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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 New York offers to such a study a well-nigh unlimited field, but I seem to recall winter days, harsh, dusky, sloshy winter afternoons, in the densely-packed East-side street-cars, as an especially intimate surrender to it.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The great fact about his companions was that, foreign as they might be, newly inducted as they might be, they were _at home_, really more at home, at the end of their few weeks or months or their year or two, than they had ever in their lives been before; and that _he_ was at home too, quite with the same intensity: and yet that it was this very equality of condition that, from side to side, made the whole medium so strange.
absentee
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From this reading Here again, however, relief may be sought and found—and I say this at the risk of perhaps picturing the restored absentee as too constantly requiring it; for there is fascination in the study of the innumerable ways in which this sense of being at home, on the part of all the types, may show forth.
afternoons
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From this reading New York offers to such a study a well-nigh unlimited field, but I seem to recall winter days, harsh, dusky, sloshy winter afternoons, in the densely-packed East-side street-cars, as an especially intimate surrender to it.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here again, however, relief may be sought and found—and I say this at the risk of perhaps picturing the restored absentee as too constantly requiring it; for there is fascination in the study of the innumerable ways in which this sense of being at home, on the part of all the types, may show forth.
alienism
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From this reading If I speak, moreover, of this general first grossness of alienism as presented in “types,” I use that word for easy convenience and not in respect to its indicating marked variety.
all
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From this reading Here again, however, relief may be sought and found—and I say this at the risk of perhaps picturing the restored absentee as too constantly requiring it; for there is fascination in the study of the innumerable ways in which this sense of being at home, on the part of all the types, may show forth.
American
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From this reading It took its place thus, I think, under the general American law of _all_ relief from the great equalizing pressure: it took on that last disinterestedness which consists of one’s getting away from one’s subject by plunging into it, for sweet truth’s sake, still deeper.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading New York offers to such a study a well-nigh unlimited field, but I seem to recall winter days, harsh, dusky, sloshy winter afternoons, in the densely-packed East-side street-cars, as an especially intimate surrender to it.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The great fact about his companions was that, foreign as they might be, newly inducted as they might be, they were _at home_, really more at home, at the end of their few weeks or months or their year or two, than they had ever in their lives been before; and that _he_ was at home too, quite with the same intensity: and yet that it was this very equality of condition that, from side to side, made the whole medium so strange.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The great fact about his companions was that, foreign as they might be, newly inducted as they might be, they were _at home_, really more at home, at the end of their few weeks or months or their year or two, than they had ever in their lives been before; and that _he_ was at home too, quite with the same intensity: and yet that it was this very equality of condition that, from side to side, made the whole medium so strange.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The great fact about his companions was that, foreign as they might be, newly inducted as they might be, they were _at home_, really more at home, at the end of their few weeks or months or their year or two, than they had ever in their lives been before; and that _he_ was at home too, quite with the same intensity: and yet that it was this very equality of condition that, from side to side, made the whole medium so strange.
away
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From this reading It took its place thus, I think, under the general American law of _all_ relief from the great equalizing pressure: it took on that last disinterestedness which consists of one’s getting away from one’s subject by plunging into it, for sweet truth’s sake, still deeper.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The great fact about his companions was that, foreign as they might be, newly inducted as they might be, they were _at home_, really more at home, at the end of their few weeks or months or their year or two, than they had ever in their lives been before; and that _he_ was at home too, quite with the same intensity: and yet that it was this very equality of condition that, from side to side, made the whole medium so strange.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The great fact about his companions was that, foreign as they might be, newly inducted as they might be, they were _at home_, really more at home, at the end of their few weeks or months or their year or two, than they had ever in their lives been before; and that _he_ was at home too, quite with the same intensity: and yet that it was this very equality of condition that, from side to side, made the whole medium so strange.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading The great fact about his companions was that, foreign as they might be, newly inducted as they might be, they were _at home_, really more at home, at the end of their few weeks or months or their year or two, than they had ever in their lives been before; and that _he_ was at home too, quite with the same intensity: and yet that it was this very equality of condition that, from side to side, made the whole medium so strange.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Here again, however, relief may be sought and found—and I say this at the risk of perhaps picturing the restored absentee as too constantly requiring it; for there is fascination in the study of the innumerable ways in which this sense of being at home, on the part of all the types, may show forth.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading New York offers to such a study a well-nigh unlimited field, but I seem to recall winter days, harsh, dusky, sloshy winter afternoons, in the densely-packed East-side street-cars, as an especially intimate surrender to it.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading It took its place thus, I think, under the general American law of _all_ relief from the great equalizing pressure: it took on that last disinterestedness which consists of one’s getting away from one’s subject by plunging into it, for sweet truth’s sake, still deeper.
companions
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From this reading The great fact about his companions was that, foreign as they might be, newly inducted as they might be, they were _at home_, really more at home, at the end of their few weeks or months or their year or two, than they had ever in their lives been before; and that _he_ was at home too, quite with the same intensity: and yet that it was this very equality of condition that, from side to side, made the whole medium so strange.
