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Deadham Hard: A Romance
Deadham Hard: A Romance

Chapter III

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WATCHERS THROUGH THE SMALL HOURS Love, ill-health and debt being, as yet, unknown quantities to young Tom Verity, it followed that insomnia, with its thousand and one attendant miseries, was an unknown quantity likewise.
Upon the eve of the stiffest competitive examination those, now outlived, years of tutelage had imposed on him, he could still tumble into bed secure of lapsing into unconsciousness as soon as his head fairly touched the pillow.
Dreams might, and usually did, visit him; but as so much incidental music merely to the large content of slumber--tittering up and down, too airily light-footed and evanescent to leave any impress on mind or spirits when he woke.
This night, at Deadham Hard, marked a new departure; sleep proving a less absolute break in continuity of sensation, a less absolute barrier between day and day.
The Honourable Augustus and Mrs. Cowden, and Felicia Verity, not without last words, adjurations, commands and fussings, started on their twelve-mile drive home to Paulton Lacy about six o'clock.
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Deadham Hard: A Romance

Chapter III

Reading 1/25 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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WATCHERS THROUGH THE SMALL HOURS Love, ill-health and debt being, as yet, unknown quantities to young Tom Verity, it followed that insomnia, with its thousand and one attendant miseries, was an unknown quantity likewise.
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Upon the eve of the stiffest competitive examination those, now outlived, years of tutelage had imposed on him, he could still tumble into bed secure of lapsing into unconsciousness as soon as his head fairly touched the pillow.
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Dreams might, and usually did, visit him; but as so much incidental music merely to the large content of slumber--tittering up and down, too airily light-footed and evanescent to leave any impress on mind or spirits when he woke.
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This night, at Deadham Hard, marked a new departure; sleep proving a less absolute break in continuity of sensation, a less absolute barrier between day and day.
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The Honourable Augustus and Mrs. Cowden, and Felicia Verity, not without last words, adjurations, commands and fussings, started on their twelve-mile drive home to Paulton Lacy about six o'clock.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

About preposition US /əˈbaʊt/

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading “The Honourable Augustus and Mrs. Cowden, and Felicia Verity, not without last words, adjurations, commands and fussings, started on their twelve-mile drive home to Paulton Lacy about six o'clock.”

Being auxiliary verb US /ˈbiːɪŋ/

the -ing form of “be”

From this reading “WATCHERS THROUGH THE SMALL HOURS Love, ill-health and debt being, as yet, unknown quantities to young Tom Verity, it followed that insomnia, with its thousand and one attendant miseries, was an unknown quantity likewise.”

Between preposition US /bɪˈtwiːn/

in the space, time, or range separating two things

From this reading “This night, at Deadham Hard, marked a new departure; sleep proving a less absolute break in continuity of sensation, a less absolute barrier between day and day.”

Could modal verb US /kʊd/

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading “Upon the eve of the stiffest competitive examination those, now outlived, years of tutelage had imposed on him, he could still tumble into bed secure of lapsing into unconsciousness as soon as his head fairly touched the pillow.”

Last noun US /last/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “The Honourable Augustus and Mrs. Cowden, and Felicia Verity, not without last words, adjurations, commands and fussings, started on their twelve-mile drive home to Paulton Lacy about six o'clock.”

Might modal verb US /maɪt/

used to say something is possible but not certain

From this reading “Dreams might, and usually did, visit him; but as so much incidental music merely to the large content of slumber--tittering up and down, too airily light-footed and evanescent to leave any impress on mind or spirits when he woke.”

Mind noun US /mind/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Dreams might, and usually did, visit him; but as so much incidental music merely to the large content of slumber--tittering up and down, too airily light-footed and evanescent to leave any impress on mind or spirits when he woke.”

One pronoun US /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading “WATCHERS THROUGH THE SMALL HOURS Love, ill-health and debt being, as yet, unknown quantities to young Tom Verity, it followed that insomnia, with its thousand and one attendant miseries, was an unknown quantity likewise.”

Soon noun US /soon/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Upon the eve of the stiffest competitive examination those, now outlived, years of tutelage had imposed on him, he could still tumble into bed secure of lapsing into unconsciousness as soon as his head fairly touched the pillow.”

