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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 There were crickets--I had forgotten about them--and frogs, and a hoot owl, and various such matters, beneath whose influence customarily my consciousness merged into sleep so sweetly that I never knew when I had lost them.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading There were crickets--I had forgotten about them--and frogs, and a hoot owl, and various such matters, beneath whose influence customarily my consciousness merged into sleep so sweetly that I never knew when I had lost them.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading The patch of moonlight from the window moved slowly across the floor.
all
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From this reading The outside silence was softly musical with all the little voices that at Hooper's had so disconcertingly lacked.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I lay in my bunk and cast things up in my mind.
annoy
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From this reading One of the men was snoring, but with regularity, so he did not annoy me.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The outside silence was softly musical with all the little voices that at Hooper's had so disconcertingly lacked.
beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading There were crickets--I had forgotten about them--and frogs, and a hoot owl, and various such matters, beneath whose influence customarily my consciousness merged into sleep so sweetly that I never knew when I had lost them.
bunk
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From this reading I lay in my bunk and cast things up in my mind.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading One of the men was snoring, but with regularity, so he did not annoy me.
cast
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From this reading I lay in my bunk and cast things up in my mind.
consciousness
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From this reading There were crickets--I had forgotten about them--and frogs, and a hoot owl, and various such matters, beneath whose influence customarily my consciousness merged into sleep so sweetly that I never knew when I had lost them.
crickets
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From this reading There were crickets--I had forgotten about them--and frogs, and a hoot owl, and various such matters, beneath whose influence customarily my consciousness merged into sleep so sweetly that I never knew when I had lost them.
customarily
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From this reading There were crickets--I had forgotten about them--and frogs, and a hoot owl, and various such matters, beneath whose influence customarily my consciousness merged into sleep so sweetly that I never knew when I had lost them.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading One of the men was snoring, but with regularity, so he did not annoy me.
disconcertingly
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From this reading The outside silence was softly musical with all the little voices that at Hooper's had so disconcertingly lacked.
floor
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From this reading The patch of moonlight from the window moved slowly across the floor.
forgottenadjectiveUS /fərˈɡɑːt.n̩/
Not remembered; lapsed from memory.
From this reading There were crickets--I had forgotten about them--and frogs, and a hoot owl, and various such matters, beneath whose influence customarily my consciousness merged into sleep so sweetly that I never knew when I had lost them.
frogs
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From this reading There were crickets--I had forgotten about them--and frogs, and a hoot owl, and various such matters, beneath whose influence customarily my consciousness merged into sleep so sweetly that I never knew when I had lost them.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The patch of moonlight from the window moved slowly across the floor.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The outside silence was softly musical with all the little voices that at Hooper's had so disconcertingly lacked.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading One of the men was snoring, but with regularity, so he did not annoy me.
Hooper's
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From this reading The outside silence was softly musical with all the little voices that at Hooper's had so disconcertingly lacked.
hoot
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From this reading There were crickets--I had forgotten about them--and frogs, and a hoot owl, and various such matters, beneath whose influence customarily my consciousness merged into sleep so sweetly that I never knew when I had lost them.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I lay in my bunk and cast things up in my mind.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I lay in my bunk and cast things up in my mind.
influence
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From this reading There were crickets--I had forgotten about them--and frogs, and a hoot owl, and various such matters, beneath whose influence customarily my consciousness merged into sleep so sweetly that I never knew when I had lost them.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading There were crickets--I had forgotten about them--and frogs, and a hoot owl, and various such matters, beneath whose influence customarily my consciousness merged into sleep so sweetly that I never knew when I had lost them.
knew
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From this reading There were crickets--I had forgotten about them--and frogs, and a hoot owl, and various such matters, beneath whose influence customarily my consciousness merged into sleep so sweetly that I never knew when I had lost them.
lacked
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From this reading The outside silence was softly musical with all the little voices that at Hooper's had so disconcertingly lacked.
lay
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From this reading I lay in my bunk and cast things up in my mind.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The outside silence was softly musical with all the little voices that at Hooper's had so disconcertingly lacked.
lost
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From this reading There were crickets--I had forgotten about them--and frogs, and a hoot owl, and various such matters, beneath whose influence customarily my consciousness merged into sleep so sweetly that I never knew when I had lost them.
matters
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From this reading There were crickets--I had forgotten about them--and frogs, and a hoot owl, and various such matters, beneath whose influence customarily my consciousness merged into sleep so sweetly that I never knew when I had lost them.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading One of the men was snoring, but with regularity, so he did not annoy me.
