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30th
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From this reading December 30th, P.M.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading My weakened brain was making efforts to recover its activity; my thoughts, like rays of light struggling through the clouds, were still confused and imperfect; at times I felt a return of the dizziness which made a chaos of all my ideas, and I floated, so to speak, between alternate fits of mental wandering and consciousness.
activity
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From this reading My weakened brain was making efforts to recover its activity; my thoughts, like rays of light struggling through the clouds, were still confused and imperfect; at times I felt a return of the dizziness which made a chaos of all my ideas, and I floated, so to speak, between alternate fits of mental wandering and consciousness.
all
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From this reading My weakened brain was making efforts to recover its activity; my thoughts, like rays of light struggling through the clouds, were still confused and imperfect; at times I felt a return of the dizziness which made a chaos of all my ideas, and I floated, so to speak, between alternate fits of mental wandering and consciousness.
alternate
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From this reading My weakened brain was making efforts to recover its activity; my thoughts, like rays of light struggling through the clouds, were still confused and imperfect; at times I felt a return of the dizziness which made a chaos of all my ideas, and I floated, so to speak, between alternate fits of mental wandering and consciousness.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I was in bed, and hardly recovered from the delirious fever which had kept me for so long between life and death.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading My weakened brain was making efforts to recover its activity; my thoughts, like rays of light struggling through the clouds, were still confused and imperfect; at times I felt a return of the dizziness which made a chaos of all my ideas, and I floated, so to speak, between alternate fits of mental wandering and consciousness.
bed
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From this reading I was in bed, and hardly recovered from the delirious fever which had kept me for so long between life and death.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Sometimes everything seemed plain to me, like the prospect which, from the top of some high mountain, opens before us in clear weather.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading I was in bed, and hardly recovered from the delirious fever which had kept me for so long between life and death.
brain
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From this reading My weakened brain was making efforts to recover its activity; my thoughts, like rays of light struggling through the clouds, were still confused and imperfect; at times I felt a return of the dizziness which made a chaos of all my ideas, and I floated, so to speak, between alternate fits of mental wandering and consciousness.
cattle
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From this reading We distinguish water, woods, villages, cattle, even the cottage perched on the edge of the ravine; then suddenly there comes a gust of wind laden with mist, and all is confused and indistinct.
chaos
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From this reading My weakened brain was making efforts to recover its activity; my thoughts, like rays of light struggling through the clouds, were still confused and imperfect; at times I felt a return of the dizziness which made a chaos of all my ideas, and I floated, so to speak, between alternate fits of mental wandering and consciousness.
clear
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From this reading Sometimes everything seemed plain to me, like the prospect which, from the top of some high mountain, opens before us in clear weather.
clouds
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From this reading My weakened brain was making efforts to recover its activity; my thoughts, like rays of light struggling through the clouds, were still confused and imperfect; at times I felt a return of the dizziness which made a chaos of all my ideas, and I floated, so to speak, between alternate fits of mental wandering and consciousness.
comes
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From this reading We distinguish water, woods, villages, cattle, even the cottage perched on the edge of the ravine; then suddenly there comes a gust of wind laden with mist, and all is confused and indistinct.
confused
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From this reading My weakened brain was making efforts to recover its activity; my thoughts, like rays of light struggling through the clouds, were still confused and imperfect; at times I felt a return of the dizziness which made a chaos of all my ideas, and I floated, so to speak, between alternate fits of mental wandering and consciousness.
consciousness
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From this reading My weakened brain was making efforts to recover its activity; my thoughts, like rays of light struggling through the clouds, were still confused and imperfect; at times I felt a return of the dizziness which made a chaos of all my ideas, and I floated, so to speak, between alternate fits of mental wandering and consciousness.
cottage
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From this reading We distinguish water, woods, villages, cattle, even the cottage perched on the edge of the ravine; then suddenly there comes a gust of wind laden with mist, and all is confused and indistinct.
death
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From this reading I was in bed, and hardly recovered from the delirious fever which had kept me for so long between life and death.