Still noun US /still/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Upon the eve of the stiffest competitive examination those, now outlived, years of tutelage had imposed on him, he could still tumble into bed secure of lapsing into unconsciousness as soon as his head fairly touched the pillow.”

Those determiner US /ðoʊz/

the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known

From this reading “Upon the eve of the stiffest competitive examination those, now outlived, years of tutelage had imposed on him, he could still tumble into bed secure of lapsing into unconsciousness as soon as his head fairly touched the pillow.”

THROUGH noun US /ˈthrough/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “WATCHERS THROUGH THE SMALL HOURS Love, ill-health and debt being, as yet, unknown quantities to young Tom Verity, it followed that insomnia, with its thousand and one attendant miseries, was an unknown quantity likewise.”

Upon preposition US /əˈpɑːn/

a formal word for “on”

From this reading “Upon the eve of the stiffest competitive examination those, now outlived, years of tutelage had imposed on him, he could still tumble into bed secure of lapsing into unconsciousness as soon as his head fairly touched the pillow.”

Without preposition US /wɪˈθaʊt/

not having, not using, or not accompanied by

From this reading “The Honourable Augustus and Mrs. Cowden, and Felicia Verity, not without last words, adjurations, commands and fussings, started on their twelve-mile drive home to Paulton Lacy about six o'clock.”

Yet conjunction US /jet/

but in spite of that

From this reading “WATCHERS THROUGH THE SMALL HOURS Love, ill-health and debt being, as yet, unknown quantities to young Tom Verity, it followed that insomnia, with its thousand and one attendant miseries, was an unknown quantity likewise.”

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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 This night, at Deadham Hard, marked a new departure; sleep proving a less absolute break in continuity of sensation, a less absolute barrier between day and day.

aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading The Honourable Augustus and Mrs. Cowden, and Felicia Verity, not without last words, adjurations, commands and fussings, started on their twelve-mile drive home to Paulton Lacy about six o'clock.

absolute

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From this reading This night, at Deadham Hard, marked a new departure; sleep proving a less absolute break in continuity of sensation, a less absolute barrier between day and day.

adjurations

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From this reading The Honourable Augustus and Mrs. Cowden, and Felicia Verity, not without last words, adjurations, commands and fussings, started on their twelve-mile drive home to Paulton Lacy about six o'clock.

airily

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From this reading Dreams might, and usually did, visit him; but as so much incidental music merely to the large content of slumber--tittering up and down, too airily light-footed and evanescent to leave any impress on mind or spirits when he woke.

andeterminerUS /æn/

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading WATCHERS THROUGH THE SMALL HOURS Love, ill-health and debt being, as yet, unknown quantities to young Tom Verity, it followed that insomnia, with its thousand and one attendant miseries, was an unknown quantity likewise.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading WATCHERS THROUGH THE SMALL HOURS Love, ill-health and debt being, as yet, unknown quantities to young Tom Verity, it followed that insomnia, with its thousand and one attendant miseries, was an unknown quantity likewise.

any

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From this reading Dreams might, and usually did, visit him; but as so much incidental music merely to the large content of slumber--tittering up and down, too airily light-footed and evanescent to leave any impress on mind or spirits when he woke.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading WATCHERS THROUGH THE SMALL HOURS Love, ill-health and debt being, as yet, unknown quantities to young Tom Verity, it followed that insomnia, with its thousand and one attendant miseries, was an unknown quantity likewise.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading This night, at Deadham Hard, marked a new departure; sleep proving a less absolute break in continuity of sensation, a less absolute barrier between day and day.

attendant

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From this reading WATCHERS THROUGH THE SMALL HOURS Love, ill-health and debt being, as yet, unknown quantities to young Tom Verity, it followed that insomnia, with its thousand and one attendant miseries, was an unknown quantity likewise.

