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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 Now is a bearable burden.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Those weren't bad ideas she had about the Maintainer, though, especially the one about the Ghostgirls doing the Introverting--it would explain why there couldn't be Introversion drill, the manual stuff about blue flashes being window-dressing, and something disappearing without movement or transition is the sort of thing that might not catch the attention--and I guess they gave the others something to think about too, for there wasn't any follow-up to Erich's frantic sniping.
addednounUS /added/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading What buckles the back is the added weight of the past's mistakes and the future's fears.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading What buckles the back is the added weight of the past's mistakes and the future's fears.
Anonymous
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From this reading --Anonymous A BIG OPPORTUNITY Nobody laughed at Erich's screwball sarcasms and still I thought, "Yes, perish his hysterical little gray head, but he's half right--Lili's got the big thing now and she wants to serve it up to the rest of us on a platter, only love doesn't cook and cut that way."
any
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From this reading Those weren't bad ideas she had about the Maintainer, though, especially the one about the Ghostgirls doing the Introverting--it would explain why there couldn't be Introversion drill, the manual stuff about blue flashes being window-dressing, and something disappearing without movement or transition is the sort of thing that might not catch the attention--and I guess they gave the others something to think about too, for there wasn't any follow-up to Erich's frantic sniping.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading --Anonymous A BIG OPPORTUNITY Nobody laughed at Erich's screwball sarcasms and still I thought, "Yes, perish his hysterical little gray head, but he's half right--Lili's got the big thing now and she wants to serve it up to the rest of us on a platter, only love doesn't cook and cut that way."
attention
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From this reading Those weren't bad ideas she had about the Maintainer, though, especially the one about the Ghostgirls doing the Introverting--it would explain why there couldn't be Introversion drill, the manual stuff about blue flashes being window-dressing, and something disappearing without movement or transition is the sort of thing that might not catch the attention--and I guess they gave the others something to think about too, for there wasn't any follow-up to Erich's frantic sniping.
back
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From this reading What buckles the back is the added weight of the past's mistakes and the future's fears.
bad
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From this reading Those weren't bad ideas she had about the Maintainer, though, especially the one about the Ghostgirls doing the Introverting--it would explain why there couldn't be Introversion drill, the manual stuff about blue flashes being window-dressing, and something disappearing without movement or transition is the sort of thing that might not catch the attention--and I guess they gave the others something to think about too, for there wasn't any follow-up to Erich's frantic sniping.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Those weren't bad ideas she had about the Maintainer, though, especially the one about the Ghostgirls doing the Introverting--it would explain why there couldn't be Introversion drill, the manual stuff about blue flashes being window-dressing, and something disappearing without movement or transition is the sort of thing that might not catch the attention--and I guess they gave the others something to think about too, for there wasn't any follow-up to Erich's frantic sniping.
bearable
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From this reading Now is a bearable burden.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Those weren't bad ideas she had about the Maintainer, though, especially the one about the Ghostgirls doing the Introverting--it would explain why there couldn't be Introversion drill, the manual stuff about blue flashes being window-dressing, and something disappearing without movement or transition is the sort of thing that might not catch the attention--and I guess they gave the others something to think about too, for there wasn't any follow-up to Erich's frantic sniping.
BIG
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From this reading --Anonymous A BIG OPPORTUNITY Nobody laughed at Erich's screwball sarcasms and still I thought, "Yes, perish his hysterical little gray head, but he's half right--Lili's got the big thing now and she wants to serve it up to the rest of us on a platter, only love doesn't cook and cut that way."
blue
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From this reading Those weren't bad ideas she had about the Maintainer, though, especially the one about the Ghostgirls doing the Introverting--it would explain why there couldn't be Introversion drill, the manual stuff about blue flashes being window-dressing, and something disappearing without movement or transition is the sort of thing that might not catch the attention--and I guess they gave the others something to think about too, for there wasn't any follow-up to Erich's frantic sniping.
buckles
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From this reading What buckles the back is the added weight of the past's mistakes and the future's fears.
burden
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From this reading Now is a bearable burden.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading --Anonymous A BIG OPPORTUNITY Nobody laughed at Erich's screwball sarcasms and still I thought, "Yes, perish his hysterical little gray head, but he's half right--Lili's got the big thing now and she wants to serve it up to the rest of us on a platter, only love doesn't cook and cut that way."
