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andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
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answerednounUS /ˈanswered/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
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back
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better
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From this reading THE FATAL SHOT "Thank God, Una," Jack cried, "you remember it now even better than I do!"
brow
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burns
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bursting
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comes
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criednounUS /cried/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE FATAL SHOT "Thank God, Una," Jack cried, "you remember it now even better than I do!"
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading THE FATAL SHOT "Thank God, Una," Jack cried, "you remember it now even better than I do!"
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE FATAL SHOT "Thank God, Una," Jack cried, "you remember it now even better than I do!"
FATAL
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fire
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flood
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fragments
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fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
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God
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From this reading THE FATAL SHOT "Thank God, Una," Jack cried, "you remember it now even better than I do!"
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
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holding
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IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading THE FATAL SHOT "Thank God, Una," Jack cried, "you remember it now even better than I do!"
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
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Jack
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From this reading THE FATAL SHOT "Thank God, Una," Jack cried, "you remember it now even better than I do!"
keep
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like
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From this reading Why, it comes back to me like waves of fire and burns me.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Why, it comes back to me like waves of fire and burns me.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
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now
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From this reading THE FATAL SHOT "Thank God, Una," Jack cried, "you remember it now even better than I do!"
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I answered, holding my brow with my hands to keep the flood of thought from bursting it to fragments.
rememberverbUS /rɪˈmɛm.bər/
To recall to mind.
From this reading THE FATAL SHOT "Thank God, Una," Jack cried, "you remember it now even better than I do!"
SHOT
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From this reading THE FATAL SHOT "Thank God, Una," Jack cried, "you remember it now even better than I do!"
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading THE FATAL SHOT "Thank God, Una," Jack cried, "you remember it now even better than I do!"
Thank
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From this reading THE FATAL SHOT "Thank God, Una," Jack cried, "you remember it now even better than I do!"
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE FATAL SHOT "Thank God, Una," Jack cried, "you remember it now even better than I do!"
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
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toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
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Una
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waves
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Why
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From this reading Why, it comes back to me like waves of fire and burns me.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading I answered, holding my brow with my hands to keep the flood of thought from bursting it to fragments.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading THE FATAL SHOT "Thank God, Una," Jack cried, "you remember it now even better than I do!"