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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 Alone in his little room, Charles became conscious of a vast sense of fatigue, induced, no doubt, by the fact that his fears concerning his brother's fate were now allayed.
afternoonnounUS /ˈafternoon/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He did not awaken till three o'clock in the afternoon, and might have slept longer but for the harsh sound of a truck delivering coal through a sheet-iron chute into the basement of a house next door.
allayed
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From this reading Alone in his little room, Charles became conscious of a vast sense of fatigue, induced, no doubt, by the fact that his fears concerning his brother's fate were now allayed.
AlonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Alone in his little room, Charles became conscious of a vast sense of fatigue, induced, no doubt, by the fact that his fears concerning his brother's fate were now allayed.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Removing his coat and shoes, he threw himself on the hard, narrow bed and was soon soundly asleep.
asleep
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From this reading Removing his coat and shoes, he threw himself on the hard, narrow bed and was soon soundly asleep.
awaken
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From this reading He did not awaken till three o'clock in the afternoon, and might have slept longer but for the harsh sound of a truck delivering coal through a sheet-iron chute into the basement of a house next door.
basement
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became
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From this reading Alone in his little room, Charles became conscious of a vast sense of fatigue, induced, no doubt, by the fact that his fears concerning his brother's fate were now allayed.
bed
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From this reading Removing his coat and shoes, he threw himself on the hard, narrow bed and was soon soundly asleep.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading He lay for several minutes trying to recall some vaguely delectable and flitting dreams he had just been enjoying.
beginningnounUS /ˈbeginning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Somehow, by sheer contrast to their evanescent quality, the sordid little room and its meager furnishings produced a depression that had not come to him since the beginning of his flight.
brother's
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From this reading Alone in his little room, Charles became conscious of a vast sense of fatigue, induced, no doubt, by the fact that his fears concerning his brother's fate were now allayed.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He did not awaken till three o'clock in the afternoon, and might have slept longer but for the harsh sound of a truck delivering coal through a sheet-iron chute into the basement of a house next door.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Alone in his little room, Charles became conscious of a vast sense of fatigue, induced, no doubt, by the fact that his fears concerning his brother's fate were now allayed.
Charles
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From this reading Alone in his little room, Charles became conscious of a vast sense of fatigue, induced, no doubt, by the fact that his fears concerning his brother's fate were now allayed.
chute
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coal
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coat
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From this reading Removing his coat and shoes, he threw himself on the hard, narrow bed and was soon soundly asleep.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Somehow, by sheer contrast to their evanescent quality, the sordid little room and its meager furnishings produced a depression that had not come to him since the beginning of his flight.
concerning
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From this reading Alone in his little room, Charles became conscious of a vast sense of fatigue, induced, no doubt, by the fact that his fears concerning his brother's fate were now allayed.
conscious
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From this reading Alone in his little room, Charles became conscious of a vast sense of fatigue, induced, no doubt, by the fact that his fears concerning his brother's fate were now allayed.
contrast
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From this reading Somehow, by sheer contrast to their evanescent quality, the sordid little room and its meager furnishings produced a depression that had not come to him since the beginning of his flight.
delectable
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From this reading He lay for several minutes trying to recall some vaguely delectable and flitting dreams he had just been enjoying.
delivering
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From this reading He did not awaken till three o'clock in the afternoon, and might have slept longer but for the harsh sound of a truck delivering coal through a sheet-iron chute into the basement of a house next door.
depression
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From this reading Somehow, by sheer contrast to their evanescent quality, the sordid little room and its meager furnishings produced a depression that had not come to him since the beginning of his flight.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading He did not awaken till three o'clock in the afternoon, and might have slept longer but for the harsh sound of a truck delivering coal through a sheet-iron chute into the basement of a house next door.
door
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doubt
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From this reading Alone in his little room, Charles became conscious of a vast sense of fatigue, induced, no doubt, by the fact that his fears concerning his brother's fate were now allayed.
dreams
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From this reading He lay for several minutes trying to recall some vaguely delectable and flitting dreams he had just been enjoying.
enjoying
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From this reading He lay for several minutes trying to recall some vaguely delectable and flitting dreams he had just been enjoying.
evanescent
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From this reading Somehow, by sheer contrast to their evanescent quality, the sordid little room and its meager furnishings produced a depression that had not come to him since the beginning of his flight.
fact
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From this reading Alone in his little room, Charles became conscious of a vast sense of fatigue, induced, no doubt, by the fact that his fears concerning his brother's fate were now allayed.
fate
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From this reading Alone in his little room, Charles became conscious of a vast sense of fatigue, induced, no doubt, by the fact that his fears concerning his brother's fate were now allayed.
