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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 I TAKE UP MY LEGACY Towards dawn I lit another lamp in my study and chanced to catch a glimpse of my face in a small mirror which stood upon my writing-table.
Almost
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From this reading Almost involuntarily I glanced over my shoulder, expecting to find another man there.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I TAKE UP MY LEGACY Towards dawn I lit another lamp in my study and chanced to catch a glimpse of my face in a small mirror which stood upon my writing-table.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I TAKE UP MY LEGACY Towards dawn I lit another lamp in my study and chanced to catch a glimpse of my face in a small mirror which stood upon my writing-table.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading For I was passing, as I knew very well, from behind the fences of my somewhat narrow but well-contained life into the great world of tragical happenings, where life and death are but small things, and one's self but a pawn in the great game.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It was a moment's madness, but as a matter of fact I did not recognize myself.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading For I was passing, as I knew very well, from behind the fences of my somewhat narrow but well-contained life into the great world of tragical happenings, where life and death are but small things, and one's self but a pawn in the great game.
bodynounUS /body/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It seemed to me that the change in the man upstairs, who had passed from the world of living things with breath in his body and life in his brain to the cold negation of death, was a change no greater than had come to me.
brain
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From this reading It seemed to me that the change in the man upstairs, who had passed from the world of living things with breath in his body and life in his brain to the cold negation of death, was a change no greater than had come to me.
breath
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From this reading It seemed to me that the change in the man upstairs, who had passed from the world of living things with breath in his body and life in his brain to the cold negation of death, was a change no greater than had come to me.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading It was a moment's madness, but as a matter of fact I did not recognize myself.
catch
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From this reading I TAKE UP MY LEGACY Towards dawn I lit another lamp in my study and chanced to catch a glimpse of my face in a small mirror which stood upon my writing-table.
chanced
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From this reading I TAKE UP MY LEGACY Towards dawn I lit another lamp in my study and chanced to catch a glimpse of my face in a small mirror which stood upon my writing-table.
change
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From this reading It seemed to me that the change in the man upstairs, who had passed from the world of living things with breath in his body and life in his brain to the cold negation of death, was a change no greater than had come to me.
cold
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From this reading It seemed to me that the change in the man upstairs, who had passed from the world of living things with breath in his body and life in his brain to the cold negation of death, was a change no greater than had come to me.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It seemed to me that the change in the man upstairs, who had passed from the world of living things with breath in his body and life in his brain to the cold negation of death, was a change no greater than had come to me.
dawn
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From this reading I TAKE UP MY LEGACY Towards dawn I lit another lamp in my study and chanced to catch a glimpse of my face in a small mirror which stood upon my writing-table.
death
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From this reading It seemed to me that the change in the man upstairs, who had passed from the world of living things with breath in his body and life in his brain to the cold negation of death, was a change no greater than had come to me.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading It was a moment's madness, but as a matter of fact I did not recognize myself.
expectingverbUS /ɪkˈspektɪŋ/
thinking that somebody or something will arrive
From this reading Almost involuntarily I glanced over my shoulder, expecting to find another man there.
face
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From this reading I TAKE UP MY LEGACY Towards dawn I lit another lamp in my study and chanced to catch a glimpse of my face in a small mirror which stood upon my writing-table.
fact
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From this reading It was a moment's madness, but as a matter of fact I did not recognize myself.
fences
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From this reading For I was passing, as I knew very well, from behind the fences of my somewhat narrow but well-contained life into the great world of tragical happenings, where life and death are but small things, and one's self but a pawn in the great game.
find
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From this reading Almost involuntarily I glanced over my shoulder, expecting to find another man there.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For I was passing, as I knew very well, from behind the fences of my somewhat narrow but well-contained life into the great world of tragical happenings, where life and death are but small things, and one's self but a pawn in the great game.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It seemed to me that the change in the man upstairs, who had passed from the world of living things with breath in his body and life in his brain to the cold negation of death, was a change no greater than had come to me.
game
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From this reading For I was passing, as I knew very well, from behind the fences of my somewhat narrow but well-contained life into the great world of tragical happenings, where life and death are but small things, and one's self but a pawn in the great game.
glanced
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From this reading Almost involuntarily I glanced over my shoulder, expecting to find another man there.
glimpse
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From this reading I TAKE UP MY LEGACY Towards dawn I lit another lamp in my study and chanced to catch a glimpse of my face in a small mirror which stood upon my writing-table.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For I was passing, as I knew very well, from behind the fences of my somewhat narrow but well-contained life into the great world of tragical happenings, where life and death are but small things, and one's self but a pawn in the great game.
greater
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From this reading It seemed to me that the change in the man upstairs, who had passed from the world of living things with breath in his body and life in his brain to the cold negation of death, was a change no greater than had come to me.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It seemed to me that the change in the man upstairs, who had passed from the world of living things with breath in his body and life in his brain to the cold negation of death, was a change no greater than had come to me.
