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acquired
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From this reading And it was this very mastery of the flesh by the spirit which I so acquired that enabled me easily to practise the secret Ed Morrell told to me.
all
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From this reading I learned to suffer passively, as, undoubtedly, all men have learned who have passed through the post-graduate courses of strait-jacketing.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And it was this very mastery of the flesh by the spirit which I so acquired that enabled me easily to practise the secret Ed Morrell told to me.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I learned to suffer passively, as, undoubtedly, all men have learned who have passed through the post-graduate courses of strait-jacketing.
bodynounUS /body/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One thing of great value I learned in the long, pain-weary hours of waking—namely, the mastery of the body by the mind.
brain
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From this reading Oh, it is no easy trick to keep the brain in such serene repose that it is quite oblivious to the throbbing, exquisite complaint of some tortured nerve.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading One thing of great value I learned in the long, pain-weary hours of waking—namely, the mastery of the body by the mind.
complaint
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From this reading Oh, it is no easy trick to keep the brain in such serene repose that it is quite oblivious to the throbbing, exquisite complaint of some tortured nerve.
courses
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curtains
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From this reading “Think it is curtains?”
easily
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easy
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Ed
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From this reading And it was this very mastery of the flesh by the spirit which I so acquired that enabled me easily to practise the secret Ed Morrell told to me.
enabled
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From this reading And it was this very mastery of the flesh by the spirit which I so acquired that enabled me easily to practise the secret Ed Morrell told to me.
exquisite
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From this reading Oh, it is no easy trick to keep the brain in such serene repose that it is quite oblivious to the throbbing, exquisite complaint of some tortured nerve.
flesh
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From this reading And it was this very mastery of the flesh by the spirit which I so acquired that enabled me easily to practise the secret Ed Morrell told to me.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One thing of great value I learned in the long, pain-weary hours of waking—namely, the mastery of the body by the mind.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I learned to suffer passively, as, undoubtedly, all men have learned who have passed through the post-graduate courses of strait-jacketing.
hours
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From this reading One thing of great value I learned in the long, pain-weary hours of waking—namely, the mastery of the body by the mind.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading One thing of great value I learned in the long, pain-weary hours of waking—namely, the mastery of the body by the mind.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading One thing of great value I learned in the long, pain-weary hours of waking—namely, the mastery of the body by the mind.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Oh, it is no easy trick to keep the brain in such serene repose that it is quite oblivious to the throbbing, exquisite complaint of some tortured nerve.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Oh, it is no easy trick to keep the brain in such serene repose that it is quite oblivious to the throbbing, exquisite complaint of some tortured nerve.
keep
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From this reading Oh, it is no easy trick to keep the brain in such serene repose that it is quite oblivious to the throbbing, exquisite complaint of some tortured nerve.
learned
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From this reading One thing of great value I learned in the long, pain-weary hours of waking—namely, the mastery of the body by the mind.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One thing of great value I learned in the long, pain-weary hours of waking—namely, the mastery of the body by the mind.
mastery
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From this reading One thing of great value I learned in the long, pain-weary hours of waking—namely, the mastery of the body by the mind.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading And it was this very mastery of the flesh by the spirit which I so acquired that enabled me easily to practise the secret Ed Morrell told to me.
men
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From this reading I learned to suffer passively, as, undoubtedly, all men have learned who have passed through the post-graduate courses of strait-jacketing.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One thing of great value I learned in the long, pain-weary hours of waking—namely, the mastery of the body by the mind.
Morrell
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From this reading And it was this very mastery of the flesh by the spirit which I so acquired that enabled me easily to practise the secret Ed Morrell told to me.
namely
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From this reading One thing of great value I learned in the long, pain-weary hours of waking—namely, the mastery of the body by the mind.
nerve
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From this reading Oh, it is no easy trick to keep the brain in such serene repose that it is quite oblivious to the throbbing, exquisite complaint of some tortured nerve.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Oh, it is no easy trick to keep the brain in such serene repose that it is quite oblivious to the throbbing, exquisite complaint of some tortured nerve.
oblivious
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From this reading Oh, it is no easy trick to keep the brain in such serene repose that it is quite oblivious to the throbbing, exquisite complaint of some tortured nerve.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading One thing of great value I learned in the long, pain-weary hours of waking—namely, the mastery of the body by the mind.
Oh
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From this reading Oh, it is no easy trick to keep the brain in such serene repose that it is quite oblivious to the throbbing, exquisite complaint of some tortured nerve.
OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One thing of great value I learned in the long, pain-weary hours of waking—namely, the mastery of the body by the mind.
pain-weary
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From this reading One thing of great value I learned in the long, pain-weary hours of waking—namely, the mastery of the body by the mind.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I learned to suffer passively, as, undoubtedly, all men have learned who have passed through the post-graduate courses of strait-jacketing.
passively
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From this reading I learned to suffer passively, as, undoubtedly, all men have learned who have passed through the post-graduate courses of strait-jacketing.
post-graduate
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From this reading I learned to suffer passively, as, undoubtedly, all men have learned who have passed through the post-graduate courses of strait-jacketing.
practise
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From this reading And it was this very mastery of the flesh by the spirit which I so acquired that enabled me easily to practise the secret Ed Morrell told to me.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Oh, it is no easy trick to keep the brain in such serene repose that it is quite oblivious to the throbbing, exquisite complaint of some tortured nerve.
repose
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From this reading Oh, it is no easy trick to keep the brain in such serene repose that it is quite oblivious to the throbbing, exquisite complaint of some tortured nerve.
secretnounUS /ˈsiː.krət/
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading And it was this very mastery of the flesh by the spirit which I so acquired that enabled me easily to practise the secret Ed Morrell told to me.
serene
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From this reading Oh, it is no easy trick to keep the brain in such serene repose that it is quite oblivious to the throbbing, exquisite complaint of some tortured nerve.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading And it was this very mastery of the flesh by the spirit which I so acquired that enabled me easily to practise the secret Ed Morrell told to me.
some
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From this reading Oh, it is no easy trick to keep the brain in such serene repose that it is quite oblivious to the throbbing, exquisite complaint of some tortured nerve.
spirit
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From this reading And it was this very mastery of the flesh by the spirit which I so acquired that enabled me easily to practise the secret Ed Morrell told to me.
strait-jacketing
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From this reading I learned to suffer passively, as, undoubtedly, all men have learned who have passed through the post-graduate courses of strait-jacketing.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Oh, it is no easy trick to keep the brain in such serene repose that it is quite oblivious to the throbbing, exquisite complaint of some tortured nerve.
suffer
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From this reading I learned to suffer passively, as, undoubtedly, all men have learned who have passed through the post-graduate courses of strait-jacketing.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Oh, it is no easy trick to keep the brain in such serene repose that it is quite oblivious to the throbbing, exquisite complaint of some tortured nerve.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading One thing of great value I learned in the long, pain-weary hours of waking—namely, the mastery of the body by the mind.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One thing of great value I learned in the long, pain-weary hours of waking—namely, the mastery of the body by the mind.
ThinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Think it is curtains?”
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading And it was this very mastery of the flesh by the spirit which I so acquired that enabled me easily to practise the secret Ed Morrell told to me.
throbbing
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From this reading Oh, it is no easy trick to keep the brain in such serene repose that it is quite oblivious to the throbbing, exquisite complaint of some tortured nerve.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I learned to suffer passively, as, undoubtedly, all men have learned who have passed through the post-graduate courses of strait-jacketing.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I learned to suffer passively, as, undoubtedly, all men have learned who have passed through the post-graduate courses of strait-jacketing.
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And it was this very mastery of the flesh by the spirit which I so acquired that enabled me easily to practise the secret Ed Morrell told to me.
tortured
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From this reading Oh, it is no easy trick to keep the brain in such serene repose that it is quite oblivious to the throbbing, exquisite complaint of some tortured nerve.
trick
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From this reading Oh, it is no easy trick to keep the brain in such serene repose that it is quite oblivious to the throbbing, exquisite complaint of some tortured nerve.
undoubtedly
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From this reading I learned to suffer passively, as, undoubtedly, all men have learned who have passed through the post-graduate courses of strait-jacketing.
value
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From this reading One thing of great value I learned in the long, pain-weary hours of waking—namely, the mastery of the body by the mind.
very
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From this reading And it was this very mastery of the flesh by the spirit which I so acquired that enabled me easily to practise the secret Ed Morrell told to me.
wakingadjectiveUS /ˈweɪ.kɪŋ/
Risen from sleep; conscious.
From this reading One thing of great value I learned in the long, pain-weary hours of waking—namely, the mastery of the body by the mind.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And it was this very mastery of the flesh by the spirit which I so acquired that enabled me easily to practise the secret Ed Morrell told to me.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading And it was this very mastery of the flesh by the spirit which I so acquired that enabled me easily to practise the secret Ed Morrell told to me.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading I learned to suffer passively, as, undoubtedly, all men have learned who have passed through the post-graduate courses of strait-jacketing.
