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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 [A Sport that Sometimes Kills] The third duel was brief and bloody.
add
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From this reading The fourth duel was a tremendous encounter; but at the end of five or six minutes the surgeon interfered once more: another man so severely hurt as to render it unsafe to add to his harms.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading [A Sport that Sometimes Kills] The third duel was brief and bloody.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The fourth duel was a tremendous encounter; but at the end of five or six minutes the surgeon interfered once more: another man so severely hurt as to render it unsafe to add to his harms.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The fourth duel was a tremendous encounter; but at the end of five or six minutes the surgeon interfered once more: another man so severely hurt as to render it unsafe to add to his harms.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The fourth duel was a tremendous encounter; but at the end of five or six minutes the surgeon interfered once more: another man so severely hurt as to render it unsafe to add to his harms.
away
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From this reading My eyes were upon the loser of this duel when he got his last and vanquishing wound--it was in his face and it carried away his--but no matter, I must not enter into details.
bad
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From this reading The surgeon stopped it when he saw that one of the men had received such bad wounds that he could not fight longer without endangering his life.
bloody
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From this reading [A Sport that Sometimes Kills] The third duel was brief and bloody.
blow
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From this reading I watched this engagement as I watched the others--with rapt interest and strong excitement, and with a shrink and a shudder for every blow that laid open a cheek or a forehead; and a conscious paling of my face when I occasionally saw a wound of a yet more shocking nature inflicted.
brief
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From this reading [A Sport that Sometimes Kills] The third duel was brief and bloody.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The fourth duel was a tremendous encounter; but at the end of five or six minutes the surgeon interfered once more: another man so severely hurt as to render it unsafe to add to his harms.
carried
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From this reading My eyes were upon the loser of this duel when he got his last and vanquishing wound--it was in his face and it carried away his--but no matter, I must not enter into details.
cheek
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From this reading I watched this engagement as I watched the others--with rapt interest and strong excitement, and with a shrink and a shudder for every blow that laid open a cheek or a forehead; and a conscious paling of my face when I occasionally saw a wound of a yet more shocking nature inflicted.
conscious
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From this reading I watched this engagement as I watched the others--with rapt interest and strong excitement, and with a shrink and a shudder for every blow that laid open a cheek or a forehead; and a conscious paling of my face when I occasionally saw a wound of a yet more shocking nature inflicted.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading The surgeon stopped it when he saw that one of the men had received such bad wounds that he could not fight longer without endangering his life.
detailsnounUS /ˈdetails/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading My eyes were upon the loser of this duel when he got his last and vanquishing wound--it was in his face and it carried away his--but no matter, I must not enter into details.
duel
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From this reading [A Sport that Sometimes Kills] The third duel was brief and bloody.
encounter
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From this reading The fourth duel was a tremendous encounter; but at the end of five or six minutes the surgeon interfered once more: another man so severely hurt as to render it unsafe to add to his harms.
end
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From this reading The fourth duel was a tremendous encounter; but at the end of five or six minutes the surgeon interfered once more: another man so severely hurt as to render it unsafe to add to his harms.
endangering
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From this reading The surgeon stopped it when he saw that one of the men had received such bad wounds that he could not fight longer without endangering his life.
engagement
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From this reading I watched this engagement as I watched the others--with rapt interest and strong excitement, and with a shrink and a shudder for every blow that laid open a cheek or a forehead; and a conscious paling of my face when I occasionally saw a wound of a yet more shocking nature inflicted.
enter
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From this reading My eyes were upon the loser of this duel when he got his last and vanquishing wound--it was in his face and it carried away his--but no matter, I must not enter into details.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading I watched this engagement as I watched the others--with rapt interest and strong excitement, and with a shrink and a shudder for every blow that laid open a cheek or a forehead; and a conscious paling of my face when I occasionally saw a wound of a yet more shocking nature inflicted.
excitement
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From this reading I watched this engagement as I watched the others--with rapt interest and strong excitement, and with a shrink and a shudder for every blow that laid open a cheek or a forehead; and a conscious paling of my face when I occasionally saw a wound of a yet more shocking nature inflicted.
eyes
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From this reading My eyes were upon the loser of this duel when he got his last and vanquishing wound--it was in his face and it carried away his--but no matter, I must not enter into details.
