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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 head was hot and heavy, his eyes burned in their sockets like balls of live charcoal, a dulled buzzing sounded in his ears, his very heart felt sore and numb; he was as one who wakes from evil dreams to the blackness of foreknown despair.
Amber
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From this reading THE WAY TO KATHIAPUR Gall and wormwood in his mouth, more bitter than remorse, Amber became conscious.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE WAY TO KATHIAPUR Gall and wormwood in his mouth, more bitter than remorse, Amber became conscious.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading His head was hot and heavy, his eyes burned in their sockets like balls of live charcoal, a dulled buzzing sounded in his ears, his very heart felt sore and numb; he was as one who wakes from evil dreams to the blackness of foreknown despair.
back
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From this reading Or perhaps it were more true to say that he struggled out of unconsciousness, dragging his ego back by main will-power from the deep oblivion of drugged slumber.
balls
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From this reading His head was hot and heavy, his eyes burned in their sockets like balls of live charcoal, a dulled buzzing sounded in his ears, his very heart felt sore and numb; he was as one who wakes from evil dreams to the blackness of foreknown despair.
barrier
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From this reading One by one his faculties fought their way past the barrier, until he was fully sentient, save that his memory drowsed.
became
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From this reading THE WAY TO KATHIAPUR Gall and wormwood in his mouth, more bitter than remorse, Amber became conscious.
bitter
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From this reading THE WAY TO KATHIAPUR Gall and wormwood in his mouth, more bitter than remorse, Amber became conscious.
blackness
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From this reading His head was hot and heavy, his eyes burned in their sockets like balls of live charcoal, a dulled buzzing sounded in his ears, his very heart felt sore and numb; he was as one who wakes from evil dreams to the blackness of foreknown despair.
burned
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From this reading His head was hot and heavy, his eyes burned in their sockets like balls of live charcoal, a dulled buzzing sounded in his ears, his very heart felt sore and numb; he was as one who wakes from evil dreams to the blackness of foreknown despair.
buzzing
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From this reading His head was hot and heavy, his eyes burned in their sockets like balls of live charcoal, a dulled buzzing sounded in his ears, his very heart felt sore and numb; he was as one who wakes from evil dreams to the blackness of foreknown despair.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Or perhaps it were more true to say that he struggled out of unconsciousness, dragging his ego back by main will-power from the deep oblivion of drugged slumber.
charcoal
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From this reading His head was hot and heavy, his eyes burned in their sockets like balls of live charcoal, a dulled buzzing sounded in his ears, his very heart felt sore and numb; he was as one who wakes from evil dreams to the blackness of foreknown despair.
conscious
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From this reading THE WAY TO KATHIAPUR Gall and wormwood in his mouth, more bitter than remorse, Amber became conscious.
deep
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From this reading Or perhaps it were more true to say that he struggled out of unconsciousness, dragging his ego back by main will-power from the deep oblivion of drugged slumber.
despair
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From this reading His head was hot and heavy, his eyes burned in their sockets like balls of live charcoal, a dulled buzzing sounded in his ears, his very heart felt sore and numb; he was as one who wakes from evil dreams to the blackness of foreknown despair.
dragging
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dreams
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From this reading His head was hot and heavy, his eyes burned in their sockets like balls of live charcoal, a dulled buzzing sounded in his ears, his very heart felt sore and numb; he was as one who wakes from evil dreams to the blackness of foreknown despair.
drowsed
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From this reading One by one his faculties fought their way past the barrier, until he was fully sentient, save that his memory drowsed.
drugged
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dulled
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From this reading His head was hot and heavy, his eyes burned in their sockets like balls of live charcoal, a dulled buzzing sounded in his ears, his very heart felt sore and numb; he was as one who wakes from evil dreams to the blackness of foreknown despair.
ears
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From this reading His head was hot and heavy, his eyes burned in their sockets like balls of live charcoal, a dulled buzzing sounded in his ears, his very heart felt sore and numb; he was as one who wakes from evil dreams to the blackness of foreknown despair.
ego
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evil
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From this reading His head was hot and heavy, his eyes burned in their sockets like balls of live charcoal, a dulled buzzing sounded in his ears, his very heart felt sore and numb; he was as one who wakes from evil dreams to the blackness of foreknown despair.
