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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 For what right had he to live from day to day in this quiet haven, lured out of himself, out of his black lonesomeness for his partner with that partner not a week dead?
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The days passed swiftly and pleasantly for them—too pleasantly, Dick Farley told himself with something of bitterness.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It was true that his bruised side must have kept him in a forced inactivity, that he must have waited even as he was waiting.
away
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From this reading He told himself, as he lay unsleeping in the quiet night, that he should go; that he should go now that he could drag himself away from her; that he had no right to stay longer.
bitterness
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From this reading The days passed swiftly and pleasantly for them—too pleasantly, Dick Farley told himself with something of bitterness.
black
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From this reading For what right had he to live from day to day in this quiet haven, lured out of himself, out of his black lonesomeness for his partner with that partner not a week dead?
bruised
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From this reading It was true that his bruised side must have kept him in a forced inactivity, that he must have waited even as he was waiting.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But he should have spent day and night with his thoughts of “squaring things for poor old Johnny,” not in wandering through the woods with a girl.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading He told himself, as he lay unsleeping in the quiet night, that he should go; that he should go now that he could drag himself away from her; that he had no right to stay longer.
day
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From this reading For what right had he to live from day to day in this quiet haven, lured out of himself, out of his black lonesomeness for his partner with that partner not a week dead?
days
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From this reading The days passed swiftly and pleasantly for them—too pleasantly, Dick Farley told himself with something of bitterness.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For what right had he to live from day to day in this quiet haven, lured out of himself, out of his black lonesomeness for his partner with that partner not a week dead?
Dick
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From this reading The days passed swiftly and pleasantly for them—too pleasantly, Dick Farley told himself with something of bitterness.
drag
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From this reading He told himself, as he lay unsleeping in the quiet night, that he should go; that he should go now that he could drag himself away from her; that he had no right to stay longer.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was true that his bruised side must have kept him in a forced inactivity, that he must have waited even as he was waiting.
Farley
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From this reading The days passed swiftly and pleasantly for them—too pleasantly, Dick Farley told himself with something of bitterness.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The days passed swiftly and pleasantly for them—too pleasantly, Dick Farley told himself with something of bitterness.
forced
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From this reading It was true that his bruised side must have kept him in a forced inactivity, that he must have waited even as he was waiting.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading For what right had he to live from day to day in this quiet haven, lured out of himself, out of his black lonesomeness for his partner with that partner not a week dead?
girl
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From this reading But he should have spent day and night with his thoughts of “squaring things for poor old Johnny,” not in wandering through the woods with a girl.
go
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From this reading He told himself, as he lay unsleeping in the quiet night, that he should go; that he should go now that he could drag himself away from her; that he had no right to stay longer.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading For what right had he to live from day to day in this quiet haven, lured out of himself, out of his black lonesomeness for his partner with that partner not a week dead?
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading It was true that his bruised side must have kept him in a forced inactivity, that he must have waited even as he was waiting.
haven
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From this reading For what right had he to live from day to day in this quiet haven, lured out of himself, out of his black lonesomeness for his partner with that partner not a week dead?
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading For what right had he to live from day to day in this quiet haven, lured out of himself, out of his black lonesomeness for his partner with that partner not a week dead?
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading He told himself, as he lay unsleeping in the quiet night, that he should go; that he should go now that he could drag himself away from her; that he had no right to stay longer.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It was true that his bruised side must have kept him in a forced inactivity, that he must have waited even as he was waiting.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading The days passed swiftly and pleasantly for them—too pleasantly, Dick Farley told himself with something of bitterness.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading For what right had he to live from day to day in this quiet haven, lured out of himself, out of his black lonesomeness for his partner with that partner not a week dead?
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading For what right had he to live from day to day in this quiet haven, lured out of himself, out of his black lonesomeness for his partner with that partner not a week dead?
inactivity
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From this reading It was true that his bruised side must have kept him in a forced inactivity, that he must have waited even as he was waiting.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was true that his bruised side must have kept him in a forced inactivity, that he must have waited even as he was waiting.
Johnny
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From this reading But he should have spent day and night with his thoughts of “squaring things for poor old Johnny,” not in wandering through the woods with a girl.
kept
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From this reading It was true that his bruised side must have kept him in a forced inactivity, that he must have waited even as he was waiting.
lay
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From this reading He told himself, as he lay unsleeping in the quiet night, that he should go; that he should go now that he could drag himself away from her; that he had no right to stay longer.
live
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From this reading For what right had he to live from day to day in this quiet haven, lured out of himself, out of his black lonesomeness for his partner with that partner not a week dead?
lonesomeness
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From this reading For what right had he to live from day to day in this quiet haven, lured out of himself, out of his black lonesomeness for his partner with that partner not a week dead?
longer
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From this reading He told himself, as he lay unsleeping in the quiet night, that he should go; that he should go now that he could drag himself away from her; that he had no right to stay longer.
lured
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From this reading For what right had he to live from day to day in this quiet haven, lured out of himself, out of his black lonesomeness for his partner with that partner not a week dead?
