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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 The Goldsmith Publishing Company New York Made in U. S. A.
all
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From this reading Residents of Kratz, the capital of Rubania, who happened to be in the streets that night and who saw the lights in the tower of the government palace shook their heads and hurried on their way with fear in their hearts for the Gerka was the most dangerous organization in all Rubania and for that matter one of the most powerful groups of secret police in the whole world.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was midnight and a meeting of the supreme council of the Gerka at that hour could mean only the most urgent business.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It was midnight and a meeting of the supreme council of the Gerka at that hour could mean only the most urgent business.
bare
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From this reading Lights glowed brightly in the large, bare tower room which was the headquarters of the Gerka, secret police organization of Rubania.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Residents of Kratz, the capital of Rubania, who happened to be in the streets that night and who saw the lights in the tower of the government palace shook their heads and hurried on their way with fear in their hearts for the Gerka was the most dangerous organization in all Rubania and for that matter one of the most powerful groups of secret police in the whole world.
brightly
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From this reading Lights glowed brightly in the large, bare tower room which was the headquarters of the Gerka, secret police organization of Rubania.
business
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From this reading It was midnight and a meeting of the supreme council of the Gerka at that hour could mean only the most urgent business.
capital
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From this reading Residents of Kratz, the capital of Rubania, who happened to be in the streets that night and who saw the lights in the tower of the government palace shook their heads and hurried on their way with fear in their hearts for the Gerka was the most dangerous organization in all Rubania and for that matter one of the most powerful groups of secret police in the whole world.
Company
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From this reading The Goldsmith Publishing Company New York Made in U. S. A.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading It was midnight and a meeting of the supreme council of the Gerka at that hour could mean only the most urgent business.
councilnounUS /council/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was midnight and a meeting of the supreme council of the Gerka at that hour could mean only the most urgent business.
creation
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From this reading The creation of the new Europe which had followed the World War had resulted in the formation of Rubania, a rich, fertile land east of Prussia.
dangerous
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From this reading Residents of Kratz, the capital of Rubania, who happened to be in the streets that night and who saw the lights in the tower of the government palace shook their heads and hurried on their way with fear in their hearts for the Gerka was the most dangerous organization in all Rubania and for that matter one of the most powerful groups of secret police in the whole world.
east
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From this reading The creation of the new Europe which had followed the World War had resulted in the formation of Rubania, a rich, fertile land east of Prussia.
Europe
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From this reading The creation of the new Europe which had followed the World War had resulted in the formation of Rubania, a rich, fertile land east of Prussia.
fear
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From this reading Residents of Kratz, the capital of Rubania, who happened to be in the streets that night and who saw the lights in the tower of the government palace shook their heads and hurried on their way with fear in their hearts for the Gerka was the most dangerous organization in all Rubania and for that matter one of the most powerful groups of secret police in the whole world.
fertile
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From this reading The creation of the new Europe which had followed the World War had resulted in the formation of Rubania, a rich, fertile land east of Prussia.
followed
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From this reading The creation of the new Europe which had followed the World War had resulted in the formation of Rubania, a rich, fertile land east of Prussia.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Residents of Kratz, the capital of Rubania, who happened to be in the streets that night and who saw the lights in the tower of the government palace shook their heads and hurried on their way with fear in their hearts for the Gerka was the most dangerous organization in all Rubania and for that matter one of the most powerful groups of secret police in the whole world.
formation
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From this reading The creation of the new Europe which had followed the World War had resulted in the formation of Rubania, a rich, fertile land east of Prussia.
Gerka
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From this reading Lights glowed brightly in the large, bare tower room which was the headquarters of the Gerka, secret police organization of Rubania.
glowed
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From this reading Lights glowed brightly in the large, bare tower room which was the headquarters of the Gerka, secret police organization of Rubania.
Goldsmith
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From this reading The Goldsmith Publishing Company New York Made in U. S. A.
government
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From this reading Residents of Kratz, the capital of Rubania, who happened to be in the streets that night and who saw the lights in the tower of the government palace shook their heads and hurried on their way with fear in their hearts for the Gerka was the most dangerous organization in all Rubania and for that matter one of the most powerful groups of secret police in the whole world.
groups
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From this reading Residents of Kratz, the capital of Rubania, who happened to be in the streets that night and who saw the lights in the tower of the government palace shook their heads and hurried on their way with fear in their hearts for the Gerka was the most dangerous organization in all Rubania and for that matter one of the most powerful groups of secret police in the whole world.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The creation of the new Europe which had followed the World War had resulted in the formation of Rubania, a rich, fertile land east of Prussia.
happened
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From this reading Residents of Kratz, the capital of Rubania, who happened to be in the streets that night and who saw the lights in the tower of the government palace shook their heads and hurried on their way with fear in their hearts for the Gerka was the most dangerous organization in all Rubania and for that matter one of the most powerful groups of secret police in the whole world.
headquarters
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From this reading Lights glowed brightly in the large, bare tower room which was the headquarters of the Gerka, secret police organization of Rubania.