catch
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From this reading Those weren't bad ideas she had about the Maintainer, though, especially the one about the Ghostgirls doing the Introverting--it would explain why there couldn't be Introversion drill, the manual stuff about blue flashes being window-dressing, and something disappearing without movement or transition is the sort of thing that might not catch the attention--and I guess they gave the others something to think about too, for there wasn't any follow-up to Erich's frantic sniping.
close
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From this reading I had to learn to close the front door to tomorrow and the back door to yesterday and settle down to here and now.
cook
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From this reading --Anonymous A BIG OPPORTUNITY Nobody laughed at Erich's screwball sarcasms and still I thought, "Yes, perish his hysterical little gray head, but he's half right--Lili's got the big thing now and she wants to serve it up to the rest of us on a platter, only love doesn't cook and cut that way."
couldn't
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From this reading Those weren't bad ideas she had about the Maintainer, though, especially the one about the Ghostgirls doing the Introverting--it would explain why there couldn't be Introversion drill, the manual stuff about blue flashes being window-dressing, and something disappearing without movement or transition is the sort of thing that might not catch the attention--and I guess they gave the others something to think about too, for there wasn't any follow-up to Erich's frantic sniping.
cut
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From this reading --Anonymous A BIG OPPORTUNITY Nobody laughed at Erich's screwball sarcasms and still I thought, "Yes, perish his hysterical little gray head, but he's half right--Lili's got the big thing now and she wants to serve it up to the rest of us on a platter, only love doesn't cook and cut that way."
disappearing
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From this reading Those weren't bad ideas she had about the Maintainer, though, especially the one about the Ghostgirls doing the Introverting--it would explain why there couldn't be Introversion drill, the manual stuff about blue flashes being window-dressing, and something disappearing without movement or transition is the sort of thing that might not catch the attention--and I guess they gave the others something to think about too, for there wasn't any follow-up to Erich's frantic sniping.
doesn't
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From this reading --Anonymous A BIG OPPORTUNITY Nobody laughed at Erich's screwball sarcasms and still I thought, "Yes, perish his hysterical little gray head, but he's half right--Lili's got the big thing now and she wants to serve it up to the rest of us on a platter, only love doesn't cook and cut that way."
doing
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From this reading Those weren't bad ideas she had about the Maintainer, though, especially the one about the Ghostgirls doing the Introverting--it would explain why there couldn't be Introversion drill, the manual stuff about blue flashes being window-dressing, and something disappearing without movement or transition is the sort of thing that might not catch the attention--and I guess they gave the others something to think about too, for there wasn't any follow-up to Erich's frantic sniping.
door
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From this reading I had to learn to close the front door to tomorrow and the back door to yesterday and settle down to here and now.
down
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From this reading I had to learn to close the front door to tomorrow and the back door to yesterday and settle down to here and now.
drill
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From this reading Those weren't bad ideas she had about the Maintainer, though, especially the one about the Ghostgirls doing the Introverting--it would explain why there couldn't be Introversion drill, the manual stuff about blue flashes being window-dressing, and something disappearing without movement or transition is the sort of thing that might not catch the attention--and I guess they gave the others something to think about too, for there wasn't any follow-up to Erich's frantic sniping.
Erich's
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From this reading --Anonymous A BIG OPPORTUNITY Nobody laughed at Erich's screwball sarcasms and still I thought, "Yes, perish his hysterical little gray head, but he's half right--Lili's got the big thing now and she wants to serve it up to the rest of us on a platter, only love doesn't cook and cut that way."
especially
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From this reading Those weren't bad ideas she had about the Maintainer, though, especially the one about the Ghostgirls doing the Introverting--it would explain why there couldn't be Introversion drill, the manual stuff about blue flashes being window-dressing, and something disappearing without movement or transition is the sort of thing that might not catch the attention--and I guess they gave the others something to think about too, for there wasn't any follow-up to Erich's frantic sniping.
