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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 He went home, and to bed, like one moving in a horrible dream.
able
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From this reading On the second day following, he found himself able to light a cigarette; and, glancing about him with faint pluckings of convalescent interest, began to recognize some landmarks.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading On the second day following, he found himself able to light a cigarette; and, glancing about him with faint pluckings of convalescent interest, began to recognize some landmarks.
all
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From this reading That night, and through all the next day, he felt utterly bereft and wretched: something, say, as though flood and pestilence had swept through his dear old town and carried off everything and everybody but himself.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He crawled alone in a smashed world.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Leaving his tempestuous exclamation hanging in mid-air, West stiffly shook Sharlee's hand and walked blindly out of the room.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading That night, and through all the next day, he felt utterly bereft and wretched: something, say, as though flood and pestilence had swept through his dear old town and carried off everything and everybody but himself.
bed
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From this reading He went home, and to bed, like one moving in a horrible dream.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On the second day following, he found himself able to light a cigarette; and, glancing about him with faint pluckings of convalescent interest, began to recognize some landmarks.
bereft
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blindly
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From this reading Leaving his tempestuous exclamation hanging in mid-air, West stiffly shook Sharlee's hand and walked blindly out of the room.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading That night, and through all the next day, he felt utterly bereft and wretched: something, say, as though flood and pestilence had swept through his dear old town and carried off everything and everybody but himself.
carried
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cigarette
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From this reading On the second day following, he found himself able to light a cigarette; and, glancing about him with faint pluckings of convalescent interest, began to recognize some landmarks.
convalescent
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From this reading On the second day following, he found himself able to light a cigarette; and, glancing about him with faint pluckings of convalescent interest, began to recognize some landmarks.
crawled
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From this reading He crawled alone in a smashed world.
day
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dear
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dreamnounUS /driːm/
A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.
From this reading He went home, and to bed, like one moving in a horrible dream.
everybodypronounUS /ˈevribɑːdi/
every person
From this reading That night, and through all the next day, he felt utterly bereft and wretched: something, say, as though flood and pestilence had swept through his dear old town and carried off everything and everybody but himself.
everythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/
all things; all of a situation
From this reading That night, and through all the next day, he felt utterly bereft and wretched: something, say, as though flood and pestilence had swept through his dear old town and carried off everything and everybody but himself.
exclamation
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From this reading Leaving his tempestuous exclamation hanging in mid-air, West stiffly shook Sharlee's hand and walked blindly out of the room.
faint
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From this reading On the second day following, he found himself able to light a cigarette; and, glancing about him with faint pluckings of convalescent interest, began to recognize some landmarks.
felt
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flood
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following
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From this reading On the second day following, he found himself able to light a cigarette; and, glancing about him with faint pluckings of convalescent interest, began to recognize some landmarks.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On the second day following, he found himself able to light a cigarette; and, glancing about him with faint pluckings of convalescent interest, began to recognize some landmarks.
glancing
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From this reading On the second day following, he found himself able to light a cigarette; and, glancing about him with faint pluckings of convalescent interest, began to recognize some landmarks.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading That night, and through all the next day, he felt utterly bereft and wretched: something, say, as though flood and pestilence had swept through his dear old town and carried off everything and everybody but himself.
hand
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From this reading Leaving his tempestuous exclamation hanging in mid-air, West stiffly shook Sharlee's hand and walked blindly out of the room.
hanging
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From this reading Leaving his tempestuous exclamation hanging in mid-air, West stiffly shook Sharlee's hand and walked blindly out of the room.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He went home, and to bed, like one moving in a horrible dream.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading On the second day following, he found himself able to light a cigarette; and, glancing about him with faint pluckings of convalescent interest, began to recognize some landmarks.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading That night, and through all the next day, he felt utterly bereft and wretched: something, say, as though flood and pestilence had swept through his dear old town and carried off everything and everybody but himself.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Leaving his tempestuous exclamation hanging in mid-air, West stiffly shook Sharlee's hand and walked blindly out of the room.
home
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From this reading He went home, and to bed, like one moving in a horrible dream.
horrible
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From this reading He went home, and to bed, like one moving in a horrible dream.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Leaving his tempestuous exclamation hanging in mid-air, West stiffly shook Sharlee's hand and walked blindly out of the room.
interest
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From this reading On the second day following, he found himself able to light a cigarette; and, glancing about him with faint pluckings of convalescent interest, began to recognize some landmarks.
landmarks
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From this reading On the second day following, he found himself able to light a cigarette; and, glancing about him with faint pluckings of convalescent interest, began to recognize some landmarks.
