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agonynounUS /ˈæɡ.ə.ni/
Extreme physical or mental suffering; intense anguish.
From this reading My violent struggles inflamed the hurt to my head until it throbbed as if it would split; but all mere physical pain was lost and deadened in the surpassing agony of mind.
all
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From this reading My violent struggles inflamed the hurt to my head until it throbbed as if it would split; but all mere physical pain was lost and deadened in the surpassing agony of mind.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading For an hour and more I was left to gnash my teeth in rage as I tore and struggled fruitlessly to loosen the cords that bound me.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading For an hour and more I was left to gnash my teeth in rage as I tore and struggled fruitlessly to loosen the cords that bound me.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading For an hour and more I was left to gnash my teeth in rage as I tore and struggled fruitlessly to loosen the cords that bound me.
ATprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading AT POABJA.
bound
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From this reading For an hour and more I was left to gnash my teeth in rage as I tore and struggled fruitlessly to loosen the cords that bound me.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading My violent struggles inflamed the hurt to my head until it throbbed as if it would split; but all mere physical pain was lost and deadened in the surpassing agony of mind.
continuednounUS /ˈcontinued/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The thought of that sweet, pure girl in the power of these crazy, superstitious fanatics was unendurable; and had the torture continued longer it would have driven me mad.
cords
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From this reading For an hour and more I was left to gnash my teeth in rage as I tore and struggled fruitlessly to loosen the cords that bound me.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading In that hour I endured the torments such as even hell itself could not have surpassed.
crazy
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From this reading The thought of that sweet, pure girl in the power of these crazy, superstitious fanatics was unendurable; and had the torture continued longer it would have driven me mad.
deadened
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From this reading My violent struggles inflamed the hurt to my head until it throbbed as if it would split; but all mere physical pain was lost and deadened in the surpassing agony of mind.
driven
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From this reading The thought of that sweet, pure girl in the power of these crazy, superstitious fanatics was unendurable; and had the torture continued longer it would have driven me mad.
endured
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From this reading In that hour I endured the torments such as even hell itself could not have surpassed.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In that hour I endured the torments such as even hell itself could not have surpassed.
fanatics
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From this reading The thought of that sweet, pure girl in the power of these crazy, superstitious fanatics was unendurable; and had the torture continued longer it would have driven me mad.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For an hour and more I was left to gnash my teeth in rage as I tore and struggled fruitlessly to loosen the cords that bound me.
fruitlessly
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From this reading For an hour and more I was left to gnash my teeth in rage as I tore and struggled fruitlessly to loosen the cords that bound me.
girl
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From this reading The thought of that sweet, pure girl in the power of these crazy, superstitious fanatics was unendurable; and had the torture continued longer it would have driven me mad.
gnash
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From this reading For an hour and more I was left to gnash my teeth in rage as I tore and struggled fruitlessly to loosen the cords that bound me.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The thought of that sweet, pure girl in the power of these crazy, superstitious fanatics was unendurable; and had the torture continued longer it would have driven me mad.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading In that hour I endured the torments such as even hell itself could not have surpassed.
head
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From this reading My violent struggles inflamed the hurt to my head until it throbbed as if it would split; but all mere physical pain was lost and deadened in the surpassing agony of mind.
hell
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From this reading In that hour I endured the torments such as even hell itself could not have surpassed.
hour
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From this reading For an hour and more I was left to gnash my teeth in rage as I tore and struggled fruitlessly to loosen the cords that bound me.
hurt
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From this reading My violent struggles inflamed the hurt to my head until it throbbed as if it would split; but all mere physical pain was lost and deadened in the surpassing agony of mind.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading For an hour and more I was left to gnash my teeth in rage as I tore and struggled fruitlessly to loosen the cords that bound me.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading My violent struggles inflamed the hurt to my head until it throbbed as if it would split; but all mere physical pain was lost and deadened in the surpassing agony of mind.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading For an hour and more I was left to gnash my teeth in rage as I tore and struggled fruitlessly to loosen the cords that bound me.
inflamed
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From this reading My violent struggles inflamed the hurt to my head until it throbbed as if it would split; but all mere physical pain was lost and deadened in the surpassing agony of mind.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading My violent struggles inflamed the hurt to my head until it throbbed as if it would split; but all mere physical pain was lost and deadened in the surpassing agony of mind.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading In that hour I endured the torments such as even hell itself could not have surpassed.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For an hour and more I was left to gnash my teeth in rage as I tore and struggled fruitlessly to loosen the cords that bound me.
longer
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From this reading The thought of that sweet, pure girl in the power of these crazy, superstitious fanatics was unendurable; and had the torture continued longer it would have driven me mad.
loosen
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From this reading For an hour and more I was left to gnash my teeth in rage as I tore and struggled fruitlessly to loosen the cords that bound me.
lost
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From this reading My violent struggles inflamed the hurt to my head until it throbbed as if it would split; but all mere physical pain was lost and deadened in the surpassing agony of mind.