condition
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From this reading The great fact about his companions was that, foreign as they might be, newly inducted as they might be, they were _at home_, really more at home, at the end of their few weeks or months or their year or two, than they had ever in their lives been before; and that _he_ was at home too, quite with the same intensity: and yet that it was this very equality of condition that, from side to side, made the whole medium so strange.
consists
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From this reading It took its place thus, I think, under the general American law of _all_ relief from the great equalizing pressure: it took on that last disinterestedness which consists of one’s getting away from one’s subject by plunging into it, for sweet truth’s sake, still deeper.
constantly
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From this reading Here again, however, relief may be sought and found—and I say this at the risk of perhaps picturing the restored absentee as too constantly requiring it; for there is fascination in the study of the innumerable ways in which this sense of being at home, on the part of all the types, may show forth.
convenience
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From this reading If I speak, moreover, of this general first grossness of alienism as presented in “types,” I use that word for easy convenience and not in respect to its indicating marked variety.
days
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From this reading New York offers to such a study a well-nigh unlimited field, but I seem to recall winter days, harsh, dusky, sloshy winter afternoons, in the densely-packed East-side street-cars, as an especially intimate surrender to it.
deeper
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From this reading It took its place thus, I think, under the general American law of _all_ relief from the great equalizing pressure: it took on that last disinterestedness which consists of one’s getting away from one’s subject by plunging into it, for sweet truth’s sake, still deeper.
densely-packed
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From this reading New York offers to such a study a well-nigh unlimited field, but I seem to recall winter days, harsh, dusky, sloshy winter afternoons, in the densely-packed East-side street-cars, as an especially intimate surrender to it.
disinterestedness
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From this reading It took its place thus, I think, under the general American law of _all_ relief from the great equalizing pressure: it took on that last disinterestedness which consists of one’s getting away from one’s subject by plunging into it, for sweet truth’s sake, still deeper.
dusky
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From this reading New York offers to such a study a well-nigh unlimited field, but I seem to recall winter days, harsh, dusky, sloshy winter afternoons, in the densely-packed East-side street-cars, as an especially intimate surrender to it.
East-side
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From this reading New York offers to such a study a well-nigh unlimited field, but I seem to recall winter days, harsh, dusky, sloshy winter afternoons, in the densely-packed East-side street-cars, as an especially intimate surrender to it.
easy
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From this reading If I speak, moreover, of this general first grossness of alienism as presented in “types,” I use that word for easy convenience and not in respect to its indicating marked variety.
end
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From this reading The great fact about his companions was that, foreign as they might be, newly inducted as they might be, they were _at home_, really more at home, at the end of their few weeks or months or their year or two, than they had ever in their lives been before; and that _he_ was at home too, quite with the same intensity: and yet that it was this very equality of condition that, from side to side, made the whole medium so strange.
equality
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From this reading The great fact about his companions was that, foreign as they might be, newly inducted as they might be, they were _at home_, really more at home, at the end of their few weeks or months or their year or two, than they had ever in their lives been before; and that _he_ was at home too, quite with the same intensity: and yet that it was this very equality of condition that, from side to side, made the whole medium so strange.
equalizing
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From this reading It took its place thus, I think, under the general American law of _all_ relief from the great equalizing pressure: it took on that last disinterestedness which consists of one’s getting away from one’s subject by plunging into it, for sweet truth’s sake, still deeper.
especially
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From this reading New York offers to such a study a well-nigh unlimited field, but I seem to recall winter days, harsh, dusky, sloshy winter afternoons, in the densely-packed East-side street-cars, as an especially intimate surrender to it.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The great fact about his companions was that, foreign as they might be, newly inducted as they might be, they were _at home_, really more at home, at the end of their few weeks or months or their year or two, than they had ever in their lives been before; and that _he_ was at home too, quite with the same intensity: and yet that it was this very equality of condition that, from side to side, made the whole medium so strange.
fact
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From this reading The great fact about his companions was that, foreign as they might be, newly inducted as they might be, they were _at home_, really more at home, at the end of their few weeks or months or their year or two, than they had ever in their lives been before; and that _he_ was at home too, quite with the same intensity: and yet that it was this very equality of condition that, from side to side, made the whole medium so strange.
fascination
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From this reading Here again, however, relief may be sought and found—and I say this at the risk of perhaps picturing the restored absentee as too constantly requiring it; for there is fascination in the study of the innumerable ways in which this sense of being at home, on the part of all the types, may show forth.
few
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From this reading The great fact about his companions was that, foreign as they might be, newly inducted as they might be, they were _at home_, really more at home, at the end of their few weeks or months or their year or two, than they had ever in their lives been before; and that _he_ was at home too, quite with the same intensity: and yet that it was this very equality of condition that, from side to side, made the whole medium so strange.
