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The Drivers

Chapter I

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_Jetways were excellent substitutes for war, perfect outlets for all forms of neuroses.
And the unfit were weeded out by death...._ Up the concrete steps.
Slowly, one, two, three, four.
Down the naked, ice-white corridor.
The echo of his footfalls like drumbeats, ominous, threatening.
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The Drivers

Chapter I

Reading 1/103 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
_Jetways were excellent substitutes for war, perfect outlets for all forms of neuroses.
Line 2
And the unfit were weeded out by death...._ Up the concrete steps.
Line 3
Slowly, one, two, three, four.
Line 4
Down the naked, ice-white corridor.
Line 5
The echo of his footfalls like drumbeats, ominous, threatening.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

One pronoun US /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading “Slowly, one, two, three, four.”

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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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From this reading And the unfit were weeded out by death...._ Up the concrete steps.

corridor

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From this reading Down the naked, ice-white corridor.

death

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From this reading And the unfit were weeded out by death...._ Up the concrete steps.

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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From this reading And the unfit were weeded out by death...._ Up the concrete steps.

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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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.