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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 Wu Li Chang had hit upon something that not even a man could forget.
again
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From this reading So long as he lives he must remember them, and shudder newly at each remembering--waiting again in torture and alone to hear the deep-throated damnation of Wu Li Chang’s gong telling him that--that he was branded forever, soul-scarred.
agonynounUS /ˈæɡ.ə.ni/
Extreme physical or mental suffering; intense anguish.
From this reading He remembered being taken to the mandarin, the terrible interview, the news of Nang Ping’s death, the demoniac threat of his mother’s ordeal and agony, but nothing of his return to the pagoda.
aloneadjectiveUS /əˈloʊn/
Having no one else present.
From this reading So long as he lives he must remember them, and shudder newly at each remembering--waiting again in torture and alone to hear the deep-throated damnation of Wu Li Chang’s gong telling him that--that he was branded forever, soul-scarred.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading IN THE PAGODA AND ON THE BENCH So long as he may live Basil Gregory will never understand how he lived through those hours in the pagoda--his last hours in the pagoda by the lotus lake.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading IN THE PAGODA AND ON THE BENCH So long as he may live Basil Gregory will never understand how he lived through those hours in the pagoda--his last hours in the pagoda by the lotus lake.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading So long as he lives he must remember them, and shudder newly at each remembering--waiting again in torture and alone to hear the deep-throated damnation of Wu Li Chang’s gong telling him that--that he was branded forever, soul-scarred.
Basil
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From this reading IN THE PAGODA AND ON THE BENCH So long as he may live Basil Gregory will never understand how he lived through those hours in the pagoda--his last hours in the pagoda by the lotus lake.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading He remembered being taken to the mandarin, the terrible interview, the news of Nang Ping’s death, the demoniac threat of his mother’s ordeal and agony, but nothing of his return to the pagoda.
BENCH
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From this reading IN THE PAGODA AND ON THE BENCH So long as he may live Basil Gregory will never understand how he lived through those hours in the pagoda--his last hours in the pagoda by the lotus lake.
branded
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From this reading So long as he lives he must remember them, and shudder newly at each remembering--waiting again in torture and alone to hear the deep-throated damnation of Wu Li Chang’s gong telling him that--that he was branded forever, soul-scarred.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He remembered being taken to the mandarin, the terrible interview, the news of Nang Ping’s death, the demoniac threat of his mother’s ordeal and agony, but nothing of his return to the pagoda.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading IN THE PAGODA AND ON THE BENCH So long as he may live Basil Gregory will never understand how he lived through those hours in the pagoda--his last hours in the pagoda by the lotus lake.
Chang
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From this reading Wu Li Chang had hit upon something that not even a man could forget.
Chang's
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From this reading So long as he lives he must remember them, and shudder newly at each remembering--waiting again in torture and alone to hear the deep-throated damnation of Wu Li Chang’s gong telling him that--that he was branded forever, soul-scarred.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Wu Li Chang had hit upon something that not even a man could forget.
damnation
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From this reading So long as he lives he must remember them, and shudder newly at each remembering--waiting again in torture and alone to hear the deep-throated damnation of Wu Li Chang’s gong telling him that--that he was branded forever, soul-scarred.
death
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From this reading He remembered being taken to the mandarin, the terrible interview, the news of Nang Ping’s death, the demoniac threat of his mother’s ordeal and agony, but nothing of his return to the pagoda.
deep-throated
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From this reading So long as he lives he must remember them, and shudder newly at each remembering--waiting again in torture and alone to hear the deep-throated damnation of Wu Li Chang’s gong telling him that--that he was branded forever, soul-scarred.
demoniac
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From this reading He remembered being taken to the mandarin, the terrible interview, the news of Nang Ping’s death, the demoniac threat of his mother’s ordeal and agony, but nothing of his return to the pagoda.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading So long as he lives he must remember them, and shudder newly at each remembering--waiting again in torture and alone to hear the deep-throated damnation of Wu Li Chang’s gong telling him that--that he was branded forever, soul-scarred.
