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1760
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From this reading But, witness, heaven! witness, ye midnight hours, That heard my ceaseless groans, how her dear image Grew to my very heart!"--_The Desart Island_, 1760.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading While I was dragged by an insidious band Of pyrates--savage bloodhounds--into bondage.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Sleepless, and with the horrible conversation of Birrel and Dobbie still tingling in his ears, Roland passed the night in that frame of mind we have endeavoured to describe, though it can be better conceived.
band
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From this reading While I was dragged by an insidious band Of pyrates--savage bloodhounds--into bondage.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Sleepless, and with the horrible conversation of Birrel and Dobbie still tingling in his ears, Roland passed the night in that frame of mind we have endeavoured to describe, though it can be better conceived.
better
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From this reading Sleepless, and with the horrible conversation of Birrel and Dobbie still tingling in his ears, Roland passed the night in that frame of mind we have endeavoured to describe, though it can be better conceived.
Birrel
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From this reading Sleepless, and with the horrible conversation of Birrel and Dobbie still tingling in his ears, Roland passed the night in that frame of mind we have endeavoured to describe, though it can be better conceived.
bloodhounds
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From this reading While I was dragged by an insidious band Of pyrates--savage bloodhounds--into bondage.
bondage
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From this reading While I was dragged by an insidious band Of pyrates--savage bloodhounds--into bondage.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But, witness, heaven! witness, ye midnight hours, That heard my ceaseless groans, how her dear image Grew to my very heart!"--_The Desart Island_, 1760.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading While I was dragged by an insidious band Of pyrates--savage bloodhounds--into bondage.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Sleepless, and with the horrible conversation of Birrel and Dobbie still tingling in his ears, Roland passed the night in that frame of mind we have endeavoured to describe, though it can be better conceived.
ceaseless
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From this reading But, witness, heaven! witness, ye midnight hours, That heard my ceaseless groans, how her dear image Grew to my very heart!"--_The Desart Island_, 1760.
conceived
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From this reading Sleepless, and with the horrible conversation of Birrel and Dobbie still tingling in his ears, Roland passed the night in that frame of mind we have endeavoured to describe, though it can be better conceived.
CONTAINED
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From this reading WHAT THE PAPER CONTAINED.
conversation
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From this reading Sleepless, and with the horrible conversation of Birrel and Dobbie still tingling in his ears, Roland passed the night in that frame of mind we have endeavoured to describe, though it can be better conceived.
dear
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From this reading But, witness, heaven! witness, ye midnight hours, That heard my ceaseless groans, how her dear image Grew to my very heart!"--_The Desart Island_, 1760.
Desart
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From this reading But, witness, heaven! witness, ye midnight hours, That heard my ceaseless groans, how her dear image Grew to my very heart!"--_The Desart Island_, 1760.
describe
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From this reading Sleepless, and with the horrible conversation of Birrel and Dobbie still tingling in his ears, Roland passed the night in that frame of mind we have endeavoured to describe, though it can be better conceived.
Dobbie
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From this reading Sleepless, and with the horrible conversation of Birrel and Dobbie still tingling in his ears, Roland passed the night in that frame of mind we have endeavoured to describe, though it can be better conceived.
dragged
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From this reading While I was dragged by an insidious band Of pyrates--savage bloodhounds--into bondage.
ears
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From this reading Sleepless, and with the horrible conversation of Birrel and Dobbie still tingling in his ears, Roland passed the night in that frame of mind we have endeavoured to describe, though it can be better conceived.
endeavoured
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From this reading Sleepless, and with the horrible conversation of Birrel and Dobbie still tingling in his ears, Roland passed the night in that frame of mind we have endeavoured to describe, though it can be better conceived.
frame
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From this reading Sleepless, and with the horrible conversation of Birrel and Dobbie still tingling in his ears, Roland passed the night in that frame of mind we have endeavoured to describe, though it can be better conceived.
Grew
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From this reading But, witness, heaven! witness, ye midnight hours, That heard my ceaseless groans, how her dear image Grew to my very heart!"--_The Desart Island_, 1760.
groans
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From this reading But, witness, heaven! witness, ye midnight hours, That heard my ceaseless groans, how her dear image Grew to my very heart!"--_The Desart Island_, 1760.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Sleepless, and with the horrible conversation of Birrel and Dobbie still tingling in his ears, Roland passed the night in that frame of mind we have endeavoured to describe, though it can be better conceived.
heard
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From this reading But, witness, heaven! witness, ye midnight hours, That heard my ceaseless groans, how her dear image Grew to my very heart!"--_The Desart Island_, 1760.
heart
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From this reading But, witness, heaven! witness, ye midnight hours, That heard my ceaseless groans, how her dear image Grew to my very heart!"--_The Desart Island_, 1760.
heaven
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From this reading But, witness, heaven! witness, ye midnight hours, That heard my ceaseless groans, how her dear image Grew to my very heart!"--_The Desart Island_, 1760.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading But, witness, heaven! witness, ye midnight hours, That heard my ceaseless groans, how her dear image Grew to my very heart!"--_The Desart Island_, 1760.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Sleepless, and with the horrible conversation of Birrel and Dobbie still tingling in his ears, Roland passed the night in that frame of mind we have endeavoured to describe, though it can be better conceived.
