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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 started up, his lips parted to speak her name, then dropped back upon his pillows with a sense of desolate loss that tried his powers of self-control.
Agatha's
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From this reading THE WORM TURNS In the hour or two of troubled sleep closing his wakeful night, Forbes dreamed vividly and woke with Agatha's voice echoing in his ears.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE WORM TURNS In the hour or two of troubled sleep closing his wakeful night, Forbes dreamed vividly and woke with Agatha's voice echoing in his ears.
appealed
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From this reading He recognized the maternal note which had appealed to him the more because of his unmothered boyhood, the undertone of indulgent humor which was characteristic of the friend on whom he had learned to lean.
back
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From this reading He started up, his lips parted to speak her name, then dropped back upon his pillows with a sense of desolate loss that tried his powers of self-control.
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading He recognized the maternal note which had appealed to him the more because of his unmothered boyhood, the undertone of indulgent humor which was characteristic of the friend on whom he had learned to lean.
boyhood
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From this reading He recognized the maternal note which had appealed to him the more because of his unmothered boyhood, the undertone of indulgent humor which was characteristic of the friend on whom he had learned to lean.
bring
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From this reading So faithfully had his memory reproduced every intonation of the familiar voice that it had seemed to bring the living woman to his side.
characteristic
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From this reading He recognized the maternal note which had appealed to him the more because of his unmothered boyhood, the undertone of indulgent humor which was characteristic of the friend on whom he had learned to lean.
closing
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From this reading THE WORM TURNS In the hour or two of troubled sleep closing his wakeful night, Forbes dreamed vividly and woke with Agatha's voice echoing in his ears.
desolate
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dreamed
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From this reading THE WORM TURNS In the hour or two of troubled sleep closing his wakeful night, Forbes dreamed vividly and woke with Agatha's voice echoing in his ears.
dropped
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From this reading He started up, his lips parted to speak her name, then dropped back upon his pillows with a sense of desolate loss that tried his powers of self-control.
ears
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From this reading THE WORM TURNS In the hour or two of troubled sleep closing his wakeful night, Forbes dreamed vividly and woke with Agatha's voice echoing in his ears.
echoing
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From this reading THE WORM TURNS In the hour or two of troubled sleep closing his wakeful night, Forbes dreamed vividly and woke with Agatha's voice echoing in his ears.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading So faithfully had his memory reproduced every intonation of the familiar voice that it had seemed to bring the living woman to his side.
faithfully
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From this reading So faithfully had his memory reproduced every intonation of the familiar voice that it had seemed to bring the living woman to his side.
familiar
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From this reading So faithfully had his memory reproduced every intonation of the familiar voice that it had seemed to bring the living woman to his side.
Forbes
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From this reading THE WORM TURNS In the hour or two of troubled sleep closing his wakeful night, Forbes dreamed vividly and woke with Agatha's voice echoing in his ears.
friend
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From this reading He recognized the maternal note which had appealed to him the more because of his unmothered boyhood, the undertone of indulgent humor which was characteristic of the friend on whom he had learned to lean.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading So faithfully had his memory reproduced every intonation of the familiar voice that it had seemed to bring the living woman to his side.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He started up, his lips parted to speak her name, then dropped back upon his pillows with a sense of desolate loss that tried his powers of self-control.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading He started up, his lips parted to speak her name, then dropped back upon his pillows with a sense of desolate loss that tried his powers of self-control.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He recognized the maternal note which had appealed to him the more because of his unmothered boyhood, the undertone of indulgent humor which was characteristic of the friend on whom he had learned to lean.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading THE WORM TURNS In the hour or two of troubled sleep closing his wakeful night, Forbes dreamed vividly and woke with Agatha's voice echoing in his ears.
hour
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From this reading THE WORM TURNS In the hour or two of troubled sleep closing his wakeful night, Forbes dreamed vividly and woke with Agatha's voice echoing in his ears.
