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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 For all the wildness of the talk, this group of the Unstable was a coherent and consistent entity, using a language each item in it understood.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading In other rooms about the great lamp-lit city sat, doubtless, other similar groups at the very same moment, discussing the shibboleths of other faiths, of other dreams, of other ideas, systems, notions, philosophies, all interpretative of the earth in which little humanity dwells, cut off and isolated, apparently, from the rest of the stupendous universe.
adaptability
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From this reading The unstable enjoyed an extreme sensitiveness to varied experience, with flexible adaptability to all possible new conditions, whereas the stable, with their rigid mental organizations, remained uninformed, stagnant, even fossilized.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading They knew what they were after.
Alcohol
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all
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andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Alcohol, coffee, tobacco, underfeeding, these helped or hindered, respectively, the expression of an ideal that, nevertheless, was common to them all; and if the minds represented were unbalanced, or merely speculative, poetic, one genuine quest and sympathy bound all together into a coherent, and who shall say unintelligent or valueless, unit.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading For all the wildness of the talk, this group of the Unstable was a coherent and consistent entity, using a language each item in it understood.
apparently
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atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
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bound
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city
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coffee
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coherent
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common
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conditions
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consistent
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cut
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discussing
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doubtless
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dreams
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dwells
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eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
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earth
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enjoyed
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entity
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evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The unstable enjoyed an extreme sensitiveness to varied experience, with flexible adaptability to all possible new conditions, whereas the stable, with their rigid mental organizations, remained uninformed, stagnant, even fossilized.
experience
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expression
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extreme
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faiths
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flexible
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ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For all the wildness of the talk, this group of the Unstable was a coherent and consistent entity, using a language each item in it understood.
fossilized
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fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
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genuine
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greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
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group
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groups
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helped
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hindered
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humanity
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ideal
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ideas
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ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
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inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading For all the wildness of the talk, this group of the Unstable was a coherent and consistent entity, using a language each item in it understood.
interpretative
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intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Alcohol, coffee, tobacco, underfeeding, these helped or hindered, respectively, the expression of an ideal that, nevertheless, was common to them all; and if the minds represented were unbalanced, or merely speculative, poetic, one genuine quest and sympathy bound all together into a coherent, and who shall say unintelligent or valueless, unit.
isolated
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itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading For all the wildness of the talk, this group of the Unstable was a coherent and consistent entity, using a language each item in it understood.
item
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knew
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lamp-lit
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language
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littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
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mental
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merely
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minds
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moment
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neverthelessadverbUS /ˌnevərðəˈles/
in spite of what has just been said
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new
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notions
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ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading For all the wildness of the talk, this group of the Unstable was a coherent and consistent entity, using a language each item in it understood.
off
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onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
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orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
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organizations
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other
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philosophies
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poetic
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possible
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quest
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remainednounUS /ˈremained/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
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represented
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respectively
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restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
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rigid
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rooms
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samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
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sat
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say
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sensitiveness
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shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
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shibboleths
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similar
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speculative
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stable
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stagnant
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stupendous
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sympathy
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systems
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talk
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From this reading For all the wildness of the talk, this group of the Unstable was a coherent and consistent entity, using a language each item in it understood.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Alcohol, coffee, tobacco, underfeeding, these helped or hindered, respectively, the expression of an ideal that, nevertheless, was common to them all; and if the minds represented were unbalanced, or merely speculative, poetic, one genuine quest and sympathy bound all together into a coherent, and who shall say unintelligent or valueless, unit.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading For all the wildness of the talk, this group of the Unstable was a coherent and consistent entity, using a language each item in it understood.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The unstable enjoyed an extreme sensitiveness to varied experience, with flexible adaptability to all possible new conditions, whereas the stable, with their rigid mental organizations, remained uninformed, stagnant, even fossilized.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Alcohol, coffee, tobacco, underfeeding, these helped or hindered, respectively, the expression of an ideal that, nevertheless, was common to them all; and if the minds represented were unbalanced, or merely speculative, poetic, one genuine quest and sympathy bound all together into a coherent, and who shall say unintelligent or valueless, unit.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Alcohol, coffee, tobacco, underfeeding, these helped or hindered, respectively, the expression of an ideal that, nevertheless, was common to them all; and if the minds represented were unbalanced, or merely speculative, poetic, one genuine quest and sympathy bound all together into a coherent, and who shall say unintelligent or valueless, unit.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They knew what they were after.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading For all the wildness of the talk, this group of the Unstable was a coherent and consistent entity, using a language each item in it understood.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Alcohol, coffee, tobacco, underfeeding, these helped or hindered, respectively, the expression of an ideal that, nevertheless, was common to them all; and if the minds represented were unbalanced, or merely speculative, poetic, one genuine quest and sympathy bound all together into a coherent, and who shall say unintelligent or valueless, unit.
