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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 Storm felt a vague sense of irritation.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The Escape When Storm came to himself he was lying on the library couch with the gray dawn seeping in at the curtained windows and George’s rotund figure in the hideous striped bathrobe looming up grotesquely from an improvised bed formed of two arm-chairs.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The Escape When Storm came to himself he was lying on the library couch with the gray dawn seeping in at the curtained windows and George’s rotund figure in the hideous striped bathrobe looming up grotesquely from an improvised bed formed of two arm-chairs.
arm-chairs
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From this reading The Escape When Storm came to himself he was lying on the library couch with the gray dawn seeping in at the curtained windows and George’s rotund figure in the hideous striped bathrobe looming up grotesquely from an improvised bed formed of two arm-chairs.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading What was he doing there, dressed save for his shoes and collar, instead of being in pajamas in his own bed, and why was George hanging around?
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The Escape When Storm came to himself he was lying on the library couch with the gray dawn seeping in at the curtained windows and George’s rotund figure in the hideous striped bathrobe looming up grotesquely from an improvised bed formed of two arm-chairs.
bathrobe
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From this reading The Escape When Storm came to himself he was lying on the library couch with the gray dawn seeping in at the curtained windows and George’s rotund figure in the hideous striped bathrobe looming up grotesquely from an improvised bed formed of two arm-chairs.
bed
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From this reading The Escape When Storm came to himself he was lying on the library couch with the gray dawn seeping in at the curtained windows and George’s rotund figure in the hideous striped bathrobe looming up grotesquely from an improvised bed formed of two arm-chairs.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading What was he doing there, dressed save for his shoes and collar, instead of being in pajamas in his own bed, and why was George hanging around?
brain
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From this reading Then the mists of sleep cleared from his brain, and remembrance came.
came
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cleared
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From this reading Then the mists of sleep cleared from his brain, and remembrance came.
collar
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couch
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From this reading The Escape When Storm came to himself he was lying on the library couch with the gray dawn seeping in at the curtained windows and George’s rotund figure in the hideous striped bathrobe looming up grotesquely from an improvised bed formed of two arm-chairs.
curtained
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From this reading The Escape When Storm came to himself he was lying on the library couch with the gray dawn seeping in at the curtained windows and George’s rotund figure in the hideous striped bathrobe looming up grotesquely from an improvised bed formed of two arm-chairs.
dawn
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From this reading The Escape When Storm came to himself he was lying on the library couch with the gray dawn seeping in at the curtained windows and George’s rotund figure in the hideous striped bathrobe looming up grotesquely from an improvised bed formed of two arm-chairs.
doing
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dressed
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From this reading What was he doing there, dressed save for his shoes and collar, instead of being in pajamas in his own bed, and why was George hanging around?
Escape
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From this reading The Escape When Storm came to himself he was lying on the library couch with the gray dawn seeping in at the curtained windows and George’s rotund figure in the hideous striped bathrobe looming up grotesquely from an improvised bed formed of two arm-chairs.
felt
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From this reading Storm felt a vague sense of irritation.
figure
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From this reading The Escape When Storm came to himself he was lying on the library couch with the gray dawn seeping in at the curtained windows and George’s rotund figure in the hideous striped bathrobe looming up grotesquely from an improvised bed formed of two arm-chairs.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading What was he doing there, dressed save for his shoes and collar, instead of being in pajamas in his own bed, and why was George hanging around?
formed
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From this reading The Escape When Storm came to himself he was lying on the library couch with the gray dawn seeping in at the curtained windows and George’s rotund figure in the hideous striped bathrobe looming up grotesquely from an improvised bed formed of two arm-chairs.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The Escape When Storm came to himself he was lying on the library couch with the gray dawn seeping in at the curtained windows and George’s rotund figure in the hideous striped bathrobe looming up grotesquely from an improvised bed formed of two arm-chairs.
George
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From this reading What was he doing there, dressed save for his shoes and collar, instead of being in pajamas in his own bed, and why was George hanging around?
George's
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From this reading The Escape When Storm came to himself he was lying on the library couch with the gray dawn seeping in at the curtained windows and George’s rotund figure in the hideous striped bathrobe looming up grotesquely from an improvised bed formed of two arm-chairs.
gray
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From this reading The Escape When Storm came to himself he was lying on the library couch with the gray dawn seeping in at the curtained windows and George’s rotund figure in the hideous striped bathrobe looming up grotesquely from an improvised bed formed of two arm-chairs.
grotesquely
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From this reading The Escape When Storm came to himself he was lying on the library couch with the gray dawn seeping in at the curtained windows and George’s rotund figure in the hideous striped bathrobe looming up grotesquely from an improvised bed formed of two arm-chairs.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Leila was innocent, and he had killed her!
hanging
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hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The Escape When Storm came to himself he was lying on the library couch with the gray dawn seeping in at the curtained windows and George’s rotund figure in the hideous striped bathrobe looming up grotesquely from an improvised bed formed of two arm-chairs.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Leila was innocent, and he had killed her!
hideous
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From this reading The Escape When Storm came to himself he was lying on the library couch with the gray dawn seeping in at the curtained windows and George’s rotund figure in the hideous striped bathrobe looming up grotesquely from an improvised bed formed of two arm-chairs.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading The Escape When Storm came to himself he was lying on the library couch with the gray dawn seeping in at the curtained windows and George’s rotund figure in the hideous striped bathrobe looming up grotesquely from an improvised bed formed of two arm-chairs.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading What was he doing there, dressed save for his shoes and collar, instead of being in pajamas in his own bed, and why was George hanging around?
improvised
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From this reading The Escape When Storm came to himself he was lying on the library couch with the gray dawn seeping in at the curtained windows and George’s rotund figure in the hideous striped bathrobe looming up grotesquely from an improvised bed formed of two arm-chairs.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The Escape When Storm came to himself he was lying on the library couch with the gray dawn seeping in at the curtained windows and George’s rotund figure in the hideous striped bathrobe looming up grotesquely from an improvised bed formed of two arm-chairs.
innocent
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From this reading Leila was innocent, and he had killed her!
instead
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irritation
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From this reading Storm felt a vague sense of irritation.
killed
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From this reading Leila was innocent, and he had killed her!