fatigue
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From this reading Alone in his little room, Charles became conscious of a vast sense of fatigue, induced, no doubt, by the fact that his fears concerning his brother's fate were now allayed.
fears
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From this reading Alone in his little room, Charles became conscious of a vast sense of fatigue, induced, no doubt, by the fact that his fears concerning his brother's fate were now allayed.
flight
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From this reading Somehow, by sheer contrast to their evanescent quality, the sordid little room and its meager furnishings produced a depression that had not come to him since the beginning of his flight.
flitting
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From this reading He lay for several minutes trying to recall some vaguely delectable and flitting dreams he had just been enjoying.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He did not awaken till three o'clock in the afternoon, and might have slept longer but for the harsh sound of a truck delivering coal through a sheet-iron chute into the basement of a house next door.
furnishings
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From this reading Somehow, by sheer contrast to their evanescent quality, the sordid little room and its meager furnishings produced a depression that had not come to him since the beginning of his flight.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He lay for several minutes trying to recall some vaguely delectable and flitting dreams he had just been enjoying.
hard
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From this reading Removing his coat and shoes, he threw himself on the hard, narrow bed and was soon soundly asleep.
harsh
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From this reading He did not awaken till three o'clock in the afternoon, and might have slept longer but for the harsh sound of a truck delivering coal through a sheet-iron chute into the basement of a house next door.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading He did not awaken till three o'clock in the afternoon, and might have slept longer but for the harsh sound of a truck delivering coal through a sheet-iron chute into the basement of a house next door.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Removing his coat and shoes, he threw himself on the hard, narrow bed and was soon soundly asleep.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Somehow, by sheer contrast to their evanescent quality, the sordid little room and its meager furnishings produced a depression that had not come to him since the beginning of his flight.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Removing his coat and shoes, he threw himself on the hard, narrow bed and was soon soundly asleep.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Alone in his little room, Charles became conscious of a vast sense of fatigue, induced, no doubt, by the fact that his fears concerning his brother's fate were now allayed.
house
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From this reading He did not awaken till three o'clock in the afternoon, and might have slept longer but for the harsh sound of a truck delivering coal through a sheet-iron chute into the basement of a house next door.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Alone in his little room, Charles became conscious of a vast sense of fatigue, induced, no doubt, by the fact that his fears concerning his brother's fate were now allayed.
induced
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From this reading Alone in his little room, Charles became conscious of a vast sense of fatigue, induced, no doubt, by the fact that his fears concerning his brother's fate were now allayed.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading He did not awaken till three o'clock in the afternoon, and might have slept longer but for the harsh sound of a truck delivering coal through a sheet-iron chute into the basement of a house next door.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Somehow, by sheer contrast to their evanescent quality, the sordid little room and its meager furnishings produced a depression that had not come to him since the beginning of his flight.
just
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From this reading He lay for several minutes trying to recall some vaguely delectable and flitting dreams he had just been enjoying.
lay
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From this reading He lay for several minutes trying to recall some vaguely delectable and flitting dreams he had just been enjoying.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Alone in his little room, Charles became conscious of a vast sense of fatigue, induced, no doubt, by the fact that his fears concerning his brother's fate were now allayed.
longer
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meager
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From this reading Somehow, by sheer contrast to their evanescent quality, the sordid little room and its meager furnishings produced a depression that had not come to him since the beginning of his flight.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading He did not awaken till three o'clock in the afternoon, and might have slept longer but for the harsh sound of a truck delivering coal through a sheet-iron chute into the basement of a house next door.
minutes
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From this reading He lay for several minutes trying to recall some vaguely delectable and flitting dreams he had just been enjoying.
narrow
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From this reading Removing his coat and shoes, he threw himself on the hard, narrow bed and was soon soundly asleep.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He did not awaken till three o'clock in the afternoon, and might have slept longer but for the harsh sound of a truck delivering coal through a sheet-iron chute into the basement of a house next door.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Alone in his little room, Charles became conscious of a vast sense of fatigue, induced, no doubt, by the fact that his fears concerning his brother's fate were now allayed.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading He did not awaken till three o'clock in the afternoon, and might have slept longer but for the harsh sound of a truck delivering coal through a sheet-iron chute into the basement of a house next door.
now
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From this reading Alone in his little room, Charles became conscious of a vast sense of fatigue, induced, no doubt, by the fact that his fears concerning his brother's fate were now allayed.
o'clock
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From this reading He did not awaken till three o'clock in the afternoon, and might have slept longer but for the harsh sound of a truck delivering coal through a sheet-iron chute into the basement of a house next door.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Alone in his little room, Charles became conscious of a vast sense of fatigue, induced, no doubt, by the fact that his fears concerning his brother's fate were now allayed.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Removing his coat and shoes, he threw himself on the hard, narrow bed and was soon soundly asleep.
produced
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From this reading Somehow, by sheer contrast to their evanescent quality, the sordid little room and its meager furnishings produced a depression that had not come to him since the beginning of his flight.
quality
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From this reading Somehow, by sheer contrast to their evanescent quality, the sordid little room and its meager furnishings produced a depression that had not come to him since the beginning of his flight.
recall
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From this reading He lay for several minutes trying to recall some vaguely delectable and flitting dreams he had just been enjoying.