even
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From this reading Wu Li Chang had hit upon something that not even a man could forget.
forever
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From this reading So long as he lives he must remember them, and shudder newly at each remembering--waiting again in torture and alone to hear the deep-throated damnation of Wu Li Chang’s gong telling him that--that he was branded forever, soul-scarred.
forget
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From this reading Wu Li Chang had hit upon something that not even a man could forget.
gong
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From this reading So long as he lives he must remember them, and shudder newly at each remembering--waiting again in torture and alone to hear the deep-throated damnation of Wu Li Chang’s gong telling him that--that he was branded forever, soul-scarred.
got
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From this reading How he got there he never knew.
Gregory
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From this reading IN THE PAGODA AND ON THE BENCH So long as he may live Basil Gregory will never understand how he lived through those hours in the pagoda--his last hours in the pagoda by the lotus lake.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Wu Li Chang had hit upon something that not even a man could forget.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading IN THE PAGODA AND ON THE BENCH So long as he may live Basil Gregory will never understand how he lived through those hours in the pagoda--his last hours in the pagoda by the lotus lake.
hear
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From this reading So long as he lives he must remember them, and shudder newly at each remembering--waiting again in torture and alone to hear the deep-throated damnation of Wu Li Chang’s gong telling him that--that he was branded forever, soul-scarred.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading So long as he lives he must remember them, and shudder newly at each remembering--waiting again in torture and alone to hear the deep-throated damnation of Wu Li Chang’s gong telling him that--that he was branded forever, soul-scarred.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading IN THE PAGODA AND ON THE BENCH So long as he may live Basil Gregory will never understand how he lived through those hours in the pagoda--his last hours in the pagoda by the lotus lake.
hit
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From this reading Wu Li Chang had hit upon something that not even a man could forget.
hours
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From this reading IN THE PAGODA AND ON THE BENCH So long as he may live Basil Gregory will never understand how he lived through those hours in the pagoda--his last hours in the pagoda by the lotus lake.
how
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From this reading IN THE PAGODA AND ON THE BENCH So long as he may live Basil Gregory will never understand how he lived through those hours in the pagoda--his last hours in the pagoda by the lotus lake.
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading IN THE PAGODA AND ON THE BENCH So long as he may live Basil Gregory will never understand how he lived through those hours in the pagoda--his last hours in the pagoda by the lotus lake.
interview
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From this reading He remembered being taken to the mandarin, the terrible interview, the news of Nang Ping’s death, the demoniac threat of his mother’s ordeal and agony, but nothing of his return to the pagoda.
knew
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From this reading How he got there he never knew.
lake
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From this reading IN THE PAGODA AND ON THE BENCH So long as he may live Basil Gregory will never understand how he lived through those hours in the pagoda--his last hours in the pagoda by the lotus lake.
last
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From this reading IN THE PAGODA AND ON THE BENCH So long as he may live Basil Gregory will never understand how he lived through those hours in the pagoda--his last hours in the pagoda by the lotus lake.
Li
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From this reading So long as he lives he must remember them, and shudder newly at each remembering--waiting again in torture and alone to hear the deep-throated damnation of Wu Li Chang’s gong telling him that--that he was branded forever, soul-scarred.
live
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From this reading IN THE PAGODA AND ON THE BENCH So long as he may live Basil Gregory will never understand how he lived through those hours in the pagoda--his last hours in the pagoda by the lotus lake.
lived
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From this reading IN THE PAGODA AND ON THE BENCH So long as he may live Basil Gregory will never understand how he lived through those hours in the pagoda--his last hours in the pagoda by the lotus lake.
lives
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From this reading So long as he lives he must remember them, and shudder newly at each remembering--waiting again in torture and alone to hear the deep-throated damnation of Wu Li Chang’s gong telling him that--that he was branded forever, soul-scarred.
long
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From this reading IN THE PAGODA AND ON THE BENCH So long as he may live Basil Gregory will never understand how he lived through those hours in the pagoda--his last hours in the pagoda by the lotus lake.
