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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 Even when I was told afterwards that he had, as we might have said to-day, broken the record, the manner in which that attention had been rewarded relieved me of a sense of loss.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The old music was in the air; I felt the strong pulse of thought, the sink and swell, the flight, the poise, the plunge; but I knew something about one of the listeners that nobody else knew, and Saltram’s monologue could reach me only through that medium.
absurdly
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From this reading To this hour I’m of no use when, as a witness, I’m appealed to—for they still absurdly contend about it—as to whether or no on that historic night he was drunk; and my position is slightly ridiculous, for I’ve never cared to tell them what it really was I was taken up with.
afterwards
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From this reading Even when I was told afterwards that he had, as we might have said to-day, broken the record, the manner in which that attention had been rewarded relieved me of a sense of loss.
air
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From this reading The old music was in the air; I felt the strong pulse of thought, the sink and swell, the flight, the poise, the plunge; but I knew something about one of the listeners that nobody else knew, and Saltram’s monologue could reach me only through that medium.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The old music was in the air; I felt the strong pulse of thought, the sink and swell, the flight, the poise, the plunge; but I knew something about one of the listeners that nobody else knew, and Saltram’s monologue could reach me only through that medium.
appealed
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From this reading To this hour I’m of no use when, as a witness, I’m appealed to—for they still absurdly contend about it—as to whether or no on that historic night he was drunk; and my position is slightly ridiculous, for I’ve never cared to tell them what it really was I was taken up with.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Even when I was told afterwards that he had, as we might have said to-day, broken the record, the manner in which that attention had been rewarded relieved me of a sense of loss.
attention
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From this reading Even when I was told afterwards that he had, as we might have said to-day, broken the record, the manner in which that attention had been rewarded relieved me of a sense of loss.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Even when I was told afterwards that he had, as we might have said to-day, broken the record, the manner in which that attention had been rewarded relieved me of a sense of loss.
brokennounUS /broken/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Even when I was told afterwards that he had, as we might have said to-day, broken the record, the manner in which that attention had been rewarded relieved me of a sense of loss.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The old music was in the air; I felt the strong pulse of thought, the sink and swell, the flight, the poise, the plunge; but I knew something about one of the listeners that nobody else knew, and Saltram’s monologue could reach me only through that medium.
cared
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From this reading To this hour I’m of no use when, as a witness, I’m appealed to—for they still absurdly contend about it—as to whether or no on that historic night he was drunk; and my position is slightly ridiculous, for I’ve never cared to tell them what it really was I was taken up with.
consciousness
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From this reading I had of course a perfect general consciousness that something great was going on: it was a little like having been etherised to hear Herr Joachim play.
contend
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From this reading To this hour I’m of no use when, as a witness, I’m appealed to—for they still absurdly contend about it—as to whether or no on that historic night he was drunk; and my position is slightly ridiculous, for I’ve never cared to tell them what it really was I was taken up with.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading The old music was in the air; I felt the strong pulse of thought, the sink and swell, the flight, the poise, the plunge; but I knew something about one of the listeners that nobody else knew, and Saltram’s monologue could reach me only through that medium.
coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I had of course a perfect general consciousness that something great was going on: it was a little like having been etherised to hear Herr Joachim play.
drunk
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From this reading To this hour I’m of no use when, as a witness, I’m appealed to—for they still absurdly contend about it—as to whether or no on that historic night he was drunk; and my position is slightly ridiculous, for I’ve never cared to tell them what it really was I was taken up with.
else
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From this reading The old music was in the air; I felt the strong pulse of thought, the sink and swell, the flight, the poise, the plunge; but I knew something about one of the listeners that nobody else knew, and Saltram’s monologue could reach me only through that medium.
etherised
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From this reading I had of course a perfect general consciousness that something great was going on: it was a little like having been etherised to hear Herr Joachim play.
EvennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Even when I was told afterwards that he had, as we might have said to-day, broken the record, the manner in which that attention had been rewarded relieved me of a sense of loss.
experience
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From this reading What I got out of it is the only morsel of the total experience that is quite my own.
felt
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From this reading The old music was in the air; I felt the strong pulse of thought, the sink and swell, the flight, the poise, the plunge; but I knew something about one of the listeners that nobody else knew, and Saltram’s monologue could reach me only through that medium.
flight
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From this reading The old music was in the air; I felt the strong pulse of thought, the sink and swell, the flight, the poise, the plunge; but I knew something about one of the listeners that nobody else knew, and Saltram’s monologue could reach me only through that medium.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading To this hour I’m of no use when, as a witness, I’m appealed to—for they still absurdly contend about it—as to whether or no on that historic night he was drunk; and my position is slightly ridiculous, for I’ve never cared to tell them what it really was I was taken up with.
general
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From this reading I had of course a perfect general consciousness that something great was going on: it was a little like having been etherised to hear Herr Joachim play.
going
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From this reading I had of course a perfect general consciousness that something great was going on: it was a little like having been etherised to hear Herr Joachim play.
got
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From this reading What I got out of it is the only morsel of the total experience that is quite my own.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I had of course a perfect general consciousness that something great was going on: it was a little like having been etherised to hear Herr Joachim play.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Even when I was told afterwards that he had, as we might have said to-day, broken the record, the manner in which that attention had been rewarded relieved me of a sense of loss.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Even when I was told afterwards that he had, as we might have said to-day, broken the record, the manner in which that attention had been rewarded relieved me of a sense of loss.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading I had of course a perfect general consciousness that something great was going on: it was a little like having been etherised to hear Herr Joachim play.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Even when I was told afterwards that he had, as we might have said to-day, broken the record, the manner in which that attention had been rewarded relieved me of a sense of loss.
hearnounUS /hear/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I had of course a perfect general consciousness that something great was going on: it was a little like having been etherised to hear Herr Joachim play.
Herr
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From this reading I had of course a perfect general consciousness that something great was going on: it was a little like having been etherised to hear Herr Joachim play.
historic
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From this reading To this hour I’m of no use when, as a witness, I’m appealed to—for they still absurdly contend about it—as to whether or no on that historic night he was drunk; and my position is slightly ridiculous, for I’ve never cared to tell them what it really was I was taken up with.
hour
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From this reading To this hour I’m of no use when, as a witness, I’m appealed to—for they still absurdly contend about it—as to whether or no on that historic night he was drunk; and my position is slightly ridiculous, for I’ve never cared to tell them what it really was I was taken up with.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Even when I was told afterwards that he had, as we might have said to-day, broken the record, the manner in which that attention had been rewarded relieved me of a sense of loss.
I'm
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From this reading To this hour I’m of no use when, as a witness, I’m appealed to—for they still absurdly contend about it—as to whether or no on that historic night he was drunk; and my position is slightly ridiculous, for I’ve never cared to tell them what it really was I was taken up with.
I've
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From this reading To this hour I’m of no use when, as a witness, I’m appealed to—for they still absurdly contend about it—as to whether or no on that historic night he was drunk; and my position is slightly ridiculous, for I’ve never cared to tell them what it really was I was taken up with.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Even when I was told afterwards that he had, as we might have said to-day, broken the record, the manner in which that attention had been rewarded relieved me of a sense of loss.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading To this hour I’m of no use when, as a witness, I’m appealed to—for they still absurdly contend about it—as to whether or no on that historic night he was drunk; and my position is slightly ridiculous, for I’ve never cared to tell them what it really was I was taken up with.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I had of course a perfect general consciousness that something great was going on: it was a little like having been etherised to hear Herr Joachim play.
Joachim
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From this reading I had of course a perfect general consciousness that something great was going on: it was a little like having been etherised to hear Herr Joachim play.
knew
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From this reading The old music was in the air; I felt the strong pulse of thought, the sink and swell, the flight, the poise, the plunge; but I knew something about one of the listeners that nobody else knew, and Saltram’s monologue could reach me only through that medium.
like
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From this reading I had of course a perfect general consciousness that something great was going on: it was a little like having been etherised to hear Herr Joachim play.
listeners
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From this reading The old music was in the air; I felt the strong pulse of thought, the sink and swell, the flight, the poise, the plunge; but I knew something about one of the listeners that nobody else knew, and Saltram’s monologue could reach me only through that medium.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I had of course a perfect general consciousness that something great was going on: it was a little like having been etherised to hear Herr Joachim play.