Augustus

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From this reading The Honourable Augustus and Mrs. Cowden, and Felicia Verity, not without last words, adjurations, commands and fussings, started on their twelve-mile drive home to Paulton Lacy about six o'clock.

barrier

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From this reading This night, at Deadham Hard, marked a new departure; sleep proving a less absolute break in continuity of sensation, a less absolute barrier between day and day.

bed

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From this reading Upon the eve of the stiffest competitive examination those, now outlived, years of tutelage had imposed on him, he could still tumble into bed secure of lapsing into unconsciousness as soon as his head fairly touched the pillow.

beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/

the -ing form of “be”

From this reading WATCHERS THROUGH THE SMALL HOURS Love, ill-health and debt being, as yet, unknown quantities to young Tom Verity, it followed that insomnia, with its thousand and one attendant miseries, was an unknown quantity likewise.

betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/

in the space, time, or range separating two things

From this reading This night, at Deadham Hard, marked a new departure; sleep proving a less absolute break in continuity of sensation, a less absolute barrier between day and day.

break

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From this reading This night, at Deadham Hard, marked a new departure; sleep proving a less absolute break in continuity of sensation, a less absolute barrier between day and day.

butconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading Dreams might, and usually did, visit him; but as so much incidental music merely to the large content of slumber--tittering up and down, too airily light-footed and evanescent to leave any impress on mind or spirits when he woke.

commands

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From this reading The Honourable Augustus and Mrs. Cowden, and Felicia Verity, not without last words, adjurations, commands and fussings, started on their twelve-mile drive home to Paulton Lacy about six o'clock.

competitive

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From this reading Upon the eve of the stiffest competitive examination those, now outlived, years of tutelage had imposed on him, he could still tumble into bed secure of lapsing into unconsciousness as soon as his head fairly touched the pillow.

content

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From this reading Dreams might, and usually did, visit him; but as so much incidental music merely to the large content of slumber--tittering up and down, too airily light-footed and evanescent to leave any impress on mind or spirits when he woke.

continuity

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From this reading This night, at Deadham Hard, marked a new departure; sleep proving a less absolute break in continuity of sensation, a less absolute barrier between day and day.

couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading Upon the eve of the stiffest competitive examination those, now outlived, years of tutelage had imposed on him, he could still tumble into bed secure of lapsing into unconsciousness as soon as his head fairly touched the pillow.

Cowden

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From this reading The Honourable Augustus and Mrs. Cowden, and Felicia Verity, not without last words, adjurations, commands and fussings, started on their twelve-mile drive home to Paulton Lacy about six o'clock.

day

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From this reading This night, at Deadham Hard, marked a new departure; sleep proving a less absolute break in continuity of sensation, a less absolute barrier between day and day.

Deadham

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From this reading This night, at Deadham Hard, marked a new departure; sleep proving a less absolute break in continuity of sensation, a less absolute barrier between day and day.

debt

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From this reading WATCHERS THROUGH THE SMALL HOURS Love, ill-health and debt being, as yet, unknown quantities to young Tom Verity, it followed that insomnia, with its thousand and one attendant miseries, was an unknown quantity likewise.

departure

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From this reading This night, at Deadham Hard, marked a new departure; sleep proving a less absolute break in continuity of sensation, a less absolute barrier between day and day.

didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/

the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives

From this reading Dreams might, and usually did, visit him; but as so much incidental music merely to the large content of slumber--tittering up and down, too airily light-footed and evanescent to leave any impress on mind or spirits when he woke.

down

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From this reading Dreams might, and usually did, visit him; but as so much incidental music merely to the large content of slumber--tittering up and down, too airily light-footed and evanescent to leave any impress on mind or spirits when he woke.

Dreams

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From this reading Dreams might, and usually did, visit him; but as so much incidental music merely to the large content of slumber--tittering up and down, too airily light-footed and evanescent to leave any impress on mind or spirits when he woke.

drive

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From this reading The Honourable Augustus and Mrs. Cowden, and Felicia Verity, not without last words, adjurations, commands and fussings, started on their twelve-mile drive home to Paulton Lacy about six o'clock.

evanescent

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From this reading Dreams might, and usually did, visit him; but as so much incidental music merely to the large content of slumber--tittering up and down, too airily light-footed and evanescent to leave any impress on mind or spirits when he woke.

eve

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From this reading Upon the eve of the stiffest competitive examination those, now outlived, years of tutelage had imposed on him, he could still tumble into bed secure of lapsing into unconsciousness as soon as his head fairly touched the pillow.

examination

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From this reading Upon the eve of the stiffest competitive examination those, now outlived, years of tutelage had imposed on him, he could still tumble into bed secure of lapsing into unconsciousness as soon as his head fairly touched the pillow.

fairly

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From this reading Upon the eve of the stiffest competitive examination those, now outlived, years of tutelage had imposed on him, he could still tumble into bed secure of lapsing into unconsciousness as soon as his head fairly touched the pillow.

