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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 The impression of having slashed hard enough to cut his man clean in two abode with him for a while in an exaggerated memory of the right good-will he had put into the blow.
abode
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From this reading The impression of having slashed hard enough to cut his man clean in two abode with him for a while in an exaggerated memory of the right good-will he had put into the blow.
adversary
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From this reading </p> <p> Beholding his adversary stretched out perfectly still, his face to the sky, Lieut. D’Hubert thought he had killed him outright.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The impression of having slashed hard enough to cut his man clean in two abode with him for a while in an exaggerated memory of the right good-will he had put into the blow.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He did not feel it in the least, but it checked his rush, and his feet slipping on the gravel he fell backwards with great violence.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Simultaneously with his fall the pretty servant-girl shrieked; but the old maiden lady at the window ceased her scolding, and began to cross herself piously.
backwards
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From this reading He did not feel it in the least, but it checked his rush, and his feet slipping on the gravel he fell backwards with great violence.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Simultaneously with his fall the pretty servant-girl shrieked; but the old maiden lady at the window ceased her scolding, and began to cross herself piously.
Beholding
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From this reading </p> <p> Beholding his adversary stretched out perfectly still, his face to the sky, Lieut. D’Hubert thought he had killed him outright.
blow
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From this reading The impression of having slashed hard enough to cut his man clean in two abode with him for a while in an exaggerated memory of the right good-will he had put into the blow.
boiling
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From this reading The shock jarred his boiling brain into the perfect quietude of insensibility.
brain
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From this reading The shock jarred his boiling brain into the perfect quietude of insensibility.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He did not feel it in the least, but it checked his rush, and his feet slipping on the gravel he fell backwards with great violence.
ceased
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From this reading Simultaneously with his fall the pretty servant-girl shrieked; but the old maiden lady at the window ceased her scolding, and began to cross herself piously.
checked
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From this reading He did not feel it in the least, but it checked his rush, and his feet slipping on the gravel he fell backwards with great violence.
clean
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From this reading The impression of having slashed hard enough to cut his man clean in two abode with him for a while in an exaggerated memory of the right good-will he had put into the blow.
cross
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From this reading Simultaneously with his fall the pretty servant-girl shrieked; but the old maiden lady at the window ceased her scolding, and began to cross herself piously.
cut
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From this reading The impression of having slashed hard enough to cut his man clean in two abode with him for a while in an exaggerated memory of the right good-will he had put into the blow.
D
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From this reading </p> <p> Beholding his adversary stretched out perfectly still, his face to the sky, Lieut. D’Hubert thought he had killed him outright.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading He did not feel it in the least, but it checked his rush, and his feet slipping on the gravel he fell backwards with great violence.
enough
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From this reading The impression of having slashed hard enough to cut his man clean in two abode with him for a while in an exaggerated memory of the right good-will he had put into the blow.
exaggerated
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From this reading The impression of having slashed hard enough to cut his man clean in two abode with him for a while in an exaggerated memory of the right good-will he had put into the blow.
face
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From this reading </p> <p> Beholding his adversary stretched out perfectly still, his face to the sky, Lieut. D’Hubert thought he had killed him outright.
fall
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From this reading Simultaneously with his fall the pretty servant-girl shrieked; but the old maiden lady at the window ceased her scolding, and began to cross herself piously.
feel
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From this reading He did not feel it in the least, but it checked his rush, and his feet slipping on the gravel he fell backwards with great violence.
feet
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From this reading He did not feel it in the least, but it checked his rush, and his feet slipping on the gravel he fell backwards with great violence.
fell
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From this reading He did not feel it in the least, but it checked his rush, and his feet slipping on the gravel he fell backwards with great violence.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The impression of having slashed hard enough to cut his man clean in two abode with him for a while in an exaggerated memory of the right good-will he had put into the blow.
good-will
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From this reading The impression of having slashed hard enough to cut his man clean in two abode with him for a while in an exaggerated memory of the right good-will he had put into the blow.
