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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 awoke again and again from uneasy dreams, and I seemed in my sleep to hear strange calls and noises and a sound of murmurs and beatings on the door.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading There were deep, hollow voices, too, that echoed in my sleep, and when I woke I could hear the autumn wind, mournful, on the hills above us.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading “It was soon after dawn when I finally roused myself.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I awoke again and again from uneasy dreams, and I seemed in my sleep to hear strange calls and noises and a sound of murmurs and beatings on the door.
all
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From this reading I started up once with a dreadful scream in my ears; but then the house was all still, and I fell again into uneasy sleep.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I awoke again and again from uneasy dreams, and I seemed in my sleep to hear strange calls and noises and a sound of murmurs and beatings on the door.
autumn
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From this reading There were deep, hollow voices, too, that echoed in my sleep, and when I woke I could hear the autumn wind, mournful, on the hills above us.
awoke
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From this reading I awoke again and again from uneasy dreams, and I seemed in my sleep to hear strange calls and noises and a sound of murmurs and beatings on the door.
beatings
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From this reading I awoke again and again from uneasy dreams, and I seemed in my sleep to hear strange calls and noises and a sound of murmurs and beatings on the door.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I started up once with a dreadful scream in my ears; but then the house was all still, and I fell again into uneasy sleep.
calls
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From this reading I awoke again and again from uneasy dreams, and I seemed in my sleep to hear strange calls and noises and a sound of murmurs and beatings on the door.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading There were deep, hollow voices, too, that echoed in my sleep, and when I woke I could hear the autumn wind, mournful, on the hills above us.
dawn
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From this reading “It was soon after dawn when I finally roused myself.
deep
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From this reading There were deep, hollow voices, too, that echoed in my sleep, and when I woke I could hear the autumn wind, mournful, on the hills above us.
door
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From this reading I awoke again and again from uneasy dreams, and I seemed in my sleep to hear strange calls and noises and a sound of murmurs and beatings on the door.
dreadfuladjectiveUS /ˈdrɛdfəl/
extremely frightening or unpleasant
From this reading I started up once with a dreadful scream in my ears; but then the house was all still, and I fell again into uneasy sleep.
dreams
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From this reading I awoke again and again from uneasy dreams, and I seemed in my sleep to hear strange calls and noises and a sound of murmurs and beatings on the door.
ears
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From this reading I started up once with a dreadful scream in my ears; but then the house was all still, and I fell again into uneasy sleep.
echoed
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From this reading There were deep, hollow voices, too, that echoed in my sleep, and when I woke I could hear the autumn wind, mournful, on the hills above us.
fell
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From this reading I started up once with a dreadful scream in my ears; but then the house was all still, and I fell again into uneasy sleep.
finally
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From this reading “It was soon after dawn when I finally roused myself.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading I awoke again and again from uneasy dreams, and I seemed in my sleep to hear strange calls and noises and a sound of murmurs and beatings on the door.
hearnounUS /hear/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I awoke again and again from uneasy dreams, and I seemed in my sleep to hear strange calls and noises and a sound of murmurs and beatings on the door.
hills
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From this reading There were deep, hollow voices, too, that echoed in my sleep, and when I woke I could hear the autumn wind, mournful, on the hills above us.
hollow
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From this reading There were deep, hollow voices, too, that echoed in my sleep, and when I woke I could hear the autumn wind, mournful, on the hills above us.
house
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From this reading I started up once with a dreadful scream in my ears; but then the house was all still, and I fell again into uneasy sleep.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading The Last Words of Mr. Secretan “I slept ill that night.
ill
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From this reading The Last Words of Mr. Secretan “I slept ill that night.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I awoke again and again from uneasy dreams, and I seemed in my sleep to hear strange calls and noises and a sound of murmurs and beatings on the door.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading I started up once with a dreadful scream in my ears; but then the house was all still, and I fell again into uneasy sleep.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “It was soon after dawn when I finally roused myself.
LastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Last Words of Mr. Secretan “I slept ill that night.
mournful
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From this reading There were deep, hollow voices, too, that echoed in my sleep, and when I woke I could hear the autumn wind, mournful, on the hills above us.
