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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 A cataleptic trance is a cataleptic trance, no matter how induced.
able
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From this reading From time immemorial the fakir of India has been able voluntarily to induce such states in himself.
alive
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From this reading It is an old trick of the fakirs to have themselves buried alive.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Suspended animation is nothing new, not alone in the vegetable world and in the lower forms of animal life, but in the highly evolved, complex organism of man himself.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading It is an old trick of the fakirs to have themselves buried alive.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Suspended animation is nothing new, not alone in the vegetable world and in the lower forms of animal life, but in the highly evolved, complex organism of man himself.
animal
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From this reading Suspended animation is nothing new, not alone in the vegetable world and in the lower forms of animal life, but in the highly evolved, complex organism of man himself.
animation
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From this reading Suspended animation is nothing new, not alone in the vegetable world and in the lower forms of animal life, but in the highly evolved, complex organism of man himself.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading From time immemorial the fakir of India has been able voluntarily to induce such states in himself.
buried
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From this reading It is an old trick of the fakirs to have themselves buried alive.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Suspended animation is nothing new, not alone in the vegetable world and in the lower forms of animal life, but in the highly evolved, complex organism of man himself.
cataleptic
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From this reading A cataleptic trance is a cataleptic trance, no matter how induced.
complex
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From this reading Suspended animation is nothing new, not alone in the vegetable world and in the lower forms of animal life, but in the highly evolved, complex organism of man himself.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Other men, in similar trances, have misled the physicians, who pronounced them dead and gave the orders that put them alive under the ground.
evolved
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From this reading Suspended animation is nothing new, not alone in the vegetable world and in the lower forms of animal life, but in the highly evolved, complex organism of man himself.
fakir
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From this reading From time immemorial the fakir of India has been able voluntarily to induce such states in himself.
fakirs
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From this reading It is an old trick of the fakirs to have themselves buried alive.
forms
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From this reading Suspended animation is nothing new, not alone in the vegetable world and in the lower forms of animal life, but in the highly evolved, complex organism of man himself.
FromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading From time immemorial the fakir of India has been able voluntarily to induce such states in himself.
gave
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From this reading Other men, in similar trances, have misled the physicians, who pronounced them dead and gave the orders that put them alive under the ground.
ground
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From this reading Other men, in similar trances, have misled the physicians, who pronounced them dead and gave the orders that put them alive under the ground.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading From time immemorial the fakir of India has been able voluntarily to induce such states in himself.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading It is an old trick of the fakirs to have themselves buried alive.
highly
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From this reading Suspended animation is nothing new, not alone in the vegetable world and in the lower forms of animal life, but in the highly evolved, complex organism of man himself.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Suspended animation is nothing new, not alone in the vegetable world and in the lower forms of animal life, but in the highly evolved, complex organism of man himself.
how
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From this reading A cataleptic trance is a cataleptic trance, no matter how induced.
immemorial
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From this reading From time immemorial the fakir of India has been able voluntarily to induce such states in himself.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Suspended animation is nothing new, not alone in the vegetable world and in the lower forms of animal life, but in the highly evolved, complex organism of man himself.
India
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From this reading From time immemorial the fakir of India has been able voluntarily to induce such states in himself.
induce
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From this reading From time immemorial the fakir of India has been able voluntarily to induce such states in himself.
induced
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From this reading A cataleptic trance is a cataleptic trance, no matter how induced.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Suspended animation is nothing new, not alone in the vegetable world and in the lower forms of animal life, but in the highly evolved, complex organism of man himself.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is an old trick of the fakirs to have themselves buried alive.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Suspended animation is nothing new, not alone in the vegetable world and in the lower forms of animal life, but in the highly evolved, complex organism of man himself.
lower
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From this reading Suspended animation is nothing new, not alone in the vegetable world and in the lower forms of animal life, but in the highly evolved, complex organism of man himself.
