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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 His is the reverse of the system of the mediæval witches who chose a vile beast dedicated to the Devil to submit the body of the Saviour to the processes of digestion.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading The memory of these frightful magisteria kept racing through his head next day, and, while smoking cigarettes beside the fire, Durtal thought of Docre and Johannès fighting across Gévingey's back, smiting and parrying with incantations and exorcisms.
aggravate
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From this reading Doubtless the Canon thinks to aggravate his sacrileges by feeding fishes on genuine hosts.
alleged
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From this reading How real is the pretended power which the deicide chemists are alleged to wield?
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The memory of these frightful magisteria kept racing through his head next day, and, while smoking cigarettes beside the fire, Durtal thought of Docre and Johannès fighting across Gévingey's back, smiting and parrying with incantations and exorcisms.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading How real is the pretended power which the deicide chemists are alleged to wield?
back
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From this reading The memory of these frightful magisteria kept racing through his head next day, and, while smoking cigarettes beside the fire, Durtal thought of Docre and Johannès fighting across Gévingey's back, smiting and parrying with incantations and exorcisms.
beast
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From this reading His is the reverse of the system of the mediæval witches who chose a vile beast dedicated to the Devil to submit the body of the Saviour to the processes of digestion.
besideprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪd/
next to; at the side of
From this reading The memory of these frightful magisteria kept racing through his head next day, and, while smoking cigarettes beside the fire, Durtal thought of Docre and Johannès fighting across Gévingey's back, smiting and parrying with incantations and exorcisms.
bodynounUS /body/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His is the reverse of the system of the mediæval witches who chose a vile beast dedicated to the Devil to submit the body of the Saviour to the processes of digestion.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Doubtless the Canon thinks to aggravate his sacrileges by feeding fishes on genuine hosts.
Canon
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From this reading Doubtless the Canon thinks to aggravate his sacrileges by feeding fishes on genuine hosts.
chemists
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chose
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From this reading His is the reverse of the system of the mediæval witches who chose a vile beast dedicated to the Devil to submit the body of the Saviour to the processes of digestion.
Christ
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From this reading "In the Christian symbolism," he said to himself, "the fish is one of the representations of Christ.
Christian
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From this reading "In the Christian symbolism," he said to himself, "the fish is one of the representations of Christ.
cigarettes
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From this reading The memory of these frightful magisteria kept racing through his head next day, and, while smoking cigarettes beside the fire, Durtal thought of Docre and Johannès fighting across Gévingey's back, smiting and parrying with incantations and exorcisms.
day
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From this reading The memory of these frightful magisteria kept racing through his head next day, and, while smoking cigarettes beside the fire, Durtal thought of Docre and Johannès fighting across Gévingey's back, smiting and parrying with incantations and exorcisms.
dedicated
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From this reading His is the reverse of the system of the mediæval witches who chose a vile beast dedicated to the Devil to submit the body of the Saviour to the processes of digestion.
deicide
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From this reading How real is the pretended power which the deicide chemists are alleged to wield?
Devil
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From this reading His is the reverse of the system of the mediæval witches who chose a vile beast dedicated to the Devil to submit the body of the Saviour to the processes of digestion.
digestion
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From this reading His is the reverse of the system of the mediæval witches who chose a vile beast dedicated to the Devil to submit the body of the Saviour to the processes of digestion.
Docre
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From this reading The memory of these frightful magisteria kept racing through his head next day, and, while smoking cigarettes beside the fire, Durtal thought of Docre and Johannès fighting across Gévingey's back, smiting and parrying with incantations and exorcisms.
Doubtless
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From this reading Doubtless the Canon thinks to aggravate his sacrileges by feeding fishes on genuine hosts.
Durtal
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From this reading The memory of these frightful magisteria kept racing through his head next day, and, while smoking cigarettes beside the fire, Durtal thought of Docre and Johannès fighting across Gévingey's back, smiting and parrying with incantations and exorcisms.
exorcisms
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From this reading The memory of these frightful magisteria kept racing through his head next day, and, while smoking cigarettes beside the fire, Durtal thought of Docre and Johannès fighting across Gévingey's back, smiting and parrying with incantations and exorcisms.
feeding
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From this reading Doubtless the Canon thinks to aggravate his sacrileges by feeding fishes on genuine hosts.
