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all
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From this reading _Jetways were excellent substitutes for war, perfect outlets for all forms of neuroses.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And the unfit were weeded out by death...._ Up the concrete steps.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading And the unfit were weeded out by death...._ Up the concrete steps.
concrete
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corridor
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From this reading Down the naked, ice-white corridor.
death
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Down
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From this reading Down the naked, ice-white corridor.
drumbeats
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From this reading The echo of his footfalls like drumbeats, ominous, threatening.
echo
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From this reading The echo of his footfalls like drumbeats, ominous, threatening.
excellent
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From this reading _Jetways were excellent substitutes for war, perfect outlets for all forms of neuroses.
footfalls
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From this reading The echo of his footfalls like drumbeats, ominous, threatening.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading _Jetways were excellent substitutes for war, perfect outlets for all forms of neuroses.
forms
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From this reading _Jetways were excellent substitutes for war, perfect outlets for all forms of neuroses.
four
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From this reading Slowly, one, two, three, four.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The echo of his footfalls like drumbeats, ominous, threatening.
ice-white
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From this reading Down the naked, ice-white corridor.
Jetways
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From this reading _Jetways were excellent substitutes for war, perfect outlets for all forms of neuroses.
like
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From this reading The echo of his footfalls like drumbeats, ominous, threatening.
naked
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From this reading Down the naked, ice-white corridor.
neuroses
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From this reading _Jetways were excellent substitutes for war, perfect outlets for all forms of neuroses.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _Jetways were excellent substitutes for war, perfect outlets for all forms of neuroses.
ominous
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From this reading The echo of his footfalls like drumbeats, ominous, threatening.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Slowly, one, two, three, four.
out
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outlets
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From this reading _Jetways were excellent substitutes for war, perfect outlets for all forms of neuroses.
perfect
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From this reading _Jetways were excellent substitutes for war, perfect outlets for all forms of neuroses.
Slowly
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From this reading Slowly, one, two, three, four.
steps
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From this reading And the unfit were weeded out by death...._ Up the concrete steps.
substitutes
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From this reading _Jetways were excellent substitutes for war, perfect outlets for all forms of neuroses.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And the unfit were weeded out by death...._ Up the concrete steps.
threatening
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From this reading The echo of his footfalls like drumbeats, ominous, threatening.
three
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From this reading Slowly, one, two, three, four.
two
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From this reading Slowly, one, two, three, four.
unfit
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From this reading And the unfit were weeded out by death...._ Up the concrete steps.
Up
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war
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From this reading _Jetways were excellent substitutes for war, perfect outlets for all forms of neuroses.
weeded
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From this reading And the unfit were weeded out by death...._ Up the concrete steps.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading _Jetways were excellent substitutes for war, perfect outlets for all forms of neuroses.