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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 She went at it cautiously, though she had swallowed a couple of wake-up capsules just before they walked into the Ermetyne suite.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Trigger gave them the eye back, one after the other, in turn; and that stopped it.
all
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From this reading The boys were all giving her-plus-Beldon the eye, intensively; even Lyad's giant-sized butler or majordomo or whatever she'd called him, named Virod, ogled coldly out of the background.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The capsules took effect in the middle of the first course; and what she woke up to was a disconcerting awareness of being the center of much careful attention.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading The brandy which followed the dinner seemed to represent no let-down to the connoisseurs around Trigger.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She went at it cautiously, though she had swallowed a couple of wake-up capsules just before they walked into the Ermetyne suite.
attention
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From this reading The capsules took effect in the middle of the first course; and what she woke up to was a disconcerting awareness of being the center of much careful attention.
awareness
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From this reading The capsules took effect in the middle of the first course; and what she woke up to was a disconcerting awareness of being the center of much careful attention.
back
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From this reading Trigger gave them the eye back, one after the other, in turn; and that stopped it.
background
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From this reading The boys were all giving her-plus-Beldon the eye, intensively; even Lyad's giant-sized butler or majordomo or whatever she'd called him, named Virod, ogled coldly out of the background.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading She went at it cautiously, though she had swallowed a couple of wake-up capsules just before they walked into the Ermetyne suite.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading The capsules took effect in the middle of the first course; and what she woke up to was a disconcerting awareness of being the center of much careful attention.
boys
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From this reading The boys were all giving her-plus-Beldon the eye, intensively; even Lyad's giant-sized butler or majordomo or whatever she'd called him, named Virod, ogled coldly out of the background.
brandynounUS /ˈbrændi/
a strong alcoholic drink distilled from wine
From this reading The brandy which followed the dinner seemed to represent no let-down to the connoisseurs around Trigger.
butler
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From this reading The boys were all giving her-plus-Beldon the eye, intensively; even Lyad's giant-sized butler or majordomo or whatever she'd called him, named Virod, ogled coldly out of the background.
called
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From this reading The boys were all giving her-plus-Beldon the eye, intensively; even Lyad's giant-sized butler or majordomo or whatever she'd called him, named Virod, ogled coldly out of the background.
capsules
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From this reading She went at it cautiously, though she had swallowed a couple of wake-up capsules just before they walked into the Ermetyne suite.
careful
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From this reading The capsules took effect in the middle of the first course; and what she woke up to was a disconcerting awareness of being the center of much careful attention.
cautiously
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From this reading She went at it cautiously, though she had swallowed a couple of wake-up capsules just before they walked into the Ermetyne suite.
centernounUS /ˈsɛn.tər/
The middle point or core of an area.
From this reading The capsules took effect in the middle of the first course; and what she woke up to was a disconcerting awareness of being the center of much careful attention.
coldly
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From this reading The boys were all giving her-plus-Beldon the eye, intensively; even Lyad's giant-sized butler or majordomo or whatever she'd called him, named Virod, ogled coldly out of the background.
connoisseurs
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From this reading The brandy which followed the dinner seemed to represent no let-down to the connoisseurs around Trigger.
couplenounUS /ˈkʌpəl/
two people or things considered together
From this reading She went at it cautiously, though she had swallowed a couple of wake-up capsules just before they walked into the Ermetyne suite.
coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The capsules took effect in the middle of the first course; and what she woke up to was a disconcerting awareness of being the center of much careful attention.
dinner
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From this reading The brandy which followed the dinner seemed to represent no let-down to the connoisseurs around Trigger.
disconcerting
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From this reading The capsules took effect in the middle of the first course; and what she woke up to was a disconcerting awareness of being the center of much careful attention.
effect
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From this reading The capsules took effect in the middle of the first course; and what she woke up to was a disconcerting awareness of being the center of much careful attention.
Ermetyne
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From this reading She went at it cautiously, though she had swallowed a couple of wake-up capsules just before they walked into the Ermetyne suite.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The boys were all giving her-plus-Beldon the eye, intensively; even Lyad's giant-sized butler or majordomo or whatever she'd called him, named Virod, ogled coldly out of the background.
eye
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From this reading The boys were all giving her-plus-Beldon the eye, intensively; even Lyad's giant-sized butler or majordomo or whatever she'd called him, named Virod, ogled coldly out of the background.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The capsules took effect in the middle of the first course; and what she woke up to was a disconcerting awareness of being the center of much careful attention.
followed
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From this reading The brandy which followed the dinner seemed to represent no let-down to the connoisseurs around Trigger.
gave
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From this reading Trigger gave them the eye back, one after the other, in turn; and that stopped it.
giant-sized
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From this reading The boys were all giving her-plus-Beldon the eye, intensively; even Lyad's giant-sized butler or majordomo or whatever she'd called him, named Virod, ogled coldly out of the background.
giving
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From this reading The boys were all giving her-plus-Beldon the eye, intensively; even Lyad's giant-sized butler or majordomo or whatever she'd called him, named Virod, ogled coldly out of the background.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She went at it cautiously, though she had swallowed a couple of wake-up capsules just before they walked into the Ermetyne suite.
her-plus-Beldon
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From this reading The boys were all giving her-plus-Beldon the eye, intensively; even Lyad's giant-sized butler or majordomo or whatever she'd called him, named Virod, ogled coldly out of the background.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The boys were all giving her-plus-Beldon the eye, intensively; even Lyad's giant-sized butler or majordomo or whatever she'd called him, named Virod, ogled coldly out of the background.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The capsules took effect in the middle of the first course; and what she woke up to was a disconcerting awareness of being the center of much careful attention.
intensively
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From this reading The boys were all giving her-plus-Beldon the eye, intensively; even Lyad's giant-sized butler or majordomo or whatever she'd called him, named Virod, ogled coldly out of the background.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading She went at it cautiously, though she had swallowed a couple of wake-up capsules just before they walked into the Ermetyne suite.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She went at it cautiously, though she had swallowed a couple of wake-up capsules just before they walked into the Ermetyne suite.
just
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From this reading She went at it cautiously, though she had swallowed a couple of wake-up capsules just before they walked into the Ermetyne suite.
let-down
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From this reading The brandy which followed the dinner seemed to represent no let-down to the connoisseurs around Trigger.
