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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 powerful tale by one of the supreme masters of weird fiction--a tale in which the horror creeps and grows, to spring at last upon the reader in all its hideous totality._ It is true that I have sent six bullets through the head of my best friend, and yet I hope to show by this statement that I am not his murderer.
acted
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From this reading Until then I also saw nothing but madness in the wild tales I have acted on.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Later some of my readers will weigh each statement, correlate it with the known facts, and ask themselves how I could have believed otherwise than as I did after facing the evidence of that horror--that thing on the door-step.
all
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From this reading _A powerful tale by one of the supreme masters of weird fiction--a tale in which the horror creeps and grows, to spring at last upon the reader in all its hideous totality._ It is true that I have sent six bullets through the head of my best friend, and yet I hope to show by this statement that I am not his murderer.
also
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From this reading Until then I also saw nothing but madness in the wild tales I have acted on.
amauxiliary verbUS /æm/
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading _A powerful tale by one of the supreme masters of weird fiction--a tale in which the horror creeps and grows, to spring at last upon the reader in all its hideous totality._ It is true that I have sent six bullets through the head of my best friend, and yet I hope to show by this statement that I am not his murderer.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _A powerful tale by one of the supreme masters of weird fiction--a tale in which the horror creeps and grows, to spring at last upon the reader in all its hideous totality._ It is true that I have sent six bullets through the head of my best friend, and yet I hope to show by this statement that I am not his murderer.
Arkham
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From this reading At first I shall be called a madman--madder than the man I shot in his cell at the Arkham Sanitarium.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Later some of my readers will weigh each statement, correlate it with the known facts, and ask themselves how I could have believed otherwise than as I did after facing the evidence of that horror--that thing on the door-step.
ask
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From this reading Later some of my readers will weigh each statement, correlate it with the known facts, and ask themselves how I could have believed otherwise than as I did after facing the evidence of that horror--that thing on the door-step.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading _A powerful tale by one of the supreme masters of weird fiction--a tale in which the horror creeps and grows, to spring at last upon the reader in all its hideous totality._ It is true that I have sent six bullets through the head of my best friend, and yet I hope to show by this statement that I am not his murderer.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading At first I shall be called a madman--madder than the man I shot in his cell at the Arkham Sanitarium.
believed
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From this reading Later some of my readers will weigh each statement, correlate it with the known facts, and ask themselves how I could have believed otherwise than as I did after facing the evidence of that horror--that thing on the door-step.
best
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From this reading _A powerful tale by one of the supreme masters of weird fiction--a tale in which the horror creeps and grows, to spring at last upon the reader in all its hideous totality._ It is true that I have sent six bullets through the head of my best friend, and yet I hope to show by this statement that I am not his murderer.
bullets
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From this reading _A powerful tale by one of the supreme masters of weird fiction--a tale in which the horror creeps and grows, to spring at last upon the reader in all its hideous totality._ It is true that I have sent six bullets through the head of my best friend, and yet I hope to show by this statement that I am not his murderer.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Until then I also saw nothing but madness in the wild tales I have acted on.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading _A powerful tale by one of the supreme masters of weird fiction--a tale in which the horror creeps and grows, to spring at last upon the reader in all its hideous totality._ It is true that I have sent six bullets through the head of my best friend, and yet I hope to show by this statement that I am not his murderer.
called
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From this reading At first I shall be called a madman--madder than the man I shot in his cell at the Arkham Sanitarium.
cellnounUS /sel/
A small stone room in a prison where an inmate is locked behind iron bars.