field
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From this reading New York offers to such a study a well-nigh unlimited field, but I seem to recall winter days, harsh, dusky, sloshy winter afternoons, in the densely-packed East-side street-cars, as an especially intimate surrender to it.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading If I speak, moreover, of this general first grossness of alienism as presented in “types,” I use that word for easy convenience and not in respect to its indicating marked variety.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Here again, however, relief may be sought and found—and I say this at the risk of perhaps picturing the restored absentee as too constantly requiring it; for there is fascination in the study of the innumerable ways in which this sense of being at home, on the part of all the types, may show forth.
foreign
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From this reading The great fact about his companions was that, foreign as they might be, newly inducted as they might be, they were _at home_, really more at home, at the end of their few weeks or months or their year or two, than they had ever in their lives been before; and that _he_ was at home too, quite with the same intensity: and yet that it was this very equality of condition that, from side to side, made the whole medium so strange.
forth
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From this reading Here again, however, relief may be sought and found—and I say this at the risk of perhaps picturing the restored absentee as too constantly requiring it; for there is fascination in the study of the innumerable ways in which this sense of being at home, on the part of all the types, may show forth.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here again, however, relief may be sought and found—and I say this at the risk of perhaps picturing the restored absentee as too constantly requiring it; for there is fascination in the study of the innumerable ways in which this sense of being at home, on the part of all the types, may show forth.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The great fact about his companions was that, foreign as they might be, newly inducted as they might be, they were _at home_, really more at home, at the end of their few weeks or months or their year or two, than they had ever in their lives been before; and that _he_ was at home too, quite with the same intensity: and yet that it was this very equality of condition that, from side to side, made the whole medium so strange.
general
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From this reading It took its place thus, I think, under the general American law of _all_ relief from the great equalizing pressure: it took on that last disinterestedness which consists of one’s getting away from one’s subject by plunging into it, for sweet truth’s sake, still deeper.
getting
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From this reading It took its place thus, I think, under the general American law of _all_ relief from the great equalizing pressure: it took on that last disinterestedness which consists of one’s getting away from one’s subject by plunging into it, for sweet truth’s sake, still deeper.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The great fact about his companions was that, foreign as they might be, newly inducted as they might be, they were _at home_, really more at home, at the end of their few weeks or months or their year or two, than they had ever in their lives been before; and that _he_ was at home too, quite with the same intensity: and yet that it was this very equality of condition that, from side to side, made the whole medium so strange.
grossness
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From this reading If I speak, moreover, of this general first grossness of alienism as presented in “types,” I use that word for easy convenience and not in respect to its indicating marked variety.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The great fact about his companions was that, foreign as they might be, newly inducted as they might be, they were _at home_, really more at home, at the end of their few weeks or months or their year or two, than they had ever in their lives been before; and that _he_ was at home too, quite with the same intensity: and yet that it was this very equality of condition that, from side to side, made the whole medium so strange.
harsh
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From this reading New York offers to such a study a well-nigh unlimited field, but I seem to recall winter days, harsh, dusky, sloshy winter afternoons, in the densely-packed East-side street-cars, as an especially intimate surrender to it.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The great fact about his companions was that, foreign as they might be, newly inducted as they might be, they were _at home_, really more at home, at the end of their few weeks or months or their year or two, than they had ever in their lives been before; and that _he_ was at home too, quite with the same intensity: and yet that it was this very equality of condition that, from side to side, made the whole medium so strange.
HerenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here again, however, relief may be sought and found—and I say this at the risk of perhaps picturing the restored absentee as too constantly requiring it; for there is fascination in the study of the innumerable ways in which this sense of being at home, on the part of all the types, may show forth.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The great fact about his companions was that, foreign as they might be, newly inducted as they might be, they were _at home_, really more at home, at the end of their few weeks or months or their year or two, than they had ever in their lives been before; and that _he_ was at home too, quite with the same intensity: and yet that it was this very equality of condition that, from side to side, made the whole medium so strange.
home
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From this reading The great fact about his companions was that, foreign as they might be, newly inducted as they might be, they were _at home_, really more at home, at the end of their few weeks or months or their year or two, than they had ever in their lives been before; and that _he_ was at home too, quite with the same intensity: and yet that it was this very equality of condition that, from side to side, made the whole medium so strange.
howeveradverbUS /ˌhaʊˈevər/
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading Here again, however, relief may be sought and found—and I say this at the risk of perhaps picturing the restored absentee as too constantly requiring it; for there is fascination in the study of the innumerable ways in which this sense of being at home, on the part of all the types, may show forth.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Here again, however, relief may be sought and found—and I say this at the risk of perhaps picturing the restored absentee as too constantly requiring it; for there is fascination in the study of the innumerable ways in which this sense of being at home, on the part of all the types, may show forth.
IfconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If I speak, moreover, of this general first grossness of alienism as presented in “types,” I use that word for easy convenience and not in respect to its indicating marked variety.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The great fact about his companions was that, foreign as they might be, newly inducted as they might be, they were _at home_, really more at home, at the end of their few weeks or months or their year or two, than they had ever in their lives been before; and that _he_ was at home too, quite with the same intensity: and yet that it was this very equality of condition that, from side to side, made the whole medium so strange.
indicating
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From this reading If I speak, moreover, of this general first grossness of alienism as presented in “types,” I use that word for easy convenience and not in respect to its indicating marked variety.
inducted
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From this reading The great fact about his companions was that, foreign as they might be, newly inducted as they might be, they were _at home_, really more at home, at the end of their few weeks or months or their year or two, than they had ever in their lives been before; and that _he_ was at home too, quite with the same intensity: and yet that it was this very equality of condition that, from side to side, made the whole medium so strange.
innumerable
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From this reading Here again, however, relief may be sought and found—and I say this at the risk of perhaps picturing the restored absentee as too constantly requiring it; for there is fascination in the study of the innumerable ways in which this sense of being at home, on the part of all the types, may show forth.
intensity
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From this reading The great fact about his companions was that, foreign as they might be, newly inducted as they might be, they were _at home_, really more at home, at the end of their few weeks or months or their year or two, than they had ever in their lives been before; and that _he_ was at home too, quite with the same intensity: and yet that it was this very equality of condition that, from side to side, made the whole medium so strange.
intimate
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From this reading New York offers to such a study a well-nigh unlimited field, but I seem to recall winter days, harsh, dusky, sloshy winter afternoons, in the densely-packed East-side street-cars, as an especially intimate surrender to it.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading It took its place thus, I think, under the general American law of _all_ relief from the great equalizing pressure: it took on that last disinterestedness which consists of one’s getting away from one’s subject by plunging into it, for sweet truth’s sake, still deeper.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Here again, however, relief may be sought and found—and I say this at the risk of perhaps picturing the restored absentee as too constantly requiring it; for there is fascination in the study of the innumerable ways in which this sense of being at home, on the part of all the types, may show forth.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The great fact about his companions was that, foreign as they might be, newly inducted as they might be, they were _at home_, really more at home, at the end of their few weeks or months or their year or two, than they had ever in their lives been before; and that _he_ was at home too, quite with the same intensity: and yet that it was this very equality of condition that, from side to side, made the whole medium so strange.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading It took its place thus, I think, under the general American law of _all_ relief from the great equalizing pressure: it took on that last disinterestedness which consists of one’s getting away from one’s subject by plunging into it, for sweet truth’s sake, still deeper.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It took its place thus, I think, under the general American law of _all_ relief from the great equalizing pressure: it took on that last disinterestedness which consists of one’s getting away from one’s subject by plunging into it, for sweet truth’s sake, still deeper.
law
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From this reading It took its place thus, I think, under the general American law of _all_ relief from the great equalizing pressure: it took on that last disinterestedness which consists of one’s getting away from one’s subject by plunging into it, for sweet truth’s sake, still deeper.
lives
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From this reading The great fact about his companions was that, foreign as they might be, newly inducted as they might be, they were _at home_, really more at home, at the end of their few weeks or months or their year or two, than they had ever in their lives been before; and that _he_ was at home too, quite with the same intensity: and yet that it was this very equality of condition that, from side to side, made the whole medium so strange.
made
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From this reading The great fact about his companions was that, foreign as they might be, newly inducted as they might be, they were _at home_, really more at home, at the end of their few weeks or months or their year or two, than they had ever in their lives been before; and that _he_ was at home too, quite with the same intensity: and yet that it was this very equality of condition that, from side to side, made the whole medium so strange.
marked
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From this reading If I speak, moreover, of this general first grossness of alienism as presented in “types,” I use that word for easy convenience and not in respect to its indicating marked variety.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading Here again, however, relief may be sought and found—and I say this at the risk of perhaps picturing the restored absentee as too constantly requiring it; for there is fascination in the study of the innumerable ways in which this sense of being at home, on the part of all the types, may show forth.
medium
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From this reading The great fact about his companions was that, foreign as they might be, newly inducted as they might be, they were _at home_, really more at home, at the end of their few weeks or months or their year or two, than they had ever in their lives been before; and that _he_ was at home too, quite with the same intensity: and yet that it was this very equality of condition that, from side to side, made the whole medium so strange.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading The great fact about his companions was that, foreign as they might be, newly inducted as they might be, they were _at home_, really more at home, at the end of their few weeks or months or their year or two, than they had ever in their lives been before; and that _he_ was at home too, quite with the same intensity: and yet that it was this very equality of condition that, from side to side, made the whole medium so strange.
months
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From this reading The great fact about his companions was that, foreign as they might be, newly inducted as they might be, they were _at home_, really more at home, at the end of their few weeks or months or their year or two, than they had ever in their lives been before; and that _he_ was at home too, quite with the same intensity: and yet that it was this very equality of condition that, from side to side, made the whole medium so strange.
more
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From this reading The great fact about his companions was that, foreign as they might be, newly inducted as they might be, they were _at home_, really more at home, at the end of their few weeks or months or their year or two, than they had ever in their lives been before; and that _he_ was at home too, quite with the same intensity: and yet that it was this very equality of condition that, from side to side, made the whole medium so strange.
moreoveradverbUS /mɔːˈroʊvər/
in addition to what has just been said
From this reading If I speak, moreover, of this general first grossness of alienism as presented in “types,” I use that word for easy convenience and not in respect to its indicating marked variety.
