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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 THE VOLCANIC SHAFT Man's constitution is so peculiar that his health is purely a negative matter.
absurd
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From this reading As to anyone who has not endured privation having any notion of the matter, it is simply absurd.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading With us, after a long fast, some mouthfuls of bread and meat, a little moldy biscuit and salt beef triumphed over all our previous gloomy and saturnine thoughts.
all
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From this reading With us, after a long fast, some mouthfuls of bread and meat, a little moldy biscuit and salt beef triumphed over all our previous gloomy and saturnine thoughts.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading With us, after a long fast, some mouthfuls of bread and meat, a little moldy biscuit and salt beef triumphed over all our previous gloomy and saturnine thoughts.
any
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From this reading As to anyone who has not endured privation having any notion of the matter, it is simply absurd.
anyonepronounUS /ˈeniwʌn/
any person at all
From this reading As to anyone who has not endured privation having any notion of the matter, it is simply absurd.
appeasedverbUS /əˈpiːzd/
made less angry or upset
From this reading No sooner is the rage of hunger appeased than it becomes difficult to comprehend the meaning of starvation.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As to anyone who has not endured privation having any notion of the matter, it is simply absurd.
becomes
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From this reading No sooner is the rage of hunger appeased than it becomes difficult to comprehend the meaning of starvation.
beef
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From this reading With us, after a long fast, some mouthfuls of bread and meat, a little moldy biscuit and salt beef triumphed over all our previous gloomy and saturnine thoughts.
biscuit
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From this reading With us, after a long fast, some mouthfuls of bread and meat, a little moldy biscuit and salt beef triumphed over all our previous gloomy and saturnine thoughts.
bread
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From this reading With us, after a long fast, some mouthfuls of bread and meat, a little moldy biscuit and salt beef triumphed over all our previous gloomy and saturnine thoughts.
comprehend
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From this reading No sooner is the rage of hunger appeased than it becomes difficult to comprehend the meaning of starvation.
constitution
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From this reading THE VOLCANIC SHAFT Man's constitution is so peculiar that his health is purely a negative matter.
difficult
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From this reading No sooner is the rage of hunger appeased than it becomes difficult to comprehend the meaning of starvation.
endured
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From this reading As to anyone who has not endured privation having any notion of the matter, it is simply absurd.
fast
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From this reading With us, after a long fast, some mouthfuls of bread and meat, a little moldy biscuit and salt beef triumphed over all our previous gloomy and saturnine thoughts.
gloomy
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From this reading With us, after a long fast, some mouthfuls of bread and meat, a little moldy biscuit and salt beef triumphed over all our previous gloomy and saturnine thoughts.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading As to anyone who has not endured privation having any notion of the matter, it is simply absurd.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading As to anyone who has not endured privation having any notion of the matter, it is simply absurd.
health
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From this reading THE VOLCANIC SHAFT Man's constitution is so peculiar that his health is purely a negative matter.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading THE VOLCANIC SHAFT Man's constitution is so peculiar that his health is purely a negative matter.
hunger
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From this reading No sooner is the rage of hunger appeased than it becomes difficult to comprehend the meaning of starvation.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE VOLCANIC SHAFT Man's constitution is so peculiar that his health is purely a negative matter.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading No sooner is the rage of hunger appeased than it becomes difficult to comprehend the meaning of starvation.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading With us, after a long fast, some mouthfuls of bread and meat, a little moldy biscuit and salt beef triumphed over all our previous gloomy and saturnine thoughts.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading With us, after a long fast, some mouthfuls of bread and meat, a little moldy biscuit and salt beef triumphed over all our previous gloomy and saturnine thoughts.
Man's
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From this reading THE VOLCANIC SHAFT Man's constitution is so peculiar that his health is purely a negative matter.
matter
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From this reading THE VOLCANIC SHAFT Man's constitution is so peculiar that his health is purely a negative matter.
meaning
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From this reading No sooner is the rage of hunger appeased than it becomes difficult to comprehend the meaning of starvation.
meat
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From this reading With us, after a long fast, some mouthfuls of bread and meat, a little moldy biscuit and salt beef triumphed over all our previous gloomy and saturnine thoughts.
moldy
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From this reading With us, after a long fast, some mouthfuls of bread and meat, a little moldy biscuit and salt beef triumphed over all our previous gloomy and saturnine thoughts.
mouthfuls
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From this reading With us, after a long fast, some mouthfuls of bread and meat, a little moldy biscuit and salt beef triumphed over all our previous gloomy and saturnine thoughts.
negative
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From this reading THE VOLCANIC SHAFT Man's constitution is so peculiar that his health is purely a negative matter.
