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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 Burgo stood staring at the door without stirring for quite two minutes after the captain of the _Naiad_ had disappeared down the staircase, his brain in such a maze of stupefaction and bewilderment that more than once he caught himself saying aloud, "Yes, it is really a fact that I'm awake."
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Burgo stood staring at the door without stirring for quite two minutes after the captain of the _Naiad_ had disappeared down the staircase, his brain in such a maze of stupefaction and bewilderment that more than once he caught himself saying aloud, "Yes, it is really a fact that I'm awake."
all
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From this reading "If I could only have foreseen what was going to happen, I might have spared myself all my drudgery with the file.
aloud
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From this reading Burgo stood staring at the door without stirring for quite two minutes after the captain of the _Naiad_ had disappeared down the staircase, his brain in such a maze of stupefaction and bewilderment that more than once he caught himself saying aloud, "Yes, it is really a fact that I'm awake."
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Hitherto he had only been half dressed, and he now proceeded in an automatic way to finish his toilet, after which he went on to cram and strap his portmanteau so that everything might be in readiness when the promised moment of his deliverance should have arrived.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Burgo stood staring at the door without stirring for quite two minutes after the captain of the _Naiad_ had disappeared down the staircase, his brain in such a maze of stupefaction and bewilderment that more than once he caught himself saying aloud, "Yes, it is really a fact that I'm awake."
arrived
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From this reading Hitherto he had only been half dressed, and he now proceeded in an automatic way to finish his toilet, after which he went on to cram and strap his portmanteau so that everything might be in readiness when the promised moment of his deliverance should have arrived.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "As my old nurse used to be so fond of remarking, it never rains but it pours," he said to himself with a philosophic shrug.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Burgo stood staring at the door without stirring for quite two minutes after the captain of the _Naiad_ had disappeared down the staircase, his brain in such a maze of stupefaction and bewilderment that more than once he caught himself saying aloud, "Yes, it is really a fact that I'm awake."
automatic
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From this reading Hitherto he had only been half dressed, and he now proceeded in an automatic way to finish his toilet, after which he went on to cram and strap his portmanteau so that everything might be in readiness when the promised moment of his deliverance should have arrived.
awake
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From this reading Burgo stood staring at the door without stirring for quite two minutes after the captain of the _Naiad_ had disappeared down the staircase, his brain in such a maze of stupefaction and bewilderment that more than once he caught himself saying aloud, "Yes, it is really a fact that I'm awake."
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Hitherto he had only been half dressed, and he now proceeded in an automatic way to finish his toilet, after which he went on to cram and strap his portmanteau so that everything might be in readiness when the promised moment of his deliverance should have arrived.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Hitherto he had only been half dressed, and he now proceeded in an automatic way to finish his toilet, after which he went on to cram and strap his portmanteau so that everything might be in readiness when the promised moment of his deliverance should have arrived.
bewilderment
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From this reading Burgo stood staring at the door without stirring for quite two minutes after the captain of the _Naiad_ had disappeared down the staircase, his brain in such a maze of stupefaction and bewilderment that more than once he caught himself saying aloud, "Yes, it is really a fact that I'm awake."
brain
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From this reading Burgo stood staring at the door without stirring for quite two minutes after the captain of the _Naiad_ had disappeared down the staircase, his brain in such a maze of stupefaction and bewilderment that more than once he caught himself saying aloud, "Yes, it is really a fact that I'm awake."
Burgo
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From this reading Burgo stood staring at the door without stirring for quite two minutes after the captain of the _Naiad_ had disappeared down the staircase, his brain in such a maze of stupefaction and bewilderment that more than once he caught himself saying aloud, "Yes, it is really a fact that I'm awake."
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "As my old nurse used to be so fond of remarking, it never rains but it pours," he said to himself with a philosophic shrug.
CAPTAINnounUS /ˈcaptain/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading THE CAPTAIN OF THE "NAIAD."
caught
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From this reading Burgo stood staring at the door without stirring for quite two minutes after the captain of the _Naiad_ had disappeared down the staircase, his brain in such a maze of stupefaction and bewilderment that more than once he caught himself saying aloud, "Yes, it is really a fact that I'm awake."
