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Sister Carrie: A Novel
Sister Carrie: A Novel

Chapter XXV · The Solace of Travel: The Boats of the Sea

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To the untravelled, territory other than their own familiar heath is invariably fascinating.
Next to love, it is the one thing which solaces and delights.
Things new are too important to be neglected, and mind, which is a mere reflection of sensory impressions, succumbs to the flood of objects.
Thus lovers are forgotten, sorrows laid aside, death hidden from view.
There is a world of accumulated feeling back of the trite dramatic expression—“I am going away.”
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Sister Carrie: A Novel

Chapter XXV · The Solace of Travel: The Boats of the Sea

Reading 1/76 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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To the untravelled, territory other than their own familiar heath is invariably fascinating.
Line 2
Next to love, it is the one thing which solaces and delights.
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Things new are too important to be neglected, and mind, which is a mere reflection of sensory impressions, succumbs to the flood of objects.
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Thus lovers are forgotten, sorrows laid aside, death hidden from view.
Line 5
There is a world of accumulated feeling back of the trite dramatic expression—“I am going away.”

Learner Dictionary

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

Feeling noun US /ˈfeeling/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “There is a world of accumulated feeling back of the trite dramatic expression—“I am going away.””

Forgotten adjective US /fərˈɡɑːt.n̩/

Not remembered; lapsed from memory.

From this reading “Thus lovers are forgotten, sorrows laid aside, death hidden from view.”

Heath noun US /hiːθ/

open uncultivated land covered with low plants

From this reading “To the untravelled, territory other than their own familiar heath is invariably fascinating.”

Mind noun US /mind/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Things new are too important to be neglected, and mind, which is a mere reflection of sensory impressions, succumbs to the flood of objects.”

Next noun US /next/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Next to love, it is the one thing which solaces and delights.”

One pronoun US /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading “Next to love, it is the one thing which solaces and delights.”

Thing noun US /thing/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Next to love, it is the one thing which solaces and delights.”

All words in this reading · 61

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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 Things new are too important to be neglected, and mind, which is a mere reflection of sensory impressions, succumbs to the flood of objects.

accumulated

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From this reading There is a world of accumulated feeling back of the trite dramatic expression—“I am going away.”

amauxiliary verbUS /æm/

the form of “be” used with “I”

From this reading There is a world of accumulated feeling back of the trite dramatic expression—“I am going away.”

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Next to love, it is the one thing which solaces and delights.

areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading Things new are too important to be neglected, and mind, which is a mere reflection of sensory impressions, succumbs to the flood of objects.

aside

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From this reading Thus lovers are forgotten, sorrows laid aside, death hidden from view.

away

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From this reading There is a world of accumulated feeling back of the trite dramatic expression—“I am going away.”

back

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From this reading There is a world of accumulated feeling back of the trite dramatic expression—“I am going away.”

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading Things new are too important to be neglected, and mind, which is a mere reflection of sensory impressions, succumbs to the flood of objects.

death

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From this reading Thus lovers are forgotten, sorrows laid aside, death hidden from view.

delights

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From this reading Next to love, it is the one thing which solaces and delights.

dramatic

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From this reading There is a world of accumulated feeling back of the trite dramatic expression—“I am going away.”

expression

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From this reading There is a world of accumulated feeling back of the trite dramatic expression—“I am going away.”

familiar

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From this reading To the untravelled, territory other than their own familiar heath is invariably fascinating.

fascinating

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From this reading To the untravelled, territory other than their own familiar heath is invariably fascinating.

feelingnounUS /ˈfeeling/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading There is a world of accumulated feeling back of the trite dramatic expression—“I am going away.”

flood

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From this reading Things new are too important to be neglected, and mind, which is a mere reflection of sensory impressions, succumbs to the flood of objects.

forgottenadjectiveUS /fərˈɡɑːt.n̩/

Not remembered; lapsed from memory.

From this reading Thus lovers are forgotten, sorrows laid aside, death hidden from view.

