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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 He found himself giving heed to a thousand little things--the roughness of the pollard-weave against his lacerated cheek ... a prowling _peffok's_ distant cry.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading Lying in the darkness, waiting for him, Jarl battled in stubborn silence against the pain.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading He savored the raw taste of blood in his mouth ... the saltiness of sweat when he ran his tongue along his lips.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Faint, pervasive scents of doloid dust, of must and _jeol_, pressed in upon him.
battled
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From this reading Lying in the darkness, waiting for him, Jarl battled in stubborn silence against the pain.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading The fleet-bell was tolling the nineteenth hour before the _ktar_ came down.
bloodnounUS /blood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He savored the raw taste of blood in his mouth ... the saltiness of sweat when he ran his tongue along his lips.
came
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From this reading The fleet-bell was tolling the nineteenth hour before the _ktar_ came down.
cheek
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From this reading He found himself giving heed to a thousand little things--the roughness of the pollard-weave against his lacerated cheek ... a prowling _peffok's_ distant cry.
cry
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From this reading He found himself giving heed to a thousand little things--the roughness of the pollard-weave against his lacerated cheek ... a prowling _peffok's_ distant cry.
darkness
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From this reading Lying in the darkness, waiting for him, Jarl battled in stubborn silence against the pain.
distantadjectiveUS /ˈdɪstənt/
not friendly or close
From this reading He found himself giving heed to a thousand little things--the roughness of the pollard-weave against his lacerated cheek ... a prowling _peffok's_ distant cry.
doloid
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From this reading Faint, pervasive scents of doloid dust, of must and _jeol_, pressed in upon him.
down
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From this reading The fleet-bell was tolling the nineteenth hour before the _ktar_ came down.
dust
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From this reading Faint, pervasive scents of doloid dust, of must and _jeol_, pressed in upon him.
Faint
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From this reading Faint, pervasive scents of doloid dust, of must and _jeol_, pressed in upon him.
fleet-bell
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From this reading The fleet-bell was tolling the nineteenth hour before the _ktar_ came down.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Lying in the darkness, waiting for him, Jarl battled in stubborn silence against the pain.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He found himself giving heed to a thousand little things--the roughness of the pollard-weave against his lacerated cheek ... a prowling _peffok's_ distant cry.
giving
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From this reading He found himself giving heed to a thousand little things--the roughness of the pollard-weave against his lacerated cheek ... a prowling _peffok's_ distant cry.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He found himself giving heed to a thousand little things--the roughness of the pollard-weave against his lacerated cheek ... a prowling _peffok's_ distant cry.
heed
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From this reading He found himself giving heed to a thousand little things--the roughness of the pollard-weave against his lacerated cheek ... a prowling _peffok's_ distant cry.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Lying in the darkness, waiting for him, Jarl battled in stubborn silence against the pain.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading He found himself giving heed to a thousand little things--the roughness of the pollard-weave against his lacerated cheek ... a prowling _peffok's_ distant cry.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He found himself giving heed to a thousand little things--the roughness of the pollard-weave against his lacerated cheek ... a prowling _peffok's_ distant cry.
hour
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From this reading The fleet-bell was tolling the nineteenth hour before the _ktar_ came down.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Lying in the darkness, waiting for him, Jarl battled in stubborn silence against the pain.
Jarl
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From this reading Lying in the darkness, waiting for him, Jarl battled in stubborn silence against the pain.
jeol
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From this reading Faint, pervasive scents of doloid dust, of must and _jeol_, pressed in upon him.
ktar
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From this reading The fleet-bell was tolling the nineteenth hour before the _ktar_ came down.
lacerated
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From this reading He found himself giving heed to a thousand little things--the roughness of the pollard-weave against his lacerated cheek ... a prowling _peffok's_ distant cry.
lips
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From this reading He savored the raw taste of blood in his mouth ... the saltiness of sweat when he ran his tongue along his lips.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He found himself giving heed to a thousand little things--the roughness of the pollard-weave against his lacerated cheek ... a prowling _peffok's_ distant cry.
