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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 Helen woke next morning after unbroken, heavy slumbers, with a mind as vague and empty as a young child's.
acquiescent
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From this reading And lying in her bed, inert and placid, she felt as if she had been in a great battle, and that after the annihilation of anaesthetics she had waked to find herself with limbs gone and wounds bandaged, passive and acquiescent, in a world from which all large issues had been eliminated for ever.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Helen woke next morning after unbroken, heavy slumbers, with a mind as vague and empty as a young child's.
All
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From this reading All night long she had been dreaming strange, dreary dreams of her youth.
anaesthetics
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From this reading And lying in her bed, inert and placid, she felt as if she had been in a great battle, and that after the annihilation of anaesthetics she had waked to find herself with limbs gone and wounds bandaged, passive and acquiescent, in a world from which all large issues had been eliminated for ever.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Helen woke next morning after unbroken, heavy slumbers, with a mind as vague and empty as a young child's.
annihilation
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From this reading And lying in her bed, inert and placid, she felt as if she had been in a great battle, and that after the annihilation of anaesthetics she had waked to find herself with limbs gone and wounds bandaged, passive and acquiescent, in a world from which all large issues had been eliminated for ever.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Helen woke next morning after unbroken, heavy slumbers, with a mind as vague and empty as a young child's.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading There had been no pain in them, or fear, only a sad lassitude, as of one who, beaten and weary, looks back from a far distance at pain and fear outlived.
back
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From this reading There had been no pain in them, or fear, only a sad lassitude, as of one who, beaten and weary, looks back from a far distance at pain and fear outlived.
bandaged
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From this reading And lying in her bed, inert and placid, she felt as if she had been in a great battle, and that after the annihilation of anaesthetics she had waked to find herself with limbs gone and wounds bandaged, passive and acquiescent, in a world from which all large issues had been eliminated for ever.
battle
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From this reading And lying in her bed, inert and placid, she felt as if she had been in a great battle, and that after the annihilation of anaesthetics she had waked to find herself with limbs gone and wounds bandaged, passive and acquiescent, in a world from which all large issues had been eliminated for ever.
beaten
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From this reading There had been no pain in them, or fear, only a sad lassitude, as of one who, beaten and weary, looks back from a far distance at pain and fear outlived.
bed
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From this reading And lying in her bed, inert and placid, she felt as if she had been in a great battle, and that after the annihilation of anaesthetics she had waked to find herself with limbs gone and wounds bandaged, passive and acquiescent, in a world from which all large issues had been eliminated for ever.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading All night long she had been dreaming strange, dreary dreams of her youth.
child's
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distance
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dreaming
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From this reading All night long she had been dreaming strange, dreary dreams of her youth.
dreams
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From this reading All night long she had been dreaming strange, dreary dreams of her youth.
dreary
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From this reading All night long she had been dreaming strange, dreary dreams of her youth.
eliminated
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From this reading And lying in her bed, inert and placid, she felt as if she had been in a great battle, and that after the annihilation of anaesthetics she had waked to find herself with limbs gone and wounds bandaged, passive and acquiescent, in a world from which all large issues had been eliminated for ever.
emptiest
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From this reading It was the emptiest kind of life on which her eyes opened so quietly this morning.
empty
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From this reading Helen woke next morning after unbroken, heavy slumbers, with a mind as vague and empty as a young child's.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And lying in her bed, inert and placid, she felt as if she had been in a great battle, and that after the annihilation of anaesthetics she had waked to find herself with limbs gone and wounds bandaged, passive and acquiescent, in a world from which all large issues had been eliminated for ever.
eyes
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From this reading It was the emptiest kind of life on which her eyes opened so quietly this morning.
far
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From this reading There had been no pain in them, or fear, only a sad lassitude, as of one who, beaten and weary, looks back from a far distance at pain and fear outlived.
fear
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From this reading There had been no pain in them, or fear, only a sad lassitude, as of one who, beaten and weary, looks back from a far distance at pain and fear outlived.
felt
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From this reading And lying in her bed, inert and placid, she felt as if she had been in a great battle, and that after the annihilation of anaesthetics she had waked to find herself with limbs gone and wounds bandaged, passive and acquiescent, in a world from which all large issues had been eliminated for ever.
find
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From this reading And lying in her bed, inert and placid, she felt as if she had been in a great battle, and that after the annihilation of anaesthetics she had waked to find herself with limbs gone and wounds bandaged, passive and acquiescent, in a world from which all large issues had been eliminated for ever.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading And lying in her bed, inert and placid, she felt as if she had been in a great battle, and that after the annihilation of anaesthetics she had waked to find herself with limbs gone and wounds bandaged, passive and acquiescent, in a world from which all large issues had been eliminated for ever.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading There had been no pain in them, or fear, only a sad lassitude, as of one who, beaten and weary, looks back from a far distance at pain and fear outlived.
