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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 Every light laugh in the proverbial ease of the social Normans rang on his ear like the joy of a ghastly Sabbat.
All
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From this reading All his senses preternaturally sharpened to that magnetic keenness in which we less hear and see than conceive and divine, the lowest murmur William breathed in the ear of Odo boomed clear to his own; the slightest interchange of glance between some dark-browed priest and large-breasted warrior, flashed upon his vision.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading All his senses preternaturally sharpened to that magnetic keenness in which we less hear and see than conceive and divine, the lowest murmur William breathed in the ear of Odo boomed clear to his own; the slightest interchange of glance between some dark-browed priest and large-breasted warrior, flashed upon his vision.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The stately mirth of the evening banquet seemed to Harold as the malign revel of some demoniac orgy.
banquet
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From this reading The stately mirth of the evening banquet seemed to Harold as the malign revel of some demoniac orgy.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading All his senses preternaturally sharpened to that magnetic keenness in which we less hear and see than conceive and divine, the lowest murmur William breathed in the ear of Odo boomed clear to his own; the slightest interchange of glance between some dark-browed priest and large-breasted warrior, flashed upon his vision.
boomed
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From this reading All his senses preternaturally sharpened to that magnetic keenness in which we less hear and see than conceive and divine, the lowest murmur William breathed in the ear of Odo boomed clear to his own; the slightest interchange of glance between some dark-browed priest and large-breasted warrior, flashed upon his vision.
breathed
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From this reading All his senses preternaturally sharpened to that magnetic keenness in which we less hear and see than conceive and divine, the lowest murmur William breathed in the ear of Odo boomed clear to his own; the slightest interchange of glance between some dark-browed priest and large-breasted warrior, flashed upon his vision.
clear
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From this reading All his senses preternaturally sharpened to that magnetic keenness in which we less hear and see than conceive and divine, the lowest murmur William breathed in the ear of Odo boomed clear to his own; the slightest interchange of glance between some dark-browed priest and large-breasted warrior, flashed upon his vision.
combined
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From this reading The irritation of his recent and neglected wound combined with his mental excitement to quicken, yet to confuse, his faculties.
conceive
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From this reading All his senses preternaturally sharpened to that magnetic keenness in which we less hear and see than conceive and divine, the lowest murmur William breathed in the ear of Odo boomed clear to his own; the slightest interchange of glance between some dark-browed priest and large-breasted warrior, flashed upon his vision.
confuse
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From this reading The irritation of his recent and neglected wound combined with his mental excitement to quicken, yet to confuse, his faculties.
dark-browed
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From this reading All his senses preternaturally sharpened to that magnetic keenness in which we less hear and see than conceive and divine, the lowest murmur William breathed in the ear of Odo boomed clear to his own; the slightest interchange of glance between some dark-browed priest and large-breasted warrior, flashed upon his vision.
demoniac
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From this reading The stately mirth of the evening banquet seemed to Harold as the malign revel of some demoniac orgy.
divine
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From this reading All his senses preternaturally sharpened to that magnetic keenness in which we less hear and see than conceive and divine, the lowest murmur William breathed in the ear of Odo boomed clear to his own; the slightest interchange of glance between some dark-browed priest and large-breasted warrior, flashed upon his vision.
ear
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From this reading Every light laugh in the proverbial ease of the social Normans rang on his ear like the joy of a ghastly Sabbat.
ease
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From this reading Every light laugh in the proverbial ease of the social Normans rang on his ear like the joy of a ghastly Sabbat.
England
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From this reading He thought he read in every face the exultation over the sale of England.
evening
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From this reading The stately mirth of the evening banquet seemed to Harold as the malign revel of some demoniac orgy.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading He thought he read in every face the exultation over the sale of England.
excitement
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From this reading The irritation of his recent and neglected wound combined with his mental excitement to quicken, yet to confuse, his faculties.
exultation
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From this reading He thought he read in every face the exultation over the sale of England.
face
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From this reading He thought he read in every face the exultation over the sale of England.
faculties
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From this reading The irritation of his recent and neglected wound combined with his mental excitement to quicken, yet to confuse, his faculties.
flashed
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From this reading All his senses preternaturally sharpened to that magnetic keenness in which we less hear and see than conceive and divine, the lowest murmur William breathed in the ear of Odo boomed clear to his own; the slightest interchange of glance between some dark-browed priest and large-breasted warrior, flashed upon his vision.
ghastly
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From this reading Every light laugh in the proverbial ease of the social Normans rang on his ear like the joy of a ghastly Sabbat.
glance
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From this reading All his senses preternaturally sharpened to that magnetic keenness in which we less hear and see than conceive and divine, the lowest murmur William breathed in the ear of Odo boomed clear to his own; the slightest interchange of glance between some dark-browed priest and large-breasted warrior, flashed upon his vision.