gravel
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From this reading He did not feel it in the least, but it checked his rush, and his feet slipping on the gravel he fell backwards with great violence.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He did not feel it in the least, but it checked his rush, and his feet slipping on the gravel he fell backwards with great violence.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading </p> <p> Beholding his adversary stretched out perfectly still, his face to the sky, Lieut. D’Hubert thought he had killed him outright.
hard
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From this reading The impression of having slashed hard enough to cut his man clean in two abode with him for a while in an exaggerated memory of the right good-will he had put into the blow.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading The impression of having slashed hard enough to cut his man clean in two abode with him for a while in an exaggerated memory of the right good-will he had put into the blow.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He did not feel it in the least, but it checked his rush, and his feet slipping on the gravel he fell backwards with great violence.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Simultaneously with his fall the pretty servant-girl shrieked; but the old maiden lady at the window ceased her scolding, and began to cross herself piously.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Simultaneously with his fall the pretty servant-girl shrieked; but the old maiden lady at the window ceased her scolding, and began to cross herself piously.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading </p> <p> Beholding his adversary stretched out perfectly still, his face to the sky, Lieut. D’Hubert thought he had killed him outright.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He did not feel it in the least, but it checked his rush, and his feet slipping on the gravel he fell backwards with great violence.
Hubert
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From this reading </p> <p> Beholding his adversary stretched out perfectly still, his face to the sky, Lieut. D’Hubert thought he had killed him outright.
impression
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From this reading The impression of having slashed hard enough to cut his man clean in two abode with him for a while in an exaggerated memory of the right good-will he had put into the blow.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He did not feel it in the least, but it checked his rush, and his feet slipping on the gravel he fell backwards with great violence.
insensibility
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From this reading The shock jarred his boiling brain into the perfect quietude of insensibility.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The shock jarred his boiling brain into the perfect quietude of insensibility.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He did not feel it in the least, but it checked his rush, and his feet slipping on the gravel he fell backwards with great violence.
jarred
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From this reading The shock jarred his boiling brain into the perfect quietude of insensibility.
killed
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From this reading </p> <p> Beholding his adversary stretched out perfectly still, his face to the sky, Lieut. D’Hubert thought he had killed him outright.
lady
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From this reading Simultaneously with his fall the pretty servant-girl shrieked; but the old maiden lady at the window ceased her scolding, and began to cross herself piously.
leastnounUS /least/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He did not feel it in the least, but it checked his rush, and his feet slipping on the gravel he fell backwards with great violence.
Lieut
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From this reading </p> <p> Beholding his adversary stretched out perfectly still, his face to the sky, Lieut. D’Hubert thought he had killed him outright.
maidennoun, literaryUS /ˈmeɪdən/
a young woman who is not married
From this reading Simultaneously with his fall the pretty servant-girl shrieked; but the old maiden lady at the window ceased her scolding, and began to cross herself piously.
man
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From this reading The impression of having slashed hard enough to cut his man clean in two abode with him for a while in an exaggerated memory of the right good-will he had put into the blow.
memorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading The impression of having slashed hard enough to cut his man clean in two abode with him for a while in an exaggerated memory of the right good-will he had put into the blow.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading He did not feel it in the least, but it checked his rush, and his feet slipping on the gravel he fell backwards with great violence.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The shock jarred his boiling brain into the perfect quietude of insensibility.
old
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From this reading Simultaneously with his fall the pretty servant-girl shrieked; but the old maiden lady at the window ceased her scolding, and began to cross herself piously.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He did not feel it in the least, but it checked his rush, and his feet slipping on the gravel he fell backwards with great violence.
out
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From this reading </p> <p> Beholding his adversary stretched out perfectly still, his face to the sky, Lieut. D’Hubert thought he had killed him outright.
outright
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From this reading </p> <p> Beholding his adversary stretched out perfectly still, his face to the sky, Lieut. D’Hubert thought he had killed him outright.
