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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 And yet, through all the terrible emotion that shook his soul to its centre, he was conscious of a profound incredulity in the truth of the doctor’s statement.
action
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From this reading Grief, horror, and amazement, sufficient to have shaken the firmness of the strongest mind, deprived him for the moment of all power of practical and definite action.
all
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From this reading Grief, horror, and amazement, sufficient to have shaken the firmness of the strongest mind, deprived him for the moment of all power of practical and definite action.
amazement
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From this reading Grief, horror, and amazement, sufficient to have shaken the firmness of the strongest mind, deprived him for the moment of all power of practical and definite action.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I’ll hie me to some hermit’s cave, and there Forget my race.”
aught
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From this reading “If she prove guilty— Farewell my faith in aught of human kind.
back
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From this reading When the doctor had left the library, Malcolm Montrose threw himself back in his chair, clasped his forehead between his hands, and strove to master the consternation that seemed to threaten his very reason.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading When the doctor had left the library, Malcolm Montrose threw himself back in his chair, clasped his forehead between his hands, and strove to master the consternation that seemed to threaten his very reason.
cave
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From this reading I’ll hie me to some hermit’s cave, and there Forget my race.”
centre
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From this reading And yet, through all the terrible emotion that shook his soul to its centre, he was conscious of a profound incredulity in the truth of the doctor’s statement.
chair
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From this reading When the doctor had left the library, Malcolm Montrose threw himself back in his chair, clasped his forehead between his hands, and strove to master the consternation that seemed to threaten his very reason.
clasped
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From this reading When the doctor had left the library, Malcolm Montrose threw himself back in his chair, clasped his forehead between his hands, and strove to master the consternation that seemed to threaten his very reason.
conscious
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From this reading And yet, through all the terrible emotion that shook his soul to its centre, he was conscious of a profound incredulity in the truth of the doctor’s statement.
consternation
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From this reading When the doctor had left the library, Malcolm Montrose threw himself back in his chair, clasped his forehead between his hands, and strove to master the consternation that seemed to threaten his very reason.
definite
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From this reading Grief, horror, and amazement, sufficient to have shaken the firmness of the strongest mind, deprived him for the moment of all power of practical and definite action.
deprived
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From this reading Grief, horror, and amazement, sufficient to have shaken the firmness of the strongest mind, deprived him for the moment of all power of practical and definite action.
doctornounUS /doctor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When the doctor had left the library, Malcolm Montrose threw himself back in his chair, clasped his forehead between his hands, and strove to master the consternation that seemed to threaten his very reason.
doctor's
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From this reading And yet, through all the terrible emotion that shook his soul to its centre, he was conscious of a profound incredulity in the truth of the doctor’s statement.
emotion
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From this reading And yet, through all the terrible emotion that shook his soul to its centre, he was conscious of a profound incredulity in the truth of the doctor’s statement.
faith
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From this reading “If she prove guilty— Farewell my faith in aught of human kind.
Farewell
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From this reading “If she prove guilty— Farewell my faith in aught of human kind.
firmness
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From this reading Grief, horror, and amazement, sufficient to have shaken the firmness of the strongest mind, deprived him for the moment of all power of practical and definite action.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Grief, horror, and amazement, sufficient to have shaken the firmness of the strongest mind, deprived him for the moment of all power of practical and definite action.
forehead
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From this reading When the doctor had left the library, Malcolm Montrose threw himself back in his chair, clasped his forehead between his hands, and strove to master the consternation that seemed to threaten his very reason.
Forget
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From this reading I’ll hie me to some hermit’s cave, and there Forget my race.”
Grief
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From this reading Grief, horror, and amazement, sufficient to have shaken the firmness of the strongest mind, deprived him for the moment of all power of practical and definite action.
guilty
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From this reading “If she prove guilty— Farewell my faith in aught of human kind.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading When the doctor had left the library, Malcolm Montrose threw himself back in his chair, clasped his forehead between his hands, and strove to master the consternation that seemed to threaten his very reason.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading When the doctor had left the library, Malcolm Montrose threw himself back in his chair, clasped his forehead between his hands, and strove to master the consternation that seemed to threaten his very reason.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Grief, horror, and amazement, sufficient to have shaken the firmness of the strongest mind, deprived him for the moment of all power of practical and definite action.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And yet, through all the terrible emotion that shook his soul to its centre, he was conscious of a profound incredulity in the truth of the doctor’s statement.
hermit's
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From this reading I’ll hie me to some hermit’s cave, and there Forget my race.”
hie
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From this reading I’ll hie me to some hermit’s cave, and there Forget my race.”
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Grief, horror, and amazement, sufficient to have shaken the firmness of the strongest mind, deprived him for the moment of all power of practical and definite action.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading When the doctor had left the library, Malcolm Montrose threw himself back in his chair, clasped his forehead between his hands, and strove to master the consternation that seemed to threaten his very reason.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading When the doctor had left the library, Malcolm Montrose threw himself back in his chair, clasped his forehead between his hands, and strove to master the consternation that seemed to threaten his very reason.
horror
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From this reading Grief, horror, and amazement, sufficient to have shaken the firmness of the strongest mind, deprived him for the moment of all power of practical and definite action.
human
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From this reading “If she prove guilty— Farewell my faith in aught of human kind.
I'll
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From this reading I’ll hie me to some hermit’s cave, and there Forget my race.”
IfconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “If she prove guilty— Farewell my faith in aught of human kind.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “If she prove guilty— Farewell my faith in aught of human kind.
incredulity
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From this reading And yet, through all the terrible emotion that shook his soul to its centre, he was conscious of a profound incredulity in the truth of the doctor’s statement.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading And yet, through all the terrible emotion that shook his soul to its centre, he was conscious of a profound incredulity in the truth of the doctor’s statement.
kind
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From this reading “If she prove guilty— Farewell my faith in aught of human kind.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When the doctor had left the library, Malcolm Montrose threw himself back in his chair, clasped his forehead between his hands, and strove to master the consternation that seemed to threaten his very reason.
library
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From this reading When the doctor had left the library, Malcolm Montrose threw himself back in his chair, clasped his forehead between his hands, and strove to master the consternation that seemed to threaten his very reason.
Malcolm
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From this reading When the doctor had left the library, Malcolm Montrose threw himself back in his chair, clasped his forehead between his hands, and strove to master the consternation that seemed to threaten his very reason.
master
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From this reading When the doctor had left the library, Malcolm Montrose threw himself back in his chair, clasped his forehead between his hands, and strove to master the consternation that seemed to threaten his very reason.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I’ll hie me to some hermit’s cave, and there Forget my race.”
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Grief, horror, and amazement, sufficient to have shaken the firmness of the strongest mind, deprived him for the moment of all power of practical and definite action.
moment
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From this reading Grief, horror, and amazement, sufficient to have shaken the firmness of the strongest mind, deprived him for the moment of all power of practical and definite action.
Montrose
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From this reading When the doctor had left the library, Malcolm Montrose threw himself back in his chair, clasped his forehead between his hands, and strove to master the consternation that seemed to threaten his very reason.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “If she prove guilty— Farewell my faith in aught of human kind.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “If she prove guilty— Farewell my faith in aught of human kind.
power
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From this reading Grief, horror, and amazement, sufficient to have shaken the firmness of the strongest mind, deprived him for the moment of all power of practical and definite action.
practical
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From this reading Grief, horror, and amazement, sufficient to have shaken the firmness of the strongest mind, deprived him for the moment of all power of practical and definite action.
profound
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From this reading And yet, through all the terrible emotion that shook his soul to its centre, he was conscious of a profound incredulity in the truth of the doctor’s statement.
prove
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From this reading “If she prove guilty— Farewell my faith in aught of human kind.
race
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From this reading I’ll hie me to some hermit’s cave, and there Forget my race.”
reason
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From this reading When the doctor had left the library, Malcolm Montrose threw himself back in his chair, clasped his forehead between his hands, and strove to master the consternation that seemed to threaten his very reason.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When the doctor had left the library, Malcolm Montrose threw himself back in his chair, clasped his forehead between his hands, and strove to master the consternation that seemed to threaten his very reason.
shaken
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From this reading Grief, horror, and amazement, sufficient to have shaken the firmness of the strongest mind, deprived him for the moment of all power of practical and definite action.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “If she prove guilty— Farewell my faith in aught of human kind.
shook
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From this reading And yet, through all the terrible emotion that shook his soul to its centre, he was conscious of a profound incredulity in the truth of the doctor’s statement.
some
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From this reading I’ll hie me to some hermit’s cave, and there Forget my race.”
soul
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From this reading And yet, through all the terrible emotion that shook his soul to its centre, he was conscious of a profound incredulity in the truth of the doctor’s statement.
statement
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From this reading And yet, through all the terrible emotion that shook his soul to its centre, he was conscious of a profound incredulity in the truth of the doctor’s statement.
strongest
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From this reading Grief, horror, and amazement, sufficient to have shaken the firmness of the strongest mind, deprived him for the moment of all power of practical and definite action.
strove
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From this reading When the doctor had left the library, Malcolm Montrose threw himself back in his chair, clasped his forehead between his hands, and strove to master the consternation that seemed to threaten his very reason.
sufficient
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From this reading Grief, horror, and amazement, sufficient to have shaken the firmness of the strongest mind, deprived him for the moment of all power of practical and definite action.
terriblenounUS /ˈterrible/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading And yet, through all the terrible emotion that shook his soul to its centre, he was conscious of a profound incredulity in the truth of the doctor’s statement.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading When the doctor had left the library, Malcolm Montrose threw himself back in his chair, clasped his forehead between his hands, and strove to master the consternation that seemed to threaten his very reason.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading When the doctor had left the library, Malcolm Montrose threw himself back in his chair, clasped his forehead between his hands, and strove to master the consternation that seemed to threaten his very reason.
there
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From this reading I’ll hie me to some hermit’s cave, and there Forget my race.”
threaten
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From this reading When the doctor had left the library, Malcolm Montrose threw himself back in his chair, clasped his forehead between his hands, and strove to master the consternation that seemed to threaten his very reason.
threw
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From this reading When the doctor had left the library, Malcolm Montrose threw himself back in his chair, clasped his forehead between his hands, and strove to master the consternation that seemed to threaten his very reason.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading And yet, through all the terrible emotion that shook his soul to its centre, he was conscious of a profound incredulity in the truth of the doctor’s statement.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I’ll hie me to some hermit’s cave, and there Forget my race.”
truth
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From this reading And yet, through all the terrible emotion that shook his soul to its centre, he was conscious of a profound incredulity in the truth of the doctor’s statement.
very
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From this reading When the doctor had left the library, Malcolm Montrose threw himself back in his chair, clasped his forehead between his hands, and strove to master the consternation that seemed to threaten his very reason.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And yet, through all the terrible emotion that shook his soul to its centre, he was conscious of a profound incredulity in the truth of the doctor’s statement.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When the doctor had left the library, Malcolm Montrose threw himself back in his chair, clasped his forehead between his hands, and strove to master the consternation that seemed to threaten his very reason.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading And yet, through all the terrible emotion that shook his soul to its centre, he was conscious of a profound incredulity in the truth of the doctor’s statement.
