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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 Monster_ I stood frozen with horror; but as my brain cleared--awake at last to full rationality and consciousness--beneath the horror came a surging joy of the knowledge that at last Elza was near me.
Ahead
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From this reading Ahead of me the thickets opened into a sort of clearing.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading I stood at the edge of an open space in the dim, flat-grey illumination of morning twilight.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _The Monster_ I stood frozen with horror; but as my brain cleared--awake at last to full rationality and consciousness--beneath the horror came a surging joy of the knowledge that at last Elza was near me.
apart
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From this reading The scream was repeated; inactive no longer, I dashed the thicket branches apart with my arms and plunged forward through the darkness.
arms
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From this reading The scream was repeated; inactive no longer, I dashed the thicket branches apart with my arms and plunged forward through the darkness.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading _The Monster_ I stood frozen with horror; but as my brain cleared--awake at last to full rationality and consciousness--beneath the horror came a surging joy of the knowledge that at last Elza was near me.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading _The Monster_ I stood frozen with horror; but as my brain cleared--awake at last to full rationality and consciousness--beneath the horror came a surging joy of the knowledge that at last Elza was near me.
awake
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From this reading _The Monster_ I stood frozen with horror; but as my brain cleared--awake at last to full rationality and consciousness--beneath the horror came a surging joy of the knowledge that at last Elza was near me.
beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading _The Monster_ I stood frozen with horror; but as my brain cleared--awake at last to full rationality and consciousness--beneath the horror came a surging joy of the knowledge that at last Elza was near me.
brain
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From this reading _The Monster_ I stood frozen with horror; but as my brain cleared--awake at last to full rationality and consciousness--beneath the horror came a surging joy of the knowledge that at last Elza was near me.
branches
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From this reading The scream was repeated; inactive no longer, I dashed the thicket branches apart with my arms and plunged forward through the darkness.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading _The Monster_ I stood frozen with horror; but as my brain cleared--awake at last to full rationality and consciousness--beneath the horror came a surging joy of the knowledge that at last Elza was near me.
came
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From this reading _The Monster_ I stood frozen with horror; but as my brain cleared--awake at last to full rationality and consciousness--beneath the horror came a surging joy of the knowledge that at last Elza was near me.
cleared
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From this reading _The Monster_ I stood frozen with horror; but as my brain cleared--awake at last to full rationality and consciousness--beneath the horror came a surging joy of the knowledge that at last Elza was near me.
clearing
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From this reading Ahead of me the thickets opened into a sort of clearing.
consciousness
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From this reading _The Monster_ I stood frozen with horror; but as my brain cleared--awake at last to full rationality and consciousness--beneath the horror came a surging joy of the knowledge that at last Elza was near me.
darkness
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From this reading The scream was repeated; inactive no longer, I dashed the thicket branches apart with my arms and plunged forward through the darkness.
dashed
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From this reading The scream was repeated; inactive no longer, I dashed the thicket branches apart with my arms and plunged forward through the darkness.
dawn
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From this reading I saw the sky, the stars--paling stars with the first flush of dawn overpowering them.
dim
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From this reading I stood at the edge of an open space in the dim, flat-grey illumination of morning twilight.
edge
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From this reading I stood at the edge of an open space in the dim, flat-grey illumination of morning twilight.
Elza
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From this reading _The Monster_ I stood frozen with horror; but as my brain cleared--awake at last to full rationality and consciousness--beneath the horror came a surging joy of the knowledge that at last Elza was near me.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I saw the sky, the stars--paling stars with the first flush of dawn overpowering them.
flat-grey
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From this reading I stood at the edge of an open space in the dim, flat-grey illumination of morning twilight.
flush
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From this reading I saw the sky, the stars--paling stars with the first flush of dawn overpowering them.
forwardnounUS /forward/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The scream was repeated; inactive no longer, I dashed the thicket branches apart with my arms and plunged forward through the darkness.
frozen
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From this reading _The Monster_ I stood frozen with horror; but as my brain cleared--awake at last to full rationality and consciousness--beneath the horror came a surging joy of the knowledge that at last Elza was near me.
full
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From this reading _The Monster_ I stood frozen with horror; but as my brain cleared--awake at last to full rationality and consciousness--beneath the horror came a surging joy of the knowledge that at last Elza was near me.
horror
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From this reading _The Monster_ I stood frozen with horror; but as my brain cleared--awake at last to full rationality and consciousness--beneath the horror came a surging joy of the knowledge that at last Elza was near me.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading _The Monster_ I stood frozen with horror; but as my brain cleared--awake at last to full rationality and consciousness--beneath the horror came a surging joy of the knowledge that at last Elza was near me.
illumination
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From this reading I stood at the edge of an open space in the dim, flat-grey illumination of morning twilight.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I stood at the edge of an open space in the dim, flat-grey illumination of morning twilight.
inactive
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From this reading The scream was repeated; inactive no longer, I dashed the thicket branches apart with my arms and plunged forward through the darkness.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Ahead of me the thickets opened into a sort of clearing.
