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abroad
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From this reading The world teems and bubbles with adventure; it besieges you along the street: hands waving out of windows, swindlers coming up and swearing they knew you when you were abroad, affable and doubtful people of all sorts and conditions begging and truckling for your notice.
adventure
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From this reading The world teems and bubbles with adventure; it besieges you along the street: hands waving out of windows, swindlers coming up and swearing they knew you when you were abroad, affable and doubtful people of all sorts and conditions begging and truckling for your notice.
affable
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From this reading The world teems and bubbles with adventure; it besieges you along the street: hands waving out of windows, swindlers coming up and swearing they knew you when you were abroad, affable and doubtful people of all sorts and conditions begging and truckling for your notice.
all
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From this reading The world teems and bubbles with adventure; it besieges you along the street: hands waving out of windows, swindlers coming up and swearing they knew you when you were abroad, affable and doubtful people of all sorts and conditions begging and truckling for your notice.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading The world teems and bubbles with adventure; it besieges you along the street: hands waving out of windows, swindlers coming up and swearing they knew you when you were abroad, affable and doubtful people of all sorts and conditions begging and truckling for your notice.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The world teems and bubbles with adventure; it besieges you along the street: hands waving out of windows, swindlers coming up and swearing they knew you when you were abroad, affable and doubtful people of all sorts and conditions begging and truckling for your notice.
arms
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From this reading Now here, I beg of you, the next adventure that offers itself, embrace it in with both your arms; whatever it looks, grimy or romantic, grasp it.
away
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From this reading But not you: you turn away, you walk your seedy mill round, you must go the dullest way.
beg
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From this reading Now here, I beg of you, the next adventure that offers itself, embrace it in with both your arms; whatever it looks, grimy or romantic, grasp it.
begging
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From this reading The world teems and bubbles with adventure; it besieges you along the street: hands waving out of windows, swindlers coming up and swearing they knew you when you were abroad, affable and doubtful people of all sorts and conditions begging and truckling for your notice.
besieges
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From this reading The world teems and bubbles with adventure; it besieges you along the street: hands waving out of windows, swindlers coming up and swearing they knew you when you were abroad, affable and doubtful people of all sorts and conditions begging and truckling for your notice.
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading Now here, I beg of you, the next adventure that offers itself, embrace it in with both your arms; whatever it looks, grimy or romantic, grasp it.
bubbles
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From this reading The world teems and bubbles with adventure; it besieges you along the street: hands waving out of windows, swindlers coming up and swearing they knew you when you were abroad, affable and doubtful people of all sorts and conditions begging and truckling for your notice.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But not you: you turn away, you walk your seedy mill round, you must go the dullest way.
catch
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From this reading ‘There I catch the secret of your futility in life.
coming
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From this reading The world teems and bubbles with adventure; it besieges you along the street: hands waving out of windows, swindlers coming up and swearing they knew you when you were abroad, affable and doubtful people of all sorts and conditions begging and truckling for your notice.
conditions
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From this reading The world teems and bubbles with adventure; it besieges you along the street: hands waving out of windows, swindlers coming up and swearing they knew you when you were abroad, affable and doubtful people of all sorts and conditions begging and truckling for your notice.
criednounUS /cried/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ‘Now there is the fallacy,’ cried Somerset.
doubtful
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From this reading The world teems and bubbles with adventure; it besieges you along the street: hands waving out of windows, swindlers coming up and swearing they knew you when you were abroad, affable and doubtful people of all sorts and conditions begging and truckling for your notice.
dullest
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From this reading But not you: you turn away, you walk your seedy mill round, you must go the dullest way.
embrace
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From this reading Now here, I beg of you, the next adventure that offers itself, embrace it in with both your arms; whatever it looks, grimy or romantic, grasp it.
fallacy
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From this reading ‘Now there is the fallacy,’ cried Somerset.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The world teems and bubbles with adventure; it besieges you along the street: hands waving out of windows, swindlers coming up and swearing they knew you when you were abroad, affable and doubtful people of all sorts and conditions begging and truckling for your notice.
