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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 _RUPERT IN A NEW LIGHT_ When I came to my senses again I was lying on the ground under the gallery.
able
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From this reading I looked round as well as I was able, but could see no signs of her.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _RUPERT IN A NEW LIGHT_ When I came to my senses again I was lying on the ground under the gallery.
air
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From this reading The door of that Gehenna was standing open, twenty paces from me, and the stench from the corpses piled within tainted the air of the whole court.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The door of that Gehenna was standing open, twenty paces from me, and the stench from the corpses piled within tainted the air of the whole court.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I looked round as well as I was able, but could see no signs of her.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I looked round as well as I was able, but could see no signs of her.
came
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From this reading _RUPERT IN A NEW LIGHT_ When I came to my senses again I was lying on the ground under the gallery.
corpses
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From this reading The door of that Gehenna was standing open, twenty paces from me, and the stench from the corpses piled within tainted the air of the whole court.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading I looked round as well as I was able, but could see no signs of her.
court
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From this reading The door of that Gehenna was standing open, twenty paces from me, and the stench from the corpses piled within tainted the air of the whole court.
door
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From this reading The door of that Gehenna was standing open, twenty paces from me, and the stench from the corpses piled within tainted the air of the whole court.
elbow
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From this reading The great weakness in which I found myself was such as to prevent me from standing on my feet, but I lifted myself up so far as to lean on one elbow, and in that posture glanced round over the little group of those who survived.
far
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From this reading The great weakness in which I found myself was such as to prevent me from standing on my feet, but I lifted myself up so far as to lean on one elbow, and in that posture glanced round over the little group of those who survived.
feet
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From this reading The great weakness in which I found myself was such as to prevent me from standing on my feet, but I lifted myself up so far as to lean on one elbow, and in that posture glanced round over the little group of those who survived.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading My first thought was of Marian.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The great weakness in which I found myself was such as to prevent me from standing on my feet, but I lifted myself up so far as to lean on one elbow, and in that posture glanced round over the little group of those who survived.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The door of that Gehenna was standing open, twenty paces from me, and the stench from the corpses piled within tainted the air of the whole court.
gallery
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From this reading _RUPERT IN A NEW LIGHT_ When I came to my senses again I was lying on the ground under the gallery.
Gehenna
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From this reading The door of that Gehenna was standing open, twenty paces from me, and the stench from the corpses piled within tainted the air of the whole court.
glanced
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From this reading The great weakness in which I found myself was such as to prevent me from standing on my feet, but I lifted myself up so far as to lean on one elbow, and in that posture glanced round over the little group of those who survived.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The great weakness in which I found myself was such as to prevent me from standing on my feet, but I lifted myself up so far as to lean on one elbow, and in that posture glanced round over the little group of those who survived.
ground
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From this reading _RUPERT IN A NEW LIGHT_ When I came to my senses again I was lying on the ground under the gallery.
group
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From this reading The great weakness in which I found myself was such as to prevent me from standing on my feet, but I lifted myself up so far as to lean on one elbow, and in that posture glanced round over the little group of those who survived.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading I looked round as well as I was able, but could see no signs of her.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading _RUPERT IN A NEW LIGHT_ When I came to my senses again I was lying on the ground under the gallery.
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _RUPERT IN A NEW LIGHT_ When I came to my senses again I was lying on the ground under the gallery.
lean
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From this reading The great weakness in which I found myself was such as to prevent me from standing on my feet, but I lifted myself up so far as to lean on one elbow, and in that posture glanced round over the little group of those who survived.
lifted
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From this reading The great weakness in which I found myself was such as to prevent me from standing on my feet, but I lifted myself up so far as to lean on one elbow, and in that posture glanced round over the little group of those who survived.
LIGHT
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From this reading _RUPERT IN A NEW LIGHT_ When I came to my senses again I was lying on the ground under the gallery.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The great weakness in which I found myself was such as to prevent me from standing on my feet, but I lifted myself up so far as to lean on one elbow, and in that posture glanced round over the little group of those who survived.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I looked round as well as I was able, but could see no signs of her.
lying
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From this reading _RUPERT IN A NEW LIGHT_ When I came to my senses again I was lying on the ground under the gallery.
Marian
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From this reading My first thought was of Marian.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The door of that Gehenna was standing open, twenty paces from me, and the stench from the corpses piled within tainted the air of the whole court.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading _RUPERT IN A NEW LIGHT_ When I came to my senses again I was lying on the ground under the gallery.
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading The great weakness in which I found myself was such as to prevent me from standing on my feet, but I lifted myself up so far as to lean on one elbow, and in that posture glanced round over the little group of those who survived.