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading "If I could only have foreseen what was going to happen, I might have spared myself all my drudgery with the file.
cram
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From this reading Hitherto he had only been half dressed, and he now proceeded in an automatic way to finish his toilet, after which he went on to cram and strap his portmanteau so that everything might be in readiness when the promised moment of his deliverance should have arrived.
deliverance
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From this reading Hitherto he had only been half dressed, and he now proceeded in an automatic way to finish his toilet, after which he went on to cram and strap his portmanteau so that everything might be in readiness when the promised moment of his deliverance should have arrived.
disappearednounUS /ˈdisappeared/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Burgo stood staring at the door without stirring for quite two minutes after the captain of the _Naiad_ had disappeared down the staircase, his brain in such a maze of stupefaction and bewilderment that more than once he caught himself saying aloud, "Yes, it is really a fact that I'm awake."
door
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From this reading Burgo stood staring at the door without stirring for quite two minutes after the captain of the _Naiad_ had disappeared down the staircase, his brain in such a maze of stupefaction and bewilderment that more than once he caught himself saying aloud, "Yes, it is really a fact that I'm awake."
down
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From this reading Burgo stood staring at the door without stirring for quite two minutes after the captain of the _Naiad_ had disappeared down the staircase, his brain in such a maze of stupefaction and bewilderment that more than once he caught himself saying aloud, "Yes, it is really a fact that I'm awake."
dressed
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From this reading Hitherto he had only been half dressed, and he now proceeded in an automatic way to finish his toilet, after which he went on to cram and strap his portmanteau so that everything might be in readiness when the promised moment of his deliverance should have arrived.
drudgery
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From this reading "If I could only have foreseen what was going to happen, I might have spared myself all my drudgery with the file.
everythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/
all things; all of a situation
From this reading Hitherto he had only been half dressed, and he now proceeded in an automatic way to finish his toilet, after which he went on to cram and strap his portmanteau so that everything might be in readiness when the promised moment of his deliverance should have arrived.
fact
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From this reading Burgo stood staring at the door without stirring for quite two minutes after the captain of the _Naiad_ had disappeared down the staircase, his brain in such a maze of stupefaction and bewilderment that more than once he caught himself saying aloud, "Yes, it is really a fact that I'm awake."
file
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From this reading "If I could only have foreseen what was going to happen, I might have spared myself all my drudgery with the file.
finish
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From this reading Hitherto he had only been half dressed, and he now proceeded in an automatic way to finish his toilet, after which he went on to cram and strap his portmanteau so that everything might be in readiness when the promised moment of his deliverance should have arrived.
fond
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From this reading "As my old nurse used to be so fond of remarking, it never rains but it pours," he said to himself with a philosophic shrug.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Burgo stood staring at the door without stirring for quite two minutes after the captain of the _Naiad_ had disappeared down the staircase, his brain in such a maze of stupefaction and bewilderment that more than once he caught himself saying aloud, "Yes, it is really a fact that I'm awake."
foreseen
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From this reading "If I could only have foreseen what was going to happen, I might have spared myself all my drudgery with the file.
going
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From this reading "If I could only have foreseen what was going to happen, I might have spared myself all my drudgery with the file.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Burgo stood staring at the door without stirring for quite two minutes after the captain of the _Naiad_ had disappeared down the staircase, his brain in such a maze of stupefaction and bewilderment that more than once he caught himself saying aloud, "Yes, it is really a fact that I'm awake."
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Hitherto he had only been half dressed, and he now proceeded in an automatic way to finish his toilet, after which he went on to cram and strap his portmanteau so that everything might be in readiness when the promised moment of his deliverance should have arrived.
happen
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From this reading "If I could only have foreseen what was going to happen, I might have spared myself all my drudgery with the file.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Hitherto he had only been half dressed, and he now proceeded in an automatic way to finish his toilet, after which he went on to cram and strap his portmanteau so that everything might be in readiness when the promised moment of his deliverance should have arrived.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Burgo stood staring at the door without stirring for quite two minutes after the captain of the _Naiad_ had disappeared down the staircase, his brain in such a maze of stupefaction and bewilderment that more than once he caught himself saying aloud, "Yes, it is really a fact that I'm awake."
