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aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
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affected
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From this reading His tall thin figure and bright eyes got into my dreams and haunted me, so that I thought my nerves were affected.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Benoni had made an impression on me that nothing could efface.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading His tall thin figure and bright eyes got into my dreams and haunted me, so that I thought my nerves were affected.
any
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From this reading For several days I could think of nothing else, and at last had myself bled, and took some cooling barley-water, and gave up eating salad at night, but without any perceptible effect.
askednounUS /asked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I asked everyone I knew, and nobody had heard of them, so that at last I quite gave it over, and wrote to tell him so.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading For several days I could think of nothing else, and at last had myself bled, and took some cooling barley-water, and gave up eating salad at night, but without any perceptible effect.
barley-water
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Benoni
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From this reading Benoni had made an impression on me that nothing could efface.
bled
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From this reading For several days I could think of nothing else, and at last had myself bled, and took some cooling barley-water, and gave up eating salad at night, but without any perceptible effect.
bright
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From this reading His tall thin figure and bright eyes got into my dreams and haunted me, so that I thought my nerves were affected.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading For several days I could think of nothing else, and at last had myself bled, and took some cooling barley-water, and gave up eating salad at night, but without any perceptible effect.
contessina
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cooling
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From this reading For several days I could think of nothing else, and at last had myself bled, and took some cooling barley-water, and gave up eating salad at night, but without any perceptible effect.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Benoni had made an impression on me that nothing could efface.
days
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From this reading For several days I could think of nothing else, and at last had myself bled, and took some cooling barley-water, and gave up eating salad at night, but without any perceptible effect.
disappearance
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From this reading Nino wrote often, and seemed very much excited about the disappearance of the contessina, but what could I do?
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Nino wrote often, and seemed very much excited about the disappearance of the contessina, but what could I do?
dreams
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From this reading His tall thin figure and bright eyes got into my dreams and haunted me, so that I thought my nerves were affected.
eating
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efface
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effect
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From this reading For several days I could think of nothing else, and at last had myself bled, and took some cooling barley-water, and gave up eating salad at night, but without any perceptible effect.
else
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From this reading For several days I could think of nothing else, and at last had myself bled, and took some cooling barley-water, and gave up eating salad at night, but without any perceptible effect.
everyonepronounUS /ˈevriwʌn/
every person
From this reading I asked everyone I knew, and nobody had heard of them, so that at last I quite gave it over, and wrote to tell him so.
excitedadjectiveUS /ɪkˈsaɪtɪd/
very enthusiastic or eager
From this reading Nino wrote often, and seemed very much excited about the disappearance of the contessina, but what could I do?
eyes
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From this reading His tall thin figure and bright eyes got into my dreams and haunted me, so that I thought my nerves were affected.
figure
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From this reading His tall thin figure and bright eyes got into my dreams and haunted me, so that I thought my nerves were affected.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For several days I could think of nothing else, and at last had myself bled, and took some cooling barley-water, and gave up eating salad at night, but without any perceptible effect.
gave
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got
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From this reading His tall thin figure and bright eyes got into my dreams and haunted me, so that I thought my nerves were affected.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Benoni had made an impression on me that nothing could efface.
haunted
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From this reading His tall thin figure and bright eyes got into my dreams and haunted me, so that I thought my nerves were affected.
heard
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From this reading I asked everyone I knew, and nobody had heard of them, so that at last I quite gave it over, and wrote to tell him so.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I asked everyone I knew, and nobody had heard of them, so that at last I quite gave it over, and wrote to tell him so.
HisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading His tall thin figure and bright eyes got into my dreams and haunted me, so that I thought my nerves were affected.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading His tall thin figure and bright eyes got into my dreams and haunted me, so that I thought my nerves were affected.
impression
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From this reading Benoni had made an impression on me that nothing could efface.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading His tall thin figure and bright eyes got into my dreams and haunted me, so that I thought my nerves were affected.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I asked everyone I knew, and nobody had heard of them, so that at last I quite gave it over, and wrote to tell him so.
knew
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From this reading I asked everyone I knew, and nobody had heard of them, so that at last I quite gave it over, and wrote to tell him so.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For several days I could think of nothing else, and at last had myself bled, and took some cooling barley-water, and gave up eating salad at night, but without any perceptible effect.
made
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From this reading Benoni had made an impression on me that nothing could efface.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Benoni had made an impression on me that nothing could efface.
much
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From this reading Nino wrote often, and seemed very much excited about the disappearance of the contessina, but what could I do?
