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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 HAUNTS OF MEN REVISITED AND THE FIRST BEMERTONIAN NUGGET My first few days over Bemerton's were a dream of joy and liberty.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading How often had I awakened and lain awake for hours, powerless to sleep again with all London in my head--not only its sights and sounds but the scents of it.
all
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From this reading I am happy enough still (my nature is happy), but in those first few days I was realising the desire of half a lifetime--I was in the dovecote, so to speak, that all my thoughts had been homing to, day and night, for years and years.
amauxiliary verbUS /æm/
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading I am happy enough still (my nature is happy), but in those first few days I was realising the desire of half a lifetime--I was in the dovecote, so to speak, that all my thoughts had been homing to, day and night, for years and years.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE HAUNTS OF MEN REVISITED AND THE FIRST BEMERTONIAN NUGGET My first few days over Bemerton's were a dream of joy and liberty.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Latterly, when the date of my release was fixed and grew nearer, this small-hour excitement had so intensified that I began to fear brain-fever, and indeed at the end nothing but drugs had saved me; but the voyage put things right: once again the sea washed away--as who says? is it not Lucretius?--the ills of man.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Latterly, when the date of my release was fixed and grew nearer, this small-hour excitement had so intensified that I began to fear brain-fever, and indeed at the end nothing but drugs had saved me; but the voyage put things right: once again the sea washed away--as who says? is it not Lucretius?--the ills of man.
awake
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From this reading How often had I awakened and lain awake for hours, powerless to sleep again with all London in my head--not only its sights and sounds but the scents of it.
awakened
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From this reading How often had I awakened and lain awake for hours, powerless to sleep again with all London in my head--not only its sights and sounds but the scents of it.
away
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From this reading Latterly, when the date of my release was fixed and grew nearer, this small-hour excitement had so intensified that I began to fear brain-fever, and indeed at the end nothing but drugs had saved me; but the voyage put things right: once again the sea washed away--as who says? is it not Lucretius?--the ills of man.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading I am happy enough still (my nature is happy), but in those first few days I was realising the desire of half a lifetime--I was in the dovecote, so to speak, that all my thoughts had been homing to, day and night, for years and years.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Latterly, when the date of my release was fixed and grew nearer, this small-hour excitement had so intensified that I began to fear brain-fever, and indeed at the end nothing but drugs had saved me; but the voyage put things right: once again the sea washed away--as who says? is it not Lucretius?--the ills of man.
Bemerton's
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From this reading THE HAUNTS OF MEN REVISITED AND THE FIRST BEMERTONIAN NUGGET My first few days over Bemerton's were a dream of joy and liberty.
BEMERTONIAN
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From this reading THE HAUNTS OF MEN REVISITED AND THE FIRST BEMERTONIAN NUGGET My first few days over Bemerton's were a dream of joy and liberty.
brain-fever
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From this reading Latterly, when the date of my release was fixed and grew nearer, this small-hour excitement had so intensified that I began to fear brain-fever, and indeed at the end nothing but drugs had saved me; but the voyage put things right: once again the sea washed away--as who says? is it not Lucretius?--the ills of man.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I am happy enough still (my nature is happy), but in those first few days I was realising the desire of half a lifetime--I was in the dovecote, so to speak, that all my thoughts had been homing to, day and night, for years and years.
date
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From this reading Latterly, when the date of my release was fixed and grew nearer, this small-hour excitement had so intensified that I began to fear brain-fever, and indeed at the end nothing but drugs had saved me; but the voyage put things right: once again the sea washed away--as who says? is it not Lucretius?--the ills of man.
day
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From this reading I am happy enough still (my nature is happy), but in those first few days I was realising the desire of half a lifetime--I was in the dovecote, so to speak, that all my thoughts had been homing to, day and night, for years and years.
days
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From this reading THE HAUNTS OF MEN REVISITED AND THE FIRST BEMERTONIAN NUGGET My first few days over Bemerton's were a dream of joy and liberty.
desire
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From this reading I am happy enough still (my nature is happy), but in those first few days I was realising the desire of half a lifetime--I was in the dovecote, so to speak, that all my thoughts had been homing to, day and night, for years and years.
dovecote
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From this reading I am happy enough still (my nature is happy), but in those first few days I was realising the desire of half a lifetime--I was in the dovecote, so to speak, that all my thoughts had been homing to, day and night, for years and years.
dreamnounUS /driːm/
A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.