New
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From this reading New York offers to such a study a well-nigh unlimited field, but I seem to recall winter days, harsh, dusky, sloshy winter afternoons, in the densely-packed East-side street-cars, as an especially intimate surrender to it.
newly
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From this reading The great fact about his companions was that, foreign as they might be, newly inducted as they might be, they were _at home_, really more at home, at the end of their few weeks or months or their year or two, than they had ever in their lives been before; and that _he_ was at home too, quite with the same intensity: and yet that it was this very equality of condition that, from side to side, made the whole medium so strange.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading If I speak, moreover, of this general first grossness of alienism as presented in “types,” I use that word for easy convenience and not in respect to its indicating marked variety.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The great fact about his companions was that, foreign as they might be, newly inducted as they might be, they were _at home_, really more at home, at the end of their few weeks or months or their year or two, than they had ever in their lives been before; and that _he_ was at home too, quite with the same intensity: and yet that it was this very equality of condition that, from side to side, made the whole medium so strange.
offers
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From this reading New York offers to such a study a well-nigh unlimited field, but I seem to recall winter days, harsh, dusky, sloshy winter afternoons, in the densely-packed East-side street-cars, as an especially intimate surrender to it.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Here again, however, relief may be sought and found—and I say this at the risk of perhaps picturing the restored absentee as too constantly requiring it; for there is fascination in the study of the innumerable ways in which this sense of being at home, on the part of all the types, may show forth.
one's
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From this reading It took its place thus, I think, under the general American law of _all_ relief from the great equalizing pressure: it took on that last disinterestedness which consists of one’s getting away from one’s subject by plunging into it, for sweet truth’s sake, still deeper.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The great fact about his companions was that, foreign as they might be, newly inducted as they might be, they were _at home_, really more at home, at the end of their few weeks or months or their year or two, than they had ever in their lives been before; and that _he_ was at home too, quite with the same intensity: and yet that it was this very equality of condition that, from side to side, made the whole medium so strange.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here again, however, relief may be sought and found—and I say this at the risk of perhaps picturing the restored absentee as too constantly requiring it; for there is fascination in the study of the innumerable ways in which this sense of being at home, on the part of all the types, may show forth.
perhaps
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From this reading Here again, however, relief may be sought and found—and I say this at the risk of perhaps picturing the restored absentee as too constantly requiring it; for there is fascination in the study of the innumerable ways in which this sense of being at home, on the part of all the types, may show forth.
picturing
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From this reading Here again, however, relief may be sought and found—and I say this at the risk of perhaps picturing the restored absentee as too constantly requiring it; for there is fascination in the study of the innumerable ways in which this sense of being at home, on the part of all the types, may show forth.
place
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From this reading It took its place thus, I think, under the general American law of _all_ relief from the great equalizing pressure: it took on that last disinterestedness which consists of one’s getting away from one’s subject by plunging into it, for sweet truth’s sake, still deeper.
plunging
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From this reading It took its place thus, I think, under the general American law of _all_ relief from the great equalizing pressure: it took on that last disinterestedness which consists of one’s getting away from one’s subject by plunging into it, for sweet truth’s sake, still deeper.
presented
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From this reading If I speak, moreover, of this general first grossness of alienism as presented in “types,” I use that word for easy convenience and not in respect to its indicating marked variety.
pressure
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From this reading It took its place thus, I think, under the general American law of _all_ relief from the great equalizing pressure: it took on that last disinterestedness which consists of one’s getting away from one’s subject by plunging into it, for sweet truth’s sake, still deeper.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The great fact about his companions was that, foreign as they might be, newly inducted as they might be, they were _at home_, really more at home, at the end of their few weeks or months or their year or two, than they had ever in their lives been before; and that _he_ was at home too, quite with the same intensity: and yet that it was this very equality of condition that, from side to side, made the whole medium so strange.
really
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From this reading The great fact about his companions was that, foreign as they might be, newly inducted as they might be, they were _at home_, really more at home, at the end of their few weeks or months or their year or two, than they had ever in their lives been before; and that _he_ was at home too, quite with the same intensity: and yet that it was this very equality of condition that, from side to side, made the whole medium so strange.
