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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 Harris felt a teeth-chattering chill as he began to come awake.
all
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From this reading He felt stiff and sore all over, and realized he had spent the night--where?-- He groped in his pockets.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The stunner-bolt had temporarily overloaded his motor neurons, and the body's escape from the frustration of paralysis was unconsciousness.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Harris felt a teeth-chattering chill as he began to come awake.
awake
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From this reading Harris felt a teeth-chattering chill as he began to come awake.
back
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From this reading Now he was waking, and the strength was ebbing slowly and painfully back into his muscles.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Harris felt a teeth-chattering chill as he began to come awake.
body's
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From this reading The stunner-bolt had temporarily overloaded his motor neurons, and the body's escape from the frustration of paralysis was unconsciousness.
chill
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From this reading Harris felt a teeth-chattering chill as he began to come awake.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Harris felt a teeth-chattering chill as he began to come awake.
depolarized
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From this reading The light of morning streamed in through a depolarized window on the left wall of the unfamiliar room in which he found himself.
ebbing
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From this reading Now he was waking, and the strength was ebbing slowly and painfully back into his muscles.
escape
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From this reading The stunner-bolt had temporarily overloaded his motor neurons, and the body's escape from the frustration of paralysis was unconsciousness.
felt
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From this reading Harris felt a teeth-chattering chill as he began to come awake.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The light of morning streamed in through a depolarized window on the left wall of the unfamiliar room in which he found himself.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The stunner-bolt had temporarily overloaded his motor neurons, and the body's escape from the frustration of paralysis was unconsciousness.
frustration
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From this reading The stunner-bolt had temporarily overloaded his motor neurons, and the body's escape from the frustration of paralysis was unconsciousness.
groped
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From this reading He felt stiff and sore all over, and realized he had spent the night--where?-- He groped in his pockets.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The stunner-bolt had temporarily overloaded his motor neurons, and the body's escape from the frustration of paralysis was unconsciousness.
Harris
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From this reading Harris felt a teeth-chattering chill as he began to come awake.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Harris felt a teeth-chattering chill as he began to come awake.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading The light of morning streamed in through a depolarized window on the left wall of the unfamiliar room in which he found himself.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The stunner-bolt had temporarily overloaded his motor neurons, and the body's escape from the frustration of paralysis was unconsciousness.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The light of morning streamed in through a depolarized window on the left wall of the unfamiliar room in which he found himself.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Now he was waking, and the strength was ebbing slowly and painfully back into his muscles.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The light of morning streamed in through a depolarized window on the left wall of the unfamiliar room in which he found himself.
light
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From this reading The light of morning streamed in through a depolarized window on the left wall of the unfamiliar room in which he found himself.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The light of morning streamed in through a depolarized window on the left wall of the unfamiliar room in which he found himself.
motor
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From this reading The stunner-bolt had temporarily overloaded his motor neurons, and the body's escape from the frustration of paralysis was unconsciousness.
muscles
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From this reading Now he was waking, and the strength was ebbing slowly and painfully back into his muscles.
neurons
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From this reading The stunner-bolt had temporarily overloaded his motor neurons, and the body's escape from the frustration of paralysis was unconsciousness.
night
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From this reading He felt stiff and sore all over, and realized he had spent the night--where?-- He groped in his pockets.
Now
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From this reading Now he was waking, and the strength was ebbing slowly and painfully back into his muscles.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The stunner-bolt had temporarily overloaded his motor neurons, and the body's escape from the frustration of paralysis was unconsciousness.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The light of morning streamed in through a depolarized window on the left wall of the unfamiliar room in which he found himself.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading He felt stiff and sore all over, and realized he had spent the night--where?-- He groped in his pockets.
overloaded
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From this reading The stunner-bolt had temporarily overloaded his motor neurons, and the body's escape from the frustration of paralysis was unconsciousness.
painfully
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From this reading Now he was waking, and the strength was ebbing slowly and painfully back into his muscles.
paralysis
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From this reading The stunner-bolt had temporarily overloaded his motor neurons, and the body's escape from the frustration of paralysis was unconsciousness.
pockets
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From this reading He felt stiff and sore all over, and realized he had spent the night--where?-- He groped in his pockets.
realized
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From this reading He felt stiff and sore all over, and realized he had spent the night--where?-- He groped in his pockets.
room
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From this reading The light of morning streamed in through a depolarized window on the left wall of the unfamiliar room in which he found himself.
slowly
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From this reading Now he was waking, and the strength was ebbing slowly and painfully back into his muscles.
sore
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From this reading He felt stiff and sore all over, and realized he had spent the night--where?-- He groped in his pockets.
spent
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From this reading He felt stiff and sore all over, and realized he had spent the night--where?-- He groped in his pockets.
stiff
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From this reading He felt stiff and sore all over, and realized he had spent the night--where?-- He groped in his pockets.
streamed
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From this reading The light of morning streamed in through a depolarized window on the left wall of the unfamiliar room in which he found himself.
strengthnounUS /ˈstrength/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Now he was waking, and the strength was ebbing slowly and painfully back into his muscles.
stunner-bolt
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From this reading The stunner-bolt had temporarily overloaded his motor neurons, and the body's escape from the frustration of paralysis was unconsciousness.
teeth-chattering
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From this reading Harris felt a teeth-chattering chill as he began to come awake.
temporarily
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From this reading The stunner-bolt had temporarily overloaded his motor neurons, and the body's escape from the frustration of paralysis was unconsciousness.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The stunner-bolt had temporarily overloaded his motor neurons, and the body's escape from the frustration of paralysis was unconsciousness.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The light of morning streamed in through a depolarized window on the left wall of the unfamiliar room in which he found himself.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Harris felt a teeth-chattering chill as he began to come awake.
unconsciousness
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From this reading The stunner-bolt had temporarily overloaded his motor neurons, and the body's escape from the frustration of paralysis was unconsciousness.
unfamiliar
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From this reading The light of morning streamed in through a depolarized window on the left wall of the unfamiliar room in which he found himself.
wakingadjectiveUS /ˈweɪ.kɪŋ/
Risen from sleep; conscious.
From this reading Now he was waking, and the strength was ebbing slowly and painfully back into his muscles.
wall
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From this reading The light of morning streamed in through a depolarized window on the left wall of the unfamiliar room in which he found himself.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The stunner-bolt had temporarily overloaded his motor neurons, and the body's escape from the frustration of paralysis was unconsciousness.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading He felt stiff and sore all over, and realized he had spent the night--where?-- He groped in his pockets.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The light of morning streamed in through a depolarized window on the left wall of the unfamiliar room in which he found himself.
window
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From this reading The light of morning streamed in through a depolarized window on the left wall of the unfamiliar room in which he found himself.