Mr
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From this reading The Last Words of Mr. Secretan “I slept ill that night.
murmurs
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From this reading I awoke again and again from uneasy dreams, and I seemed in my sleep to hear strange calls and noises and a sound of murmurs and beatings on the door.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I awoke again and again from uneasy dreams, and I seemed in my sleep to hear strange calls and noises and a sound of murmurs and beatings on the door.
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading “It was soon after dawn when I finally roused myself.
night
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From this reading The Last Words of Mr. Secretan “I slept ill that night.
noises
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From this reading I awoke again and again from uneasy dreams, and I seemed in my sleep to hear strange calls and noises and a sound of murmurs and beatings on the door.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Last Words of Mr. Secretan “I slept ill that night.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I awoke again and again from uneasy dreams, and I seemed in my sleep to hear strange calls and noises and a sound of murmurs and beatings on the door.
once
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From this reading I started up once with a dreadful scream in my ears; but then the house was all still, and I fell again into uneasy sleep.
roused
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From this reading “It was soon after dawn when I finally roused myself.
scream
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From this reading I started up once with a dreadful scream in my ears; but then the house was all still, and I fell again into uneasy sleep.
Secretan
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From this reading The Last Words of Mr. Secretan “I slept ill that night.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I awoke again and again from uneasy dreams, and I seemed in my sleep to hear strange calls and noises and a sound of murmurs and beatings on the door.
sleep
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From this reading I awoke again and again from uneasy dreams, and I seemed in my sleep to hear strange calls and noises and a sound of murmurs and beatings on the door.
slept
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From this reading The Last Words of Mr. Secretan “I slept ill that night.
soon
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From this reading “It was soon after dawn when I finally roused myself.
sound
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From this reading I awoke again and again from uneasy dreams, and I seemed in my sleep to hear strange calls and noises and a sound of murmurs and beatings on the door.
started
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From this reading I started up once with a dreadful scream in my ears; but then the house was all still, and I fell again into uneasy sleep.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I started up once with a dreadful scream in my ears; but then the house was all still, and I fell again into uneasy sleep.
strange
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From this reading I awoke again and again from uneasy dreams, and I seemed in my sleep to hear strange calls and noises and a sound of murmurs and beatings on the door.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The Last Words of Mr. Secretan “I slept ill that night.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Last Words of Mr. Secretan “I slept ill that night.
then
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From this reading I started up once with a dreadful scream in my ears; but then the house was all still, and I fell again into uneasy sleep.
There
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From this reading There were deep, hollow voices, too, that echoed in my sleep, and when I woke I could hear the autumn wind, mournful, on the hills above us.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I awoke again and again from uneasy dreams, and I seemed in my sleep to hear strange calls and noises and a sound of murmurs and beatings on the door.
too
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From this reading There were deep, hollow voices, too, that echoed in my sleep, and when I woke I could hear the autumn wind, mournful, on the hills above us.
uneasy
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From this reading I awoke again and again from uneasy dreams, and I seemed in my sleep to hear strange calls and noises and a sound of murmurs and beatings on the door.
up
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From this reading I started up once with a dreadful scream in my ears; but then the house was all still, and I fell again into uneasy sleep.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading There were deep, hollow voices, too, that echoed in my sleep, and when I woke I could hear the autumn wind, mournful, on the hills above us.
voices
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From this reading There were deep, hollow voices, too, that echoed in my sleep, and when I woke I could hear the autumn wind, mournful, on the hills above us.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I started up once with a dreadful scream in my ears; but then the house was all still, and I fell again into uneasy sleep.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There were deep, hollow voices, too, that echoed in my sleep, and when I woke I could hear the autumn wind, mournful, on the hills above us.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading There were deep, hollow voices, too, that echoed in my sleep, and when I woke I could hear the autumn wind, mournful, on the hills above us.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There were deep, hollow voices, too, that echoed in my sleep, and when I woke I could hear the autumn wind, mournful, on the hills above us.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading I started up once with a dreadful scream in my ears; but then the house was all still, and I fell again into uneasy sleep.
woke
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From this reading There were deep, hollow voices, too, that echoed in my sleep, and when I woke I could hear the autumn wind, mournful, on the hills above us.
Words
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From this reading The Last Words of Mr. Secretan “I slept ill that night.
