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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 The mere knowledge of a fact is pale; but when you come to _realize_ your fact, it takes on color.
all
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From this reading It is all the difference between hearing of a man being stabbed to the heart, and seeing it done.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE ECLIPSE In the stillness and the darkness, realization soon began to supplement knowledge.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading But it is a blessed provision of nature that at times like these, as soon as a man's mercury has got down to a certain point there comes a revulsion, and he rallies.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading But it is a blessed provision of nature that at times like these, as soon as a man's mercury has got down to a certain point there comes a revulsion, and he rallies.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE ECLIPSE In the stillness and the darkness, realization soon began to supplement knowledge.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading It is all the difference between hearing of a man being stabbed to the heart, and seeing it done.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading It is all the difference between hearing of a man being stabbed to the heart, and seeing it done.
blessed
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From this reading But it is a blessed provision of nature that at times like these, as soon as a man's mercury has got down to a certain point there comes a revulsion, and he rallies.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The mere knowledge of a fact is pale; but when you come to _realize_ your fact, it takes on color.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading In the stillness and the darkness, the knowledge that I was in deadly danger took to itself deeper and deeper meaning all the time; a something which was realization crept inch by inch through my veins and turned me cold.
certain
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From this reading But it is a blessed provision of nature that at times like these, as soon as a man's mercury has got down to a certain point there comes a revulsion, and he rallies.
cold
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From this reading In the stillness and the darkness, the knowledge that I was in deadly danger took to itself deeper and deeper meaning all the time; a something which was realization crept inch by inch through my veins and turned me cold.
color
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From this reading The mere knowledge of a fact is pale; but when you come to _realize_ your fact, it takes on color.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The mere knowledge of a fact is pale; but when you come to _realize_ your fact, it takes on color.
comes
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From this reading But it is a blessed provision of nature that at times like these, as soon as a man's mercury has got down to a certain point there comes a revulsion, and he rallies.
crept
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From this reading In the stillness and the darkness, the knowledge that I was in deadly danger took to itself deeper and deeper meaning all the time; a something which was realization crept inch by inch through my veins and turned me cold.
danger
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From this reading In the stillness and the darkness, the knowledge that I was in deadly danger took to itself deeper and deeper meaning all the time; a something which was realization crept inch by inch through my veins and turned me cold.
darkness
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From this reading THE ECLIPSE In the stillness and the darkness, realization soon began to supplement knowledge.
deadly
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From this reading In the stillness and the darkness, the knowledge that I was in deadly danger took to itself deeper and deeper meaning all the time; a something which was realization crept inch by inch through my veins and turned me cold.
deeper
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From this reading In the stillness and the darkness, the knowledge that I was in deadly danger took to itself deeper and deeper meaning all the time; a something which was realization crept inch by inch through my veins and turned me cold.
difference
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From this reading It is all the difference between hearing of a man being stabbed to the heart, and seeing it done.
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It is all the difference between hearing of a man being stabbed to the heart, and seeing it done.
down
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From this reading But it is a blessed provision of nature that at times like these, as soon as a man's mercury has got down to a certain point there comes a revulsion, and he rallies.
ECLIPSE
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From this reading THE ECLIPSE In the stillness and the darkness, realization soon began to supplement knowledge.
fact
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From this reading The mere knowledge of a fact is pale; but when you come to _realize_ your fact, it takes on color.
got
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From this reading But it is a blessed provision of nature that at times like these, as soon as a man's mercury has got down to a certain point there comes a revulsion, and he rallies.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But it is a blessed provision of nature that at times like these, as soon as a man's mercury has got down to a certain point there comes a revulsion, and he rallies.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But it is a blessed provision of nature that at times like these, as soon as a man's mercury has got down to a certain point there comes a revulsion, and he rallies.
hearing
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From this reading It is all the difference between hearing of a man being stabbed to the heart, and seeing it done.
heart
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From this reading It is all the difference between hearing of a man being stabbed to the heart, and seeing it done.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading In the stillness and the darkness, the knowledge that I was in deadly danger took to itself deeper and deeper meaning all the time; a something which was realization crept inch by inch through my veins and turned me cold.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE ECLIPSE In the stillness and the darkness, realization soon began to supplement knowledge.
inch
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From this reading In the stillness and the darkness, the knowledge that I was in deadly danger took to itself deeper and deeper meaning all the time; a something which was realization crept inch by inch through my veins and turned me cold.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The mere knowledge of a fact is pale; but when you come to _realize_ your fact, it takes on color.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The mere knowledge of a fact is pale; but when you come to _realize_ your fact, it takes on color.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading In the stillness and the darkness, the knowledge that I was in deadly danger took to itself deeper and deeper meaning all the time; a something which was realization crept inch by inch through my veins and turned me cold.
knowledge
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From this reading THE ECLIPSE In the stillness and the darkness, realization soon began to supplement knowledge.
like
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From this reading But it is a blessed provision of nature that at times like these, as soon as a man's mercury has got down to a certain point there comes a revulsion, and he rallies.
man
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From this reading It is all the difference between hearing of a man being stabbed to the heart, and seeing it done.
