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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 No drowning man could clutch more eagerly at a straw than did Von Baumgarten’s spirit at this suggestion.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Liberate our souls once more, and the chances are that they will find their way back into their respective bodies.”
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Liberate our souls once more, and the chances are that they will find their way back into their respective bodies.”
astonishedadjectiveUS /əˈstɑːnɪʃt/
very surprised
From this reading Some students and peasants who chanced to pass during the next hour were much astonished to see the worthy Professor of Physiology and his favourite student both sitting upon a very muddy bank and both completely insensible.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading No drowning man could clutch more eagerly at a straw than did Von Baumgarten’s spirit at this suggestion.
back
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From this reading Liberate our souls once more, and the chances are that they will find their way back into their respective bodies.”
ball
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From this reading In feverish haste he dragged his own frame to the side of the road and threw it into a mesmeric trance; he then extracted the crystal ball from the pocket, and managed to bring himself into the same condition.
bank
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Baumgarten's
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From this reading No drowning man could clutch more eagerly at a straw than did Von Baumgarten’s spirit at this suggestion.
bodies
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From this reading Liberate our souls once more, and the chances are that they will find their way back into their respective bodies.”
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading Some students and peasants who chanced to pass during the next hour were much astonished to see the worthy Professor of Physiology and his favourite student both sitting upon a very muddy bank and both completely insensible.
bring
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From this reading In feverish haste he dragged his own frame to the side of the road and threw it into a mesmeric trance; he then extracted the crystal ball from the pocket, and managed to bring himself into the same condition.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading “Why, by repeating the experiment.
chanced
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chances
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From this reading Liberate our souls once more, and the chances are that they will find their way back into their respective bodies.”
clutch
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From this reading No drowning man could clutch more eagerly at a straw than did Von Baumgarten’s spirit at this suggestion.
completely
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From this reading Some students and peasants who chanced to pass during the next hour were much astonished to see the worthy Professor of Physiology and his favourite student both sitting upon a very muddy bank and both completely insensible.
condition
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From this reading In feverish haste he dragged his own frame to the side of the road and threw it into a mesmeric trance; he then extracted the crystal ball from the pocket, and managed to bring himself into the same condition.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading No drowning man could clutch more eagerly at a straw than did Von Baumgarten’s spirit at this suggestion.
crystal
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From this reading In feverish haste he dragged his own frame to the side of the road and threw it into a mesmeric trance; he then extracted the crystal ball from the pocket, and managed to bring himself into the same condition.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading No drowning man could clutch more eagerly at a straw than did Von Baumgarten’s spirit at this suggestion.
dragged
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From this reading In feverish haste he dragged his own frame to the side of the road and threw it into a mesmeric trance; he then extracted the crystal ball from the pocket, and managed to bring himself into the same condition.
drowning
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From this reading No drowning man could clutch more eagerly at a straw than did Von Baumgarten’s spirit at this suggestion.
duringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading Some students and peasants who chanced to pass during the next hour were much astonished to see the worthy Professor of Physiology and his favourite student both sitting upon a very muddy bank and both completely insensible.
eagerly
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From this reading No drowning man could clutch more eagerly at a straw than did Von Baumgarten’s spirit at this suggestion.
experiment
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From this reading “Why, by repeating the experiment.
extracted
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From this reading In feverish haste he dragged his own frame to the side of the road and threw it into a mesmeric trance; he then extracted the crystal ball from the pocket, and managed to bring himself into the same condition.
favourite
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From this reading Some students and peasants who chanced to pass during the next hour were much astonished to see the worthy Professor of Physiology and his favourite student both sitting upon a very muddy bank and both completely insensible.
feverish
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From this reading In feverish haste he dragged his own frame to the side of the road and threw it into a mesmeric trance; he then extracted the crystal ball from the pocket, and managed to bring himself into the same condition.
find
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From this reading Liberate our souls once more, and the chances are that they will find their way back into their respective bodies.”
frame
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From this reading In feverish haste he dragged his own frame to the side of the road and threw it into a mesmeric trance; he then extracted the crystal ball from the pocket, and managed to bring himself into the same condition.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading In feverish haste he dragged his own frame to the side of the road and threw it into a mesmeric trance; he then extracted the crystal ball from the pocket, and managed to bring himself into the same condition.