fighting
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From this reading The memory of these frightful magisteria kept racing through his head next day, and, while smoking cigarettes beside the fire, Durtal thought of Docre and Johannès fighting across Gévingey's back, smiting and parrying with incantations and exorcisms.
fire
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From this reading The memory of these frightful magisteria kept racing through his head next day, and, while smoking cigarettes beside the fire, Durtal thought of Docre and Johannès fighting across Gévingey's back, smiting and parrying with incantations and exorcisms.
fish
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From this reading "In the Christian symbolism," he said to himself, "the fish is one of the representations of Christ.
fishes
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From this reading Doubtless the Canon thinks to aggravate his sacrileges by feeding fishes on genuine hosts.
frightful
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From this reading The memory of these frightful magisteria kept racing through his head next day, and, while smoking cigarettes beside the fire, Durtal thought of Docre and Johannès fighting across Gévingey's back, smiting and parrying with incantations and exorcisms.
genuine
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From this reading Doubtless the Canon thinks to aggravate his sacrileges by feeding fishes on genuine hosts.
Gévingey's
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From this reading The memory of these frightful magisteria kept racing through his head next day, and, while smoking cigarettes beside the fire, Durtal thought of Docre and Johannès fighting across Gévingey's back, smiting and parrying with incantations and exorcisms.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "In the Christian symbolism," he said to himself, "the fish is one of the representations of Christ.
head
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From this reading The memory of these frightful magisteria kept racing through his head next day, and, while smoking cigarettes beside the fire, Durtal thought of Docre and Johannès fighting across Gévingey's back, smiting and parrying with incantations and exorcisms.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading "In the Christian symbolism," he said to himself, "the fish is one of the representations of Christ.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The memory of these frightful magisteria kept racing through his head next day, and, while smoking cigarettes beside the fire, Durtal thought of Docre and Johannès fighting across Gévingey's back, smiting and parrying with incantations and exorcisms.
hosts
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From this reading Doubtless the Canon thinks to aggravate his sacrileges by feeding fishes on genuine hosts.
How
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From this reading How real is the pretended power which the deicide chemists are alleged to wield?
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "In the Christian symbolism," he said to himself, "the fish is one of the representations of Christ.
incantations
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From this reading The memory of these frightful magisteria kept racing through his head next day, and, while smoking cigarettes beside the fire, Durtal thought of Docre and Johannès fighting across Gévingey's back, smiting and parrying with incantations and exorcisms.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "In the Christian symbolism," he said to himself, "the fish is one of the representations of Christ.
Johannès
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From this reading The memory of these frightful magisteria kept racing through his head next day, and, while smoking cigarettes beside the fire, Durtal thought of Docre and Johannès fighting across Gévingey's back, smiting and parrying with incantations and exorcisms.
kept
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From this reading The memory of these frightful magisteria kept racing through his head next day, and, while smoking cigarettes beside the fire, Durtal thought of Docre and Johannès fighting across Gévingey's back, smiting and parrying with incantations and exorcisms.
magisteria
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From this reading The memory of these frightful magisteria kept racing through his head next day, and, while smoking cigarettes beside the fire, Durtal thought of Docre and Johannès fighting across Gévingey's back, smiting and parrying with incantations and exorcisms.
mediæval
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From this reading His is the reverse of the system of the mediæval witches who chose a vile beast dedicated to the Devil to submit the body of the Saviour to the processes of digestion.
memorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading The memory of these frightful magisteria kept racing through his head next day, and, while smoking cigarettes beside the fire, Durtal thought of Docre and Johannès fighting across Gévingey's back, smiting and parrying with incantations and exorcisms.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The memory of these frightful magisteria kept racing through his head next day, and, while smoking cigarettes beside the fire, Durtal thought of Docre and Johannès fighting across Gévingey's back, smiting and parrying with incantations and exorcisms.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The memory of these frightful magisteria kept racing through his head next day, and, while smoking cigarettes beside the fire, Durtal thought of Docre and Johannès fighting across Gévingey's back, smiting and parrying with incantations and exorcisms.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Doubtless the Canon thinks to aggravate his sacrileges by feeding fishes on genuine hosts.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "In the Christian symbolism," he said to himself, "the fish is one of the representations of Christ.
parrying
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From this reading The memory of these frightful magisteria kept racing through his head next day, and, while smoking cigarettes beside the fire, Durtal thought of Docre and Johannès fighting across Gévingey's back, smiting and parrying with incantations and exorcisms.