face
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From this reading I watched this engagement as I watched the others--with rapt interest and strong excitement, and with a shrink and a shudder for every blow that laid open a cheek or a forehead; and a conscious paling of my face when I occasionally saw a wound of a yet more shocking nature inflicted.
fight
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From this reading The surgeon stopped it when he saw that one of the men had received such bad wounds that he could not fight longer without endangering his life.
five
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From this reading The fourth duel was a tremendous encounter; but at the end of five or six minutes the surgeon interfered once more: another man so severely hurt as to render it unsafe to add to his harms.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I watched this engagement as I watched the others--with rapt interest and strong excitement, and with a shrink and a shudder for every blow that laid open a cheek or a forehead; and a conscious paling of my face when I occasionally saw a wound of a yet more shocking nature inflicted.
forehead
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From this reading I watched this engagement as I watched the others--with rapt interest and strong excitement, and with a shrink and a shudder for every blow that laid open a cheek or a forehead; and a conscious paling of my face when I occasionally saw a wound of a yet more shocking nature inflicted.
fourthnounUS /fourth/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The fourth duel was a tremendous encounter; but at the end of five or six minutes the surgeon interfered once more: another man so severely hurt as to render it unsafe to add to his harms.
got
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From this reading My eyes were upon the loser of this duel when he got his last and vanquishing wound--it was in his face and it carried away his--but no matter, I must not enter into details.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The surgeon stopped it when he saw that one of the men had received such bad wounds that he could not fight longer without endangering his life.
harms
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From this reading The fourth duel was a tremendous encounter; but at the end of five or six minutes the surgeon interfered once more: another man so severely hurt as to render it unsafe to add to his harms.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The surgeon stopped it when he saw that one of the men had received such bad wounds that he could not fight longer without endangering his life.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The surgeon stopped it when he saw that one of the men had received such bad wounds that he could not fight longer without endangering his life.
hurt
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From this reading The fourth duel was a tremendous encounter; but at the end of five or six minutes the surgeon interfered once more: another man so severely hurt as to render it unsafe to add to his harms.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I watched this engagement as I watched the others--with rapt interest and strong excitement, and with a shrink and a shudder for every blow that laid open a cheek or a forehead; and a conscious paling of my face when I occasionally saw a wound of a yet more shocking nature inflicted.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading My eyes were upon the loser of this duel when he got his last and vanquishing wound--it was in his face and it carried away his--but no matter, I must not enter into details.
inflicted
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From this reading I watched this engagement as I watched the others--with rapt interest and strong excitement, and with a shrink and a shudder for every blow that laid open a cheek or a forehead; and a conscious paling of my face when I occasionally saw a wound of a yet more shocking nature inflicted.
interest
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From this reading I watched this engagement as I watched the others--with rapt interest and strong excitement, and with a shrink and a shudder for every blow that laid open a cheek or a forehead; and a conscious paling of my face when I occasionally saw a wound of a yet more shocking nature inflicted.
interfered
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From this reading The fourth duel was a tremendous encounter; but at the end of five or six minutes the surgeon interfered once more: another man so severely hurt as to render it unsafe to add to his harms.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading My eyes were upon the loser of this duel when he got his last and vanquishing wound--it was in his face and it carried away his--but no matter, I must not enter into details.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The surgeon stopped it when he saw that one of the men had received such bad wounds that he could not fight longer without endangering his life.
Kills
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From this reading [A Sport that Sometimes Kills] The third duel was brief and bloody.
laid
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From this reading I watched this engagement as I watched the others--with rapt interest and strong excitement, and with a shrink and a shudder for every blow that laid open a cheek or a forehead; and a conscious paling of my face when I occasionally saw a wound of a yet more shocking nature inflicted.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading My eyes were upon the loser of this duel when he got his last and vanquishing wound--it was in his face and it carried away his--but no matter, I must not enter into details.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The surgeon stopped it when he saw that one of the men had received such bad wounds that he could not fight longer without endangering his life.
longer
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From this reading The surgeon stopped it when he saw that one of the men had received such bad wounds that he could not fight longer without endangering his life.
loser
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From this reading My eyes were upon the loser of this duel when he got his last and vanquishing wound--it was in his face and it carried away his--but no matter, I must not enter into details.
man
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From this reading The fourth duel was a tremendous encounter; but at the end of five or six minutes the surgeon interfered once more: another man so severely hurt as to render it unsafe to add to his harms.