heads
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From this reading Residents of Kratz, the capital of Rubania, who happened to be in the streets that night and who saw the lights in the tower of the government palace shook their heads and hurried on their way with fear in their hearts for the Gerka was the most dangerous organization in all Rubania and for that matter one of the most powerful groups of secret police in the whole world.
hearts
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From this reading Residents of Kratz, the capital of Rubania, who happened to be in the streets that night and who saw the lights in the tower of the government palace shook their heads and hurried on their way with fear in their hearts for the Gerka was the most dangerous organization in all Rubania and for that matter one of the most powerful groups of secret police in the whole world.
hour
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From this reading It was midnight and a meeting of the supreme council of the Gerka at that hour could mean only the most urgent business.
hurried
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From this reading Residents of Kratz, the capital of Rubania, who happened to be in the streets that night and who saw the lights in the tower of the government palace shook their heads and hurried on their way with fear in their hearts for the Gerka was the most dangerous organization in all Rubania and for that matter one of the most powerful groups of secret police in the whole world.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The Goldsmith Publishing Company New York Made in U. S. A.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was midnight and a meeting of the supreme council of the Gerka at that hour could mean only the most urgent business.
Kratz
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From this reading Residents of Kratz, the capital of Rubania, who happened to be in the streets that night and who saw the lights in the tower of the government palace shook their heads and hurried on their way with fear in their hearts for the Gerka was the most dangerous organization in all Rubania and for that matter one of the most powerful groups of secret police in the whole world.
land
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From this reading The creation of the new Europe which had followed the World War had resulted in the formation of Rubania, a rich, fertile land east of Prussia.
large
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From this reading Lights glowed brightly in the large, bare tower room which was the headquarters of the Gerka, secret police organization of Rubania.
Lights
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From this reading Lights glowed brightly in the large, bare tower room which was the headquarters of the Gerka, secret police organization of Rubania.
Made
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From this reading The Goldsmith Publishing Company New York Made in U. S. A.
matter
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From this reading Residents of Kratz, the capital of Rubania, who happened to be in the streets that night and who saw the lights in the tower of the government palace shook their heads and hurried on their way with fear in their hearts for the Gerka was the most dangerous organization in all Rubania and for that matter one of the most powerful groups of secret police in the whole world.
mean
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From this reading It was midnight and a meeting of the supreme council of the Gerka at that hour could mean only the most urgent business.
meeting
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From this reading It was midnight and a meeting of the supreme council of the Gerka at that hour could mean only the most urgent business.
midnight
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From this reading It was midnight and a meeting of the supreme council of the Gerka at that hour could mean only the most urgent business.
most
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From this reading It was midnight and a meeting of the supreme council of the Gerka at that hour could mean only the most urgent business.
New
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From this reading The Goldsmith Publishing Company New York Made in U. S. A.
night
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From this reading Residents of Kratz, the capital of Rubania, who happened to be in the streets that night and who saw the lights in the tower of the government palace shook their heads and hurried on their way with fear in their hearts for the Gerka was the most dangerous organization in all Rubania and for that matter one of the most powerful groups of secret police in the whole world.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Lights glowed brightly in the large, bare tower room which was the headquarters of the Gerka, secret police organization of Rubania.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Residents of Kratz, the capital of Rubania, who happened to be in the streets that night and who saw the lights in the tower of the government palace shook their heads and hurried on their way with fear in their hearts for the Gerka was the most dangerous organization in all Rubania and for that matter one of the most powerful groups of secret police in the whole world.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Residents of Kratz, the capital of Rubania, who happened to be in the streets that night and who saw the lights in the tower of the government palace shook their heads and hurried on their way with fear in their hearts for the Gerka was the most dangerous organization in all Rubania and for that matter one of the most powerful groups of secret police in the whole world.
only
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From this reading It was midnight and a meeting of the supreme council of the Gerka at that hour could mean only the most urgent business.
organization
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From this reading Lights glowed brightly in the large, bare tower room which was the headquarters of the Gerka, secret police organization of Rubania.
palace
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From this reading Residents of Kratz, the capital of Rubania, who happened to be in the streets that night and who saw the lights in the tower of the government palace shook their heads and hurried on their way with fear in their hearts for the Gerka was the most dangerous organization in all Rubania and for that matter one of the most powerful groups of secret police in the whole world.
police
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From this reading Lights glowed brightly in the large, bare tower room which was the headquarters of the Gerka, secret police organization of Rubania.
powerful
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From this reading Residents of Kratz, the capital of Rubania, who happened to be in the streets that night and who saw the lights in the tower of the government palace shook their heads and hurried on their way with fear in their hearts for the Gerka was the most dangerous organization in all Rubania and for that matter one of the most powerful groups of secret police in the whole world.
Prussia
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From this reading The creation of the new Europe which had followed the World War had resulted in the formation of Rubania, a rich, fertile land east of Prussia.
Publishing
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From this reading The Goldsmith Publishing Company New York Made in U. S. A.