explain
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From this reading Those weren't bad ideas she had about the Maintainer, though, especially the one about the Ghostgirls doing the Introverting--it would explain why there couldn't be Introversion drill, the manual stuff about blue flashes being window-dressing, and something disappearing without movement or transition is the sort of thing that might not catch the attention--and I guess they gave the others something to think about too, for there wasn't any follow-up to Erich's frantic sniping.
fears
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From this reading What buckles the back is the added weight of the past's mistakes and the future's fears.
flashes
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From this reading Those weren't bad ideas she had about the Maintainer, though, especially the one about the Ghostgirls doing the Introverting--it would explain why there couldn't be Introversion drill, the manual stuff about blue flashes being window-dressing, and something disappearing without movement or transition is the sort of thing that might not catch the attention--and I guess they gave the others something to think about too, for there wasn't any follow-up to Erich's frantic sniping.
follow-up
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From this reading Those weren't bad ideas she had about the Maintainer, though, especially the one about the Ghostgirls doing the Introverting--it would explain why there couldn't be Introversion drill, the manual stuff about blue flashes being window-dressing, and something disappearing without movement or transition is the sort of thing that might not catch the attention--and I guess they gave the others something to think about too, for there wasn't any follow-up to Erich's frantic sniping.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Those weren't bad ideas she had about the Maintainer, though, especially the one about the Ghostgirls doing the Introverting--it would explain why there couldn't be Introversion drill, the manual stuff about blue flashes being window-dressing, and something disappearing without movement or transition is the sort of thing that might not catch the attention--and I guess they gave the others something to think about too, for there wasn't any follow-up to Erich's frantic sniping.
frantic
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From this reading Those weren't bad ideas she had about the Maintainer, though, especially the one about the Ghostgirls doing the Introverting--it would explain why there couldn't be Introversion drill, the manual stuff about blue flashes being window-dressing, and something disappearing without movement or transition is the sort of thing that might not catch the attention--and I guess they gave the others something to think about too, for there wasn't any follow-up to Erich's frantic sniping.
front
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From this reading I had to learn to close the front door to tomorrow and the back door to yesterday and settle down to here and now.
future's
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From this reading What buckles the back is the added weight of the past's mistakes and the future's fears.
gave
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From this reading Those weren't bad ideas she had about the Maintainer, though, especially the one about the Ghostgirls doing the Introverting--it would explain why there couldn't be Introversion drill, the manual stuff about blue flashes being window-dressing, and something disappearing without movement or transition is the sort of thing that might not catch the attention--and I guess they gave the others something to think about too, for there wasn't any follow-up to Erich's frantic sniping.
Ghostgirls
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From this reading Those weren't bad ideas she had about the Maintainer, though, especially the one about the Ghostgirls doing the Introverting--it would explain why there couldn't be Introversion drill, the manual stuff about blue flashes being window-dressing, and something disappearing without movement or transition is the sort of thing that might not catch the attention--and I guess they gave the others something to think about too, for there wasn't any follow-up to Erich's frantic sniping.
got
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From this reading --Anonymous A BIG OPPORTUNITY Nobody laughed at Erich's screwball sarcasms and still I thought, "Yes, perish his hysterical little gray head, but he's half right--Lili's got the big thing now and she wants to serve it up to the rest of us on a platter, only love doesn't cook and cut that way."
gray
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From this reading --Anonymous A BIG OPPORTUNITY Nobody laughed at Erich's screwball sarcasms and still I thought, "Yes, perish his hysterical little gray head, but he's half right--Lili's got the big thing now and she wants to serve it up to the rest of us on a platter, only love doesn't cook and cut that way."
guess
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From this reading Those weren't bad ideas she had about the Maintainer, though, especially the one about the Ghostgirls doing the Introverting--it would explain why there couldn't be Introversion drill, the manual stuff about blue flashes being window-dressing, and something disappearing without movement or transition is the sort of thing that might not catch the attention--and I guess they gave the others something to think about too, for there wasn't any follow-up to Erich's frantic sniping.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I had to learn to close the front door to tomorrow and the back door to yesterday and settle down to here and now.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading --Anonymous A BIG OPPORTUNITY Nobody laughed at Erich's screwball sarcasms and still I thought, "Yes, perish his hysterical little gray head, but he's half right--Lili's got the big thing now and she wants to serve it up to the rest of us on a platter, only love doesn't cook and cut that way."
he's
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From this reading --Anonymous A BIG OPPORTUNITY Nobody laughed at Erich's screwball sarcasms and still I thought, "Yes, perish his hysterical little gray head, but he's half right--Lili's got the big thing now and she wants to serve it up to the rest of us on a platter, only love doesn't cook and cut that way."
head
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From this reading --Anonymous A BIG OPPORTUNITY Nobody laughed at Erich's screwball sarcasms and still I thought, "Yes, perish his hysterical little gray head, but he's half right--Lili's got the big thing now and she wants to serve it up to the rest of us on a platter, only love doesn't cook and cut that way."
