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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 He had been troubled throughout the night with a strangely vivid dream, which seemed to have repeated itself several times; when he at length started into consciousness the anguish of the vision was still upon him.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading RENT DAY It was much after his usual hour when Waymark awoke on Good Friday morning.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He rose at once, and dressed quickly, doing his best to shake off the clinging misery of sleep.
anguish
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From this reading He had been troubled throughout the night with a strangely vivid dream, which seemed to have repeated itself several times; when he at length started into consciousness the anguish of the vision was still upon him.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He had been troubled throughout the night with a strangely vivid dream, which seemed to have repeated itself several times; when he at length started into consciousness the anguish of the vision was still upon him.
awoke
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From this reading RENT DAY It was much after his usual hour when Waymark awoke on Good Friday morning.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading He had been troubled throughout the night with a strangely vivid dream, which seemed to have repeated itself several times; when he at length started into consciousness the anguish of the vision was still upon him.
best
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From this reading He rose at once, and dressed quickly, doing his best to shake off the clinging misery of sleep.
clinging
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From this reading He rose at once, and dressed quickly, doing his best to shake off the clinging misery of sleep.
consciousness
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From this reading He had been troubled throughout the night with a strangely vivid dream, which seemed to have repeated itself several times; when he at length started into consciousness the anguish of the vision was still upon him.
DAY
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From this reading RENT DAY It was much after his usual hour when Waymark awoke on Good Friday morning.
doing
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From this reading He rose at once, and dressed quickly, doing his best to shake off the clinging misery of sleep.
dreamnounUS /driːm/
A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.
From this reading He had been troubled throughout the night with a strangely vivid dream, which seemed to have repeated itself several times; when he at length started into consciousness the anguish of the vision was still upon him.
dressed
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From this reading He rose at once, and dressed quickly, doing his best to shake off the clinging misery of sleep.
events
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From this reading In a little while it had passed, and he tried to go over in his mind the events of the preceding day.
fragments
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From this reading Were they, too, only fragments of a long dream?
Friday
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From this reading RENT DAY It was much after his usual hour when Waymark awoke on Good Friday morning.
go
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From this reading In a little while it had passed, and he tried to go over in his mind the events of the preceding day.
GoodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading RENT DAY It was much after his usual hour when Waymark awoke on Good Friday morning.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had been troubled throughout the night with a strangely vivid dream, which seemed to have repeated itself several times; when he at length started into consciousness the anguish of the vision was still upon him.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading He had been troubled throughout the night with a strangely vivid dream, which seemed to have repeated itself several times; when he at length started into consciousness the anguish of the vision was still upon him.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had been troubled throughout the night with a strangely vivid dream, which seemed to have repeated itself several times; when he at length started into consciousness the anguish of the vision was still upon him.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He had been troubled throughout the night with a strangely vivid dream, which seemed to have repeated itself several times; when he at length started into consciousness the anguish of the vision was still upon him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading RENT DAY It was much after his usual hour when Waymark awoke on Good Friday morning.
hour
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From this reading RENT DAY It was much after his usual hour when Waymark awoke on Good Friday morning.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In a little while it had passed, and he tried to go over in his mind the events of the preceding day.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading He had been troubled throughout the night with a strangely vivid dream, which seemed to have repeated itself several times; when he at length started into consciousness the anguish of the vision was still upon him.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading RENT DAY It was much after his usual hour when Waymark awoke on Good Friday morning.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading He had been troubled throughout the night with a strangely vivid dream, which seemed to have repeated itself several times; when he at length started into consciousness the anguish of the vision was still upon him.
lengthnounUS /leŋθ/
a period of time or extent
From this reading He had been troubled throughout the night with a strangely vivid dream, which seemed to have repeated itself several times; when he at length started into consciousness the anguish of the vision was still upon him.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In a little while it had passed, and he tried to go over in his mind the events of the preceding day.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Were they, too, only fragments of a long dream?
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In a little while it had passed, and he tried to go over in his mind the events of the preceding day.
misery
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From this reading He rose at once, and dressed quickly, doing his best to shake off the clinging misery of sleep.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading RENT DAY It was much after his usual hour when Waymark awoke on Good Friday morning.
much
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From this reading RENT DAY It was much after his usual hour when Waymark awoke on Good Friday morning.
night
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From this reading He had been troubled throughout the night with a strangely vivid dream, which seemed to have repeated itself several times; when he at length started into consciousness the anguish of the vision was still upon him.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He had been troubled throughout the night with a strangely vivid dream, which seemed to have repeated itself several times; when he at length started into consciousness the anguish of the vision was still upon him.
off
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From this reading He rose at once, and dressed quickly, doing his best to shake off the clinging misery of sleep.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading RENT DAY It was much after his usual hour when Waymark awoke on Good Friday morning.
once
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From this reading He rose at once, and dressed quickly, doing his best to shake off the clinging misery of sleep.
only
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From this reading Were they, too, only fragments of a long dream?