humor
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From this reading He recognized the maternal note which had appealed to him the more because of his unmothered boyhood, the undertone of indulgent humor which was characteristic of the friend on whom he had learned to lean.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE WORM TURNS In the hour or two of troubled sleep closing his wakeful night, Forbes dreamed vividly and woke with Agatha's voice echoing in his ears.
indulgent
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From this reading He recognized the maternal note which had appealed to him the more because of his unmothered boyhood, the undertone of indulgent humor which was characteristic of the friend on whom he had learned to lean.
intonation
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From this reading So faithfully had his memory reproduced every intonation of the familiar voice that it had seemed to bring the living woman to his side.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading So faithfully had his memory reproduced every intonation of the familiar voice that it had seemed to bring the living woman to his side.
lean
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From this reading He recognized the maternal note which had appealed to him the more because of his unmothered boyhood, the undertone of indulgent humor which was characteristic of the friend on whom he had learned to lean.
learned
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From this reading He recognized the maternal note which had appealed to him the more because of his unmothered boyhood, the undertone of indulgent humor which was characteristic of the friend on whom he had learned to lean.
lips
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From this reading He started up, his lips parted to speak her name, then dropped back upon his pillows with a sense of desolate loss that tried his powers of self-control.
living
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From this reading So faithfully had his memory reproduced every intonation of the familiar voice that it had seemed to bring the living woman to his side.
loss
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From this reading He started up, his lips parted to speak her name, then dropped back upon his pillows with a sense of desolate loss that tried his powers of self-control.
maternal
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From this reading He recognized the maternal note which had appealed to him the more because of his unmothered boyhood, the undertone of indulgent humor which was characteristic of the friend on whom he had learned to lean.
memorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading So faithfully had his memory reproduced every intonation of the familiar voice that it had seemed to bring the living woman to his side.
more
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From this reading He recognized the maternal note which had appealed to him the more because of his unmothered boyhood, the undertone of indulgent humor which was characteristic of the friend on whom he had learned to lean.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He started up, his lips parted to speak her name, then dropped back upon his pillows with a sense of desolate loss that tried his powers of self-control.
night
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From this reading THE WORM TURNS In the hour or two of troubled sleep closing his wakeful night, Forbes dreamed vividly and woke with Agatha's voice echoing in his ears.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Only there was no such friend.
note
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From this reading He recognized the maternal note which had appealed to him the more because of his unmothered boyhood, the undertone of indulgent humor which was characteristic of the friend on whom he had learned to lean.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE WORM TURNS In the hour or two of troubled sleep closing his wakeful night, Forbes dreamed vividly and woke with Agatha's voice echoing in his ears.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He recognized the maternal note which had appealed to him the more because of his unmothered boyhood, the undertone of indulgent humor which was characteristic of the friend on whom he had learned to lean.
Only
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From this reading Only there was no such friend.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading THE WORM TURNS In the hour or two of troubled sleep closing his wakeful night, Forbes dreamed vividly and woke with Agatha's voice echoing in his ears.
parted
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From this reading He started up, his lips parted to speak her name, then dropped back upon his pillows with a sense of desolate loss that tried his powers of self-control.
pillows
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From this reading He started up, his lips parted to speak her name, then dropped back upon his pillows with a sense of desolate loss that tried his powers of self-control.
powersnounUS /powers/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He started up, his lips parted to speak her name, then dropped back upon his pillows with a sense of desolate loss that tried his powers of self-control.
recognized
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From this reading He recognized the maternal note which had appealed to him the more because of his unmothered boyhood, the undertone of indulgent humor which was characteristic of the friend on whom he had learned to lean.
reproduced
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From this reading So faithfully had his memory reproduced every intonation of the familiar voice that it had seemed to bring the living woman to his side.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So faithfully had his memory reproduced every intonation of the familiar voice that it had seemed to bring the living woman to his side.
self-control
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From this reading He started up, his lips parted to speak her name, then dropped back upon his pillows with a sense of desolate loss that tried his powers of self-control.
sense
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From this reading He started up, his lips parted to speak her name, then dropped back upon his pillows with a sense of desolate loss that tried his powers of self-control.
side
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From this reading So faithfully had his memory reproduced every intonation of the familiar voice that it had seemed to bring the living woman to his side.
sleep
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From this reading THE WORM TURNS In the hour or two of troubled sleep closing his wakeful night, Forbes dreamed vividly and woke with Agatha's voice echoing in his ears.