eyes
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faculties
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From this reading One by one his faculties fought their way past the barrier, until he was fully sentient, save that his memory drowsed.
felt
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From this reading His head was hot and heavy, his eyes burned in their sockets like balls of live charcoal, a dulled buzzing sounded in his ears, his very heart felt sore and numb; he was as one who wakes from evil dreams to the blackness of foreknown despair.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He lay for a time without moving.
foreknown
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From this reading His head was hot and heavy, his eyes burned in their sockets like balls of live charcoal, a dulled buzzing sounded in his ears, his very heart felt sore and numb; he was as one who wakes from evil dreams to the blackness of foreknown despair.
fought
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From this reading One by one his faculties fought their way past the barrier, until he was fully sentient, save that his memory drowsed.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Or perhaps it were more true to say that he struggled out of unconsciousness, dragging his ego back by main will-power from the deep oblivion of drugged slumber.
fully
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From this reading One by one his faculties fought their way past the barrier, until he was fully sentient, save that his memory drowsed.
GallnounUS /ɡɔːl/
bitter feeling and anger; in the story, poison and bitterness
From this reading THE WAY TO KATHIAPUR Gall and wormwood in his mouth, more bitter than remorse, Amber became conscious.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Or perhaps it were more true to say that he struggled out of unconsciousness, dragging his ego back by main will-power from the deep oblivion of drugged slumber.
head
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From this reading His head was hot and heavy, his eyes burned in their sockets like balls of live charcoal, a dulled buzzing sounded in his ears, his very heart felt sore and numb; he was as one who wakes from evil dreams to the blackness of foreknown despair.
heart
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From this reading His head was hot and heavy, his eyes burned in their sockets like balls of live charcoal, a dulled buzzing sounded in his ears, his very heart felt sore and numb; he was as one who wakes from evil dreams to the blackness of foreknown despair.
heavy
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From this reading His head was hot and heavy, his eyes burned in their sockets like balls of live charcoal, a dulled buzzing sounded in his ears, his very heart felt sore and numb; he was as one who wakes from evil dreams to the blackness of foreknown despair.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading THE WAY TO KATHIAPUR Gall and wormwood in his mouth, more bitter than remorse, Amber became conscious.
hot
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From this reading His head was hot and heavy, his eyes burned in their sockets like balls of live charcoal, a dulled buzzing sounded in his ears, his very heart felt sore and numb; he was as one who wakes from evil dreams to the blackness of foreknown despair.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE WAY TO KATHIAPUR Gall and wormwood in his mouth, more bitter than remorse, Amber became conscious.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Or perhaps it were more true to say that he struggled out of unconsciousness, dragging his ego back by main will-power from the deep oblivion of drugged slumber.
KATHIAPUR
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From this reading THE WAY TO KATHIAPUR Gall and wormwood in his mouth, more bitter than remorse, Amber became conscious.
lay
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From this reading He lay for a time without moving.
like
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From this reading His head was hot and heavy, his eyes burned in their sockets like balls of live charcoal, a dulled buzzing sounded in his ears, his very heart felt sore and numb; he was as one who wakes from evil dreams to the blackness of foreknown despair.
live
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From this reading His head was hot and heavy, his eyes burned in their sockets like balls of live charcoal, a dulled buzzing sounded in his ears, his very heart felt sore and numb; he was as one who wakes from evil dreams to the blackness of foreknown despair.
main
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From this reading Or perhaps it were more true to say that he struggled out of unconsciousness, dragging his ego back by main will-power from the deep oblivion of drugged slumber.
memorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading One by one his faculties fought their way past the barrier, until he was fully sentient, save that his memory drowsed.
more
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From this reading THE WAY TO KATHIAPUR Gall and wormwood in his mouth, more bitter than remorse, Amber became conscious.
mouth
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From this reading THE WAY TO KATHIAPUR Gall and wormwood in his mouth, more bitter than remorse, Amber became conscious.
moving
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From this reading He lay for a time without moving.
numb
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From this reading His head was hot and heavy, his eyes burned in their sockets like balls of live charcoal, a dulled buzzing sounded in his ears, his very heart felt sore and numb; he was as one who wakes from evil dreams to the blackness of foreknown despair.
oblivion
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From this reading Or perhaps it were more true to say that he struggled out of unconsciousness, dragging his ego back by main will-power from the deep oblivion of drugged slumber.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Or perhaps it were more true to say that he struggled out of unconsciousness, dragging his ego back by main will-power from the deep oblivion of drugged slumber.
OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One by one his faculties fought their way past the barrier, until he was fully sentient, save that his memory drowsed.
OrconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Or perhaps it were more true to say that he struggled out of unconsciousness, dragging his ego back by main will-power from the deep oblivion of drugged slumber.
out
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past
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From this reading One by one his faculties fought their way past the barrier, until he was fully sentient, save that his memory drowsed.
perhaps
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remorse
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From this reading THE WAY TO KATHIAPUR Gall and wormwood in his mouth, more bitter than remorse, Amber became conscious.
saveprepositionUS /seɪv/
except for; apart from
From this reading One by one his faculties fought their way past the barrier, until he was fully sentient, save that his memory drowsed.
say
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sentient
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From this reading One by one his faculties fought their way past the barrier, until he was fully sentient, save that his memory drowsed.
slumber
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sockets
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From this reading His head was hot and heavy, his eyes burned in their sockets like balls of live charcoal, a dulled buzzing sounded in his ears, his very heart felt sore and numb; he was as one who wakes from evil dreams to the blackness of foreknown despair.
sore
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From this reading His head was hot and heavy, his eyes burned in their sockets like balls of live charcoal, a dulled buzzing sounded in his ears, his very heart felt sore and numb; he was as one who wakes from evil dreams to the blackness of foreknown despair.
sounded
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From this reading His head was hot and heavy, his eyes burned in their sockets like balls of live charcoal, a dulled buzzing sounded in his ears, his very heart felt sore and numb; he was as one who wakes from evil dreams to the blackness of foreknown despair.
struggled
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From this reading Or perhaps it were more true to say that he struggled out of unconsciousness, dragging his ego back by main will-power from the deep oblivion of drugged slumber.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading THE WAY TO KATHIAPUR Gall and wormwood in his mouth, more bitter than remorse, Amber became conscious.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Or perhaps it were more true to say that he struggled out of unconsciousness, dragging his ego back by main will-power from the deep oblivion of drugged slumber.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE WAY TO KATHIAPUR Gall and wormwood in his mouth, more bitter than remorse, Amber became conscious.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading One by one his faculties fought their way past the barrier, until he was fully sentient, save that his memory drowsed.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He lay for a time without moving.
TOparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE WAY TO KATHIAPUR Gall and wormwood in his mouth, more bitter than remorse, Amber became conscious.
true
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From this reading Or perhaps it were more true to say that he struggled out of unconsciousness, dragging his ego back by main will-power from the deep oblivion of drugged slumber.
unconsciousness
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From this reading Or perhaps it were more true to say that he struggled out of unconsciousness, dragging his ego back by main will-power from the deep oblivion of drugged slumber.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading One by one his faculties fought their way past the barrier, until he was fully sentient, save that his memory drowsed.
very
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From this reading His head was hot and heavy, his eyes burned in their sockets like balls of live charcoal, a dulled buzzing sounded in his ears, his very heart felt sore and numb; he was as one who wakes from evil dreams to the blackness of foreknown despair.
wakes
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From this reading His head was hot and heavy, his eyes burned in their sockets like balls of live charcoal, a dulled buzzing sounded in his ears, his very heart felt sore and numb; he was as one who wakes from evil dreams to the blackness of foreknown despair.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading One by one his faculties fought their way past the barrier, until he was fully sentient, save that his memory drowsed.
WAY
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From this reading THE WAY TO KATHIAPUR Gall and wormwood in his mouth, more bitter than remorse, Amber became conscious.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Or perhaps it were more true to say that he struggled out of unconsciousness, dragging his ego back by main will-power from the deep oblivion of drugged slumber.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading His head was hot and heavy, his eyes burned in their sockets like balls of live charcoal, a dulled buzzing sounded in his ears, his very heart felt sore and numb; he was as one who wakes from evil dreams to the blackness of foreknown despair.
will-power
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From this reading Or perhaps it were more true to say that he struggled out of unconsciousness, dragging his ego back by main will-power from the deep oblivion of drugged slumber.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading He lay for a time without moving.
wormwood
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From this reading THE WAY TO KATHIAPUR Gall and wormwood in his mouth, more bitter than remorse, Amber became conscious.