loss
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From this reading Even when I was told afterwards that he had, as we might have said to-day, broken the record, the manner in which that attention had been rewarded relieved me of a sense of loss.
manner
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From this reading Even when I was told afterwards that he had, as we might have said to-day, broken the record, the manner in which that attention had been rewarded relieved me of a sense of loss.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Even when I was told afterwards that he had, as we might have said to-day, broken the record, the manner in which that attention had been rewarded relieved me of a sense of loss.
medium
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From this reading The old music was in the air; I felt the strong pulse of thought, the sink and swell, the flight, the poise, the plunge; but I knew something about one of the listeners that nobody else knew, and Saltram’s monologue could reach me only through that medium.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Even when I was told afterwards that he had, as we might have said to-day, broken the record, the manner in which that attention had been rewarded relieved me of a sense of loss.
monologue
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From this reading The old music was in the air; I felt the strong pulse of thought, the sink and swell, the flight, the poise, the plunge; but I knew something about one of the listeners that nobody else knew, and Saltram’s monologue could reach me only through that medium.
morsel
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From this reading What I got out of it is the only morsel of the total experience that is quite my own.
music
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From this reading The old music was in the air; I felt the strong pulse of thought, the sink and swell, the flight, the poise, the plunge; but I knew something about one of the listeners that nobody else knew, and Saltram’s monologue could reach me only through that medium.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading To this hour I’m of no use when, as a witness, I’m appealed to—for they still absurdly contend about it—as to whether or no on that historic night he was drunk; and my position is slightly ridiculous, for I’ve never cared to tell them what it really was I was taken up with.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To this hour I’m of no use when, as a witness, I’m appealed to—for they still absurdly contend about it—as to whether or no on that historic night he was drunk; and my position is slightly ridiculous, for I’ve never cared to tell them what it really was I was taken up with.
night
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From this reading To this hour I’m of no use when, as a witness, I’m appealed to—for they still absurdly contend about it—as to whether or no on that historic night he was drunk; and my position is slightly ridiculous, for I’ve never cared to tell them what it really was I was taken up with.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading To this hour I’m of no use when, as a witness, I’m appealed to—for they still absurdly contend about it—as to whether or no on that historic night he was drunk; and my position is slightly ridiculous, for I’ve never cared to tell them what it really was I was taken up with.
nobodypronounUS /ˈnoʊbɑːdiː/
no person; not anyone
From this reading The old music was in the air; I felt the strong pulse of thought, the sink and swell, the flight, the poise, the plunge; but I knew something about one of the listeners that nobody else knew, and Saltram’s monologue could reach me only through that medium.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Even when I was told afterwards that he had, as we might have said to-day, broken the record, the manner in which that attention had been rewarded relieved me of a sense of loss.
old
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From this reading The old music was in the air; I felt the strong pulse of thought, the sink and swell, the flight, the poise, the plunge; but I knew something about one of the listeners that nobody else knew, and Saltram’s monologue could reach me only through that medium.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I had of course a perfect general consciousness that something great was going on: it was a little like having been etherised to hear Herr Joachim play.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The old music was in the air; I felt the strong pulse of thought, the sink and swell, the flight, the poise, the plunge; but I knew something about one of the listeners that nobody else knew, and Saltram’s monologue could reach me only through that medium.
only
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From this reading The old music was in the air; I felt the strong pulse of thought, the sink and swell, the flight, the poise, the plunge; but I knew something about one of the listeners that nobody else knew, and Saltram’s monologue could reach me only through that medium.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading To this hour I’m of no use when, as a witness, I’m appealed to—for they still absurdly contend about it—as to whether or no on that historic night he was drunk; and my position is slightly ridiculous, for I’ve never cared to tell them what it really was I was taken up with.
out
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From this reading What I got out of it is the only morsel of the total experience that is quite my own.
own
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From this reading What I got out of it is the only morsel of the total experience that is quite my own.
perfect
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From this reading I had of course a perfect general consciousness that something great was going on: it was a little like having been etherised to hear Herr Joachim play.
play
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From this reading I had of course a perfect general consciousness that something great was going on: it was a little like having been etherised to hear Herr Joachim play.
