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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 THE HOT NIGHT Rudolph paced his long chamber like a wolf,--a wolf in summer, with too thick a coat.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading A faintly sour smell of parched things, oppressing the night without breath or motion, was like an interminable presence, irritating, poisonous.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading In sweat of body and heat of mind, he crossed from window to window, unable to halt.
bodynounUS /body/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In sweat of body and heat of mind, he crossed from window to window, unable to halt.
breath
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From this reading A faintly sour smell of parched things, oppressing the night without breath or motion, was like an interminable presence, irritating, poisonous.
Broad
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From this reading Broad leaves outside shone in mockery of snow; and like snow the stifled river lay in the moonlight, where the wet muzzles of buffaloes glistened, floating like knots on sunken logs, or the snouts of crocodiles.
buffaloes
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From this reading Broad leaves outside shone in mockery of snow; and like snow the stifled river lay in the moonlight, where the wet muzzles of buffaloes glistened, floating like knots on sunken logs, or the snouts of crocodiles.
chamber
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From this reading THE HOT NIGHT Rudolph paced his long chamber like a wolf,--a wolf in summer, with too thick a coat.
coat
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From this reading THE HOT NIGHT Rudolph paced his long chamber like a wolf,--a wolf in summer, with too thick a coat.
crocodiles
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From this reading Broad leaves outside shone in mockery of snow; and like snow the stifled river lay in the moonlight, where the wet muzzles of buffaloes glistened, floating like knots on sunken logs, or the snouts of crocodiles.
crossed
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From this reading In sweat of body and heat of mind, he crossed from window to window, unable to halt.
faintly
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From this reading A faintly sour smell of parched things, oppressing the night without breath or motion, was like an interminable presence, irritating, poisonous.
flapped
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From this reading The punkah, too, flapped incessant, and only made the lamp gutter.
floating
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From this reading Broad leaves outside shone in mockery of snow; and like snow the stifled river lay in the moonlight, where the wet muzzles of buffaloes glistened, floating like knots on sunken logs, or the snouts of crocodiles.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading In sweat of body and heat of mind, he crossed from window to window, unable to halt.
glistened
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From this reading Broad leaves outside shone in mockery of snow; and like snow the stifled river lay in the moonlight, where the wet muzzles of buffaloes glistened, floating like knots on sunken logs, or the snouts of crocodiles.
gutter
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From this reading The punkah, too, flapped incessant, and only made the lamp gutter.
halt
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From this reading In sweat of body and heat of mind, he crossed from window to window, unable to halt.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading In sweat of body and heat of mind, he crossed from window to window, unable to halt.
heat
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From this reading In sweat of body and heat of mind, he crossed from window to window, unable to halt.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading THE HOT NIGHT Rudolph paced his long chamber like a wolf,--a wolf in summer, with too thick a coat.
HOT
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From this reading THE HOT NIGHT Rudolph paced his long chamber like a wolf,--a wolf in summer, with too thick a coat.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE HOT NIGHT Rudolph paced his long chamber like a wolf,--a wolf in summer, with too thick a coat.
incessant
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From this reading The punkah, too, flapped incessant, and only made the lamp gutter.
interminable
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From this reading A faintly sour smell of parched things, oppressing the night without breath or motion, was like an interminable presence, irritating, poisonous.
irritating
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From this reading A faintly sour smell of parched things, oppressing the night without breath or motion, was like an interminable presence, irritating, poisonous.
knots
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From this reading Broad leaves outside shone in mockery of snow; and like snow the stifled river lay in the moonlight, where the wet muzzles of buffaloes glistened, floating like knots on sunken logs, or the snouts of crocodiles.
lamp
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From this reading The punkah, too, flapped incessant, and only made the lamp gutter.
lay
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From this reading Broad leaves outside shone in mockery of snow; and like snow the stifled river lay in the moonlight, where the wet muzzles of buffaloes glistened, floating like knots on sunken logs, or the snouts of crocodiles.
leaves
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From this reading Broad leaves outside shone in mockery of snow; and like snow the stifled river lay in the moonlight, where the wet muzzles of buffaloes glistened, floating like knots on sunken logs, or the snouts of crocodiles.
like
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From this reading THE HOT NIGHT Rudolph paced his long chamber like a wolf,--a wolf in summer, with too thick a coat.
logs
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From this reading Broad leaves outside shone in mockery of snow; and like snow the stifled river lay in the moonlight, where the wet muzzles of buffaloes glistened, floating like knots on sunken logs, or the snouts of crocodiles.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE HOT NIGHT Rudolph paced his long chamber like a wolf,--a wolf in summer, with too thick a coat.
made
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From this reading The punkah, too, flapped incessant, and only made the lamp gutter.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In sweat of body and heat of mind, he crossed from window to window, unable to halt.
mockery
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From this reading Broad leaves outside shone in mockery of snow; and like snow the stifled river lay in the moonlight, where the wet muzzles of buffaloes glistened, floating like knots on sunken logs, or the snouts of crocodiles.
moonlight
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From this reading Broad leaves outside shone in mockery of snow; and like snow the stifled river lay in the moonlight, where the wet muzzles of buffaloes glistened, floating like knots on sunken logs, or the snouts of crocodiles.
motion
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From this reading A faintly sour smell of parched things, oppressing the night without breath or motion, was like an interminable presence, irritating, poisonous.
muzzles
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From this reading Broad leaves outside shone in mockery of snow; and like snow the stifled river lay in the moonlight, where the wet muzzles of buffaloes glistened, floating like knots on sunken logs, or the snouts of crocodiles.
