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1961
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From this reading A New Novel by Frank Long BELMONT BOOKS First Printing December 1961 "_She had a secret library of psychological case histories, featuring pathological and brutal departures from normalcy in the area of sex.
AdeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A New Novel by Frank Long BELMONT BOOKS First Printing December 1961 "_She had a secret library of psychological case histories, featuring pathological and brutal departures from normalcy in the area of sex.
act
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From this reading Finally one violent act triggered an explosion._ "_She's the kind of woman who can make a man hate and despise himself--and hate her even more for making him feel that way.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Terror in any form excited her physically...._" _Helen Lathrup had a curious twist in her imagination ... a twist that needed an outlet in real life.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A New Novel by Frank Long BELMONT BOOKS First Printing December 1961 "_She had a secret library of psychological case histories, featuring pathological and brutal departures from normalcy in the area of sex.
any
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area
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BELMONT
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From this reading A New Novel by Frank Long BELMONT BOOKS First Printing December 1961 "_She had a secret library of psychological case histories, featuring pathological and brutal departures from normalcy in the area of sex.
BOOKSnounUS /bʊks/
Bound written or printed works.
From this reading A New Novel by Frank Long BELMONT BOOKS First Printing December 1961 "_She had a secret library of psychological case histories, featuring pathological and brutal departures from normalcy in the area of sex.
brutal
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From this reading A New Novel by Frank Long BELMONT BOOKS First Printing December 1961 "_She had a secret library of psychological case histories, featuring pathological and brutal departures from normalcy in the area of sex.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading A New Novel by Frank Long BELMONT BOOKS First Printing December 1961 "_She had a secret library of psychological case histories, featuring pathological and brutal departures from normalcy in the area of sex.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
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case
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From this reading A New Novel by Frank Long BELMONT BOOKS First Printing December 1961 "_She had a secret library of psychological case histories, featuring pathological and brutal departures from normalcy in the area of sex.
Close
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From this reading Close friends found themselves drawn into a nightmare world of terror and guilt.
curious
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December
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departures
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despise
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drawn
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From this reading Close friends found themselves drawn into a nightmare world of terror and guilt.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Finally one violent act triggered an explosion._ "_She's the kind of woman who can make a man hate and despise himself--and hate her even more for making him feel that way.
excitedadjectiveUS /ɪkˈsaɪtɪd/
very enthusiastic or eager
From this reading Terror in any form excited her physically...._" _Helen Lathrup had a curious twist in her imagination ... a twist that needed an outlet in real life.
explosionnounUS /ɪkˈsploʊʒən/
a sudden violent burst of sound or force
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featuring
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feel
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From this reading Finally one violent act triggered an explosion._ "_She's the kind of woman who can make a man hate and despise himself--and hate her even more for making him feel that way.
Finally
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FirstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A New Novel by Frank Long BELMONT BOOKS First Printing December 1961 "_She had a secret library of psychological case histories, featuring pathological and brutal departures from normalcy in the area of sex.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Finally one violent act triggered an explosion._ "_She's the kind of woman who can make a man hate and despise himself--and hate her even more for making him feel that way.
form
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foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Close friends found themselves drawn into a nightmare world of terror and guilt.
Frank
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From this reading A New Novel by Frank Long BELMONT BOOKS First Printing December 1961 "_She had a secret library of psychological case histories, featuring pathological and brutal departures from normalcy in the area of sex.
friends
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From this reading Close friends found themselves drawn into a nightmare world of terror and guilt.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading A New Novel by Frank Long BELMONT BOOKS First Printing December 1961 "_She had a secret library of psychological case histories, featuring pathological and brutal departures from normalcy in the area of sex.
guilt
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From this reading Close friends found themselves drawn into a nightmare world of terror and guilt.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading A New Novel by Frank Long BELMONT BOOKS First Printing December 1961 "_She had a secret library of psychological case histories, featuring pathological and brutal departures from normalcy in the area of sex.
hate
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Helen
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From this reading Terror in any form excited her physically...._" _Helen Lathrup had a curious twist in her imagination ... a twist that needed an outlet in real life.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Terror in any form excited her physically...._" _Helen Lathrup had a curious twist in her imagination ... a twist that needed an outlet in real life.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Finally one violent act triggered an explosion._ "_She's the kind of woman who can make a man hate and despise himself--and hate her even more for making him feel that way.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
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histories
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imagination
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From this reading Terror in any form excited her physically...._" _Helen Lathrup had a curious twist in her imagination ... a twist that needed an outlet in real life.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A New Novel by Frank Long BELMONT BOOKS First Printing December 1961 "_She had a secret library of psychological case histories, featuring pathological and brutal departures from normalcy in the area of sex.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Close friends found themselves drawn into a nightmare world of terror and guilt.
kind
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From this reading Finally one violent act triggered an explosion._ "_She's the kind of woman who can make a man hate and despise himself--and hate her even more for making him feel that way.