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I had to learn to close the front door to tomorrow and the back door to yesterday and settle down to here and now.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading --Anonymous A BIG OPPORTUNITY Nobody laughed at Erich's screwball sarcasms and still I thought, "Yes, perish his hysterical little gray head, but he's half right--Lili's got the big thing now and she wants to serve it up to the rest of us on a platter, only love doesn't cook and cut that way."
hysterical
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From this reading --Anonymous A BIG OPPORTUNITY Nobody laughed at Erich's screwball sarcasms and still I thought, "Yes, perish his hysterical little gray head, but he's half right--Lili's got the big thing now and she wants to serve it up to the rest of us on a platter, only love doesn't cook and cut that way."
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I had to learn to close the front door to tomorrow and the back door to yesterday and settle down to here and now.
ideas
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From this reading Those weren't bad ideas she had about the Maintainer, though, especially the one about the Ghostgirls doing the Introverting--it would explain why there couldn't be Introversion drill, the manual stuff about blue flashes being window-dressing, and something disappearing without movement or transition is the sort of thing that might not catch the attention--and I guess they gave the others something to think about too, for there wasn't any follow-up to Erich's frantic sniping.
Introversion
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From this reading Those weren't bad ideas she had about the Maintainer, though, especially the one about the Ghostgirls doing the Introverting--it would explain why there couldn't be Introversion drill, the manual stuff about blue flashes being window-dressing, and something disappearing without movement or transition is the sort of thing that might not catch the attention--and I guess they gave the others something to think about too, for there wasn't any follow-up to Erich's frantic sniping.
Introverting
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From this reading Those weren't bad ideas she had about the Maintainer, though, especially the one about the Ghostgirls doing the Introverting--it would explain why there couldn't be Introversion drill, the manual stuff about blue flashes being window-dressing, and something disappearing without movement or transition is the sort of thing that might not catch the attention--and I guess they gave the others something to think about too, for there wasn't any follow-up to Erich's frantic sniping.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Now is a bearable burden.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading --Anonymous A BIG OPPORTUNITY Nobody laughed at Erich's screwball sarcasms and still I thought, "Yes, perish his hysterical little gray head, but he's half right--Lili's got the big thing now and she wants to serve it up to the rest of us on a platter, only love doesn't cook and cut that way."
laughed
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From this reading --Anonymous A BIG OPPORTUNITY Nobody laughed at Erich's screwball sarcasms and still I thought, "Yes, perish his hysterical little gray head, but he's half right--Lili's got the big thing now and she wants to serve it up to the rest of us on a platter, only love doesn't cook and cut that way."
learn
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From this reading I had to learn to close the front door to tomorrow and the back door to yesterday and settle down to here and now.
Lili's
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From this reading --Anonymous A BIG OPPORTUNITY Nobody laughed at Erich's screwball sarcasms and still I thought, "Yes, perish his hysterical little gray head, but he's half right--Lili's got the big thing now and she wants to serve it up to the rest of us on a platter, only love doesn't cook and cut that way."
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading --Anonymous A BIG OPPORTUNITY Nobody laughed at Erich's screwball sarcasms and still I thought, "Yes, perish his hysterical little gray head, but he's half right--Lili's got the big thing now and she wants to serve it up to the rest of us on a platter, only love doesn't cook and cut that way."
love
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From this reading --Anonymous A BIG OPPORTUNITY Nobody laughed at Erich's screwball sarcasms and still I thought, "Yes, perish his hysterical little gray head, but he's half right--Lili's got the big thing now and she wants to serve it up to the rest of us on a platter, only love doesn't cook and cut that way."
