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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 Until the morning light stole in at the windows Storm paced the floor in a frenzy of consternation.
air
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From this reading The crumbling of his air castles had left him stunned, and he remembered nothing of the rest of the interview save that George had moralized interminably and in leaving at last had harked back to the Millard boy.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mirage Storm realized later when the dawn brought coherency of thought that it was blind instinct alone, not conscious will, which had enabled him to shield the death blow that had been given him from George Holworthy’s peering eyes.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Surely he would not have droned on of trivialities had he gleaned an inkling of the tumult in his host’s brain!
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The crumbling of his air castles had left him stunned, and he remembered nothing of the rest of the interview save that George had moralized interminably and in leaving at last had harked back to the Millard boy.
apprehended
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From this reading He had one slender hope: that the false Du Chainat would be apprehended.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The crumbling of his air castles had left him stunned, and he remembered nothing of the rest of the interview save that George had moralized interminably and in leaving at last had harked back to the Millard boy.
back
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From this reading The crumbling of his air castles had left him stunned, and he remembered nothing of the rest of the interview save that George had moralized interminably and in leaving at last had harked back to the Millard boy.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading He had one slender hope: that the false Du Chainat would be apprehended.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Mirage Storm realized later when the dawn brought coherency of thought that it was blind instinct alone, not conscious will, which had enabled him to shield the death blow that had been given him from George Holworthy’s peering eyes.
blind
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From this reading Mirage Storm realized later when the dawn brought coherency of thought that it was blind instinct alone, not conscious will, which had enabled him to shield the death blow that had been given him from George Holworthy’s peering eyes.
blow
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From this reading Mirage Storm realized later when the dawn brought coherency of thought that it was blind instinct alone, not conscious will, which had enabled him to shield the death blow that had been given him from George Holworthy’s peering eyes.
boy
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From this reading The crumbling of his air castles had left him stunned, and he remembered nothing of the rest of the interview save that George had moralized interminably and in leaving at last had harked back to the Millard boy.
brain
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From this reading Surely he would not have droned on of trivialities had he gleaned an inkling of the tumult in his host’s brain!
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Mirage Storm realized later when the dawn brought coherency of thought that it was blind instinct alone, not conscious will, which had enabled him to shield the death blow that had been given him from George Holworthy’s peering eyes.
castles
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From this reading The crumbling of his air castles had left him stunned, and he remembered nothing of the rest of the interview save that George had moralized interminably and in leaving at last had harked back to the Millard boy.
Chainat
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From this reading He had one slender hope: that the false Du Chainat would be apprehended.
coherency
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From this reading Mirage Storm realized later when the dawn brought coherency of thought that it was blind instinct alone, not conscious will, which had enabled him to shield the death blow that had been given him from George Holworthy’s peering eyes.
conscious
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From this reading Mirage Storm realized later when the dawn brought coherency of thought that it was blind instinct alone, not conscious will, which had enabled him to shield the death blow that had been given him from George Holworthy’s peering eyes.
consternation
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From this reading Until the morning light stole in at the windows Storm paced the floor in a frenzy of consternation.
crumbling
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From this reading The crumbling of his air castles had left him stunned, and he remembered nothing of the rest of the interview save that George had moralized interminably and in leaving at last had harked back to the Millard boy.
dawn
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From this reading Mirage Storm realized later when the dawn brought coherency of thought that it was blind instinct alone, not conscious will, which had enabled him to shield the death blow that had been given him from George Holworthy’s peering eyes.
death
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From this reading Mirage Storm realized later when the dawn brought coherency of thought that it was blind instinct alone, not conscious will, which had enabled him to shield the death blow that had been given him from George Holworthy’s peering eyes.
droned
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From this reading Surely he would not have droned on of trivialities had he gleaned an inkling of the tumult in his host’s brain!
Du
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From this reading He had one slender hope: that the false Du Chainat would be apprehended.
enabled
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From this reading Mirage Storm realized later when the dawn brought coherency of thought that it was blind instinct alone, not conscious will, which had enabled him to shield the death blow that had been given him from George Holworthy’s peering eyes.
eyes
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From this reading Mirage Storm realized later when the dawn brought coherency of thought that it was blind instinct alone, not conscious will, which had enabled him to shield the death blow that had been given him from George Holworthy’s peering eyes.
false
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From this reading He had one slender hope: that the false Du Chainat would be apprehended.
floor
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From this reading Until the morning light stole in at the windows Storm paced the floor in a frenzy of consternation.
frenzy
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From this reading Until the morning light stole in at the windows Storm paced the floor in a frenzy of consternation.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Mirage Storm realized later when the dawn brought coherency of thought that it was blind instinct alone, not conscious will, which had enabled him to shield the death blow that had been given him from George Holworthy’s peering eyes.
