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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 He escaped with a fracture of the forearm, which would confine him for a few days to his room, and which would force him to submit for several weeks to the annoyance of a sling.
access
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From this reading When he was taken home and his personal physician, hastily summoned, made him a bandage and prescribed for the first few days bed and rest, he experienced a new access of rage, which exceeded the paroxysms of the day before and of that morning.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Two centimetres more to the right or to the left, and undoubtedly Boleslas would have been killed.
annoyance
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From this reading He escaped with a fracture of the forearm, which would confine him for a few days to his room, and which would force him to submit for several weeks to the annoyance of a sling.
ball
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From this reading Dorsenne's ball had struck Gorka below the wrist.
bandage
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From this reading When he was taken home and his personal physician, hastily summoned, made him a bandage and prescribed for the first few days bed and rest, he experienced a new access of rage, which exceeded the paroxysms of the day before and of that morning.
bed
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From this reading When he was taken home and his personal physician, hastily summoned, made him a bandage and prescribed for the first few days bed and rest, he experienced a new access of rage, which exceeded the paroxysms of the day before and of that morning.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Two centimetres more to the right or to the left, and undoubtedly Boleslas would have been killed.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading When he was taken home and his personal physician, hastily summoned, made him a bandage and prescribed for the first few days bed and rest, he experienced a new access of rage, which exceeded the paroxysms of the day before and of that morning.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading Dorsenne's ball had struck Gorka below the wrist.
Boleslas
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From this reading Two centimetres more to the right or to the left, and undoubtedly Boleslas would have been killed.
case
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From this reading The doctor had diagnosed the case correctly.
centimetres
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From this reading Two centimetres more to the right or to the left, and undoubtedly Boleslas would have been killed.
confine
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From this reading He escaped with a fracture of the forearm, which would confine him for a few days to his room, and which would force him to submit for several weeks to the annoyance of a sling.
correctly
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From this reading The doctor had diagnosed the case correctly.
day
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From this reading When he was taken home and his personal physician, hastily summoned, made him a bandage and prescribed for the first few days bed and rest, he experienced a new access of rage, which exceeded the paroxysms of the day before and of that morning.
days
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From this reading He escaped with a fracture of the forearm, which would confine him for a few days to his room, and which would force him to submit for several weeks to the annoyance of a sling.
diagnosed
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From this reading The doctor had diagnosed the case correctly.
doctornounUS /doctor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The doctor had diagnosed the case correctly.
Dorsenne's
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From this reading Dorsenne's ball had struck Gorka below the wrist.
escaped
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From this reading He escaped with a fracture of the forearm, which would confine him for a few days to his room, and which would force him to submit for several weeks to the annoyance of a sling.
exceeded
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From this reading When he was taken home and his personal physician, hastily summoned, made him a bandage and prescribed for the first few days bed and rest, he experienced a new access of rage, which exceeded the paroxysms of the day before and of that morning.
experienced
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From this reading When he was taken home and his personal physician, hastily summoned, made him a bandage and prescribed for the first few days bed and rest, he experienced a new access of rage, which exceeded the paroxysms of the day before and of that morning.
few
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From this reading He escaped with a fracture of the forearm, which would confine him for a few days to his room, and which would force him to submit for several weeks to the annoyance of a sling.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When he was taken home and his personal physician, hastily summoned, made him a bandage and prescribed for the first few days bed and rest, he experienced a new access of rage, which exceeded the paroxysms of the day before and of that morning.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He escaped with a fracture of the forearm, which would confine him for a few days to his room, and which would force him to submit for several weeks to the annoyance of a sling.
force
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From this reading He escaped with a fracture of the forearm, which would confine him for a few days to his room, and which would force him to submit for several weeks to the annoyance of a sling.
forearm
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From this reading He escaped with a fracture of the forearm, which would confine him for a few days to his room, and which would force him to submit for several weeks to the annoyance of a sling.
fracture
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From this reading He escaped with a fracture of the forearm, which would confine him for a few days to his room, and which would force him to submit for several weeks to the annoyance of a sling.
Gorka
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From this reading Dorsenne's ball had struck Gorka below the wrist.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The doctor had diagnosed the case correctly.
hastily
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From this reading When he was taken home and his personal physician, hastily summoned, made him a bandage and prescribed for the first few days bed and rest, he experienced a new access of rage, which exceeded the paroxysms of the day before and of that morning.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Two centimetres more to the right or to the left, and undoubtedly Boleslas would have been killed.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He escaped with a fracture of the forearm, which would confine him for a few days to his room, and which would force him to submit for several weeks to the annoyance of a sling.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He escaped with a fracture of the forearm, which would confine him for a few days to his room, and which would force him to submit for several weeks to the annoyance of a sling.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He escaped with a fracture of the forearm, which would confine him for a few days to his room, and which would force him to submit for several weeks to the annoyance of a sling.
home
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From this reading When he was taken home and his personal physician, hastily summoned, made him a bandage and prescribed for the first few days bed and rest, he experienced a new access of rage, which exceeded the paroxysms of the day before and of that morning.