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Burgo stood staring at the door without stirring for quite two minutes after the captain of the _Naiad_ had disappeared down the staircase, his brain in such a maze of stupefaction and bewilderment that more than once he caught himself saying aloud, "Yes, it is really a fact that I'm awake."
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Burgo stood staring at the door without stirring for quite two minutes after the captain of the _Naiad_ had disappeared down the staircase, his brain in such a maze of stupefaction and bewilderment that more than once he caught himself saying aloud, "Yes, it is really a fact that I'm awake."
Hitherto
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From this reading Hitherto he had only been half dressed, and he now proceeded in an automatic way to finish his toilet, after which he went on to cram and strap his portmanteau so that everything might be in readiness when the promised moment of his deliverance should have arrived.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "If I could only have foreseen what was going to happen, I might have spared myself all my drudgery with the file.
I'm
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From this reading Burgo stood staring at the door without stirring for quite two minutes after the captain of the _Naiad_ had disappeared down the staircase, his brain in such a maze of stupefaction and bewilderment that more than once he caught himself saying aloud, "Yes, it is really a fact that I'm awake."
IfconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "If I could only have foreseen what was going to happen, I might have spared myself all my drudgery with the file.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Burgo stood staring at the door without stirring for quite two minutes after the captain of the _Naiad_ had disappeared down the staircase, his brain in such a maze of stupefaction and bewilderment that more than once he caught himself saying aloud, "Yes, it is really a fact that I'm awake."
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Burgo stood staring at the door without stirring for quite two minutes after the captain of the _Naiad_ had disappeared down the staircase, his brain in such a maze of stupefaction and bewilderment that more than once he caught himself saying aloud, "Yes, it is really a fact that I'm awake."
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Burgo stood staring at the door without stirring for quite two minutes after the captain of the _Naiad_ had disappeared down the staircase, his brain in such a maze of stupefaction and bewilderment that more than once he caught himself saying aloud, "Yes, it is really a fact that I'm awake."
maze
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From this reading Burgo stood staring at the door without stirring for quite two minutes after the captain of the _Naiad_ had disappeared down the staircase, his brain in such a maze of stupefaction and bewilderment that more than once he caught himself saying aloud, "Yes, it is really a fact that I'm awake."
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Hitherto he had only been half dressed, and he now proceeded in an automatic way to finish his toilet, after which he went on to cram and strap his portmanteau so that everything might be in readiness when the promised moment of his deliverance should have arrived.
minutes
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From this reading Burgo stood staring at the door without stirring for quite two minutes after the captain of the _Naiad_ had disappeared down the staircase, his brain in such a maze of stupefaction and bewilderment that more than once he caught himself saying aloud, "Yes, it is really a fact that I'm awake."
moment
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From this reading Hitherto he had only been half dressed, and he now proceeded in an automatic way to finish his toilet, after which he went on to cram and strap his portmanteau so that everything might be in readiness when the promised moment of his deliverance should have arrived.
more
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From this reading Burgo stood staring at the door without stirring for quite two minutes after the captain of the _Naiad_ had disappeared down the staircase, his brain in such a maze of stupefaction and bewilderment that more than once he caught himself saying aloud, "Yes, it is really a fact that I'm awake."
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "As my old nurse used to be so fond of remarking, it never rains but it pours," he said to himself with a philosophic shrug.
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading "If I could only have foreseen what was going to happen, I might have spared myself all my drudgery with the file.
NAIAD
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From this reading THE CAPTAIN OF THE "NAIAD."
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "As my old nurse used to be so fond of remarking, it never rains but it pours," he said to himself with a philosophic shrug.
now
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From this reading Hitherto he had only been half dressed, and he now proceeded in an automatic way to finish his toilet, after which he went on to cram and strap his portmanteau so that everything might be in readiness when the promised moment of his deliverance should have arrived.
nurse
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From this reading "As my old nurse used to be so fond of remarking, it never rains but it pours," he said to himself with a philosophic shrug.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE CAPTAIN OF THE "NAIAD."
old
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From this reading "As my old nurse used to be so fond of remarking, it never rains but it pours," he said to himself with a philosophic shrug.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Hitherto he had only been half dressed, and he now proceeded in an automatic way to finish his toilet, after which he went on to cram and strap his portmanteau so that everything might be in readiness when the promised moment of his deliverance should have arrived.