Lying
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From this reading Lying in the darkness, waiting for him, Jarl battled in stubborn silence against the pain.
mouth
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From this reading He savored the raw taste of blood in his mouth ... the saltiness of sweat when he ran his tongue along his lips.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Faint, pervasive scents of doloid dust, of must and _jeol_, pressed in upon him.
nineteenth
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From this reading The fleet-bell was tolling the nineteenth hour before the _ktar_ came down.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He found himself giving heed to a thousand little things--the roughness of the pollard-weave against his lacerated cheek ... a prowling _peffok's_ distant cry.
pain
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From this reading Lying in the darkness, waiting for him, Jarl battled in stubborn silence against the pain.
peffok's
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From this reading He found himself giving heed to a thousand little things--the roughness of the pollard-weave against his lacerated cheek ... a prowling _peffok's_ distant cry.
pervasive
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From this reading Faint, pervasive scents of doloid dust, of must and _jeol_, pressed in upon him.
pollard-weave
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From this reading He found himself giving heed to a thousand little things--the roughness of the pollard-weave against his lacerated cheek ... a prowling _peffok's_ distant cry.
pressed
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From this reading Faint, pervasive scents of doloid dust, of must and _jeol_, pressed in upon him.
prowling
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From this reading He found himself giving heed to a thousand little things--the roughness of the pollard-weave against his lacerated cheek ... a prowling _peffok's_ distant cry.
ran
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From this reading He savored the raw taste of blood in his mouth ... the saltiness of sweat when he ran his tongue along his lips.
raw
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From this reading He savored the raw taste of blood in his mouth ... the saltiness of sweat when he ran his tongue along his lips.
roughness
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From this reading He found himself giving heed to a thousand little things--the roughness of the pollard-weave against his lacerated cheek ... a prowling _peffok's_ distant cry.
saltiness
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From this reading He savored the raw taste of blood in his mouth ... the saltiness of sweat when he ran his tongue along his lips.
savored
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From this reading He savored the raw taste of blood in his mouth ... the saltiness of sweat when he ran his tongue along his lips.
scents
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From this reading Faint, pervasive scents of doloid dust, of must and _jeol_, pressed in upon him.
silencenounUS /ˈsaɪ.ləns/
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading Lying in the darkness, waiting for him, Jarl battled in stubborn silence against the pain.
stubborn
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From this reading Lying in the darkness, waiting for him, Jarl battled in stubborn silence against the pain.
sweat
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From this reading He savored the raw taste of blood in his mouth ... the saltiness of sweat when he ran his tongue along his lips.
tasteverbUS /teɪst/
To perceive flavor through the mouth.
From this reading He savored the raw taste of blood in his mouth ... the saltiness of sweat when he ran his tongue along his lips.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The fleet-bell was tolling the nineteenth hour before the _ktar_ came down.
things
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From this reading He found himself giving heed to a thousand little things--the roughness of the pollard-weave against his lacerated cheek ... a prowling _peffok's_ distant cry.
thousand
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From this reading He found himself giving heed to a thousand little things--the roughness of the pollard-weave against his lacerated cheek ... a prowling _peffok's_ distant cry.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He found himself giving heed to a thousand little things--the roughness of the pollard-weave against his lacerated cheek ... a prowling _peffok's_ distant cry.
tolling
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From this reading The fleet-bell was tolling the nineteenth hour before the _ktar_ came down.
tonguenounUS /tongue/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He savored the raw taste of blood in his mouth ... the saltiness of sweat when he ran his tongue along his lips.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Faint, pervasive scents of doloid dust, of must and _jeol_, pressed in upon him.
waiting
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From this reading Lying in the darkness, waiting for him, Jarl battled in stubborn silence against the pain.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The fleet-bell was tolling the nineteenth hour before the _ktar_ came down.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading He savored the raw taste of blood in his mouth ... the saltiness of sweat when he ran his tongue along his lips.