December
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From this reading December 30th, P.M.
delirious
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From this reading I was in bed, and hardly recovered from the delirious fever which had kept me for so long between life and death.
distinguish
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From this reading We distinguish water, woods, villages, cattle, even the cottage perched on the edge of the ravine; then suddenly there comes a gust of wind laden with mist, and all is confused and indistinct.
dizziness
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From this reading My weakened brain was making efforts to recover its activity; my thoughts, like rays of light struggling through the clouds, were still confused and imperfect; at times I felt a return of the dizziness which made a chaos of all my ideas, and I floated, so to speak, between alternate fits of mental wandering and consciousness.
edge
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From this reading We distinguish water, woods, villages, cattle, even the cottage perched on the edge of the ravine; then suddenly there comes a gust of wind laden with mist, and all is confused and indistinct.
efforts
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From this reading My weakened brain was making efforts to recover its activity; my thoughts, like rays of light struggling through the clouds, were still confused and imperfect; at times I felt a return of the dizziness which made a chaos of all my ideas, and I floated, so to speak, between alternate fits of mental wandering and consciousness.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We distinguish water, woods, villages, cattle, even the cottage perched on the edge of the ravine; then suddenly there comes a gust of wind laden with mist, and all is confused and indistinct.
everythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/
all things; all of a situation
From this reading Sometimes everything seemed plain to me, like the prospect which, from the top of some high mountain, opens before us in clear weather.
felt
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From this reading My weakened brain was making efforts to recover its activity; my thoughts, like rays of light struggling through the clouds, were still confused and imperfect; at times I felt a return of the dizziness which made a chaos of all my ideas, and I floated, so to speak, between alternate fits of mental wandering and consciousness.
fever
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From this reading I was in bed, and hardly recovered from the delirious fever which had kept me for so long between life and death.
fits
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From this reading My weakened brain was making efforts to recover its activity; my thoughts, like rays of light struggling through the clouds, were still confused and imperfect; at times I felt a return of the dizziness which made a chaos of all my ideas, and I floated, so to speak, between alternate fits of mental wandering and consciousness.
floated
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From this reading My weakened brain was making efforts to recover its activity; my thoughts, like rays of light struggling through the clouds, were still confused and imperfect; at times I felt a return of the dizziness which made a chaos of all my ideas, and I floated, so to speak, between alternate fits of mental wandering and consciousness.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I was in bed, and hardly recovered from the delirious fever which had kept me for so long between life and death.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading I was in bed, and hardly recovered from the delirious fever which had kept me for so long between life and death.
gust
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From this reading We distinguish water, woods, villages, cattle, even the cottage perched on the edge of the ravine; then suddenly there comes a gust of wind laden with mist, and all is confused and indistinct.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I was in bed, and hardly recovered from the delirious fever which had kept me for so long between life and death.
hardly
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From this reading I was in bed, and hardly recovered from the delirious fever which had kept me for so long between life and death.
high
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From this reading Sometimes everything seemed plain to me, like the prospect which, from the top of some high mountain, opens before us in clear weather.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I was in bed, and hardly recovered from the delirious fever which had kept me for so long between life and death.
ideas
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From this reading My weakened brain was making efforts to recover its activity; my thoughts, like rays of light struggling through the clouds, were still confused and imperfect; at times I felt a return of the dizziness which made a chaos of all my ideas, and I floated, so to speak, between alternate fits of mental wandering and consciousness.
imperfect
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From this reading My weakened brain was making efforts to recover its activity; my thoughts, like rays of light struggling through the clouds, were still confused and imperfect; at times I felt a return of the dizziness which made a chaos of all my ideas, and I floated, so to speak, between alternate fits of mental wandering and consciousness.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I was in bed, and hardly recovered from the delirious fever which had kept me for so long between life and death.
indistinct
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From this reading We distinguish water, woods, villages, cattle, even the cottage perched on the edge of the ravine; then suddenly there comes a gust of wind laden with mist, and all is confused and indistinct.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading We distinguish water, woods, villages, cattle, even the cottage perched on the edge of the ravine; then suddenly there comes a gust of wind laden with mist, and all is confused and indistinct.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading My weakened brain was making efforts to recover its activity; my thoughts, like rays of light struggling through the clouds, were still confused and imperfect; at times I felt a return of the dizziness which made a chaos of all my ideas, and I floated, so to speak, between alternate fits of mental wandering and consciousness.
kept
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From this reading I was in bed, and hardly recovered from the delirious fever which had kept me for so long between life and death.
laden
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From this reading We distinguish water, woods, villages, cattle, even the cottage perched on the edge of the ravine; then suddenly there comes a gust of wind laden with mist, and all is confused and indistinct.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I was in bed, and hardly recovered from the delirious fever which had kept me for so long between life and death.
light
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From this reading My weakened brain was making efforts to recover its activity; my thoughts, like rays of light struggling through the clouds, were still confused and imperfect; at times I felt a return of the dizziness which made a chaos of all my ideas, and I floated, so to speak, between alternate fits of mental wandering and consciousness.
like
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From this reading My weakened brain was making efforts to recover its activity; my thoughts, like rays of light struggling through the clouds, were still confused and imperfect; at times I felt a return of the dizziness which made a chaos of all my ideas, and I floated, so to speak, between alternate fits of mental wandering and consciousness.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I was in bed, and hardly recovered from the delirious fever which had kept me for so long between life and death.
