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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 old man turned up a burner in the chandelier, and stood looking on the majestic serenity of the dead face.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading He crept by him to the drawing-room, where his son was; the place was full of the awful sweetness of the flowers that Fulkerson had brought, and that lay above the pulseless breast.
ag'in
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From this reading He thought she might be walking in her sleep, but she said, quite simply, "I woke up, and I couldn't git to sleep ag'in without comin' to have a look."
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He crept by him to the drawing-room, where his son was; the place was full of the awful sweetness of the flowers that Fulkerson had brought, and that lay above the pulseless breast.
awful
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From this reading He crept by him to the drawing-room, where his son was; the place was full of the awful sweetness of the flowers that Fulkerson had brought, and that lay above the pulseless breast.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading He thought she might be walking in her sleep, but she said, quite simply, "I woke up, and I couldn't git to sleep ag'in without comin' to have a look."
bed
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From this reading She was in her long, white flannel bed gown, and the candle she carried shook with her nervous tremor.
breast
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From this reading He crept by him to the drawing-room, where his son was; the place was full of the awful sweetness of the flowers that Fulkerson had brought, and that lay above the pulseless breast.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He crept by him to the drawing-room, where his son was; the place was full of the awful sweetness of the flowers that Fulkerson had brought, and that lay above the pulseless breast.
burner
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From this reading The old man turned up a burner in the chandelier, and stood looking on the majestic serenity of the dead face.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He thought she might be walking in her sleep, but she said, quite simply, "I woke up, and I couldn't git to sleep ag'in without comin' to have a look."
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading He crept by him to the drawing-room, where his son was; the place was full of the awful sweetness of the flowers that Fulkerson had brought, and that lay above the pulseless breast.
candle
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From this reading She was in her long, white flannel bed gown, and the candle she carried shook with her nervous tremor.
carried
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From this reading She was in her long, white flannel bed gown, and the candle she carried shook with her nervous tremor.
chandelier
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From this reading The old man turned up a burner in the chandelier, and stood looking on the majestic serenity of the dead face.
comin
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From this reading He thought she might be walking in her sleep, but she said, quite simply, "I woke up, and I couldn't git to sleep ag'in without comin' to have a look."
coming
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From this reading He could not move when he saw his wife coming down the stairway in the hall.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading He could not move when he saw his wife coming down the stairway in the hall.
couldn't
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From this reading He thought she might be walking in her sleep, but she said, quite simply, "I woke up, and I couldn't git to sleep ag'in without comin' to have a look."
crept
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From this reading He crept by him to the drawing-room, where his son was; the place was full of the awful sweetness of the flowers that Fulkerson had brought, and that lay above the pulseless breast.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The old man turned up a burner in the chandelier, and stood looking on the majestic serenity of the dead face.
down
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From this reading He could not move when he saw his wife coming down the stairway in the hall.
drawing-room
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From this reading He crept by him to the drawing-room, where his son was; the place was full of the awful sweetness of the flowers that Fulkerson had brought, and that lay above the pulseless breast.
face
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From this reading The old man turned up a burner in the chandelier, and stood looking on the majestic serenity of the dead face.
flannel
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From this reading She was in her long, white flannel bed gown, and the candle she carried shook with her nervous tremor.
flowers
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From this reading He crept by him to the drawing-room, where his son was; the place was full of the awful sweetness of the flowers that Fulkerson had brought, and that lay above the pulseless breast.
Fulkerson
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From this reading He crept by him to the drawing-room, where his son was; the place was full of the awful sweetness of the flowers that Fulkerson had brought, and that lay above the pulseless breast.
full
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From this reading He crept by him to the drawing-room, where his son was; the place was full of the awful sweetness of the flowers that Fulkerson had brought, and that lay above the pulseless breast.
git
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From this reading He thought she might be walking in her sleep, but she said, quite simply, "I woke up, and I couldn't git to sleep ag'in without comin' to have a look."
gown
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From this reading She was in her long, white flannel bed gown, and the candle she carried shook with her nervous tremor.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He crept by him to the drawing-room, where his son was; the place was full of the awful sweetness of the flowers that Fulkerson had brought, and that lay above the pulseless breast.
hall
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From this reading He could not move when he saw his wife coming down the stairway in the hall.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading He thought she might be walking in her sleep, but she said, quite simply, "I woke up, and I couldn't git to sleep ag'in without comin' to have a look."
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He crept by him to the drawing-room, where his son was; the place was full of the awful sweetness of the flowers that Fulkerson had brought, and that lay above the pulseless breast.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She was in her long, white flannel bed gown, and the candle she carried shook with her nervous tremor.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He crept by him to the drawing-room, where his son was; the place was full of the awful sweetness of the flowers that Fulkerson had brought, and that lay above the pulseless breast.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He crept by him to the drawing-room, where his son was; the place was full of the awful sweetness of the flowers that Fulkerson had brought, and that lay above the pulseless breast.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading He thought she might be walking in her sleep, but she said, quite simply, "I woke up, and I couldn't git to sleep ag'in without comin' to have a look."