joy
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From this reading _The Monster_ I stood frozen with horror; but as my brain cleared--awake at last to full rationality and consciousness--beneath the horror came a surging joy of the knowledge that at last Elza was near me.
knowledge
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From this reading _The Monster_ I stood frozen with horror; but as my brain cleared--awake at last to full rationality and consciousness--beneath the horror came a surging joy of the knowledge that at last Elza was near me.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _The Monster_ I stood frozen with horror; but as my brain cleared--awake at last to full rationality and consciousness--beneath the horror came a surging joy of the knowledge that at last Elza was near me.
longer
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From this reading The scream was repeated; inactive no longer, I dashed the thicket branches apart with my arms and plunged forward through the darkness.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading _The Monster_ I stood frozen with horror; but as my brain cleared--awake at last to full rationality and consciousness--beneath the horror came a surging joy of the knowledge that at last Elza was near me.
Monster
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From this reading _The Monster_ I stood frozen with horror; but as my brain cleared--awake at last to full rationality and consciousness--beneath the horror came a surging joy of the knowledge that at last Elza was near me.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I stood at the edge of an open space in the dim, flat-grey illumination of morning twilight.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading _The Monster_ I stood frozen with horror; but as my brain cleared--awake at last to full rationality and consciousness--beneath the horror came a surging joy of the knowledge that at last Elza was near me.
near
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From this reading _The Monster_ I stood frozen with horror; but as my brain cleared--awake at last to full rationality and consciousness--beneath the horror came a surging joy of the knowledge that at last Elza was near me.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading The scream was repeated; inactive no longer, I dashed the thicket branches apart with my arms and plunged forward through the darkness.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _The Monster_ I stood frozen with horror; but as my brain cleared--awake at last to full rationality and consciousness--beneath the horror came a surging joy of the knowledge that at last Elza was near me.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading I stood at the edge of an open space in the dim, flat-grey illumination of morning twilight.
opened
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From this reading Ahead of me the thickets opened into a sort of clearing.
overpowering
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From this reading I saw the sky, the stars--paling stars with the first flush of dawn overpowering them.
paling
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From this reading I saw the sky, the stars--paling stars with the first flush of dawn overpowering them.
plunged
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From this reading The scream was repeated; inactive no longer, I dashed the thicket branches apart with my arms and plunged forward through the darkness.
rationality
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From this reading _The Monster_ I stood frozen with horror; but as my brain cleared--awake at last to full rationality and consciousness--beneath the horror came a surging joy of the knowledge that at last Elza was near me.
repeatednounUS /repeated/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The scream was repeated; inactive no longer, I dashed the thicket branches apart with my arms and plunged forward through the darkness.
saw
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From this reading I saw the sky, the stars--paling stars with the first flush of dawn overpowering them.
scream
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From this reading The scream was repeated; inactive no longer, I dashed the thicket branches apart with my arms and plunged forward through the darkness.
sky
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From this reading I saw the sky, the stars--paling stars with the first flush of dawn overpowering them.
sort
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From this reading Ahead of me the thickets opened into a sort of clearing.
space
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From this reading I stood at the edge of an open space in the dim, flat-grey illumination of morning twilight.
stars
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From this reading I saw the sky, the stars--paling stars with the first flush of dawn overpowering them.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _The Monster_ I stood frozen with horror; but as my brain cleared--awake at last to full rationality and consciousness--beneath the horror came a surging joy of the knowledge that at last Elza was near me.
surging
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From this reading _The Monster_ I stood frozen with horror; but as my brain cleared--awake at last to full rationality and consciousness--beneath the horror came a surging joy of the knowledge that at last Elza was near me.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading _The Monster_ I stood frozen with horror; but as my brain cleared--awake at last to full rationality and consciousness--beneath the horror came a surging joy of the knowledge that at last Elza was near me.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _The Monster_ I stood frozen with horror; but as my brain cleared--awake at last to full rationality and consciousness--beneath the horror came a surging joy of the knowledge that at last Elza was near me.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading I saw the sky, the stars--paling stars with the first flush of dawn overpowering them.
thicketnounUS /ˈθɪkɪt/
a dense group of bushes or small trees
From this reading The scream was repeated; inactive no longer, I dashed the thicket branches apart with my arms and plunged forward through the darkness.
thickets
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From this reading Ahead of me the thickets opened into a sort of clearing.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The scream was repeated; inactive no longer, I dashed the thicket branches apart with my arms and plunged forward through the darkness.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _The Monster_ I stood frozen with horror; but as my brain cleared--awake at last to full rationality and consciousness--beneath the horror came a surging joy of the knowledge that at last Elza was near me.
twilightnounUS /ˈtwaɪlaɪt/
the dim light before night or sunrise
From this reading I stood at the edge of an open space in the dim, flat-grey illumination of morning twilight.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _The Monster_ I stood frozen with horror; but as my brain cleared--awake at last to full rationality and consciousness--beneath the horror came a surging joy of the knowledge that at last Elza was near me.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading _The Monster_ I stood frozen with horror; but as my brain cleared--awake at last to full rationality and consciousness--beneath the horror came a surging joy of the knowledge that at last Elza was near me.