Felicia

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From this reading The Honourable Augustus and Mrs. Cowden, and Felicia Verity, not without last words, adjurations, commands and fussings, started on their twelve-mile drive home to Paulton Lacy about six o'clock.

followed

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From this reading WATCHERS THROUGH THE SMALL HOURS Love, ill-health and debt being, as yet, unknown quantities to young Tom Verity, it followed that insomnia, with its thousand and one attendant miseries, was an unknown quantity likewise.

fussings

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From this reading The Honourable Augustus and Mrs. Cowden, and Felicia Verity, not without last words, adjurations, commands and fussings, started on their twelve-mile drive home to Paulton Lacy about six o'clock.

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading Upon the eve of the stiffest competitive examination those, now outlived, years of tutelage had imposed on him, he could still tumble into bed secure of lapsing into unconsciousness as soon as his head fairly touched the pillow.

Hard

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From this reading This night, at Deadham Hard, marked a new departure; sleep proving a less absolute break in continuity of sensation, a less absolute barrier between day and day.

hepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Upon the eve of the stiffest competitive examination those, now outlived, years of tutelage had imposed on him, he could still tumble into bed secure of lapsing into unconsciousness as soon as his head fairly touched the pillow.

head

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From this reading Upon the eve of the stiffest competitive examination those, now outlived, years of tutelage had imposed on him, he could still tumble into bed secure of lapsing into unconsciousness as soon as his head fairly touched the pillow.

himpronounUS /hɪm/

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Upon the eve of the stiffest competitive examination those, now outlived, years of tutelage had imposed on him, he could still tumble into bed secure of lapsing into unconsciousness as soon as his head fairly touched the pillow.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading Upon the eve of the stiffest competitive examination those, now outlived, years of tutelage had imposed on him, he could still tumble into bed secure of lapsing into unconsciousness as soon as his head fairly touched the pillow.

home

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From this reading The Honourable Augustus and Mrs. Cowden, and Felicia Verity, not without last words, adjurations, commands and fussings, started on their twelve-mile drive home to Paulton Lacy about six o'clock.

Honourable

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From this reading The Honourable Augustus and Mrs. Cowden, and Felicia Verity, not without last words, adjurations, commands and fussings, started on their twelve-mile drive home to Paulton Lacy about six o'clock.

HOURS

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From this reading WATCHERS THROUGH THE SMALL HOURS Love, ill-health and debt being, as yet, unknown quantities to young Tom Verity, it followed that insomnia, with its thousand and one attendant miseries, was an unknown quantity likewise.

ill-health

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From this reading WATCHERS THROUGH THE SMALL HOURS Love, ill-health and debt being, as yet, unknown quantities to young Tom Verity, it followed that insomnia, with its thousand and one attendant miseries, was an unknown quantity likewise.

imposed

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From this reading Upon the eve of the stiffest competitive examination those, now outlived, years of tutelage had imposed on him, he could still tumble into bed secure of lapsing into unconsciousness as soon as his head fairly touched the pillow.

impress

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From this reading Dreams might, and usually did, visit him; but as so much incidental music merely to the large content of slumber--tittering up and down, too airily light-footed and evanescent to leave any impress on mind or spirits when he woke.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading This night, at Deadham Hard, marked a new departure; sleep proving a less absolute break in continuity of sensation, a less absolute barrier between day and day.

incidental

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From this reading Dreams might, and usually did, visit him; but as so much incidental music merely to the large content of slumber--tittering up and down, too airily light-footed and evanescent to leave any impress on mind or spirits when he woke.

insomnia

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From this reading WATCHERS THROUGH THE SMALL HOURS Love, ill-health and debt being, as yet, unknown quantities to young Tom Verity, it followed that insomnia, with its thousand and one attendant miseries, was an unknown quantity likewise.

intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/

moving to the inside of something

From this reading Upon the eve of the stiffest competitive examination those, now outlived, years of tutelage had imposed on him, he could still tumble into bed secure of lapsing into unconsciousness as soon as his head fairly touched the pillow.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading WATCHERS THROUGH THE SMALL HOURS Love, ill-health and debt being, as yet, unknown quantities to young Tom Verity, it followed that insomnia, with its thousand and one attendant miseries, was an unknown quantity likewise.

itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading WATCHERS THROUGH THE SMALL HOURS Love, ill-health and debt being, as yet, unknown quantities to young Tom Verity, it followed that insomnia, with its thousand and one attendant miseries, was an unknown quantity likewise.