happenings
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From this reading For I was passing, as I knew very well, from behind the fences of my somewhat narrow but well-contained life into the great world of tragical happenings, where life and death are but small things, and one's self but a pawn in the great game.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading It seemed to me that the change in the man upstairs, who had passed from the world of living things with breath in his body and life in his brain to the cold negation of death, was a change no greater than had come to me.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I TAKE UP MY LEGACY Towards dawn I lit another lamp in my study and chanced to catch a glimpse of my face in a small mirror which stood upon my writing-table.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I TAKE UP MY LEGACY Towards dawn I lit another lamp in my study and chanced to catch a glimpse of my face in a small mirror which stood upon my writing-table.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading For I was passing, as I knew very well, from behind the fences of my somewhat narrow but well-contained life into the great world of tragical happenings, where life and death are but small things, and one's self but a pawn in the great game.
involuntarily
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From this reading Almost involuntarily I glanced over my shoulder, expecting to find another man there.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a moment's madness, but as a matter of fact I did not recognize myself.
knew
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From this reading For I was passing, as I knew very well, from behind the fences of my somewhat narrow but well-contained life into the great world of tragical happenings, where life and death are but small things, and one's self but a pawn in the great game.
lamp
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From this reading I TAKE UP MY LEGACY Towards dawn I lit another lamp in my study and chanced to catch a glimpse of my face in a small mirror which stood upon my writing-table.
LEGACY
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From this reading I TAKE UP MY LEGACY Towards dawn I lit another lamp in my study and chanced to catch a glimpse of my face in a small mirror which stood upon my writing-table.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It seemed to me that the change in the man upstairs, who had passed from the world of living things with breath in his body and life in his brain to the cold negation of death, was a change no greater than had come to me.
lit
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From this reading I TAKE UP MY LEGACY Towards dawn I lit another lamp in my study and chanced to catch a glimpse of my face in a small mirror which stood upon my writing-table.
living
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From this reading It seemed to me that the change in the man upstairs, who had passed from the world of living things with breath in his body and life in his brain to the cold negation of death, was a change no greater than had come to me.
madness
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From this reading It was a moment's madness, but as a matter of fact I did not recognize myself.
man
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From this reading Almost involuntarily I glanced over my shoulder, expecting to find another man there.
matter
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From this reading It was a moment's madness, but as a matter of fact I did not recognize myself.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It seemed to me that the change in the man upstairs, who had passed from the world of living things with breath in his body and life in his brain to the cold negation of death, was a change no greater than had come to me.
mirror
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From this reading I TAKE UP MY LEGACY Towards dawn I lit another lamp in my study and chanced to catch a glimpse of my face in a small mirror which stood upon my writing-table.
moment's
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From this reading It was a moment's madness, but as a matter of fact I did not recognize myself.
MYdeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I TAKE UP MY LEGACY Towards dawn I lit another lamp in my study and chanced to catch a glimpse of my face in a small mirror which stood upon my writing-table.
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading It was a moment's madness, but as a matter of fact I did not recognize myself.
narrow
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From this reading For I was passing, as I knew very well, from behind the fences of my somewhat narrow but well-contained life into the great world of tragical happenings, where life and death are but small things, and one's self but a pawn in the great game.
negation
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From this reading It seemed to me that the change in the man upstairs, who had passed from the world of living things with breath in his body and life in his brain to the cold negation of death, was a change no greater than had come to me.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading It seemed to me that the change in the man upstairs, who had passed from the world of living things with breath in his body and life in his brain to the cold negation of death, was a change no greater than had come to me.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It was a moment's madness, but as a matter of fact I did not recognize myself.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I TAKE UP MY LEGACY Towards dawn I lit another lamp in my study and chanced to catch a glimpse of my face in a small mirror which stood upon my writing-table.
one's
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From this reading For I was passing, as I knew very well, from behind the fences of my somewhat narrow but well-contained life into the great world of tragical happenings, where life and death are but small things, and one's self but a pawn in the great game.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Almost involuntarily I glanced over my shoulder, expecting to find another man there.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It seemed to me that the change in the man upstairs, who had passed from the world of living things with breath in his body and life in his brain to the cold negation of death, was a change no greater than had come to me.
passing
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From this reading For I was passing, as I knew very well, from behind the fences of my somewhat narrow but well-contained life into the great world of tragical happenings, where life and death are but small things, and one's self but a pawn in the great game.
pawn
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From this reading For I was passing, as I knew very well, from behind the fences of my somewhat narrow but well-contained life into the great world of tragical happenings, where life and death are but small things, and one's self but a pawn in the great game.
