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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 My faculties were all in a maze, my body cramped and stiff as old leather--no doubt due to the wetting of the previous evening, or my hard couch--while the darkness bewildered and numbed my mind.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
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aching
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afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Yet, indeed, I awoke, and, after all, that was the great thing.
all
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andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
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arms
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asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
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awoke
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bed-chamber
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behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading I stretched, and looked and listened as though my faculties were helpless prisoners behind my numb, useless senses; but, peer and crane forward as I would, nothing stirred the black stillness of my strange bed-chamber.
bewilderedadjectiveUS /bɪˈwɪldərd/
very confused and unable to understand
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black
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bloodnounUS /blʌd/
The red fluid that circulates in the heart and blood vessels.
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body
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burning
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butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
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cannot
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column
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couch
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cramped
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crane
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darkness
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didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
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distinctly
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doubt
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dry
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due
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evening
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eyeballs
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faculties
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feebly
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first
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fly
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forward
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good
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great
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hard
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heavens
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helpless
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hissing
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hot
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how
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IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I cannot say, distinctly, what roused me next morning.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
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indeed
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leather
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life
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like
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listened
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looked
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maze
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mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
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metal
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mindnounUS /maɪnd/
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
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molten
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moment
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morning
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MydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
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neck
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next
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nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
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nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
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numb
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numbed
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ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
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old
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orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
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pain
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peer
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previous
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prisoners
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pulsing
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returning
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river
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rolled
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roused
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rusty
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say
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seemed
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sensesplural nounUS /ˈsɛnsɪz/
powers of perception and awareness
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shoot
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starting
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stiff
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stillness
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stirred
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strange
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stream
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stretched
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surging
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thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Yet, indeed, I awoke, and, after all, that was the great thing.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading My faculties were all in a maze, my body cramped and stiff as old leather--no doubt due to the wetting of the previous evening, or my hard couch--while the darkness bewildered and numbed my mind.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
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thing
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thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
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throughprepositionUS /θruː/
from one end or side of something to the other
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toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
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twisted
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useless
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From this reading I stretched, and looked and listened as though my faculties were helpless prisoners behind my numb, useless senses; but, peer and crane forward as I would, nothing stirred the black stillness of my strange bed-chamber.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Yet, indeed, I awoke, and, after all, that was the great thing.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading My faculties were all in a maze, my body cramped and stiff as old leather--no doubt due to the wetting of the previous evening, or my hard couch--while the darkness bewildered and numbed my mind.
wetting
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From this reading My faculties were all in a maze, my body cramped and stiff as old leather--no doubt due to the wetting of the previous evening, or my hard couch--while the darkness bewildered and numbed my mind.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading I cannot say, distinctly, what roused me next morning.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading I awoke and yawned, and feebly stretched my dry and aching arms--good heavens! how the pain did fly and shoot about them!--and rolled my stiff and rusty eyeballs, and twisted that pulsing neck that seemed in that first moment of returning life like a burning column of metal through which the hot river of my starting blood was surging in a hissing, molten stream.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading My faculties were all in a maze, my body cramped and stiff as old leather--no doubt due to the wetting of the previous evening, or my hard couch--while the darkness bewildered and numbed my mind.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading I stretched, and looked and listened as though my faculties were helpless prisoners behind my numb, useless senses; but, peer and crane forward as I would, nothing stirred the black stillness of my strange bed-chamber.
yawned
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From this reading I awoke and yawned, and feebly stretched my dry and aching arms--good heavens! how the pain did fly and shoot about them!--and rolled my stiff and rusty eyeballs, and twisted that pulsing neck that seemed in that first moment of returning life like a burning column of metal through which the hot river of my starting blood was surging in a hissing, molten stream.
YetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet, indeed, I awoke, and, after all, that was the great thing.