Lyad's
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From this reading The boys were all giving her-plus-Beldon the eye, intensively; even Lyad's giant-sized butler or majordomo or whatever she'd called him, named Virod, ogled coldly out of the background.
majordomo
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From this reading The boys were all giving her-plus-Beldon the eye, intensively; even Lyad's giant-sized butler or majordomo or whatever she'd called him, named Virod, ogled coldly out of the background.
middle
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From this reading The capsules took effect in the middle of the first course; and what she woke up to was a disconcerting awareness of being the center of much careful attention.
much
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From this reading The capsules took effect in the middle of the first course; and what she woke up to was a disconcerting awareness of being the center of much careful attention.
named
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From this reading The boys were all giving her-plus-Beldon the eye, intensively; even Lyad's giant-sized butler or majordomo or whatever she'd called him, named Virod, ogled coldly out of the background.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading The brandy which followed the dinner seemed to represent no let-down to the connoisseurs around Trigger.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She went at it cautiously, though she had swallowed a couple of wake-up capsules just before they walked into the Ermetyne suite.
ogled
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From this reading The boys were all giving her-plus-Beldon the eye, intensively; even Lyad's giant-sized butler or majordomo or whatever she'd called him, named Virod, ogled coldly out of the background.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Trigger gave them the eye back, one after the other, in turn; and that stopped it.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The boys were all giving her-plus-Beldon the eye, intensively; even Lyad's giant-sized butler or majordomo or whatever she'd called him, named Virod, ogled coldly out of the background.
other
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From this reading Trigger gave them the eye back, one after the other, in turn; and that stopped it.
out
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From this reading The boys were all giving her-plus-Beldon the eye, intensively; even Lyad's giant-sized butler or majordomo or whatever she'd called him, named Virod, ogled coldly out of the background.
represent
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From this reading The brandy which followed the dinner seemed to represent no let-down to the connoisseurs around Trigger.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The brandy which followed the dinner seemed to represent no let-down to the connoisseurs around Trigger.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She went at it cautiously, though she had swallowed a couple of wake-up capsules just before they walked into the Ermetyne suite.
she'd
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From this reading The boys were all giving her-plus-Beldon the eye, intensively; even Lyad's giant-sized butler or majordomo or whatever she'd called him, named Virod, ogled coldly out of the background.
stoppednounUS /stopped/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Trigger gave them the eye back, one after the other, in turn; and that stopped it.
suite
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From this reading She went at it cautiously, though she had swallowed a couple of wake-up capsules just before they walked into the Ermetyne suite.
swallowed
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From this reading She went at it cautiously, though she had swallowed a couple of wake-up capsules just before they walked into the Ermetyne suite.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Trigger gave them the eye back, one after the other, in turn; and that stopped it.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The brandy which followed the dinner seemed to represent no let-down to the connoisseurs around Trigger.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Trigger gave them the eye back, one after the other, in turn; and that stopped it.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She went at it cautiously, though she had swallowed a couple of wake-up capsules just before they walked into the Ermetyne suite.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading She went at it cautiously, though she had swallowed a couple of wake-up capsules just before they walked into the Ermetyne suite.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The brandy which followed the dinner seemed to represent no let-down to the connoisseurs around Trigger.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The capsules took effect in the middle of the first course; and what she woke up to was a disconcerting awareness of being the center of much careful attention.
Trigger
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From this reading The brandy which followed the dinner seemed to represent no let-down to the connoisseurs around Trigger.
turn
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From this reading Trigger gave them the eye back, one after the other, in turn; and that stopped it.
up
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From this reading The capsules took effect in the middle of the first course; and what she woke up to was a disconcerting awareness of being the center of much careful attention.
Virod
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From this reading The boys were all giving her-plus-Beldon the eye, intensively; even Lyad's giant-sized butler or majordomo or whatever she'd called him, named Virod, ogled coldly out of the background.
wake-up
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From this reading She went at it cautiously, though she had swallowed a couple of wake-up capsules just before they walked into the Ermetyne suite.
walked
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From this reading She went at it cautiously, though she had swallowed a couple of wake-up capsules just before they walked into the Ermetyne suite.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The capsules took effect in the middle of the first course; and what she woke up to was a disconcerting awareness of being the center of much careful attention.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She went at it cautiously, though she had swallowed a couple of wake-up capsules just before they walked into the Ermetyne suite.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The boys were all giving her-plus-Beldon the eye, intensively; even Lyad's giant-sized butler or majordomo or whatever she'd called him, named Virod, ogled coldly out of the background.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading The capsules took effect in the middle of the first course; and what she woke up to was a disconcerting awareness of being the center of much careful attention.
whateverdeterminerUS /ˌwʌˈtevər/
any or all of a kind, it does not matter which
From this reading The boys were all giving her-plus-Beldon the eye, intensively; even Lyad's giant-sized butler or majordomo or whatever she'd called him, named Virod, ogled coldly out of the background.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The brandy which followed the dinner seemed to represent no let-down to the connoisseurs around Trigger.
woke
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From this reading The capsules took effect in the middle of the first course; and what she woke up to was a disconcerting awareness of being the center of much careful attention.