NIGHT
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From this reading THE HOT NIGHT Rudolph paced his long chamber like a wolf,--a wolf in summer, with too thick a coat.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In sweat of body and heat of mind, he crossed from window to window, unable to halt.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Broad leaves outside shone in mockery of snow; and like snow the stifled river lay in the moonlight, where the wet muzzles of buffaloes glistened, floating like knots on sunken logs, or the snouts of crocodiles.
only
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From this reading The punkah, too, flapped incessant, and only made the lamp gutter.
oppressing
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From this reading A faintly sour smell of parched things, oppressing the night without breath or motion, was like an interminable presence, irritating, poisonous.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading A faintly sour smell of parched things, oppressing the night without breath or motion, was like an interminable presence, irritating, poisonous.
outsidenounUS /ˈoutside/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Broad leaves outside shone in mockery of snow; and like snow the stifled river lay in the moonlight, where the wet muzzles of buffaloes glistened, floating like knots on sunken logs, or the snouts of crocodiles.
paced
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From this reading THE HOT NIGHT Rudolph paced his long chamber like a wolf,--a wolf in summer, with too thick a coat.
parched
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From this reading A faintly sour smell of parched things, oppressing the night without breath or motion, was like an interminable presence, irritating, poisonous.
poisonous
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From this reading A faintly sour smell of parched things, oppressing the night without breath or motion, was like an interminable presence, irritating, poisonous.
presence
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From this reading A faintly sour smell of parched things, oppressing the night without breath or motion, was like an interminable presence, irritating, poisonous.
punkah
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From this reading The punkah, too, flapped incessant, and only made the lamp gutter.
river
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From this reading Broad leaves outside shone in mockery of snow; and like snow the stifled river lay in the moonlight, where the wet muzzles of buffaloes glistened, floating like knots on sunken logs, or the snouts of crocodiles.
Rudolph
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From this reading THE HOT NIGHT Rudolph paced his long chamber like a wolf,--a wolf in summer, with too thick a coat.
shone
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From this reading Broad leaves outside shone in mockery of snow; and like snow the stifled river lay in the moonlight, where the wet muzzles of buffaloes glistened, floating like knots on sunken logs, or the snouts of crocodiles.
smell
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From this reading A faintly sour smell of parched things, oppressing the night without breath or motion, was like an interminable presence, irritating, poisonous.
snouts
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From this reading Broad leaves outside shone in mockery of snow; and like snow the stifled river lay in the moonlight, where the wet muzzles of buffaloes glistened, floating like knots on sunken logs, or the snouts of crocodiles.
snow
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From this reading Broad leaves outside shone in mockery of snow; and like snow the stifled river lay in the moonlight, where the wet muzzles of buffaloes glistened, floating like knots on sunken logs, or the snouts of crocodiles.
sour
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From this reading A faintly sour smell of parched things, oppressing the night without breath or motion, was like an interminable presence, irritating, poisonous.
stifled
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From this reading Broad leaves outside shone in mockery of snow; and like snow the stifled river lay in the moonlight, where the wet muzzles of buffaloes glistened, floating like knots on sunken logs, or the snouts of crocodiles.
summer
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From this reading THE HOT NIGHT Rudolph paced his long chamber like a wolf,--a wolf in summer, with too thick a coat.
sunken
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From this reading Broad leaves outside shone in mockery of snow; and like snow the stifled river lay in the moonlight, where the wet muzzles of buffaloes glistened, floating like knots on sunken logs, or the snouts of crocodiles.
sweat
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From this reading In sweat of body and heat of mind, he crossed from window to window, unable to halt.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE HOT NIGHT Rudolph paced his long chamber like a wolf,--a wolf in summer, with too thick a coat.
thick
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From this reading THE HOT NIGHT Rudolph paced his long chamber like a wolf,--a wolf in summer, with too thick a coat.
things
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From this reading A faintly sour smell of parched things, oppressing the night without breath or motion, was like an interminable presence, irritating, poisonous.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading In sweat of body and heat of mind, he crossed from window to window, unable to halt.
too
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From this reading THE HOT NIGHT Rudolph paced his long chamber like a wolf,--a wolf in summer, with too thick a coat.
unable
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From this reading In sweat of body and heat of mind, he crossed from window to window, unable to halt.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A faintly sour smell of parched things, oppressing the night without breath or motion, was like an interminable presence, irritating, poisonous.
wet
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From this reading Broad leaves outside shone in mockery of snow; and like snow the stifled river lay in the moonlight, where the wet muzzles of buffaloes glistened, floating like knots on sunken logs, or the snouts of crocodiles.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Broad leaves outside shone in mockery of snow; and like snow the stifled river lay in the moonlight, where the wet muzzles of buffaloes glistened, floating like knots on sunken logs, or the snouts of crocodiles.
window
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From this reading In sweat of body and heat of mind, he crossed from window to window, unable to halt.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading THE HOT NIGHT Rudolph paced his long chamber like a wolf,--a wolf in summer, with too thick a coat.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading A faintly sour smell of parched things, oppressing the night without breath or motion, was like an interminable presence, irritating, poisonous.
wolf
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From this reading THE HOT NIGHT Rudolph paced his long chamber like a wolf,--a wolf in summer, with too thick a coat.