recall
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From this reading New York offers to such a study a well-nigh unlimited field, but I seem to recall winter days, harsh, dusky, sloshy winter afternoons, in the densely-packed East-side street-cars, as an especially intimate surrender to it.
reliefnounUS /rɪˈliːf/
a feeling of comfort after worry or pain
From this reading Here again, however, relief may be sought and found—and I say this at the risk of perhaps picturing the restored absentee as too constantly requiring it; for there is fascination in the study of the innumerable ways in which this sense of being at home, on the part of all the types, may show forth.
requiring
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From this reading Here again, however, relief may be sought and found—and I say this at the risk of perhaps picturing the restored absentee as too constantly requiring it; for there is fascination in the study of the innumerable ways in which this sense of being at home, on the part of all the types, may show forth.
respect
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From this reading If I speak, moreover, of this general first grossness of alienism as presented in “types,” I use that word for easy convenience and not in respect to its indicating marked variety.
restored
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From this reading Here again, however, relief may be sought and found—and I say this at the risk of perhaps picturing the restored absentee as too constantly requiring it; for there is fascination in the study of the innumerable ways in which this sense of being at home, on the part of all the types, may show forth.
risk
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From this reading Here again, however, relief may be sought and found—and I say this at the risk of perhaps picturing the restored absentee as too constantly requiring it; for there is fascination in the study of the innumerable ways in which this sense of being at home, on the part of all the types, may show forth.
sake
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From this reading It took its place thus, I think, under the general American law of _all_ relief from the great equalizing pressure: it took on that last disinterestedness which consists of one’s getting away from one’s subject by plunging into it, for sweet truth’s sake, still deeper.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The great fact about his companions was that, foreign as they might be, newly inducted as they might be, they were _at home_, really more at home, at the end of their few weeks or months or their year or two, than they had ever in their lives been before; and that _he_ was at home too, quite with the same intensity: and yet that it was this very equality of condition that, from side to side, made the whole medium so strange.
say
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From this reading Here again, however, relief may be sought and found—and I say this at the risk of perhaps picturing the restored absentee as too constantly requiring it; for there is fascination in the study of the innumerable ways in which this sense of being at home, on the part of all the types, may show forth.
seem
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From this reading New York offers to such a study a well-nigh unlimited field, but I seem to recall winter days, harsh, dusky, sloshy winter afternoons, in the densely-packed East-side street-cars, as an especially intimate surrender to it.
sense
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From this reading Here again, however, relief may be sought and found—and I say this at the risk of perhaps picturing the restored absentee as too constantly requiring it; for there is fascination in the study of the innumerable ways in which this sense of being at home, on the part of all the types, may show forth.
show
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From this reading Here again, however, relief may be sought and found—and I say this at the risk of perhaps picturing the restored absentee as too constantly requiring it; for there is fascination in the study of the innumerable ways in which this sense of being at home, on the part of all the types, may show forth.
side
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From this reading The great fact about his companions was that, foreign as they might be, newly inducted as they might be, they were _at home_, really more at home, at the end of their few weeks or months or their year or two, than they had ever in their lives been before; and that _he_ was at home too, quite with the same intensity: and yet that it was this very equality of condition that, from side to side, made the whole medium so strange.
sloshy
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From this reading New York offers to such a study a well-nigh unlimited field, but I seem to recall winter days, harsh, dusky, sloshy winter afternoons, in the densely-packed East-side street-cars, as an especially intimate surrender to it.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The great fact about his companions was that, foreign as they might be, newly inducted as they might be, they were _at home_, really more at home, at the end of their few weeks or months or their year or two, than they had ever in their lives been before; and that _he_ was at home too, quite with the same intensity: and yet that it was this very equality of condition that, from side to side, made the whole medium so strange.
sought
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From this reading Here again, however, relief may be sought and found—and I say this at the risk of perhaps picturing the restored absentee as too constantly requiring it; for there is fascination in the study of the innumerable ways in which this sense of being at home, on the part of all the types, may show forth.
speak
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From this reading If I speak, moreover, of this general first grossness of alienism as presented in “types,” I use that word for easy convenience and not in respect to its indicating marked variety.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It took its place thus, I think, under the general American law of _all_ relief from the great equalizing pressure: it took on that last disinterestedness which consists of one’s getting away from one’s subject by plunging into it, for sweet truth’s sake, still deeper.
strange
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From this reading The great fact about his companions was that, foreign as they might be, newly inducted as they might be, they were _at home_, really more at home, at the end of their few weeks or months or their year or two, than they had ever in their lives been before; and that _he_ was at home too, quite with the same intensity: and yet that it was this very equality of condition that, from side to side, made the whole medium so strange.
street-cars
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From this reading New York offers to such a study a well-nigh unlimited field, but I seem to recall winter days, harsh, dusky, sloshy winter afternoons, in the densely-packed East-side street-cars, as an especially intimate surrender to it.
