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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 was sunk in an extreme debility, which from a moral had become a physical one.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading He was sunk in an extreme debility, which from a moral had become a physical one.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There appeared nothing wrong with him constitutionally; but he dreamt, and saw vampires, and the substance of his eternal illusions figured in “blood-boltered” forms.
appeared
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From this reading There appeared nothing wrong with him constitutionally; but he dreamt, and saw vampires, and the substance of his eternal illusions figured in “blood-boltered” forms.
appetites
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From this reading Nightly they sucked him, and daily his increasing wanness testified to their inhuman appetites.
baffled
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From this reading Louis-Marie was really ill, though his complaint, it seemed, baffled diagnosis.
become
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From this reading He was sunk in an extreme debility, which from a moral had become a physical one.
blood-boltered
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From this reading There appeared nothing wrong with him constitutionally; but he dreamt, and saw vampires, and the substance of his eternal illusions figured in “blood-boltered” forms.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading There appeared nothing wrong with him constitutionally; but he dreamt, and saw vampires, and the substance of his eternal illusions figured in “blood-boltered” forms.
complaint
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From this reading Louis-Marie was really ill, though his complaint, it seemed, baffled diagnosis.
constitutionally
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From this reading There appeared nothing wrong with him constitutionally; but he dreamt, and saw vampires, and the substance of his eternal illusions figured in “blood-boltered” forms.
daily
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From this reading Nightly they sucked him, and daily his increasing wanness testified to their inhuman appetites.
debility
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From this reading He was sunk in an extreme debility, which from a moral had become a physical one.
diagnosis
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From this reading Louis-Marie was really ill, though his complaint, it seemed, baffled diagnosis.
dreamtverbUS /drɛmt/
Experienced dreams during sleep.
From this reading There appeared nothing wrong with him constitutionally; but he dreamt, and saw vampires, and the substance of his eternal illusions figured in “blood-boltered” forms.
eternal
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From this reading There appeared nothing wrong with him constitutionally; but he dreamt, and saw vampires, and the substance of his eternal illusions figured in “blood-boltered” forms.
extreme
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From this reading He was sunk in an extreme debility, which from a moral had become a physical one.
faded
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From this reading He faded to a frail image of himself, very pitiful in its suggestion of a sick prince of porcelain.
figured
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From this reading There appeared nothing wrong with him constitutionally; but he dreamt, and saw vampires, and the substance of his eternal illusions figured in “blood-boltered” forms.
forms
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From this reading There appeared nothing wrong with him constitutionally; but he dreamt, and saw vampires, and the substance of his eternal illusions figured in “blood-boltered” forms.
frail
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From this reading He faded to a frail image of himself, very pitiful in its suggestion of a sick prince of porcelain.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He was sunk in an extreme debility, which from a moral had become a physical one.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He was sunk in an extreme debility, which from a moral had become a physical one.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was sunk in an extreme debility, which from a moral had become a physical one.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading There appeared nothing wrong with him constitutionally; but he dreamt, and saw vampires, and the substance of his eternal illusions figured in “blood-boltered” forms.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading He faded to a frail image of himself, very pitiful in its suggestion of a sick prince of porcelain.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Louis-Marie was really ill, though his complaint, it seemed, baffled diagnosis.
ill
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From this reading Louis-Marie was really ill, though his complaint, it seemed, baffled diagnosis.
illusions
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From this reading There appeared nothing wrong with him constitutionally; but he dreamt, and saw vampires, and the substance of his eternal illusions figured in “blood-boltered” forms.
image
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From this reading He faded to a frail image of himself, very pitiful in its suggestion of a sick prince of porcelain.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He was sunk in an extreme debility, which from a moral had become a physical one.
increasing
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From this reading Nightly they sucked him, and daily his increasing wanness testified to their inhuman appetites.
inhuman
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From this reading Nightly they sucked him, and daily his increasing wanness testified to their inhuman appetites.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Louis-Marie was really ill, though his complaint, it seemed, baffled diagnosis.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading He faded to a frail image of himself, very pitiful in its suggestion of a sick prince of porcelain.