matter
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From this reading My eyes were upon the loser of this duel when he got his last and vanquishing wound--it was in his face and it carried away his--but no matter, I must not enter into details.
men
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From this reading The surgeon stopped it when he saw that one of the men had received such bad wounds that he could not fight longer without endangering his life.
minutes
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From this reading The fourth duel was a tremendous encounter; but at the end of five or six minutes the surgeon interfered once more: another man so severely hurt as to render it unsafe to add to his harms.
more
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From this reading The fourth duel was a tremendous encounter; but at the end of five or six minutes the surgeon interfered once more: another man so severely hurt as to render it unsafe to add to his harms.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading My eyes were upon the loser of this duel when he got his last and vanquishing wound--it was in his face and it carried away his--but no matter, I must not enter into details.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I watched this engagement as I watched the others--with rapt interest and strong excitement, and with a shrink and a shudder for every blow that laid open a cheek or a forehead; and a conscious paling of my face when I occasionally saw a wound of a yet more shocking nature inflicted.
nature
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From this reading I watched this engagement as I watched the others--with rapt interest and strong excitement, and with a shrink and a shudder for every blow that laid open a cheek or a forehead; and a conscious paling of my face when I occasionally saw a wound of a yet more shocking nature inflicted.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading My eyes were upon the loser of this duel when he got his last and vanquishing wound--it was in his face and it carried away his--but no matter, I must not enter into details.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The surgeon stopped it when he saw that one of the men had received such bad wounds that he could not fight longer without endangering his life.
occasionally
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From this reading I watched this engagement as I watched the others--with rapt interest and strong excitement, and with a shrink and a shudder for every blow that laid open a cheek or a forehead; and a conscious paling of my face when I occasionally saw a wound of a yet more shocking nature inflicted.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The surgeon stopped it when he saw that one of the men had received such bad wounds that he could not fight longer without endangering his life.
once
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From this reading The fourth duel was a tremendous encounter; but at the end of five or six minutes the surgeon interfered once more: another man so severely hurt as to render it unsafe to add to his harms.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The surgeon stopped it when he saw that one of the men had received such bad wounds that he could not fight longer without endangering his life.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading I watched this engagement as I watched the others--with rapt interest and strong excitement, and with a shrink and a shudder for every blow that laid open a cheek or a forehead; and a conscious paling of my face when I occasionally saw a wound of a yet more shocking nature inflicted.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The fourth duel was a tremendous encounter; but at the end of five or six minutes the surgeon interfered once more: another man so severely hurt as to render it unsafe to add to his harms.
others
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From this reading I watched this engagement as I watched the others--with rapt interest and strong excitement, and with a shrink and a shudder for every blow that laid open a cheek or a forehead; and a conscious paling of my face when I occasionally saw a wound of a yet more shocking nature inflicted.
paling
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From this reading I watched this engagement as I watched the others--with rapt interest and strong excitement, and with a shrink and a shudder for every blow that laid open a cheek or a forehead; and a conscious paling of my face when I occasionally saw a wound of a yet more shocking nature inflicted.
rapt
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From this reading I watched this engagement as I watched the others--with rapt interest and strong excitement, and with a shrink and a shudder for every blow that laid open a cheek or a forehead; and a conscious paling of my face when I occasionally saw a wound of a yet more shocking nature inflicted.
received
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From this reading The surgeon stopped it when he saw that one of the men had received such bad wounds that he could not fight longer without endangering his life.
render
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From this reading The fourth duel was a tremendous encounter; but at the end of five or six minutes the surgeon interfered once more: another man so severely hurt as to render it unsafe to add to his harms.
saw
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From this reading The surgeon stopped it when he saw that one of the men had received such bad wounds that he could not fight longer without endangering his life.
severely
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From this reading The fourth duel was a tremendous encounter; but at the end of five or six minutes the surgeon interfered once more: another man so severely hurt as to render it unsafe to add to his harms.
shocking
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From this reading I watched this engagement as I watched the others--with rapt interest and strong excitement, and with a shrink and a shudder for every blow that laid open a cheek or a forehead; and a conscious paling of my face when I occasionally saw a wound of a yet more shocking nature inflicted.
shrink
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From this reading I watched this engagement as I watched the others--with rapt interest and strong excitement, and with a shrink and a shudder for every blow that laid open a cheek or a forehead; and a conscious paling of my face when I occasionally saw a wound of a yet more shocking nature inflicted.