gone
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From this reading And lying in her bed, inert and placid, she felt as if she had been in a great battle, and that after the annihilation of anaesthetics she had waked to find herself with limbs gone and wounds bandaged, passive and acquiescent, in a world from which all large issues had been eliminated for ever.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And lying in her bed, inert and placid, she felt as if she had been in a great battle, and that after the annihilation of anaesthetics she had waked to find herself with limbs gone and wounds bandaged, passive and acquiescent, in a world from which all large issues had been eliminated for ever.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading All night long she had been dreaming strange, dreary dreams of her youth.
heavy
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From this reading Helen woke next morning after unbroken, heavy slumbers, with a mind as vague and empty as a young child's.
Helen
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From this reading Helen woke next morning after unbroken, heavy slumbers, with a mind as vague and empty as a young child's.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading All night long she had been dreaming strange, dreary dreams of her youth.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading And lying in her bed, inert and placid, she felt as if she had been in a great battle, and that after the annihilation of anaesthetics she had waked to find herself with limbs gone and wounds bandaged, passive and acquiescent, in a world from which all large issues had been eliminated for ever.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading And lying in her bed, inert and placid, she felt as if she had been in a great battle, and that after the annihilation of anaesthetics she had waked to find herself with limbs gone and wounds bandaged, passive and acquiescent, in a world from which all large issues had been eliminated for ever.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There had been no pain in them, or fear, only a sad lassitude, as of one who, beaten and weary, looks back from a far distance at pain and fear outlived.
inert
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From this reading And lying in her bed, inert and placid, she felt as if she had been in a great battle, and that after the annihilation of anaesthetics she had waked to find herself with limbs gone and wounds bandaged, passive and acquiescent, in a world from which all large issues had been eliminated for ever.
issues
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From this reading And lying in her bed, inert and placid, she felt as if she had been in a great battle, and that after the annihilation of anaesthetics she had waked to find herself with limbs gone and wounds bandaged, passive and acquiescent, in a world from which all large issues had been eliminated for ever.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was the emptiest kind of life on which her eyes opened so quietly this morning.
kind
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From this reading It was the emptiest kind of life on which her eyes opened so quietly this morning.
large
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From this reading And lying in her bed, inert and placid, she felt as if she had been in a great battle, and that after the annihilation of anaesthetics she had waked to find herself with limbs gone and wounds bandaged, passive and acquiescent, in a world from which all large issues had been eliminated for ever.
lassitude
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From this reading There had been no pain in them, or fear, only a sad lassitude, as of one who, beaten and weary, looks back from a far distance at pain and fear outlived.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was the emptiest kind of life on which her eyes opened so quietly this morning.
limbs
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From this reading And lying in her bed, inert and placid, she felt as if she had been in a great battle, and that after the annihilation of anaesthetics she had waked to find herself with limbs gone and wounds bandaged, passive and acquiescent, in a world from which all large issues had been eliminated for ever.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading All night long she had been dreaming strange, dreary dreams of her youth.
looks
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From this reading There had been no pain in them, or fear, only a sad lassitude, as of one who, beaten and weary, looks back from a far distance at pain and fear outlived.
lying
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From this reading And lying in her bed, inert and placid, she felt as if she had been in a great battle, and that after the annihilation of anaesthetics she had waked to find herself with limbs gone and wounds bandaged, passive and acquiescent, in a world from which all large issues had been eliminated for ever.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Helen woke next morning after unbroken, heavy slumbers, with a mind as vague and empty as a young child's.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Helen woke next morning after unbroken, heavy slumbers, with a mind as vague and empty as a young child's.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Helen woke next morning after unbroken, heavy slumbers, with a mind as vague and empty as a young child's.
night
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From this reading All night long she had been dreaming strange, dreary dreams of her youth.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading There had been no pain in them, or fear, only a sad lassitude, as of one who, beaten and weary, looks back from a far distance at pain and fear outlived.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading All night long she had been dreaming strange, dreary dreams of her youth.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It was the emptiest kind of life on which her eyes opened so quietly this morning.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading There had been no pain in them, or fear, only a sad lassitude, as of one who, beaten and weary, looks back from a far distance at pain and fear outlived.
only
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From this reading There had been no pain in them, or fear, only a sad lassitude, as of one who, beaten and weary, looks back from a far distance at pain and fear outlived.
