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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 Hamilton went on aimlessly; he was hot, he was tired, his eyes and head ached, he was thirsty; but all these disagreeable sensations were nothing beside the intense mental nausea that filled him, a nausea of life.
ached
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From this reading Hamilton went on aimlessly; he was hot, he was tired, his eyes and head ached, he was thirsty; but all these disagreeable sensations were nothing beside the intense mental nausea that filled him, a nausea of life.
aimlessly
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From this reading Hamilton went on aimlessly; he was hot, he was tired, his eyes and head ached, he was thirsty; but all these disagreeable sensations were nothing beside the intense mental nausea that filled him, a nausea of life.
air
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From this reading The air was heavy, and the sun beat down furiously on the yellow cotton awnings stretched over his head.
all
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From this reading Hamilton went on aimlessly; he was hot, he was tired, his eyes and head ached, he was thirsty; but all these disagreeable sensations were nothing beside the intense mental nausea that filled him, a nausea of life.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Clouds of dust rose in the roadway as the white bullocks shuffled along, drawing their creaking wooden carts, and swarms of flies buzzed noisily in the yellow, dusty sunshine.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Listless and despondent, feeling that he hated everything in life, Hamilton walked slowly down the street.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Clouds of dust rose in the roadway as the white bullocks shuffled along, drawing their creaking wooden carts, and swarms of flies buzzed noisily in the yellow, dusty sunshine.
awnings
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From this reading The air was heavy, and the sun beat down furiously on the yellow cotton awnings stretched over his head.
beat
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From this reading The air was heavy, and the sun beat down furiously on the yellow cotton awnings stretched over his head.
besideprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪd/
next to; at the side of
From this reading Hamilton went on aimlessly; he was hot, he was tired, his eyes and head ached, he was thirsty; but all these disagreeable sensations were nothing beside the intense mental nausea that filled him, a nausea of life.
bullocks
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From this reading Clouds of dust rose in the roadway as the white bullocks shuffled along, drawing their creaking wooden carts, and swarms of flies buzzed noisily in the yellow, dusty sunshine.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Hamilton went on aimlessly; he was hot, he was tired, his eyes and head ached, he was thirsty; but all these disagreeable sensations were nothing beside the intense mental nausea that filled him, a nausea of life.
buzzed
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From this reading Clouds of dust rose in the roadway as the white bullocks shuffled along, drawing their creaking wooden carts, and swarms of flies buzzed noisily in the yellow, dusty sunshine.
carts
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From this reading Clouds of dust rose in the roadway as the white bullocks shuffled along, drawing their creaking wooden carts, and swarms of flies buzzed noisily in the yellow, dusty sunshine.
Clouds
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From this reading Clouds of dust rose in the roadway as the white bullocks shuffled along, drawing their creaking wooden carts, and swarms of flies buzzed noisily in the yellow, dusty sunshine.
cotton
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From this reading The air was heavy, and the sun beat down furiously on the yellow cotton awnings stretched over his head.
creaking
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From this reading Clouds of dust rose in the roadway as the white bullocks shuffled along, drawing their creaking wooden carts, and swarms of flies buzzed noisily in the yellow, dusty sunshine.
despondent
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From this reading Listless and despondent, feeling that he hated everything in life, Hamilton walked slowly down the street.
disagreeable
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From this reading Hamilton went on aimlessly; he was hot, he was tired, his eyes and head ached, he was thirsty; but all these disagreeable sensations were nothing beside the intense mental nausea that filled him, a nausea of life.
down
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From this reading Listless and despondent, feeling that he hated everything in life, Hamilton walked slowly down the street.
drawing
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From this reading Clouds of dust rose in the roadway as the white bullocks shuffled along, drawing their creaking wooden carts, and swarms of flies buzzed noisily in the yellow, dusty sunshine.
dust
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From this reading Clouds of dust rose in the roadway as the white bullocks shuffled along, drawing their creaking wooden carts, and swarms of flies buzzed noisily in the yellow, dusty sunshine.