recognize
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From this reading It was a moment's madness, but as a matter of fact I did not recognize myself.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It seemed to me that the change in the man upstairs, who had passed from the world of living things with breath in his body and life in his brain to the cold negation of death, was a change no greater than had come to me.
self
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From this reading For I was passing, as I knew very well, from behind the fences of my somewhat narrow but well-contained life into the great world of tragical happenings, where life and death are but small things, and one's self but a pawn in the great game.
shoulder
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From this reading Almost involuntarily I glanced over my shoulder, expecting to find another man there.
small
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From this reading I TAKE UP MY LEGACY Towards dawn I lit another lamp in my study and chanced to catch a glimpse of my face in a small mirror which stood upon my writing-table.
somewhat
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From this reading For I was passing, as I knew very well, from behind the fences of my somewhat narrow but well-contained life into the great world of tragical happenings, where life and death are but small things, and one's self but a pawn in the great game.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I TAKE UP MY LEGACY Towards dawn I lit another lamp in my study and chanced to catch a glimpse of my face in a small mirror which stood upon my writing-table.
study
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From this reading I TAKE UP MY LEGACY Towards dawn I lit another lamp in my study and chanced to catch a glimpse of my face in a small mirror which stood upon my writing-table.
TAKEnounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I TAKE UP MY LEGACY Towards dawn I lit another lamp in my study and chanced to catch a glimpse of my face in a small mirror which stood upon my writing-table.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading It seemed to me that the change in the man upstairs, who had passed from the world of living things with breath in his body and life in his brain to the cold negation of death, was a change no greater than had come to me.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It seemed to me that the change in the man upstairs, who had passed from the world of living things with breath in his body and life in his brain to the cold negation of death, was a change no greater than had come to me.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It seemed to me that the change in the man upstairs, who had passed from the world of living things with breath in his body and life in his brain to the cold negation of death, was a change no greater than had come to me.
there
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From this reading Almost involuntarily I glanced over my shoulder, expecting to find another man there.
things
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From this reading It seemed to me that the change in the man upstairs, who had passed from the world of living things with breath in his body and life in his brain to the cold negation of death, was a change no greater than had come to me.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I TAKE UP MY LEGACY Towards dawn I lit another lamp in my study and chanced to catch a glimpse of my face in a small mirror which stood upon my writing-table.
TowardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading I TAKE UP MY LEGACY Towards dawn I lit another lamp in my study and chanced to catch a glimpse of my face in a small mirror which stood upon my writing-table.
tragical
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From this reading For I was passing, as I knew very well, from behind the fences of my somewhat narrow but well-contained life into the great world of tragical happenings, where life and death are but small things, and one's self but a pawn in the great game.
UP
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From this reading I TAKE UP MY LEGACY Towards dawn I lit another lamp in my study and chanced to catch a glimpse of my face in a small mirror which stood upon my writing-table.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading I TAKE UP MY LEGACY Towards dawn I lit another lamp in my study and chanced to catch a glimpse of my face in a small mirror which stood upon my writing-table.
upstairs
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From this reading It seemed to me that the change in the man upstairs, who had passed from the world of living things with breath in his body and life in his brain to the cold negation of death, was a change no greater than had come to me.
very
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From this reading For I was passing, as I knew very well, from behind the fences of my somewhat narrow but well-contained life into the great world of tragical happenings, where life and death are but small things, and one's self but a pawn in the great game.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was a moment's madness, but as a matter of fact I did not recognize myself.
well
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From this reading For I was passing, as I knew very well, from behind the fences of my somewhat narrow but well-contained life into the great world of tragical happenings, where life and death are but small things, and one's self but a pawn in the great game.
well-contained
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From this reading For I was passing, as I knew very well, from behind the fences of my somewhat narrow but well-contained life into the great world of tragical happenings, where life and death are but small things, and one's self but a pawn in the great game.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading For I was passing, as I knew very well, from behind the fences of my somewhat narrow but well-contained life into the great world of tragical happenings, where life and death are but small things, and one's self but a pawn in the great game.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading I TAKE UP MY LEGACY Towards dawn I lit another lamp in my study and chanced to catch a glimpse of my face in a small mirror which stood upon my writing-table.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading It seemed to me that the change in the man upstairs, who had passed from the world of living things with breath in his body and life in his brain to the cold negation of death, was a change no greater than had come to me.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading It seemed to me that the change in the man upstairs, who had passed from the world of living things with breath in his body and life in his brain to the cold negation of death, was a change no greater than had come to me.
world
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From this reading It seemed to me that the change in the man upstairs, who had passed from the world of living things with breath in his body and life in his brain to the cold negation of death, was a change no greater than had come to me.
writing-table
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From this reading I TAKE UP MY LEGACY Towards dawn I lit another lamp in my study and chanced to catch a glimpse of my face in a small mirror which stood upon my writing-table.