power
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From this reading How real is the pretended power which the deicide chemists are alleged to wield?
pretended
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From this reading How real is the pretended power which the deicide chemists are alleged to wield?
processes
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From this reading His is the reverse of the system of the mediæval witches who chose a vile beast dedicated to the Devil to submit the body of the Saviour to the processes of digestion.
racing
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From this reading The memory of these frightful magisteria kept racing through his head next day, and, while smoking cigarettes beside the fire, Durtal thought of Docre and Johannès fighting across Gévingey's back, smiting and parrying with incantations and exorcisms.
real
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From this reading How real is the pretended power which the deicide chemists are alleged to wield?
representations
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From this reading "In the Christian symbolism," he said to himself, "the fish is one of the representations of Christ.
reverse
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From this reading His is the reverse of the system of the mediæval witches who chose a vile beast dedicated to the Devil to submit the body of the Saviour to the processes of digestion.
sacrileges
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From this reading Doubtless the Canon thinks to aggravate his sacrileges by feeding fishes on genuine hosts.
said
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From this reading "In the Christian symbolism," he said to himself, "the fish is one of the representations of Christ.
Saviour
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From this reading His is the reverse of the system of the mediæval witches who chose a vile beast dedicated to the Devil to submit the body of the Saviour to the processes of digestion.
smiting
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From this reading The memory of these frightful magisteria kept racing through his head next day, and, while smoking cigarettes beside the fire, Durtal thought of Docre and Johannès fighting across Gévingey's back, smiting and parrying with incantations and exorcisms.
smokingnounUS /ˈsmoking/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The memory of these frightful magisteria kept racing through his head next day, and, while smoking cigarettes beside the fire, Durtal thought of Docre and Johannès fighting across Gévingey's back, smiting and parrying with incantations and exorcisms.
submitverbUS /səbˈmɪt/
to accept another person's control or a difficult situation
From this reading His is the reverse of the system of the mediæval witches who chose a vile beast dedicated to the Devil to submit the body of the Saviour to the processes of digestion.
symbolism
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From this reading "In the Christian symbolism," he said to himself, "the fish is one of the representations of Christ.
system
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From this reading His is the reverse of the system of the mediæval witches who chose a vile beast dedicated to the Devil to submit the body of the Saviour to the processes of digestion.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The memory of these frightful magisteria kept racing through his head next day, and, while smoking cigarettes beside the fire, Durtal thought of Docre and Johannès fighting across Gévingey's back, smiting and parrying with incantations and exorcisms.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading The memory of these frightful magisteria kept racing through his head next day, and, while smoking cigarettes beside the fire, Durtal thought of Docre and Johannès fighting across Gévingey's back, smiting and parrying with incantations and exorcisms.
thinks
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From this reading Doubtless the Canon thinks to aggravate his sacrileges by feeding fishes on genuine hosts.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The memory of these frightful magisteria kept racing through his head next day, and, while smoking cigarettes beside the fire, Durtal thought of Docre and Johannès fighting across Gévingey's back, smiting and parrying with incantations and exorcisms.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The memory of these frightful magisteria kept racing through his head next day, and, while smoking cigarettes beside the fire, Durtal thought of Docre and Johannès fighting across Gévingey's back, smiting and parrying with incantations and exorcisms.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "In the Christian symbolism," he said to himself, "the fish is one of the representations of Christ.
vile
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From this reading His is the reverse of the system of the mediæval witches who chose a vile beast dedicated to the Devil to submit the body of the Saviour to the processes of digestion.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading How real is the pretended power which the deicide chemists are alleged to wield?
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading The memory of these frightful magisteria kept racing through his head next day, and, while smoking cigarettes beside the fire, Durtal thought of Docre and Johannès fighting across Gévingey's back, smiting and parrying with incantations and exorcisms.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading His is the reverse of the system of the mediæval witches who chose a vile beast dedicated to the Devil to submit the body of the Saviour to the processes of digestion.
wield
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From this reading How real is the pretended power which the deicide chemists are alleged to wield?
witches
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From this reading His is the reverse of the system of the mediæval witches who chose a vile beast dedicated to the Devil to submit the body of the Saviour to the processes of digestion.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The memory of these frightful magisteria kept racing through his head next day, and, while smoking cigarettes beside the fire, Durtal thought of Docre and Johannès fighting across Gévingey's back, smiting and parrying with incantations and exorcisms.
