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afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Day after day I lay in my bed, staring at the ceiling till night blotted it out.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then, stunned and exhausted, I would lie in the dark, crying in my weakness, whimpering for those I loved who had left me here alone.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Then, stunned and exhausted, I would lie in the dark, crying in my weakness, whimpering for those I loved who had left me here alone.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The fever, which had come only partly from my wounds, had doubtless been long in me, and had fermented my blood as the opportunity offered when Wraxall nigh drained my every vein with his butcher's blade.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Day after day I lay in my bed, staring at the ceiling till night blotted it out.
bed
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From this reading Day after day I lay in my bed, staring at the ceiling till night blotted it out.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The fever, which had come only partly from my wounds, had doubtless been long in me, and had fermented my blood as the opportunity offered when Wraxall nigh drained my every vein with his butcher's blade.
blade
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From this reading The fever, which had come only partly from my wounds, had doubtless been long in me, and had fermented my blood as the opportunity offered when Wraxall nigh drained my every vein with his butcher's blade.
bloodnounUS /blood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Certain it was that my thinned blood was growing gradually warmer, and its currents flowed with slightly increasing vigour day by day.
blotted
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From this reading Day after day I lay in my bed, staring at the ceiling till night blotted it out.
bodynounUS /body/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was no strength left in me, body or mind; and, perhaps for that reason, my suffering was too feeble to waste what was left of me, for I had not even the strength of the fretful who do damage themselves with every grimace.
butcher's
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From this reading The fever, which had come only partly from my wounds, had doubtless been long in me, and had fermented my blood as the opportunity offered when Wraxall nigh drained my every vein with his butcher's blade.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Certain it was that my thinned blood was growing gradually warmer, and its currents flowed with slightly increasing vigour day by day.
ceiling
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From this reading Day after day I lay in my bed, staring at the ceiling till night blotted it out.
Certain
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From this reading Certain it was that my thinned blood was growing gradually warmer, and its currents flowed with slightly increasing vigour day by day.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The fever, which had come only partly from my wounds, had doubtless been long in me, and had fermented my blood as the opportunity offered when Wraxall nigh drained my every vein with his butcher's blade.
crying
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From this reading Then, stunned and exhausted, I would lie in the dark, crying in my weakness, whimpering for those I loved who had left me here alone.
currents
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From this reading Certain it was that my thinned blood was growing gradually warmer, and its currents flowed with slightly increasing vigour day by day.
damage
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From this reading There was no strength left in me, body or mind; and, perhaps for that reason, my suffering was too feeble to waste what was left of me, for I had not even the strength of the fretful who do damage themselves with every grimace.
dark
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From this reading Then, stunned and exhausted, I would lie in the dark, crying in my weakness, whimpering for those I loved who had left me here alone.
Day
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From this reading Day after day I lay in my bed, staring at the ceiling till night blotted it out.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading There was no strength left in me, body or mind; and, perhaps for that reason, my suffering was too feeble to waste what was left of me, for I had not even the strength of the fretful who do damage themselves with every grimace.
doubtless
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From this reading The fever, which had come only partly from my wounds, had doubtless been long in me, and had fermented my blood as the opportunity offered when Wraxall nigh drained my every vein with his butcher's blade.
drained
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From this reading The fever, which had come only partly from my wounds, had doubtless been long in me, and had fermented my blood as the opportunity offered when Wraxall nigh drained my every vein with his butcher's blade.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was no strength left in me, body or mind; and, perhaps for that reason, my suffering was too feeble to waste what was left of me, for I had not even the strength of the fretful who do damage themselves with every grimace.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading There was no strength left in me, body or mind; and, perhaps for that reason, my suffering was too feeble to waste what was left of me, for I had not even the strength of the fretful who do damage themselves with every grimace.
exhausted
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From this reading Then, stunned and exhausted, I would lie in the dark, crying in my weakness, whimpering for those I loved who had left me here alone.
feeble
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From this reading There was no strength left in me, body or mind; and, perhaps for that reason, my suffering was too feeble to waste what was left of me, for I had not even the strength of the fretful who do damage themselves with every grimace.
fermented
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From this reading The fever, which had come only partly from my wounds, had doubtless been long in me, and had fermented my blood as the opportunity offered when Wraxall nigh drained my every vein with his butcher's blade.
fever
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From this reading The fever, which had come only partly from my wounds, had doubtless been long in me, and had fermented my blood as the opportunity offered when Wraxall nigh drained my every vein with his butcher's blade.
flowed
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From this reading Certain it was that my thinned blood was growing gradually warmer, and its currents flowed with slightly increasing vigour day by day.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Then, stunned and exhausted, I would lie in the dark, crying in my weakness, whimpering for those I loved who had left me here alone.