haste
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From this reading In feverish haste he dragged his own frame to the side of the road and threw it into a mesmeric trance; he then extracted the crystal ball from the pocket, and managed to bring himself into the same condition.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading In feverish haste he dragged his own frame to the side of the road and threw it into a mesmeric trance; he then extracted the crystal ball from the pocket, and managed to bring himself into the same condition.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading In feverish haste he dragged his own frame to the side of the road and threw it into a mesmeric trance; he then extracted the crystal ball from the pocket, and managed to bring himself into the same condition.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading In feverish haste he dragged his own frame to the side of the road and threw it into a mesmeric trance; he then extracted the crystal ball from the pocket, and managed to bring himself into the same condition.
hour
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From this reading Some students and peasants who chanced to pass during the next hour were much astonished to see the worthy Professor of Physiology and his favourite student both sitting upon a very muddy bank and both completely insensible.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In feverish haste he dragged his own frame to the side of the road and threw it into a mesmeric trance; he then extracted the crystal ball from the pocket, and managed to bring himself into the same condition.
insensible
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From this reading Some students and peasants who chanced to pass during the next hour were much astonished to see the worthy Professor of Physiology and his favourite student both sitting upon a very muddy bank and both completely insensible.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Liberate our souls once more, and the chances are that they will find their way back into their respective bodies.”
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading In feverish haste he dragged his own frame to the side of the road and threw it into a mesmeric trance; he then extracted the crystal ball from the pocket, and managed to bring himself into the same condition.
Liberate
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From this reading Liberate our souls once more, and the chances are that they will find their way back into their respective bodies.”
man
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From this reading No drowning man could clutch more eagerly at a straw than did Von Baumgarten’s spirit at this suggestion.
managed
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From this reading In feverish haste he dragged his own frame to the side of the road and threw it into a mesmeric trance; he then extracted the crystal ball from the pocket, and managed to bring himself into the same condition.
mesmeric
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From this reading In feverish haste he dragged his own frame to the side of the road and threw it into a mesmeric trance; he then extracted the crystal ball from the pocket, and managed to bring himself into the same condition.
more
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much
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From this reading Some students and peasants who chanced to pass during the next hour were much astonished to see the worthy Professor of Physiology and his favourite student both sitting upon a very muddy bank and both completely insensible.
muddy
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From this reading Some students and peasants who chanced to pass during the next hour were much astonished to see the worthy Professor of Physiology and his favourite student both sitting upon a very muddy bank and both completely insensible.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Some students and peasants who chanced to pass during the next hour were much astonished to see the worthy Professor of Physiology and his favourite student both sitting upon a very muddy bank and both completely insensible.
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading No drowning man could clutch more eagerly at a straw than did Von Baumgarten’s spirit at this suggestion.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In feverish haste he dragged his own frame to the side of the road and threw it into a mesmeric trance; he then extracted the crystal ball from the pocket, and managed to bring himself into the same condition.
once
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From this reading Liberate our souls once more, and the chances are that they will find their way back into their respective bodies.”
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Liberate our souls once more, and the chances are that they will find their way back into their respective bodies.”
own
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From this reading In feverish haste he dragged his own frame to the side of the road and threw it into a mesmeric trance; he then extracted the crystal ball from the pocket, and managed to bring himself into the same condition.
pass
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From this reading Some students and peasants who chanced to pass during the next hour were much astonished to see the worthy Professor of Physiology and his favourite student both sitting upon a very muddy bank and both completely insensible.
peasants
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From this reading Some students and peasants who chanced to pass during the next hour were much astonished to see the worthy Professor of Physiology and his favourite student both sitting upon a very muddy bank and both completely insensible.
Physiology
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From this reading Some students and peasants who chanced to pass during the next hour were much astonished to see the worthy Professor of Physiology and his favourite student both sitting upon a very muddy bank and both completely insensible.
pocket
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From this reading In feverish haste he dragged his own frame to the side of the road and threw it into a mesmeric trance; he then extracted the crystal ball from the pocket, and managed to bring himself into the same condition.