From this reading THE HAUNTS OF MEN REVISITED AND THE FIRST BEMERTONIAN NUGGET My first few days over Bemerton's were a dream of joy and liberty.
drugs
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From this reading Latterly, when the date of my release was fixed and grew nearer, this small-hour excitement had so intensified that I began to fear brain-fever, and indeed at the end nothing but drugs had saved me; but the voyage put things right: once again the sea washed away--as who says? is it not Lucretius?--the ills of man.
end
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From this reading Latterly, when the date of my release was fixed and grew nearer, this small-hour excitement had so intensified that I began to fear brain-fever, and indeed at the end nothing but drugs had saved me; but the voyage put things right: once again the sea washed away--as who says? is it not Lucretius?--the ills of man.
enough
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From this reading I am happy enough still (my nature is happy), but in those first few days I was realising the desire of half a lifetime--I was in the dovecote, so to speak, that all my thoughts had been homing to, day and night, for years and years.
excitement
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From this reading Latterly, when the date of my release was fixed and grew nearer, this small-hour excitement had so intensified that I began to fear brain-fever, and indeed at the end nothing but drugs had saved me; but the voyage put things right: once again the sea washed away--as who says? is it not Lucretius?--the ills of man.
fear
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From this reading Latterly, when the date of my release was fixed and grew nearer, this small-hour excitement had so intensified that I began to fear brain-fever, and indeed at the end nothing but drugs had saved me; but the voyage put things right: once again the sea washed away--as who says? is it not Lucretius?--the ills of man.
few
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From this reading THE HAUNTS OF MEN REVISITED AND THE FIRST BEMERTONIAN NUGGET My first few days over Bemerton's were a dream of joy and liberty.
FIRSTnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE HAUNTS OF MEN REVISITED AND THE FIRST BEMERTONIAN NUGGET My first few days over Bemerton's were a dream of joy and liberty.
fixed
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From this reading Latterly, when the date of my release was fixed and grew nearer, this small-hour excitement had so intensified that I began to fear brain-fever, and indeed at the end nothing but drugs had saved me; but the voyage put things right: once again the sea washed away--as who says? is it not Lucretius?--the ills of man.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I am happy enough still (my nature is happy), but in those first few days I was realising the desire of half a lifetime--I was in the dovecote, so to speak, that all my thoughts had been homing to, day and night, for years and years.
grew
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From this reading Latterly, when the date of my release was fixed and grew nearer, this small-hour excitement had so intensified that I began to fear brain-fever, and indeed at the end nothing but drugs had saved me; but the voyage put things right: once again the sea washed away--as who says? is it not Lucretius?--the ills of man.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I am happy enough still (my nature is happy), but in those first few days I was realising the desire of half a lifetime--I was in the dovecote, so to speak, that all my thoughts had been homing to, day and night, for years and years.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I am happy enough still (my nature is happy), but in those first few days I was realising the desire of half a lifetime--I was in the dovecote, so to speak, that all my thoughts had been homing to, day and night, for years and years.
happy
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From this reading I am happy enough still (my nature is happy), but in those first few days I was realising the desire of half a lifetime--I was in the dovecote, so to speak, that all my thoughts had been homing to, day and night, for years and years.
HAUNTS
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From this reading THE HAUNTS OF MEN REVISITED AND THE FIRST BEMERTONIAN NUGGET My first few days over Bemerton's were a dream of joy and liberty.
head
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From this reading How often had I awakened and lain awake for hours, powerless to sleep again with all London in my head--not only its sights and sounds but the scents of it.
homing
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From this reading I am happy enough still (my nature is happy), but in those first few days I was realising the desire of half a lifetime--I was in the dovecote, so to speak, that all my thoughts had been homing to, day and night, for years and years.
hours
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From this reading How often had I awakened and lain awake for hours, powerless to sleep again with all London in my head--not only its sights and sounds but the scents of it.