Residents
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From this reading Residents of Kratz, the capital of Rubania, who happened to be in the streets that night and who saw the lights in the tower of the government palace shook their heads and hurried on their way with fear in their hearts for the Gerka was the most dangerous organization in all Rubania and for that matter one of the most powerful groups of secret police in the whole world.
resulted
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From this reading The creation of the new Europe which had followed the World War had resulted in the formation of Rubania, a rich, fertile land east of Prussia.
rich
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From this reading The creation of the new Europe which had followed the World War had resulted in the formation of Rubania, a rich, fertile land east of Prussia.
room
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From this reading Lights glowed brightly in the large, bare tower room which was the headquarters of the Gerka, secret police organization of Rubania.
Rubania
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From this reading Lights glowed brightly in the large, bare tower room which was the headquarters of the Gerka, secret police organization of Rubania.
S
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From this reading The Goldsmith Publishing Company New York Made in U. S. A.
saw
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From this reading Residents of Kratz, the capital of Rubania, who happened to be in the streets that night and who saw the lights in the tower of the government palace shook their heads and hurried on their way with fear in their hearts for the Gerka was the most dangerous organization in all Rubania and for that matter one of the most powerful groups of secret police in the whole world.
secretnounUS /ˈsiː.krət/
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading Lights glowed brightly in the large, bare tower room which was the headquarters of the Gerka, secret police organization of Rubania.
shook
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From this reading Residents of Kratz, the capital of Rubania, who happened to be in the streets that night and who saw the lights in the tower of the government palace shook their heads and hurried on their way with fear in their hearts for the Gerka was the most dangerous organization in all Rubania and for that matter one of the most powerful groups of secret police in the whole world.
streets
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From this reading Residents of Kratz, the capital of Rubania, who happened to be in the streets that night and who saw the lights in the tower of the government palace shook their heads and hurried on their way with fear in their hearts for the Gerka was the most dangerous organization in all Rubania and for that matter one of the most powerful groups of secret police in the whole world.
supreme
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From this reading It was midnight and a meeting of the supreme council of the Gerka at that hour could mean only the most urgent business.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was midnight and a meeting of the supreme council of the Gerka at that hour could mean only the most urgent business.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Goldsmith Publishing Company New York Made in U. S. A.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Residents of Kratz, the capital of Rubania, who happened to be in the streets that night and who saw the lights in the tower of the government palace shook their heads and hurried on their way with fear in their hearts for the Gerka was the most dangerous organization in all Rubania and for that matter one of the most powerful groups of secret police in the whole world.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Residents of Kratz, the capital of Rubania, who happened to be in the streets that night and who saw the lights in the tower of the government palace shook their heads and hurried on their way with fear in their hearts for the Gerka was the most dangerous organization in all Rubania and for that matter one of the most powerful groups of secret police in the whole world.
tower
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From this reading Lights glowed brightly in the large, bare tower room which was the headquarters of the Gerka, secret police organization of Rubania.
U
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From this reading The Goldsmith Publishing Company New York Made in U. S. A.
urgent
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From this reading It was midnight and a meeting of the supreme council of the Gerka at that hour could mean only the most urgent business.
War
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From this reading The creation of the new Europe which had followed the World War had resulted in the formation of Rubania, a rich, fertile land east of Prussia.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Lights glowed brightly in the large, bare tower room which was the headquarters of the Gerka, secret police organization of Rubania.
way
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From this reading Residents of Kratz, the capital of Rubania, who happened to be in the streets that night and who saw the lights in the tower of the government palace shook their heads and hurried on their way with fear in their hearts for the Gerka was the most dangerous organization in all Rubania and for that matter one of the most powerful groups of secret police in the whole world.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Lights glowed brightly in the large, bare tower room which was the headquarters of the Gerka, secret police organization of Rubania.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Residents of Kratz, the capital of Rubania, who happened to be in the streets that night and who saw the lights in the tower of the government palace shook their heads and hurried on their way with fear in their hearts for the Gerka was the most dangerous organization in all Rubania and for that matter one of the most powerful groups of secret police in the whole world.
whole
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From this reading Residents of Kratz, the capital of Rubania, who happened to be in the streets that night and who saw the lights in the tower of the government palace shook their heads and hurried on their way with fear in their hearts for the Gerka was the most dangerous organization in all Rubania and for that matter one of the most powerful groups of secret police in the whole world.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Residents of Kratz, the capital of Rubania, who happened to be in the streets that night and who saw the lights in the tower of the government palace shook their heads and hurried on their way with fear in their hearts for the Gerka was the most dangerous organization in all Rubania and for that matter one of the most powerful groups of secret police in the whole world.
world
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From this reading Residents of Kratz, the capital of Rubania, who happened to be in the streets that night and who saw the lights in the tower of the government palace shook their heads and hurried on their way with fear in their hearts for the Gerka was the most dangerous organization in all Rubania and for that matter one of the most powerful groups of secret police in the whole world.
York
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From this reading The Goldsmith Publishing Company New York Made in U. S. A.