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading In a little while it had passed, and he tried to go over in his mind the events of the preceding day.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In a little while it had passed, and he tried to go over in his mind the events of the preceding day.
preceding
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From this reading In a little while it had passed, and he tried to go over in his mind the events of the preceding day.
quickly
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From this reading He rose at once, and dressed quickly, doing his best to shake off the clinging misery of sleep.
RENT
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From this reading RENT DAY It was much after his usual hour when Waymark awoke on Good Friday morning.
repeatednounUS /repeated/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had been troubled throughout the night with a strangely vivid dream, which seemed to have repeated itself several times; when he at length started into consciousness the anguish of the vision was still upon him.
rose
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From this reading He rose at once, and dressed quickly, doing his best to shake off the clinging misery of sleep.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had been troubled throughout the night with a strangely vivid dream, which seemed to have repeated itself several times; when he at length started into consciousness the anguish of the vision was still upon him.
several
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From this reading He had been troubled throughout the night with a strangely vivid dream, which seemed to have repeated itself several times; when he at length started into consciousness the anguish of the vision was still upon him.
shake
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From this reading He rose at once, and dressed quickly, doing his best to shake off the clinging misery of sleep.
sleep
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From this reading He rose at once, and dressed quickly, doing his best to shake off the clinging misery of sleep.
started
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From this reading He had been troubled throughout the night with a strangely vivid dream, which seemed to have repeated itself several times; when he at length started into consciousness the anguish of the vision was still upon him.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had been troubled throughout the night with a strangely vivid dream, which seemed to have repeated itself several times; when he at length started into consciousness the anguish of the vision was still upon him.
strangelynounUS /ˈstrangely/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He had been troubled throughout the night with a strangely vivid dream, which seemed to have repeated itself several times; when he at length started into consciousness the anguish of the vision was still upon him.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He had been troubled throughout the night with a strangely vivid dream, which seemed to have repeated itself several times; when he at length started into consciousness the anguish of the vision was still upon him.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Were they, too, only fragments of a long dream?
throughoutprepositionUS /θruːˈaʊt/
in every part of a place, or for the whole of a period
From this reading He had been troubled throughout the night with a strangely vivid dream, which seemed to have repeated itself several times; when he at length started into consciousness the anguish of the vision was still upon him.
times
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From this reading He had been troubled throughout the night with a strangely vivid dream, which seemed to have repeated itself several times; when he at length started into consciousness the anguish of the vision was still upon him.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He had been troubled throughout the night with a strangely vivid dream, which seemed to have repeated itself several times; when he at length started into consciousness the anguish of the vision was still upon him.
too
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From this reading Were they, too, only fragments of a long dream?
tried
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From this reading In a little while it had passed, and he tried to go over in his mind the events of the preceding day.
troubled
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From this reading He had been troubled throughout the night with a strangely vivid dream, which seemed to have repeated itself several times; when he at length started into consciousness the anguish of the vision was still upon him.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading He had been troubled throughout the night with a strangely vivid dream, which seemed to have repeated itself several times; when he at length started into consciousness the anguish of the vision was still upon him.
usual
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From this reading RENT DAY It was much after his usual hour when Waymark awoke on Good Friday morning.
vision
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From this reading He had been troubled throughout the night with a strangely vivid dream, which seemed to have repeated itself several times; when he at length started into consciousness the anguish of the vision was still upon him.
vivid
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From this reading He had been troubled throughout the night with a strangely vivid dream, which seemed to have repeated itself several times; when he at length started into consciousness the anguish of the vision was still upon him.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading RENT DAY It was much after his usual hour when Waymark awoke on Good Friday morning.
Waymark
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From this reading RENT DAY It was much after his usual hour when Waymark awoke on Good Friday morning.
Wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Were they, too, only fragments of a long dream?
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading RENT DAY It was much after his usual hour when Waymark awoke on Good Friday morning.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading He had been troubled throughout the night with a strangely vivid dream, which seemed to have repeated itself several times; when he at length started into consciousness the anguish of the vision was still upon him.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading In a little while it had passed, and he tried to go over in his mind the events of the preceding day.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading He had been troubled throughout the night with a strangely vivid dream, which seemed to have repeated itself several times; when he at length started into consciousness the anguish of the vision was still upon him.
