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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 STRONG-BOX OF THE MONKS It was but a passing paralysis such as a boxer suffers from a knock-out blow.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading But when Ralph recovered consciousness he found without the slightest surprise that he was in the same situation as Beaumagnan, like him bound, and like him set with his back against the wall.
always
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From this reading He was very little more surprised to see Josephine stretched on two chairs in front of the door, a victim of one of those nervous attacks which too violent emotions, too prolonged always brought on.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading But when Ralph recovered consciousness he found without the slightest surprise that he was in the same situation as Beaumagnan, like him bound, and like him set with his back against the wall.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading THE STRONG-BOX OF THE MONKS It was but a passing paralysis such as a boxer suffers from a knock-out blow.
attacks
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From this reading He was very little more surprised to see Josephine stretched on two chairs in front of the door, a victim of one of those nervous attacks which too violent emotions, too prolonged always brought on.
back
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From this reading But when Ralph recovered consciousness he found without the slightest surprise that he was in the same situation as Beaumagnan, like him bound, and like him set with his back against the wall.
Beaumagnan
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From this reading But when Ralph recovered consciousness he found without the slightest surprise that he was in the same situation as Beaumagnan, like him bound, and like him set with his back against the wall.
blow
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From this reading THE STRONG-BOX OF THE MONKS It was but a passing paralysis such as a boxer suffers from a knock-out blow.
bottle
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From this reading Leonard was tending her, holding a bottle of smelling-salts to her nostrils.
bound
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From this reading But when Ralph recovered consciousness he found without the slightest surprise that he was in the same situation as Beaumagnan, like him bound, and like him set with his back against the wall.
boxer
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From this reading THE STRONG-BOX OF THE MONKS It was but a passing paralysis such as a boxer suffers from a knock-out blow.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He was very little more surprised to see Josephine stretched on two chairs in front of the door, a victim of one of those nervous attacks which too violent emotions, too prolonged always brought on.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading THE STRONG-BOX OF THE MONKS It was but a passing paralysis such as a boxer suffers from a knock-out blow.
chairs
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From this reading He was very little more surprised to see Josephine stretched on two chairs in front of the door, a victim of one of those nervous attacks which too violent emotions, too prolonged always brought on.
consciousness
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From this reading But when Ralph recovered consciousness he found without the slightest surprise that he was in the same situation as Beaumagnan, like him bound, and like him set with his back against the wall.
door
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From this reading He was very little more surprised to see Josephine stretched on two chairs in front of the door, a victim of one of those nervous attacks which too violent emotions, too prolonged always brought on.
emotions
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From this reading He was very little more surprised to see Josephine stretched on two chairs in front of the door, a victim of one of those nervous attacks which too violent emotions, too prolonged always brought on.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But when Ralph recovered consciousness he found without the slightest surprise that he was in the same situation as Beaumagnan, like him bound, and like him set with his back against the wall.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading THE STRONG-BOX OF THE MONKS It was but a passing paralysis such as a boxer suffers from a knock-out blow.
front
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From this reading He was very little more surprised to see Josephine stretched on two chairs in front of the door, a victim of one of those nervous attacks which too violent emotions, too prolonged always brought on.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The blow she had struck Ralph had thrown her into one of them.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But when Ralph recovered consciousness he found without the slightest surprise that he was in the same situation as Beaumagnan, like him bound, and like him set with his back against the wall.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The blow she had struck Ralph had thrown her into one of them.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading But when Ralph recovered consciousness he found without the slightest surprise that he was in the same situation as Beaumagnan, like him bound, and like him set with his back against the wall.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading But when Ralph recovered consciousness he found without the slightest surprise that he was in the same situation as Beaumagnan, like him bound, and like him set with his back against the wall.
holding
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From this reading Leonard was tending her, holding a bottle of smelling-salts to her nostrils.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading But when Ralph recovered consciousness he found without the slightest surprise that he was in the same situation as Beaumagnan, like him bound, and like him set with his back against the wall.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The blow she had struck Ralph had thrown her into one of them.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading THE STRONG-BOX OF THE MONKS It was but a passing paralysis such as a boxer suffers from a knock-out blow.
Josephine
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From this reading He was very little more surprised to see Josephine stretched on two chairs in front of the door, a victim of one of those nervous attacks which too violent emotions, too prolonged always brought on.
knock-out
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From this reading THE STRONG-BOX OF THE MONKS It was but a passing paralysis such as a boxer suffers from a knock-out blow.
Leonard
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From this reading Leonard was tending her, holding a bottle of smelling-salts to her nostrils.
like
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From this reading But when Ralph recovered consciousness he found without the slightest surprise that he was in the same situation as Beaumagnan, like him bound, and like him set with his back against the wall.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was very little more surprised to see Josephine stretched on two chairs in front of the door, a victim of one of those nervous attacks which too violent emotions, too prolonged always brought on.
MONKS
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From this reading THE STRONG-BOX OF THE MONKS It was but a passing paralysis such as a boxer suffers from a knock-out blow.
more
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From this reading He was very little more surprised to see Josephine stretched on two chairs in front of the door, a victim of one of those nervous attacks which too violent emotions, too prolonged always brought on.
nervous
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From this reading He was very little more surprised to see Josephine stretched on two chairs in front of the door, a victim of one of those nervous attacks which too violent emotions, too prolonged always brought on.
nostrils
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From this reading Leonard was tending her, holding a bottle of smelling-salts to her nostrils.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE STRONG-BOX OF THE MONKS It was but a passing paralysis such as a boxer suffers from a knock-out blow.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He was very little more surprised to see Josephine stretched on two chairs in front of the door, a victim of one of those nervous attacks which too violent emotions, too prolonged always brought on.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading He was very little more surprised to see Josephine stretched on two chairs in front of the door, a victim of one of those nervous attacks which too violent emotions, too prolonged always brought on.
paralysis
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From this reading THE STRONG-BOX OF THE MONKS It was but a passing paralysis such as a boxer suffers from a knock-out blow.
passing
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From this reading THE STRONG-BOX OF THE MONKS It was but a passing paralysis such as a boxer suffers from a knock-out blow.
prolonged
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From this reading He was very little more surprised to see Josephine stretched on two chairs in front of the door, a victim of one of those nervous attacks which too violent emotions, too prolonged always brought on.