futility
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From this reading ‘There I catch the secret of your futility in life.
go
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From this reading But not you: you turn away, you walk your seedy mill round, you must go the dullest way.
graspnounUS /ɡræsp/
a firm hold in a specific situation in this story
From this reading Now here, I beg of you, the next adventure that offers itself, embrace it in with both your arms; whatever it looks, grimy or romantic, grasp it.
grimy
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From this reading Now here, I beg of you, the next adventure that offers itself, embrace it in with both your arms; whatever it looks, grimy or romantic, grasp it.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading The world teems and bubbles with adventure; it besieges you along the street: hands waving out of windows, swindlers coming up and swearing they knew you when you were abroad, affable and doubtful people of all sorts and conditions begging and truckling for your notice.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Now here, I beg of you, the next adventure that offers itself, embrace it in with both your arms; whatever it looks, grimy or romantic, grasp it.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading ‘There I catch the secret of your futility in life.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading ‘There I catch the secret of your futility in life.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ‘Now there is the fallacy,’ cried Somerset.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The world teems and bubbles with adventure; it besieges you along the street: hands waving out of windows, swindlers coming up and swearing they knew you when you were abroad, affable and doubtful people of all sorts and conditions begging and truckling for your notice.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading Now here, I beg of you, the next adventure that offers itself, embrace it in with both your arms; whatever it looks, grimy or romantic, grasp it.
knew
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From this reading The world teems and bubbles with adventure; it besieges you along the street: hands waving out of windows, swindlers coming up and swearing they knew you when you were abroad, affable and doubtful people of all sorts and conditions begging and truckling for your notice.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ‘There I catch the secret of your futility in life.
looks
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From this reading Now here, I beg of you, the next adventure that offers itself, embrace it in with both your arms; whatever it looks, grimy or romantic, grasp it.
mill
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From this reading But not you: you turn away, you walk your seedy mill round, you must go the dullest way.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading But not you: you turn away, you walk your seedy mill round, you must go the dullest way.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Now here, I beg of you, the next adventure that offers itself, embrace it in with both your arms; whatever it looks, grimy or romantic, grasp it.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading But not you: you turn away, you walk your seedy mill round, you must go the dullest way.
notice
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From this reading The world teems and bubbles with adventure; it besieges you along the street: hands waving out of windows, swindlers coming up and swearing they knew you when you were abroad, affable and doubtful people of all sorts and conditions begging and truckling for your notice.
Now
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From this reading ‘Now there is the fallacy,’ cried Somerset.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading ‘There I catch the secret of your futility in life.
offers
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From this reading Now here, I beg of you, the next adventure that offers itself, embrace it in with both your arms; whatever it looks, grimy or romantic, grasp it.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Now here, I beg of you, the next adventure that offers itself, embrace it in with both your arms; whatever it looks, grimy or romantic, grasp it.
out
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From this reading The world teems and bubbles with adventure; it besieges you along the street: hands waving out of windows, swindlers coming up and swearing they knew you when you were abroad, affable and doubtful people of all sorts and conditions begging and truckling for your notice.
people
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From this reading The world teems and bubbles with adventure; it besieges you along the street: hands waving out of windows, swindlers coming up and swearing they knew you when you were abroad, affable and doubtful people of all sorts and conditions begging and truckling for your notice.
romantic
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From this reading Now here, I beg of you, the next adventure that offers itself, embrace it in with both your arms; whatever it looks, grimy or romantic, grasp it.
round
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From this reading But not you: you turn away, you walk your seedy mill round, you must go the dullest way.
secretnounUS /ˈsiː.krət/
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading ‘There I catch the secret of your futility in life.
seedy
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From this reading But not you: you turn away, you walk your seedy mill round, you must go the dullest way.