From this reading At first I shall be called a madman--madder than the man I shot in his cell at the Arkham Sanitarium.
correlate
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From this reading Later some of my readers will weigh each statement, correlate it with the known facts, and ask themselves how I could have believed otherwise than as I did after facing the evidence of that horror--that thing on the door-step.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Later some of my readers will weigh each statement, correlate it with the known facts, and ask themselves how I could have believed otherwise than as I did after facing the evidence of that horror--that thing on the door-step.
creeps
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From this reading _A powerful tale by one of the supreme masters of weird fiction--a tale in which the horror creeps and grows, to spring at last upon the reader in all its hideous totality._ It is true that I have sent six bullets through the head of my best friend, and yet I hope to show by this statement that I am not his murderer.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Later some of my readers will weigh each statement, correlate it with the known facts, and ask themselves how I could have believed otherwise than as I did after facing the evidence of that horror--that thing on the door-step.
door-step
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From this reading Later some of my readers will weigh each statement, correlate it with the known facts, and ask themselves how I could have believed otherwise than as I did after facing the evidence of that horror--that thing on the door-step.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading Later some of my readers will weigh each statement, correlate it with the known facts, and ask themselves how I could have believed otherwise than as I did after facing the evidence of that horror--that thing on the door-step.
EvennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Even now I ask myself whether I was misled--or whether I am not mad after all.
evidence
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From this reading Later some of my readers will weigh each statement, correlate it with the known facts, and ask themselves how I could have believed otherwise than as I did after facing the evidence of that horror--that thing on the door-step.
facing
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From this reading Later some of my readers will weigh each statement, correlate it with the known facts, and ask themselves how I could have believed otherwise than as I did after facing the evidence of that horror--that thing on the door-step.
facts
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From this reading Later some of my readers will weigh each statement, correlate it with the known facts, and ask themselves how I could have believed otherwise than as I did after facing the evidence of that horror--that thing on the door-step.
fiction
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From this reading _A powerful tale by one of the supreme masters of weird fiction--a tale in which the horror creeps and grows, to spring at last upon the reader in all its hideous totality._ It is true that I have sent six bullets through the head of my best friend, and yet I hope to show by this statement that I am not his murderer.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At first I shall be called a madman--madder than the man I shot in his cell at the Arkham Sanitarium.
friend
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From this reading _A powerful tale by one of the supreme masters of weird fiction--a tale in which the horror creeps and grows, to spring at last upon the reader in all its hideous totality._ It is true that I have sent six bullets through the head of my best friend, and yet I hope to show by this statement that I am not his murderer.
grows
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From this reading _A powerful tale by one of the supreme masters of weird fiction--a tale in which the horror creeps and grows, to spring at last upon the reader in all its hideous totality._ It is true that I have sent six bullets through the head of my best friend, and yet I hope to show by this statement that I am not his murderer.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading _A powerful tale by one of the supreme masters of weird fiction--a tale in which the horror creeps and grows, to spring at last upon the reader in all its hideous totality._ It is true that I have sent six bullets through the head of my best friend, and yet I hope to show by this statement that I am not his murderer.
head
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From this reading _A powerful tale by one of the supreme masters of weird fiction--a tale in which the horror creeps and grows, to spring at last upon the reader in all its hideous totality._ It is true that I have sent six bullets through the head of my best friend, and yet I hope to show by this statement that I am not his murderer.
hideous
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From this reading _A powerful tale by one of the supreme masters of weird fiction--a tale in which the horror creeps and grows, to spring at last upon the reader in all its hideous totality._ It is true that I have sent six bullets through the head of my best friend, and yet I hope to show by this statement that I am not his murderer.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading _A powerful tale by one of the supreme masters of weird fiction--a tale in which the horror creeps and grows, to spring at last upon the reader in all its hideous totality._ It is true that I have sent six bullets through the head of my best friend, and yet I hope to show by this statement that I am not his murderer.
hope
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From this reading _A powerful tale by one of the supreme masters of weird fiction--a tale in which the horror creeps and grows, to spring at last upon the reader in all its hideous totality._ It is true that I have sent six bullets through the head of my best friend, and yet I hope to show by this statement that I am not his murderer.
horror
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From this reading _A powerful tale by one of the supreme masters of weird fiction--a tale in which the horror creeps and grows, to spring at last upon the reader in all its hideous totality._ It is true that I have sent six bullets through the head of my best friend, and yet I hope to show by this statement that I am not his murderer.
