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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 When his face and hands grew hot with the fever, she bathed them with a wet towel.
All
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From this reading All she could do was to wash the shoulder in cold water and bind it with strips torn from her white underskirt.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading All she could do was to wash the shoulder in cold water and bind it with strips torn from her white underskirt.
Arlie
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From this reading Arlie knew nothing of wounds or their treatment.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading His inconsequent babble at first frightened her, for she had never before seen a person in delirium, nor heard of the insistence with which one harps upon some fantasy seized upon by a diseased mind.
babble
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From this reading His inconsequent babble at first frightened her, for she had never before seen a person in delirium, nor heard of the insistence with which one harps upon some fantasy seized upon by a diseased mind.
badly
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From this reading How badly he was hurt--whether he might not even die before Dick's return--she had no way of telling.
bathed
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From this reading When his face and hands grew hot with the fever, she bathed them with a wet towel.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading How badly he was hurt--whether he might not even die before Dick's return--she had no way of telling.
bind
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From this reading All she could do was to wash the shoulder in cold water and bind it with strips torn from her white underskirt.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading His inconsequent babble at first frightened her, for she had never before seen a person in delirium, nor heard of the insistence with which one harps upon some fantasy seized upon by a diseased mind.
cold
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From this reading All she could do was to wash the shoulder in cold water and bind it with strips torn from her white underskirt.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading All she could do was to wash the shoulder in cold water and bind it with strips torn from her white underskirt.
delirium
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From this reading His inconsequent babble at first frightened her, for she had never before seen a person in delirium, nor heard of the insistence with which one harps upon some fantasy seized upon by a diseased mind.
Dick's
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From this reading How badly he was hurt--whether he might not even die before Dick's return--she had no way of telling.
die
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From this reading How badly he was hurt--whether he might not even die before Dick's return--she had no way of telling.
diseased
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From this reading His inconsequent babble at first frightened her, for she had never before seen a person in delirium, nor heard of the insistence with which one harps upon some fantasy seized upon by a diseased mind.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading All she could do was to wash the shoulder in cold water and bind it with strips torn from her white underskirt.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading How badly he was hurt--whether he might not even die before Dick's return--she had no way of telling.
face
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From this reading When his face and hands grew hot with the fever, she bathed them with a wet towel.
fantasy
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From this reading His inconsequent babble at first frightened her, for she had never before seen a person in delirium, nor heard of the insistence with which one harps upon some fantasy seized upon by a diseased mind.
fever
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From this reading When his face and hands grew hot with the fever, she bathed them with a wet towel.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His inconsequent babble at first frightened her, for she had never before seen a person in delirium, nor heard of the insistence with which one harps upon some fantasy seized upon by a diseased mind.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading His inconsequent babble at first frightened her, for she had never before seen a person in delirium, nor heard of the insistence with which one harps upon some fantasy seized upon by a diseased mind.
frightened
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From this reading His inconsequent babble at first frightened her, for she had never before seen a person in delirium, nor heard of the insistence with which one harps upon some fantasy seized upon by a diseased mind.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading All she could do was to wash the shoulder in cold water and bind it with strips torn from her white underskirt.
grew
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From this reading When his face and hands grew hot with the fever, she bathed them with a wet towel.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading How badly he was hurt--whether he might not even die before Dick's return--she had no way of telling.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading When his face and hands grew hot with the fever, she bathed them with a wet towel.
harps
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From this reading His inconsequent babble at first frightened her, for she had never before seen a person in delirium, nor heard of the insistence with which one harps upon some fantasy seized upon by a diseased mind.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading How badly he was hurt--whether he might not even die before Dick's return--she had no way of telling.
heard
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From this reading His inconsequent babble at first frightened her, for she had never before seen a person in delirium, nor heard of the insistence with which one harps upon some fantasy seized upon by a diseased mind.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading All she could do was to wash the shoulder in cold water and bind it with strips torn from her white underskirt.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading When his face and hands grew hot with the fever, she bathed them with a wet towel.
hot
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From this reading When his face and hands grew hot with the fever, she bathed them with a wet towel.
