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Wounded Souls

Chapter X

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“I suppose this was meant to be.
Fate leads us....”
When I went back to Cologne by tram that evening I wondered whether Brand would confide his secret to me.
We had been so much together during the last phase of the war and had talked so much in intimate friendship that I guessed he would come one day and let me know this new adventure of his soul.
Several weeks passed and he said no word of this, though we went for walks together and sat smoking sometimes in cafés after dinner.
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Wounded Souls

Chapter X

Reading 1/87 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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“I suppose this was meant to be.
Line 2
Fate leads us....”
Line 3
When I went back to Cologne by tram that evening I wondered whether Brand would confide his secret to me.
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We had been so much together during the last phase of the war and had talked so much in intimate friendship that I guessed he would come one day and let me know this new adventure of his soul.
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Several weeks passed and he said no word of this, though we went for walks together and sat smoking sometimes in cafés after dinner.

Learner Dictionary

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

After preposition US /ˈæftər/

later than; following

From this reading “Several weeks passed and he said no word of this, though we went for walks together and sat smoking sometimes in cafés after dinner.”

Been auxiliary verb US /bɪn/

the past participle of “be”

From this reading “We had been so much together during the last phase of the war and had talked so much in intimate friendship that I guessed he would come one day and let me know this new adventure of his soul.”

Come noun US /come/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “We had been so much together during the last phase of the war and had talked so much in intimate friendship that I guessed he would come one day and let me know this new adventure of his soul.”

During preposition US /ˈdʊrɪŋ/

all through a period, or at some point within it

From this reading “We had been so much together during the last phase of the war and had talked so much in intimate friendship that I guessed he would come one day and let me know this new adventure of his soul.”

Know noun US /know/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “We had been so much together during the last phase of the war and had talked so much in intimate friendship that I guessed he would come one day and let me know this new adventure of his soul.”

Last noun US /last/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “We had been so much together during the last phase of the war and had talked so much in intimate friendship that I guessed he would come one day and let me know this new adventure of his soul.”

Let auxiliary verb US /let/

used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker

From this reading “We had been so much together during the last phase of the war and had talked so much in intimate friendship that I guessed he would come one day and let me know this new adventure of his soul.”

One pronoun US /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading “We had been so much together during the last phase of the war and had talked so much in intimate friendship that I guessed he would come one day and let me know this new adventure of his soul.”

Passed noun US /passed/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Several weeks passed and he said no word of this, though we went for walks together and sat smoking sometimes in cafés after dinner.”

Secret noun US /ˈsiː.krət/

Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.

From this reading “When I went back to Cologne by tram that evening I wondered whether Brand would confide his secret to me.”

Several noun US /ˈseveral/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “Several weeks passed and he said no word of this, though we went for walks together and sat smoking sometimes in cafés after dinner.”

Smoking noun US /ˈsmoking/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “Several weeks passed and he said no word of this, though we went for walks together and sat smoking sometimes in cafés after dinner.”

Sometimes noun US /sometimes/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Several weeks passed and he said no word of this, though we went for walks together and sat smoking sometimes in cafés after dinner.”

Suppose noun US /ˈsuppose/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading ““I suppose this was meant to be.”

Though conjunction US /ðoʊ/

in spite of the fact that

From this reading “Several weeks passed and he said no word of this, though we went for walks together and sat smoking sometimes in cafés after dinner.”

Went noun US /went/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “When I went back to Cologne by tram that evening I wondered whether Brand would confide his secret to me.”

Whether conjunction US /ˈweðər/

used to introduce two or more possibilities

From this reading “When I went back to Cologne by tram that evening I wondered whether Brand would confide his secret to me.”

Wondered noun US /wondered/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “When I went back to Cologne by tram that evening I wondered whether Brand would confide his secret to me.”

Would modal verb US /wʊd/

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading “When I went back to Cologne by tram that evening I wondered whether Brand would confide his secret to me.”