man's
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From this reading But it is a blessed provision of nature that at times like these, as soon as a man's mercury has got down to a certain point there comes a revulsion, and he rallies.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading In the stillness and the darkness, the knowledge that I was in deadly danger took to itself deeper and deeper meaning all the time; a something which was realization crept inch by inch through my veins and turned me cold.
meaning
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From this reading In the stillness and the darkness, the knowledge that I was in deadly danger took to itself deeper and deeper meaning all the time; a something which was realization crept inch by inch through my veins and turned me cold.
mercury
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From this reading But it is a blessed provision of nature that at times like these, as soon as a man's mercury has got down to a certain point there comes a revulsion, and he rallies.
mere
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From this reading The mere knowledge of a fact is pale; but when you come to _realize_ your fact, it takes on color.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading In the stillness and the darkness, the knowledge that I was in deadly danger took to itself deeper and deeper meaning all the time; a something which was realization crept inch by inch through my veins and turned me cold.
nature
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From this reading But it is a blessed provision of nature that at times like these, as soon as a man's mercury has got down to a certain point there comes a revulsion, and he rallies.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The mere knowledge of a fact is pale; but when you come to _realize_ your fact, it takes on color.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The mere knowledge of a fact is pale; but when you come to _realize_ your fact, it takes on color.
pale
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From this reading The mere knowledge of a fact is pale; but when you come to _realize_ your fact, it takes on color.
pointnounUS /pɔɪnt/
the main matter or purpose being discussed
From this reading But it is a blessed provision of nature that at times like these, as soon as a man's mercury has got down to a certain point there comes a revulsion, and he rallies.
provision
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From this reading But it is a blessed provision of nature that at times like these, as soon as a man's mercury has got down to a certain point there comes a revulsion, and he rallies.
rallies
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From this reading But it is a blessed provision of nature that at times like these, as soon as a man's mercury has got down to a certain point there comes a revulsion, and he rallies.
realization
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From this reading THE ECLIPSE In the stillness and the darkness, realization soon began to supplement knowledge.
realize
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From this reading The mere knowledge of a fact is pale; but when you come to _realize_ your fact, it takes on color.
revulsion
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From this reading But it is a blessed provision of nature that at times like these, as soon as a man's mercury has got down to a certain point there comes a revulsion, and he rallies.
seeing
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From this reading It is all the difference between hearing of a man being stabbed to the heart, and seeing it done.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading In the stillness and the darkness, the knowledge that I was in deadly danger took to itself deeper and deeper meaning all the time; a something which was realization crept inch by inch through my veins and turned me cold.
soon
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From this reading THE ECLIPSE In the stillness and the darkness, realization soon began to supplement knowledge.
stabbed
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From this reading It is all the difference between hearing of a man being stabbed to the heart, and seeing it done.
stillness
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From this reading THE ECLIPSE In the stillness and the darkness, realization soon began to supplement knowledge.
supplement
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From this reading THE ECLIPSE In the stillness and the darkness, realization soon began to supplement knowledge.
takes
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From this reading The mere knowledge of a fact is pale; but when you come to _realize_ your fact, it takes on color.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading In the stillness and the darkness, the knowledge that I was in deadly danger took to itself deeper and deeper meaning all the time; a something which was realization crept inch by inch through my veins and turned me cold.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE ECLIPSE In the stillness and the darkness, realization soon began to supplement knowledge.
there
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From this reading But it is a blessed provision of nature that at times like these, as soon as a man's mercury has got down to a certain point there comes a revulsion, and he rallies.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading But it is a blessed provision of nature that at times like these, as soon as a man's mercury has got down to a certain point there comes a revulsion, and he rallies.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading In the stillness and the darkness, the knowledge that I was in deadly danger took to itself deeper and deeper meaning all the time; a something which was realization crept inch by inch through my veins and turned me cold.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the stillness and the darkness, the knowledge that I was in deadly danger took to itself deeper and deeper meaning all the time; a something which was realization crept inch by inch through my veins and turned me cold.
times
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From this reading But it is a blessed provision of nature that at times like these, as soon as a man's mercury has got down to a certain point there comes a revulsion, and he rallies.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE ECLIPSE In the stillness and the darkness, realization soon began to supplement knowledge.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the stillness and the darkness, the knowledge that I was in deadly danger took to itself deeper and deeper meaning all the time; a something which was realization crept inch by inch through my veins and turned me cold.
turned
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From this reading In the stillness and the darkness, the knowledge that I was in deadly danger took to itself deeper and deeper meaning all the time; a something which was realization crept inch by inch through my veins and turned me cold.
veins
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From this reading In the stillness and the darkness, the knowledge that I was in deadly danger took to itself deeper and deeper meaning all the time; a something which was realization crept inch by inch through my veins and turned me cold.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading In the stillness and the darkness, the knowledge that I was in deadly danger took to itself deeper and deeper meaning all the time; a something which was realization crept inch by inch through my veins and turned me cold.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading The mere knowledge of a fact is pale; but when you come to _realize_ your fact, it takes on color.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading In the stillness and the darkness, the knowledge that I was in deadly danger took to itself deeper and deeper meaning all the time; a something which was realization crept inch by inch through my veins and turned me cold.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading The mere knowledge of a fact is pale; but when you come to _realize_ your fact, it takes on color.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading The mere knowledge of a fact is pale; but when you come to _realize_ your fact, it takes on color.