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading No sooner is the rage of hunger appeased than it becomes difficult to comprehend the meaning of starvation.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading As to anyone who has not endured privation having any notion of the matter, it is simply absurd.
notion
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From this reading As to anyone who has not endured privation having any notion of the matter, it is simply absurd.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading No sooner is the rage of hunger appeased than it becomes difficult to comprehend the meaning of starvation.
only
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From this reading It is only when you suffer that you really understand.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading With us, after a long fast, some mouthfuls of bread and meat, a little moldy biscuit and salt beef triumphed over all our previous gloomy and saturnine thoughts.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading With us, after a long fast, some mouthfuls of bread and meat, a little moldy biscuit and salt beef triumphed over all our previous gloomy and saturnine thoughts.
peculiar
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From this reading THE VOLCANIC SHAFT Man's constitution is so peculiar that his health is purely a negative matter.
previous
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From this reading With us, after a long fast, some mouthfuls of bread and meat, a little moldy biscuit and salt beef triumphed over all our previous gloomy and saturnine thoughts.
privation
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From this reading As to anyone who has not endured privation having any notion of the matter, it is simply absurd.
purely
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From this reading THE VOLCANIC SHAFT Man's constitution is so peculiar that his health is purely a negative matter.
rage
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From this reading No sooner is the rage of hunger appeased than it becomes difficult to comprehend the meaning of starvation.
really
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From this reading It is only when you suffer that you really understand.
salt
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From this reading With us, after a long fast, some mouthfuls of bread and meat, a little moldy biscuit and salt beef triumphed over all our previous gloomy and saturnine thoughts.
saturnine
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From this reading With us, after a long fast, some mouthfuls of bread and meat, a little moldy biscuit and salt beef triumphed over all our previous gloomy and saturnine thoughts.
SHAFT
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From this reading THE VOLCANIC SHAFT Man's constitution is so peculiar that his health is purely a negative matter.
simply
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From this reading As to anyone who has not endured privation having any notion of the matter, it is simply absurd.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading THE VOLCANIC SHAFT Man's constitution is so peculiar that his health is purely a negative matter.
some
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From this reading With us, after a long fast, some mouthfuls of bread and meat, a little moldy biscuit and salt beef triumphed over all our previous gloomy and saturnine thoughts.
sooner
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From this reading No sooner is the rage of hunger appeased than it becomes difficult to comprehend the meaning of starvation.
starvation
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From this reading No sooner is the rage of hunger appeased than it becomes difficult to comprehend the meaning of starvation.
suffer
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From this reading It is only when you suffer that you really understand.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading No sooner is the rage of hunger appeased than it becomes difficult to comprehend the meaning of starvation.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading THE VOLCANIC SHAFT Man's constitution is so peculiar that his health is purely a negative matter.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE VOLCANIC SHAFT Man's constitution is so peculiar that his health is purely a negative matter.
thoughts
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From this reading With us, after a long fast, some mouthfuls of bread and meat, a little moldy biscuit and salt beef triumphed over all our previous gloomy and saturnine thoughts.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading No sooner is the rage of hunger appeased than it becomes difficult to comprehend the meaning of starvation.
triumphed
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From this reading With us, after a long fast, some mouthfuls of bread and meat, a little moldy biscuit and salt beef triumphed over all our previous gloomy and saturnine thoughts.
understandnounUS /understand/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It is only when you suffer that you really understand.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading With us, after a long fast, some mouthfuls of bread and meat, a little moldy biscuit and salt beef triumphed over all our previous gloomy and saturnine thoughts.
VOLCANICadjectiveUS /vɑːlˈkænɪk/
relating to or produced by or consisting of volcanoes
From this reading THE VOLCANIC SHAFT Man's constitution is so peculiar that his health is purely a negative matter.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading It is only when you suffer that you really understand.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading As to anyone who has not endured privation having any notion of the matter, it is simply absurd.
WithprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading With us, after a long fast, some mouthfuls of bread and meat, a little moldy biscuit and salt beef triumphed over all our previous gloomy and saturnine thoughts.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading It is only when you suffer that you really understand.
