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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 Falmouth's physician, of whom I have forgotten to speak, a grave and very learned man, was near me.
able
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From this reading Here again is one of the phases of my life which I wish to be able to utterly efface from my memory,--one of those moments of terrible vertigo, during which-- But the hour of this fatal revelation will arrive, alas, too soon!
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here again is one of the phases of my life which I wish to be able to utterly efface from my memory,--one of those moments of terrible vertigo, during which-- But the hour of this fatal revelation will arrive, alas, too soon!
alasexclamationUS /əˈlæs/
used to show sadness, pity, or regret
From this reading Here again is one of the phases of my life which I wish to be able to utterly efface from my memory,--one of those moments of terrible vertigo, during which-- But the hour of this fatal revelation will arrive, alas, too soon!
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading When I revived I was in bed in my chamber, my head and shoulder enveloped in bandages.
arrive
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From this reading Here again is one of the phases of my life which I wish to be able to utterly efface from my memory,--one of those moments of terrible vertigo, during which-- But the hour of this fatal revelation will arrive, alas, too soon!
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Stunned by the blow which I had received, I swooned at the moment when the captain of the pirates fell into the sea.
bandages
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From this reading When I revived I was in bed in my chamber, my head and shoulder enveloped in bandages.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Here again is one of the phases of my life which I wish to be able to utterly efface from my memory,--one of those moments of terrible vertigo, during which-- But the hour of this fatal revelation will arrive, alas, too soon!
bed
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From this reading When I revived I was in bed in my chamber, my head and shoulder enveloped in bandages.
blow
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From this reading Stunned by the blow which I had received, I swooned at the moment when the captain of the pirates fell into the sea.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Here again is one of the phases of my life which I wish to be able to utterly efface from my memory,--one of those moments of terrible vertigo, during which-- But the hour of this fatal revelation will arrive, alas, too soon!
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Stunned by the blow which I had received, I swooned at the moment when the captain of the pirates fell into the sea.
captainnounUS /ˈcaptain/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Stunned by the blow which I had received, I swooned at the moment when the captain of the pirates fell into the sea.
chamber
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From this reading When I revived I was in bed in my chamber, my head and shoulder enveloped in bandages.
DOCTORnounUS /doctor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE DOCTOR Very irksome is the task which I have imposed upon myself.
duringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading Here again is one of the phases of my life which I wish to be able to utterly efface from my memory,--one of those moments of terrible vertigo, during which-- But the hour of this fatal revelation will arrive, alas, too soon!
efface
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From this reading Here again is one of the phases of my life which I wish to be able to utterly efface from my memory,--one of those moments of terrible vertigo, during which-- But the hour of this fatal revelation will arrive, alas, too soon!
enveloped
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From this reading When I revived I was in bed in my chamber, my head and shoulder enveloped in bandages.
Falmouth's
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From this reading Falmouth's physician, of whom I have forgotten to speak, a grave and very learned man, was near me.
fatal
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From this reading Here again is one of the phases of my life which I wish to be able to utterly efface from my memory,--one of those moments of terrible vertigo, during which-- But the hour of this fatal revelation will arrive, alas, too soon!
fell
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From this reading Stunned by the blow which I had received, I swooned at the moment when the captain of the pirates fell into the sea.
forgottenadjectiveUS /fərˈɡɑːt.n̩/
Not remembered; lapsed from memory.
From this reading Falmouth's physician, of whom I have forgotten to speak, a grave and very learned man, was near me.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Here again is one of the phases of my life which I wish to be able to utterly efface from my memory,--one of those moments of terrible vertigo, during which-- But the hour of this fatal revelation will arrive, alas, too soon!
grave
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From this reading Falmouth's physician, of whom I have forgotten to speak, a grave and very learned man, was near me.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Stunned by the blow which I had received, I swooned at the moment when the captain of the pirates fell into the sea.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading THE DOCTOR Very irksome is the task which I have imposed upon myself.
head
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From this reading When I revived I was in bed in my chamber, my head and shoulder enveloped in bandages.
HerenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here again is one of the phases of my life which I wish to be able to utterly efface from my memory,--one of those moments of terrible vertigo, during which-- But the hour of this fatal revelation will arrive, alas, too soon!
hour
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From this reading Here again is one of the phases of my life which I wish to be able to utterly efface from my memory,--one of those moments of terrible vertigo, during which-- But the hour of this fatal revelation will arrive, alas, too soon!
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading THE DOCTOR Very irksome is the task which I have imposed upon myself.
imposed
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From this reading THE DOCTOR Very irksome is the task which I have imposed upon myself.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading When I revived I was in bed in my chamber, my head and shoulder enveloped in bandages.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Stunned by the blow which I had received, I swooned at the moment when the captain of the pirates fell into the sea.
irksome
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From this reading THE DOCTOR Very irksome is the task which I have imposed upon myself.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE DOCTOR Very irksome is the task which I have imposed upon myself.
learned
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From this reading Falmouth's physician, of whom I have forgotten to speak, a grave and very learned man, was near me.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here again is one of the phases of my life which I wish to be able to utterly efface from my memory,--one of those moments of terrible vertigo, during which-- But the hour of this fatal revelation will arrive, alas, too soon!
man
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From this reading Falmouth's physician, of whom I have forgotten to speak, a grave and very learned man, was near me.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Falmouth's physician, of whom I have forgotten to speak, a grave and very learned man, was near me.
memorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading Here again is one of the phases of my life which I wish to be able to utterly efface from my memory,--one of those moments of terrible vertigo, during which-- But the hour of this fatal revelation will arrive, alas, too soon!
moment
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From this reading Stunned by the blow which I had received, I swooned at the moment when the captain of the pirates fell into the sea.
moments
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From this reading Here again is one of the phases of my life which I wish to be able to utterly efface from my memory,--one of those moments of terrible vertigo, during which-- But the hour of this fatal revelation will arrive, alas, too soon!
