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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 What he next knew was a fire of agony that wrapped his whole body and consciousness flashed back on him.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading Strong arms lifted him up, up; above him he sensed the eyes of his torturer, dim in moonlight, and he beat his clubbed left fist into that face.
AfterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading After that he knew he was being dragged onto a saddle, but a wave of pain rushed up his side and numbed his brain.
agonynounUS /ˈæɡ.ə.ni/
Extreme physical or mental suffering; intense anguish.
From this reading What he next knew was a fire of agony that wrapped his whole body and consciousness flashed back on him.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading What he next knew was a fire of agony that wrapped his whole body and consciousness flashed back on him.
arms
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From this reading Strong arms lifted him up, up; above him he sensed the eyes of his torturer, dim in moonlight, and he beat his clubbed left fist into that face.
back
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From this reading What he next knew was a fire of agony that wrapped his whole body and consciousness flashed back on him.
beat
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From this reading Strong arms lifted him up, up; above him he sensed the eyes of his torturer, dim in moonlight, and he beat his clubbed left fist into that face.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading After that he knew he was being dragged onto a saddle, but a wave of pain rushed up his side and numbed his brain.
bodynounUS /body/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading What he next knew was a fire of agony that wrapped his whole body and consciousness flashed back on him.
brain
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From this reading After that he knew he was being dragged onto a saddle, but a wave of pain rushed up his side and numbed his brain.
breast
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From this reading Once he felt a steel cable that girdled his waist and breast and held him erect, though his head flopped back and forth; once his eyes opened and above him glittered the bright field of stars towards which he drifted through space, a mind without a body; once a stab of torment wakened him enough to hear: “Easy Satan; watch them stones.
bright
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From this reading Once he felt a steel cable that girdled his waist and breast and held him erect, though his head flopped back and forth; once his eyes opened and above him glittered the bright field of stars towards which he drifted through space, a mind without a body; once a stab of torment wakened him enough to hear: “Easy Satan; watch them stones.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading After that he knew he was being dragged onto a saddle, but a wave of pain rushed up his side and numbed his brain.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Thereafter his senses returned by fits and starts, vaguely.
cable
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From this reading Once he felt a steel cable that girdled his waist and breast and held him erect, though his head flopped back and forth; once his eyes opened and above him glittered the bright field of stars towards which he drifted through space, a mind without a body; once a stab of torment wakened him enough to hear: “Easy Satan; watch them stones.
clubbed
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From this reading Strong arms lifted him up, up; above him he sensed the eyes of his torturer, dim in moonlight, and he beat his clubbed left fist into that face.
consciousness
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From this reading What he next knew was a fire of agony that wrapped his whole body and consciousness flashed back on him.
dim
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From this reading Strong arms lifted him up, up; above him he sensed the eyes of his torturer, dim in moonlight, and he beat his clubbed left fist into that face.
dragged
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From this reading After that he knew he was being dragged onto a saddle, but a wave of pain rushed up his side and numbed his brain.
drifted
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From this reading Once he felt a steel cable that girdled his waist and breast and held him erect, though his head flopped back and forth; once his eyes opened and above him glittered the bright field of stars towards which he drifted through space, a mind without a body; once a stab of torment wakened him enough to hear: “Easy Satan; watch them stones.
Easy
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From this reading Once he felt a steel cable that girdled his waist and breast and held him erect, though his head flopped back and forth; once his eyes opened and above him glittered the bright field of stars towards which he drifted through space, a mind without a body; once a stab of torment wakened him enough to hear: “Easy Satan; watch them stones.
enough
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From this reading Once he felt a steel cable that girdled his waist and breast and held him erect, though his head flopped back and forth; once his eyes opened and above him glittered the bright field of stars towards which he drifted through space, a mind without a body; once a stab of torment wakened him enough to hear: “Easy Satan; watch them stones.
erect
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From this reading Once he felt a steel cable that girdled his waist and breast and held him erect, though his head flopped back and forth; once his eyes opened and above him glittered the bright field of stars towards which he drifted through space, a mind without a body; once a stab of torment wakened him enough to hear: “Easy Satan; watch them stones.
eyes
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From this reading Strong arms lifted him up, up; above him he sensed the eyes of his torturer, dim in moonlight, and he beat his clubbed left fist into that face.