once
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From this reading Burgo stood staring at the door without stirring for quite two minutes after the captain of the _Naiad_ had disappeared down the staircase, his brain in such a maze of stupefaction and bewilderment that more than once he caught himself saying aloud, "Yes, it is really a fact that I'm awake."
only
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From this reading Hitherto he had only been half dressed, and he now proceeded in an automatic way to finish his toilet, after which he went on to cram and strap his portmanteau so that everything might be in readiness when the promised moment of his deliverance should have arrived.
philosophic
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From this reading "As my old nurse used to be so fond of remarking, it never rains but it pours," he said to himself with a philosophic shrug.
portmanteau
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From this reading Hitherto he had only been half dressed, and he now proceeded in an automatic way to finish his toilet, after which he went on to cram and strap his portmanteau so that everything might be in readiness when the promised moment of his deliverance should have arrived.
pours
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From this reading "As my old nurse used to be so fond of remarking, it never rains but it pours," he said to himself with a philosophic shrug.
proceeded
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From this reading Hitherto he had only been half dressed, and he now proceeded in an automatic way to finish his toilet, after which he went on to cram and strap his portmanteau so that everything might be in readiness when the promised moment of his deliverance should have arrived.
promised
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From this reading Hitherto he had only been half dressed, and he now proceeded in an automatic way to finish his toilet, after which he went on to cram and strap his portmanteau so that everything might be in readiness when the promised moment of his deliverance should have arrived.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Burgo stood staring at the door without stirring for quite two minutes after the captain of the _Naiad_ had disappeared down the staircase, his brain in such a maze of stupefaction and bewilderment that more than once he caught himself saying aloud, "Yes, it is really a fact that I'm awake."
rains
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From this reading "As my old nurse used to be so fond of remarking, it never rains but it pours," he said to himself with a philosophic shrug.
readiness
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From this reading Hitherto he had only been half dressed, and he now proceeded in an automatic way to finish his toilet, after which he went on to cram and strap his portmanteau so that everything might be in readiness when the promised moment of his deliverance should have arrived.
really
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From this reading Burgo stood staring at the door without stirring for quite two minutes after the captain of the _Naiad_ had disappeared down the staircase, his brain in such a maze of stupefaction and bewilderment that more than once he caught himself saying aloud, "Yes, it is really a fact that I'm awake."
remarking
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From this reading "As my old nurse used to be so fond of remarking, it never rains but it pours," he said to himself with a philosophic shrug.
said
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From this reading "As my old nurse used to be so fond of remarking, it never rains but it pours," he said to himself with a philosophic shrug.
saying
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From this reading Burgo stood staring at the door without stirring for quite two minutes after the captain of the _Naiad_ had disappeared down the staircase, his brain in such a maze of stupefaction and bewilderment that more than once he caught himself saying aloud, "Yes, it is really a fact that I'm awake."
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading Hitherto he had only been half dressed, and he now proceeded in an automatic way to finish his toilet, after which he went on to cram and strap his portmanteau so that everything might be in readiness when the promised moment of his deliverance should have arrived.
shrug
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From this reading "As my old nurse used to be so fond of remarking, it never rains but it pours," he said to himself with a philosophic shrug.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Hitherto he had only been half dressed, and he now proceeded in an automatic way to finish his toilet, after which he went on to cram and strap his portmanteau so that everything might be in readiness when the promised moment of his deliverance should have arrived.
spared
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From this reading "If I could only have foreseen what was going to happen, I might have spared myself all my drudgery with the file.
staircase
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From this reading Burgo stood staring at the door without stirring for quite two minutes after the captain of the _Naiad_ had disappeared down the staircase, his brain in such a maze of stupefaction and bewilderment that more than once he caught himself saying aloud, "Yes, it is really a fact that I'm awake."
staring
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From this reading Burgo stood staring at the door without stirring for quite two minutes after the captain of the _Naiad_ had disappeared down the staircase, his brain in such a maze of stupefaction and bewilderment that more than once he caught himself saying aloud, "Yes, it is really a fact that I'm awake."
stirring
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From this reading Burgo stood staring at the door without stirring for quite two minutes after the captain of the _Naiad_ had disappeared down the staircase, his brain in such a maze of stupefaction and bewilderment that more than once he caught himself saying aloud, "Yes, it is really a fact that I'm awake."
