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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 When I strive to remember, I have a riot of unrelated impressions and a loss of time-value.
ages
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From this reading For untold ages, oppressed by protean fear, I am aware of wandering, endlessly wandering, through a dank and soggy wilderness, where poisonous snakes struck at us, and animals roared around us, and the mud quaked under us and sucked at our heels.
amauxiliary verbUS /æm/
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading For untold ages, oppressed by protean fear, I am aware of wandering, endlessly wandering, through a dank and soggy wilderness, where poisonous snakes struck at us, and animals roared around us, and the mud quaked under us and sucked at our heels.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading When I strive to remember, I have a riot of unrelated impressions and a loss of time-value.
animals
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From this reading For untold ages, oppressed by protean fear, I am aware of wandering, endlessly wandering, through a dank and soggy wilderness, where poisonous snakes struck at us, and animals roared around us, and the mud quaked under us and sucked at our heels.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading For untold ages, oppressed by protean fear, I am aware of wandering, endlessly wandering, through a dank and soggy wilderness, where poisonous snakes struck at us, and animals roared around us, and the mud quaked under us and sucked at our heels.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading For untold ages, oppressed by protean fear, I am aware of wandering, endlessly wandering, through a dank and soggy wilderness, where poisonous snakes struck at us, and animals roared around us, and the mud quaked under us and sucked at our heels.
aware
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From this reading For untold ages, oppressed by protean fear, I am aware of wandering, endlessly wandering, through a dank and soggy wilderness, where poisonous snakes struck at us, and animals roared around us, and the mud quaked under us and sucked at our heels.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading I have no idea of how long we were in that vast everglade, but it must have been for weeks.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I have no idea of how long we were in that vast everglade, but it must have been for weeks.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading For untold ages, oppressed by protean fear, I am aware of wandering, endlessly wandering, through a dank and soggy wilderness, where poisonous snakes struck at us, and animals roared around us, and the mud quaked under us and sucked at our heels.
clear
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From this reading Of our wanderings in the great swamp I have no clear knowledge.
dank
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From this reading For untold ages, oppressed by protean fear, I am aware of wandering, endlessly wandering, through a dank and soggy wilderness, where poisonous snakes struck at us, and animals roared around us, and the mud quaked under us and sucked at our heels.
endlessly
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From this reading For untold ages, oppressed by protean fear, I am aware of wandering, endlessly wandering, through a dank and soggy wilderness, where poisonous snakes struck at us, and animals roared around us, and the mud quaked under us and sucked at our heels.
everglade
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From this reading I have no idea of how long we were in that vast everglade, but it must have been for weeks.
fear
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From this reading For untold ages, oppressed by protean fear, I am aware of wandering, endlessly wandering, through a dank and soggy wilderness, where poisonous snakes struck at us, and animals roared around us, and the mud quaked under us and sucked at our heels.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I have no idea of how long we were in that vast everglade, but it must have been for weeks.
form
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From this reading My memories of what occurred invariably take the form of nightmare.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Of our wanderings in the great swamp I have no clear knowledge.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Of our wanderings in the great swamp I have no clear knowledge.
heels
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From this reading For untold ages, oppressed by protean fear, I am aware of wandering, endlessly wandering, through a dank and soggy wilderness, where poisonous snakes struck at us, and animals roared around us, and the mud quaked under us and sucked at our heels.
how
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From this reading I have no idea of how long we were in that vast everglade, but it must have been for weeks.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Of our wanderings in the great swamp I have no clear knowledge.
idea
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From this reading I have no idea of how long we were in that vast everglade, but it must have been for weeks.
impressions
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From this reading When I strive to remember, I have a riot of unrelated impressions and a loss of time-value.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Of our wanderings in the great swamp I have no clear knowledge.
invariably
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From this reading My memories of what occurred invariably take the form of nightmare.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I have no idea of how long we were in that vast everglade, but it must have been for weeks.
knowledge
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From this reading Of our wanderings in the great swamp I have no clear knowledge.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I have no idea of how long we were in that vast everglade, but it must have been for weeks.
loss
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From this reading When I strive to remember, I have a riot of unrelated impressions and a loss of time-value.
memoriesnounUS /ˈmɛm.ə.riz/
Recollections of past events.
From this reading My memories of what occurred invariably take the form of nightmare.
mud
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From this reading For untold ages, oppressed by protean fear, I am aware of wandering, endlessly wandering, through a dank and soggy wilderness, where poisonous snakes struck at us, and animals roared around us, and the mud quaked under us and sucked at our heels.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading I have no idea of how long we were in that vast everglade, but it must have been for weeks.
MydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My memories of what occurred invariably take the form of nightmare.
nightmarenounUS /ˈnaɪt.mɛr/
A terrifying or distressing dream.
From this reading My memories of what occurred invariably take the form of nightmare.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Of our wanderings in the great swamp I have no clear knowledge.
occurred
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From this reading My memories of what occurred invariably take the form of nightmare.
OfprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Of our wanderings in the great swamp I have no clear knowledge.
oppressed
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From this reading For untold ages, oppressed by protean fear, I am aware of wandering, endlessly wandering, through a dank and soggy wilderness, where poisonous snakes struck at us, and animals roared around us, and the mud quaked under us and sucked at our heels.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Of our wanderings in the great swamp I have no clear knowledge.
poisonous
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From this reading For untold ages, oppressed by protean fear, I am aware of wandering, endlessly wandering, through a dank and soggy wilderness, where poisonous snakes struck at us, and animals roared around us, and the mud quaked under us and sucked at our heels.
protean
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From this reading For untold ages, oppressed by protean fear, I am aware of wandering, endlessly wandering, through a dank and soggy wilderness, where poisonous snakes struck at us, and animals roared around us, and the mud quaked under us and sucked at our heels.
quaked
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From this reading For untold ages, oppressed by protean fear, I am aware of wandering, endlessly wandering, through a dank and soggy wilderness, where poisonous snakes struck at us, and animals roared around us, and the mud quaked under us and sucked at our heels.
rememberverbUS /rɪˈmɛm.bər/
To recall to mind.
From this reading When I strive to remember, I have a riot of unrelated impressions and a loss of time-value.
riot
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From this reading When I strive to remember, I have a riot of unrelated impressions and a loss of time-value.
roarednounUS /roared/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For untold ages, oppressed by protean fear, I am aware of wandering, endlessly wandering, through a dank and soggy wilderness, where poisonous snakes struck at us, and animals roared around us, and the mud quaked under us and sucked at our heels.
snakes
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From this reading For untold ages, oppressed by protean fear, I am aware of wandering, endlessly wandering, through a dank and soggy wilderness, where poisonous snakes struck at us, and animals roared around us, and the mud quaked under us and sucked at our heels.
soggy
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From this reading For untold ages, oppressed by protean fear, I am aware of wandering, endlessly wandering, through a dank and soggy wilderness, where poisonous snakes struck at us, and animals roared around us, and the mud quaked under us and sucked at our heels.
strive
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From this reading When I strive to remember, I have a riot of unrelated impressions and a loss of time-value.
strucknounUS /struck/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For untold ages, oppressed by protean fear, I am aware of wandering, endlessly wandering, through a dank and soggy wilderness, where poisonous snakes struck at us, and animals roared around us, and the mud quaked under us and sucked at our heels.
sucked
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From this reading For untold ages, oppressed by protean fear, I am aware of wandering, endlessly wandering, through a dank and soggy wilderness, where poisonous snakes struck at us, and animals roared around us, and the mud quaked under us and sucked at our heels.
swamp
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From this reading Of our wanderings in the great swamp I have no clear knowledge.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading My memories of what occurred invariably take the form of nightmare.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I have no idea of how long we were in that vast everglade, but it must have been for weeks.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Of our wanderings in the great swamp I have no clear knowledge.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading For untold ages, oppressed by protean fear, I am aware of wandering, endlessly wandering, through a dank and soggy wilderness, where poisonous snakes struck at us, and animals roared around us, and the mud quaked under us and sucked at our heels.
time-value
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From this reading When I strive to remember, I have a riot of unrelated impressions and a loss of time-value.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading When I strive to remember, I have a riot of unrelated impressions and a loss of time-value.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading For untold ages, oppressed by protean fear, I am aware of wandering, endlessly wandering, through a dank and soggy wilderness, where poisonous snakes struck at us, and animals roared around us, and the mud quaked under us and sucked at our heels.
unrelated
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From this reading When I strive to remember, I have a riot of unrelated impressions and a loss of time-value.
untold
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From this reading For untold ages, oppressed by protean fear, I am aware of wandering, endlessly wandering, through a dank and soggy wilderness, where poisonous snakes struck at us, and animals roared around us, and the mud quaked under us and sucked at our heels.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading For untold ages, oppressed by protean fear, I am aware of wandering, endlessly wandering, through a dank and soggy wilderness, where poisonous snakes struck at us, and animals roared around us, and the mud quaked under us and sucked at our heels.
vast
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From this reading I have no idea of how long we were in that vast everglade, but it must have been for weeks.
wandering
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From this reading For untold ages, oppressed by protean fear, I am aware of wandering, endlessly wandering, through a dank and soggy wilderness, where poisonous snakes struck at us, and animals roared around us, and the mud quaked under us and sucked at our heels.
wanderings
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From this reading Of our wanderings in the great swamp I have no clear knowledge.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading I have no idea of how long we were in that vast everglade, but it must have been for weeks.
weeks
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From this reading I have no idea of how long we were in that vast everglade, but it must have been for weeks.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading I have no idea of how long we were in that vast everglade, but it must have been for weeks.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading My memories of what occurred invariably take the form of nightmare.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When I strive to remember, I have a riot of unrelated impressions and a loss of time-value.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading For untold ages, oppressed by protean fear, I am aware of wandering, endlessly wandering, through a dank and soggy wilderness, where poisonous snakes struck at us, and animals roared around us, and the mud quaked under us and sucked at our heels.
wildernessnounUS /ˈwɪldərnəs/
a wild area where few people live
From this reading For untold ages, oppressed by protean fear, I am aware of wandering, endlessly wandering, through a dank and soggy wilderness, where poisonous snakes struck at us, and animals roared around us, and the mud quaked under us and sucked at our heels.