Removing
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From this reading Removing his coat and shoes, he threw himself on the hard, narrow bed and was soon soundly asleep.
room
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From this reading Alone in his little room, Charles became conscious of a vast sense of fatigue, induced, no doubt, by the fact that his fears concerning his brother's fate were now allayed.
sense
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From this reading Alone in his little room, Charles became conscious of a vast sense of fatigue, induced, no doubt, by the fact that his fears concerning his brother's fate were now allayed.
several
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From this reading He lay for several minutes trying to recall some vaguely delectable and flitting dreams he had just been enjoying.
sheer
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From this reading Somehow, by sheer contrast to their evanescent quality, the sordid little room and its meager furnishings produced a depression that had not come to him since the beginning of his flight.
sheet-iron
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From this reading He did not awaken till three o'clock in the afternoon, and might have slept longer but for the harsh sound of a truck delivering coal through a sheet-iron chute into the basement of a house next door.
shoes
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From this reading Removing his coat and shoes, he threw himself on the hard, narrow bed and was soon soundly asleep.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Somehow, by sheer contrast to their evanescent quality, the sordid little room and its meager furnishings produced a depression that had not come to him since the beginning of his flight.
slept
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From this reading He did not awaken till three o'clock in the afternoon, and might have slept longer but for the harsh sound of a truck delivering coal through a sheet-iron chute into the basement of a house next door.
some
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From this reading He lay for several minutes trying to recall some vaguely delectable and flitting dreams he had just been enjoying.
Somehow
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From this reading Somehow, by sheer contrast to their evanescent quality, the sordid little room and its meager furnishings produced a depression that had not come to him since the beginning of his flight.
soon
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From this reading Removing his coat and shoes, he threw himself on the hard, narrow bed and was soon soundly asleep.
sordid
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From this reading Somehow, by sheer contrast to their evanescent quality, the sordid little room and its meager furnishings produced a depression that had not come to him since the beginning of his flight.
sound
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From this reading He did not awaken till three o'clock in the afternoon, and might have slept longer but for the harsh sound of a truck delivering coal through a sheet-iron chute into the basement of a house next door.
soundly
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From this reading Removing his coat and shoes, he threw himself on the hard, narrow bed and was soon soundly asleep.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Alone in his little room, Charles became conscious of a vast sense of fatigue, induced, no doubt, by the fact that his fears concerning his brother's fate were now allayed.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Alone in his little room, Charles became conscious of a vast sense of fatigue, induced, no doubt, by the fact that his fears concerning his brother's fate were now allayed.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Somehow, by sheer contrast to their evanescent quality, the sordid little room and its meager furnishings produced a depression that had not come to him since the beginning of his flight.
three
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From this reading He did not awaken till three o'clock in the afternoon, and might have slept longer but for the harsh sound of a truck delivering coal through a sheet-iron chute into the basement of a house next door.
threw
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From this reading Removing his coat and shoes, he threw himself on the hard, narrow bed and was soon soundly asleep.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He did not awaken till three o'clock in the afternoon, and might have slept longer but for the harsh sound of a truck delivering coal through a sheet-iron chute into the basement of a house next door.
tillprepositionUS /tɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading He did not awaken till three o'clock in the afternoon, and might have slept longer but for the harsh sound of a truck delivering coal through a sheet-iron chute into the basement of a house next door.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He lay for several minutes trying to recall some vaguely delectable and flitting dreams he had just been enjoying.
truck
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From this reading He did not awaken till three o'clock in the afternoon, and might have slept longer but for the harsh sound of a truck delivering coal through a sheet-iron chute into the basement of a house next door.
trying
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From this reading He lay for several minutes trying to recall some vaguely delectable and flitting dreams he had just been enjoying.
vaguely
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From this reading He lay for several minutes trying to recall some vaguely delectable and flitting dreams he had just been enjoying.
vast
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From this reading Alone in his little room, Charles became conscious of a vast sense of fatigue, induced, no doubt, by the fact that his fears concerning his brother's fate were now allayed.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Removing his coat and shoes, he threw himself on the hard, narrow bed and was soon soundly asleep.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Alone in his little room, Charles became conscious of a vast sense of fatigue, induced, no doubt, by the fact that his fears concerning his brother's fate were now allayed.