opened
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From this reading It was the emptiest kind of life on which her eyes opened so quietly this morning.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading There had been no pain in them, or fear, only a sad lassitude, as of one who, beaten and weary, looks back from a far distance at pain and fear outlived.
outlived
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From this reading There had been no pain in them, or fear, only a sad lassitude, as of one who, beaten and weary, looks back from a far distance at pain and fear outlived.
pain
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From this reading There had been no pain in them, or fear, only a sad lassitude, as of one who, beaten and weary, looks back from a far distance at pain and fear outlived.
passive
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From this reading And lying in her bed, inert and placid, she felt as if she had been in a great battle, and that after the annihilation of anaesthetics she had waked to find herself with limbs gone and wounds bandaged, passive and acquiescent, in a world from which all large issues had been eliminated for ever.
placid
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From this reading And lying in her bed, inert and placid, she felt as if she had been in a great battle, and that after the annihilation of anaesthetics she had waked to find herself with limbs gone and wounds bandaged, passive and acquiescent, in a world from which all large issues had been eliminated for ever.
quietly
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From this reading It was the emptiest kind of life on which her eyes opened so quietly this morning.
sad
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From this reading There had been no pain in them, or fear, only a sad lassitude, as of one who, beaten and weary, looks back from a far distance at pain and fear outlived.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading All night long she had been dreaming strange, dreary dreams of her youth.
slumbers
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From this reading Helen woke next morning after unbroken, heavy slumbers, with a mind as vague and empty as a young child's.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading It was the emptiest kind of life on which her eyes opened so quietly this morning.
strange
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From this reading All night long she had been dreaming strange, dreary dreams of her youth.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And lying in her bed, inert and placid, she felt as if she had been in a great battle, and that after the annihilation of anaesthetics she had waked to find herself with limbs gone and wounds bandaged, passive and acquiescent, in a world from which all large issues had been eliminated for ever.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And lying in her bed, inert and placid, she felt as if she had been in a great battle, and that after the annihilation of anaesthetics she had waked to find herself with limbs gone and wounds bandaged, passive and acquiescent, in a world from which all large issues had been eliminated for ever.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading There had been no pain in them, or fear, only a sad lassitude, as of one who, beaten and weary, looks back from a far distance at pain and fear outlived.
There
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From this reading There had been no pain in them, or fear, only a sad lassitude, as of one who, beaten and weary, looks back from a far distance at pain and fear outlived.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading It was the emptiest kind of life on which her eyes opened so quietly this morning.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And lying in her bed, inert and placid, she felt as if she had been in a great battle, and that after the annihilation of anaesthetics she had waked to find herself with limbs gone and wounds bandaged, passive and acquiescent, in a world from which all large issues had been eliminated for ever.
unbroken
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From this reading Helen woke next morning after unbroken, heavy slumbers, with a mind as vague and empty as a young child's.
vague
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From this reading Helen woke next morning after unbroken, heavy slumbers, with a mind as vague and empty as a young child's.
waked
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From this reading And lying in her bed, inert and placid, she felt as if she had been in a great battle, and that after the annihilation of anaesthetics she had waked to find herself with limbs gone and wounds bandaged, passive and acquiescent, in a world from which all large issues had been eliminated for ever.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was the emptiest kind of life on which her eyes opened so quietly this morning.
weary
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From this reading There had been no pain in them, or fear, only a sad lassitude, as of one who, beaten and weary, looks back from a far distance at pain and fear outlived.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading And lying in her bed, inert and placid, she felt as if she had been in a great battle, and that after the annihilation of anaesthetics she had waked to find herself with limbs gone and wounds bandaged, passive and acquiescent, in a world from which all large issues had been eliminated for ever.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading There had been no pain in them, or fear, only a sad lassitude, as of one who, beaten and weary, looks back from a far distance at pain and fear outlived.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Helen woke next morning after unbroken, heavy slumbers, with a mind as vague and empty as a young child's.
woke
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From this reading Helen woke next morning after unbroken, heavy slumbers, with a mind as vague and empty as a young child's.
world
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From this reading And lying in her bed, inert and placid, she felt as if she had been in a great battle, and that after the annihilation of anaesthetics she had waked to find herself with limbs gone and wounds bandaged, passive and acquiescent, in a world from which all large issues had been eliminated for ever.
wounds
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From this reading And lying in her bed, inert and placid, she felt as if she had been in a great battle, and that after the annihilation of anaesthetics she had waked to find herself with limbs gone and wounds bandaged, passive and acquiescent, in a world from which all large issues had been eliminated for ever.
young
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From this reading Helen woke next morning after unbroken, heavy slumbers, with a mind as vague and empty as a young child's.
youth
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From this reading All night long she had been dreaming strange, dreary dreams of her youth.
