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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 HOW I FELL INTO THE _RED HAND_ I must have fallen into a stupor, as the effect of the terrible strain on mind and body of all I had gone through.
agonies
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From this reading But I woke up to agonies of cold--a sodden deadness of the limbs which set me wondering numbly if I had any legs left--and a gnawing hunger and emptiness.
all
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From this reading HOW I FELL INTO THE _RED HAND_ I must have fallen into a stupor, as the effect of the terrible strain on mind and body of all I had gone through.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading HOW I FELL INTO THE _RED HAND_ I must have fallen into a stupor, as the effect of the terrible strain on mind and body of all I had gone through.
any
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From this reading But I woke up to agonies of cold--a sodden deadness of the limbs which set me wondering numbly if I had any legs left--and a gnawing hunger and emptiness.
arms
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From this reading Some sailorly instinct, of which I have no recollection whatever, had taken a turn of the rope under my arms and round the yard, and so kept me from slipping away.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading HOW I FELL INTO THE _RED HAND_ I must have fallen into a stupor, as the effect of the terrible strain on mind and body of all I had gone through.
away
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From this reading Some sailorly instinct, of which I have no recollection whatever, had taken a turn of the rope under my arms and round the yard, and so kept me from slipping away.
back
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From this reading For I remember nothing of that first night on the spar, and only came slowly back to sense of sodden pain and hunger when the sun was up.
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading I felt no thirst; perhaps because my body was so soaked with water.
bodynounUS /body/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading HOW I FELL INTO THE _RED HAND_ I must have fallen into a stupor, as the effect of the terrible strain on mind and body of all I had gone through.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But I woke up to agonies of cold--a sodden deadness of the limbs which set me wondering numbly if I had any legs left--and a gnawing hunger and emptiness.
came
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From this reading For I remember nothing of that first night on the spar, and only came slowly back to sense of sodden pain and hunger when the sun was up.
cold
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From this reading But I woke up to agonies of cold--a sodden deadness of the limbs which set me wondering numbly if I had any legs left--and a gnawing hunger and emptiness.
deadness
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From this reading But I woke up to agonies of cold--a sodden deadness of the limbs which set me wondering numbly if I had any legs left--and a gnawing hunger and emptiness.
effect
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From this reading HOW I FELL INTO THE _RED HAND_ I must have fallen into a stupor, as the effect of the terrible strain on mind and body of all I had gone through.
emptiness
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From this reading But I woke up to agonies of cold--a sodden deadness of the limbs which set me wondering numbly if I had any legs left--and a gnawing hunger and emptiness.
fallen
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From this reading HOW I FELL INTO THE _RED HAND_ I must have fallen into a stupor, as the effect of the terrible strain on mind and body of all I had gone through.
FELL
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From this reading HOW I FELL INTO THE _RED HAND_ I must have fallen into a stupor, as the effect of the terrible strain on mind and body of all I had gone through.
felt
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From this reading I felt no thirst; perhaps because my body was so soaked with water.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For I remember nothing of that first night on the spar, and only came slowly back to sense of sodden pain and hunger when the sun was up.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For I remember nothing of that first night on the spar, and only came slowly back to sense of sodden pain and hunger when the sun was up.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Some sailorly instinct, of which I have no recollection whatever, had taken a turn of the rope under my arms and round the yard, and so kept me from slipping away.
gnawing
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From this reading But I woke up to agonies of cold--a sodden deadness of the limbs which set me wondering numbly if I had any legs left--and a gnawing hunger and emptiness.
gone
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From this reading HOW I FELL INTO THE _RED HAND_ I must have fallen into a stupor, as the effect of the terrible strain on mind and body of all I had gone through.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading HOW I FELL INTO THE _RED HAND_ I must have fallen into a stupor, as the effect of the terrible strain on mind and body of all I had gone through.
HAND
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From this reading HOW I FELL INTO THE _RED HAND_ I must have fallen into a stupor, as the effect of the terrible strain on mind and body of all I had gone through.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading HOW I FELL INTO THE _RED HAND_ I must have fallen into a stupor, as the effect of the terrible strain on mind and body of all I had gone through.