Ralph
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From this reading But when Ralph recovered consciousness he found without the slightest surprise that he was in the same situation as Beaumagnan, like him bound, and like him set with his back against the wall.
recovered
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From this reading But when Ralph recovered consciousness he found without the slightest surprise that he was in the same situation as Beaumagnan, like him bound, and like him set with his back against the wall.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But when Ralph recovered consciousness he found without the slightest surprise that he was in the same situation as Beaumagnan, like him bound, and like him set with his back against the wall.
see
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From this reading He was very little more surprised to see Josephine stretched on two chairs in front of the door, a victim of one of those nervous attacks which too violent emotions, too prolonged always brought on.
set
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From this reading But when Ralph recovered consciousness he found without the slightest surprise that he was in the same situation as Beaumagnan, like him bound, and like him set with his back against the wall.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The blow she had struck Ralph had thrown her into one of them.
situation
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From this reading But when Ralph recovered consciousness he found without the slightest surprise that he was in the same situation as Beaumagnan, like him bound, and like him set with his back against the wall.
slightest
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From this reading But when Ralph recovered consciousness he found without the slightest surprise that he was in the same situation as Beaumagnan, like him bound, and like him set with his back against the wall.
smelling-salts
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From this reading Leonard was tending her, holding a bottle of smelling-salts to her nostrils.
stretched
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From this reading He was very little more surprised to see Josephine stretched on two chairs in front of the door, a victim of one of those nervous attacks which too violent emotions, too prolonged always brought on.
STRONG-BOX
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From this reading THE STRONG-BOX OF THE MONKS It was but a passing paralysis such as a boxer suffers from a knock-out blow.
strucknounUS /struck/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The blow she had struck Ralph had thrown her into one of them.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading THE STRONG-BOX OF THE MONKS It was but a passing paralysis such as a boxer suffers from a knock-out blow.
suffers
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From this reading THE STRONG-BOX OF THE MONKS It was but a passing paralysis such as a boxer suffers from a knock-out blow.
surprise
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From this reading But when Ralph recovered consciousness he found without the slightest surprise that he was in the same situation as Beaumagnan, like him bound, and like him set with his back against the wall.
surprisednounUS /surprised/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was very little more surprised to see Josephine stretched on two chairs in front of the door, a victim of one of those nervous attacks which too violent emotions, too prolonged always brought on.
tending
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From this reading Leonard was tending her, holding a bottle of smelling-salts to her nostrils.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But when Ralph recovered consciousness he found without the slightest surprise that he was in the same situation as Beaumagnan, like him bound, and like him set with his back against the wall.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE STRONG-BOX OF THE MONKS It was but a passing paralysis such as a boxer suffers from a knock-out blow.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The blow she had struck Ralph had thrown her into one of them.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading He was very little more surprised to see Josephine stretched on two chairs in front of the door, a victim of one of those nervous attacks which too violent emotions, too prolonged always brought on.
thrown
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From this reading The blow she had struck Ralph had thrown her into one of them.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He was very little more surprised to see Josephine stretched on two chairs in front of the door, a victim of one of those nervous attacks which too violent emotions, too prolonged always brought on.
too
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From this reading He was very little more surprised to see Josephine stretched on two chairs in front of the door, a victim of one of those nervous attacks which too violent emotions, too prolonged always brought on.
two
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From this reading He was very little more surprised to see Josephine stretched on two chairs in front of the door, a victim of one of those nervous attacks which too violent emotions, too prolonged always brought on.
very
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From this reading He was very little more surprised to see Josephine stretched on two chairs in front of the door, a victim of one of those nervous attacks which too violent emotions, too prolonged always brought on.
victim
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From this reading He was very little more surprised to see Josephine stretched on two chairs in front of the door, a victim of one of those nervous attacks which too violent emotions, too prolonged always brought on.
violentnounUS /ˈviolent/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He was very little more surprised to see Josephine stretched on two chairs in front of the door, a victim of one of those nervous attacks which too violent emotions, too prolonged always brought on.
wall
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From this reading But when Ralph recovered consciousness he found without the slightest surprise that he was in the same situation as Beaumagnan, like him bound, and like him set with his back against the wall.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE STRONG-BOX OF THE MONKS It was but a passing paralysis such as a boxer suffers from a knock-out blow.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading But when Ralph recovered consciousness he found without the slightest surprise that he was in the same situation as Beaumagnan, like him bound, and like him set with his back against the wall.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading He was very little more surprised to see Josephine stretched on two chairs in front of the door, a victim of one of those nervous attacks which too violent emotions, too prolonged always brought on.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading But when Ralph recovered consciousness he found without the slightest surprise that he was in the same situation as Beaumagnan, like him bound, and like him set with his back against the wall.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading But when Ralph recovered consciousness he found without the slightest surprise that he was in the same situation as Beaumagnan, like him bound, and like him set with his back against the wall.
