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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 To begin with, one sees the world nearly at a maximum wealth and prosperity.
all
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also
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From this reading To its inhabitants indeed it seemed also at a maximum of security.
altogether
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From this reading The stages of the swift and universal collapse of the financial and scientific civilisation with which the twentieth century opened followed each other very swiftly, so swiftly that upon the foreshortened page of history--they seem altogether to overlap.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And now the whole fabric of civilisation was bending and giving, and dropping to pieces and melting in the furnace of the war.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading To begin with, one sees the world nearly at a maximum wealth and prosperity.
begin
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From this reading To begin with, one sees the world nearly at a maximum wealth and prosperity.
bending
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century
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chance
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civilisation
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collapse
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days
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dropping
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From this reading And now the whole fabric of civilisation was bending and giving, and dropping to pieces and melting in the furnace of the war.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading The stages of the swift and universal collapse of the financial and scientific civilisation with which the twentieth century opened followed each other very swiftly, so swiftly that upon the foreshortened page of history--they seem altogether to overlap.
error
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fabric
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few
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financial
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followed
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foreshortened
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fragments
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furnace
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giving
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From this reading And now the whole fabric of civilisation was bending and giving, and dropping to pieces and melting in the furnace of the war.
hallucination
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hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading When now in retrospect the thoughtful observer surveys the intellectual history of this time, when one reads its surviving fragments of literature, its scraps of political oratory, the few small voices that chance has selected out of a thousand million utterances to speak to later days, the most striking thing of all this web of wisdom and error is surely that hallucination of security.
history
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inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading And now the whole fabric of civilisation was bending and giving, and dropping to pieces and melting in the furnace of the war.
indeed
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From this reading To its inhabitants indeed it seemed also at a maximum of security.
inhabitants
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From this reading To its inhabitants indeed it seemed also at a maximum of security.
intellectual
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isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading When now in retrospect the thoughtful observer surveys the intellectual history of this time, when one reads its surviving fragments of literature, its scraps of political oratory, the few small voices that chance has selected out of a thousand million utterances to speak to later days, the most striking thing of all this web of wisdom and error is surely that hallucination of security.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading To its inhabitants indeed it seemed also at a maximum of security.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading To its inhabitants indeed it seemed also at a maximum of security.
later
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literature
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maximum
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From this reading To begin with, one sees the world nearly at a maximum wealth and prosperity.
meltingnounUS /ˈmelting/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading And now the whole fabric of civilisation was bending and giving, and dropping to pieces and melting in the furnace of the war.
million
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most
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nearly
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From this reading To begin with, one sees the world nearly at a maximum wealth and prosperity.
now
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From this reading And now the whole fabric of civilisation was bending and giving, and dropping to pieces and melting in the furnace of the war.
observer
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ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And now the whole fabric of civilisation was bending and giving, and dropping to pieces and melting in the furnace of the war.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading To begin with, one sees the world nearly at a maximum wealth and prosperity.
opened
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oratory
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other
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out
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overlap
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page
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pieces
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From this reading And now the whole fabric of civilisation was bending and giving, and dropping to pieces and melting in the furnace of the war.
political
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prosperity
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reads
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retrospect
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scientific
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scraps
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security
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From this reading To its inhabitants indeed it seemed also at a maximum of security.
seem
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seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To its inhabitants indeed it seemed also at a maximum of security.
sees
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selected
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small
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soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The stages of the swift and universal collapse of the financial and scientific civilisation with which the twentieth century opened followed each other very swiftly, so swiftly that upon the foreshortened page of history--they seem altogether to overlap.
speak
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stages
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striking
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surely
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surveys
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surviving
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swift
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swiftly
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From this reading The stages of the swift and universal collapse of the financial and scientific civilisation with which the twentieth century opened followed each other very swiftly, so swiftly that upon the foreshortened page of history--they seem altogether to overlap.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The stages of the swift and universal collapse of the financial and scientific civilisation with which the twentieth century opened followed each other very swiftly, so swiftly that upon the foreshortened page of history--they seem altogether to overlap.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And now the whole fabric of civilisation was bending and giving, and dropping to pieces and melting in the furnace of the war.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The stages of the swift and universal collapse of the financial and scientific civilisation with which the twentieth century opened followed each other very swiftly, so swiftly that upon the foreshortened page of history--they seem altogether to overlap.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When now in retrospect the thoughtful observer surveys the intellectual history of this time, when one reads its surviving fragments of literature, its scraps of political oratory, the few small voices that chance has selected out of a thousand million utterances to speak to later days, the most striking thing of all this web of wisdom and error is surely that hallucination of security.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading When now in retrospect the thoughtful observer surveys the intellectual history of this time, when one reads its surviving fragments of literature, its scraps of political oratory, the few small voices that chance has selected out of a thousand million utterances to speak to later days, the most striking thing of all this web of wisdom and error is surely that hallucination of security.
thoughtful
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thousand
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timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When now in retrospect the thoughtful observer surveys the intellectual history of this time, when one reads its surviving fragments of literature, its scraps of political oratory, the few small voices that chance has selected out of a thousand million utterances to speak to later days, the most striking thing of all this web of wisdom and error is surely that hallucination of security.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And now the whole fabric of civilisation was bending and giving, and dropping to pieces and melting in the furnace of the war.
twentieth
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universal
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uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The stages of the swift and universal collapse of the financial and scientific civilisation with which the twentieth century opened followed each other very swiftly, so swiftly that upon the foreshortened page of history--they seem altogether to overlap.
utterances
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very
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voices
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war
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From this reading And now the whole fabric of civilisation was bending and giving, and dropping to pieces and melting in the furnace of the war.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And now the whole fabric of civilisation was bending and giving, and dropping to pieces and melting in the furnace of the war.
wealth
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From this reading To begin with, one sees the world nearly at a maximum wealth and prosperity.
web
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From this reading When now in retrospect the thoughtful observer surveys the intellectual history of this time, when one reads its surviving fragments of literature, its scraps of political oratory, the few small voices that chance has selected out of a thousand million utterances to speak to later days, the most striking thing of all this web of wisdom and error is surely that hallucination of security.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When now in retrospect the thoughtful observer surveys the intellectual history of this time, when one reads its surviving fragments of literature, its scraps of political oratory, the few small voices that chance has selected out of a thousand million utterances to speak to later days, the most striking thing of all this web of wisdom and error is surely that hallucination of security.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The stages of the swift and universal collapse of the financial and scientific civilisation with which the twentieth century opened followed each other very swiftly, so swiftly that upon the foreshortened page of history--they seem altogether to overlap.
whole
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wisdom
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withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The stages of the swift and universal collapse of the financial and scientific civilisation with which the twentieth century opened followed each other very swiftly, so swiftly that upon the foreshortened page of history--they seem altogether to overlap.
world
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