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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 drift of silver moonlight spilled through the window to the carpet and across the foot of the bed.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading A drift of silver moonlight spilled through the window to the carpet and across the foot of the bed.
alert
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From this reading He was curiously alert to the night, its mood and quality.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A drift of silver moonlight spilled through the window to the carpet and across the foot of the bed.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading There was a strange clarity here, and he had a feeling he'd been awakened to it for a definite purpose, though he couldn't imagine at the moment what that purpose might be.
awakened
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From this reading There was a strange clarity here, and he had a feeling he'd been awakened to it for a definite purpose, though he couldn't imagine at the moment what that purpose might be.
awoke
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From this reading Marc awoke.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading There was a strange clarity here, and he had a feeling he'd been awakened to it for a definite purpose, though he couldn't imagine at the moment what that purpose might be.
bed
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From this reading A drift of silver moonlight spilled through the window to the carpet and across the foot of the bed.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading There was a strange clarity here, and he had a feeling he'd been awakened to it for a definite purpose, though he couldn't imagine at the moment what that purpose might be.
breeze
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From this reading Marc lay still and let his thoughts shift effortlessly with the warm breeze that riffled the curtains.
carpet
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From this reading A drift of silver moonlight spilled through the window to the carpet and across the foot of the bed.
clarity
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From this reading There was a strange clarity here, and he had a feeling he'd been awakened to it for a definite purpose, though he couldn't imagine at the moment what that purpose might be.
couldn't
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From this reading There was a strange clarity here, and he had a feeling he'd been awakened to it for a definite purpose, though he couldn't imagine at the moment what that purpose might be.
curiously
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From this reading He was curiously alert to the night, its mood and quality.
curtains
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From this reading Marc lay still and let his thoughts shift effortlessly with the warm breeze that riffled the curtains.
definite
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From this reading There was a strange clarity here, and he had a feeling he'd been awakened to it for a definite purpose, though he couldn't imagine at the moment what that purpose might be.
drift
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From this reading A drift of silver moonlight spilled through the window to the carpet and across the foot of the bed.
effortlessly
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From this reading Marc lay still and let his thoughts shift effortlessly with the warm breeze that riffled the curtains.
feeling
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From this reading There was a strange clarity here, and he had a feeling he'd been awakened to it for a definite purpose, though he couldn't imagine at the moment what that purpose might be.
foot
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From this reading A drift of silver moonlight spilled through the window to the carpet and across the foot of the bed.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading There was a strange clarity here, and he had a feeling he'd been awakened to it for a definite purpose, though he couldn't imagine at the moment what that purpose might be.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading There was a strange clarity here, and he had a feeling he'd been awakened to it for a definite purpose, though he couldn't imagine at the moment what that purpose might be.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was curiously alert to the night, its mood and quality.
he'd
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From this reading There was a strange clarity here, and he had a feeling he'd been awakened to it for a definite purpose, though he couldn't imagine at the moment what that purpose might be.
here
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From this reading There was a strange clarity here, and he had a feeling he'd been awakened to it for a definite purpose, though he couldn't imagine at the moment what that purpose might be.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Marc lay still and let his thoughts shift effortlessly with the warm breeze that riffled the curtains.
imagine
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From this reading There was a strange clarity here, and he had a feeling he'd been awakened to it for a definite purpose, though he couldn't imagine at the moment what that purpose might be.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading There was a strange clarity here, and he had a feeling he'd been awakened to it for a definite purpose, though he couldn't imagine at the moment what that purpose might be.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading He was curiously alert to the night, its mood and quality.
lay
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From this reading Marc lay still and let his thoughts shift effortlessly with the warm breeze that riffled the curtains.
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Marc lay still and let his thoughts shift effortlessly with the warm breeze that riffled the curtains.
Marc
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From this reading Marc awoke.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading There was a strange clarity here, and he had a feeling he'd been awakened to it for a definite purpose, though he couldn't imagine at the moment what that purpose might be.
moment
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From this reading There was a strange clarity here, and he had a feeling he'd been awakened to it for a definite purpose, though he couldn't imagine at the moment what that purpose might be.
mood
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From this reading He was curiously alert to the night, its mood and quality.
moonlight
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From this reading A drift of silver moonlight spilled through the window to the carpet and across the foot of the bed.
night
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From this reading He was curiously alert to the night, its mood and quality.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A drift of silver moonlight spilled through the window to the carpet and across the foot of the bed.
purpose
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From this reading There was a strange clarity here, and he had a feeling he'd been awakened to it for a definite purpose, though he couldn't imagine at the moment what that purpose might be.
quality
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From this reading He was curiously alert to the night, its mood and quality.
riffled
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From this reading Marc lay still and let his thoughts shift effortlessly with the warm breeze that riffled the curtains.
shift
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From this reading Marc lay still and let his thoughts shift effortlessly with the warm breeze that riffled the curtains.
silver
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From this reading A drift of silver moonlight spilled through the window to the carpet and across the foot of the bed.
spilled
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From this reading A drift of silver moonlight spilled through the window to the carpet and across the foot of the bed.
still
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From this reading Marc lay still and let his thoughts shift effortlessly with the warm breeze that riffled the curtains.
strange
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From this reading There was a strange clarity here, and he had a feeling he'd been awakened to it for a definite purpose, though he couldn't imagine at the moment what that purpose might be.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Marc lay still and let his thoughts shift effortlessly with the warm breeze that riffled the curtains.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A drift of silver moonlight spilled through the window to the carpet and across the foot of the bed.
There
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From this reading There was a strange clarity here, and he had a feeling he'd been awakened to it for a definite purpose, though he couldn't imagine at the moment what that purpose might be.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading There was a strange clarity here, and he had a feeling he'd been awakened to it for a definite purpose, though he couldn't imagine at the moment what that purpose might be.
thoughts
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From this reading Marc lay still and let his thoughts shift effortlessly with the warm breeze that riffled the curtains.
throughprepositionUS /θruː/
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading A drift of silver moonlight spilled through the window to the carpet and across the foot of the bed.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A drift of silver moonlight spilled through the window to the carpet and across the foot of the bed.
warm
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From this reading Marc lay still and let his thoughts shift effortlessly with the warm breeze that riffled the curtains.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was curiously alert to the night, its mood and quality.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading There was a strange clarity here, and he had a feeling he'd been awakened to it for a definite purpose, though he couldn't imagine at the moment what that purpose might be.
window
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From this reading A drift of silver moonlight spilled through the window to the carpet and across the foot of the bed.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Marc lay still and let his thoughts shift effortlessly with the warm breeze that riffled the curtains.