Maintainer
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From this reading Those weren't bad ideas she had about the Maintainer, though, especially the one about the Ghostgirls doing the Introverting--it would explain why there couldn't be Introversion drill, the manual stuff about blue flashes being window-dressing, and something disappearing without movement or transition is the sort of thing that might not catch the attention--and I guess they gave the others something to think about too, for there wasn't any follow-up to Erich's frantic sniping.
manual
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From this reading Those weren't bad ideas she had about the Maintainer, though, especially the one about the Ghostgirls doing the Introverting--it would explain why there couldn't be Introversion drill, the manual stuff about blue flashes being window-dressing, and something disappearing without movement or transition is the sort of thing that might not catch the attention--and I guess they gave the others something to think about too, for there wasn't any follow-up to Erich's frantic sniping.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Those weren't bad ideas she had about the Maintainer, though, especially the one about the Ghostgirls doing the Introverting--it would explain why there couldn't be Introversion drill, the manual stuff about blue flashes being window-dressing, and something disappearing without movement or transition is the sort of thing that might not catch the attention--and I guess they gave the others something to think about too, for there wasn't any follow-up to Erich's frantic sniping.
mistakes
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From this reading What buckles the back is the added weight of the past's mistakes and the future's fears.
movement
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From this reading Those weren't bad ideas she had about the Maintainer, though, especially the one about the Ghostgirls doing the Introverting--it would explain why there couldn't be Introversion drill, the manual stuff about blue flashes being window-dressing, and something disappearing without movement or transition is the sort of thing that might not catch the attention--and I guess they gave the others something to think about too, for there wasn't any follow-up to Erich's frantic sniping.
NobodypronounUS /ˈnoʊbɑːdiː/
no person; not anyone
From this reading --Anonymous A BIG OPPORTUNITY Nobody laughed at Erich's screwball sarcasms and still I thought, "Yes, perish his hysterical little gray head, but he's half right--Lili's got the big thing now and she wants to serve it up to the rest of us on a platter, only love doesn't cook and cut that way."
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Those weren't bad ideas she had about the Maintainer, though, especially the one about the Ghostgirls doing the Introverting--it would explain why there couldn't be Introversion drill, the manual stuff about blue flashes being window-dressing, and something disappearing without movement or transition is the sort of thing that might not catch the attention--and I guess they gave the others something to think about too, for there wasn't any follow-up to Erich's frantic sniping.
Now
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From this reading Now is a bearable burden.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading What buckles the back is the added weight of the past's mistakes and the future's fears.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading --Anonymous A BIG OPPORTUNITY Nobody laughed at Erich's screwball sarcasms and still I thought, "Yes, perish his hysterical little gray head, but he's half right--Lili's got the big thing now and she wants to serve it up to the rest of us on a platter, only love doesn't cook and cut that way."
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Those weren't bad ideas she had about the Maintainer, though, especially the one about the Ghostgirls doing the Introverting--it would explain why there couldn't be Introversion drill, the manual stuff about blue flashes being window-dressing, and something disappearing without movement or transition is the sort of thing that might not catch the attention--and I guess they gave the others something to think about too, for there wasn't any follow-up to Erich's frantic sniping.
only
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From this reading --Anonymous A BIG OPPORTUNITY Nobody laughed at Erich's screwball sarcasms and still I thought, "Yes, perish his hysterical little gray head, but he's half right--Lili's got the big thing now and she wants to serve it up to the rest of us on a platter, only love doesn't cook and cut that way."
OPPORTUNITY
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From this reading --Anonymous A BIG OPPORTUNITY Nobody laughed at Erich's screwball sarcasms and still I thought, "Yes, perish his hysterical little gray head, but he's half right--Lili's got the big thing now and she wants to serve it up to the rest of us on a platter, only love doesn't cook and cut that way."