Lacy

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From this reading The Honourable Augustus and Mrs. Cowden, and Felicia Verity, not without last words, adjurations, commands and fussings, started on their twelve-mile drive home to Paulton Lacy about six o'clock.

lapsing

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From this reading Upon the eve of the stiffest competitive examination those, now outlived, years of tutelage had imposed on him, he could still tumble into bed secure of lapsing into unconsciousness as soon as his head fairly touched the pillow.

large

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From this reading Dreams might, and usually did, visit him; but as so much incidental music merely to the large content of slumber--tittering up and down, too airily light-footed and evanescent to leave any impress on mind or spirits when he woke.

lastnounUS /last/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading The Honourable Augustus and Mrs. Cowden, and Felicia Verity, not without last words, adjurations, commands and fussings, started on their twelve-mile drive home to Paulton Lacy about six o'clock.

leave

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From this reading Dreams might, and usually did, visit him; but as so much incidental music merely to the large content of slumber--tittering up and down, too airily light-footed and evanescent to leave any impress on mind or spirits when he woke.

less

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From this reading This night, at Deadham Hard, marked a new departure; sleep proving a less absolute break in continuity of sensation, a less absolute barrier between day and day.

light-footed

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From this reading Dreams might, and usually did, visit him; but as so much incidental music merely to the large content of slumber--tittering up and down, too airily light-footed and evanescent to leave any impress on mind or spirits when he woke.

likewise

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From this reading WATCHERS THROUGH THE SMALL HOURS Love, ill-health and debt being, as yet, unknown quantities to young Tom Verity, it followed that insomnia, with its thousand and one attendant miseries, was an unknown quantity likewise.

Love

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From this reading WATCHERS THROUGH THE SMALL HOURS Love, ill-health and debt being, as yet, unknown quantities to young Tom Verity, it followed that insomnia, with its thousand and one attendant miseries, was an unknown quantity likewise.

marked

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From this reading This night, at Deadham Hard, marked a new departure; sleep proving a less absolute break in continuity of sensation, a less absolute barrier between day and day.

merely

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From this reading Dreams might, and usually did, visit him; but as so much incidental music merely to the large content of slumber--tittering up and down, too airily light-footed and evanescent to leave any impress on mind or spirits when he woke.

mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/

used to say something is possible but not certain

From this reading Dreams might, and usually did, visit him; but as so much incidental music merely to the large content of slumber--tittering up and down, too airily light-footed and evanescent to leave any impress on mind or spirits when he woke.

mindnounUS /mind/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Dreams might, and usually did, visit him; but as so much incidental music merely to the large content of slumber--tittering up and down, too airily light-footed and evanescent to leave any impress on mind or spirits when he woke.

miseries

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From this reading WATCHERS THROUGH THE SMALL HOURS Love, ill-health and debt being, as yet, unknown quantities to young Tom Verity, it followed that insomnia, with its thousand and one attendant miseries, was an unknown quantity likewise.

Mrs

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From this reading The Honourable Augustus and Mrs. Cowden, and Felicia Verity, not without last words, adjurations, commands and fussings, started on their twelve-mile drive home to Paulton Lacy about six o'clock.

much

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From this reading Dreams might, and usually did, visit him; but as so much incidental music merely to the large content of slumber--tittering up and down, too airily light-footed and evanescent to leave any impress on mind or spirits when he woke.

music

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From this reading Dreams might, and usually did, visit him; but as so much incidental music merely to the large content of slumber--tittering up and down, too airily light-footed and evanescent to leave any impress on mind or spirits when he woke.

