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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 Even now there was a tiny, sharp-voiced sentinel hiding away in a corner of his mind, screaming out its message of alertness and fear to Jeff.
alertness
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From this reading Even now there was a tiny, sharp-voiced sentinel hiding away in a corner of his mind, screaming out its message of alertness and fear to Jeff.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Even now there was a tiny, sharp-voiced sentinel hiding away in a corner of his mind, screaming out its message of alertness and fear to Jeff.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It would have left him in psychotic break at the end, if he had not had the recuperative buffer of hypnosis to help him.
away
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From this reading Even now there was a tiny, sharp-voiced sentinel hiding away in a corner of his mind, screaming out its message of alertness and fear to Jeff.
break
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From this reading It would have left him in psychotic break at the end, if he had not had the recuperative buffer of hypnosis to help him.
buffer
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From this reading It would have left him in psychotic break at the end, if he had not had the recuperative buffer of hypnosis to help him.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But he laughed to himself, sinking deeper into the peacefulness of his walking slumber.
completenounUS /complete/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Quickly, he took him through the paces of a testing series that would have taken long, hard days to complete.
corner
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From this reading Even now there was a tiny, sharp-voiced sentinel hiding away in a corner of his mind, screaming out its message of alertness and fear to Jeff.
days
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deeper
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From this reading But he laughed to himself, sinking deeper into the peacefulness of his walking slumber.
Dr
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From this reading Dr. Gabriel's voice was in his ear, his voice smooth and soothing, talking to him quietly, giving simple instructions.
ear
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From this reading Dr. Gabriel's voice was in his ear, his voice smooth and soothing, talking to him quietly, giving simple instructions.
end
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From this reading It would have left him in psychotic break at the end, if he had not had the recuperative buffer of hypnosis to help him.
EvennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Even now there was a tiny, sharp-voiced sentinel hiding away in a corner of his mind, screaming out its message of alertness and fear to Jeff.
fear
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From this reading Even now there was a tiny, sharp-voiced sentinel hiding away in a corner of his mind, screaming out its message of alertness and fear to Jeff.
Gabriel's
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From this reading Dr. Gabriel's voice was in his ear, his voice smooth and soothing, talking to him quietly, giving simple instructions.
giving
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From this reading Dr. Gabriel's voice was in his ear, his voice smooth and soothing, talking to him quietly, giving simple instructions.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It would have left him in psychotic break at the end, if he had not had the recuperative buffer of hypnosis to help him.
hard
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From this reading Quickly, he took him through the paces of a testing series that would have taken long, hard days to complete.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Quickly, he took him through the paces of a testing series that would have taken long, hard days to complete.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But he laughed to himself, sinking deeper into the peacefulness of his walking slumber.
helpnounUS /help/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It would have left him in psychotic break at the end, if he had not had the recuperative buffer of hypnosis to help him.
hiding
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From this reading Even now there was a tiny, sharp-voiced sentinel hiding away in a corner of his mind, screaming out its message of alertness and fear to Jeff.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Dr. Gabriel's voice was in his ear, his voice smooth and soothing, talking to him quietly, giving simple instructions.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading But he laughed to himself, sinking deeper into the peacefulness of his walking slumber.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Even now there was a tiny, sharp-voiced sentinel hiding away in a corner of his mind, screaming out its message of alertness and fear to Jeff.
hypnosis
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From this reading It would have left him in psychotic break at the end, if he had not had the recuperative buffer of hypnosis to help him.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading It would have left him in psychotic break at the end, if he had not had the recuperative buffer of hypnosis to help him.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Even now there was a tiny, sharp-voiced sentinel hiding away in a corner of his mind, screaming out its message of alertness and fear to Jeff.
instructions
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From this reading Dr. Gabriel's voice was in his ear, his voice smooth and soothing, talking to him quietly, giving simple instructions.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading But he laughed to himself, sinking deeper into the peacefulness of his walking slumber.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It would have left him in psychotic break at the end, if he had not had the recuperative buffer of hypnosis to help him.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Even now there was a tiny, sharp-voiced sentinel hiding away in a corner of his mind, screaming out its message of alertness and fear to Jeff.