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading His tall thin figure and bright eyes got into my dreams and haunted me, so that I thought my nerves were affected.
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading For several days I could think of nothing else, and at last had myself bled, and took some cooling barley-water, and gave up eating salad at night, but without any perceptible effect.
nerves
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From this reading His tall thin figure and bright eyes got into my dreams and haunted me, so that I thought my nerves were affected.
night
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From this reading For several days I could think of nothing else, and at last had myself bled, and took some cooling barley-water, and gave up eating salad at night, but without any perceptible effect.
Nino
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From this reading Nino wrote often, and seemed very much excited about the disappearance of the contessina, but what could I do?
nobodypronounUS /ˈnoʊbɑːdiː/
no person; not anyone
From this reading I asked everyone I knew, and nobody had heard of them, so that at last I quite gave it over, and wrote to tell him so.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Benoni had made an impression on me that nothing could efface.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading For several days I could think of nothing else, and at last had myself bled, and took some cooling barley-water, and gave up eating salad at night, but without any perceptible effect.
often
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From this reading Nino wrote often, and seemed very much excited about the disappearance of the contessina, but what could I do?
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Benoni had made an impression on me that nothing could efface.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading I asked everyone I knew, and nobody had heard of them, so that at last I quite gave it over, and wrote to tell him so.
perceptible
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From this reading For several days I could think of nothing else, and at last had myself bled, and took some cooling barley-water, and gave up eating salad at night, but without any perceptible effect.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I asked everyone I knew, and nobody had heard of them, so that at last I quite gave it over, and wrote to tell him so.
salad
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From this reading For several days I could think of nothing else, and at last had myself bled, and took some cooling barley-water, and gave up eating salad at night, but without any perceptible effect.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Nino wrote often, and seemed very much excited about the disappearance of the contessina, but what could I do?
several
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From this reading For several days I could think of nothing else, and at last had myself bled, and took some cooling barley-water, and gave up eating salad at night, but without any perceptible effect.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading His tall thin figure and bright eyes got into my dreams and haunted me, so that I thought my nerves were affected.
some
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From this reading For several days I could think of nothing else, and at last had myself bled, and took some cooling barley-water, and gave up eating salad at night, but without any perceptible effect.
tall
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From this reading His tall thin figure and bright eyes got into my dreams and haunted me, so that I thought my nerves were affected.
tellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I asked everyone I knew, and nobody had heard of them, so that at last I quite gave it over, and wrote to tell him so.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Benoni had made an impression on me that nothing could efface.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Nino wrote often, and seemed very much excited about the disappearance of the contessina, but what could I do?
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading I asked everyone I knew, and nobody had heard of them, so that at last I quite gave it over, and wrote to tell him so.
thinadjectiveUS /θɪn/
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading His tall thin figure and bright eyes got into my dreams and haunted me, so that I thought my nerves were affected.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For several days I could think of nothing else, and at last had myself bled, and took some cooling barley-water, and gave up eating salad at night, but without any perceptible effect.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His tall thin figure and bright eyes got into my dreams and haunted me, so that I thought my nerves were affected.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I asked everyone I knew, and nobody had heard of them, so that at last I quite gave it over, and wrote to tell him so.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For several days I could think of nothing else, and at last had myself bled, and took some cooling barley-water, and gave up eating salad at night, but without any perceptible effect.
up
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From this reading For several days I could think of nothing else, and at last had myself bled, and took some cooling barley-water, and gave up eating salad at night, but without any perceptible effect.
very
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From this reading Nino wrote often, and seemed very much excited about the disappearance of the contessina, but what could I do?
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading His tall thin figure and bright eyes got into my dreams and haunted me, so that I thought my nerves were affected.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Nino wrote often, and seemed very much excited about the disappearance of the contessina, but what could I do?
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading For several days I could think of nothing else, and at last had myself bled, and took some cooling barley-water, and gave up eating salad at night, but without any perceptible effect.
wrote
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From this reading Nino wrote often, and seemed very much excited about the disappearance of the contessina, but what could I do?