new

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From this reading This night, at Deadham Hard, marked a new departure; sleep proving a less absolute break in continuity of sensation, a less absolute barrier between day and day.

night

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From this reading This night, at Deadham Hard, marked a new departure; sleep proving a less absolute break in continuity of sensation, a less absolute barrier between day and day.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading The Honourable Augustus and Mrs. Cowden, and Felicia Verity, not without last words, adjurations, commands and fussings, started on their twelve-mile drive home to Paulton Lacy about six o'clock.

now

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From this reading Upon the eve of the stiffest competitive examination those, now outlived, years of tutelage had imposed on him, he could still tumble into bed secure of lapsing into unconsciousness as soon as his head fairly touched the pillow.

o'clock

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From this reading The Honourable Augustus and Mrs. Cowden, and Felicia Verity, not without last words, adjurations, commands and fussings, started on their twelve-mile drive home to Paulton Lacy about six o'clock.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Upon the eve of the stiffest competitive examination those, now outlived, years of tutelage had imposed on him, he could still tumble into bed secure of lapsing into unconsciousness as soon as his head fairly touched the pillow.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Upon the eve of the stiffest competitive examination those, now outlived, years of tutelage had imposed on him, he could still tumble into bed secure of lapsing into unconsciousness as soon as his head fairly touched the pillow.

onepronounUS /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading WATCHERS THROUGH THE SMALL HOURS Love, ill-health and debt being, as yet, unknown quantities to young Tom Verity, it followed that insomnia, with its thousand and one attendant miseries, was an unknown quantity likewise.

orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading Dreams might, and usually did, visit him; but as so much incidental music merely to the large content of slumber--tittering up and down, too airily light-footed and evanescent to leave any impress on mind or spirits when he woke.

outlived

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From this reading Upon the eve of the stiffest competitive examination those, now outlived, years of tutelage had imposed on him, he could still tumble into bed secure of lapsing into unconsciousness as soon as his head fairly touched the pillow.

Paulton

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From this reading The Honourable Augustus and Mrs. Cowden, and Felicia Verity, not without last words, adjurations, commands and fussings, started on their twelve-mile drive home to Paulton Lacy about six o'clock.

pillow

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From this reading Upon the eve of the stiffest competitive examination those, now outlived, years of tutelage had imposed on him, he could still tumble into bed secure of lapsing into unconsciousness as soon as his head fairly touched the pillow.

proving

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From this reading This night, at Deadham Hard, marked a new departure; sleep proving a less absolute break in continuity of sensation, a less absolute barrier between day and day.

quantities

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From this reading WATCHERS THROUGH THE SMALL HOURS Love, ill-health and debt being, as yet, unknown quantities to young Tom Verity, it followed that insomnia, with its thousand and one attendant miseries, was an unknown quantity likewise.

quantity

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From this reading WATCHERS THROUGH THE SMALL HOURS Love, ill-health and debt being, as yet, unknown quantities to young Tom Verity, it followed that insomnia, with its thousand and one attendant miseries, was an unknown quantity likewise.

secure

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From this reading Upon the eve of the stiffest competitive examination those, now outlived, years of tutelage had imposed on him, he could still tumble into bed secure of lapsing into unconsciousness as soon as his head fairly touched the pillow.

sensation

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From this reading This night, at Deadham Hard, marked a new departure; sleep proving a less absolute break in continuity of sensation, a less absolute barrier between day and day.

six

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From this reading The Honourable Augustus and Mrs. Cowden, and Felicia Verity, not without last words, adjurations, commands and fussings, started on their twelve-mile drive home to Paulton Lacy about six o'clock.

sleep

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From this reading This night, at Deadham Hard, marked a new departure; sleep proving a less absolute break in continuity of sensation, a less absolute barrier between day and day.

slumber

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From this reading Dreams might, and usually did, visit him; but as so much incidental music merely to the large content of slumber--tittering up and down, too airily light-footed and evanescent to leave any impress on mind or spirits when he woke.

