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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 Towards morning he fell into a doze, broken by unpleasant dreams, and woke with a confused consciousness of trouble.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Not that he had yet guessed how Vincent stood to Audrey; he had simply a nervous dread of hearing him talk about her.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Towards morning he fell into a doze, broken by unpleasant dreams, and woke with a confused consciousness of trouble.
Audrey
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From this reading Not that he had yet guessed how Vincent stood to Audrey; he had simply a nervous dread of hearing him talk about her.
awake
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From this reading It had been connected in his dreams with Hardy's return, and, once awake, the knowledge that he was in the same house with him was insupportable.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading It had been connected in his dreams with Hardy's return, and, once awake, the knowledge that he was in the same house with him was insupportable.
boisterous
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From this reading The casual utterance of her name went through him like a sword, and in his present mood Vincent's boisterous spirit disturbed and irritated him.
brokennounUS /broken/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Towards morning he fell into a doze, broken by unpleasant dreams, and woke with a confused consciousness of trouble.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Towards morning he fell into a doze, broken by unpleasant dreams, and woke with a confused consciousness of trouble.
casual
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From this reading The casual utterance of her name went through him like a sword, and in his present mood Vincent's boisterous spirit disturbed and irritated him.
confused
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From this reading Towards morning he fell into a doze, broken by unpleasant dreams, and woke with a confused consciousness of trouble.
connected
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From this reading It had been connected in his dreams with Hardy's return, and, once awake, the knowledge that he was in the same house with him was insupportable.
consciousness
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From this reading Towards morning he fell into a doze, broken by unpleasant dreams, and woke with a confused consciousness of trouble.
disturbed
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From this reading The casual utterance of her name went through him like a sword, and in his present mood Vincent's boisterous spirit disturbed and irritated him.
doze
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From this reading Towards morning he fell into a doze, broken by unpleasant dreams, and woke with a confused consciousness of trouble.
dread
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From this reading Not that he had yet guessed how Vincent stood to Audrey; he had simply a nervous dread of hearing him talk about her.
dreams
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From this reading Towards morning he fell into a doze, broken by unpleasant dreams, and woke with a confused consciousness of trouble.
fell
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From this reading Towards morning he fell into a doze, broken by unpleasant dreams, and woke with a confused consciousness of trouble.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading There was no sleep for Ted that night.
guessed
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From this reading Not that he had yet guessed how Vincent stood to Audrey; he had simply a nervous dread of hearing him talk about her.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It had been connected in his dreams with Hardy's return, and, once awake, the knowledge that he was in the same house with him was insupportable.
Hardy's
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From this reading It had been connected in his dreams with Hardy's return, and, once awake, the knowledge that he was in the same house with him was insupportable.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Towards morning he fell into a doze, broken by unpleasant dreams, and woke with a confused consciousness of trouble.
hearing
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From this reading Not that he had yet guessed how Vincent stood to Audrey; he had simply a nervous dread of hearing him talk about her.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Not that he had yet guessed how Vincent stood to Audrey; he had simply a nervous dread of hearing him talk about her.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It had been connected in his dreams with Hardy's return, and, once awake, the knowledge that he was in the same house with him was insupportable.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading It had been connected in his dreams with Hardy's return, and, once awake, the knowledge that he was in the same house with him was insupportable.
house
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From this reading It had been connected in his dreams with Hardy's return, and, once awake, the knowledge that he was in the same house with him was insupportable.
how
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From this reading Not that he had yet guessed how Vincent stood to Audrey; he had simply a nervous dread of hearing him talk about her.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It had been connected in his dreams with Hardy's return, and, once awake, the knowledge that he was in the same house with him was insupportable.
insupportable
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From this reading It had been connected in his dreams with Hardy's return, and, once awake, the knowledge that he was in the same house with him was insupportable.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Towards morning he fell into a doze, broken by unpleasant dreams, and woke with a confused consciousness of trouble.
irritated
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From this reading The casual utterance of her name went through him like a sword, and in his present mood Vincent's boisterous spirit disturbed and irritated him.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It had been connected in his dreams with Hardy's return, and, once awake, the knowledge that he was in the same house with him was insupportable.