HOW
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From this reading HOW I FELL INTO THE _RED HAND_ I must have fallen into a stupor, as the effect of the terrible strain on mind and body of all I had gone through.
hunger
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From this reading For I remember nothing of that first night on the spar, and only came slowly back to sense of sodden pain and hunger when the sun was up.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading HOW I FELL INTO THE _RED HAND_ I must have fallen into a stupor, as the effect of the terrible strain on mind and body of all I had gone through.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading But I woke up to agonies of cold--a sodden deadness of the limbs which set me wondering numbly if I had any legs left--and a gnawing hunger and emptiness.
instinct
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From this reading Some sailorly instinct, of which I have no recollection whatever, had taken a turn of the rope under my arms and round the yard, and so kept me from slipping away.
INTOprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading HOW I FELL INTO THE _RED HAND_ I must have fallen into a stupor, as the effect of the terrible strain on mind and body of all I had gone through.
kept
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From this reading Some sailorly instinct, of which I have no recollection whatever, had taken a turn of the rope under my arms and round the yard, and so kept me from slipping away.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But I woke up to agonies of cold--a sodden deadness of the limbs which set me wondering numbly if I had any legs left--and a gnawing hunger and emptiness.
legs
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From this reading But I woke up to agonies of cold--a sodden deadness of the limbs which set me wondering numbly if I had any legs left--and a gnawing hunger and emptiness.
limbs
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From this reading But I woke up to agonies of cold--a sodden deadness of the limbs which set me wondering numbly if I had any legs left--and a gnawing hunger and emptiness.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Some sailorly instinct, of which I have no recollection whatever, had taken a turn of the rope under my arms and round the yard, and so kept me from slipping away.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading HOW I FELL INTO THE _RED HAND_ I must have fallen into a stupor, as the effect of the terrible strain on mind and body of all I had gone through.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading HOW I FELL INTO THE _RED HAND_ I must have fallen into a stupor, as the effect of the terrible strain on mind and body of all I had gone through.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Some sailorly instinct, of which I have no recollection whatever, had taken a turn of the rope under my arms and round the yard, and so kept me from slipping away.
night
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From this reading For I remember nothing of that first night on the spar, and only came slowly back to sense of sodden pain and hunger when the sun was up.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Some sailorly instinct, of which I have no recollection whatever, had taken a turn of the rope under my arms and round the yard, and so kept me from slipping away.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading For I remember nothing of that first night on the spar, and only came slowly back to sense of sodden pain and hunger when the sun was up.
numbly
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From this reading But I woke up to agonies of cold--a sodden deadness of the limbs which set me wondering numbly if I had any legs left--and a gnawing hunger and emptiness.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading HOW I FELL INTO THE _RED HAND_ I must have fallen into a stupor, as the effect of the terrible strain on mind and body of all I had gone through.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading HOW I FELL INTO THE _RED HAND_ I must have fallen into a stupor, as the effect of the terrible strain on mind and body of all I had gone through.
only
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From this reading For I remember nothing of that first night on the spar, and only came slowly back to sense of sodden pain and hunger when the sun was up.
pain
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From this reading For I remember nothing of that first night on the spar, and only came slowly back to sense of sodden pain and hunger when the sun was up.
perhaps
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From this reading I felt no thirst; perhaps because my body was so soaked with water.
recollection
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From this reading Some sailorly instinct, of which I have no recollection whatever, had taken a turn of the rope under my arms and round the yard, and so kept me from slipping away.
RED
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From this reading HOW I FELL INTO THE _RED HAND_ I must have fallen into a stupor, as the effect of the terrible strain on mind and body of all I had gone through.
rememberverbUS /rɪˈmɛm.bər/
To recall to mind.
From this reading For I remember nothing of that first night on the spar, and only came slowly back to sense of sodden pain and hunger when the sun was up.
rope
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From this reading Some sailorly instinct, of which I have no recollection whatever, had taken a turn of the rope under my arms and round the yard, and so kept me from slipping away.
round
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From this reading Some sailorly instinct, of which I have no recollection whatever, had taken a turn of the rope under my arms and round the yard, and so kept me from slipping away.
sailorly
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From this reading Some sailorly instinct, of which I have no recollection whatever, had taken a turn of the rope under my arms and round the yard, and so kept me from slipping away.