How
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From this reading How badly he was hurt--whether he might not even die before Dick's return--she had no way of telling.
hurt
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From this reading How badly he was hurt--whether he might not even die before Dick's return--she had no way of telling.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading All she could do was to wash the shoulder in cold water and bind it with strips torn from her white underskirt.
inconsequent
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From this reading His inconsequent babble at first frightened her, for she had never before seen a person in delirium, nor heard of the insistence with which one harps upon some fantasy seized upon by a diseased mind.
insistence
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From this reading His inconsequent babble at first frightened her, for she had never before seen a person in delirium, nor heard of the insistence with which one harps upon some fantasy seized upon by a diseased mind.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading All she could do was to wash the shoulder in cold water and bind it with strips torn from her white underskirt.
knew
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From this reading Arlie knew nothing of wounds or their treatment.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading How badly he was hurt--whether he might not even die before Dick's return--she had no way of telling.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His inconsequent babble at first frightened her, for she had never before seen a person in delirium, nor heard of the insistence with which one harps upon some fantasy seized upon by a diseased mind.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His inconsequent babble at first frightened her, for she had never before seen a person in delirium, nor heard of the insistence with which one harps upon some fantasy seized upon by a diseased mind.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading How badly he was hurt--whether he might not even die before Dick's return--she had no way of telling.
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading His inconsequent babble at first frightened her, for she had never before seen a person in delirium, nor heard of the insistence with which one harps upon some fantasy seized upon by a diseased mind.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading How badly he was hurt--whether he might not even die before Dick's return--she had no way of telling.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Arlie knew nothing of wounds or their treatment.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Arlie knew nothing of wounds or their treatment.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading His inconsequent babble at first frightened her, for she had never before seen a person in delirium, nor heard of the insistence with which one harps upon some fantasy seized upon by a diseased mind.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Arlie knew nothing of wounds or their treatment.
person
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From this reading His inconsequent babble at first frightened her, for she had never before seen a person in delirium, nor heard of the insistence with which one harps upon some fantasy seized upon by a diseased mind.
return
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From this reading How badly he was hurt--whether he might not even die before Dick's return--she had no way of telling.
seen
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From this reading His inconsequent babble at first frightened her, for she had never before seen a person in delirium, nor heard of the insistence with which one harps upon some fantasy seized upon by a diseased mind.
seized
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From this reading His inconsequent babble at first frightened her, for she had never before seen a person in delirium, nor heard of the insistence with which one harps upon some fantasy seized upon by a diseased mind.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading All she could do was to wash the shoulder in cold water and bind it with strips torn from her white underskirt.
shoulder
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From this reading All she could do was to wash the shoulder in cold water and bind it with strips torn from her white underskirt.
some
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From this reading His inconsequent babble at first frightened her, for she had never before seen a person in delirium, nor heard of the insistence with which one harps upon some fantasy seized upon by a diseased mind.
strips
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From this reading All she could do was to wash the shoulder in cold water and bind it with strips torn from her white underskirt.
telling
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From this reading How badly he was hurt--whether he might not even die before Dick's return--she had no way of telling.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading All she could do was to wash the shoulder in cold water and bind it with strips torn from her white underskirt.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Arlie knew nothing of wounds or their treatment.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading When his face and hands grew hot with the fever, she bathed them with a wet towel.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading All she could do was to wash the shoulder in cold water and bind it with strips torn from her white underskirt.
torn
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From this reading All she could do was to wash the shoulder in cold water and bind it with strips torn from her white underskirt.
towel
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From this reading When his face and hands grew hot with the fever, she bathed them with a wet towel.
treatment
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From this reading Arlie knew nothing of wounds or their treatment.
underskirt
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From this reading All she could do was to wash the shoulder in cold water and bind it with strips torn from her white underskirt.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading His inconsequent babble at first frightened her, for she had never before seen a person in delirium, nor heard of the insistence with which one harps upon some fantasy seized upon by a diseased mind.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading All she could do was to wash the shoulder in cold water and bind it with strips torn from her white underskirt.
wash
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From this reading All she could do was to wash the shoulder in cold water and bind it with strips torn from her white underskirt.
water
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From this reading All she could do was to wash the shoulder in cold water and bind it with strips torn from her white underskirt.
way
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From this reading How badly he was hurt--whether he might not even die before Dick's return--she had no way of telling.
wet
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From this reading When his face and hands grew hot with the fever, she bathed them with a wet towel.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When his face and hands grew hot with the fever, she bathed them with a wet towel.
whetherconjunctionUS /ˈweðər/
used to introduce two or more possibilities
From this reading How badly he was hurt--whether he might not even die before Dick's return--she had no way of telling.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading His inconsequent babble at first frightened her, for she had never before seen a person in delirium, nor heard of the insistence with which one harps upon some fantasy seized upon by a diseased mind.
white
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From this reading All she could do was to wash the shoulder in cold water and bind it with strips torn from her white underskirt.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading All she could do was to wash the shoulder in cold water and bind it with strips torn from her white underskirt.
wounds
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From this reading Arlie knew nothing of wounds or their treatment.
