading In anything fit to be called by the name of reading, the process itself should be absorbing and voluptuous; we should gloat over a book, be rapt clean out of ourselves, and rise from the perusal, our mind filled with the busiest, kaleidoscopic dance of images, incapable of sleep or of continuous thought.
out
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From this reading In anything fit to be called by the name of reading, the process itself should be absorbing and voluptuous; we should gloat over a book, be rapt clean out of ourselves, and rise from the perusal, our mind filled with the busiest, kaleidoscopic dance of images, incapable of sleep or of continuous thought.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading In anything fit to be called by the name of reading, the process itself should be absorbing and voluptuous; we should gloat over a book, be rapt clean out of ourselves, and rise from the perusal, our mind filled with the busiest, kaleidoscopic dance of images, incapable of sleep or of continuous thought.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For my part, I liked a story to begin with an old wayside inn where, “towards the close of the year 17--,” several gentlemen in three-cocked hats were playing bowls.
period
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From this reading It was for this last pleasure that we read so closely, and loved our books so dearly, in the bright, troubled period of boyhood.
perusal
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From this reading In anything fit to be called by the name of reading, the process itself should be absorbing and voluptuous; we should gloat over a book, be rapt clean out of ourselves, and rise from the perusal, our mind filled with the busiest, kaleidoscopic dance of images, incapable of sleep or of continuous thought.
pictures
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From this reading The words, if the book be eloquent, should run thenceforward in our ears like the noise of breakers, and the story, if it be a story, repeat itself in a thousand coloured pictures to the eye.
pig
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From this reading Eloquence and thought, character and conversation, were but obstacles to brush aside as we dug blithely after a certain sort of incident, like a pig for truffles.
playing
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From this reading For my part, I liked a story to begin with an old wayside inn where, “towards the close of the year 17--,” several gentlemen in three-cocked hats were playing bowls.
pleasure
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From this reading It was for this last pleasure that we read so closely, and loved our books so dearly, in the bright, troubled period of boyhood.
process
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From this reading In anything fit to be called by the name of reading, the process itself should be absorbing and voluptuous; we should gloat over a book, be rapt clean out of ourselves, and rise from the perusal, our mind filled with the busiest, kaleidoscopic dance of images, incapable of sleep or of continuous thought.
rapt
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From this reading In anything fit to be called by the name of reading, the process itself should be absorbing and voluptuous; we should gloat over a book, be rapt clean out of ourselves, and rise from the perusal, our mind filled with the busiest, kaleidoscopic dance of images, incapable of sleep or of continuous thought.
read
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From this reading It was for this last pleasure that we read so closely, and loved our books so dearly, in the bright, troubled period of boyhood.
reading
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From this reading In anything fit to be called by the name of reading, the process itself should be absorbing and voluptuous; we should gloat over a book, be rapt clean out of ourselves, and rise from the perusal, our mind filled with the busiest, kaleidoscopic dance of images, incapable of sleep or of continuous thought.
repeat
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From this reading The words, if the book be eloquent, should run thenceforward in our ears like the noise of breakers, and the story, if it be a story, repeat itself in a thousand coloured pictures to the eye.
rise
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From this reading In anything fit to be called by the name of reading, the process itself should be absorbing and voluptuous; we should gloat over a book, be rapt clean out of ourselves, and rise from the perusal, our mind filled with the busiest, kaleidoscopic dance of images, incapable of sleep or of continuous thought.
run
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From this reading The words, if the book be eloquent, should run thenceforward in our ears like the noise of breakers, and the story, if it be a story, repeat itself in a thousand coloured pictures to the eye.
several
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From this reading For my part, I liked a story to begin with an old wayside inn where, “towards the close of the year 17--,” several gentlemen in three-cocked hats were playing bowls.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading In anything fit to be called by the name of reading, the process itself should be absorbing and voluptuous; we should gloat over a book, be rapt clean out of ourselves, and rise from the perusal, our mind filled with the busiest, kaleidoscopic dance of images, incapable of sleep or of continuous thought.