face
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From this reading Strong arms lifted him up, up; above him he sensed the eyes of his torturer, dim in moonlight, and he beat his clubbed left fist into that face.
felt
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From this reading Once he felt a steel cable that girdled his waist and breast and held him erect, though his head flopped back and forth; once his eyes opened and above him glittered the bright field of stars towards which he drifted through space, a mind without a body; once a stab of torment wakened him enough to hear: “Easy Satan; watch them stones.
field
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From this reading Once he felt a steel cable that girdled his waist and breast and held him erect, though his head flopped back and forth; once his eyes opened and above him glittered the bright field of stars towards which he drifted through space, a mind without a body; once a stab of torment wakened him enough to hear: “Easy Satan; watch them stones.
fire
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From this reading What he next knew was a fire of agony that wrapped his whole body and consciousness flashed back on him.
fist
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From this reading Strong arms lifted him up, up; above him he sensed the eyes of his torturer, dim in moonlight, and he beat his clubbed left fist into that face.
fits
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From this reading Thereafter his senses returned by fits and starts, vaguely.
flashed
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From this reading What he next knew was a fire of agony that wrapped his whole body and consciousness flashed back on him.
flopped
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From this reading Once he felt a steel cable that girdled his waist and breast and held him erect, though his head flopped back and forth; once his eyes opened and above him glittered the bright field of stars towards which he drifted through space, a mind without a body; once a stab of torment wakened him enough to hear: “Easy Satan; watch them stones.
forth
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From this reading Once he felt a steel cable that girdled his waist and breast and held him erect, though his head flopped back and forth; once his eyes opened and above him glittered the bright field of stars towards which he drifted through space, a mind without a body; once a stab of torment wakened him enough to hear: “Easy Satan; watch them stones.
girdled
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From this reading Once he felt a steel cable that girdled his waist and breast and held him erect, though his head flopped back and forth; once his eyes opened and above him glittered the bright field of stars towards which he drifted through space, a mind without a body; once a stab of torment wakened him enough to hear: “Easy Satan; watch them stones.
glittered
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From this reading Once he felt a steel cable that girdled his waist and breast and held him erect, though his head flopped back and forth; once his eyes opened and above him glittered the bright field of stars towards which he drifted through space, a mind without a body; once a stab of torment wakened him enough to hear: “Easy Satan; watch them stones.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading What he next knew was a fire of agony that wrapped his whole body and consciousness flashed back on him.
head
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From this reading Once he felt a steel cable that girdled his waist and breast and held him erect, though his head flopped back and forth; once his eyes opened and above him glittered the bright field of stars towards which he drifted through space, a mind without a body; once a stab of torment wakened him enough to hear: “Easy Satan; watch them stones.
hearnounUS /hear/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Once he felt a steel cable that girdled his waist and breast and held him erect, though his head flopped back and forth; once his eyes opened and above him glittered the bright field of stars towards which he drifted through space, a mind without a body; once a stab of torment wakened him enough to hear: “Easy Satan; watch them stones.
held
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From this reading Once he felt a steel cable that girdled his waist and breast and held him erect, though his head flopped back and forth; once his eyes opened and above him glittered the bright field of stars towards which he drifted through space, a mind without a body; once a stab of torment wakened him enough to hear: “Easy Satan; watch them stones.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading What he next knew was a fire of agony that wrapped his whole body and consciousness flashed back on him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading What he next knew was a fire of agony that wrapped his whole body and consciousness flashed back on him.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Strong arms lifted him up, up; above him he sensed the eyes of his torturer, dim in moonlight, and he beat his clubbed left fist into that face.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Strong arms lifted him up, up; above him he sensed the eyes of his torturer, dim in moonlight, and he beat his clubbed left fist into that face.
knew
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From this reading What he next knew was a fire of agony that wrapped his whole body and consciousness flashed back on him.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Strong arms lifted him up, up; above him he sensed the eyes of his torturer, dim in moonlight, and he beat his clubbed left fist into that face.
lifted
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From this reading Strong arms lifted him up, up; above him he sensed the eyes of his torturer, dim in moonlight, and he beat his clubbed left fist into that face.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Once he felt a steel cable that girdled his waist and breast and held him erect, though his head flopped back and forth; once his eyes opened and above him glittered the bright field of stars towards which he drifted through space, a mind without a body; once a stab of torment wakened him enough to hear: “Easy Satan; watch them stones.