dusty
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From this reading Clouds of dust rose in the roadway as the white bullocks shuffled along, drawing their creaking wooden carts, and swarms of flies buzzed noisily in the yellow, dusty sunshine.
everythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/
all things; all of a situation
From this reading Listless and despondent, feeling that he hated everything in life, Hamilton walked slowly down the street.
eyes
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From this reading Hamilton went on aimlessly; he was hot, he was tired, his eyes and head ached, he was thirsty; but all these disagreeable sensations were nothing beside the intense mental nausea that filled him, a nausea of life.
feelingnounUS /ˈfeeling/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Listless and despondent, feeling that he hated everything in life, Hamilton walked slowly down the street.
filled
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From this reading Hamilton went on aimlessly; he was hot, he was tired, his eyes and head ached, he was thirsty; but all these disagreeable sensations were nothing beside the intense mental nausea that filled him, a nausea of life.
flies
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From this reading Clouds of dust rose in the roadway as the white bullocks shuffled along, drawing their creaking wooden carts, and swarms of flies buzzed noisily in the yellow, dusty sunshine.
furiously
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From this reading The air was heavy, and the sun beat down furiously on the yellow cotton awnings stretched over his head.
Hamilton
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From this reading Listless and despondent, feeling that he hated everything in life, Hamilton walked slowly down the street.
hated
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From this reading Listless and despondent, feeling that he hated everything in life, Hamilton walked slowly down the street.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Listless and despondent, feeling that he hated everything in life, Hamilton walked slowly down the street.
head
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From this reading The air was heavy, and the sun beat down furiously on the yellow cotton awnings stretched over his head.
heavy
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From this reading The air was heavy, and the sun beat down furiously on the yellow cotton awnings stretched over his head.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Hamilton went on aimlessly; he was hot, he was tired, his eyes and head ached, he was thirsty; but all these disagreeable sensations were nothing beside the intense mental nausea that filled him, a nausea of life.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The air was heavy, and the sun beat down furiously on the yellow cotton awnings stretched over his head.
hot
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From this reading Hamilton went on aimlessly; he was hot, he was tired, his eyes and head ached, he was thirsty; but all these disagreeable sensations were nothing beside the intense mental nausea that filled him, a nausea of life.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Listless and despondent, feeling that he hated everything in life, Hamilton walked slowly down the street.
intense
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From this reading Hamilton went on aimlessly; he was hot, he was tired, his eyes and head ached, he was thirsty; but all these disagreeable sensations were nothing beside the intense mental nausea that filled him, a nausea of life.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It rose up in and pervaded him, uncontrollable as a physical malady.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Listless and despondent, feeling that he hated everything in life, Hamilton walked slowly down the street.
Listless
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From this reading Listless and despondent, feeling that he hated everything in life, Hamilton walked slowly down the street.
malady
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From this reading It rose up in and pervaded him, uncontrollable as a physical malady.
mental
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From this reading Hamilton went on aimlessly; he was hot, he was tired, his eyes and head ached, he was thirsty; but all these disagreeable sensations were nothing beside the intense mental nausea that filled him, a nausea of life.
nausea
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From this reading Hamilton went on aimlessly; he was hot, he was tired, his eyes and head ached, he was thirsty; but all these disagreeable sensations were nothing beside the intense mental nausea that filled him, a nausea of life.
noisily
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From this reading Clouds of dust rose in the roadway as the white bullocks shuffled along, drawing their creaking wooden carts, and swarms of flies buzzed noisily in the yellow, dusty sunshine.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Hamilton went on aimlessly; he was hot, he was tired, his eyes and head ached, he was thirsty; but all these disagreeable sensations were nothing beside the intense mental nausea that filled him, a nausea of life.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Clouds of dust rose in the roadway as the white bullocks shuffled along, drawing their creaking wooden carts, and swarms of flies buzzed noisily in the yellow, dusty sunshine.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The air was heavy, and the sun beat down furiously on the yellow cotton awnings stretched over his head.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading The air was heavy, and the sun beat down furiously on the yellow cotton awnings stretched over his head.