lotus
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From this reading IN THE PAGODA AND ON THE BENCH So long as he may live Basil Gregory will never understand how he lived through those hours in the pagoda--his last hours in the pagoda by the lotus lake.
man
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From this reading Wu Li Chang had hit upon something that not even a man could forget.
mandarin
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From this reading He remembered being taken to the mandarin, the terrible interview, the news of Nang Ping’s death, the demoniac threat of his mother’s ordeal and agony, but nothing of his return to the pagoda.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading IN THE PAGODA AND ON THE BENCH So long as he may live Basil Gregory will never understand how he lived through those hours in the pagoda--his last hours in the pagoda by the lotus lake.
mother's
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From this reading He remembered being taken to the mandarin, the terrible interview, the news of Nang Ping’s death, the demoniac threat of his mother’s ordeal and agony, but nothing of his return to the pagoda.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading So long as he lives he must remember them, and shudder newly at each remembering--waiting again in torture and alone to hear the deep-throated damnation of Wu Li Chang’s gong telling him that--that he was branded forever, soul-scarred.
Nang
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From this reading He remembered being taken to the mandarin, the terrible interview, the news of Nang Ping’s death, the demoniac threat of his mother’s ordeal and agony, but nothing of his return to the pagoda.
never
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From this reading IN THE PAGODA AND ON THE BENCH So long as he may live Basil Gregory will never understand how he lived through those hours in the pagoda--his last hours in the pagoda by the lotus lake.
newly
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From this reading So long as he lives he must remember them, and shudder newly at each remembering--waiting again in torture and alone to hear the deep-throated damnation of Wu Li Chang’s gong telling him that--that he was branded forever, soul-scarred.
news
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From this reading He remembered being taken to the mandarin, the terrible interview, the news of Nang Ping’s death, the demoniac threat of his mother’s ordeal and agony, but nothing of his return to the pagoda.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Wu Li Chang had hit upon something that not even a man could forget.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading He remembered being taken to the mandarin, the terrible interview, the news of Nang Ping’s death, the demoniac threat of his mother’s ordeal and agony, but nothing of his return to the pagoda.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading So long as he lives he must remember them, and shudder newly at each remembering--waiting again in torture and alone to hear the deep-throated damnation of Wu Li Chang’s gong telling him that--that he was branded forever, soul-scarred.
ONprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading IN THE PAGODA AND ON THE BENCH So long as he may live Basil Gregory will never understand how he lived through those hours in the pagoda--his last hours in the pagoda by the lotus lake.
ordeal
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From this reading He remembered being taken to the mandarin, the terrible interview, the news of Nang Ping’s death, the demoniac threat of his mother’s ordeal and agony, but nothing of his return to the pagoda.
PAGODA
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From this reading IN THE PAGODA AND ON THE BENCH So long as he may live Basil Gregory will never understand how he lived through those hours in the pagoda--his last hours in the pagoda by the lotus lake.
Ping's
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From this reading He remembered being taken to the mandarin, the terrible interview, the news of Nang Ping’s death, the demoniac threat of his mother’s ordeal and agony, but nothing of his return to the pagoda.
rememberverbUS /rɪˈmɛm.bər/
To recall to mind.
From this reading So long as he lives he must remember them, and shudder newly at each remembering--waiting again in torture and alone to hear the deep-throated damnation of Wu Li Chang’s gong telling him that--that he was branded forever, soul-scarred.
remembered
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From this reading He remembered being taken to the mandarin, the terrible interview, the news of Nang Ping’s death, the demoniac threat of his mother’s ordeal and agony, but nothing of his return to the pagoda.
remembering
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From this reading So long as he lives he must remember them, and shudder newly at each remembering--waiting again in torture and alone to hear the deep-throated damnation of Wu Li Chang’s gong telling him that--that he was branded forever, soul-scarred.
return
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From this reading He remembered being taken to the mandarin, the terrible interview, the news of Nang Ping’s death, the demoniac threat of his mother’s ordeal and agony, but nothing of his return to the pagoda.
shudder
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From this reading So long as he lives he must remember them, and shudder newly at each remembering--waiting again in torture and alone to hear the deep-throated damnation of Wu Li Chang’s gong telling him that--that he was branded forever, soul-scarred.
