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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 Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.
all
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From this reading And then, like such chess masters, because he had bent what he thought all his mind to it and was assured, he obstinated in his opinion of the board and every piece upon it.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.
Anselm
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From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.
arms
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From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.
assured
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From this reading And then, like such chess masters, because he had bent what he thought all his mind to it and was assured, he obstinated in his opinion of the board and every piece upon it.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Whereupon the Prior strictly watched, but at last said, “Not so.
barns
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From this reading Once Brother Anselm, who had been taken from strollers playing in barns and inns, said to the Prior, “He playeth!”
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading And then, like such chess masters, because he had bent what he thought all his mind to it and was assured, he obstinated in his opinion of the board and every piece upon it.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Once Brother Anselm, who had been taken from strollers playing in barns and inns, said to the Prior, “He playeth!”
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.
bent
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From this reading And then, like such chess masters, because he had bent what he thought all his mind to it and was assured, he obstinated in his opinion of the board and every piece upon it.
board
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From this reading And then, like such chess masters, because he had bent what he thought all his mind to it and was assured, he obstinated in his opinion of the board and every piece upon it.
Brother
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From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.
buried
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From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.
cellnounUS /sel/
A small stone room in a prison where an inmate is locked behind iron bars.
From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.
chess
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From this reading And then, like such chess masters, because he had bent what he thought all his mind to it and was assured, he obstinated in his opinion of the board and every piece upon it.
Englefield
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From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading And then, like such chess masters, because he had bent what he thought all his mind to it and was assured, he obstinated in his opinion of the board and every piece upon it.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Once Brother Anselm, who had been taken from strollers playing in barns and inns, said to the Prior, “He playeth!”
gain
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From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.
going
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From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Once Brother Anselm, who had been taken from strollers playing in barns and inns, said to the Prior, “He playeth!”
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.
head
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From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading And then, like such chess masters, because he had bent what he thought all his mind to it and was assured, he obstinated in his opinion of the board and every piece upon it.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.
inns
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From this reading Once Brother Anselm, who had been taken from strollers playing in barns and inns, said to the Prior, “He playeth!”
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.
keep
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From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Whereupon the Prior strictly watched, but at last said, “Not so.
lie
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From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.
like
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From this reading And then, like such chess masters, because he had bent what he thought all his mind to it and was assured, he obstinated in his opinion of the board and every piece upon it.
mad
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From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.
masters
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From this reading And then, like such chess masters, because he had bent what he thought all his mind to it and was assured, he obstinated in his opinion of the board and every piece upon it.
melancholy
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From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And then, like such chess masters, because he had bent what he thought all his mind to it and was assured, he obstinated in his opinion of the board and every piece upon it.
monk
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From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.
movement
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From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.
NotadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Whereupon the Prior strictly watched, but at last said, “Not so.
now
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From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.
obstinated
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From this reading And then, like such chess masters, because he had bent what he thought all his mind to it and was assured, he obstinated in his opinion of the board and every piece upon it.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And then, like such chess masters, because he had bent what he thought all his mind to it and was assured, he obstinated in his opinion of the board and every piece upon it.
Once
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From this reading Once Brother Anselm, who had been taken from strollers playing in barns and inns, said to the Prior, “He playeth!”
opinion
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From this reading And then, like such chess masters, because he had bent what he thought all his mind to it and was assured, he obstinated in his opinion of the board and every piece upon it.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.
ordernounUS /order/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.
piece
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From this reading And then, like such chess masters, because he had bent what he thought all his mind to it and was assured, he obstinated in his opinion of the board and every piece upon it.
playeth
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From this reading Once Brother Anselm, who had been taken from strollers playing in barns and inns, said to the Prior, “He playeth!”
playing
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From this reading Once Brother Anselm, who had been taken from strollers playing in barns and inns, said to the Prior, “He playeth!”
posture
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From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.
Prior
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From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.
Richard
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From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.
said
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From this reading Once Brother Anselm, who had been taken from strollers playing in barns and inns, said to the Prior, “He playeth!”
sleep
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From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Whereupon the Prior strictly watched, but at last said, “Not so.
sooth
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From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.
strengthnounUS /ˈstrength/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.
strictly
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From this reading Whereupon the Prior strictly watched, but at last said, “Not so.
strollers
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From this reading Once Brother Anselm, who had been taken from strollers playing in barns and inns, said to the Prior, “He playeth!”
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading And then, like such chess masters, because he had bent what he thought all his mind to it and was assured, he obstinated in his opinion of the board and every piece upon it.
taken
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From this reading Once Brother Anselm, who had been taken from strollers playing in barns and inns, said to the Prior, “He playeth!”
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Once Brother Anselm, who had been taken from strollers playing in barns and inns, said to the Prior, “He playeth!”
then
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From this reading And then, like such chess masters, because he had bent what he thought all his mind to it and was assured, he obstinated in his opinion of the board and every piece upon it.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And then, like such chess masters, because he had bent what he thought all his mind to it and was assured, he obstinated in his opinion of the board and every piece upon it.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.
Truth
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From this reading Truth!”
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading And then, like such chess masters, because he had bent what he thought all his mind to it and was assured, he obstinated in his opinion of the board and every piece upon it.
visited
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From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.
watched
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From this reading Whereupon the Prior strictly watched, but at last said, “Not so.
Westforest
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From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading And then, like such chess masters, because he had bent what he thought all his mind to it and was assured, he obstinated in his opinion of the board and every piece upon it.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.
Whereupon
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From this reading Whereupon the Prior strictly watched, but at last said, “Not so.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Once Brother Anselm, who had been taken from strollers playing in barns and inns, said to the Prior, “He playeth!”
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Richard Englefield, in Westforest cell, might lie without movement, head buried in arms, but that was when he must sleep in order to gain and keep strength, or when Prior or Brother Anselm visited him, it being posture good as another for a monk now in sooth going melancholy mad.