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Here again is one of the phases of my life which I wish to be able to utterly efface from my memory,--one of those moments of terrible vertigo, during which-- But the hour of this fatal revelation will arrive, alas, too soon!
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading THE DOCTOR Very irksome is the task which I have imposed upon myself.
near
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From this reading Falmouth's physician, of whom I have forgotten to speak, a grave and very learned man, was near me.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Here again is one of the phases of my life which I wish to be able to utterly efface from my memory,--one of those moments of terrible vertigo, during which-- But the hour of this fatal revelation will arrive, alas, too soon!
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Here again is one of the phases of my life which I wish to be able to utterly efface from my memory,--one of those moments of terrible vertigo, during which-- But the hour of this fatal revelation will arrive, alas, too soon!
phases
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From this reading Here again is one of the phases of my life which I wish to be able to utterly efface from my memory,--one of those moments of terrible vertigo, during which-- But the hour of this fatal revelation will arrive, alas, too soon!
physician
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From this reading Falmouth's physician, of whom I have forgotten to speak, a grave and very learned man, was near me.
piratesnounUS /ˈpirates/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Stunned by the blow which I had received, I swooned at the moment when the captain of the pirates fell into the sea.
received
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From this reading Stunned by the blow which I had received, I swooned at the moment when the captain of the pirates fell into the sea.
revelation
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From this reading Here again is one of the phases of my life which I wish to be able to utterly efface from my memory,--one of those moments of terrible vertigo, during which-- But the hour of this fatal revelation will arrive, alas, too soon!
revived
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From this reading When I revived I was in bed in my chamber, my head and shoulder enveloped in bandages.
sea
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From this reading Stunned by the blow which I had received, I swooned at the moment when the captain of the pirates fell into the sea.
shoulder
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From this reading When I revived I was in bed in my chamber, my head and shoulder enveloped in bandages.
soon
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From this reading Here again is one of the phases of my life which I wish to be able to utterly efface from my memory,--one of those moments of terrible vertigo, during which-- But the hour of this fatal revelation will arrive, alas, too soon!
speak
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From this reading Falmouth's physician, of whom I have forgotten to speak, a grave and very learned man, was near me.
Stunned
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From this reading Stunned by the blow which I had received, I swooned at the moment when the captain of the pirates fell into the sea.
swooned
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From this reading Stunned by the blow which I had received, I swooned at the moment when the captain of the pirates fell into the sea.
task
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From this reading THE DOCTOR Very irksome is the task which I have imposed upon myself.
terriblenounUS /ˈterrible/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Here again is one of the phases of my life which I wish to be able to utterly efface from my memory,--one of those moments of terrible vertigo, during which-- But the hour of this fatal revelation will arrive, alas, too soon!
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE DOCTOR Very irksome is the task which I have imposed upon myself.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Here again is one of the phases of my life which I wish to be able to utterly efface from my memory,--one of those moments of terrible vertigo, during which-- But the hour of this fatal revelation will arrive, alas, too soon!
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Here again is one of the phases of my life which I wish to be able to utterly efface from my memory,--one of those moments of terrible vertigo, during which-- But the hour of this fatal revelation will arrive, alas, too soon!
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Here again is one of the phases of my life which I wish to be able to utterly efface from my memory,--one of those moments of terrible vertigo, during which-- But the hour of this fatal revelation will arrive, alas, too soon!
too
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From this reading Here again is one of the phases of my life which I wish to be able to utterly efface from my memory,--one of those moments of terrible vertigo, during which-- But the hour of this fatal revelation will arrive, alas, too soon!
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading THE DOCTOR Very irksome is the task which I have imposed upon myself.
utterly
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From this reading Here again is one of the phases of my life which I wish to be able to utterly efface from my memory,--one of those moments of terrible vertigo, during which-- But the hour of this fatal revelation will arrive, alas, too soon!
vertigo
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From this reading Here again is one of the phases of my life which I wish to be able to utterly efface from my memory,--one of those moments of terrible vertigo, during which-- But the hour of this fatal revelation will arrive, alas, too soon!
Very
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From this reading THE DOCTOR Very irksome is the task which I have imposed upon myself.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading When I revived I was in bed in my chamber, my head and shoulder enveloped in bandages.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Stunned by the blow which I had received, I swooned at the moment when the captain of the pirates fell into the sea.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading THE DOCTOR Very irksome is the task which I have imposed upon myself.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Falmouth's physician, of whom I have forgotten to speak, a grave and very learned man, was near me.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Here again is one of the phases of my life which I wish to be able to utterly efface from my memory,--one of those moments of terrible vertigo, during which-- But the hour of this fatal revelation will arrive, alas, too soon!
wish
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From this reading Here again is one of the phases of my life which I wish to be able to utterly efface from my memory,--one of those moments of terrible vertigo, during which-- But the hour of this fatal revelation will arrive, alas, too soon!