man
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From this reading Suspended animation is nothing new, not alone in the vegetable world and in the lower forms of animal life, but in the highly evolved, complex organism of man himself.
matter
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From this reading A cataleptic trance is a cataleptic trance, no matter how induced.
men
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From this reading Other men, in similar trances, have misled the physicians, who pronounced them dead and gave the orders that put them alive under the ground.
misled
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From this reading Other men, in similar trances, have misled the physicians, who pronounced them dead and gave the orders that put them alive under the ground.
new
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From this reading Suspended animation is nothing new, not alone in the vegetable world and in the lower forms of animal life, but in the highly evolved, complex organism of man himself.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading A cataleptic trance is a cataleptic trance, no matter how induced.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Suspended animation is nothing new, not alone in the vegetable world and in the lower forms of animal life, but in the highly evolved, complex organism of man himself.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Suspended animation is nothing new, not alone in the vegetable world and in the lower forms of animal life, but in the highly evolved, complex organism of man himself.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Suspended animation is nothing new, not alone in the vegetable world and in the lower forms of animal life, but in the highly evolved, complex organism of man himself.
old
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From this reading It is an old trick of the fakirs to have themselves buried alive.
orders
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From this reading Other men, in similar trances, have misled the physicians, who pronounced them dead and gave the orders that put them alive under the ground.
organism
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From this reading Suspended animation is nothing new, not alone in the vegetable world and in the lower forms of animal life, but in the highly evolved, complex organism of man himself.
Other
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From this reading Other men, in similar trances, have misled the physicians, who pronounced them dead and gave the orders that put them alive under the ground.
physicians
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From this reading Other men, in similar trances, have misled the physicians, who pronounced them dead and gave the orders that put them alive under the ground.
pronounced
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From this reading Other men, in similar trances, have misled the physicians, who pronounced them dead and gave the orders that put them alive under the ground.
put
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From this reading Other men, in similar trances, have misled the physicians, who pronounced them dead and gave the orders that put them alive under the ground.
similar
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From this reading Other men, in similar trances, have misled the physicians, who pronounced them dead and gave the orders that put them alive under the ground.
states
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From this reading From time immemorial the fakir of India has been able voluntarily to induce such states in himself.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading From time immemorial the fakir of India has been able voluntarily to induce such states in himself.
Suspended
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From this reading Suspended animation is nothing new, not alone in the vegetable world and in the lower forms of animal life, but in the highly evolved, complex organism of man himself.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Other men, in similar trances, have misled the physicians, who pronounced them dead and gave the orders that put them alive under the ground.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Suspended animation is nothing new, not alone in the vegetable world and in the lower forms of animal life, but in the highly evolved, complex organism of man himself.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Other men, in similar trances, have misled the physicians, who pronounced them dead and gave the orders that put them alive under the ground.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading It is an old trick of the fakirs to have themselves buried alive.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading From time immemorial the fakir of India has been able voluntarily to induce such states in himself.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading From time immemorial the fakir of India has been able voluntarily to induce such states in himself.
trance
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From this reading A cataleptic trance is a cataleptic trance, no matter how induced.
trances
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From this reading Other men, in similar trances, have misled the physicians, who pronounced them dead and gave the orders that put them alive under the ground.
trick
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From this reading It is an old trick of the fakirs to have themselves buried alive.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Other men, in similar trances, have misled the physicians, who pronounced them dead and gave the orders that put them alive under the ground.
vegetable
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From this reading Suspended animation is nothing new, not alone in the vegetable world and in the lower forms of animal life, but in the highly evolved, complex organism of man himself.
voluntarily
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From this reading From time immemorial the fakir of India has been able voluntarily to induce such states in himself.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Other men, in similar trances, have misled the physicians, who pronounced them dead and gave the orders that put them alive under the ground.
world
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From this reading Suspended animation is nothing new, not alone in the vegetable world and in the lower forms of animal life, but in the highly evolved, complex organism of man himself.