fretful
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From this reading There was no strength left in me, body or mind; and, perhaps for that reason, my suffering was too feeble to waste what was left of me, for I had not even the strength of the fretful who do damage themselves with every grimace.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The fever, which had come only partly from my wounds, had doubtless been long in me, and had fermented my blood as the opportunity offered when Wraxall nigh drained my every vein with his butcher's blade.
gradually
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From this reading Certain it was that my thinned blood was growing gradually warmer, and its currents flowed with slightly increasing vigour day by day.
grimace
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From this reading There was no strength left in me, body or mind; and, perhaps for that reason, my suffering was too feeble to waste what was left of me, for I had not even the strength of the fretful who do damage themselves with every grimace.
growing
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From this reading Certain it was that my thinned blood was growing gradually warmer, and its currents flowed with slightly increasing vigour day by day.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Then, stunned and exhausted, I would lie in the dark, crying in my weakness, whimpering for those I loved who had left me here alone.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then, stunned and exhausted, I would lie in the dark, crying in my weakness, whimpering for those I loved who had left me here alone.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The fever, which had come only partly from my wounds, had doubtless been long in me, and had fermented my blood as the opportunity offered when Wraxall nigh drained my every vein with his butcher's blade.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Day after day I lay in my bed, staring at the ceiling till night blotted it out.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Day after day I lay in my bed, staring at the ceiling till night blotted it out.
increasing
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From this reading Certain it was that my thinned blood was growing gradually warmer, and its currents flowed with slightly increasing vigour day by day.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Day after day I lay in my bed, staring at the ceiling till night blotted it out.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Certain it was that my thinned blood was growing gradually warmer, and its currents flowed with slightly increasing vigour day by day.
lay
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From this reading Day after day I lay in my bed, staring at the ceiling till night blotted it out.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then, stunned and exhausted, I would lie in the dark, crying in my weakness, whimpering for those I loved who had left me here alone.
lie
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From this reading Then, stunned and exhausted, I would lie in the dark, crying in my weakness, whimpering for those I loved who had left me here alone.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The fever, which had come only partly from my wounds, had doubtless been long in me, and had fermented my blood as the opportunity offered when Wraxall nigh drained my every vein with his butcher's blade.
loved
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From this reading Then, stunned and exhausted, I would lie in the dark, crying in my weakness, whimpering for those I loved who had left me here alone.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Then, stunned and exhausted, I would lie in the dark, crying in my weakness, whimpering for those I loved who had left me here alone.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was no strength left in me, body or mind; and, perhaps for that reason, my suffering was too feeble to waste what was left of me, for I had not even the strength of the fretful who do damage themselves with every grimace.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Day after day I lay in my bed, staring at the ceiling till night blotted it out.
nigh
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From this reading The fever, which had come only partly from my wounds, had doubtless been long in me, and had fermented my blood as the opportunity offered when Wraxall nigh drained my every vein with his butcher's blade.
night
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From this reading Day after day I lay in my bed, staring at the ceiling till night blotted it out.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading There was no strength left in me, body or mind; and, perhaps for that reason, my suffering was too feeble to waste what was left of me, for I had not even the strength of the fretful who do damage themselves with every grimace.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading There was no strength left in me, body or mind; and, perhaps for that reason, my suffering was too feeble to waste what was left of me, for I had not even the strength of the fretful who do damage themselves with every grimace.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There was no strength left in me, body or mind; and, perhaps for that reason, my suffering was too feeble to waste what was left of me, for I had not even the strength of the fretful who do damage themselves with every grimace.
offered
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From this reading The fever, which had come only partly from my wounds, had doubtless been long in me, and had fermented my blood as the opportunity offered when Wraxall nigh drained my every vein with his butcher's blade.
only
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From this reading The fever, which had come only partly from my wounds, had doubtless been long in me, and had fermented my blood as the opportunity offered when Wraxall nigh drained my every vein with his butcher's blade.
opportunity
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From this reading The fever, which had come only partly from my wounds, had doubtless been long in me, and had fermented my blood as the opportunity offered when Wraxall nigh drained my every vein with his butcher's blade.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading There was no strength left in me, body or mind; and, perhaps for that reason, my suffering was too feeble to waste what was left of me, for I had not even the strength of the fretful who do damage themselves with every grimace.
out
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From this reading Day after day I lay in my bed, staring at the ceiling till night blotted it out.
partly
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From this reading The fever, which had come only partly from my wounds, had doubtless been long in me, and had fermented my blood as the opportunity offered when Wraxall nigh drained my every vein with his butcher's blade.
perhaps
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From this reading There was no strength left in me, body or mind; and, perhaps for that reason, my suffering was too feeble to waste what was left of me, for I had not even the strength of the fretful who do damage themselves with every grimace.
reason
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From this reading There was no strength left in me, body or mind; and, perhaps for that reason, my suffering was too feeble to waste what was left of me, for I had not even the strength of the fretful who do damage themselves with every grimace.