Harold
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From this reading The stately mirth of the evening banquet seemed to Harold as the malign revel of some demoniac orgy.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He thought he read in every face the exultation over the sale of England.
hearnounUS /hear/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading All his senses preternaturally sharpened to that magnetic keenness in which we less hear and see than conceive and divine, the lowest murmur William breathed in the ear of Odo boomed clear to his own; the slightest interchange of glance between some dark-browed priest and large-breasted warrior, flashed upon his vision.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Every light laugh in the proverbial ease of the social Normans rang on his ear like the joy of a ghastly Sabbat.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He thought he read in every face the exultation over the sale of England.
interchange
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From this reading All his senses preternaturally sharpened to that magnetic keenness in which we less hear and see than conceive and divine, the lowest murmur William breathed in the ear of Odo boomed clear to his own; the slightest interchange of glance between some dark-browed priest and large-breasted warrior, flashed upon his vision.
irritation
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From this reading The irritation of his recent and neglected wound combined with his mental excitement to quicken, yet to confuse, his faculties.
joy
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From this reading Every light laugh in the proverbial ease of the social Normans rang on his ear like the joy of a ghastly Sabbat.
keenness
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From this reading All his senses preternaturally sharpened to that magnetic keenness in which we less hear and see than conceive and divine, the lowest murmur William breathed in the ear of Odo boomed clear to his own; the slightest interchange of glance between some dark-browed priest and large-breasted warrior, flashed upon his vision.
large-breasted
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From this reading All his senses preternaturally sharpened to that magnetic keenness in which we less hear and see than conceive and divine, the lowest murmur William breathed in the ear of Odo boomed clear to his own; the slightest interchange of glance between some dark-browed priest and large-breasted warrior, flashed upon his vision.
laugh
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From this reading Every light laugh in the proverbial ease of the social Normans rang on his ear like the joy of a ghastly Sabbat.
less
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From this reading All his senses preternaturally sharpened to that magnetic keenness in which we less hear and see than conceive and divine, the lowest murmur William breathed in the ear of Odo boomed clear to his own; the slightest interchange of glance between some dark-browed priest and large-breasted warrior, flashed upon his vision.
light
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From this reading Every light laugh in the proverbial ease of the social Normans rang on his ear like the joy of a ghastly Sabbat.
like
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From this reading Every light laugh in the proverbial ease of the social Normans rang on his ear like the joy of a ghastly Sabbat.
lowest
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From this reading All his senses preternaturally sharpened to that magnetic keenness in which we less hear and see than conceive and divine, the lowest murmur William breathed in the ear of Odo boomed clear to his own; the slightest interchange of glance between some dark-browed priest and large-breasted warrior, flashed upon his vision.
magnetic
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From this reading All his senses preternaturally sharpened to that magnetic keenness in which we less hear and see than conceive and divine, the lowest murmur William breathed in the ear of Odo boomed clear to his own; the slightest interchange of glance between some dark-browed priest and large-breasted warrior, flashed upon his vision.
malign
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From this reading The stately mirth of the evening banquet seemed to Harold as the malign revel of some demoniac orgy.
mental
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From this reading The irritation of his recent and neglected wound combined with his mental excitement to quicken, yet to confuse, his faculties.
mirth
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From this reading The stately mirth of the evening banquet seemed to Harold as the malign revel of some demoniac orgy.
murmur
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From this reading All his senses preternaturally sharpened to that magnetic keenness in which we less hear and see than conceive and divine, the lowest murmur William breathed in the ear of Odo boomed clear to his own; the slightest interchange of glance between some dark-browed priest and large-breasted warrior, flashed upon his vision.
neglected
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From this reading The irritation of his recent and neglected wound combined with his mental excitement to quicken, yet to confuse, his faculties.
Normans
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From this reading Every light laugh in the proverbial ease of the social Normans rang on his ear like the joy of a ghastly Sabbat.
Odo
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From this reading All his senses preternaturally sharpened to that magnetic keenness in which we less hear and see than conceive and divine, the lowest murmur William breathed in the ear of Odo boomed clear to his own; the slightest interchange of glance between some dark-browed priest and large-breasted warrior, flashed upon his vision.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The stately mirth of the evening banquet seemed to Harold as the malign revel of some demoniac orgy.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Every light laugh in the proverbial ease of the social Normans rang on his ear like the joy of a ghastly Sabbat.
orgy
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From this reading The stately mirth of the evening banquet seemed to Harold as the malign revel of some demoniac orgy.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading He thought he read in every face the exultation over the sale of England.
own
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From this reading All his senses preternaturally sharpened to that magnetic keenness in which we less hear and see than conceive and divine, the lowest murmur William breathed in the ear of Odo boomed clear to his own; the slightest interchange of glance between some dark-browed priest and large-breasted warrior, flashed upon his vision.
preternaturally
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From this reading All his senses preternaturally sharpened to that magnetic keenness in which we less hear and see than conceive and divine, the lowest murmur William breathed in the ear of Odo boomed clear to his own; the slightest interchange of glance between some dark-browed priest and large-breasted warrior, flashed upon his vision.
priest
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From this reading All his senses preternaturally sharpened to that magnetic keenness in which we less hear and see than conceive and divine, the lowest murmur William breathed in the ear of Odo boomed clear to his own; the slightest interchange of glance between some dark-browed priest and large-breasted warrior, flashed upon his vision.
proverbial
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From this reading Every light laugh in the proverbial ease of the social Normans rang on his ear like the joy of a ghastly Sabbat.
quicken
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From this reading The irritation of his recent and neglected wound combined with his mental excitement to quicken, yet to confuse, his faculties.
rang
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From this reading Every light laugh in the proverbial ease of the social Normans rang on his ear like the joy of a ghastly Sabbat.
read
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recent
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From this reading The irritation of his recent and neglected wound combined with his mental excitement to quicken, yet to confuse, his faculties.
revel
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From this reading The stately mirth of the evening banquet seemed to Harold as the malign revel of some demoniac orgy.