How
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From this reading How often had I awakened and lain awake for hours, powerless to sleep again with all London in my head--not only its sights and sounds but the scents of it.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I am happy enough still (my nature is happy), but in those first few days I was realising the desire of half a lifetime--I was in the dovecote, so to speak, that all my thoughts had been homing to, day and night, for years and years.
ills
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From this reading Latterly, when the date of my release was fixed and grew nearer, this small-hour excitement had so intensified that I began to fear brain-fever, and indeed at the end nothing but drugs had saved me; but the voyage put things right: once again the sea washed away--as who says? is it not Lucretius?--the ills of man.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I am happy enough still (my nature is happy), but in those first few days I was realising the desire of half a lifetime--I was in the dovecote, so to speak, that all my thoughts had been homing to, day and night, for years and years.
indeed
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From this reading Latterly, when the date of my release was fixed and grew nearer, this small-hour excitement had so intensified that I began to fear brain-fever, and indeed at the end nothing but drugs had saved me; but the voyage put things right: once again the sea washed away--as who says? is it not Lucretius?--the ills of man.
intensified
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From this reading Latterly, when the date of my release was fixed and grew nearer, this small-hour excitement had so intensified that I began to fear brain-fever, and indeed at the end nothing but drugs had saved me; but the voyage put things right: once again the sea washed away--as who says? is it not Lucretius?--the ills of man.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I am happy enough still (my nature is happy), but in those first few days I was realising the desire of half a lifetime--I was in the dovecote, so to speak, that all my thoughts had been homing to, day and night, for years and years.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading How often had I awakened and lain awake for hours, powerless to sleep again with all London in my head--not only its sights and sounds but the scents of it.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading How often had I awakened and lain awake for hours, powerless to sleep again with all London in my head--not only its sights and sounds but the scents of it.
joy
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From this reading THE HAUNTS OF MEN REVISITED AND THE FIRST BEMERTONIAN NUGGET My first few days over Bemerton's were a dream of joy and liberty.
kind
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From this reading At my stepsister's I was in a kind of trance.
lain
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From this reading How often had I awakened and lain awake for hours, powerless to sleep again with all London in my head--not only its sights and sounds but the scents of it.
Latterly
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From this reading Latterly, when the date of my release was fixed and grew nearer, this small-hour excitement had so intensified that I began to fear brain-fever, and indeed at the end nothing but drugs had saved me; but the voyage put things right: once again the sea washed away--as who says? is it not Lucretius?--the ills of man.
libertynounUS /ˈlɪb.ər.ti/
The state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions on one's way of life.
From this reading THE HAUNTS OF MEN REVISITED AND THE FIRST BEMERTONIAN NUGGET My first few days over Bemerton's were a dream of joy and liberty.
lifetime
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From this reading I am happy enough still (my nature is happy), but in those first few days I was realising the desire of half a lifetime--I was in the dovecote, so to speak, that all my thoughts had been homing to, day and night, for years and years.
London
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Lucretius
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From this reading Latterly, when the date of my release was fixed and grew nearer, this small-hour excitement had so intensified that I began to fear brain-fever, and indeed at the end nothing but drugs had saved me; but the voyage put things right: once again the sea washed away--as who says? is it not Lucretius?--the ills of man.
man
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From this reading Latterly, when the date of my release was fixed and grew nearer, this small-hour excitement had so intensified that I began to fear brain-fever, and indeed at the end nothing but drugs had saved me; but the voyage put things right: once again the sea washed away--as who says? is it not Lucretius?--the ills of man.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Latterly, when the date of my release was fixed and grew nearer, this small-hour excitement had so intensified that I began to fear brain-fever, and indeed at the end nothing but drugs had saved me; but the voyage put things right: once again the sea washed away--as who says? is it not Lucretius?--the ills of man.
MEN
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From this reading THE HAUNTS OF MEN REVISITED AND THE FIRST BEMERTONIAN NUGGET My first few days over Bemerton's were a dream of joy and liberty.
MydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading THE HAUNTS OF MEN REVISITED AND THE FIRST BEMERTONIAN NUGGET My first few days over Bemerton's were a dream of joy and liberty.
nature
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From this reading I am happy enough still (my nature is happy), but in those first few days I was realising the desire of half a lifetime--I was in the dovecote, so to speak, that all my thoughts had been homing to, day and night, for years and years.
nearer
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From this reading Latterly, when the date of my release was fixed and grew nearer, this small-hour excitement had so intensified that I began to fear brain-fever, and indeed at the end nothing but drugs had saved me; but the voyage put things right: once again the sea washed away--as who says? is it not Lucretius?--the ills of man.
night
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From this reading I am happy enough still (my nature is happy), but in those first few days I was realising the desire of half a lifetime--I was in the dovecote, so to speak, that all my thoughts had been homing to, day and night, for years and years.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading How often had I awakened and lain awake for hours, powerless to sleep again with all London in my head--not only its sights and sounds but the scents of it.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Latterly, when the date of my release was fixed and grew nearer, this small-hour excitement had so intensified that I began to fear brain-fever, and indeed at the end nothing but drugs had saved me; but the voyage put things right: once again the sea washed away--as who says? is it not Lucretius?--the ills of man.