study
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From this reading Here again, however, relief may be sought and found—and I say this at the risk of perhaps picturing the restored absentee as too constantly requiring it; for there is fascination in the study of the innumerable ways in which this sense of being at home, on the part of all the types, may show forth.
subject
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From this reading It took its place thus, I think, under the general American law of _all_ relief from the great equalizing pressure: it took on that last disinterestedness which consists of one’s getting away from one’s subject by plunging into it, for sweet truth’s sake, still deeper.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading New York offers to such a study a well-nigh unlimited field, but I seem to recall winter days, harsh, dusky, sloshy winter afternoons, in the densely-packed East-side street-cars, as an especially intimate surrender to it.
surrender
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From this reading New York offers to such a study a well-nigh unlimited field, but I seem to recall winter days, harsh, dusky, sloshy winter afternoons, in the densely-packed East-side street-cars, as an especially intimate surrender to it.
sweet
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From this reading It took its place thus, I think, under the general American law of _all_ relief from the great equalizing pressure: it took on that last disinterestedness which consists of one’s getting away from one’s subject by plunging into it, for sweet truth’s sake, still deeper.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading The great fact about his companions was that, foreign as they might be, newly inducted as they might be, they were _at home_, really more at home, at the end of their few weeks or months or their year or two, than they had ever in their lives been before; and that _he_ was at home too, quite with the same intensity: and yet that it was this very equality of condition that, from side to side, made the whole medium so strange.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The great fact about his companions was that, foreign as they might be, newly inducted as they might be, they were _at home_, really more at home, at the end of their few weeks or months or their year or two, than they had ever in their lives been before; and that _he_ was at home too, quite with the same intensity: and yet that it was this very equality of condition that, from side to side, made the whole medium so strange.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The great fact about his companions was that, foreign as they might be, newly inducted as they might be, they were _at home_, really more at home, at the end of their few weeks or months or their year or two, than they had ever in their lives been before; and that _he_ was at home too, quite with the same intensity: and yet that it was this very equality of condition that, from side to side, made the whole medium so strange.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The great fact about his companions was that, foreign as they might be, newly inducted as they might be, they were _at home_, really more at home, at the end of their few weeks or months or their year or two, than they had ever in their lives been before; and that _he_ was at home too, quite with the same intensity: and yet that it was this very equality of condition that, from side to side, made the whole medium so strange.
there
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From this reading Here again, however, relief may be sought and found—and I say this at the risk of perhaps picturing the restored absentee as too constantly requiring it; for there is fascination in the study of the innumerable ways in which this sense of being at home, on the part of all the types, may show forth.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The great fact about his companions was that, foreign as they might be, newly inducted as they might be, they were _at home_, really more at home, at the end of their few weeks or months or their year or two, than they had ever in their lives been before; and that _he_ was at home too, quite with the same intensity: and yet that it was this very equality of condition that, from side to side, made the whole medium so strange.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It took its place thus, I think, under the general American law of _all_ relief from the great equalizing pressure: it took on that last disinterestedness which consists of one’s getting away from one’s subject by plunging into it, for sweet truth’s sake, still deeper.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The great fact about his companions was that, foreign as they might be, newly inducted as they might be, they were _at home_, really more at home, at the end of their few weeks or months or their year or two, than they had ever in their lives been before; and that _he_ was at home too, quite with the same intensity: and yet that it was this very equality of condition that, from side to side, made the whole medium so strange.
thus
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From this reading It took its place thus, I think, under the general American law of _all_ relief from the great equalizing pressure: it took on that last disinterestedness which consists of one’s getting away from one’s subject by plunging into it, for sweet truth’s sake, still deeper.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The great fact about his companions was that, foreign as they might be, newly inducted as they might be, they were _at home_, really more at home, at the end of their few weeks or months or their year or two, than they had ever in their lives been before; and that _he_ was at home too, quite with the same intensity: and yet that it was this very equality of condition that, from side to side, made the whole medium so strange.
too
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From this reading The great fact about his companions was that, foreign as they might be, newly inducted as they might be, they were _at home_, really more at home, at the end of their few weeks or months or their year or two, than they had ever in their lives been before; and that _he_ was at home too, quite with the same intensity: and yet that it was this very equality of condition that, from side to side, made the whole medium so strange.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It took its place thus, I think, under the general American law of _all_ relief from the great equalizing pressure: it took on that last disinterestedness which consists of one’s getting away from one’s subject by plunging into it, for sweet truth’s sake, still deeper.
truth's
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From this reading It took its place thus, I think, under the general American law of _all_ relief from the great equalizing pressure: it took on that last disinterestedness which consists of one’s getting away from one’s subject by plunging into it, for sweet truth’s sake, still deeper.
two
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From this reading The great fact about his companions was that, foreign as they might be, newly inducted as they might be, they were _at home_, really more at home, at the end of their few weeks or months or their year or two, than they had ever in their lives been before; and that _he_ was at home too, quite with the same intensity: and yet that it was this very equality of condition that, from side to side, made the whole medium so strange.
