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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 And to Hyde, observant now in a new way, came one sharp, vivid reminder of the strange atmosphere into which his commonplace personality had strayed: he suddenly recalled that his relations with the beast, already established, had progressed distinctly a stage further.
accompanying
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From this reading This startled him, yet without the accompanying alarm he must certainly have felt twenty-four hours before.
advance
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From this reading Not far away it certainly lay and watched, but it did not advance.
alarm
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From this reading This startled him, yet without the accompanying alarm he must certainly have felt twenty-four hours before.
alreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And to Hyde, observant now in a new way, came one sharp, vivid reminder of the strange atmosphere into which his commonplace personality had strayed: he suddenly recalled that his relations with the beast, already established, had progressed distinctly a stage further.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading He had an understanding with the wolf.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Not far away it certainly lay and watched, but it did not advance.
animal
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From this reading He turned the canoe toward the shore; he landed; he cooked his supper in the dusk; the animal made no sign.
atmosphere
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From this reading And to Hyde, observant now in a new way, came one sharp, vivid reminder of the strange atmosphere into which his commonplace personality had strayed: he suddenly recalled that his relations with the beast, already established, had progressed distinctly a stage further.
away
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From this reading Not far away it certainly lay and watched, but it did not advance.
beast
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From this reading And to Hyde, observant now in a new way, came one sharp, vivid reminder of the strange atmosphere into which his commonplace personality had strayed: he suddenly recalled that his relations with the beast, already established, had progressed distinctly a stage further.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading This startled him, yet without the accompanying alarm he must certainly have felt twenty-four hours before.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Not far away it certainly lay and watched, but it did not advance.
came
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From this reading And to Hyde, observant now in a new way, came one sharp, vivid reminder of the strange atmosphere into which his commonplace personality had strayed: he suddenly recalled that his relations with the beast, already established, had progressed distinctly a stage further.
canoe
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From this reading He turned the canoe toward the shore; he landed; he cooked his supper in the dusk; the animal made no sign.
certainly
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From this reading Not far away it certainly lay and watched, but it did not advance.
commonplace
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From this reading And to Hyde, observant now in a new way, came one sharp, vivid reminder of the strange atmosphere into which his commonplace personality had strayed: he suddenly recalled that his relations with the beast, already established, had progressed distinctly a stage further.
cooked
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From this reading He turned the canoe toward the shore; he landed; he cooked his supper in the dusk; the animal made no sign.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Not far away it certainly lay and watched, but it did not advance.
distinctly
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From this reading And to Hyde, observant now in a new way, came one sharp, vivid reminder of the strange atmosphere into which his commonplace personality had strayed: he suddenly recalled that his relations with the beast, already established, had progressed distinctly a stage further.
dusk
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From this reading He turned the canoe toward the shore; he landed; he cooked his supper in the dusk; the animal made no sign.
established
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From this reading And to Hyde, observant now in a new way, came one sharp, vivid reminder of the strange atmosphere into which his commonplace personality had strayed: he suddenly recalled that his relations with the beast, already established, had progressed distinctly a stage further.
far
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From this reading Not far away it certainly lay and watched, but it did not advance.
felt
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From this reading This startled him, yet without the accompanying alarm he must certainly have felt twenty-four hours before.
further
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From this reading And to Hyde, observant now in a new way, came one sharp, vivid reminder of the strange atmosphere into which his commonplace personality had strayed: he suddenly recalled that his relations with the beast, already established, had progressed distinctly a stage further.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading And to Hyde, observant now in a new way, came one sharp, vivid reminder of the strange atmosphere into which his commonplace personality had strayed: he suddenly recalled that his relations with the beast, already established, had progressed distinctly a stage further.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading This startled him, yet without the accompanying alarm he must certainly have felt twenty-four hours before.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He turned the canoe toward the shore; he landed; he cooked his supper in the dusk; the animal made no sign.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading This startled him, yet without the accompanying alarm he must certainly have felt twenty-four hours before.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He turned the canoe toward the shore; he landed; he cooked his supper in the dusk; the animal made no sign.
hours
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From this reading This startled him, yet without the accompanying alarm he must certainly have felt twenty-four hours before.
Hyde
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From this reading And to Hyde, observant now in a new way, came one sharp, vivid reminder of the strange atmosphere into which his commonplace personality had strayed: he suddenly recalled that his relations with the beast, already established, had progressed distinctly a stage further.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He turned the canoe toward the shore; he landed; he cooked his supper in the dusk; the animal made no sign.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading And to Hyde, observant now in a new way, came one sharp, vivid reminder of the strange atmosphere into which his commonplace personality had strayed: he suddenly recalled that his relations with the beast, already established, had progressed distinctly a stage further.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Not far away it certainly lay and watched, but it did not advance.
landed
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From this reading He turned the canoe toward the shore; he landed; he cooked his supper in the dusk; the animal made no sign.
lay
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From this reading Not far away it certainly lay and watched, but it did not advance.
made
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From this reading He turned the canoe toward the shore; he landed; he cooked his supper in the dusk; the animal made no sign.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading This startled him, yet without the accompanying alarm he must certainly have felt twenty-four hours before.
new
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From this reading And to Hyde, observant now in a new way, came one sharp, vivid reminder of the strange atmosphere into which his commonplace personality had strayed: he suddenly recalled that his relations with the beast, already established, had progressed distinctly a stage further.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading He turned the canoe toward the shore; he landed; he cooked his supper in the dusk; the animal made no sign.
NotadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Not far away it certainly lay and watched, but it did not advance.
now
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From this reading And to Hyde, observant now in a new way, came one sharp, vivid reminder of the strange atmosphere into which his commonplace personality had strayed: he suddenly recalled that his relations with the beast, already established, had progressed distinctly a stage further.
observant
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From this reading And to Hyde, observant now in a new way, came one sharp, vivid reminder of the strange atmosphere into which his commonplace personality had strayed: he suddenly recalled that his relations with the beast, already established, had progressed distinctly a stage further.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And to Hyde, observant now in a new way, came one sharp, vivid reminder of the strange atmosphere into which his commonplace personality had strayed: he suddenly recalled that his relations with the beast, already established, had progressed distinctly a stage further.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading And to Hyde, observant now in a new way, came one sharp, vivid reminder of the strange atmosphere into which his commonplace personality had strayed: he suddenly recalled that his relations with the beast, already established, had progressed distinctly a stage further.
personality
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From this reading And to Hyde, observant now in a new way, came one sharp, vivid reminder of the strange atmosphere into which his commonplace personality had strayed: he suddenly recalled that his relations with the beast, already established, had progressed distinctly a stage further.
progressed
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recalled
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From this reading And to Hyde, observant now in a new way, came one sharp, vivid reminder of the strange atmosphere into which his commonplace personality had strayed: he suddenly recalled that his relations with the beast, already established, had progressed distinctly a stage further.
relations
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reminder
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sharp
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From this reading And to Hyde, observant now in a new way, came one sharp, vivid reminder of the strange atmosphere into which his commonplace personality had strayed: he suddenly recalled that his relations with the beast, already established, had progressed distinctly a stage further.
shore
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From this reading He turned the canoe toward the shore; he landed; he cooked his supper in the dusk; the animal made no sign.
sign
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From this reading He turned the canoe toward the shore; he landed; he cooked his supper in the dusk; the animal made no sign.
stage
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From this reading And to Hyde, observant now in a new way, came one sharp, vivid reminder of the strange atmosphere into which his commonplace personality had strayed: he suddenly recalled that his relations with the beast, already established, had progressed distinctly a stage further.
startled
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From this reading This startled him, yet without the accompanying alarm he must certainly have felt twenty-four hours before.
strange
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From this reading And to Hyde, observant now in a new way, came one sharp, vivid reminder of the strange atmosphere into which his commonplace personality had strayed: he suddenly recalled that his relations with the beast, already established, had progressed distinctly a stage further.
strayed
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From this reading And to Hyde, observant now in a new way, came one sharp, vivid reminder of the strange atmosphere into which his commonplace personality had strayed: he suddenly recalled that his relations with the beast, already established, had progressed distinctly a stage further.
suddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading And to Hyde, observant now in a new way, came one sharp, vivid reminder of the strange atmosphere into which his commonplace personality had strayed: he suddenly recalled that his relations with the beast, already established, had progressed distinctly a stage further.
supper
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From this reading He turned the canoe toward the shore; he landed; he cooked his supper in the dusk; the animal made no sign.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And to Hyde, observant now in a new way, came one sharp, vivid reminder of the strange atmosphere into which his commonplace personality had strayed: he suddenly recalled that his relations with the beast, already established, had progressed distinctly a stage further.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He turned the canoe toward the shore; he landed; he cooked his supper in the dusk; the animal made no sign.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This startled him, yet without the accompanying alarm he must certainly have felt twenty-four hours before.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And to Hyde, observant now in a new way, came one sharp, vivid reminder of the strange atmosphere into which his commonplace personality had strayed: he suddenly recalled that his relations with the beast, already established, had progressed distinctly a stage further.
towardprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrd/
in the direction of
From this reading He turned the canoe toward the shore; he landed; he cooked his supper in the dusk; the animal made no sign.
turned
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From this reading He turned the canoe toward the shore; he landed; he cooked his supper in the dusk; the animal made no sign.
twenty-four
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From this reading This startled him, yet without the accompanying alarm he must certainly have felt twenty-four hours before.
understanding
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From this reading He had an understanding with the wolf.
vivid
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From this reading And to Hyde, observant now in a new way, came one sharp, vivid reminder of the strange atmosphere into which his commonplace personality had strayed: he suddenly recalled that his relations with the beast, already established, had progressed distinctly a stage further.
watched
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From this reading Not far away it certainly lay and watched, but it did not advance.
way
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From this reading And to Hyde, observant now in a new way, came one sharp, vivid reminder of the strange atmosphere into which his commonplace personality had strayed: he suddenly recalled that his relations with the beast, already established, had progressed distinctly a stage further.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading And to Hyde, observant now in a new way, came one sharp, vivid reminder of the strange atmosphere into which his commonplace personality had strayed: he suddenly recalled that his relations with the beast, already established, had progressed distinctly a stage further.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading And to Hyde, observant now in a new way, came one sharp, vivid reminder of the strange atmosphere into which his commonplace personality had strayed: he suddenly recalled that his relations with the beast, already established, had progressed distinctly a stage further.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading This startled him, yet without the accompanying alarm he must certainly have felt twenty-four hours before.
wolf
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From this reading He had an understanding with the wolf.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading This startled him, yet without the accompanying alarm he must certainly have felt twenty-four hours before.