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Thus lovers are forgotten, sorrows laid aside, death hidden from view.

going

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From this reading There is a world of accumulated feeling back of the trite dramatic expression—“I am going away.”

heathnounUS /hiːθ/

open uncultivated land covered with low plants

From this reading To the untravelled, territory other than their own familiar heath is invariably fascinating.

hidden

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From this reading Thus lovers are forgotten, sorrows laid aside, death hidden from view.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading There is a world of accumulated feeling back of the trite dramatic expression—“I am going away.”

important

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From this reading Things new are too important to be neglected, and mind, which is a mere reflection of sensory impressions, succumbs to the flood of objects.

impressions

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From this reading Things new are too important to be neglected, and mind, which is a mere reflection of sensory impressions, succumbs to the flood of objects.

invariably

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From this reading To the untravelled, territory other than their own familiar heath is invariably fascinating.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

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

From this reading To the untravelled, territory other than their own familiar heath is invariably fascinating.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Next to love, it is the one thing which solaces and delights.

laid

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From this reading Thus lovers are forgotten, sorrows laid aside, death hidden from view.

love

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From this reading Next to love, it is the one thing which solaces and delights.

lovers

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From this reading Thus lovers are forgotten, sorrows laid aside, death hidden from view.

mere

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From this reading Things new are too important to be neglected, and mind, which is a mere reflection of sensory impressions, succumbs to the flood of objects.

mindnounUS /mind/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Things new are too important to be neglected, and mind, which is a mere reflection of sensory impressions, succumbs to the flood of objects.

neglected

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From this reading Things new are too important to be neglected, and mind, which is a mere reflection of sensory impressions, succumbs to the flood of objects.

new

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From this reading Things new are too important to be neglected, and mind, which is a mere reflection of sensory impressions, succumbs to the flood of objects.

NextnounUS /next/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Next to love, it is the one thing which solaces and delights.

objects

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From this reading Things new are too important to be neglected, and mind, which is a mere reflection of sensory impressions, succumbs to the flood of objects.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Things new are too important to be neglected, and mind, which is a mere reflection of sensory impressions, succumbs to the flood of objects.

onepronounUS /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading Next to love, it is the one thing which solaces and delights.

other

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From this reading To the untravelled, territory other than their own familiar heath is invariably fascinating.

own

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From this reading To the untravelled, territory other than their own familiar heath is invariably fascinating.

reflection

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From this reading Things new are too important to be neglected, and mind, which is a mere reflection of sensory impressions, succumbs to the flood of objects.

sensory

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From this reading Things new are too important to be neglected, and mind, which is a mere reflection of sensory impressions, succumbs to the flood of objects.

solaces

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From this reading Next to love, it is the one thing which solaces and delights.

sorrows

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From this reading Thus lovers are forgotten, sorrows laid aside, death hidden from view.

succumbs

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From this reading Things new are too important to be neglected, and mind, which is a mere reflection of sensory impressions, succumbs to the flood of objects.

territory

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From this reading To the untravelled, territory other than their own familiar heath is invariably fascinating.

thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading To the untravelled, territory other than their own familiar heath is invariably fascinating.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading To the untravelled, territory other than their own familiar heath is invariably fascinating.

theirdeterminerUS /ðer/

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading To the untravelled, territory other than their own familiar heath is invariably fascinating.

There

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From this reading There is a world of accumulated feeling back of the trite dramatic expression—“I am going away.”

thingnounUS /thing/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Next to love, it is the one thing which solaces and delights.

Things

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From this reading Things new are too important to be neglected, and mind, which is a mere reflection of sensory impressions, succumbs to the flood of objects.

Thus

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From this reading Thus lovers are forgotten, sorrows laid aside, death hidden from view.

ToparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading To the untravelled, territory other than their own familiar heath is invariably fascinating.

too

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From this reading Things new are too important to be neglected, and mind, which is a mere reflection of sensory impressions, succumbs to the flood of objects.

trite

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From this reading There is a world of accumulated feeling back of the trite dramatic expression—“I am going away.”

untravelled

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From this reading To the untravelled, territory other than their own familiar heath is invariably fascinating.

view

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From this reading Thus lovers are forgotten, sorrows laid aside, death hidden from view.

whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/

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

From this reading Next to love, it is the one thing which solaces and delights.

world

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From this reading There is a world of accumulated feeling back of the trite dramatic expression—“I am going away.”