killed
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From this reading Two centimetres more to the right or to the left, and undoubtedly Boleslas would have been killed.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Two centimetres more to the right or to the left, and undoubtedly Boleslas would have been killed.
made
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From this reading When he was taken home and his personal physician, hastily summoned, made him a bandage and prescribed for the first few days bed and rest, he experienced a new access of rage, which exceeded the paroxysms of the day before and of that morning.
more
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From this reading Two centimetres more to the right or to the left, and undoubtedly Boleslas would have been killed.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When he was taken home and his personal physician, hastily summoned, made him a bandage and prescribed for the first few days bed and rest, he experienced a new access of rage, which exceeded the paroxysms of the day before and of that morning.
new
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From this reading When he was taken home and his personal physician, hastily summoned, made him a bandage and prescribed for the first few days bed and rest, he experienced a new access of rage, which exceeded the paroxysms of the day before and of that morning.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He escaped with a fracture of the forearm, which would confine him for a few days to his room, and which would force him to submit for several weeks to the annoyance of a sling.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Two centimetres more to the right or to the left, and undoubtedly Boleslas would have been killed.
paroxysms
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From this reading When he was taken home and his personal physician, hastily summoned, made him a bandage and prescribed for the first few days bed and rest, he experienced a new access of rage, which exceeded the paroxysms of the day before and of that morning.
personal
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From this reading When he was taken home and his personal physician, hastily summoned, made him a bandage and prescribed for the first few days bed and rest, he experienced a new access of rage, which exceeded the paroxysms of the day before and of that morning.
physician
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From this reading When he was taken home and his personal physician, hastily summoned, made him a bandage and prescribed for the first few days bed and rest, he experienced a new access of rage, which exceeded the paroxysms of the day before and of that morning.
prescribed
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From this reading When he was taken home and his personal physician, hastily summoned, made him a bandage and prescribed for the first few days bed and rest, he experienced a new access of rage, which exceeded the paroxysms of the day before and of that morning.
rage
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From this reading When he was taken home and his personal physician, hastily summoned, made him a bandage and prescribed for the first few days bed and rest, he experienced a new access of rage, which exceeded the paroxysms of the day before and of that morning.
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When he was taken home and his personal physician, hastily summoned, made him a bandage and prescribed for the first few days bed and rest, he experienced a new access of rage, which exceeded the paroxysms of the day before and of that morning.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Two centimetres more to the right or to the left, and undoubtedly Boleslas would have been killed.
room
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From this reading He escaped with a fracture of the forearm, which would confine him for a few days to his room, and which would force him to submit for several weeks to the annoyance of a sling.
several
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From this reading He escaped with a fracture of the forearm, which would confine him for a few days to his room, and which would force him to submit for several weeks to the annoyance of a sling.
sling
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From this reading He escaped with a fracture of the forearm, which would confine him for a few days to his room, and which would force him to submit for several weeks to the annoyance of a sling.
strucknounUS /struck/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Dorsenne's ball had struck Gorka below the wrist.
submitverbUS /səbˈmɪt/
to accept another person's control or a difficult situation
From this reading He escaped with a fracture of the forearm, which would confine him for a few days to his room, and which would force him to submit for several weeks to the annoyance of a sling.
summoned
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From this reading When he was taken home and his personal physician, hastily summoned, made him a bandage and prescribed for the first few days bed and rest, he experienced a new access of rage, which exceeded the paroxysms of the day before and of that morning.
taken
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From this reading When he was taken home and his personal physician, hastily summoned, made him a bandage and prescribed for the first few days bed and rest, he experienced a new access of rage, which exceeded the paroxysms of the day before and of that morning.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading When he was taken home and his personal physician, hastily summoned, made him a bandage and prescribed for the first few days bed and rest, he experienced a new access of rage, which exceeded the paroxysms of the day before and of that morning.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The doctor had diagnosed the case correctly.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Two centimetres more to the right or to the left, and undoubtedly Boleslas would have been killed.
Two
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From this reading Two centimetres more to the right or to the left, and undoubtedly Boleslas would have been killed.
undoubtedly
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From this reading Two centimetres more to the right or to the left, and undoubtedly Boleslas would have been killed.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading When he was taken home and his personal physician, hastily summoned, made him a bandage and prescribed for the first few days bed and rest, he experienced a new access of rage, which exceeded the paroxysms of the day before and of that morning.
weeks
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From this reading He escaped with a fracture of the forearm, which would confine him for a few days to his room, and which would force him to submit for several weeks to the annoyance of a sling.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When he was taken home and his personal physician, hastily summoned, made him a bandage and prescribed for the first few days bed and rest, he experienced a new access of rage, which exceeded the paroxysms of the day before and of that morning.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading He escaped with a fracture of the forearm, which would confine him for a few days to his room, and which would force him to submit for several weeks to the annoyance of a sling.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading He escaped with a fracture of the forearm, which would confine him for a few days to his room, and which would force him to submit for several weeks to the annoyance of a sling.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Two centimetres more to the right or to the left, and undoubtedly Boleslas would have been killed.
wrist
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From this reading Dorsenne's ball had struck Gorka below the wrist.