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading It was true that his bruised side must have kept him in a forced inactivity, that he must have waited even as he was waiting.
night
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From this reading But he should have spent day and night with his thoughts of “squaring things for poor old Johnny,” not in wandering through the woods with a girl.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading He told himself, as he lay unsleeping in the quiet night, that he should go; that he should go now that he could drag himself away from her; that he had no right to stay longer.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading For what right had he to live from day to day in this quiet haven, lured out of himself, out of his black lonesomeness for his partner with that partner not a week dead?
now
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From this reading He told himself, as he lay unsleeping in the quiet night, that he should go; that he should go now that he could drag himself away from her; that he had no right to stay longer.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The days passed swiftly and pleasantly for them—too pleasantly, Dick Farley told himself with something of bitterness.
old
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From this reading But he should have spent day and night with his thoughts of “squaring things for poor old Johnny,” not in wandering through the woods with a girl.
out
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From this reading For what right had he to live from day to day in this quiet haven, lured out of himself, out of his black lonesomeness for his partner with that partner not a week dead?
partner
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From this reading For what right had he to live from day to day in this quiet haven, lured out of himself, out of his black lonesomeness for his partner with that partner not a week dead?
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The days passed swiftly and pleasantly for them—too pleasantly, Dick Farley told himself with something of bitterness.
pleasantly
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From this reading The days passed swiftly and pleasantly for them—too pleasantly, Dick Farley told himself with something of bitterness.
poornounUS /poor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But he should have spent day and night with his thoughts of “squaring things for poor old Johnny,” not in wandering through the woods with a girl.
quiet
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From this reading For what right had he to live from day to day in this quiet haven, lured out of himself, out of his black lonesomeness for his partner with that partner not a week dead?
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For what right had he to live from day to day in this quiet haven, lured out of himself, out of his black lonesomeness for his partner with that partner not a week dead?
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading But he should have spent day and night with his thoughts of “squaring things for poor old Johnny,” not in wandering through the woods with a girl.
side
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From this reading It was true that his bruised side must have kept him in a forced inactivity, that he must have waited even as he was waiting.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading The days passed swiftly and pleasantly for them—too pleasantly, Dick Farley told himself with something of bitterness.
spent
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From this reading But he should have spent day and night with his thoughts of “squaring things for poor old Johnny,” not in wandering through the woods with a girl.
squaring
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From this reading But he should have spent day and night with his thoughts of “squaring things for poor old Johnny,” not in wandering through the woods with a girl.
stay
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From this reading He told himself, as he lay unsleeping in the quiet night, that he should go; that he should go now that he could drag himself away from her; that he had no right to stay longer.
swiftly
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From this reading The days passed swiftly and pleasantly for them—too pleasantly, Dick Farley told himself with something of bitterness.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading For what right had he to live from day to day in this quiet haven, lured out of himself, out of his black lonesomeness for his partner with that partner not a week dead?
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The days passed swiftly and pleasantly for them—too pleasantly, Dick Farley told himself with something of bitterness.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The days passed swiftly and pleasantly for them—too pleasantly, Dick Farley told himself with something of bitterness.
things
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From this reading But he should have spent day and night with his thoughts of “squaring things for poor old Johnny,” not in wandering through the woods with a girl.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading For what right had he to live from day to day in this quiet haven, lured out of himself, out of his black lonesomeness for his partner with that partner not a week dead?
thoughts
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From this reading But he should have spent day and night with his thoughts of “squaring things for poor old Johnny,” not in wandering through the woods with a girl.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading But he should have spent day and night with his thoughts of “squaring things for poor old Johnny,” not in wandering through the woods with a girl.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading For what right had he to live from day to day in this quiet haven, lured out of himself, out of his black lonesomeness for his partner with that partner not a week dead?
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The days passed swiftly and pleasantly for them—too pleasantly, Dick Farley told himself with something of bitterness.
too
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From this reading The days passed swiftly and pleasantly for them—too pleasantly, Dick Farley told himself with something of bitterness.
true
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From this reading It was true that his bruised side must have kept him in a forced inactivity, that he must have waited even as he was waiting.
unsleeping
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From this reading He told himself, as he lay unsleeping in the quiet night, that he should go; that he should go now that he could drag himself away from her; that he had no right to stay longer.
waited
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From this reading It was true that his bruised side must have kept him in a forced inactivity, that he must have waited even as he was waiting.
waiting
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From this reading It was true that his bruised side must have kept him in a forced inactivity, that he must have waited even as he was waiting.
wandering
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From this reading But he should have spent day and night with his thoughts of “squaring things for poor old Johnny,” not in wandering through the woods with a girl.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was true that his bruised side must have kept him in a forced inactivity, that he must have waited even as he was waiting.
week
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From this reading For what right had he to live from day to day in this quiet haven, lured out of himself, out of his black lonesomeness for his partner with that partner not a week dead?
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading For what right had he to live from day to day in this quiet haven, lured out of himself, out of his black lonesomeness for his partner with that partner not a week dead?
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The days passed swiftly and pleasantly for them—too pleasantly, Dick Farley told himself with something of bitterness.
woods
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From this reading But he should have spent day and night with his thoughts of “squaring things for poor old Johnny,” not in wandering through the woods with a girl.