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Burgo stood staring at the door without stirring for quite two minutes after the captain of the _Naiad_ had disappeared down the staircase, his brain in such a maze of stupefaction and bewilderment that more than once he caught himself saying aloud, "Yes, it is really a fact that I'm awake."
strap
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From this reading Hitherto he had only been half dressed, and he now proceeded in an automatic way to finish his toilet, after which he went on to cram and strap his portmanteau so that everything might be in readiness when the promised moment of his deliverance should have arrived.
stupefaction
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From this reading Burgo stood staring at the door without stirring for quite two minutes after the captain of the _Naiad_ had disappeared down the staircase, his brain in such a maze of stupefaction and bewilderment that more than once he caught himself saying aloud, "Yes, it is really a fact that I'm awake."
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Burgo stood staring at the door without stirring for quite two minutes after the captain of the _Naiad_ had disappeared down the staircase, his brain in such a maze of stupefaction and bewilderment that more than once he caught himself saying aloud, "Yes, it is really a fact that I'm awake."
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Burgo stood staring at the door without stirring for quite two minutes after the captain of the _Naiad_ had disappeared down the staircase, his brain in such a maze of stupefaction and bewilderment that more than once he caught himself saying aloud, "Yes, it is really a fact that I'm awake."
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Burgo stood staring at the door without stirring for quite two minutes after the captain of the _Naiad_ had disappeared down the staircase, his brain in such a maze of stupefaction and bewilderment that more than once he caught himself saying aloud, "Yes, it is really a fact that I'm awake."
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE CAPTAIN OF THE "NAIAD."
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Hitherto he had only been half dressed, and he now proceeded in an automatic way to finish his toilet, after which he went on to cram and strap his portmanteau so that everything might be in readiness when the promised moment of his deliverance should have arrived.
toilet
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From this reading Hitherto he had only been half dressed, and he now proceeded in an automatic way to finish his toilet, after which he went on to cram and strap his portmanteau so that everything might be in readiness when the promised moment of his deliverance should have arrived.
two
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From this reading Burgo stood staring at the door without stirring for quite two minutes after the captain of the _Naiad_ had disappeared down the staircase, his brain in such a maze of stupefaction and bewilderment that more than once he caught himself saying aloud, "Yes, it is really a fact that I'm awake."
used
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From this reading "As my old nurse used to be so fond of remarking, it never rains but it pours," he said to himself with a philosophic shrug.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "If I could only have foreseen what was going to happen, I might have spared myself all my drudgery with the file.
way
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From this reading Hitherto he had only been half dressed, and he now proceeded in an automatic way to finish his toilet, after which he went on to cram and strap his portmanteau so that everything might be in readiness when the promised moment of his deliverance should have arrived.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Hitherto he had only been half dressed, and he now proceeded in an automatic way to finish his toilet, after which he went on to cram and strap his portmanteau so that everything might be in readiness when the promised moment of his deliverance should have arrived.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "If I could only have foreseen what was going to happen, I might have spared myself all my drudgery with the file.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Hitherto he had only been half dressed, and he now proceeded in an automatic way to finish his toilet, after which he went on to cram and strap his portmanteau so that everything might be in readiness when the promised moment of his deliverance should have arrived.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Hitherto he had only been half dressed, and he now proceeded in an automatic way to finish his toilet, after which he went on to cram and strap his portmanteau so that everything might be in readiness when the promised moment of his deliverance should have arrived.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading "As my old nurse used to be so fond of remarking, it never rains but it pours," he said to himself with a philosophic shrug.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Burgo stood staring at the door without stirring for quite two minutes after the captain of the _Naiad_ had disappeared down the staircase, his brain in such a maze of stupefaction and bewilderment that more than once he caught himself saying aloud, "Yes, it is really a fact that I'm awake."
Yes
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From this reading Burgo stood staring at the door without stirring for quite two minutes after the captain of the _Naiad_ had disappeared down the staircase, his brain in such a maze of stupefaction and bewilderment that more than once he caught himself saying aloud, "Yes, it is really a fact that I'm awake."