M
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From this reading December 30th, P.M.
made
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From this reading My weakened brain was making efforts to recover its activity; my thoughts, like rays of light struggling through the clouds, were still confused and imperfect; at times I felt a return of the dizziness which made a chaos of all my ideas, and I floated, so to speak, between alternate fits of mental wandering and consciousness.
making
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From this reading My weakened brain was making efforts to recover its activity; my thoughts, like rays of light struggling through the clouds, were still confused and imperfect; at times I felt a return of the dizziness which made a chaos of all my ideas, and I floated, so to speak, between alternate fits of mental wandering and consciousness.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I was in bed, and hardly recovered from the delirious fever which had kept me for so long between life and death.
mental
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From this reading My weakened brain was making efforts to recover its activity; my thoughts, like rays of light struggling through the clouds, were still confused and imperfect; at times I felt a return of the dizziness which made a chaos of all my ideas, and I floated, so to speak, between alternate fits of mental wandering and consciousness.
mist
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From this reading We distinguish water, woods, villages, cattle, even the cottage perched on the edge of the ravine; then suddenly there comes a gust of wind laden with mist, and all is confused and indistinct.
mountain
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From this reading Sometimes everything seemed plain to me, like the prospect which, from the top of some high mountain, opens before us in clear weather.
MydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My weakened brain was making efforts to recover its activity; my thoughts, like rays of light struggling through the clouds, were still confused and imperfect; at times I felt a return of the dizziness which made a chaos of all my ideas, and I floated, so to speak, between alternate fits of mental wandering and consciousness.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading My weakened brain was making efforts to recover its activity; my thoughts, like rays of light struggling through the clouds, were still confused and imperfect; at times I felt a return of the dizziness which made a chaos of all my ideas, and I floated, so to speak, between alternate fits of mental wandering and consciousness.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading We distinguish water, woods, villages, cattle, even the cottage perched on the edge of the ravine; then suddenly there comes a gust of wind laden with mist, and all is confused and indistinct.
opens
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From this reading Sometimes everything seemed plain to me, like the prospect which, from the top of some high mountain, opens before us in clear weather.
P
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From this reading December 30th, P.M.
perched
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From this reading We distinguish water, woods, villages, cattle, even the cottage perched on the edge of the ravine; then suddenly there comes a gust of wind laden with mist, and all is confused and indistinct.
plain
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From this reading Sometimes everything seemed plain to me, like the prospect which, from the top of some high mountain, opens before us in clear weather.
prospect
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From this reading Sometimes everything seemed plain to me, like the prospect which, from the top of some high mountain, opens before us in clear weather.
ravine
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From this reading We distinguish water, woods, villages, cattle, even the cottage perched on the edge of the ravine; then suddenly there comes a gust of wind laden with mist, and all is confused and indistinct.
rays
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From this reading My weakened brain was making efforts to recover its activity; my thoughts, like rays of light struggling through the clouds, were still confused and imperfect; at times I felt a return of the dizziness which made a chaos of all my ideas, and I floated, so to speak, between alternate fits of mental wandering and consciousness.
recover
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From this reading My weakened brain was making efforts to recover its activity; my thoughts, like rays of light struggling through the clouds, were still confused and imperfect; at times I felt a return of the dizziness which made a chaos of all my ideas, and I floated, so to speak, between alternate fits of mental wandering and consciousness.
recovered
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From this reading I was in bed, and hardly recovered from the delirious fever which had kept me for so long between life and death.
return
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From this reading My weakened brain was making efforts to recover its activity; my thoughts, like rays of light struggling through the clouds, were still confused and imperfect; at times I felt a return of the dizziness which made a chaos of all my ideas, and I floated, so to speak, between alternate fits of mental wandering and consciousness.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Sometimes everything seemed plain to me, like the prospect which, from the top of some high mountain, opens before us in clear weather.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I was in bed, and hardly recovered from the delirious fever which had kept me for so long between life and death.
some
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From this reading Sometimes everything seemed plain to me, like the prospect which, from the top of some high mountain, opens before us in clear weather.