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Those weren't bad ideas she had about the Maintainer, though, especially the one about the Ghostgirls doing the Introverting--it would explain why there couldn't be Introversion drill, the manual stuff about blue flashes being window-dressing, and something disappearing without movement or transition is the sort of thing that might not catch the attention--and I guess they gave the others something to think about too, for there wasn't any follow-up to Erich's frantic sniping.
others
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From this reading Those weren't bad ideas she had about the Maintainer, though, especially the one about the Ghostgirls doing the Introverting--it would explain why there couldn't be Introversion drill, the manual stuff about blue flashes being window-dressing, and something disappearing without movement or transition is the sort of thing that might not catch the attention--and I guess they gave the others something to think about too, for there wasn't any follow-up to Erich's frantic sniping.
past's
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From this reading What buckles the back is the added weight of the past's mistakes and the future's fears.
perish
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From this reading --Anonymous A BIG OPPORTUNITY Nobody laughed at Erich's screwball sarcasms and still I thought, "Yes, perish his hysterical little gray head, but he's half right--Lili's got the big thing now and she wants to serve it up to the rest of us on a platter, only love doesn't cook and cut that way."
platter
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From this reading --Anonymous A BIG OPPORTUNITY Nobody laughed at Erich's screwball sarcasms and still I thought, "Yes, perish his hysterical little gray head, but he's half right--Lili's got the big thing now and she wants to serve it up to the rest of us on a platter, only love doesn't cook and cut that way."
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading --Anonymous A BIG OPPORTUNITY Nobody laughed at Erich's screwball sarcasms and still I thought, "Yes, perish his hysterical little gray head, but he's half right--Lili's got the big thing now and she wants to serve it up to the rest of us on a platter, only love doesn't cook and cut that way."
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading --Anonymous A BIG OPPORTUNITY Nobody laughed at Erich's screwball sarcasms and still I thought, "Yes, perish his hysterical little gray head, but he's half right--Lili's got the big thing now and she wants to serve it up to the rest of us on a platter, only love doesn't cook and cut that way."
sarcasms
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From this reading --Anonymous A BIG OPPORTUNITY Nobody laughed at Erich's screwball sarcasms and still I thought, "Yes, perish his hysterical little gray head, but he's half right--Lili's got the big thing now and she wants to serve it up to the rest of us on a platter, only love doesn't cook and cut that way."
screwball
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From this reading --Anonymous A BIG OPPORTUNITY Nobody laughed at Erich's screwball sarcasms and still I thought, "Yes, perish his hysterical little gray head, but he's half right--Lili's got the big thing now and she wants to serve it up to the rest of us on a platter, only love doesn't cook and cut that way."
serve
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From this reading --Anonymous A BIG OPPORTUNITY Nobody laughed at Erich's screwball sarcasms and still I thought, "Yes, perish his hysterical little gray head, but he's half right--Lili's got the big thing now and she wants to serve it up to the rest of us on a platter, only love doesn't cook and cut that way."
settle
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From this reading I had to learn to close the front door to tomorrow and the back door to yesterday and settle down to here and now.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading --Anonymous A BIG OPPORTUNITY Nobody laughed at Erich's screwball sarcasms and still I thought, "Yes, perish his hysterical little gray head, but he's half right--Lili's got the big thing now and she wants to serve it up to the rest of us on a platter, only love doesn't cook and cut that way."
sniping
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From this reading Those weren't bad ideas she had about the Maintainer, though, especially the one about the Ghostgirls doing the Introverting--it would explain why there couldn't be Introversion drill, the manual stuff about blue flashes being window-dressing, and something disappearing without movement or transition is the sort of thing that might not catch the attention--and I guess they gave the others something to think about too, for there wasn't any follow-up to Erich's frantic sniping.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Those weren't bad ideas she had about the Maintainer, though, especially the one about the Ghostgirls doing the Introverting--it would explain why there couldn't be Introversion drill, the manual stuff about blue flashes being window-dressing, and something disappearing without movement or transition is the sort of thing that might not catch the attention--and I guess they gave the others something to think about too, for there wasn't any follow-up to Erich's frantic sniping.
sort
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From this reading Those weren't bad ideas she had about the Maintainer, though, especially the one about the Ghostgirls doing the Introverting--it would explain why there couldn't be Introversion drill, the manual stuff about blue flashes being window-dressing, and something disappearing without movement or transition is the sort of thing that might not catch the attention--and I guess they gave the others something to think about too, for there wasn't any follow-up to Erich's frantic sniping.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading --Anonymous A BIG OPPORTUNITY Nobody laughed at Erich's screwball sarcasms and still I thought, "Yes, perish his hysterical little gray head, but he's half right--Lili's got the big thing now and she wants to serve it up to the rest of us on a platter, only love doesn't cook and cut that way."