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading IN THE PAGODA AND ON THE BENCH So long as he may live Basil Gregory will never understand how he lived through those hours in the pagoda--his last hours in the pagoda by the lotus lake.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Wu Li Chang had hit upon something that not even a man could forget.
soul-scarred
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From this reading So long as he lives he must remember them, and shudder newly at each remembering--waiting again in torture and alone to hear the deep-throated damnation of Wu Li Chang’s gong telling him that--that he was branded forever, soul-scarred.
taken
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From this reading He remembered being taken to the mandarin, the terrible interview, the news of Nang Ping’s death, the demoniac threat of his mother’s ordeal and agony, but nothing of his return to the pagoda.
telling
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From this reading So long as he lives he must remember them, and shudder newly at each remembering--waiting again in torture and alone to hear the deep-throated damnation of Wu Li Chang’s gong telling him that--that he was branded forever, soul-scarred.
terrible
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From this reading He remembered being taken to the mandarin, the terrible interview, the news of Nang Ping’s death, the demoniac threat of his mother’s ordeal and agony, but nothing of his return to the pagoda.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading So long as he lives he must remember them, and shudder newly at each remembering--waiting again in torture and alone to hear the deep-throated damnation of Wu Li Chang’s gong telling him that--that he was branded forever, soul-scarred.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading IN THE PAGODA AND ON THE BENCH So long as he may live Basil Gregory will never understand how he lived through those hours in the pagoda--his last hours in the pagoda by the lotus lake.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading So long as he lives he must remember them, and shudder newly at each remembering--waiting again in torture and alone to hear the deep-throated damnation of Wu Li Chang’s gong telling him that--that he was branded forever, soul-scarred.
there
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From this reading How he got there he never knew.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading IN THE PAGODA AND ON THE BENCH So long as he may live Basil Gregory will never understand how he lived through those hours in the pagoda--his last hours in the pagoda by the lotus lake.
threat
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From this reading He remembered being taken to the mandarin, the terrible interview, the news of Nang Ping’s death, the demoniac threat of his mother’s ordeal and agony, but nothing of his return to the pagoda.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading IN THE PAGODA AND ON THE BENCH So long as he may live Basil Gregory will never understand how he lived through those hours in the pagoda--his last hours in the pagoda by the lotus lake.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading So long as he lives he must remember them, and shudder newly at each remembering--waiting again in torture and alone to hear the deep-throated damnation of Wu Li Chang’s gong telling him that--that he was branded forever, soul-scarred.
torture
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From this reading So long as he lives he must remember them, and shudder newly at each remembering--waiting again in torture and alone to hear the deep-throated damnation of Wu Li Chang’s gong telling him that--that he was branded forever, soul-scarred.
understand
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From this reading IN THE PAGODA AND ON THE BENCH So long as he may live Basil Gregory will never understand how he lived through those hours in the pagoda--his last hours in the pagoda by the lotus lake.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Wu Li Chang had hit upon something that not even a man could forget.
waiting
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From this reading So long as he lives he must remember them, and shudder newly at each remembering--waiting again in torture and alone to hear the deep-throated damnation of Wu Li Chang’s gong telling him that--that he was branded forever, soul-scarred.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading So long as he lives he must remember them, and shudder newly at each remembering--waiting again in torture and alone to hear the deep-throated damnation of Wu Li Chang’s gong telling him that--that he was branded forever, soul-scarred.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading IN THE PAGODA AND ON THE BENCH So long as he may live Basil Gregory will never understand how he lived through those hours in the pagoda--his last hours in the pagoda by the lotus lake.
Wu
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From this reading So long as he lives he must remember them, and shudder newly at each remembering--waiting again in torture and alone to hear the deep-throated damnation of Wu Li Chang’s gong telling him that--that he was branded forever, soul-scarred.