Leaving
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light
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From this reading On the second day following, he found himself able to light a cigarette; and, glancing about him with faint pluckings of convalescent interest, began to recognize some landmarks.
like
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From this reading He went home, and to bed, like one moving in a horrible dream.
mid-air
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moving
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From this reading He went home, and to bed, like one moving in a horrible dream.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That night, and through all the next day, he felt utterly bereft and wretched: something, say, as though flood and pestilence had swept through his dear old town and carried off everything and everybody but himself.
night
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ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Leaving his tempestuous exclamation hanging in mid-air, West stiffly shook Sharlee's hand and walked blindly out of the room.
off
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old
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From this reading That night, and through all the next day, he felt utterly bereft and wretched: something, say, as though flood and pestilence had swept through his dear old town and carried off everything and everybody but himself.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On the second day following, he found himself able to light a cigarette; and, glancing about him with faint pluckings of convalescent interest, began to recognize some landmarks.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading He went home, and to bed, like one moving in a horrible dream.
out
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From this reading Leaving his tempestuous exclamation hanging in mid-air, West stiffly shook Sharlee's hand and walked blindly out of the room.
pestilence
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pluckings
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From this reading On the second day following, he found himself able to light a cigarette; and, glancing about him with faint pluckings of convalescent interest, began to recognize some landmarks.
recognize
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From this reading On the second day following, he found himself able to light a cigarette; and, glancing about him with faint pluckings of convalescent interest, began to recognize some landmarks.
room
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say
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second
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From this reading On the second day following, he found himself able to light a cigarette; and, glancing about him with faint pluckings of convalescent interest, began to recognize some landmarks.
Sharlee's
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From this reading Leaving his tempestuous exclamation hanging in mid-air, West stiffly shook Sharlee's hand and walked blindly out of the room.
shook
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From this reading Leaving his tempestuous exclamation hanging in mid-air, West stiffly shook Sharlee's hand and walked blindly out of the room.
smashed
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From this reading He crawled alone in a smashed world.
some
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From this reading On the second day following, he found himself able to light a cigarette; and, glancing about him with faint pluckings of convalescent interest, began to recognize some landmarks.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading That night, and through all the next day, he felt utterly bereft and wretched: something, say, as though flood and pestilence had swept through his dear old town and carried off everything and everybody but himself.
stiffly
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From this reading Leaving his tempestuous exclamation hanging in mid-air, West stiffly shook Sharlee's hand and walked blindly out of the room.
swept
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From this reading That night, and through all the next day, he felt utterly bereft and wretched: something, say, as though flood and pestilence had swept through his dear old town and carried off everything and everybody but himself.
tempestuous
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From this reading Leaving his tempestuous exclamation hanging in mid-air, West stiffly shook Sharlee's hand and walked blindly out of the room.
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That night, and through all the next day, he felt utterly bereft and wretched: something, say, as though flood and pestilence had swept through his dear old town and carried off everything and everybody but himself.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Leaving his tempestuous exclamation hanging in mid-air, West stiffly shook Sharlee's hand and walked blindly out of the room.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading That night, and through all the next day, he felt utterly bereft and wretched: something, say, as though flood and pestilence had swept through his dear old town and carried off everything and everybody but himself.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading That night, and through all the next day, he felt utterly bereft and wretched: something, say, as though flood and pestilence had swept through his dear old town and carried off everything and everybody but himself.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He went home, and to bed, like one moving in a horrible dream.
town
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utterly
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From this reading That night, and through all the next day, he felt utterly bereft and wretched: something, say, as though flood and pestilence had swept through his dear old town and carried off everything and everybody but himself.
walked
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From this reading Leaving his tempestuous exclamation hanging in mid-air, West stiffly shook Sharlee's hand and walked blindly out of the room.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He went home, and to bed, like one moving in a horrible dream.
West
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From this reading Leaving his tempestuous exclamation hanging in mid-air, West stiffly shook Sharlee's hand and walked blindly out of the room.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading On the second day following, he found himself able to light a cigarette; and, glancing about him with faint pluckings of convalescent interest, began to recognize some landmarks.
world
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From this reading He crawled alone in a smashed world.
wretched
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From this reading That night, and through all the next day, he felt utterly bereft and wretched: something, say, as though flood and pestilence had swept through his dear old town and carried off everything and everybody but himself.