shudder
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From this reading I watched this engagement as I watched the others--with rapt interest and strong excitement, and with a shrink and a shudder for every blow that laid open a cheek or a forehead; and a conscious paling of my face when I occasionally saw a wound of a yet more shocking nature inflicted.
six
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From this reading The fourth duel was a tremendous encounter; but at the end of five or six minutes the surgeon interfered once more: another man so severely hurt as to render it unsafe to add to his harms.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The fourth duel was a tremendous encounter; but at the end of five or six minutes the surgeon interfered once more: another man so severely hurt as to render it unsafe to add to his harms.
Sometimes
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From this reading [A Sport that Sometimes Kills] The third duel was brief and bloody.
Sport
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From this reading [A Sport that Sometimes Kills] The third duel was brief and bloody.
stoppednounUS /stopped/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The surgeon stopped it when he saw that one of the men had received such bad wounds that he could not fight longer without endangering his life.
strong
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From this reading I watched this engagement as I watched the others--with rapt interest and strong excitement, and with a shrink and a shudder for every blow that laid open a cheek or a forehead; and a conscious paling of my face when I occasionally saw a wound of a yet more shocking nature inflicted.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading The surgeon stopped it when he saw that one of the men had received such bad wounds that he could not fight longer without endangering his life.
surgeon
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From this reading The surgeon stopped it when he saw that one of the men had received such bad wounds that he could not fight longer without endangering his life.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading [A Sport that Sometimes Kills] The third duel was brief and bloody.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading [A Sport that Sometimes Kills] The third duel was brief and bloody.
thirdnounUS /third/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading [A Sport that Sometimes Kills] The third duel was brief and bloody.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading I watched this engagement as I watched the others--with rapt interest and strong excitement, and with a shrink and a shudder for every blow that laid open a cheek or a forehead; and a conscious paling of my face when I occasionally saw a wound of a yet more shocking nature inflicted.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The fourth duel was a tremendous encounter; but at the end of five or six minutes the surgeon interfered once more: another man so severely hurt as to render it unsafe to add to his harms.
tremendous
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From this reading The fourth duel was a tremendous encounter; but at the end of five or six minutes the surgeon interfered once more: another man so severely hurt as to render it unsafe to add to his harms.
unsafe
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From this reading The fourth duel was a tremendous encounter; but at the end of five or six minutes the surgeon interfered once more: another man so severely hurt as to render it unsafe to add to his harms.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading My eyes were upon the loser of this duel when he got his last and vanquishing wound--it was in his face and it carried away his--but no matter, I must not enter into details.
vanquishing
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From this reading My eyes were upon the loser of this duel when he got his last and vanquishing wound--it was in his face and it carried away his--but no matter, I must not enter into details.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading [A Sport that Sometimes Kills] The third duel was brief and bloody.
watched
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From this reading I watched this engagement as I watched the others--with rapt interest and strong excitement, and with a shrink and a shudder for every blow that laid open a cheek or a forehead; and a conscious paling of my face when I occasionally saw a wound of a yet more shocking nature inflicted.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading My eyes were upon the loser of this duel when he got his last and vanquishing wound--it was in his face and it carried away his--but no matter, I must not enter into details.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading The surgeon stopped it when he saw that one of the men had received such bad wounds that he could not fight longer without endangering his life.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading I watched this engagement as I watched the others--with rapt interest and strong excitement, and with a shrink and a shudder for every blow that laid open a cheek or a forehead; and a conscious paling of my face when I occasionally saw a wound of a yet more shocking nature inflicted.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading The surgeon stopped it when he saw that one of the men had received such bad wounds that he could not fight longer without endangering his life.
wound
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From this reading I watched this engagement as I watched the others--with rapt interest and strong excitement, and with a shrink and a shudder for every blow that laid open a cheek or a forehead; and a conscious paling of my face when I occasionally saw a wound of a yet more shocking nature inflicted.
wounds
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From this reading The surgeon stopped it when he saw that one of the men had received such bad wounds that he could not fight longer without endangering his life.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading I watched this engagement as I watched the others--with rapt interest and strong excitement, and with a shrink and a shudder for every blow that laid open a cheek or a forehead; and a conscious paling of my face when I occasionally saw a wound of a yet more shocking nature inflicted.