NUGGET
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From this reading THE HAUNTS OF MEN REVISITED AND THE FIRST BEMERTONIAN NUGGET My first few days over Bemerton's were a dream of joy and liberty.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE HAUNTS OF MEN REVISITED AND THE FIRST BEMERTONIAN NUGGET My first few days over Bemerton's were a dream of joy and liberty.
often
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From this reading How often had I awakened and lain awake for hours, powerless to sleep again with all London in my head--not only its sights and sounds but the scents of it.
once
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From this reading Latterly, when the date of my release was fixed and grew nearer, this small-hour excitement had so intensified that I began to fear brain-fever, and indeed at the end nothing but drugs had saved me; but the voyage put things right: once again the sea washed away--as who says? is it not Lucretius?--the ills of man.
only
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From this reading How often had I awakened and lain awake for hours, powerless to sleep again with all London in my head--not only its sights and sounds but the scents of it.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading THE HAUNTS OF MEN REVISITED AND THE FIRST BEMERTONIAN NUGGET My first few days over Bemerton's were a dream of joy and liberty.
powerless
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From this reading How often had I awakened and lain awake for hours, powerless to sleep again with all London in my head--not only its sights and sounds but the scents of it.
put
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From this reading Latterly, when the date of my release was fixed and grew nearer, this small-hour excitement had so intensified that I began to fear brain-fever, and indeed at the end nothing but drugs had saved me; but the voyage put things right: once again the sea washed away--as who says? is it not Lucretius?--the ills of man.
realising
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From this reading I am happy enough still (my nature is happy), but in those first few days I was realising the desire of half a lifetime--I was in the dovecote, so to speak, that all my thoughts had been homing to, day and night, for years and years.
release
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From this reading Latterly, when the date of my release was fixed and grew nearer, this small-hour excitement had so intensified that I began to fear brain-fever, and indeed at the end nothing but drugs had saved me; but the voyage put things right: once again the sea washed away--as who says? is it not Lucretius?--the ills of man.
REVISITED
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From this reading THE HAUNTS OF MEN REVISITED AND THE FIRST BEMERTONIAN NUGGET My first few days over Bemerton's were a dream of joy and liberty.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Latterly, when the date of my release was fixed and grew nearer, this small-hour excitement had so intensified that I began to fear brain-fever, and indeed at the end nothing but drugs had saved me; but the voyage put things right: once again the sea washed away--as who says? is it not Lucretius?--the ills of man.
savednounUS /saved/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Latterly, when the date of my release was fixed and grew nearer, this small-hour excitement had so intensified that I began to fear brain-fever, and indeed at the end nothing but drugs had saved me; but the voyage put things right: once again the sea washed away--as who says? is it not Lucretius?--the ills of man.
says
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From this reading Latterly, when the date of my release was fixed and grew nearer, this small-hour excitement had so intensified that I began to fear brain-fever, and indeed at the end nothing but drugs had saved me; but the voyage put things right: once again the sea washed away--as who says? is it not Lucretius?--the ills of man.
scents
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From this reading How often had I awakened and lain awake for hours, powerless to sleep again with all London in my head--not only its sights and sounds but the scents of it.
sea
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From this reading Latterly, when the date of my release was fixed and grew nearer, this small-hour excitement had so intensified that I began to fear brain-fever, and indeed at the end nothing but drugs had saved me; but the voyage put things right: once again the sea washed away--as who says? is it not Lucretius?--the ills of man.
sights
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From this reading How often had I awakened and lain awake for hours, powerless to sleep again with all London in my head--not only its sights and sounds but the scents of it.
sleep
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From this reading How often had I awakened and lain awake for hours, powerless to sleep again with all London in my head--not only its sights and sounds but the scents of it.
