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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 Its dark waters rush tumultuously from the gorge below the Castle of Sagan, and fling a vast enclosing arm about the bleak plains and marshes of which the wastes of the frontier consist.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Its dark waters rush tumultuously from the gorge below the Castle of Sagan, and fling a vast enclosing arm about the bleak plains and marshes of which the wastes of the frontier consist.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading To the north a chain of hills rises black against the sky, and there, set upon a boldly jutting spur, the Castle of Sagan dominates the inhospitable landscape like a frown upon a sinister face.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Its dark waters rush tumultuously from the gorge below the Castle of Sagan, and fling a vast enclosing arm about the bleak plains and marshes of which the wastes of the frontier consist.
arm
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From this reading Its dark waters rush tumultuously from the gorge below the Castle of Sagan, and fling a vast enclosing arm about the bleak plains and marshes of which the wastes of the frontier consist.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading Its dark waters rush tumultuously from the gorge below the Castle of Sagan, and fling a vast enclosing arm about the bleak plains and marshes of which the wastes of the frontier consist.
black
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From this reading To the north a chain of hills rises black against the sky, and there, set upon a boldly jutting spur, the Castle of Sagan dominates the inhospitable landscape like a frown upon a sinister face.
bleak
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From this reading Its dark waters rush tumultuously from the gorge below the Castle of Sagan, and fling a vast enclosing arm about the bleak plains and marshes of which the wastes of the frontier consist.
boldly
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From this reading To the north a chain of hills rises black against the sky, and there, set upon a boldly jutting spur, the Castle of Sagan dominates the inhospitable landscape like a frown upon a sinister face.
boundarynounUS /ˈbaʊn.də.ri/
A line that marks the limits of an area.
From this reading The broadly flowing Kofn forms part of the north-eastern boundary of the State of Maasau.
broadly
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From this reading The broadly flowing Kofn forms part of the north-eastern boundary of the State of Maasau.
CASTLE
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From this reading THE CASTLE OF SAGAN.
chain
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From this reading To the north a chain of hills rises black against the sky, and there, set upon a boldly jutting spur, the Castle of Sagan dominates the inhospitable landscape like a frown upon a sinister face.
coldly
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From this reading It is a land where even summer dwells coldly.
consist
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From this reading Its dark waters rush tumultuously from the gorge below the Castle of Sagan, and fling a vast enclosing arm about the bleak plains and marshes of which the wastes of the frontier consist.
dark
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From this reading Its dark waters rush tumultuously from the gorge below the Castle of Sagan, and fling a vast enclosing arm about the bleak plains and marshes of which the wastes of the frontier consist.
dominates
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From this reading To the north a chain of hills rises black against the sky, and there, set upon a boldly jutting spur, the Castle of Sagan dominates the inhospitable landscape like a frown upon a sinister face.
dwells
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From this reading It is a land where even summer dwells coldly.
enclosing
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From this reading Its dark waters rush tumultuously from the gorge below the Castle of Sagan, and fling a vast enclosing arm about the bleak plains and marshes of which the wastes of the frontier consist.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It is a land where even summer dwells coldly.
face
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From this reading To the north a chain of hills rises black against the sky, and there, set upon a boldly jutting spur, the Castle of Sagan dominates the inhospitable landscape like a frown upon a sinister face.
fling
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From this reading Its dark waters rush tumultuously from the gorge below the Castle of Sagan, and fling a vast enclosing arm about the bleak plains and marshes of which the wastes of the frontier consist.
flowing
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From this reading The broadly flowing Kofn forms part of the north-eastern boundary of the State of Maasau.
forms
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From this reading The broadly flowing Kofn forms part of the north-eastern boundary of the State of Maasau.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Its dark waters rush tumultuously from the gorge below the Castle of Sagan, and fling a vast enclosing arm about the bleak plains and marshes of which the wastes of the frontier consist.
frontier
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From this reading Its dark waters rush tumultuously from the gorge below the Castle of Sagan, and fling a vast enclosing arm about the bleak plains and marshes of which the wastes of the frontier consist.
frown
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From this reading To the north a chain of hills rises black against the sky, and there, set upon a boldly jutting spur, the Castle of Sagan dominates the inhospitable landscape like a frown upon a sinister face.
gorge
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From this reading Its dark waters rush tumultuously from the gorge below the Castle of Sagan, and fling a vast enclosing arm about the bleak plains and marshes of which the wastes of the frontier consist.
hills
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From this reading To the north a chain of hills rises black against the sky, and there, set upon a boldly jutting spur, the Castle of Sagan dominates the inhospitable landscape like a frown upon a sinister face.
inhospitable
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From this reading To the north a chain of hills rises black against the sky, and there, set upon a boldly jutting spur, the Castle of Sagan dominates the inhospitable landscape like a frown upon a sinister face.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is a land where even summer dwells coldly.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is a land where even summer dwells coldly.
ItsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Its dark waters rush tumultuously from the gorge below the Castle of Sagan, and fling a vast enclosing arm about the bleak plains and marshes of which the wastes of the frontier consist.
jutting
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From this reading To the north a chain of hills rises black against the sky, and there, set upon a boldly jutting spur, the Castle of Sagan dominates the inhospitable landscape like a frown upon a sinister face.
Kofn
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From this reading The broadly flowing Kofn forms part of the north-eastern boundary of the State of Maasau.
land
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From this reading It is a land where even summer dwells coldly.
landscape
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From this reading To the north a chain of hills rises black against the sky, and there, set upon a boldly jutting spur, the Castle of Sagan dominates the inhospitable landscape like a frown upon a sinister face.
like
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From this reading To the north a chain of hills rises black against the sky, and there, set upon a boldly jutting spur, the Castle of Sagan dominates the inhospitable landscape like a frown upon a sinister face.
Maasau
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From this reading The broadly flowing Kofn forms part of the north-eastern boundary of the State of Maasau.
marshes
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From this reading Its dark waters rush tumultuously from the gorge below the Castle of Sagan, and fling a vast enclosing arm about the bleak plains and marshes of which the wastes of the frontier consist.
north
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From this reading To the north a chain of hills rises black against the sky, and there, set upon a boldly jutting spur, the Castle of Sagan dominates the inhospitable landscape like a frown upon a sinister face.
north-eastern
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From this reading The broadly flowing Kofn forms part of the north-eastern boundary of the State of Maasau.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE CASTLE OF SAGAN.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The broadly flowing Kofn forms part of the north-eastern boundary of the State of Maasau.
plains
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From this reading Its dark waters rush tumultuously from the gorge below the Castle of Sagan, and fling a vast enclosing arm about the bleak plains and marshes of which the wastes of the frontier consist.
rises
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From this reading To the north a chain of hills rises black against the sky, and there, set upon a boldly jutting spur, the Castle of Sagan dominates the inhospitable landscape like a frown upon a sinister face.
rush
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From this reading Its dark waters rush tumultuously from the gorge below the Castle of Sagan, and fling a vast enclosing arm about the bleak plains and marshes of which the wastes of the frontier consist.
SAGAN
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From this reading THE CASTLE OF SAGAN.
set
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From this reading To the north a chain of hills rises black against the sky, and there, set upon a boldly jutting spur, the Castle of Sagan dominates the inhospitable landscape like a frown upon a sinister face.
sinister
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From this reading To the north a chain of hills rises black against the sky, and there, set upon a boldly jutting spur, the Castle of Sagan dominates the inhospitable landscape like a frown upon a sinister face.
sky
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From this reading To the north a chain of hills rises black against the sky, and there, set upon a boldly jutting spur, the Castle of Sagan dominates the inhospitable landscape like a frown upon a sinister face.
spur
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From this reading To the north a chain of hills rises black against the sky, and there, set upon a boldly jutting spur, the Castle of Sagan dominates the inhospitable landscape like a frown upon a sinister face.
State
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From this reading The broadly flowing Kofn forms part of the north-eastern boundary of the State of Maasau.
summer
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From this reading It is a land where even summer dwells coldly.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE CASTLE OF SAGAN.
there
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From this reading To the north a chain of hills rises black against the sky, and there, set upon a boldly jutting spur, the Castle of Sagan dominates the inhospitable landscape like a frown upon a sinister face.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To the north a chain of hills rises black against the sky, and there, set upon a boldly jutting spur, the Castle of Sagan dominates the inhospitable landscape like a frown upon a sinister face.
tumultuously
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From this reading Its dark waters rush tumultuously from the gorge below the Castle of Sagan, and fling a vast enclosing arm about the bleak plains and marshes of which the wastes of the frontier consist.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading To the north a chain of hills rises black against the sky, and there, set upon a boldly jutting spur, the Castle of Sagan dominates the inhospitable landscape like a frown upon a sinister face.
vast
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From this reading Its dark waters rush tumultuously from the gorge below the Castle of Sagan, and fling a vast enclosing arm about the bleak plains and marshes of which the wastes of the frontier consist.
wastes
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From this reading Its dark waters rush tumultuously from the gorge below the Castle of Sagan, and fling a vast enclosing arm about the bleak plains and marshes of which the wastes of the frontier consist.
waters
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From this reading Its dark waters rush tumultuously from the gorge below the Castle of Sagan, and fling a vast enclosing arm about the bleak plains and marshes of which the wastes of the frontier consist.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading It is a land where even summer dwells coldly.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Its dark waters rush tumultuously from the gorge below the Castle of Sagan, and fling a vast enclosing arm about the bleak plains and marshes of which the wastes of the frontier consist.