slightly
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From this reading Certain it was that my thinned blood was growing gradually warmer, and its currents flowed with slightly increasing vigour day by day.
staring
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From this reading Day after day I lay in my bed, staring at the ceiling till night blotted it out.
strengthnounUS /ˈstrength/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading There was no strength left in me, body or mind; and, perhaps for that reason, my suffering was too feeble to waste what was left of me, for I had not even the strength of the fretful who do damage themselves with every grimace.
stunned
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From this reading Then, stunned and exhausted, I would lie in the dark, crying in my weakness, whimpering for those I loved who had left me here alone.
suffering
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From this reading There was no strength left in me, body or mind; and, perhaps for that reason, my suffering was too feeble to waste what was left of me, for I had not even the strength of the fretful who do damage themselves with every grimace.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading There was no strength left in me, body or mind; and, perhaps for that reason, my suffering was too feeble to waste what was left of me, for I had not even the strength of the fretful who do damage themselves with every grimace.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Day after day I lay in my bed, staring at the ceiling till night blotted it out.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading There was no strength left in me, body or mind; and, perhaps for that reason, my suffering was too feeble to waste what was left of me, for I had not even the strength of the fretful who do damage themselves with every grimace.
Then
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From this reading Then, stunned and exhausted, I would lie in the dark, crying in my weakness, whimpering for those I loved who had left me here alone.
There
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From this reading There was no strength left in me, body or mind; and, perhaps for that reason, my suffering was too feeble to waste what was left of me, for I had not even the strength of the fretful who do damage themselves with every grimace.
thinned
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From this reading Certain it was that my thinned blood was growing gradually warmer, and its currents flowed with slightly increasing vigour day by day.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Then, stunned and exhausted, I would lie in the dark, crying in my weakness, whimpering for those I loved who had left me here alone.
tillprepositionUS /tɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading Day after day I lay in my bed, staring at the ceiling till night blotted it out.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There was no strength left in me, body or mind; and, perhaps for that reason, my suffering was too feeble to waste what was left of me, for I had not even the strength of the fretful who do damage themselves with every grimace.
too
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From this reading There was no strength left in me, body or mind; and, perhaps for that reason, my suffering was too feeble to waste what was left of me, for I had not even the strength of the fretful who do damage themselves with every grimace.
vein
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From this reading The fever, which had come only partly from my wounds, had doubtless been long in me, and had fermented my blood as the opportunity offered when Wraxall nigh drained my every vein with his butcher's blade.
vigour
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From this reading Certain it was that my thinned blood was growing gradually warmer, and its currents flowed with slightly increasing vigour day by day.
warmer
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From this reading Certain it was that my thinned blood was growing gradually warmer, and its currents flowed with slightly increasing vigour day by day.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was no strength left in me, body or mind; and, perhaps for that reason, my suffering was too feeble to waste what was left of me, for I had not even the strength of the fretful who do damage themselves with every grimace.
wastenounUS /weɪst/
an empty, uncultivated area of land
From this reading There was no strength left in me, body or mind; and, perhaps for that reason, my suffering was too feeble to waste what was left of me, for I had not even the strength of the fretful who do damage themselves with every grimace.
weaknessnounUS /ˈwiːknəs/
a lack of physical strength
From this reading Then, stunned and exhausted, I would lie in the dark, crying in my weakness, whimpering for those I loved who had left me here alone.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading There was no strength left in me, body or mind; and, perhaps for that reason, my suffering was too feeble to waste what was left of me, for I had not even the strength of the fretful who do damage themselves with every grimace.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading The fever, which had come only partly from my wounds, had doubtless been long in me, and had fermented my blood as the opportunity offered when Wraxall nigh drained my every vein with his butcher's blade.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The fever, which had come only partly from my wounds, had doubtless been long in me, and had fermented my blood as the opportunity offered when Wraxall nigh drained my every vein with his butcher's blade.
whimpering
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From this reading Then, stunned and exhausted, I would lie in the dark, crying in my weakness, whimpering for those I loved who had left me here alone.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Then, stunned and exhausted, I would lie in the dark, crying in my weakness, whimpering for those I loved who had left me here alone.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading There was no strength left in me, body or mind; and, perhaps for that reason, my suffering was too feeble to waste what was left of me, for I had not even the strength of the fretful who do damage themselves with every grimace.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Then, stunned and exhausted, I would lie in the dark, crying in my weakness, whimpering for those I loved who had left me here alone.
wounds
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From this reading The fever, which had come only partly from my wounds, had doubtless been long in me, and had fermented my blood as the opportunity offered when Wraxall nigh drained my every vein with his butcher's blade.
Wraxall
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From this reading The fever, which had come only partly from my wounds, had doubtless been long in me, and had fermented my blood as the opportunity offered when Wraxall nigh drained my every vein with his butcher's blade.