pervaded
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From this reading It rose up in and pervaded him, uncontrollable as a physical malady.
physical
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From this reading It rose up in and pervaded him, uncontrollable as a physical malady.
roadway
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From this reading Clouds of dust rose in the roadway as the white bullocks shuffled along, drawing their creaking wooden carts, and swarms of flies buzzed noisily in the yellow, dusty sunshine.
rose
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From this reading Clouds of dust rose in the roadway as the white bullocks shuffled along, drawing their creaking wooden carts, and swarms of flies buzzed noisily in the yellow, dusty sunshine.
sensations
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From this reading Hamilton went on aimlessly; he was hot, he was tired, his eyes and head ached, he was thirsty; but all these disagreeable sensations were nothing beside the intense mental nausea that filled him, a nausea of life.
shuffled
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From this reading Clouds of dust rose in the roadway as the white bullocks shuffled along, drawing their creaking wooden carts, and swarms of flies buzzed noisily in the yellow, dusty sunshine.
slowly
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From this reading Listless and despondent, feeling that he hated everything in life, Hamilton walked slowly down the street.
street
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From this reading Listless and despondent, feeling that he hated everything in life, Hamilton walked slowly down the street.
stretched
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From this reading The air was heavy, and the sun beat down furiously on the yellow cotton awnings stretched over his head.
sun
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From this reading The air was heavy, and the sun beat down furiously on the yellow cotton awnings stretched over his head.
sunshine
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From this reading Clouds of dust rose in the roadway as the white bullocks shuffled along, drawing their creaking wooden carts, and swarms of flies buzzed noisily in the yellow, dusty sunshine.
swarms
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From this reading Clouds of dust rose in the roadway as the white bullocks shuffled along, drawing their creaking wooden carts, and swarms of flies buzzed noisily in the yellow, dusty sunshine.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Listless and despondent, feeling that he hated everything in life, Hamilton walked slowly down the street.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Listless and despondent, feeling that he hated everything in life, Hamilton walked slowly down the street.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Clouds of dust rose in the roadway as the white bullocks shuffled along, drawing their creaking wooden carts, and swarms of flies buzzed noisily in the yellow, dusty sunshine.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Hamilton went on aimlessly; he was hot, he was tired, his eyes and head ached, he was thirsty; but all these disagreeable sensations were nothing beside the intense mental nausea that filled him, a nausea of life.
thirsty
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From this reading Hamilton went on aimlessly; he was hot, he was tired, his eyes and head ached, he was thirsty; but all these disagreeable sensations were nothing beside the intense mental nausea that filled him, a nausea of life.
tired
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From this reading Hamilton went on aimlessly; he was hot, he was tired, his eyes and head ached, he was thirsty; but all these disagreeable sensations were nothing beside the intense mental nausea that filled him, a nausea of life.
uncontrollable
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From this reading It rose up in and pervaded him, uncontrollable as a physical malady.
up
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From this reading It rose up in and pervaded him, uncontrollable as a physical malady.
walked
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From this reading Listless and despondent, feeling that he hated everything in life, Hamilton walked slowly down the street.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The air was heavy, and the sun beat down furiously on the yellow cotton awnings stretched over his head.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Hamilton went on aimlessly; he was hot, he was tired, his eyes and head ached, he was thirsty; but all these disagreeable sensations were nothing beside the intense mental nausea that filled him, a nausea of life.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Hamilton went on aimlessly; he was hot, he was tired, his eyes and head ached, he was thirsty; but all these disagreeable sensations were nothing beside the intense mental nausea that filled him, a nausea of life.
white
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From this reading Clouds of dust rose in the roadway as the white bullocks shuffled along, drawing their creaking wooden carts, and swarms of flies buzzed noisily in the yellow, dusty sunshine.
wooden
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From this reading Clouds of dust rose in the roadway as the white bullocks shuffled along, drawing their creaking wooden carts, and swarms of flies buzzed noisily in the yellow, dusty sunshine.
yellow
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From this reading The air was heavy, and the sun beat down furiously on the yellow cotton awnings stretched over his head.