SMALL

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From this reading WATCHERS THROUGH THE SMALL HOURS Love, ill-health and debt being, as yet, unknown quantities to young Tom Verity, it followed that insomnia, with its thousand and one attendant miseries, was an unknown quantity likewise.

soconjunctionUS /soʊ/

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading Dreams might, and usually did, visit him; but as so much incidental music merely to the large content of slumber--tittering up and down, too airily light-footed and evanescent to leave any impress on mind or spirits when he woke.

soon

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From this reading Upon the eve of the stiffest competitive examination those, now outlived, years of tutelage had imposed on him, he could still tumble into bed secure of lapsing into unconsciousness as soon as his head fairly touched the pillow.

spirits

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From this reading Dreams might, and usually did, visit him; but as so much incidental music merely to the large content of slumber--tittering up and down, too airily light-footed and evanescent to leave any impress on mind or spirits when he woke.

started

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From this reading The Honourable Augustus and Mrs. Cowden, and Felicia Verity, not without last words, adjurations, commands and fussings, started on their twelve-mile drive home to Paulton Lacy about six o'clock.

stiffest

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From this reading Upon the eve of the stiffest competitive examination those, now outlived, years of tutelage had imposed on him, he could still tumble into bed secure of lapsing into unconsciousness as soon as his head fairly touched the pillow.

stillnounUS /still/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Upon the eve of the stiffest competitive examination those, now outlived, years of tutelage had imposed on him, he could still tumble into bed secure of lapsing into unconsciousness as soon as his head fairly touched the pillow.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading WATCHERS THROUGH THE SMALL HOURS Love, ill-health and debt being, as yet, unknown quantities to young Tom Verity, it followed that insomnia, with its thousand and one attendant miseries, was an unknown quantity likewise.

THEdeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading WATCHERS THROUGH THE SMALL HOURS Love, ill-health and debt being, as yet, unknown quantities to young Tom Verity, it followed that insomnia, with its thousand and one attendant miseries, was an unknown quantity likewise.

theirdeterminerUS /ðer/

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading The Honourable Augustus and Mrs. Cowden, and Felicia Verity, not without last words, adjurations, commands and fussings, started on their twelve-mile drive home to Paulton Lacy about six o'clock.

ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading This night, at Deadham Hard, marked a new departure; sleep proving a less absolute break in continuity of sensation, a less absolute barrier between day and day.

thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/

the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known

From this reading Upon the eve of the stiffest competitive examination those, now outlived, years of tutelage had imposed on him, he could still tumble into bed secure of lapsing into unconsciousness as soon as his head fairly touched the pillow.

thousand

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From this reading WATCHERS THROUGH THE SMALL HOURS Love, ill-health and debt being, as yet, unknown quantities to young Tom Verity, it followed that insomnia, with its thousand and one attendant miseries, was an unknown quantity likewise.

THROUGHnounUS /ˈthrough/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading WATCHERS THROUGH THE SMALL HOURS Love, ill-health and debt being, as yet, unknown quantities to young Tom Verity, it followed that insomnia, with its thousand and one attendant miseries, was an unknown quantity likewise.

tittering

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From this reading Dreams might, and usually did, visit him; but as so much incidental music merely to the large content of slumber--tittering up and down, too airily light-footed and evanescent to leave any impress on mind or spirits when he woke.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading WATCHERS THROUGH THE SMALL HOURS Love, ill-health and debt being, as yet, unknown quantities to young Tom Verity, it followed that insomnia, with its thousand and one attendant miseries, was an unknown quantity likewise.

Tom

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From this reading WATCHERS THROUGH THE SMALL HOURS Love, ill-health and debt being, as yet, unknown quantities to young Tom Verity, it followed that insomnia, with its thousand and one attendant miseries, was an unknown quantity likewise.

too

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From this reading Dreams might, and usually did, visit him; but as so much incidental music merely to the large content of slumber--tittering up and down, too airily light-footed and evanescent to leave any impress on mind or spirits when he woke.

touched

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From this reading Upon the eve of the stiffest competitive examination those, now outlived, years of tutelage had imposed on him, he could still tumble into bed secure of lapsing into unconsciousness as soon as his head fairly touched the pillow.

tumble

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From this reading Upon the eve of the stiffest competitive examination those, now outlived, years of tutelage had imposed on him, he could still tumble into bed secure of lapsing into unconsciousness as soon as his head fairly touched the pillow.