small-hour
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From this reading Latterly, when the date of my release was fixed and grew nearer, this small-hour excitement had so intensified that I began to fear brain-fever, and indeed at the end nothing but drugs had saved me; but the voyage put things right: once again the sea washed away--as who says? is it not Lucretius?--the ills of man.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I am happy enough still (my nature is happy), but in those first few days I was realising the desire of half a lifetime--I was in the dovecote, so to speak, that all my thoughts had been homing to, day and night, for years and years.
sounds
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From this reading How often had I awakened and lain awake for hours, powerless to sleep again with all London in my head--not only its sights and sounds but the scents of it.
speak
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From this reading I am happy enough still (my nature is happy), but in those first few days I was realising the desire of half a lifetime--I was in the dovecote, so to speak, that all my thoughts had been homing to, day and night, for years and years.
stepsister's
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From this reading At my stepsister's I was in a kind of trance.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I am happy enough still (my nature is happy), but in those first few days I was realising the desire of half a lifetime--I was in the dovecote, so to speak, that all my thoughts had been homing to, day and night, for years and years.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I am happy enough still (my nature is happy), but in those first few days I was realising the desire of half a lifetime--I was in the dovecote, so to speak, that all my thoughts had been homing to, day and night, for years and years.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE HAUNTS OF MEN REVISITED AND THE FIRST BEMERTONIAN NUGGET My first few days over Bemerton's were a dream of joy and liberty.
things
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From this reading Latterly, when the date of my release was fixed and grew nearer, this small-hour excitement had so intensified that I began to fear brain-fever, and indeed at the end nothing but drugs had saved me; but the voyage put things right: once again the sea washed away--as who says? is it not Lucretius?--the ills of man.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Latterly, when the date of my release was fixed and grew nearer, this small-hour excitement had so intensified that I began to fear brain-fever, and indeed at the end nothing but drugs had saved me; but the voyage put things right: once again the sea washed away--as who says? is it not Lucretius?--the ills of man.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading I am happy enough still (my nature is happy), but in those first few days I was realising the desire of half a lifetime--I was in the dovecote, so to speak, that all my thoughts had been homing to, day and night, for years and years.
thoughts
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From this reading I am happy enough still (my nature is happy), but in those first few days I was realising the desire of half a lifetime--I was in the dovecote, so to speak, that all my thoughts had been homing to, day and night, for years and years.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I am happy enough still (my nature is happy), but in those first few days I was realising the desire of half a lifetime--I was in the dovecote, so to speak, that all my thoughts had been homing to, day and night, for years and years.
trance
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From this reading At my stepsister's I was in a kind of trance.
voyage
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From this reading Latterly, when the date of my release was fixed and grew nearer, this small-hour excitement had so intensified that I began to fear brain-fever, and indeed at the end nothing but drugs had saved me; but the voyage put things right: once again the sea washed away--as who says? is it not Lucretius?--the ills of man.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I am happy enough still (my nature is happy), but in those first few days I was realising the desire of half a lifetime--I was in the dovecote, so to speak, that all my thoughts had been homing to, day and night, for years and years.
washed
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From this reading Latterly, when the date of my release was fixed and grew nearer, this small-hour excitement had so intensified that I began to fear brain-fever, and indeed at the end nothing but drugs had saved me; but the voyage put things right: once again the sea washed away--as who says? is it not Lucretius?--the ills of man.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading THE HAUNTS OF MEN REVISITED AND THE FIRST BEMERTONIAN NUGGET My first few days over Bemerton's were a dream of joy and liberty.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Latterly, when the date of my release was fixed and grew nearer, this small-hour excitement had so intensified that I began to fear brain-fever, and indeed at the end nothing but drugs had saved me; but the voyage put things right: once again the sea washed away--as who says? is it not Lucretius?--the ills of man.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Latterly, when the date of my release was fixed and grew nearer, this small-hour excitement had so intensified that I began to fear brain-fever, and indeed at the end nothing but drugs had saved me; but the voyage put things right: once again the sea washed away--as who says? is it not Lucretius?--the ills of man.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading How often had I awakened and lain awake for hours, powerless to sleep again with all London in my head--not only its sights and sounds but the scents of it.
years
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From this reading I am happy enough still (my nature is happy), but in those first few days I was realising the desire of half a lifetime--I was in the dovecote, so to speak, that all my thoughts had been homing to, day and night, for years and years.