All words in this reading · 68

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adventure

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From this reading We had been so much together during the last phase of the war and had talked so much in intimate friendship that I guessed he would come one day and let me know this new adventure of his soul.

afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/

later than; following

From this reading Several weeks passed and he said no word of this, though we went for walks together and sat smoking sometimes in cafés after dinner.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading We had been so much together during the last phase of the war and had talked so much in intimate friendship that I guessed he would come one day and let me know this new adventure of his soul.

back

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From this reading When I went back to Cologne by tram that evening I wondered whether Brand would confide his secret to me.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading “I suppose this was meant to be.

beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/

the past participle of “be”

From this reading We had been so much together during the last phase of the war and had talked so much in intimate friendship that I guessed he would come one day and let me know this new adventure of his soul.

Brand

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From this reading When I went back to Cologne by tram that evening I wondered whether Brand would confide his secret to me.

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading When I went back to Cologne by tram that evening I wondered whether Brand would confide his secret to me.

cafés

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From this reading Several weeks passed and he said no word of this, though we went for walks together and sat smoking sometimes in cafés after dinner.

Cologne

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From this reading When I went back to Cologne by tram that evening I wondered whether Brand would confide his secret to me.

comenounUS /come/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading We had been so much together during the last phase of the war and had talked so much in intimate friendship that I guessed he would come one day and let me know this new adventure of his soul.

confide

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From this reading When I went back to Cologne by tram that evening I wondered whether Brand would confide his secret to me.

day

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From this reading We had been so much together during the last phase of the war and had talked so much in intimate friendship that I guessed he would come one day and let me know this new adventure of his soul.

dinner

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From this reading Several weeks passed and he said no word of this, though we went for walks together and sat smoking sometimes in cafés after dinner.

duringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/

all through a period, or at some point within it

From this reading We had been so much together during the last phase of the war and had talked so much in intimate friendship that I guessed he would come one day and let me know this new adventure of his soul.

evening

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From this reading When I went back to Cologne by tram that evening I wondered whether Brand would confide his secret to me.

Fate

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From this reading Fate leads us....”

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Several weeks passed and he said no word of this, though we went for walks together and sat smoking sometimes in cafés after dinner.

friendship

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From this reading We had been so much together during the last phase of the war and had talked so much in intimate friendship that I guessed he would come one day and let me know this new adventure of his soul.

guessed

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From this reading We had been so much together during the last phase of the war and had talked so much in intimate friendship that I guessed he would come one day and let me know this new adventure of his soul.

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading We had been so much together during the last phase of the war and had talked so much in intimate friendship that I guessed he would come one day and let me know this new adventure of his soul.

hepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading We had been so much together during the last phase of the war and had talked so much in intimate friendship that I guessed he would come one day and let me know this new adventure of his soul.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading When I went back to Cologne by tram that evening I wondered whether Brand would confide his secret to me.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading “I suppose this was meant to be.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading We had been so much together during the last phase of the war and had talked so much in intimate friendship that I guessed he would come one day and let me know this new adventure of his soul.

intimate

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From this reading We had been so much together during the last phase of the war and had talked so much in intimate friendship that I guessed he would come one day and let me know this new adventure of his soul.

knownounUS /know/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading We had been so much together during the last phase of the war and had talked so much in intimate friendship that I guessed he would come one day and let me know this new adventure of his soul.

lastnounUS /last/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading We had been so much together during the last phase of the war and had talked so much in intimate friendship that I guessed he would come one day and let me know this new adventure of his soul.

leads

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From this reading Fate leads us....”

letauxiliary verbUS /let/

used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker

From this reading We had been so much together during the last phase of the war and had talked so much in intimate friendship that I guessed he would come one day and let me know this new adventure of his soul.

mepronounUS /miː/

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading When I went back to Cologne by tram that evening I wondered whether Brand would confide his secret to me.

meant

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From this reading “I suppose this was meant to be.

much

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From this reading We had been so much together during the last phase of the war and had talked so much in intimate friendship that I guessed he would come one day and let me know this new adventure of his soul.

new

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From this reading We had been so much together during the last phase of the war and had talked so much in intimate friendship that I guessed he would come one day and let me know this new adventure of his soul.

nodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

From this reading Several weeks passed and he said no word of this, though we went for walks together and sat smoking sometimes in cafés after dinner.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading We had been so much together during the last phase of the war and had talked so much in intimate friendship that I guessed he would come one day and let me know this new adventure of his soul.

onepronounUS /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading We had been so much together during the last phase of the war and had talked so much in intimate friendship that I guessed he would come one day and let me know this new adventure of his soul.

passednounUS /passed/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Several weeks passed and he said no word of this, though we went for walks together and sat smoking sometimes in cafés after dinner.

phase

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From this reading We had been so much together during the last phase of the war and had talked so much in intimate friendship that I guessed he would come one day and let me know this new adventure of his soul.

said

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From this reading Several weeks passed and he said no word of this, though we went for walks together and sat smoking sometimes in cafés after dinner.

sat

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From this reading Several weeks passed and he said no word of this, though we went for walks together and sat smoking sometimes in cafés after dinner.

secretnounUS /ˈsiː.krət/

Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.

From this reading When I went back to Cologne by tram that evening I wondered whether Brand would confide his secret to me.

Several

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From this reading Several weeks passed and he said no word of this, though we went for walks together and sat smoking sometimes in cafés after dinner.

smokingnounUS /ˈsmoking/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading Several weeks passed and he said no word of this, though we went for walks together and sat smoking sometimes in cafés after dinner.

soconjunctionUS /soʊ/

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading We had been so much together during the last phase of the war and had talked so much in intimate friendship that I guessed he would come one day and let me know this new adventure of his soul.

sometimes

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From this reading Several weeks passed and he said no word of this, though we went for walks together and sat smoking sometimes in cafés after dinner.

soul

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From this reading We had been so much together during the last phase of the war and had talked so much in intimate friendship that I guessed he would come one day and let me know this new adventure of his soul.

supposenounUS /ˈsuppose/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “I suppose this was meant to be.

talked

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From this reading We had been so much together during the last phase of the war and had talked so much in intimate friendship that I guessed he would come one day and let me know this new adventure of his soul.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading When I went back to Cologne by tram that evening I wondered whether Brand would confide his secret to me.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading We had been so much together during the last phase of the war and had talked so much in intimate friendship that I guessed he would come one day and let me know this new adventure of his soul.

thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading “I suppose this was meant to be.

thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/

in spite of the fact that

From this reading Several weeks passed and he said no word of this, though we went for walks together and sat smoking sometimes in cafés after dinner.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading “I suppose this was meant to be.

together

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From this reading We had been so much together during the last phase of the war and had talked so much in intimate friendship that I guessed he would come one day and let me know this new adventure of his soul.

tram

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From this reading When I went back to Cologne by tram that evening I wondered whether Brand would confide his secret to me.

uspronounUS /ʌs/

the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Fate leads us....”

walks

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From this reading Several weeks passed and he said no word of this, though we went for walks together and sat smoking sometimes in cafés after dinner.

war

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From this reading We had been so much together during the last phase of the war and had talked so much in intimate friendship that I guessed he would come one day and let me know this new adventure of his soul.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading “I suppose this was meant to be.

WepronounUS /wiː/

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading We had been so much together during the last phase of the war and had talked so much in intimate friendship that I guessed he would come one day and let me know this new adventure of his soul.

weeks

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From this reading Several weeks passed and he said no word of this, though we went for walks together and sat smoking sometimes in cafés after dinner.

wentnounUS /went/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading When I went back to Cologne by tram that evening I wondered whether Brand would confide his secret to me.

WhenconjunctionUS /wen/

at the time that

From this reading When I went back to Cologne by tram that evening I wondered whether Brand would confide his secret to me.

whetherconjunctionUS /ˈweðər/

used to introduce two or more possibilities

From this reading When I went back to Cologne by tram that evening I wondered whether Brand would confide his secret to me.

wonderednounUS /wondered/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading When I went back to Cologne by tram that evening I wondered whether Brand would confide his secret to me.

word

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Several weeks passed and he said no word of this, though we went for walks together and sat smoking sometimes in cafés after dinner.

wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading When I went back to Cologne by tram that evening I wondered whether Brand would confide his secret to me.