how
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From this reading Later some of my readers will weigh each statement, correlate it with the known facts, and ask themselves how I could have believed otherwise than as I did after facing the evidence of that horror--that thing on the door-step.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading _A powerful tale by one of the supreme masters of weird fiction--a tale in which the horror creeps and grows, to spring at last upon the reader in all its hideous totality._ It is true that I have sent six bullets through the head of my best friend, and yet I hope to show by this statement that I am not his murderer.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _A powerful tale by one of the supreme masters of weird fiction--a tale in which the horror creeps and grows, to spring at last upon the reader in all its hideous totality._ It is true that I have sent six bullets through the head of my best friend, and yet I hope to show by this statement that I am not his murderer.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _A powerful tale by one of the supreme masters of weird fiction--a tale in which the horror creeps and grows, to spring at last upon the reader in all its hideous totality._ It is true that I have sent six bullets through the head of my best friend, and yet I hope to show by this statement that I am not his murderer.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading _A powerful tale by one of the supreme masters of weird fiction--a tale in which the horror creeps and grows, to spring at last upon the reader in all its hideous totality._ It is true that I have sent six bullets through the head of my best friend, and yet I hope to show by this statement that I am not his murderer.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading _A powerful tale by one of the supreme masters of weird fiction--a tale in which the horror creeps and grows, to spring at last upon the reader in all its hideous totality._ It is true that I have sent six bullets through the head of my best friend, and yet I hope to show by this statement that I am not his murderer.
known
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From this reading Later some of my readers will weigh each statement, correlate it with the known facts, and ask themselves how I could have believed otherwise than as I did after facing the evidence of that horror--that thing on the door-step.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _A powerful tale by one of the supreme masters of weird fiction--a tale in which the horror creeps and grows, to spring at last upon the reader in all its hideous totality._ It is true that I have sent six bullets through the head of my best friend, and yet I hope to show by this statement that I am not his murderer.
Later
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From this reading Later some of my readers will weigh each statement, correlate it with the known facts, and ask themselves how I could have believed otherwise than as I did after facing the evidence of that horror--that thing on the door-step.
mad
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From this reading Even now I ask myself whether I was misled--or whether I am not mad after all.
madder
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From this reading At first I shall be called a madman--madder than the man I shot in his cell at the Arkham Sanitarium.
madman
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From this reading At first I shall be called a madman--madder than the man I shot in his cell at the Arkham Sanitarium.
madness
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From this reading Until then I also saw nothing but madness in the wild tales I have acted on.
man
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From this reading At first I shall be called a madman--madder than the man I shot in his cell at the Arkham Sanitarium.
masters
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From this reading _A powerful tale by one of the supreme masters of weird fiction--a tale in which the horror creeps and grows, to spring at last upon the reader in all its hideous totality._ It is true that I have sent six bullets through the head of my best friend, and yet I hope to show by this statement that I am not his murderer.
misled
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From this reading Even now I ask myself whether I was misled--or whether I am not mad after all.
murderer
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From this reading _A powerful tale by one of the supreme masters of weird fiction--a tale in which the horror creeps and grows, to spring at last upon the reader in all its hideous totality._ It is true that I have sent six bullets through the head of my best friend, and yet I hope to show by this statement that I am not his murderer.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading _A powerful tale by one of the supreme masters of weird fiction--a tale in which the horror creeps and grows, to spring at last upon the reader in all its hideous totality._ It is true that I have sent six bullets through the head of my best friend, and yet I hope to show by this statement that I am not his murderer.
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading Even now I ask myself whether I was misled--or whether I am not mad after all.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading _A powerful tale by one of the supreme masters of weird fiction--a tale in which the horror creeps and grows, to spring at last upon the reader in all its hideous totality._ It is true that I have sent six bullets through the head of my best friend, and yet I hope to show by this statement that I am not his murderer.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Until then I also saw nothing but madness in the wild tales I have acted on.
now
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From this reading Even now I ask myself whether I was misled--or whether I am not mad after all.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _A powerful tale by one of the supreme masters of weird fiction--a tale in which the horror creeps and grows, to spring at last upon the reader in all its hideous totality._ It is true that I have sent six bullets through the head of my best friend, and yet I hope to show by this statement that I am not his murderer.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Later some of my readers will weigh each statement, correlate it with the known facts, and ask themselves how I could have believed otherwise than as I did after facing the evidence of that horror--that thing on the door-step.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading _A powerful tale by one of the supreme masters of weird fiction--a tale in which the horror creeps and grows, to spring at last upon the reader in all its hideous totality._ It is true that I have sent six bullets through the head of my best friend, and yet I hope to show by this statement that I am not his murderer.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Even now I ask myself whether I was misled--or whether I am not mad after all.