stuff
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From this reading Those weren't bad ideas she had about the Maintainer, though, especially the one about the Ghostgirls doing the Introverting--it would explain why there couldn't be Introversion drill, the manual stuff about blue flashes being window-dressing, and something disappearing without movement or transition is the sort of thing that might not catch the attention--and I guess they gave the others something to think about too, for there wasn't any follow-up to Erich's frantic sniping.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading --Anonymous A BIG OPPORTUNITY Nobody laughed at Erich's screwball sarcasms and still I thought, "Yes, perish his hysterical little gray head, but he's half right--Lili's got the big thing now and she wants to serve it up to the rest of us on a platter, only love doesn't cook and cut that way."
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading What buckles the back is the added weight of the past's mistakes and the future's fears.
there
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From this reading Those weren't bad ideas she had about the Maintainer, though, especially the one about the Ghostgirls doing the Introverting--it would explain why there couldn't be Introversion drill, the manual stuff about blue flashes being window-dressing, and something disappearing without movement or transition is the sort of thing that might not catch the attention--and I guess they gave the others something to think about too, for there wasn't any follow-up to Erich's frantic sniping.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Those weren't bad ideas she had about the Maintainer, though, especially the one about the Ghostgirls doing the Introverting--it would explain why there couldn't be Introversion drill, the manual stuff about blue flashes being window-dressing, and something disappearing without movement or transition is the sort of thing that might not catch the attention--and I guess they gave the others something to think about too, for there wasn't any follow-up to Erich's frantic sniping.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading --Anonymous A BIG OPPORTUNITY Nobody laughed at Erich's screwball sarcasms and still I thought, "Yes, perish his hysterical little gray head, but he's half right--Lili's got the big thing now and she wants to serve it up to the rest of us on a platter, only love doesn't cook and cut that way."
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Those weren't bad ideas she had about the Maintainer, though, especially the one about the Ghostgirls doing the Introverting--it would explain why there couldn't be Introversion drill, the manual stuff about blue flashes being window-dressing, and something disappearing without movement or transition is the sort of thing that might not catch the attention--and I guess they gave the others something to think about too, for there wasn't any follow-up to Erich's frantic sniping.
ThosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Those weren't bad ideas she had about the Maintainer, though, especially the one about the Ghostgirls doing the Introverting--it would explain why there couldn't be Introversion drill, the manual stuff about blue flashes being window-dressing, and something disappearing without movement or transition is the sort of thing that might not catch the attention--and I guess they gave the others something to think about too, for there wasn't any follow-up to Erich's frantic sniping.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Those weren't bad ideas she had about the Maintainer, though, especially the one about the Ghostgirls doing the Introverting--it would explain why there couldn't be Introversion drill, the manual stuff about blue flashes being window-dressing, and something disappearing without movement or transition is the sort of thing that might not catch the attention--and I guess they gave the others something to think about too, for there wasn't any follow-up to Erich's frantic sniping.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading --Anonymous A BIG OPPORTUNITY Nobody laughed at Erich's screwball sarcasms and still I thought, "Yes, perish his hysterical little gray head, but he's half right--Lili's got the big thing now and she wants to serve it up to the rest of us on a platter, only love doesn't cook and cut that way."
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I had to learn to close the front door to tomorrow and the back door to yesterday and settle down to here and now.
tomorrow
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From this reading I had to learn to close the front door to tomorrow and the back door to yesterday and settle down to here and now.
too
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From this reading Those weren't bad ideas she had about the Maintainer, though, especially the one about the Ghostgirls doing the Introverting--it would explain why there couldn't be Introversion drill, the manual stuff about blue flashes being window-dressing, and something disappearing without movement or transition is the sort of thing that might not catch the attention--and I guess they gave the others something to think about too, for there wasn't any follow-up to Erich's frantic sniping.
transition
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From this reading Those weren't bad ideas she had about the Maintainer, though, especially the one about the Ghostgirls doing the Introverting--it would explain why there couldn't be Introversion drill, the manual stuff about blue flashes being window-dressing, and something disappearing without movement or transition is the sort of thing that might not catch the attention--and I guess they gave the others something to think about too, for there wasn't any follow-up to Erich's frantic sniping.
up
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From this reading --Anonymous A BIG OPPORTUNITY Nobody laughed at Erich's screwball sarcasms and still I thought, "Yes, perish his hysterical little gray head, but he's half right--Lili's got the big thing now and she wants to serve it up to the rest of us on a platter, only love doesn't cook and cut that way."