sleep
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From this reading In anything fit to be called by the name of reading, the process itself should be absorbing and voluptuous; we should gloat over a book, be rapt clean out of ourselves, and rise from the perusal, our mind filled with the busiest, kaleidoscopic dance of images, incapable of sleep or of continuous thought.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading It was for this last pleasure that we read so closely, and loved our books so dearly, in the bright, troubled period of boyhood.
sort
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From this reading Eloquence and thought, character and conversation, were but obstacles to brush aside as we dug blithely after a certain sort of incident, like a pig for truffles.
story
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From this reading The words, if the book be eloquent, should run thenceforward in our ears like the noise of breakers, and the story, if it be a story, repeat itself in a thousand coloured pictures to the eye.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was for this last pleasure that we read so closely, and loved our books so dearly, in the bright, troubled period of boyhood.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In anything fit to be called by the name of reading, the process itself should be absorbing and voluptuous; we should gloat over a book, be rapt clean out of ourselves, and rise from the perusal, our mind filled with the busiest, kaleidoscopic dance of images, incapable of sleep or of continuous thought.
thenceforward
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From this reading The words, if the book be eloquent, should run thenceforward in our ears like the noise of breakers, and the story, if it be a story, repeat itself in a thousand coloured pictures to the eye.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading It was for this last pleasure that we read so closely, and loved our books so dearly, in the bright, troubled period of boyhood.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In anything fit to be called by the name of reading, the process itself should be absorbing and voluptuous; we should gloat over a book, be rapt clean out of ourselves, and rise from the perusal, our mind filled with the busiest, kaleidoscopic dance of images, incapable of sleep or of continuous thought.
thousand
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From this reading The words, if the book be eloquent, should run thenceforward in our ears like the noise of breakers, and the story, if it be a story, repeat itself in a thousand coloured pictures to the eye.
three-cocked
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From this reading For my part, I liked a story to begin with an old wayside inn where, “towards the close of the year 17--,” several gentlemen in three-cocked hats were playing bowls.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading In anything fit to be called by the name of reading, the process itself should be absorbing and voluptuous; we should gloat over a book, be rapt clean out of ourselves, and rise from the perusal, our mind filled with the busiest, kaleidoscopic dance of images, incapable of sleep or of continuous thought.
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading For my part, I liked a story to begin with an old wayside inn where, “towards the close of the year 17--,” several gentlemen in three-cocked hats were playing bowls.
troubled
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From this reading It was for this last pleasure that we read so closely, and loved our books so dearly, in the bright, troubled period of boyhood.
truffles
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From this reading Eloquence and thought, character and conversation, were but obstacles to brush aside as we dug blithely after a certain sort of incident, like a pig for truffles.
voluptuous
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From this reading In anything fit to be called by the name of reading, the process itself should be absorbing and voluptuous; we should gloat over a book, be rapt clean out of ourselves, and rise from the perusal, our mind filled with the busiest, kaleidoscopic dance of images, incapable of sleep or of continuous thought.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was for this last pleasure that we read so closely, and loved our books so dearly, in the bright, troubled period of boyhood.
wayside
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From this reading For my part, I liked a story to begin with an old wayside inn where, “towards the close of the year 17--,” several gentlemen in three-cocked hats were playing bowls.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading In anything fit to be called by the name of reading, the process itself should be absorbing and voluptuous; we should gloat over a book, be rapt clean out of ourselves, and rise from the perusal, our mind filled with the busiest, kaleidoscopic dance of images, incapable of sleep or of continuous thought.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Eloquence and thought, character and conversation, were but obstacles to brush aside as we dug blithely after a certain sort of incident, like a pig for truffles.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading For my part, I liked a story to begin with an old wayside inn where, “towards the close of the year 17--,” several gentlemen in three-cocked hats were playing bowls.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading In anything fit to be called by the name of reading, the process itself should be absorbing and voluptuous; we should gloat over a book, be rapt clean out of ourselves, and rise from the perusal, our mind filled with the busiest, kaleidoscopic dance of images, incapable of sleep or of continuous thought.
words
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From this reading The words, if the book be eloquent, should run thenceforward in our ears like the noise of breakers, and the story, if it be a story, repeat itself in a thousand coloured pictures to the eye.
year
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From this reading For my part, I liked a story to begin with an old wayside inn where, “towards the close of the year 17--,” several gentlemen in three-cocked hats were playing bowls.
