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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 Something, too, in the horizonwide waste of waters was having a sinister effect on his brain.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading WRECKAGE The man had been desperately ill in soul and mind and body.
animosity
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From this reading Dull animosity awoke in a battered mind not yet readjusted to the living world.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The grey daylight of early May, bitter as December--the utter desolation, the mounting and raucous menace of the sea, were meddling with normal convalescence.
awoke
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From this reading Dull animosity awoke in a battered mind not yet readjusted to the living world.
battered
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From this reading Dull animosity awoke in a battered mind not yet readjusted to the living world.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading And now in some curious manner the ocean seemed to be making him physically better but spiritually worse.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading WRECKAGE The man had been desperately ill in soul and mind and body.
better
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From this reading And now in some curious manner the ocean seemed to be making him physically better but spiritually worse.
bitter
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From this reading The grey daylight of early May, bitter as December--the utter desolation, the mounting and raucous menace of the sea, were meddling with normal convalescence.
bodynounUS /body/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading WRECKAGE The man had been desperately ill in soul and mind and body.
brain
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From this reading Something, too, in the horizonwide waste of waters was having a sinister effect on his brain.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading And now in some curious manner the ocean seemed to be making him physically better but spiritually worse.
convalescence
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From this reading The grey daylight of early May, bitter as December--the utter desolation, the mounting and raucous menace of the sea, were meddling with normal convalescence.
curious
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From this reading And now in some curious manner the ocean seemed to be making him physically better but spiritually worse.
daylight
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From this reading The grey daylight of early May, bitter as December--the utter desolation, the mounting and raucous menace of the sea, were meddling with normal convalescence.
December
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From this reading The grey daylight of early May, bitter as December--the utter desolation, the mounting and raucous menace of the sea, were meddling with normal convalescence.
desolation
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From this reading The grey daylight of early May, bitter as December--the utter desolation, the mounting and raucous menace of the sea, were meddling with normal convalescence.
desperately
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Dull
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From this reading Dull animosity awoke in a battered mind not yet readjusted to the living world.
early
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From this reading The grey daylight of early May, bitter as December--the utter desolation, the mounting and raucous menace of the sea, were meddling with normal convalescence.
effect
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From this reading Something, too, in the horizonwide waste of waters was having a sinister effect on his brain.
grey
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From this reading The grey daylight of early May, bitter as December--the utter desolation, the mounting and raucous menace of the sea, were meddling with normal convalescence.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading WRECKAGE The man had been desperately ill in soul and mind and body.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading Something, too, in the horizonwide waste of waters was having a sinister effect on his brain.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading And now in some curious manner the ocean seemed to be making him physically better but spiritually worse.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Something, too, in the horizonwide waste of waters was having a sinister effect on his brain.
horizonwide
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From this reading Something, too, in the horizonwide waste of waters was having a sinister effect on his brain.
ill
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From this reading WRECKAGE The man had been desperately ill in soul and mind and body.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading WRECKAGE The man had been desperately ill in soul and mind and body.
living
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From this reading Dull animosity awoke in a battered mind not yet readjusted to the living world.
making
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From this reading And now in some curious manner the ocean seemed to be making him physically better but spiritually worse.
man
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manner
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From this reading And now in some curious manner the ocean seemed to be making him physically better but spiritually worse.
Maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading The grey daylight of early May, bitter as December--the utter desolation, the mounting and raucous menace of the sea, were meddling with normal convalescence.
meddling
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From this reading The grey daylight of early May, bitter as December--the utter desolation, the mounting and raucous menace of the sea, were meddling with normal convalescence.
menace
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From this reading The grey daylight of early May, bitter as December--the utter desolation, the mounting and raucous menace of the sea, were meddling with normal convalescence.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading WRECKAGE The man had been desperately ill in soul and mind and body.
mounting
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From this reading The grey daylight of early May, bitter as December--the utter desolation, the mounting and raucous menace of the sea, were meddling with normal convalescence.
normal
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From this reading The grey daylight of early May, bitter as December--the utter desolation, the mounting and raucous menace of the sea, were meddling with normal convalescence.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Dull animosity awoke in a battered mind not yet readjusted to the living world.
now
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From this reading And now in some curious manner the ocean seemed to be making him physically better but spiritually worse.
ocean
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From this reading And now in some curious manner the ocean seemed to be making him physically better but spiritually worse.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Something, too, in the horizonwide waste of waters was having a sinister effect on his brain.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Something, too, in the horizonwide waste of waters was having a sinister effect on his brain.
physically
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From this reading And now in some curious manner the ocean seemed to be making him physically better but spiritually worse.
raucous
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From this reading The grey daylight of early May, bitter as December--the utter desolation, the mounting and raucous menace of the sea, were meddling with normal convalescence.
readjusted
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From this reading Dull animosity awoke in a battered mind not yet readjusted to the living world.
sea
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From this reading The grey daylight of early May, bitter as December--the utter desolation, the mounting and raucous menace of the sea, were meddling with normal convalescence.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And now in some curious manner the ocean seemed to be making him physically better but spiritually worse.
sinister
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From this reading Something, too, in the horizonwide waste of waters was having a sinister effect on his brain.
some
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From this reading And now in some curious manner the ocean seemed to be making him physically better but spiritually worse.
SomethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Something, too, in the horizonwide waste of waters was having a sinister effect on his brain.
soul
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From this reading WRECKAGE The man had been desperately ill in soul and mind and body.
spiritually
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From this reading And now in some curious manner the ocean seemed to be making him physically better but spiritually worse.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading WRECKAGE The man had been desperately ill in soul and mind and body.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And now in some curious manner the ocean seemed to be making him physically better but spiritually worse.
too
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From this reading Something, too, in the horizonwide waste of waters was having a sinister effect on his brain.
utter
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From this reading The grey daylight of early May, bitter as December--the utter desolation, the mounting and raucous menace of the sea, were meddling with normal convalescence.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Something, too, in the horizonwide waste of waters was having a sinister effect on his brain.
wastenounUS /weɪst/
an empty, uncultivated area of land
From this reading Something, too, in the horizonwide waste of waters was having a sinister effect on his brain.
waters
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From this reading Something, too, in the horizonwide waste of waters was having a sinister effect on his brain.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The grey daylight of early May, bitter as December--the utter desolation, the mounting and raucous menace of the sea, were meddling with normal convalescence.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The grey daylight of early May, bitter as December--the utter desolation, the mounting and raucous menace of the sea, were meddling with normal convalescence.
world
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From this reading Dull animosity awoke in a battered mind not yet readjusted to the living world.
worse
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From this reading And now in some curious manner the ocean seemed to be making him physically better but spiritually worse.
WRECKAGE
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From this reading WRECKAGE The man had been desperately ill in soul and mind and body.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Dull animosity awoke in a battered mind not yet readjusted to the living world.