knowledge
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From this reading It had been connected in his dreams with Hardy's return, and, once awake, the knowledge that he was in the same house with him was insupportable.
like
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From this reading The casual utterance of her name went through him like a sword, and in his present mood Vincent's boisterous spirit disturbed and irritated him.
mood
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From this reading The casual utterance of her name went through him like a sword, and in his present mood Vincent's boisterous spirit disturbed and irritated him.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Towards morning he fell into a doze, broken by unpleasant dreams, and woke with a confused consciousness of trouble.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The casual utterance of her name went through him like a sword, and in his present mood Vincent's boisterous spirit disturbed and irritated him.
nervous
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From this reading Not that he had yet guessed how Vincent stood to Audrey; he had simply a nervous dread of hearing him talk about her.
night
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From this reading There was no sleep for Ted that night.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading There was no sleep for Ted that night.
NotadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Not that he had yet guessed how Vincent stood to Audrey; he had simply a nervous dread of hearing him talk about her.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Towards morning he fell into a doze, broken by unpleasant dreams, and woke with a confused consciousness of trouble.
once
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From this reading It had been connected in his dreams with Hardy's return, and, once awake, the knowledge that he was in the same house with him was insupportable.
present
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From this reading The casual utterance of her name went through him like a sword, and in his present mood Vincent's boisterous spirit disturbed and irritated him.
return
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From this reading It had been connected in his dreams with Hardy's return, and, once awake, the knowledge that he was in the same house with him was insupportable.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It had been connected in his dreams with Hardy's return, and, once awake, the knowledge that he was in the same house with him was insupportable.
simply
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From this reading Not that he had yet guessed how Vincent stood to Audrey; he had simply a nervous dread of hearing him talk about her.
sleep
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From this reading There was no sleep for Ted that night.
spirit
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From this reading The casual utterance of her name went through him like a sword, and in his present mood Vincent's boisterous spirit disturbed and irritated him.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Not that he had yet guessed how Vincent stood to Audrey; he had simply a nervous dread of hearing him talk about her.
sword
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From this reading The casual utterance of her name went through him like a sword, and in his present mood Vincent's boisterous spirit disturbed and irritated him.
talk
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From this reading Not that he had yet guessed how Vincent stood to Audrey; he had simply a nervous dread of hearing him talk about her.
Ted
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From this reading There was no sleep for Ted that night.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading There was no sleep for Ted that night.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It had been connected in his dreams with Hardy's return, and, once awake, the knowledge that he was in the same house with him was insupportable.
There
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From this reading There was no sleep for Ted that night.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The casual utterance of her name went through him like a sword, and in his present mood Vincent's boisterous spirit disturbed and irritated him.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Not that he had yet guessed how Vincent stood to Audrey; he had simply a nervous dread of hearing him talk about her.
TowardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading Towards morning he fell into a doze, broken by unpleasant dreams, and woke with a confused consciousness of trouble.
trouble
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From this reading Towards morning he fell into a doze, broken by unpleasant dreams, and woke with a confused consciousness of trouble.
unpleasant
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From this reading Towards morning he fell into a doze, broken by unpleasant dreams, and woke with a confused consciousness of trouble.
utterance
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From this reading The casual utterance of her name went through him like a sword, and in his present mood Vincent's boisterous spirit disturbed and irritated him.
Vincent
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From this reading Not that he had yet guessed how Vincent stood to Audrey; he had simply a nervous dread of hearing him talk about her.
Vincent's
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From this reading The casual utterance of her name went through him like a sword, and in his present mood Vincent's boisterous spirit disturbed and irritated him.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was no sleep for Ted that night.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The casual utterance of her name went through him like a sword, and in his present mood Vincent's boisterous spirit disturbed and irritated him.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Towards morning he fell into a doze, broken by unpleasant dreams, and woke with a confused consciousness of trouble.
woke
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From this reading Towards morning he fell into a doze, broken by unpleasant dreams, and woke with a confused consciousness of trouble.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Not that he had yet guessed how Vincent stood to Audrey; he had simply a nervous dread of hearing him talk about her.