Leila
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From this reading Leila was innocent, and he had killed her!
library
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From this reading The Escape When Storm came to himself he was lying on the library couch with the gray dawn seeping in at the curtained windows and George’s rotund figure in the hideous striped bathrobe looming up grotesquely from an improvised bed formed of two arm-chairs.
looming
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From this reading The Escape When Storm came to himself he was lying on the library couch with the gray dawn seeping in at the curtained windows and George’s rotund figure in the hideous striped bathrobe looming up grotesquely from an improvised bed formed of two arm-chairs.
lying
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From this reading The Escape When Storm came to himself he was lying on the library couch with the gray dawn seeping in at the curtained windows and George’s rotund figure in the hideous striped bathrobe looming up grotesquely from an improvised bed formed of two arm-chairs.
mists
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From this reading Then the mists of sleep cleared from his brain, and remembrance came.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Escape When Storm came to himself he was lying on the library couch with the gray dawn seeping in at the curtained windows and George’s rotund figure in the hideous striped bathrobe looming up grotesquely from an improvised bed formed of two arm-chairs.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The Escape When Storm came to himself he was lying on the library couch with the gray dawn seeping in at the curtained windows and George’s rotund figure in the hideous striped bathrobe looming up grotesquely from an improvised bed formed of two arm-chairs.
own
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From this reading What was he doing there, dressed save for his shoes and collar, instead of being in pajamas in his own bed, and why was George hanging around?
pajamas
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remembrance
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From this reading Then the mists of sleep cleared from his brain, and remembrance came.
rotund
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From this reading The Escape When Storm came to himself he was lying on the library couch with the gray dawn seeping in at the curtained windows and George’s rotund figure in the hideous striped bathrobe looming up grotesquely from an improvised bed formed of two arm-chairs.
saveprepositionUS /seɪv/
except for; apart from
From this reading What was he doing there, dressed save for his shoes and collar, instead of being in pajamas in his own bed, and why was George hanging around?
seeping
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From this reading The Escape When Storm came to himself he was lying on the library couch with the gray dawn seeping in at the curtained windows and George’s rotund figure in the hideous striped bathrobe looming up grotesquely from an improvised bed formed of two arm-chairs.
sense
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From this reading Storm felt a vague sense of irritation.
shoes
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sleep
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From this reading Then the mists of sleep cleared from his brain, and remembrance came.
Storm
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From this reading The Escape When Storm came to himself he was lying on the library couch with the gray dawn seeping in at the curtained windows and George’s rotund figure in the hideous striped bathrobe looming up grotesquely from an improvised bed formed of two arm-chairs.
striped
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From this reading The Escape When Storm came to himself he was lying on the library couch with the gray dawn seeping in at the curtained windows and George’s rotund figure in the hideous striped bathrobe looming up grotesquely from an improvised bed formed of two arm-chairs.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Escape When Storm came to himself he was lying on the library couch with the gray dawn seeping in at the curtained windows and George’s rotund figure in the hideous striped bathrobe looming up grotesquely from an improvised bed formed of two arm-chairs.
Then
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From this reading Then the mists of sleep cleared from his brain, and remembrance came.
there
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From this reading What was he doing there, dressed save for his shoes and collar, instead of being in pajamas in his own bed, and why was George hanging around?
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The Escape When Storm came to himself he was lying on the library couch with the gray dawn seeping in at the curtained windows and George’s rotund figure in the hideous striped bathrobe looming up grotesquely from an improvised bed formed of two arm-chairs.
two
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From this reading The Escape When Storm came to himself he was lying on the library couch with the gray dawn seeping in at the curtained windows and George’s rotund figure in the hideous striped bathrobe looming up grotesquely from an improvised bed formed of two arm-chairs.
up
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From this reading The Escape When Storm came to himself he was lying on the library couch with the gray dawn seeping in at the curtained windows and George’s rotund figure in the hideous striped bathrobe looming up grotesquely from an improvised bed formed of two arm-chairs.
vague
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From this reading Storm felt a vague sense of irritation.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The Escape When Storm came to himself he was lying on the library couch with the gray dawn seeping in at the curtained windows and George’s rotund figure in the hideous striped bathrobe looming up grotesquely from an improvised bed formed of two arm-chairs.
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What was he doing there, dressed save for his shoes and collar, instead of being in pajamas in his own bed, and why was George hanging around?
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading The Escape When Storm came to himself he was lying on the library couch with the gray dawn seeping in at the curtained windows and George’s rotund figure in the hideous striped bathrobe looming up grotesquely from an improvised bed formed of two arm-chairs.
why
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From this reading What was he doing there, dressed save for his shoes and collar, instead of being in pajamas in his own bed, and why was George hanging around?
windows
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From this reading The Escape When Storm came to himself he was lying on the library couch with the gray dawn seeping in at the curtained windows and George’s rotund figure in the hideous striped bathrobe looming up grotesquely from an improvised bed formed of two arm-chairs.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The Escape When Storm came to himself he was lying on the library couch with the gray dawn seeping in at the curtained windows and George’s rotund figure in the hideous striped bathrobe looming up grotesquely from an improvised bed formed of two arm-chairs.