p
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From this reading </p> <p> Beholding his adversary stretched out perfectly still, his face to the sky, Lieut. D’Hubert thought he had killed him outright.
perfect
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From this reading The shock jarred his boiling brain into the perfect quietude of insensibility.
perfectly
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From this reading </p> <p> Beholding his adversary stretched out perfectly still, his face to the sky, Lieut. D’Hubert thought he had killed him outright.
piously
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From this reading Simultaneously with his fall the pretty servant-girl shrieked; but the old maiden lady at the window ceased her scolding, and began to cross herself piously.
pretty
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From this reading Simultaneously with his fall the pretty servant-girl shrieked; but the old maiden lady at the window ceased her scolding, and began to cross herself piously.
put
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From this reading The impression of having slashed hard enough to cut his man clean in two abode with him for a while in an exaggerated memory of the right good-will he had put into the blow.
quietude
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From this reading The shock jarred his boiling brain into the perfect quietude of insensibility.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The impression of having slashed hard enough to cut his man clean in two abode with him for a while in an exaggerated memory of the right good-will he had put into the blow.
rsquo
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From this reading </p> <p> Beholding his adversary stretched out perfectly still, his face to the sky, Lieut. D’Hubert thought he had killed him outright.
rush
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From this reading He did not feel it in the least, but it checked his rush, and his feet slipping on the gravel he fell backwards with great violence.
scolding
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From this reading Simultaneously with his fall the pretty servant-girl shrieked; but the old maiden lady at the window ceased her scolding, and began to cross herself piously.
servant-girl
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From this reading Simultaneously with his fall the pretty servant-girl shrieked; but the old maiden lady at the window ceased her scolding, and began to cross herself piously.
shock
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From this reading The shock jarred his boiling brain into the perfect quietude of insensibility.
shrieked
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From this reading Simultaneously with his fall the pretty servant-girl shrieked; but the old maiden lady at the window ceased her scolding, and began to cross herself piously.
Simultaneously
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From this reading Simultaneously with his fall the pretty servant-girl shrieked; but the old maiden lady at the window ceased her scolding, and began to cross herself piously.
sky
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From this reading </p> <p> Beholding his adversary stretched out perfectly still, his face to the sky, Lieut. D’Hubert thought he had killed him outright.
slashed
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From this reading The impression of having slashed hard enough to cut his man clean in two abode with him for a while in an exaggerated memory of the right good-will he had put into the blow.
slipping
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From this reading He did not feel it in the least, but it checked his rush, and his feet slipping on the gravel he fell backwards with great violence.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading </p> <p> Beholding his adversary stretched out perfectly still, his face to the sky, Lieut. D’Hubert thought he had killed him outright.
stretched
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From this reading </p> <p> Beholding his adversary stretched out perfectly still, his face to the sky, Lieut. D’Hubert thought he had killed him outright.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He did not feel it in the least, but it checked his rush, and his feet slipping on the gravel he fell backwards with great violence.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading </p> <p> Beholding his adversary stretched out perfectly still, his face to the sky, Lieut. D’Hubert thought he had killed him outright.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Simultaneously with his fall the pretty servant-girl shrieked; but the old maiden lady at the window ceased her scolding, and began to cross herself piously.
two
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From this reading The impression of having slashed hard enough to cut his man clean in two abode with him for a while in an exaggerated memory of the right good-will he had put into the blow.
violence
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From this reading He did not feel it in the least, but it checked his rush, and his feet slipping on the gravel he fell backwards with great violence.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading The impression of having slashed hard enough to cut his man clean in two abode with him for a while in an exaggerated memory of the right good-will he had put into the blow.
window
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From this reading Simultaneously with his fall the pretty servant-girl shrieked; but the old maiden lady at the window ceased her scolding, and began to cross herself piously.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading He did not feel it in the least, but it checked his rush, and his feet slipping on the gravel he fell backwards with great violence.
