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Chapter IX
MULDOON The sun woke Wint in the morning; and the awakening was cruel. Level, white-hot rays burned through his eyelids as though they would char to cinders his aching eyes. He threw his arm fretfully across his face to keep off the glare and lay quietly on the shabby bed, groping back into the night and into the hours of the preceding day in a terrible effort to remember. There was no more drunkenness in him. The shock of what they had told him had banished that.
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from one side of something to the other
From this reading “He threw his arm fretfully across his face to keep off the glare and lay quietly on the shabby bed, groping back into the night and into the hours of the preceding day in a terrible effort to remember.”
causing pain or showing no kindness
From this reading “MULDOON The sun woke Wint in the morning; and the awakening was cruel.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He threw his arm fretfully across his face to keep off the glare and lay quietly on the shabby bed, groping back into the night and into the hours of the preceding day in a terrible effort to remember.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “MULDOON The sun woke Wint in the morning; and the awakening was cruel.”
To recall to mind.
From this reading “He threw his arm fretfully across his face to keep off the glare and lay quietly on the shabby bed, groping back into the night and into the hours of the preceding day in a terrible effort to remember.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “He threw his arm fretfully across his face to keep off the glare and lay quietly on the shabby bed, groping back into the night and into the hours of the preceding day in a terrible effort to remember.”
in spite of the fact that
From this reading “Level, white-hot rays burned through his eyelids as though they would char to cinders his aching eyes.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Level, white-hot rays burned through his eyelids as though they would char to cinders his aching eyes.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The shock of what they had told him had banished that.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Level, white-hot rays burned through his eyelids as though they would char to cinders his aching eyes.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading He threw his arm fretfully across his face to keep off the glare and lay quietly on the shabby bed, groping back into the night and into the hours of the preceding day in a terrible effort to remember.
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From this reading Level, white-hot rays burned through his eyelids as though they would char to cinders his aching eyes.
from one side of something to the other
From this reading He threw his arm fretfully across his face to keep off the glare and lay quietly on the shabby bed, groping back into the night and into the hours of the preceding day in a terrible effort to remember.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading MULDOON The sun woke Wint in the morning; and the awakening was cruel.
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From this reading He threw his arm fretfully across his face to keep off the glare and lay quietly on the shabby bed, groping back into the night and into the hours of the preceding day in a terrible effort to remember.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Level, white-hot rays burned through his eyelids as though they would char to cinders his aching eyes.
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From this reading MULDOON The sun woke Wint in the morning; and the awakening was cruel.
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From this reading He threw his arm fretfully across his face to keep off the glare and lay quietly on the shabby bed, groping back into the night and into the hours of the preceding day in a terrible effort to remember.
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From this reading The shock of what they had told him had banished that.
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From this reading He threw his arm fretfully across his face to keep off the glare and lay quietly on the shabby bed, groping back into the night and into the hours of the preceding day in a terrible effort to remember.
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From this reading Level, white-hot rays burned through his eyelids as though they would char to cinders his aching eyes.
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From this reading Level, white-hot rays burned through his eyelids as though they would char to cinders his aching eyes.
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From this reading Level, white-hot rays burned through his eyelids as though they would char to cinders his aching eyes.
causing pain or showing no kindness
From this reading MULDOON The sun woke Wint in the morning; and the awakening was cruel.
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From this reading He threw his arm fretfully across his face to keep off the glare and lay quietly on the shabby bed, groping back into the night and into the hours of the preceding day in a terrible effort to remember.
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From this reading There was no more drunkenness in him.
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From this reading He threw his arm fretfully across his face to keep off the glare and lay quietly on the shabby bed, groping back into the night and into the hours of the preceding day in a terrible effort to remember.
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From this reading Level, white-hot rays burned through his eyelids as though they would char to cinders his aching eyes.
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From this reading Level, white-hot rays burned through his eyelids as though they would char to cinders his aching eyes.
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From this reading He threw his arm fretfully across his face to keep off the glare and lay quietly on the shabby bed, groping back into the night and into the hours of the preceding day in a terrible effort to remember.
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From this reading He threw his arm fretfully across his face to keep off the glare and lay quietly on the shabby bed, groping back into the night and into the hours of the preceding day in a terrible effort to remember.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He threw his arm fretfully across his face to keep off the glare and lay quietly on the shabby bed, groping back into the night and into the hours of the preceding day in a terrible effort to remember.