Professor
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From this reading Some students and peasants who chanced to pass during the next hour were much astonished to see the worthy Professor of Physiology and his favourite student both sitting upon a very muddy bank and both completely insensible.
repeating
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From this reading “Why, by repeating the experiment.
respective
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road
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From this reading In feverish haste he dragged his own frame to the side of the road and threw it into a mesmeric trance; he then extracted the crystal ball from the pocket, and managed to bring himself into the same condition.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In feverish haste he dragged his own frame to the side of the road and threw it into a mesmeric trance; he then extracted the crystal ball from the pocket, and managed to bring himself into the same condition.
see
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From this reading Some students and peasants who chanced to pass during the next hour were much astonished to see the worthy Professor of Physiology and his favourite student both sitting upon a very muddy bank and both completely insensible.
side
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From this reading In feverish haste he dragged his own frame to the side of the road and threw it into a mesmeric trance; he then extracted the crystal ball from the pocket, and managed to bring himself into the same condition.
sitting
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From this reading Some students and peasants who chanced to pass during the next hour were much astonished to see the worthy Professor of Physiology and his favourite student both sitting upon a very muddy bank and both completely insensible.
Some
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From this reading Some students and peasants who chanced to pass during the next hour were much astonished to see the worthy Professor of Physiology and his favourite student both sitting upon a very muddy bank and both completely insensible.
souls
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From this reading Liberate our souls once more, and the chances are that they will find their way back into their respective bodies.”
spirit
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From this reading No drowning man could clutch more eagerly at a straw than did Von Baumgarten’s spirit at this suggestion.
straw
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From this reading No drowning man could clutch more eagerly at a straw than did Von Baumgarten’s spirit at this suggestion.
student
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From this reading Some students and peasants who chanced to pass during the next hour were much astonished to see the worthy Professor of Physiology and his favourite student both sitting upon a very muddy bank and both completely insensible.
students
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From this reading Some students and peasants who chanced to pass during the next hour were much astonished to see the worthy Professor of Physiology and his favourite student both sitting upon a very muddy bank and both completely insensible.
suggestion
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From this reading No drowning man could clutch more eagerly at a straw than did Von Baumgarten’s spirit at this suggestion.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading No drowning man could clutch more eagerly at a straw than did Von Baumgarten’s spirit at this suggestion.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Liberate our souls once more, and the chances are that they will find their way back into their respective bodies.”
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Why, by repeating the experiment.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Liberate our souls once more, and the chances are that they will find their way back into their respective bodies.”
then
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From this reading In feverish haste he dragged his own frame to the side of the road and threw it into a mesmeric trance; he then extracted the crystal ball from the pocket, and managed to bring himself into the same condition.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Liberate our souls once more, and the chances are that they will find their way back into their respective bodies.”
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading No drowning man could clutch more eagerly at a straw than did Von Baumgarten’s spirit at this suggestion.
threw
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From this reading In feverish haste he dragged his own frame to the side of the road and threw it into a mesmeric trance; he then extracted the crystal ball from the pocket, and managed to bring himself into the same condition.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading In feverish haste he dragged his own frame to the side of the road and threw it into a mesmeric trance; he then extracted the crystal ball from the pocket, and managed to bring himself into the same condition.
trance
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From this reading In feverish haste he dragged his own frame to the side of the road and threw it into a mesmeric trance; he then extracted the crystal ball from the pocket, and managed to bring himself into the same condition.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Some students and peasants who chanced to pass during the next hour were much astonished to see the worthy Professor of Physiology and his favourite student both sitting upon a very muddy bank and both completely insensible.
very
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From this reading Some students and peasants who chanced to pass during the next hour were much astonished to see the worthy Professor of Physiology and his favourite student both sitting upon a very muddy bank and both completely insensible.
Von
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From this reading No drowning man could clutch more eagerly at a straw than did Von Baumgarten’s spirit at this suggestion.
way
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From this reading Liberate our souls once more, and the chances are that they will find their way back into their respective bodies.”
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Some students and peasants who chanced to pass during the next hour were much astonished to see the worthy Professor of Physiology and his favourite student both sitting upon a very muddy bank and both completely insensible.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Some students and peasants who chanced to pass during the next hour were much astonished to see the worthy Professor of Physiology and his favourite student both sitting upon a very muddy bank and both completely insensible.
Why
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From this reading “Why, by repeating the experiment.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Liberate our souls once more, and the chances are that they will find their way back into their respective bodies.”
worthyadjectiveUS /ˈwɜːr.ði/
Having or showing the qualities or abilities that merit recognition in character or magic.
From this reading Some students and peasants who chanced to pass during the next hour were much astonished to see the worthy Professor of Physiology and his favourite student both sitting upon a very muddy bank and both completely insensible.