sense
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From this reading For I remember nothing of that first night on the spar, and only came slowly back to sense of sodden pain and hunger when the sun was up.
set
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From this reading But I woke up to agonies of cold--a sodden deadness of the limbs which set me wondering numbly if I had any legs left--and a gnawing hunger and emptiness.
slipping
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From this reading Some sailorly instinct, of which I have no recollection whatever, had taken a turn of the rope under my arms and round the yard, and so kept me from slipping away.
slowly
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From this reading For I remember nothing of that first night on the spar, and only came slowly back to sense of sodden pain and hunger when the sun was up.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Some sailorly instinct, of which I have no recollection whatever, had taken a turn of the rope under my arms and round the yard, and so kept me from slipping away.
soaked
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From this reading I felt no thirst; perhaps because my body was so soaked with water.
sodden
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From this reading For I remember nothing of that first night on the spar, and only came slowly back to sense of sodden pain and hunger when the sun was up.
Some
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From this reading Some sailorly instinct, of which I have no recollection whatever, had taken a turn of the rope under my arms and round the yard, and so kept me from slipping away.
spar
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From this reading For I remember nothing of that first night on the spar, and only came slowly back to sense of sodden pain and hunger when the sun was up.
strain
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From this reading HOW I FELL INTO THE _RED HAND_ I must have fallen into a stupor, as the effect of the terrible strain on mind and body of all I had gone through.
stupor
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From this reading HOW I FELL INTO THE _RED HAND_ I must have fallen into a stupor, as the effect of the terrible strain on mind and body of all I had gone through.
sun
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From this reading For I remember nothing of that first night on the spar, and only came slowly back to sense of sodden pain and hunger when the sun was up.
taken
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From this reading Some sailorly instinct, of which I have no recollection whatever, had taken a turn of the rope under my arms and round the yard, and so kept me from slipping away.
terriblenounUS /ˈterrible/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading HOW I FELL INTO THE _RED HAND_ I must have fallen into a stupor, as the effect of the terrible strain on mind and body of all I had gone through.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading For I remember nothing of that first night on the spar, and only came slowly back to sense of sodden pain and hunger when the sun was up.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading HOW I FELL INTO THE _RED HAND_ I must have fallen into a stupor, as the effect of the terrible strain on mind and body of all I had gone through.
thirst
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From this reading I felt no thirst; perhaps because my body was so soaked with water.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading HOW I FELL INTO THE _RED HAND_ I must have fallen into a stupor, as the effect of the terrible strain on mind and body of all I had gone through.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading For I remember nothing of that first night on the spar, and only came slowly back to sense of sodden pain and hunger when the sun was up.
turn
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From this reading Some sailorly instinct, of which I have no recollection whatever, had taken a turn of the rope under my arms and round the yard, and so kept me from slipping away.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Some sailorly instinct, of which I have no recollection whatever, had taken a turn of the rope under my arms and round the yard, and so kept me from slipping away.
up
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From this reading For I remember nothing of that first night on the spar, and only came slowly back to sense of sodden pain and hunger when the sun was up.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading For I remember nothing of that first night on the spar, and only came slowly back to sense of sodden pain and hunger when the sun was up.
water
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From this reading I felt no thirst; perhaps because my body was so soaked with water.
whateverdeterminerUS /ˌwʌˈtevər/
any or all of a kind, it does not matter which
From this reading Some sailorly instinct, of which I have no recollection whatever, had taken a turn of the rope under my arms and round the yard, and so kept me from slipping away.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading For I remember nothing of that first night on the spar, and only came slowly back to sense of sodden pain and hunger when the sun was up.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Some sailorly instinct, of which I have no recollection whatever, had taken a turn of the rope under my arms and round the yard, and so kept me from slipping away.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading I felt no thirst; perhaps because my body was so soaked with water.
woke
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From this reading But I woke up to agonies of cold--a sodden deadness of the limbs which set me wondering numbly if I had any legs left--and a gnawing hunger and emptiness.
wondering
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From this reading But I woke up to agonies of cold--a sodden deadness of the limbs which set me wondering numbly if I had any legs left--and a gnawing hunger and emptiness.
yard
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From this reading Some sailorly instinct, of which I have no recollection whatever, had taken a turn of the rope under my arms and round the yard, and so kept me from slipping away.