tobacconounUS /ˈtobacco/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Alcohol, coffee, tobacco, underfeeding, these helped or hindered, respectively, the expression of an ideal that, nevertheless, was common to them all; and if the minds represented were unbalanced, or merely speculative, poetic, one genuine quest and sympathy bound all together into a coherent, and who shall say unintelligent or valueless, unit.
together
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From this reading Alcohol, coffee, tobacco, underfeeding, these helped or hindered, respectively, the expression of an ideal that, nevertheless, was common to them all; and if the minds represented were unbalanced, or merely speculative, poetic, one genuine quest and sympathy bound all together into a coherent, and who shall say unintelligent or valueless, unit.
unbalanced
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From this reading Alcohol, coffee, tobacco, underfeeding, these helped or hindered, respectively, the expression of an ideal that, nevertheless, was common to them all; and if the minds represented were unbalanced, or merely speculative, poetic, one genuine quest and sympathy bound all together into a coherent, and who shall say unintelligent or valueless, unit.
underfeeding
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From this reading Alcohol, coffee, tobacco, underfeeding, these helped or hindered, respectively, the expression of an ideal that, nevertheless, was common to them all; and if the minds represented were unbalanced, or merely speculative, poetic, one genuine quest and sympathy bound all together into a coherent, and who shall say unintelligent or valueless, unit.
understood
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From this reading For all the wildness of the talk, this group of the Unstable was a coherent and consistent entity, using a language each item in it understood.
uninformed
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From this reading The unstable enjoyed an extreme sensitiveness to varied experience, with flexible adaptability to all possible new conditions, whereas the stable, with their rigid mental organizations, remained uninformed, stagnant, even fossilized.
unintelligent
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From this reading Alcohol, coffee, tobacco, underfeeding, these helped or hindered, respectively, the expression of an ideal that, nevertheless, was common to them all; and if the minds represented were unbalanced, or merely speculative, poetic, one genuine quest and sympathy bound all together into a coherent, and who shall say unintelligent or valueless, unit.
unit
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From this reading Alcohol, coffee, tobacco, underfeeding, these helped or hindered, respectively, the expression of an ideal that, nevertheless, was common to them all; and if the minds represented were unbalanced, or merely speculative, poetic, one genuine quest and sympathy bound all together into a coherent, and who shall say unintelligent or valueless, unit.
universe
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From this reading In other rooms about the great lamp-lit city sat, doubtless, other similar groups at the very same moment, discussing the shibboleths of other faiths, of other dreams, of other ideas, systems, notions, philosophies, all interpretative of the earth in which little humanity dwells, cut off and isolated, apparently, from the rest of the stupendous universe.
Unstable
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From this reading For all the wildness of the talk, this group of the Unstable was a coherent and consistent entity, using a language each item in it understood.
using
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From this reading For all the wildness of the talk, this group of the Unstable was a coherent and consistent entity, using a language each item in it understood.
valueless
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From this reading Alcohol, coffee, tobacco, underfeeding, these helped or hindered, respectively, the expression of an ideal that, nevertheless, was common to them all; and if the minds represented were unbalanced, or merely speculative, poetic, one genuine quest and sympathy bound all together into a coherent, and who shall say unintelligent or valueless, unit.
varied
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From this reading The unstable enjoyed an extreme sensitiveness to varied experience, with flexible adaptability to all possible new conditions, whereas the stable, with their rigid mental organizations, remained uninformed, stagnant, even fossilized.
very
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From this reading In other rooms about the great lamp-lit city sat, doubtless, other similar groups at the very same moment, discussing the shibboleths of other faiths, of other dreams, of other ideas, systems, notions, philosophies, all interpretative of the earth in which little humanity dwells, cut off and isolated, apparently, from the rest of the stupendous universe.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading For all the wildness of the talk, this group of the Unstable was a coherent and consistent entity, using a language each item in it understood.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading They knew what they were after.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading They knew what they were after.
whereasconjunctionUS /weˈræz/
in contrast with the fact that
From this reading The unstable enjoyed an extreme sensitiveness to varied experience, with flexible adaptability to all possible new conditions, whereas the stable, with their rigid mental organizations, remained uninformed, stagnant, even fossilized.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading In other rooms about the great lamp-lit city sat, doubtless, other similar groups at the very same moment, discussing the shibboleths of other faiths, of other dreams, of other ideas, systems, notions, philosophies, all interpretative of the earth in which little humanity dwells, cut off and isolated, apparently, from the rest of the stupendous universe.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Alcohol, coffee, tobacco, underfeeding, these helped or hindered, respectively, the expression of an ideal that, nevertheless, was common to them all; and if the minds represented were unbalanced, or merely speculative, poetic, one genuine quest and sympathy bound all together into a coherent, and who shall say unintelligent or valueless, unit.
wildness
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From this reading For all the wildness of the talk, this group of the Unstable was a coherent and consistent entity, using a language each item in it understood.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The unstable enjoyed an extreme sensitiveness to varied experience, with flexible adaptability to all possible new conditions, whereas the stable, with their rigid mental organizations, remained uninformed, stagnant, even fossilized.