Sometimes
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From this reading Sometimes everything seemed plain to me, like the prospect which, from the top of some high mountain, opens before us in clear weather.
speak
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From this reading My weakened brain was making efforts to recover its activity; my thoughts, like rays of light struggling through the clouds, were still confused and imperfect; at times I felt a return of the dizziness which made a chaos of all my ideas, and I floated, so to speak, between alternate fits of mental wandering and consciousness.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading My weakened brain was making efforts to recover its activity; my thoughts, like rays of light struggling through the clouds, were still confused and imperfect; at times I felt a return of the dizziness which made a chaos of all my ideas, and I floated, so to speak, between alternate fits of mental wandering and consciousness.
struggling
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From this reading My weakened brain was making efforts to recover its activity; my thoughts, like rays of light struggling through the clouds, were still confused and imperfect; at times I felt a return of the dizziness which made a chaos of all my ideas, and I floated, so to speak, between alternate fits of mental wandering and consciousness.
suddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading We distinguish water, woods, villages, cattle, even the cottage perched on the edge of the ravine; then suddenly there comes a gust of wind laden with mist, and all is confused and indistinct.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I was in bed, and hardly recovered from the delirious fever which had kept me for so long between life and death.
then
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From this reading We distinguish water, woods, villages, cattle, even the cottage perched on the edge of the ravine; then suddenly there comes a gust of wind laden with mist, and all is confused and indistinct.
there
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From this reading We distinguish water, woods, villages, cattle, even the cottage perched on the edge of the ravine; then suddenly there comes a gust of wind laden with mist, and all is confused and indistinct.
thoughts
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From this reading My weakened brain was making efforts to recover its activity; my thoughts, like rays of light struggling through the clouds, were still confused and imperfect; at times I felt a return of the dizziness which made a chaos of all my ideas, and I floated, so to speak, between alternate fits of mental wandering and consciousness.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading My weakened brain was making efforts to recover its activity; my thoughts, like rays of light struggling through the clouds, were still confused and imperfect; at times I felt a return of the dizziness which made a chaos of all my ideas, and I floated, so to speak, between alternate fits of mental wandering and consciousness.
times
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From this reading My weakened brain was making efforts to recover its activity; my thoughts, like rays of light struggling through the clouds, were still confused and imperfect; at times I felt a return of the dizziness which made a chaos of all my ideas, and I floated, so to speak, between alternate fits of mental wandering and consciousness.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading My weakened brain was making efforts to recover its activity; my thoughts, like rays of light struggling through the clouds, were still confused and imperfect; at times I felt a return of the dizziness which made a chaos of all my ideas, and I floated, so to speak, between alternate fits of mental wandering and consciousness.
top
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From this reading Sometimes everything seemed plain to me, like the prospect which, from the top of some high mountain, opens before us in clear weather.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Sometimes everything seemed plain to me, like the prospect which, from the top of some high mountain, opens before us in clear weather.
villages
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From this reading We distinguish water, woods, villages, cattle, even the cottage perched on the edge of the ravine; then suddenly there comes a gust of wind laden with mist, and all is confused and indistinct.
wandering
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From this reading My weakened brain was making efforts to recover its activity; my thoughts, like rays of light struggling through the clouds, were still confused and imperfect; at times I felt a return of the dizziness which made a chaos of all my ideas, and I floated, so to speak, between alternate fits of mental wandering and consciousness.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I was in bed, and hardly recovered from the delirious fever which had kept me for so long between life and death.
water
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From this reading We distinguish water, woods, villages, cattle, even the cottage perched on the edge of the ravine; then suddenly there comes a gust of wind laden with mist, and all is confused and indistinct.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We distinguish water, woods, villages, cattle, even the cottage perched on the edge of the ravine; then suddenly there comes a gust of wind laden with mist, and all is confused and indistinct.
weakened
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From this reading My weakened brain was making efforts to recover its activity; my thoughts, like rays of light struggling through the clouds, were still confused and imperfect; at times I felt a return of the dizziness which made a chaos of all my ideas, and I floated, so to speak, between alternate fits of mental wandering and consciousness.
weather
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From this reading Sometimes everything seemed plain to me, like the prospect which, from the top of some high mountain, opens before us in clear weather.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading My weakened brain was making efforts to recover its activity; my thoughts, like rays of light struggling through the clouds, were still confused and imperfect; at times I felt a return of the dizziness which made a chaos of all my ideas, and I floated, so to speak, between alternate fits of mental wandering and consciousness.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading I was in bed, and hardly recovered from the delirious fever which had kept me for so long between life and death.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We distinguish water, woods, villages, cattle, even the cottage perched on the edge of the ravine; then suddenly there comes a gust of wind laden with mist, and all is confused and indistinct.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading We distinguish water, woods, villages, cattle, even the cottage perched on the edge of the ravine; then suddenly there comes a gust of wind laden with mist, and all is confused and indistinct.
woods
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From this reading We distinguish water, woods, villages, cattle, even the cottage perched on the edge of the ravine; then suddenly there comes a gust of wind laden with mist, and all is confused and indistinct.