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From this reading He threw his arm fretfully across his face to keep off the glare and lay quietly on the shabby bed, groping back into the night and into the hours of the preceding day in a terrible effort to remember.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The shock of what they had told him had banished that.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He threw his arm fretfully across his face to keep off the glare and lay quietly on the shabby bed, groping back into the night and into the hours of the preceding day in a terrible effort to remember.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading There was no more drunkenness in him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Level, white-hot rays burned through his eyelids as though they would char to cinders his aching eyes.
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From this reading He threw his arm fretfully across his face to keep off the glare and lay quietly on the shabby bed, groping back into the night and into the hours of the preceding day in a terrible effort to remember.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading MULDOON The sun woke Wint in the morning; and the awakening was cruel.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading He threw his arm fretfully across his face to keep off the glare and lay quietly on the shabby bed, groping back into the night and into the hours of the preceding day in a terrible effort to remember.
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From this reading He threw his arm fretfully across his face to keep off the glare and lay quietly on the shabby bed, groping back into the night and into the hours of the preceding day in a terrible effort to remember.
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From this reading He threw his arm fretfully across his face to keep off the glare and lay quietly on the shabby bed, groping back into the night and into the hours of the preceding day in a terrible effort to remember.
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From this reading Level, white-hot rays burned through his eyelids as though they would char to cinders his aching eyes.
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From this reading There was no more drunkenness in him.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading MULDOON The sun woke Wint in the morning; and the awakening was cruel.
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From this reading MULDOON The sun woke Wint in the morning; and the awakening was cruel.
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From this reading He threw his arm fretfully across his face to keep off the glare and lay quietly on the shabby bed, groping back into the night and into the hours of the preceding day in a terrible effort to remember.
not any; not one
From this reading There was no more drunkenness in him.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He threw his arm fretfully across his face to keep off the glare and lay quietly on the shabby bed, groping back into the night and into the hours of the preceding day in a terrible effort to remember.
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From this reading He threw his arm fretfully across his face to keep off the glare and lay quietly on the shabby bed, groping back into the night and into the hours of the preceding day in a terrible effort to remember.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He threw his arm fretfully across his face to keep off the glare and lay quietly on the shabby bed, groping back into the night and into the hours of the preceding day in a terrible effort to remember.
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From this reading He threw his arm fretfully across his face to keep off the glare and lay quietly on the shabby bed, groping back into the night and into the hours of the preceding day in a terrible effort to remember.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He threw his arm fretfully across his face to keep off the glare and lay quietly on the shabby bed, groping back into the night and into the hours of the preceding day in a terrible effort to remember.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Level, white-hot rays burned through his eyelids as though they would char to cinders his aching eyes.
To recall to mind.
From this reading He threw his arm fretfully across his face to keep off the glare and lay quietly on the shabby bed, groping back into the night and into the hours of the preceding day in a terrible effort to remember.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He threw his arm fretfully across his face to keep off the glare and lay quietly on the shabby bed, groping back into the night and into the hours of the preceding day in a terrible effort to remember.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The shock of what they had told him had banished that.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MULDOON The sun woke Wint in the morning; and the awakening was cruel.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He threw his arm fretfully across his face to keep off the glare and lay quietly on the shabby bed, groping back into the night and into the hours of the preceding day in a terrible effort to remember.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The shock of what they had told him had banished that.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading MULDOON The sun woke Wint in the morning; and the awakening was cruel.
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From this reading There was no more drunkenness in him.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Level, white-hot rays burned through his eyelids as though they would char to cinders his aching eyes.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Level, white-hot rays burned through his eyelids as though they would char to cinders his aching eyes.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He threw his arm fretfully across his face to keep off the glare and lay quietly on the shabby bed, groping back into the night and into the hours of the preceding day in a terrible effort to remember.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Level, white-hot rays burned through his eyelids as though they would char to cinders his aching eyes.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Level, white-hot rays burned through his eyelids as though they would char to cinders his aching eyes.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The shock of what they had told him had banished that.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading MULDOON The sun woke Wint in the morning; and the awakening was cruel.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading The shock of what they had told him had banished that.
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From this reading Level, white-hot rays burned through his eyelids as though they would char to cinders his aching eyes.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MULDOON The sun woke Wint in the morning; and the awakening was cruel.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MULDOON The sun woke Wint in the morning; and the awakening was cruel.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Level, white-hot rays burned through his eyelids as though they would char to cinders his aching eyes.