mad
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From this reading The thought of that sweet, pure girl in the power of these crazy, superstitious fanatics was unendurable; and had the torture continued longer it would have driven me mad.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading For an hour and more I was left to gnash my teeth in rage as I tore and struggled fruitlessly to loosen the cords that bound me.
mere
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From this reading My violent struggles inflamed the hurt to my head until it throbbed as if it would split; but all mere physical pain was lost and deadened in the surpassing agony of mind.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading My violent struggles inflamed the hurt to my head until it throbbed as if it would split; but all mere physical pain was lost and deadened in the surpassing agony of mind.
more
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From this reading For an hour and more I was left to gnash my teeth in rage as I tore and struggled fruitlessly to loosen the cords that bound me.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading For an hour and more I was left to gnash my teeth in rage as I tore and struggled fruitlessly to loosen the cords that bound me.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading In that hour I endured the torments such as even hell itself could not have surpassed.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading My violent struggles inflamed the hurt to my head until it throbbed as if it would split; but all mere physical pain was lost and deadened in the surpassing agony of mind.
pain
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From this reading My violent struggles inflamed the hurt to my head until it throbbed as if it would split; but all mere physical pain was lost and deadened in the surpassing agony of mind.
physical
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From this reading My violent struggles inflamed the hurt to my head until it throbbed as if it would split; but all mere physical pain was lost and deadened in the surpassing agony of mind.
POABJA
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From this reading AT POABJA.
power
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From this reading The thought of that sweet, pure girl in the power of these crazy, superstitious fanatics was unendurable; and had the torture continued longer it would have driven me mad.
pure
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From this reading The thought of that sweet, pure girl in the power of these crazy, superstitious fanatics was unendurable; and had the torture continued longer it would have driven me mad.
rage
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From this reading For an hour and more I was left to gnash my teeth in rage as I tore and struggled fruitlessly to loosen the cords that bound me.
split
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From this reading My violent struggles inflamed the hurt to my head until it throbbed as if it would split; but all mere physical pain was lost and deadened in the surpassing agony of mind.
struggled
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From this reading For an hour and more I was left to gnash my teeth in rage as I tore and struggled fruitlessly to loosen the cords that bound me.
struggles
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From this reading My violent struggles inflamed the hurt to my head until it throbbed as if it would split; but all mere physical pain was lost and deadened in the surpassing agony of mind.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading In that hour I endured the torments such as even hell itself could not have surpassed.
superstitious
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From this reading The thought of that sweet, pure girl in the power of these crazy, superstitious fanatics was unendurable; and had the torture continued longer it would have driven me mad.
surpassed
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From this reading In that hour I endured the torments such as even hell itself could not have surpassed.
surpassing
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From this reading My violent struggles inflamed the hurt to my head until it throbbed as if it would split; but all mere physical pain was lost and deadened in the surpassing agony of mind.
sweet
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From this reading The thought of that sweet, pure girl in the power of these crazy, superstitious fanatics was unendurable; and had the torture continued longer it would have driven me mad.
teeth
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From this reading For an hour and more I was left to gnash my teeth in rage as I tore and struggled fruitlessly to loosen the cords that bound me.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading For an hour and more I was left to gnash my teeth in rage as I tore and struggled fruitlessly to loosen the cords that bound me.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading For an hour and more I was left to gnash my teeth in rage as I tore and struggled fruitlessly to loosen the cords that bound me.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading The thought of that sweet, pure girl in the power of these crazy, superstitious fanatics was unendurable; and had the torture continued longer it would have driven me mad.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The thought of that sweet, pure girl in the power of these crazy, superstitious fanatics was unendurable; and had the torture continued longer it would have driven me mad.
throbbed
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From this reading My violent struggles inflamed the hurt to my head until it throbbed as if it would split; but all mere physical pain was lost and deadened in the surpassing agony of mind.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading For an hour and more I was left to gnash my teeth in rage as I tore and struggled fruitlessly to loosen the cords that bound me.
tore
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From this reading For an hour and more I was left to gnash my teeth in rage as I tore and struggled fruitlessly to loosen the cords that bound me.
torments
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From this reading In that hour I endured the torments such as even hell itself could not have surpassed.
torture
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From this reading The thought of that sweet, pure girl in the power of these crazy, superstitious fanatics was unendurable; and had the torture continued longer it would have driven me mad.
unendurable
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From this reading The thought of that sweet, pure girl in the power of these crazy, superstitious fanatics was unendurable; and had the torture continued longer it would have driven me mad.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading My violent struggles inflamed the hurt to my head until it throbbed as if it would split; but all mere physical pain was lost and deadened in the surpassing agony of mind.
violentnounUS /ˈviolent/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading My violent struggles inflamed the hurt to my head until it throbbed as if it would split; but all mere physical pain was lost and deadened in the surpassing agony of mind.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading For an hour and more I was left to gnash my teeth in rage as I tore and struggled fruitlessly to loosen the cords that bound me.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading My violent struggles inflamed the hurt to my head until it throbbed as if it would split; but all mere physical pain was lost and deadened in the surpassing agony of mind.