plunge
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From this reading The old music was in the air; I felt the strong pulse of thought, the sink and swell, the flight, the poise, the plunge; but I knew something about one of the listeners that nobody else knew, and Saltram’s monologue could reach me only through that medium.
poise
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From this reading The old music was in the air; I felt the strong pulse of thought, the sink and swell, the flight, the poise, the plunge; but I knew something about one of the listeners that nobody else knew, and Saltram’s monologue could reach me only through that medium.
position
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From this reading To this hour I’m of no use when, as a witness, I’m appealed to—for they still absurdly contend about it—as to whether or no on that historic night he was drunk; and my position is slightly ridiculous, for I’ve never cared to tell them what it really was I was taken up with.
pulse
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From this reading The old music was in the air; I felt the strong pulse of thought, the sink and swell, the flight, the poise, the plunge; but I knew something about one of the listeners that nobody else knew, and Saltram’s monologue could reach me only through that medium.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading What I got out of it is the only morsel of the total experience that is quite my own.
reach
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From this reading The old music was in the air; I felt the strong pulse of thought, the sink and swell, the flight, the poise, the plunge; but I knew something about one of the listeners that nobody else knew, and Saltram’s monologue could reach me only through that medium.
really
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From this reading To this hour I’m of no use when, as a witness, I’m appealed to—for they still absurdly contend about it—as to whether or no on that historic night he was drunk; and my position is slightly ridiculous, for I’ve never cared to tell them what it really was I was taken up with.
record
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From this reading Even when I was told afterwards that he had, as we might have said to-day, broken the record, the manner in which that attention had been rewarded relieved me of a sense of loss.
relievednounUS /ˈrelieved/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Even when I was told afterwards that he had, as we might have said to-day, broken the record, the manner in which that attention had been rewarded relieved me of a sense of loss.
rewarded
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From this reading Even when I was told afterwards that he had, as we might have said to-day, broken the record, the manner in which that attention had been rewarded relieved me of a sense of loss.
ridiculous
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From this reading To this hour I’m of no use when, as a witness, I’m appealed to—for they still absurdly contend about it—as to whether or no on that historic night he was drunk; and my position is slightly ridiculous, for I’ve never cared to tell them what it really was I was taken up with.
said
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From this reading Even when I was told afterwards that he had, as we might have said to-day, broken the record, the manner in which that attention had been rewarded relieved me of a sense of loss.
Saltram's
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From this reading The old music was in the air; I felt the strong pulse of thought, the sink and swell, the flight, the poise, the plunge; but I knew something about one of the listeners that nobody else knew, and Saltram’s monologue could reach me only through that medium.
sense
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From this reading Even when I was told afterwards that he had, as we might have said to-day, broken the record, the manner in which that attention had been rewarded relieved me of a sense of loss.
sink
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From this reading The old music was in the air; I felt the strong pulse of thought, the sink and swell, the flight, the poise, the plunge; but I knew something about one of the listeners that nobody else knew, and Saltram’s monologue could reach me only through that medium.
slightly
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From this reading To this hour I’m of no use when, as a witness, I’m appealed to—for they still absurdly contend about it—as to whether or no on that historic night he was drunk; and my position is slightly ridiculous, for I’ve never cared to tell them what it really was I was taken up with.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading I had of course a perfect general consciousness that something great was going on: it was a little like having been etherised to hear Herr Joachim play.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To this hour I’m of no use when, as a witness, I’m appealed to—for they still absurdly contend about it—as to whether or no on that historic night he was drunk; and my position is slightly ridiculous, for I’ve never cared to tell them what it really was I was taken up with.
strong
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From this reading The old music was in the air; I felt the strong pulse of thought, the sink and swell, the flight, the poise, the plunge; but I knew something about one of the listeners that nobody else knew, and Saltram’s monologue could reach me only through that medium.
swell
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From this reading The old music was in the air; I felt the strong pulse of thought, the sink and swell, the flight, the poise, the plunge; but I knew something about one of the listeners that nobody else knew, and Saltram’s monologue could reach me only through that medium.
taken
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From this reading To this hour I’m of no use when, as a witness, I’m appealed to—for they still absurdly contend about it—as to whether or no on that historic night he was drunk; and my position is slightly ridiculous, for I’ve never cared to tell them what it really was I was taken up with.
tellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To this hour I’m of no use when, as a witness, I’m appealed to—for they still absurdly contend about it—as to whether or no on that historic night he was drunk; and my position is slightly ridiculous, for I’ve never cared to tell them what it really was I was taken up with.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Even when I was told afterwards that he had, as we might have said to-day, broken the record, the manner in which that attention had been rewarded relieved me of a sense of loss.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Even when I was told afterwards that he had, as we might have said to-day, broken the record, the manner in which that attention had been rewarded relieved me of a sense of loss.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading To this hour I’m of no use when, as a witness, I’m appealed to—for they still absurdly contend about it—as to whether or no on that historic night he was drunk; and my position is slightly ridiculous, for I’ve never cared to tell them what it really was I was taken up with.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading To this hour I’m of no use when, as a witness, I’m appealed to—for they still absurdly contend about it—as to whether or no on that historic night he was drunk; and my position is slightly ridiculous, for I’ve never cared to tell them what it really was I was taken up with.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading To this hour I’m of no use when, as a witness, I’m appealed to—for they still absurdly contend about it—as to whether or no on that historic night he was drunk; and my position is slightly ridiculous, for I’ve never cared to tell them what it really was I was taken up with.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The old music was in the air; I felt the strong pulse of thought, the sink and swell, the flight, the poise, the plunge; but I knew something about one of the listeners that nobody else knew, and Saltram’s monologue could reach me only through that medium.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The old music was in the air; I felt the strong pulse of thought, the sink and swell, the flight, the poise, the plunge; but I knew something about one of the listeners that nobody else knew, and Saltram’s monologue could reach me only through that medium.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I had of course a perfect general consciousness that something great was going on: it was a little like having been etherised to hear Herr Joachim play.
to-day
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From this reading Even when I was told afterwards that he had, as we might have said to-day, broken the record, the manner in which that attention had been rewarded relieved me of a sense of loss.
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Even when I was told afterwards that he had, as we might have said to-day, broken the record, the manner in which that attention had been rewarded relieved me of a sense of loss.
total
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From this reading What I got out of it is the only morsel of the total experience that is quite my own.
up
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From this reading To this hour I’m of no use when, as a witness, I’m appealed to—for they still absurdly contend about it—as to whether or no on that historic night he was drunk; and my position is slightly ridiculous, for I’ve never cared to tell them what it really was I was taken up with.
use
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From this reading To this hour I’m of no use when, as a witness, I’m appealed to—for they still absurdly contend about it—as to whether or no on that historic night he was drunk; and my position is slightly ridiculous, for I’ve never cared to tell them what it really was I was taken up with.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Even when I was told afterwards that he had, as we might have said to-day, broken the record, the manner in which that attention had been rewarded relieved me of a sense of loss.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Even when I was told afterwards that he had, as we might have said to-day, broken the record, the manner in which that attention had been rewarded relieved me of a sense of loss.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading To this hour I’m of no use when, as a witness, I’m appealed to—for they still absurdly contend about it—as to whether or no on that historic night he was drunk; and my position is slightly ridiculous, for I’ve never cared to tell them what it really was I was taken up with.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Even when I was told afterwards that he had, as we might have said to-day, broken the record, the manner in which that attention had been rewarded relieved me of a sense of loss.
whetherconjunctionUS /ˈweðər/
used to introduce two or more possibilities
From this reading To this hour I’m of no use when, as a witness, I’m appealed to—for they still absurdly contend about it—as to whether or no on that historic night he was drunk; and my position is slightly ridiculous, for I’ve never cared to tell them what it really was I was taken up with.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Even when I was told afterwards that he had, as we might have said to-day, broken the record, the manner in which that attention had been rewarded relieved me of a sense of loss.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading To this hour I’m of no use when, as a witness, I’m appealed to—for they still absurdly contend about it—as to whether or no on that historic night he was drunk; and my position is slightly ridiculous, for I’ve never cared to tell them what it really was I was taken up with.
witness
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading To this hour I’m of no use when, as a witness, I’m appealed to—for they still absurdly contend about it—as to whether or no on that historic night he was drunk; and my position is slightly ridiculous, for I’ve never cared to tell them what it really was I was taken up with.