moonlight
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From this reading Strong arms lifted him up, up; above him he sensed the eyes of his torturer, dim in moonlight, and he beat his clubbed left fist into that face.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading What he next knew was a fire of agony that wrapped his whole body and consciousness flashed back on him.
numbed
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From this reading After that he knew he was being dragged onto a saddle, but a wave of pain rushed up his side and numbed his brain.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading What he next knew was a fire of agony that wrapped his whole body and consciousness flashed back on him.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading What he next knew was a fire of agony that wrapped his whole body and consciousness flashed back on him.
Once
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From this reading Once he felt a steel cable that girdled his waist and breast and held him erect, though his head flopped back and forth; once his eyes opened and above him glittered the bright field of stars towards which he drifted through space, a mind without a body; once a stab of torment wakened him enough to hear: “Easy Satan; watch them stones.
ontoprepositionUS /ˈɑːntuː/
moving to a position on a surface
From this reading After that he knew he was being dragged onto a saddle, but a wave of pain rushed up his side and numbed his brain.
opened
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From this reading Once he felt a steel cable that girdled his waist and breast and held him erect, though his head flopped back and forth; once his eyes opened and above him glittered the bright field of stars towards which he drifted through space, a mind without a body; once a stab of torment wakened him enough to hear: “Easy Satan; watch them stones.
pain
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From this reading After that he knew he was being dragged onto a saddle, but a wave of pain rushed up his side and numbed his brain.
returnednounUS /ˈreturned/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Thereafter his senses returned by fits and starts, vaguely.
rushed
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From this reading After that he knew he was being dragged onto a saddle, but a wave of pain rushed up his side and numbed his brain.
saddle
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From this reading After that he knew he was being dragged onto a saddle, but a wave of pain rushed up his side and numbed his brain.
Satan
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From this reading Once he felt a steel cable that girdled his waist and breast and held him erect, though his head flopped back and forth; once his eyes opened and above him glittered the bright field of stars towards which he drifted through space, a mind without a body; once a stab of torment wakened him enough to hear: “Easy Satan; watch them stones.
sensed
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From this reading Strong arms lifted him up, up; above him he sensed the eyes of his torturer, dim in moonlight, and he beat his clubbed left fist into that face.
sensesplural nounUS /ˈsɛnsɪz/
powers of perception and awareness
From this reading Thereafter his senses returned by fits and starts, vaguely.
side
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From this reading After that he knew he was being dragged onto a saddle, but a wave of pain rushed up his side and numbed his brain.
space
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From this reading Once he felt a steel cable that girdled his waist and breast and held him erect, though his head flopped back and forth; once his eyes opened and above him glittered the bright field of stars towards which he drifted through space, a mind without a body; once a stab of torment wakened him enough to hear: “Easy Satan; watch them stones.
stab
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From this reading Once he felt a steel cable that girdled his waist and breast and held him erect, though his head flopped back and forth; once his eyes opened and above him glittered the bright field of stars towards which he drifted through space, a mind without a body; once a stab of torment wakened him enough to hear: “Easy Satan; watch them stones.
stars
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From this reading Once he felt a steel cable that girdled his waist and breast and held him erect, though his head flopped back and forth; once his eyes opened and above him glittered the bright field of stars towards which he drifted through space, a mind without a body; once a stab of torment wakened him enough to hear: “Easy Satan; watch them stones.
starts
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From this reading Thereafter his senses returned by fits and starts, vaguely.
steel
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From this reading Once he felt a steel cable that girdled his waist and breast and held him erect, though his head flopped back and forth; once his eyes opened and above him glittered the bright field of stars towards which he drifted through space, a mind without a body; once a stab of torment wakened him enough to hear: “Easy Satan; watch them stones.
stones
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From this reading Once he felt a steel cable that girdled his waist and breast and held him erect, though his head flopped back and forth; once his eyes opened and above him glittered the bright field of stars towards which he drifted through space, a mind without a body; once a stab of torment wakened him enough to hear: “Easy Satan; watch them stones.