tutelage

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From this reading Upon the eve of the stiffest competitive examination those, now outlived, years of tutelage had imposed on him, he could still tumble into bed secure of lapsing into unconsciousness as soon as his head fairly touched the pillow.

twelve-mile

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From this reading The Honourable Augustus and Mrs. Cowden, and Felicia Verity, not without last words, adjurations, commands and fussings, started on their twelve-mile drive home to Paulton Lacy about six o'clock.

unconsciousness

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From this reading Upon the eve of the stiffest competitive examination those, now outlived, years of tutelage had imposed on him, he could still tumble into bed secure of lapsing into unconsciousness as soon as his head fairly touched the pillow.

unknown

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From this reading WATCHERS THROUGH THE SMALL HOURS Love, ill-health and debt being, as yet, unknown quantities to young Tom Verity, it followed that insomnia, with its thousand and one attendant miseries, was an unknown quantity likewise.

up

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From this reading Dreams might, and usually did, visit him; but as so much incidental music merely to the large content of slumber--tittering up and down, too airily light-footed and evanescent to leave any impress on mind or spirits when he woke.

UponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/

a formal word for “on”

From this reading Upon the eve of the stiffest competitive examination those, now outlived, years of tutelage had imposed on him, he could still tumble into bed secure of lapsing into unconsciousness as soon as his head fairly touched the pillow.

usually

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From this reading Dreams might, and usually did, visit him; but as so much incidental music merely to the large content of slumber--tittering up and down, too airily light-footed and evanescent to leave any impress on mind or spirits when he woke.

Verity

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From this reading WATCHERS THROUGH THE SMALL HOURS Love, ill-health and debt being, as yet, unknown quantities to young Tom Verity, it followed that insomnia, with its thousand and one attendant miseries, was an unknown quantity likewise.

visit

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From this reading Dreams might, and usually did, visit him; but as so much incidental music merely to the large content of slumber--tittering up and down, too airily light-footed and evanescent to leave any impress on mind or spirits when he woke.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading WATCHERS THROUGH THE SMALL HOURS Love, ill-health and debt being, as yet, unknown quantities to young Tom Verity, it followed that insomnia, with its thousand and one attendant miseries, was an unknown quantity likewise.

WATCHERS

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From this reading WATCHERS THROUGH THE SMALL HOURS Love, ill-health and debt being, as yet, unknown quantities to young Tom Verity, it followed that insomnia, with its thousand and one attendant miseries, was an unknown quantity likewise.

whenconjunctionUS /wen/

at the time that

From this reading Dreams might, and usually did, visit him; but as so much incidental music merely to the large content of slumber--tittering up and down, too airily light-footed and evanescent to leave any impress on mind or spirits when he woke.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading WATCHERS THROUGH THE SMALL HOURS Love, ill-health and debt being, as yet, unknown quantities to young Tom Verity, it followed that insomnia, with its thousand and one attendant miseries, was an unknown quantity likewise.

withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/

not having, not using, or not accompanied by

From this reading The Honourable Augustus and Mrs. Cowden, and Felicia Verity, not without last words, adjurations, commands and fussings, started on their twelve-mile drive home to Paulton Lacy about six o'clock.

woke

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From this reading Dreams might, and usually did, visit him; but as so much incidental music merely to the large content of slumber--tittering up and down, too airily light-footed and evanescent to leave any impress on mind or spirits when he woke.

words

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From this reading The Honourable Augustus and Mrs. Cowden, and Felicia Verity, not without last words, adjurations, commands and fussings, started on their twelve-mile drive home to Paulton Lacy about six o'clock.

years

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From this reading Upon the eve of the stiffest competitive examination those, now outlived, years of tutelage had imposed on him, he could still tumble into bed secure of lapsing into unconsciousness as soon as his head fairly touched the pillow.

yetconjunctionUS /jet/

but in spite of that

From this reading WATCHERS THROUGH THE SMALL HOURS Love, ill-health and debt being, as yet, unknown quantities to young Tom Verity, it followed that insomnia, with its thousand and one attendant miseries, was an unknown quantity likewise.

young

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From this reading WATCHERS THROUGH THE SMALL HOURS Love, ill-health and debt being, as yet, unknown quantities to young Tom Verity, it followed that insomnia, with its thousand and one attendant miseries, was an unknown quantity likewise.