Somerset
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From this reading ‘Now there is the fallacy,’ cried Somerset.
sorts
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From this reading The world teems and bubbles with adventure; it besieges you along the street: hands waving out of windows, swindlers coming up and swearing they knew you when you were abroad, affable and doubtful people of all sorts and conditions begging and truckling for your notice.
street
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From this reading The world teems and bubbles with adventure; it besieges you along the street: hands waving out of windows, swindlers coming up and swearing they knew you when you were abroad, affable and doubtful people of all sorts and conditions begging and truckling for your notice.
swearing
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From this reading The world teems and bubbles with adventure; it besieges you along the street: hands waving out of windows, swindlers coming up and swearing they knew you when you were abroad, affable and doubtful people of all sorts and conditions begging and truckling for your notice.
swindlers
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From this reading The world teems and bubbles with adventure; it besieges you along the street: hands waving out of windows, swindlers coming up and swearing they knew you when you were abroad, affable and doubtful people of all sorts and conditions begging and truckling for your notice.
teems
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From this reading The world teems and bubbles with adventure; it besieges you along the street: hands waving out of windows, swindlers coming up and swearing they knew you when you were abroad, affable and doubtful people of all sorts and conditions begging and truckling for your notice.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Now here, I beg of you, the next adventure that offers itself, embrace it in with both your arms; whatever it looks, grimy or romantic, grasp it.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ‘Now there is the fallacy,’ cried Somerset.
there
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From this reading ‘Now there is the fallacy,’ cried Somerset.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The world teems and bubbles with adventure; it besieges you along the street: hands waving out of windows, swindlers coming up and swearing they knew you when you were abroad, affable and doubtful people of all sorts and conditions begging and truckling for your notice.
truckling
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From this reading The world teems and bubbles with adventure; it besieges you along the street: hands waving out of windows, swindlers coming up and swearing they knew you when you were abroad, affable and doubtful people of all sorts and conditions begging and truckling for your notice.
turn
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From this reading But not you: you turn away, you walk your seedy mill round, you must go the dullest way.
up
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From this reading The world teems and bubbles with adventure; it besieges you along the street: hands waving out of windows, swindlers coming up and swearing they knew you when you were abroad, affable and doubtful people of all sorts and conditions begging and truckling for your notice.
walk
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From this reading But not you: you turn away, you walk your seedy mill round, you must go the dullest way.
waving
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From this reading The world teems and bubbles with adventure; it besieges you along the street: hands waving out of windows, swindlers coming up and swearing they knew you when you were abroad, affable and doubtful people of all sorts and conditions begging and truckling for your notice.
way
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From this reading But not you: you turn away, you walk your seedy mill round, you must go the dullest way.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The world teems and bubbles with adventure; it besieges you along the street: hands waving out of windows, swindlers coming up and swearing they knew you when you were abroad, affable and doubtful people of all sorts and conditions begging and truckling for your notice.
whateverdeterminerUS /ˌwʌˈtevər/
any or all of a kind, it does not matter which
From this reading Now here, I beg of you, the next adventure that offers itself, embrace it in with both your arms; whatever it looks, grimy or romantic, grasp it.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading The world teems and bubbles with adventure; it besieges you along the street: hands waving out of windows, swindlers coming up and swearing they knew you when you were abroad, affable and doubtful people of all sorts and conditions begging and truckling for your notice.
windows
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From this reading The world teems and bubbles with adventure; it besieges you along the street: hands waving out of windows, swindlers coming up and swearing they knew you when you were abroad, affable and doubtful people of all sorts and conditions begging and truckling for your notice.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The world teems and bubbles with adventure; it besieges you along the street: hands waving out of windows, swindlers coming up and swearing they knew you when you were abroad, affable and doubtful people of all sorts and conditions begging and truckling for your notice.
world
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From this reading The world teems and bubbles with adventure; it besieges you along the street: hands waving out of windows, swindlers coming up and swearing they knew you when you were abroad, affable and doubtful people of all sorts and conditions begging and truckling for your notice.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading The world teems and bubbles with adventure; it besieges you along the street: hands waving out of windows, swindlers coming up and swearing they knew you when you were abroad, affable and doubtful people of all sorts and conditions begging and truckling for your notice.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading ‘There I catch the secret of your futility in life.