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The old man turned up a burner in the chandelier, and stood looking on the majestic serenity of the dead face.
lay
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From this reading He crept by him to the drawing-room, where his son was; the place was full of the awful sweetness of the flowers that Fulkerson had brought, and that lay above the pulseless breast.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She was in her long, white flannel bed gown, and the candle she carried shook with her nervous tremor.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He thought she might be walking in her sleep, but she said, quite simply, "I woke up, and I couldn't git to sleep ag'in without comin' to have a look."
looking
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From this reading The old man turned up a burner in the chandelier, and stood looking on the majestic serenity of the dead face.
majestic
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From this reading The old man turned up a burner in the chandelier, and stood looking on the majestic serenity of the dead face.
man
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From this reading The old man turned up a burner in the chandelier, and stood looking on the majestic serenity of the dead face.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading He thought she might be walking in her sleep, but she said, quite simply, "I woke up, and I couldn't git to sleep ag'in without comin' to have a look."
move
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From this reading He could not move when he saw his wife coming down the stairway in the hall.
nervous
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From this reading She was in her long, white flannel bed gown, and the candle she carried shook with her nervous tremor.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading He could not move when he saw his wife coming down the stairway in the hall.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He crept by him to the drawing-room, where his son was; the place was full of the awful sweetness of the flowers that Fulkerson had brought, and that lay above the pulseless breast.
old
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From this reading The old man turned up a burner in the chandelier, and stood looking on the majestic serenity of the dead face.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The old man turned up a burner in the chandelier, and stood looking on the majestic serenity of the dead face.
place
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From this reading He crept by him to the drawing-room, where his son was; the place was full of the awful sweetness of the flowers that Fulkerson had brought, and that lay above the pulseless breast.
pulseless
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From this reading He crept by him to the drawing-room, where his son was; the place was full of the awful sweetness of the flowers that Fulkerson had brought, and that lay above the pulseless breast.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He thought she might be walking in her sleep, but she said, quite simply, "I woke up, and I couldn't git to sleep ag'in without comin' to have a look."
said
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From this reading He thought she might be walking in her sleep, but she said, quite simply, "I woke up, and I couldn't git to sleep ag'in without comin' to have a look."
saw
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From this reading He could not move when he saw his wife coming down the stairway in the hall.
serenitynounUS /səˈren.ə.t̬i/
The state of being calm, peaceful, and untroubled by external storms.
From this reading The old man turned up a burner in the chandelier, and stood looking on the majestic serenity of the dead face.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was in her long, white flannel bed gown, and the candle she carried shook with her nervous tremor.
shook
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From this reading She was in her long, white flannel bed gown, and the candle she carried shook with her nervous tremor.
simply
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From this reading He thought she might be walking in her sleep, but she said, quite simply, "I woke up, and I couldn't git to sleep ag'in without comin' to have a look."
sleep
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From this reading He thought she might be walking in her sleep, but she said, quite simply, "I woke up, and I couldn't git to sleep ag'in without comin' to have a look."
son
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From this reading He crept by him to the drawing-room, where his son was; the place was full of the awful sweetness of the flowers that Fulkerson had brought, and that lay above the pulseless breast.
stairway
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From this reading He could not move when he saw his wife coming down the stairway in the hall.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The old man turned up a burner in the chandelier, and stood looking on the majestic serenity of the dead face.
sweetness
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From this reading He crept by him to the drawing-room, where his son was; the place was full of the awful sweetness of the flowers that Fulkerson had brought, and that lay above the pulseless breast.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He crept by him to the drawing-room, where his son was; the place was full of the awful sweetness of the flowers that Fulkerson had brought, and that lay above the pulseless breast.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He crept by him to the drawing-room, where his son was; the place was full of the awful sweetness of the flowers that Fulkerson had brought, and that lay above the pulseless breast.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He thought she might be walking in her sleep, but she said, quite simply, "I woke up, and I couldn't git to sleep ag'in without comin' to have a look."
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He crept by him to the drawing-room, where his son was; the place was full of the awful sweetness of the flowers that Fulkerson had brought, and that lay above the pulseless breast.
tremor
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From this reading She was in her long, white flannel bed gown, and the candle she carried shook with her nervous tremor.
turned
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From this reading The old man turned up a burner in the chandelier, and stood looking on the majestic serenity of the dead face.
up
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From this reading The old man turned up a burner in the chandelier, and stood looking on the majestic serenity of the dead face.
walking
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From this reading He thought she might be walking in her sleep, but she said, quite simply, "I woke up, and I couldn't git to sleep ag'in without comin' to have a look."
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He crept by him to the drawing-room, where his son was; the place was full of the awful sweetness of the flowers that Fulkerson had brought, and that lay above the pulseless breast.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading He could not move when he saw his wife coming down the stairway in the hall.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading He crept by him to the drawing-room, where his son was; the place was full of the awful sweetness of the flowers that Fulkerson had brought, and that lay above the pulseless breast.
white
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From this reading She was in her long, white flannel bed gown, and the candle she carried shook with her nervous tremor.
wife
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From this reading He could not move when he saw his wife coming down the stairway in the hall.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading She was in her long, white flannel bed gown, and the candle she carried shook with her nervous tremor.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading He thought she might be walking in her sleep, but she said, quite simply, "I woke up, and I couldn't git to sleep ag'in without comin' to have a look."
woke
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From this reading He thought she might be walking in her sleep, but she said, quite simply, "I woke up, and I couldn't git to sleep ag'in without comin' to have a look."