otherwise
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From this reading Later some of my readers will weigh each statement, correlate it with the known facts, and ask themselves how I could have believed otherwise than as I did after facing the evidence of that horror--that thing on the door-step.
powerful
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From this reading _A powerful tale by one of the supreme masters of weird fiction--a tale in which the horror creeps and grows, to spring at last upon the reader in all its hideous totality._ It is true that I have sent six bullets through the head of my best friend, and yet I hope to show by this statement that I am not his murderer.
reader
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From this reading _A powerful tale by one of the supreme masters of weird fiction--a tale in which the horror creeps and grows, to spring at last upon the reader in all its hideous totality._ It is true that I have sent six bullets through the head of my best friend, and yet I hope to show by this statement that I am not his murderer.
readers
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From this reading Later some of my readers will weigh each statement, correlate it with the known facts, and ask themselves how I could have believed otherwise than as I did after facing the evidence of that horror--that thing on the door-step.
Sanitarium
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From this reading At first I shall be called a madman--madder than the man I shot in his cell at the Arkham Sanitarium.
saw
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From this reading Until then I also saw nothing but madness in the wild tales I have acted on.
sent
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From this reading _A powerful tale by one of the supreme masters of weird fiction--a tale in which the horror creeps and grows, to spring at last upon the reader in all its hideous totality._ It is true that I have sent six bullets through the head of my best friend, and yet I hope to show by this statement that I am not his murderer.
shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading At first I shall be called a madman--madder than the man I shot in his cell at the Arkham Sanitarium.
shot
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From this reading At first I shall be called a madman--madder than the man I shot in his cell at the Arkham Sanitarium.
show
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From this reading _A powerful tale by one of the supreme masters of weird fiction--a tale in which the horror creeps and grows, to spring at last upon the reader in all its hideous totality._ It is true that I have sent six bullets through the head of my best friend, and yet I hope to show by this statement that I am not his murderer.
six
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From this reading _A powerful tale by one of the supreme masters of weird fiction--a tale in which the horror creeps and grows, to spring at last upon the reader in all its hideous totality._ It is true that I have sent six bullets through the head of my best friend, and yet I hope to show by this statement that I am not his murderer.
some
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From this reading Later some of my readers will weigh each statement, correlate it with the known facts, and ask themselves how I could have believed otherwise than as I did after facing the evidence of that horror--that thing on the door-step.
spring
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From this reading _A powerful tale by one of the supreme masters of weird fiction--a tale in which the horror creeps and grows, to spring at last upon the reader in all its hideous totality._ It is true that I have sent six bullets through the head of my best friend, and yet I hope to show by this statement that I am not his murderer.
statement
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From this reading _A powerful tale by one of the supreme masters of weird fiction--a tale in which the horror creeps and grows, to spring at last upon the reader in all its hideous totality._ It is true that I have sent six bullets through the head of my best friend, and yet I hope to show by this statement that I am not his murderer.
supreme
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From this reading _A powerful tale by one of the supreme masters of weird fiction--a tale in which the horror creeps and grows, to spring at last upon the reader in all its hideous totality._ It is true that I have sent six bullets through the head of my best friend, and yet I hope to show by this statement that I am not his murderer.
tale
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From this reading _A powerful tale by one of the supreme masters of weird fiction--a tale in which the horror creeps and grows, to spring at last upon the reader in all its hideous totality._ It is true that I have sent six bullets through the head of my best friend, and yet I hope to show by this statement that I am not his murderer.