horrible
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From this reading Sleepless, and with the horrible conversation of Birrel and Dobbie still tingling in his ears, Roland passed the night in that frame of mind we have endeavoured to describe, though it can be better conceived.
hours
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From this reading But, witness, heaven! witness, ye midnight hours, That heard my ceaseless groans, how her dear image Grew to my very heart!"--_The Desart Island_, 1760.
how
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From this reading But, witness, heaven! witness, ye midnight hours, That heard my ceaseless groans, how her dear image Grew to my very heart!"--_The Desart Island_, 1760.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading While I was dragged by an insidious band Of pyrates--savage bloodhounds--into bondage.
image
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From this reading But, witness, heaven! witness, ye midnight hours, That heard my ceaseless groans, how her dear image Grew to my very heart!"--_The Desart Island_, 1760.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Sleepless, and with the horrible conversation of Birrel and Dobbie still tingling in his ears, Roland passed the night in that frame of mind we have endeavoured to describe, though it can be better conceived.
insidious
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From this reading While I was dragged by an insidious band Of pyrates--savage bloodhounds--into bondage.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading While I was dragged by an insidious band Of pyrates--savage bloodhounds--into bondage.
Island
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From this reading But, witness, heaven! witness, ye midnight hours, That heard my ceaseless groans, how her dear image Grew to my very heart!"--_The Desart Island_, 1760.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Sleepless, and with the horrible conversation of Birrel and Dobbie still tingling in his ears, Roland passed the night in that frame of mind we have endeavoured to describe, though it can be better conceived.
midnight
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From this reading But, witness, heaven! witness, ye midnight hours, That heard my ceaseless groans, how her dear image Grew to my very heart!"--_The Desart Island_, 1760.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Sleepless, and with the horrible conversation of Birrel and Dobbie still tingling in his ears, Roland passed the night in that frame of mind we have endeavoured to describe, though it can be better conceived.
misery
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From this reading "Oh, misery!
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading But, witness, heaven! witness, ye midnight hours, That heard my ceaseless groans, how her dear image Grew to my very heart!"--_The Desart Island_, 1760.
night
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From this reading Sleepless, and with the horrible conversation of Birrel and Dobbie still tingling in his ears, Roland passed the night in that frame of mind we have endeavoured to describe, though it can be better conceived.
OfprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading While I was dragged by an insidious band Of pyrates--savage bloodhounds--into bondage.
Oh
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From this reading "Oh, misery!
PAPER
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From this reading WHAT THE PAPER CONTAINED.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Sleepless, and with the horrible conversation of Birrel and Dobbie still tingling in his ears, Roland passed the night in that frame of mind we have endeavoured to describe, though it can be better conceived.
pyrates
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From this reading While I was dragged by an insidious band Of pyrates--savage bloodhounds--into bondage.
Roland
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From this reading Sleepless, and with the horrible conversation of Birrel and Dobbie still tingling in his ears, Roland passed the night in that frame of mind we have endeavoured to describe, though it can be better conceived.
savage
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From this reading While I was dragged by an insidious band Of pyrates--savage bloodhounds--into bondage.
Sleepless
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From this reading Sleepless, and with the horrible conversation of Birrel and Dobbie still tingling in his ears, Roland passed the night in that frame of mind we have endeavoured to describe, though it can be better conceived.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Sleepless, and with the horrible conversation of Birrel and Dobbie still tingling in his ears, Roland passed the night in that frame of mind we have endeavoured to describe, though it can be better conceived.
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But, witness, heaven! witness, ye midnight hours, That heard my ceaseless groans, how her dear image Grew to my very heart!"--_The Desart Island_, 1760.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading WHAT THE PAPER CONTAINED.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Sleepless, and with the horrible conversation of Birrel and Dobbie still tingling in his ears, Roland passed the night in that frame of mind we have endeavoured to describe, though it can be better conceived.
tingling
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From this reading Sleepless, and with the horrible conversation of Birrel and Dobbie still tingling in his ears, Roland passed the night in that frame of mind we have endeavoured to describe, though it can be better conceived.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But, witness, heaven! witness, ye midnight hours, That heard my ceaseless groans, how her dear image Grew to my very heart!"--_The Desart Island_, 1760.
very
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From this reading But, witness, heaven! witness, ye midnight hours, That heard my ceaseless groans, how her dear image Grew to my very heart!"--_The Desart Island_, 1760.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading While I was dragged by an insidious band Of pyrates--savage bloodhounds--into bondage.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Sleepless, and with the horrible conversation of Birrel and Dobbie still tingling in his ears, Roland passed the night in that frame of mind we have endeavoured to describe, though it can be better conceived.
WHATpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading WHAT THE PAPER CONTAINED.
WhileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading While I was dragged by an insidious band Of pyrates--savage bloodhounds--into bondage.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Sleepless, and with the horrible conversation of Birrel and Dobbie still tingling in his ears, Roland passed the night in that frame of mind we have endeavoured to describe, though it can be better conceived.
witness
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From this reading But, witness, heaven! witness, ye midnight hours, That heard my ceaseless groans, how her dear image Grew to my very heart!"--_The Desart Island_, 1760.
yepronounUS /jiː/
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading But, witness, heaven! witness, ye midnight hours, That heard my ceaseless groans, how her dear image Grew to my very heart!"--_The Desart Island_, 1760.