Strong
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From this reading Strong arms lifted him up, up; above him he sensed the eyes of his torturer, dim in moonlight, and he beat his clubbed left fist into that face.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading What he next knew was a fire of agony that wrapped his whole body and consciousness flashed back on him.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Strong arms lifted him up, up; above him he sensed the eyes of his torturer, dim in moonlight, and he beat his clubbed left fist into that face.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Once he felt a steel cable that girdled his waist and breast and held him erect, though his head flopped back and forth; once his eyes opened and above him glittered the bright field of stars towards which he drifted through space, a mind without a body; once a stab of torment wakened him enough to hear: “Easy Satan; watch them stones.
Thereafter
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From this reading Thereafter his senses returned by fits and starts, vaguely.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Once he felt a steel cable that girdled his waist and breast and held him erect, though his head flopped back and forth; once his eyes opened and above him glittered the bright field of stars towards which he drifted through space, a mind without a body; once a stab of torment wakened him enough to hear: “Easy Satan; watch them stones.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Once he felt a steel cable that girdled his waist and breast and held him erect, though his head flopped back and forth; once his eyes opened and above him glittered the bright field of stars towards which he drifted through space, a mind without a body; once a stab of torment wakened him enough to hear: “Easy Satan; watch them stones.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Once he felt a steel cable that girdled his waist and breast and held him erect, though his head flopped back and forth; once his eyes opened and above him glittered the bright field of stars towards which he drifted through space, a mind without a body; once a stab of torment wakened him enough to hear: “Easy Satan; watch them stones.
torment
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From this reading Once he felt a steel cable that girdled his waist and breast and held him erect, though his head flopped back and forth; once his eyes opened and above him glittered the bright field of stars towards which he drifted through space, a mind without a body; once a stab of torment wakened him enough to hear: “Easy Satan; watch them stones.
torturer
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From this reading Strong arms lifted him up, up; above him he sensed the eyes of his torturer, dim in moonlight, and he beat his clubbed left fist into that face.
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading Once he felt a steel cable that girdled his waist and breast and held him erect, though his head flopped back and forth; once his eyes opened and above him glittered the bright field of stars towards which he drifted through space, a mind without a body; once a stab of torment wakened him enough to hear: “Easy Satan; watch them stones.
up
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From this reading Strong arms lifted him up, up; above him he sensed the eyes of his torturer, dim in moonlight, and he beat his clubbed left fist into that face.
vaguely
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From this reading Thereafter his senses returned by fits and starts, vaguely.
waist
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From this reading Once he felt a steel cable that girdled his waist and breast and held him erect, though his head flopped back and forth; once his eyes opened and above him glittered the bright field of stars towards which he drifted through space, a mind without a body; once a stab of torment wakened him enough to hear: “Easy Satan; watch them stones.
wakened
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From this reading Once he felt a steel cable that girdled his waist and breast and held him erect, though his head flopped back and forth; once his eyes opened and above him glittered the bright field of stars towards which he drifted through space, a mind without a body; once a stab of torment wakened him enough to hear: “Easy Satan; watch them stones.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading What he next knew was a fire of agony that wrapped his whole body and consciousness flashed back on him.
watch
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From this reading Once he felt a steel cable that girdled his waist and breast and held him erect, though his head flopped back and forth; once his eyes opened and above him glittered the bright field of stars towards which he drifted through space, a mind without a body; once a stab of torment wakened him enough to hear: “Easy Satan; watch them stones.
wave
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From this reading After that he knew he was being dragged onto a saddle, but a wave of pain rushed up his side and numbed his brain.
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What he next knew was a fire of agony that wrapped his whole body and consciousness flashed back on him.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Once he felt a steel cable that girdled his waist and breast and held him erect, though his head flopped back and forth; once his eyes opened and above him glittered the bright field of stars towards which he drifted through space, a mind without a body; once a stab of torment wakened him enough to hear: “Easy Satan; watch them stones.
whole
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From this reading What he next knew was a fire of agony that wrapped his whole body and consciousness flashed back on him.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Once he felt a steel cable that girdled his waist and breast and held him erect, though his head flopped back and forth; once his eyes opened and above him glittered the bright field of stars towards which he drifted through space, a mind without a body; once a stab of torment wakened him enough to hear: “Easy Satan; watch them stones.
wrapped
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From this reading What he next knew was a fire of agony that wrapped his whole body and consciousness flashed back on him.