Sabbat
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From this reading Every light laugh in the proverbial ease of the social Normans rang on his ear like the joy of a ghastly Sabbat.
sale
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From this reading He thought he read in every face the exultation over the sale of England.
see
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From this reading All his senses preternaturally sharpened to that magnetic keenness in which we less hear and see than conceive and divine, the lowest murmur William breathed in the ear of Odo boomed clear to his own; the slightest interchange of glance between some dark-browed priest and large-breasted warrior, flashed upon his vision.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The stately mirth of the evening banquet seemed to Harold as the malign revel of some demoniac orgy.
sensesplural nounUS /ˈsɛnsɪz/
powers of perception and awareness
From this reading All his senses preternaturally sharpened to that magnetic keenness in which we less hear and see than conceive and divine, the lowest murmur William breathed in the ear of Odo boomed clear to his own; the slightest interchange of glance between some dark-browed priest and large-breasted warrior, flashed upon his vision.
sharpened
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From this reading All his senses preternaturally sharpened to that magnetic keenness in which we less hear and see than conceive and divine, the lowest murmur William breathed in the ear of Odo boomed clear to his own; the slightest interchange of glance between some dark-browed priest and large-breasted warrior, flashed upon his vision.
slightest
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From this reading All his senses preternaturally sharpened to that magnetic keenness in which we less hear and see than conceive and divine, the lowest murmur William breathed in the ear of Odo boomed clear to his own; the slightest interchange of glance between some dark-browed priest and large-breasted warrior, flashed upon his vision.
social
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From this reading Every light laugh in the proverbial ease of the social Normans rang on his ear like the joy of a ghastly Sabbat.
some
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From this reading The stately mirth of the evening banquet seemed to Harold as the malign revel of some demoniac orgy.
stately
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From this reading The stately mirth of the evening banquet seemed to Harold as the malign revel of some demoniac orgy.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading All his senses preternaturally sharpened to that magnetic keenness in which we less hear and see than conceive and divine, the lowest murmur William breathed in the ear of Odo boomed clear to his own; the slightest interchange of glance between some dark-browed priest and large-breasted warrior, flashed upon his vision.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading All his senses preternaturally sharpened to that magnetic keenness in which we less hear and see than conceive and divine, the lowest murmur William breathed in the ear of Odo boomed clear to his own; the slightest interchange of glance between some dark-browed priest and large-breasted warrior, flashed upon his vision.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The stately mirth of the evening banquet seemed to Harold as the malign revel of some demoniac orgy.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He thought he read in every face the exultation over the sale of England.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The stately mirth of the evening banquet seemed to Harold as the malign revel of some demoniac orgy.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading All his senses preternaturally sharpened to that magnetic keenness in which we less hear and see than conceive and divine, the lowest murmur William breathed in the ear of Odo boomed clear to his own; the slightest interchange of glance between some dark-browed priest and large-breasted warrior, flashed upon his vision.
vision
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From this reading All his senses preternaturally sharpened to that magnetic keenness in which we less hear and see than conceive and divine, the lowest murmur William breathed in the ear of Odo boomed clear to his own; the slightest interchange of glance between some dark-browed priest and large-breasted warrior, flashed upon his vision.
warrior
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From this reading All his senses preternaturally sharpened to that magnetic keenness in which we less hear and see than conceive and divine, the lowest murmur William breathed in the ear of Odo boomed clear to his own; the slightest interchange of glance between some dark-browed priest and large-breasted warrior, flashed upon his vision.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading All his senses preternaturally sharpened to that magnetic keenness in which we less hear and see than conceive and divine, the lowest murmur William breathed in the ear of Odo boomed clear to his own; the slightest interchange of glance between some dark-browed priest and large-breasted warrior, flashed upon his vision.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading All his senses preternaturally sharpened to that magnetic keenness in which we less hear and see than conceive and divine, the lowest murmur William breathed in the ear of Odo boomed clear to his own; the slightest interchange of glance between some dark-browed priest and large-breasted warrior, flashed upon his vision.
William
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From this reading All his senses preternaturally sharpened to that magnetic keenness in which we less hear and see than conceive and divine, the lowest murmur William breathed in the ear of Odo boomed clear to his own; the slightest interchange of glance between some dark-browed priest and large-breasted warrior, flashed upon his vision.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The irritation of his recent and neglected wound combined with his mental excitement to quicken, yet to confuse, his faculties.
wound
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From this reading The irritation of his recent and neglected wound combined with his mental excitement to quicken, yet to confuse, his faculties.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading The irritation of his recent and neglected wound combined with his mental excitement to quicken, yet to confuse, his faculties.