Lathrup
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From this reading Terror in any form excited her physically...._" _Helen Lathrup had a curious twist in her imagination ... a twist that needed an outlet in real life.
library
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From this reading A New Novel by Frank Long BELMONT BOOKS First Printing December 1961 "_She had a secret library of psychological case histories, featuring pathological and brutal departures from normalcy in the area of sex.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Terror in any form excited her physically...._" _Helen Lathrup had a curious twist in her imagination ... a twist that needed an outlet in real life.
LongnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A New Novel by Frank Long BELMONT BOOKS First Printing December 1961 "_She had a secret library of psychological case histories, featuring pathological and brutal departures from normalcy in the area of sex.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Finally one violent act triggered an explosion._ "_She's the kind of woman who can make a man hate and despise himself--and hate her even more for making him feel that way.
making
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man
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From this reading Finally one violent act triggered an explosion._ "_She's the kind of woman who can make a man hate and despise himself--and hate her even more for making him feel that way.
missed
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From this reading She never missed a weird movie.
more
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movie
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From this reading She never missed a weird movie.
needed
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From this reading Terror in any form excited her physically...._" _Helen Lathrup had a curious twist in her imagination ... a twist that needed an outlet in real life.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She never missed a weird movie.
New
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From this reading A New Novel by Frank Long BELMONT BOOKS First Printing December 1961 "_She had a secret library of psychological case histories, featuring pathological and brutal departures from normalcy in the area of sex.
nightmarenounUS /ˈnaɪt.mɛr/
A terrifying or distressing dream.
From this reading Close friends found themselves drawn into a nightmare world of terror and guilt.
normalcy
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Novel
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From this reading A New Novel by Frank Long BELMONT BOOKS First Printing December 1961 "_She had a secret library of psychological case histories, featuring pathological and brutal departures from normalcy in the area of sex.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A New Novel by Frank Long BELMONT BOOKS First Printing December 1961 "_She had a secret library of psychological case histories, featuring pathological and brutal departures from normalcy in the area of sex.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Finally one violent act triggered an explosion._ "_She's the kind of woman who can make a man hate and despise himself--and hate her even more for making him feel that way.
outlet
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From this reading Terror in any form excited her physically...._" _Helen Lathrup had a curious twist in her imagination ... a twist that needed an outlet in real life.
pathological
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physically
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From this reading Terror in any form excited her physically...._" _Helen Lathrup had a curious twist in her imagination ... a twist that needed an outlet in real life.
Printing
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psychological
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real
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From this reading Terror in any form excited her physically...._" _Helen Lathrup had a curious twist in her imagination ... a twist that needed an outlet in real life.
secretnounUS /ˈsiː.krət/
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading A New Novel by Frank Long BELMONT BOOKS First Printing December 1961 "_She had a secret library of psychological case histories, featuring pathological and brutal departures from normalcy in the area of sex.
sex
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ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading A New Novel by Frank Long BELMONT BOOKS First Printing December 1961 "_She had a secret library of psychological case histories, featuring pathological and brutal departures from normalcy in the area of sex.
She's
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From this reading Finally one violent act triggered an explosion._ "_She's the kind of woman who can make a man hate and despise himself--and hate her even more for making him feel that way.
Terror
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From this reading Terror in any form excited her physically...._" _Helen Lathrup had a curious twist in her imagination ... a twist that needed an outlet in real life.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Terror in any form excited her physically...._" _Helen Lathrup had a curious twist in her imagination ... a twist that needed an outlet in real life.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A New Novel by Frank Long BELMONT BOOKS First Printing December 1961 "_She had a secret library of psychological case histories, featuring pathological and brutal departures from normalcy in the area of sex.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading Close friends found themselves drawn into a nightmare world of terror and guilt.
triggered
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From this reading Finally one violent act triggered an explosion._ "_She's the kind of woman who can make a man hate and despise himself--and hate her even more for making him feel that way.
twist
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From this reading Terror in any form excited her physically...._" _Helen Lathrup had a curious twist in her imagination ... a twist that needed an outlet in real life.
violentnounUS /ˈviolent/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Finally one violent act triggered an explosion._ "_She's the kind of woman who can make a man hate and despise himself--and hate her even more for making him feel that way.
way
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weird
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From this reading She never missed a weird movie.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
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woman
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world
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From this reading Close friends found themselves drawn into a nightmare world of terror and guilt.