types
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From this reading Here again, however, relief may be sought and found—and I say this at the risk of perhaps picturing the restored absentee as too constantly requiring it; for there is fascination in the study of the innumerable ways in which this sense of being at home, on the part of all the types, may show forth.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading It took its place thus, I think, under the general American law of _all_ relief from the great equalizing pressure: it took on that last disinterestedness which consists of one’s getting away from one’s subject by plunging into it, for sweet truth’s sake, still deeper.
unlimited
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From this reading New York offers to such a study a well-nigh unlimited field, but I seem to recall winter days, harsh, dusky, sloshy winter afternoons, in the densely-packed East-side street-cars, as an especially intimate surrender to it.
use
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From this reading If I speak, moreover, of this general first grossness of alienism as presented in “types,” I use that word for easy convenience and not in respect to its indicating marked variety.
variety
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From this reading If I speak, moreover, of this general first grossness of alienism as presented in “types,” I use that word for easy convenience and not in respect to its indicating marked variety.
very
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From this reading The great fact about his companions was that, foreign as they might be, newly inducted as they might be, they were _at home_, really more at home, at the end of their few weeks or months or their year or two, than they had ever in their lives been before; and that _he_ was at home too, quite with the same intensity: and yet that it was this very equality of condition that, from side to side, made the whole medium so strange.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The great fact about his companions was that, foreign as they might be, newly inducted as they might be, they were _at home_, really more at home, at the end of their few weeks or months or their year or two, than they had ever in their lives been before; and that _he_ was at home too, quite with the same intensity: and yet that it was this very equality of condition that, from side to side, made the whole medium so strange.
ways
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From this reading Here again, however, relief may be sought and found—and I say this at the risk of perhaps picturing the restored absentee as too constantly requiring it; for there is fascination in the study of the innumerable ways in which this sense of being at home, on the part of all the types, may show forth.
weeks
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From this reading The great fact about his companions was that, foreign as they might be, newly inducted as they might be, they were _at home_, really more at home, at the end of their few weeks or months or their year or two, than they had ever in their lives been before; and that _he_ was at home too, quite with the same intensity: and yet that it was this very equality of condition that, from side to side, made the whole medium so strange.
well-nigh
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From this reading New York offers to such a study a well-nigh unlimited field, but I seem to recall winter days, harsh, dusky, sloshy winter afternoons, in the densely-packed East-side street-cars, as an especially intimate surrender to it.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The great fact about his companions was that, foreign as they might be, newly inducted as they might be, they were _at home_, really more at home, at the end of their few weeks or months or their year or two, than they had ever in their lives been before; and that _he_ was at home too, quite with the same intensity: and yet that it was this very equality of condition that, from side to side, made the whole medium so strange.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Here again, however, relief may be sought and found—and I say this at the risk of perhaps picturing the restored absentee as too constantly requiring it; for there is fascination in the study of the innumerable ways in which this sense of being at home, on the part of all the types, may show forth.
whole
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From this reading The great fact about his companions was that, foreign as they might be, newly inducted as they might be, they were _at home_, really more at home, at the end of their few weeks or months or their year or two, than they had ever in their lives been before; and that _he_ was at home too, quite with the same intensity: and yet that it was this very equality of condition that, from side to side, made the whole medium so strange.
winter
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From this reading New York offers to such a study a well-nigh unlimited field, but I seem to recall winter days, harsh, dusky, sloshy winter afternoons, in the densely-packed East-side street-cars, as an especially intimate surrender to it.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The great fact about his companions was that, foreign as they might be, newly inducted as they might be, they were _at home_, really more at home, at the end of their few weeks or months or their year or two, than they had ever in their lives been before; and that _he_ was at home too, quite with the same intensity: and yet that it was this very equality of condition that, from side to side, made the whole medium so strange.
word
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From this reading If I speak, moreover, of this general first grossness of alienism as presented in “types,” I use that word for easy convenience and not in respect to its indicating marked variety.
year
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From this reading The great fact about his companions was that, foreign as they might be, newly inducted as they might be, they were _at home_, really more at home, at the end of their few weeks or months or their year or two, than they had ever in their lives been before; and that _he_ was at home too, quite with the same intensity: and yet that it was this very equality of condition that, from side to side, made the whole medium so strange.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading The great fact about his companions was that, foreign as they might be, newly inducted as they might be, they were _at home_, really more at home, at the end of their few weeks or months or their year or two, than they had ever in their lives been before; and that _he_ was at home too, quite with the same intensity: and yet that it was this very equality of condition that, from side to side, made the whole medium so strange.
York
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From this reading New York offers to such a study a well-nigh unlimited field, but I seem to recall winter days, harsh, dusky, sloshy winter afternoons, in the densely-packed East-side street-cars, as an especially intimate surrender to it.