NEW
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From this reading _RUPERT IN A NEW LIGHT_ When I came to my senses again I was lying on the ground under the gallery.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading I looked round as well as I was able, but could see no signs of her.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The door of that Gehenna was standing open, twenty paces from me, and the stench from the corpses piled within tainted the air of the whole court.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading _RUPERT IN A NEW LIGHT_ When I came to my senses again I was lying on the ground under the gallery.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The great weakness in which I found myself was such as to prevent me from standing on my feet, but I lifted myself up so far as to lean on one elbow, and in that posture glanced round over the little group of those who survived.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading The door of that Gehenna was standing open, twenty paces from me, and the stench from the corpses piled within tainted the air of the whole court.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading The great weakness in which I found myself was such as to prevent me from standing on my feet, but I lifted myself up so far as to lean on one elbow, and in that posture glanced round over the little group of those who survived.
paces
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From this reading The door of that Gehenna was standing open, twenty paces from me, and the stench from the corpses piled within tainted the air of the whole court.
piled
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From this reading The door of that Gehenna was standing open, twenty paces from me, and the stench from the corpses piled within tainted the air of the whole court.
posture
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From this reading The great weakness in which I found myself was such as to prevent me from standing on my feet, but I lifted myself up so far as to lean on one elbow, and in that posture glanced round over the little group of those who survived.
prevent
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From this reading The great weakness in which I found myself was such as to prevent me from standing on my feet, but I lifted myself up so far as to lean on one elbow, and in that posture glanced round over the little group of those who survived.
round
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From this reading I looked round as well as I was able, but could see no signs of her.
RUPERT
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From this reading _RUPERT IN A NEW LIGHT_ When I came to my senses again I was lying on the ground under the gallery.
see
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From this reading I looked round as well as I was able, but could see no signs of her.
sensesplural nounUS /ˈsɛnsɪz/
powers of perception and awareness
From this reading _RUPERT IN A NEW LIGHT_ When I came to my senses again I was lying on the ground under the gallery.
signs
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From this reading I looked round as well as I was able, but could see no signs of her.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The great weakness in which I found myself was such as to prevent me from standing on my feet, but I lifted myself up so far as to lean on one elbow, and in that posture glanced round over the little group of those who survived.
standingnounUS /ˈstanding/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The door of that Gehenna was standing open, twenty paces from me, and the stench from the corpses piled within tainted the air of the whole court.
stench
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From this reading The door of that Gehenna was standing open, twenty paces from me, and the stench from the corpses piled within tainted the air of the whole court.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading The great weakness in which I found myself was such as to prevent me from standing on my feet, but I lifted myself up so far as to lean on one elbow, and in that posture glanced round over the little group of those who survived.
survived
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From this reading The great weakness in which I found myself was such as to prevent me from standing on my feet, but I lifted myself up so far as to lean on one elbow, and in that posture glanced round over the little group of those who survived.
tainted
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From this reading The door of that Gehenna was standing open, twenty paces from me, and the stench from the corpses piled within tainted the air of the whole court.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The door of that Gehenna was standing open, twenty paces from me, and the stench from the corpses piled within tainted the air of the whole court.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _RUPERT IN A NEW LIGHT_ When I came to my senses again I was lying on the ground under the gallery.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading The great weakness in which I found myself was such as to prevent me from standing on my feet, but I lifted myself up so far as to lean on one elbow, and in that posture glanced round over the little group of those who survived.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading My first thought was of Marian.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _RUPERT IN A NEW LIGHT_ When I came to my senses again I was lying on the ground under the gallery.
twenty
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From this reading The door of that Gehenna was standing open, twenty paces from me, and the stench from the corpses piled within tainted the air of the whole court.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading _RUPERT IN A NEW LIGHT_ When I came to my senses again I was lying on the ground under the gallery.
up
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From this reading The great weakness in which I found myself was such as to prevent me from standing on my feet, but I lifted myself up so far as to lean on one elbow, and in that posture glanced round over the little group of those who survived.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _RUPERT IN A NEW LIGHT_ When I came to my senses again I was lying on the ground under the gallery.
weaknessnounUS /ˈwiːknəs/
a lack of physical strength
From this reading The great weakness in which I found myself was such as to prevent me from standing on my feet, but I lifted myself up so far as to lean on one elbow, and in that posture glanced round over the little group of those who survived.
well
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From this reading I looked round as well as I was able, but could see no signs of her.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading _RUPERT IN A NEW LIGHT_ When I came to my senses again I was lying on the ground under the gallery.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The great weakness in which I found myself was such as to prevent me from standing on my feet, but I lifted myself up so far as to lean on one elbow, and in that posture glanced round over the little group of those who survived.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading The great weakness in which I found myself was such as to prevent me from standing on my feet, but I lifted myself up so far as to lean on one elbow, and in that posture glanced round over the little group of those who survived.
whole
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From this reading The door of that Gehenna was standing open, twenty paces from me, and the stench from the corpses piled within tainted the air of the whole court.
withinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading The door of that Gehenna was standing open, twenty paces from me, and the stench from the corpses piled within tainted the air of the whole court.