Louis-Marie
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From this reading Louis-Marie was really ill, though his complaint, it seemed, baffled diagnosis.
moral
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From this reading He was sunk in an extreme debility, which from a moral had become a physical one.
Nightly
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From this reading Nightly they sucked him, and daily his increasing wanness testified to their inhuman appetites.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading There appeared nothing wrong with him constitutionally; but he dreamt, and saw vampires, and the substance of his eternal illusions figured in “blood-boltered” forms.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There appeared nothing wrong with him constitutionally; but he dreamt, and saw vampires, and the substance of his eternal illusions figured in “blood-boltered” forms.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading He was sunk in an extreme debility, which from a moral had become a physical one.
physical
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From this reading He was sunk in an extreme debility, which from a moral had become a physical one.
pitiful
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From this reading He faded to a frail image of himself, very pitiful in its suggestion of a sick prince of porcelain.
porcelain
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From this reading He faded to a frail image of himself, very pitiful in its suggestion of a sick prince of porcelain.
prince
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From this reading He faded to a frail image of himself, very pitiful in its suggestion of a sick prince of porcelain.
really
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From this reading Louis-Marie was really ill, though his complaint, it seemed, baffled diagnosis.
saw
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From this reading There appeared nothing wrong with him constitutionally; but he dreamt, and saw vampires, and the substance of his eternal illusions figured in “blood-boltered” forms.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Louis-Marie was really ill, though his complaint, it seemed, baffled diagnosis.
sick
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From this reading He faded to a frail image of himself, very pitiful in its suggestion of a sick prince of porcelain.
substancenounUS /ˈsʌbstəns/
wealth or financial means
From this reading There appeared nothing wrong with him constitutionally; but he dreamt, and saw vampires, and the substance of his eternal illusions figured in “blood-boltered” forms.
sucked
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From this reading Nightly they sucked him, and daily his increasing wanness testified to their inhuman appetites.
suggestion
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From this reading He faded to a frail image of himself, very pitiful in its suggestion of a sick prince of porcelain.
sunk
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From this reading He was sunk in an extreme debility, which from a moral had become a physical one.
testified
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From this reading Nightly they sucked him, and daily his increasing wanness testified to their inhuman appetites.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There appeared nothing wrong with him constitutionally; but he dreamt, and saw vampires, and the substance of his eternal illusions figured in “blood-boltered” forms.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Nightly they sucked him, and daily his increasing wanness testified to their inhuman appetites.
There
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From this reading There appeared nothing wrong with him constitutionally; but he dreamt, and saw vampires, and the substance of his eternal illusions figured in “blood-boltered” forms.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Nightly they sucked him, and daily his increasing wanness testified to their inhuman appetites.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Louis-Marie was really ill, though his complaint, it seemed, baffled diagnosis.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Nightly they sucked him, and daily his increasing wanness testified to their inhuman appetites.
vampires
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From this reading There appeared nothing wrong with him constitutionally; but he dreamt, and saw vampires, and the substance of his eternal illusions figured in “blood-boltered” forms.
very
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From this reading He faded to a frail image of himself, very pitiful in its suggestion of a sick prince of porcelain.
wanness
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From this reading Nightly they sucked him, and daily his increasing wanness testified to their inhuman appetites.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Louis-Marie was really ill, though his complaint, it seemed, baffled diagnosis.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading He was sunk in an extreme debility, which from a moral had become a physical one.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading There appeared nothing wrong with him constitutionally; but he dreamt, and saw vampires, and the substance of his eternal illusions figured in “blood-boltered” forms.
wrong
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From this reading There appeared nothing wrong with him constitutionally; but he dreamt, and saw vampires, and the substance of his eternal illusions figured in “blood-boltered” forms.