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading --Anonymous A BIG OPPORTUNITY Nobody laughed at Erich's screwball sarcasms and still I thought, "Yes, perish his hysterical little gray head, but he's half right--Lili's got the big thing now and she wants to serve it up to the rest of us on a platter, only love doesn't cook and cut that way."
wants
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From this reading --Anonymous A BIG OPPORTUNITY Nobody laughed at Erich's screwball sarcasms and still I thought, "Yes, perish his hysterical little gray head, but he's half right--Lili's got the big thing now and she wants to serve it up to the rest of us on a platter, only love doesn't cook and cut that way."
wasn't
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From this reading Those weren't bad ideas she had about the Maintainer, though, especially the one about the Ghostgirls doing the Introverting--it would explain why there couldn't be Introversion drill, the manual stuff about blue flashes being window-dressing, and something disappearing without movement or transition is the sort of thing that might not catch the attention--and I guess they gave the others something to think about too, for there wasn't any follow-up to Erich's frantic sniping.
way
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From this reading --Anonymous A BIG OPPORTUNITY Nobody laughed at Erich's screwball sarcasms and still I thought, "Yes, perish his hysterical little gray head, but he's half right--Lili's got the big thing now and she wants to serve it up to the rest of us on a platter, only love doesn't cook and cut that way."
weight
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From this reading What buckles the back is the added weight of the past's mistakes and the future's fears.
weren't
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From this reading Those weren't bad ideas she had about the Maintainer, though, especially the one about the Ghostgirls doing the Introverting--it would explain why there couldn't be Introversion drill, the manual stuff about blue flashes being window-dressing, and something disappearing without movement or transition is the sort of thing that might not catch the attention--and I guess they gave the others something to think about too, for there wasn't any follow-up to Erich's frantic sniping.
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What buckles the back is the added weight of the past's mistakes and the future's fears.
why
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From this reading Those weren't bad ideas she had about the Maintainer, though, especially the one about the Ghostgirls doing the Introverting--it would explain why there couldn't be Introversion drill, the manual stuff about blue flashes being window-dressing, and something disappearing without movement or transition is the sort of thing that might not catch the attention--and I guess they gave the others something to think about too, for there wasn't any follow-up to Erich's frantic sniping.
window-dressing
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From this reading Those weren't bad ideas she had about the Maintainer, though, especially the one about the Ghostgirls doing the Introverting--it would explain why there couldn't be Introversion drill, the manual stuff about blue flashes being window-dressing, and something disappearing without movement or transition is the sort of thing that might not catch the attention--and I guess they gave the others something to think about too, for there wasn't any follow-up to Erich's frantic sniping.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Those weren't bad ideas she had about the Maintainer, though, especially the one about the Ghostgirls doing the Introverting--it would explain why there couldn't be Introversion drill, the manual stuff about blue flashes being window-dressing, and something disappearing without movement or transition is the sort of thing that might not catch the attention--and I guess they gave the others something to think about too, for there wasn't any follow-up to Erich's frantic sniping.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Those weren't bad ideas she had about the Maintainer, though, especially the one about the Ghostgirls doing the Introverting--it would explain why there couldn't be Introversion drill, the manual stuff about blue flashes being window-dressing, and something disappearing without movement or transition is the sort of thing that might not catch the attention--and I guess they gave the others something to think about too, for there wasn't any follow-up to Erich's frantic sniping.
Yes
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From this reading --Anonymous A BIG OPPORTUNITY Nobody laughed at Erich's screwball sarcasms and still I thought, "Yes, perish his hysterical little gray head, but he's half right--Lili's got the big thing now and she wants to serve it up to the rest of us on a platter, only love doesn't cook and cut that way."
yesterday
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From this reading I had to learn to close the front door to tomorrow and the back door to yesterday and settle down to here and now.