tales
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From this reading Until then I also saw nothing but madness in the wild tales I have acted on.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading At first I shall be called a madman--madder than the man I shot in his cell at the Arkham Sanitarium.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading _A powerful tale by one of the supreme masters of weird fiction--a tale in which the horror creeps and grows, to spring at last upon the reader in all its hideous totality._ It is true that I have sent six bullets through the head of my best friend, and yet I hope to show by this statement that I am not his murderer.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _A powerful tale by one of the supreme masters of weird fiction--a tale in which the horror creeps and grows, to spring at last upon the reader in all its hideous totality._ It is true that I have sent six bullets through the head of my best friend, and yet I hope to show by this statement that I am not his murderer.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading Later some of my readers will weigh each statement, correlate it with the known facts, and ask themselves how I could have believed otherwise than as I did after facing the evidence of that horror--that thing on the door-step.
then
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From this reading Until then I also saw nothing but madness in the wild tales I have acted on.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Later some of my readers will weigh each statement, correlate it with the known facts, and ask themselves how I could have believed otherwise than as I did after facing the evidence of that horror--that thing on the door-step.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading _A powerful tale by one of the supreme masters of weird fiction--a tale in which the horror creeps and grows, to spring at last upon the reader in all its hideous totality._ It is true that I have sent six bullets through the head of my best friend, and yet I hope to show by this statement that I am not his murderer.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading _A powerful tale by one of the supreme masters of weird fiction--a tale in which the horror creeps and grows, to spring at last upon the reader in all its hideous totality._ It is true that I have sent six bullets through the head of my best friend, and yet I hope to show by this statement that I am not his murderer.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _A powerful tale by one of the supreme masters of weird fiction--a tale in which the horror creeps and grows, to spring at last upon the reader in all its hideous totality._ It is true that I have sent six bullets through the head of my best friend, and yet I hope to show by this statement that I am not his murderer.
totality
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From this reading _A powerful tale by one of the supreme masters of weird fiction--a tale in which the horror creeps and grows, to spring at last upon the reader in all its hideous totality._ It is true that I have sent six bullets through the head of my best friend, and yet I hope to show by this statement that I am not his murderer.
true
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From this reading _A powerful tale by one of the supreme masters of weird fiction--a tale in which the horror creeps and grows, to spring at last upon the reader in all its hideous totality._ It is true that I have sent six bullets through the head of my best friend, and yet I hope to show by this statement that I am not his murderer.
UntilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading Until then I also saw nothing but madness in the wild tales I have acted on.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading _A powerful tale by one of the supreme masters of weird fiction--a tale in which the horror creeps and grows, to spring at last upon the reader in all its hideous totality._ It is true that I have sent six bullets through the head of my best friend, and yet I hope to show by this statement that I am not his murderer.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Even now I ask myself whether I was misled--or whether I am not mad after all.
weigh
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From this reading Later some of my readers will weigh each statement, correlate it with the known facts, and ask themselves how I could have believed otherwise than as I did after facing the evidence of that horror--that thing on the door-step.
weird
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From this reading _A powerful tale by one of the supreme masters of weird fiction--a tale in which the horror creeps and grows, to spring at last upon the reader in all its hideous totality._ It is true that I have sent six bullets through the head of my best friend, and yet I hope to show by this statement that I am not his murderer.
whetherconjunctionUS /ˈweðər/
used to introduce two or more possibilities
From this reading Even now I ask myself whether I was misled--or whether I am not mad after all.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading _A powerful tale by one of the supreme masters of weird fiction--a tale in which the horror creeps and grows, to spring at last upon the reader in all its hideous totality._ It is true that I have sent six bullets through the head of my best friend, and yet I hope to show by this statement that I am not his murderer.
wild
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From this reading Until then I also saw nothing but madness in the wild tales I have acted on.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Later some of my readers will weigh each statement, correlate it with the known facts, and ask themselves how I could have believed otherwise than as I did after facing the evidence of that horror--that thing on the door-step.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Later some of my readers will weigh each statement, correlate it with the known facts, and ask themselves how I could have believed otherwise than as I did after facing the evidence of that horror--that thing on the door-step.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading _A powerful tale by one of the supreme masters of weird fiction--a tale in which the horror creeps and grows, to spring at last upon the reader in all its hideous totality._ It is true that I have sent six bullets through the head of my best friend, and yet I hope to show by this statement that I am not his murderer.