men
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From this reading One of the men was snoring, but with regularity, so he did not annoy me.
merged
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From this reading There were crickets--I had forgotten about them--and frogs, and a hoot owl, and various such matters, beneath whose influence customarily my consciousness merged into sleep so sweetly that I never knew when I had lost them.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I lay in my bunk and cast things up in my mind.
moonlight
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From this reading The patch of moonlight from the window moved slowly across the floor.
moved
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From this reading The patch of moonlight from the window moved slowly across the floor.
musical
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From this reading The outside silence was softly musical with all the little voices that at Hooper's had so disconcertingly lacked.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I lay in my bunk and cast things up in my mind.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There were crickets--I had forgotten about them--and frogs, and a hoot owl, and various such matters, beneath whose influence customarily my consciousness merged into sleep so sweetly that I never knew when I had lost them.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading One of the men was snoring, but with regularity, so he did not annoy me.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The patch of moonlight from the window moved slowly across the floor.
OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One of the men was snoring, but with regularity, so he did not annoy me.
outsidenounUS /ˈoutside/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The outside silence was softly musical with all the little voices that at Hooper's had so disconcertingly lacked.
owl
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From this reading There were crickets--I had forgotten about them--and frogs, and a hoot owl, and various such matters, beneath whose influence customarily my consciousness merged into sleep so sweetly that I never knew when I had lost them.
patch
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From this reading The patch of moonlight from the window moved slowly across the floor.
regularity
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From this reading One of the men was snoring, but with regularity, so he did not annoy me.
silencenounUS /ˈsaɪ.ləns/
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading The outside silence was softly musical with all the little voices that at Hooper's had so disconcertingly lacked.
sleep
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From this reading There were crickets--I had forgotten about them--and frogs, and a hoot owl, and various such matters, beneath whose influence customarily my consciousness merged into sleep so sweetly that I never knew when I had lost them.
slowly
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From this reading The patch of moonlight from the window moved slowly across the floor.
snoring
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From this reading One of the men was snoring, but with regularity, so he did not annoy me.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading One of the men was snoring, but with regularity, so he did not annoy me.
softly
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From this reading The outside silence was softly musical with all the little voices that at Hooper's had so disconcertingly lacked.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading There were crickets--I had forgotten about them--and frogs, and a hoot owl, and various such matters, beneath whose influence customarily my consciousness merged into sleep so sweetly that I never knew when I had lost them.
sweetly
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From this reading There were crickets--I had forgotten about them--and frogs, and a hoot owl, and various such matters, beneath whose influence customarily my consciousness merged into sleep so sweetly that I never knew when I had lost them.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The outside silence was softly musical with all the little voices that at Hooper's had so disconcertingly lacked.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The patch of moonlight from the window moved slowly across the floor.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading There were crickets--I had forgotten about them--and frogs, and a hoot owl, and various such matters, beneath whose influence customarily my consciousness merged into sleep so sweetly that I never knew when I had lost them.
There
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From this reading There were crickets--I had forgotten about them--and frogs, and a hoot owl, and various such matters, beneath whose influence customarily my consciousness merged into sleep so sweetly that I never knew when I had lost them.
things
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From this reading I lay in my bunk and cast things up in my mind.
up
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From this reading I lay in my bunk and cast things up in my mind.
various
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From this reading There were crickets--I had forgotten about them--and frogs, and a hoot owl, and various such matters, beneath whose influence customarily my consciousness merged into sleep so sweetly that I never knew when I had lost them.
voices
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From this reading The outside silence was softly musical with all the little voices that at Hooper's had so disconcertingly lacked.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading One of the men was snoring, but with regularity, so he did not annoy me.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There were crickets--I had forgotten about them--and frogs, and a hoot owl, and various such matters, beneath whose influence customarily my consciousness merged into sleep so sweetly that I never knew when I had lost them.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading There were crickets--I had forgotten about them--and frogs, and a hoot owl, and various such matters, beneath whose influence customarily my consciousness merged into sleep so sweetly that I never knew when I had lost them.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading There were crickets--I had forgotten about them--and frogs, and a hoot owl, and various such matters, beneath whose influence customarily my consciousness merged into sleep so sweetly that I never knew when I had lost them.
window
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From this reading The patch of moonlight from the window moved slowly across the floor.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading One of the men was snoring, but with regularity, so he did not annoy me.