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So faithfully had his memory reproduced every intonation of the familiar voice that it had seemed to bring the living woman to his side.
speak
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From this reading He started up, his lips parted to speak her name, then dropped back upon his pillows with a sense of desolate loss that tried his powers of self-control.
started
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From this reading He started up, his lips parted to speak her name, then dropped back upon his pillows with a sense of desolate loss that tried his powers of self-control.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Only there was no such friend.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He started up, his lips parted to speak her name, then dropped back upon his pillows with a sense of desolate loss that tried his powers of self-control.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE WORM TURNS In the hour or two of troubled sleep closing his wakeful night, Forbes dreamed vividly and woke with Agatha's voice echoing in his ears.
then
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From this reading He started up, his lips parted to speak her name, then dropped back upon his pillows with a sense of desolate loss that tried his powers of self-control.
there
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From this reading Only there was no such friend.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He started up, his lips parted to speak her name, then dropped back upon his pillows with a sense of desolate loss that tried his powers of self-control.
tried
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From this reading He started up, his lips parted to speak her name, then dropped back upon his pillows with a sense of desolate loss that tried his powers of self-control.
troubled
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TURNS
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From this reading THE WORM TURNS In the hour or two of troubled sleep closing his wakeful night, Forbes dreamed vividly and woke with Agatha's voice echoing in his ears.
two
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undertone
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From this reading He recognized the maternal note which had appealed to him the more because of his unmothered boyhood, the undertone of indulgent humor which was characteristic of the friend on whom he had learned to lean.
unmothered
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From this reading He recognized the maternal note which had appealed to him the more because of his unmothered boyhood, the undertone of indulgent humor which was characteristic of the friend on whom he had learned to lean.
up
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From this reading He started up, his lips parted to speak her name, then dropped back upon his pillows with a sense of desolate loss that tried his powers of self-control.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading He started up, his lips parted to speak her name, then dropped back upon his pillows with a sense of desolate loss that tried his powers of self-control.
vividly
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From this reading THE WORM TURNS In the hour or two of troubled sleep closing his wakeful night, Forbes dreamed vividly and woke with Agatha's voice echoing in his ears.
voice
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From this reading THE WORM TURNS In the hour or two of troubled sleep closing his wakeful night, Forbes dreamed vividly and woke with Agatha's voice echoing in his ears.
wakeful
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From this reading THE WORM TURNS In the hour or two of troubled sleep closing his wakeful night, Forbes dreamed vividly and woke with Agatha's voice echoing in his ears.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He recognized the maternal note which had appealed to him the more because of his unmothered boyhood, the undertone of indulgent humor which was characteristic of the friend on whom he had learned to lean.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading He recognized the maternal note which had appealed to him the more because of his unmothered boyhood, the undertone of indulgent humor which was characteristic of the friend on whom he had learned to lean.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He recognized the maternal note which had appealed to him the more because of his unmothered boyhood, the undertone of indulgent humor which was characteristic of the friend on whom he had learned to lean.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading THE WORM TURNS In the hour or two of troubled sleep closing his wakeful night, Forbes dreamed vividly and woke with Agatha's voice echoing in his ears.
woke
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From this reading THE WORM TURNS In the hour or two of troubled sleep closing his wakeful night, Forbes dreamed vividly and woke with Agatha's voice echoing in his ears.
woman
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From this reading So faithfully had his memory reproduced every intonation of the familiar voice that it had seemed to bring the living woman to his side.
WORM
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From this reading THE WORM TURNS In the hour or two of troubled sleep closing his wakeful night, Forbes dreamed vividly and woke with Agatha's voice echoing in his ears.