Jeff
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From this reading Even now there was a tiny, sharp-voiced sentinel hiding away in a corner of his mind, screaming out its message of alertness and fear to Jeff.
laughed
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From this reading But he laughed to himself, sinking deeper into the peacefulness of his walking slumber.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It would have left him in psychotic break at the end, if he had not had the recuperative buffer of hypnosis to help him.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Quickly, he took him through the paces of a testing series that would have taken long, hard days to complete.
message
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From this reading Even now there was a tiny, sharp-voiced sentinel hiding away in a corner of his mind, screaming out its message of alertness and fear to Jeff.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Even now there was a tiny, sharp-voiced sentinel hiding away in a corner of his mind, screaming out its message of alertness and fear to Jeff.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It would have left him in psychotic break at the end, if he had not had the recuperative buffer of hypnosis to help him.
now
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From this reading Even now there was a tiny, sharp-voiced sentinel hiding away in a corner of his mind, screaming out its message of alertness and fear to Jeff.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Even now there was a tiny, sharp-voiced sentinel hiding away in a corner of his mind, screaming out its message of alertness and fear to Jeff.
out
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From this reading Even now there was a tiny, sharp-voiced sentinel hiding away in a corner of his mind, screaming out its message of alertness and fear to Jeff.
paces
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From this reading Quickly, he took him through the paces of a testing series that would have taken long, hard days to complete.
peacefulness
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From this reading But he laughed to himself, sinking deeper into the peacefulness of his walking slumber.
psychotic
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From this reading It would have left him in psychotic break at the end, if he had not had the recuperative buffer of hypnosis to help him.
Quickly
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From this reading Quickly, he took him through the paces of a testing series that would have taken long, hard days to complete.
quietly
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From this reading Dr. Gabriel's voice was in his ear, his voice smooth and soothing, talking to him quietly, giving simple instructions.
recuperative
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From this reading It would have left him in psychotic break at the end, if he had not had the recuperative buffer of hypnosis to help him.
screaming
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From this reading Even now there was a tiny, sharp-voiced sentinel hiding away in a corner of his mind, screaming out its message of alertness and fear to Jeff.
sentinel
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series
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sharp-voiced
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simple
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From this reading Dr. Gabriel's voice was in his ear, his voice smooth and soothing, talking to him quietly, giving simple instructions.
sinking
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From this reading But he laughed to himself, sinking deeper into the peacefulness of his walking slumber.
slumber
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From this reading But he laughed to himself, sinking deeper into the peacefulness of his walking slumber.
smooth
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From this reading Dr. Gabriel's voice was in his ear, his voice smooth and soothing, talking to him quietly, giving simple instructions.
soothing
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From this reading Dr. Gabriel's voice was in his ear, his voice smooth and soothing, talking to him quietly, giving simple instructions.
taken
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From this reading Quickly, he took him through the paces of a testing series that would have taken long, hard days to complete.
talking
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From this reading Dr. Gabriel's voice was in his ear, his voice smooth and soothing, talking to him quietly, giving simple instructions.
testing
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From this reading Quickly, he took him through the paces of a testing series that would have taken long, hard days to complete.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Quickly, he took him through the paces of a testing series that would have taken long, hard days to complete.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading But he laughed to himself, sinking deeper into the peacefulness of his walking slumber.
there
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From this reading Even now there was a tiny, sharp-voiced sentinel hiding away in a corner of his mind, screaming out its message of alertness and fear to Jeff.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Quickly, he took him through the paces of a testing series that would have taken long, hard days to complete.
tiny
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From this reading Even now there was a tiny, sharp-voiced sentinel hiding away in a corner of his mind, screaming out its message of alertness and fear to Jeff.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Even now there was a tiny, sharp-voiced sentinel hiding away in a corner of his mind, screaming out its message of alertness and fear to Jeff.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Quickly, he took him through the paces of a testing series that would have taken long, hard days to complete.
voice
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From this reading Dr. Gabriel's voice was in his ear, his voice smooth and soothing, talking to him quietly, giving simple instructions.
walking
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From this reading But he laughed to himself, sinking deeper into the peacefulness of his walking slumber.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Even now there was a tiny, sharp-voiced sentinel hiding away in a corner of his mind, screaming out its message of alertness and fear to Jeff.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Quickly, he took him through the paces of a testing series that would have taken long, hard days to complete.