George
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From this reading Mirage Storm realized later when the dawn brought coherency of thought that it was blind instinct alone, not conscious will, which had enabled him to shield the death blow that had been given him from George Holworthy’s peering eyes.
given
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From this reading Mirage Storm realized later when the dawn brought coherency of thought that it was blind instinct alone, not conscious will, which had enabled him to shield the death blow that had been given him from George Holworthy’s peering eyes.
gleaned
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From this reading Surely he would not have droned on of trivialities had he gleaned an inkling of the tumult in his host’s brain!
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Mirage Storm realized later when the dawn brought coherency of thought that it was blind instinct alone, not conscious will, which had enabled him to shield the death blow that had been given him from George Holworthy’s peering eyes.
harked
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From this reading The crumbling of his air castles had left him stunned, and he remembered nothing of the rest of the interview save that George had moralized interminably and in leaving at last had harked back to the Millard boy.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Surely he would not have droned on of trivialities had he gleaned an inkling of the tumult in his host’s brain!
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The crumbling of his air castles had left him stunned, and he remembered nothing of the rest of the interview save that George had moralized interminably and in leaving at last had harked back to the Millard boy.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Mirage Storm realized later when the dawn brought coherency of thought that it was blind instinct alone, not conscious will, which had enabled him to shield the death blow that had been given him from George Holworthy’s peering eyes.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The crumbling of his air castles had left him stunned, and he remembered nothing of the rest of the interview save that George had moralized interminably and in leaving at last had harked back to the Millard boy.
Holworthy's
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From this reading Mirage Storm realized later when the dawn brought coherency of thought that it was blind instinct alone, not conscious will, which had enabled him to shield the death blow that had been given him from George Holworthy’s peering eyes.
hope
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From this reading He had one slender hope: that the false Du Chainat would be apprehended.
host's
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From this reading Surely he would not have droned on of trivialities had he gleaned an inkling of the tumult in his host’s brain!
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The crumbling of his air castles had left him stunned, and he remembered nothing of the rest of the interview save that George had moralized interminably and in leaving at last had harked back to the Millard boy.
inkling
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From this reading Surely he would not have droned on of trivialities had he gleaned an inkling of the tumult in his host’s brain!
instinct
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From this reading Mirage Storm realized later when the dawn brought coherency of thought that it was blind instinct alone, not conscious will, which had enabled him to shield the death blow that had been given him from George Holworthy’s peering eyes.
interminably
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From this reading The crumbling of his air castles had left him stunned, and he remembered nothing of the rest of the interview save that George had moralized interminably and in leaving at last had harked back to the Millard boy.
interview
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From this reading The crumbling of his air castles had left him stunned, and he remembered nothing of the rest of the interview save that George had moralized interminably and in leaving at last had harked back to the Millard boy.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Mirage Storm realized later when the dawn brought coherency of thought that it was blind instinct alone, not conscious will, which had enabled him to shield the death blow that had been given him from George Holworthy’s peering eyes.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The crumbling of his air castles had left him stunned, and he remembered nothing of the rest of the interview save that George had moralized interminably and in leaving at last had harked back to the Millard boy.
later
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From this reading Mirage Storm realized later when the dawn brought coherency of thought that it was blind instinct alone, not conscious will, which had enabled him to shield the death blow that had been given him from George Holworthy’s peering eyes.
leaving
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From this reading The crumbling of his air castles had left him stunned, and he remembered nothing of the rest of the interview save that George had moralized interminably and in leaving at last had harked back to the Millard boy.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The crumbling of his air castles had left him stunned, and he remembered nothing of the rest of the interview save that George had moralized interminably and in leaving at last had harked back to the Millard boy.
light
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From this reading Until the morning light stole in at the windows Storm paced the floor in a frenzy of consternation.
Millard
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From this reading The crumbling of his air castles had left him stunned, and he remembered nothing of the rest of the interview save that George had moralized interminably and in leaving at last had harked back to the Millard boy.
Mirage
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From this reading Mirage Storm realized later when the dawn brought coherency of thought that it was blind instinct alone, not conscious will, which had enabled him to shield the death blow that had been given him from George Holworthy’s peering eyes.
moralized
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From this reading The crumbling of his air castles had left him stunned, and he remembered nothing of the rest of the interview save that George had moralized interminably and in leaving at last had harked back to the Millard boy.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Until the morning light stole in at the windows Storm paced the floor in a frenzy of consternation.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Mirage Storm realized later when the dawn brought coherency of thought that it was blind instinct alone, not conscious will, which had enabled him to shield the death blow that had been given him from George Holworthy’s peering eyes.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading The crumbling of his air castles had left him stunned, and he remembered nothing of the rest of the interview save that George had moralized interminably and in leaving at last had harked back to the Millard boy.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Mirage Storm realized later when the dawn brought coherency of thought that it was blind instinct alone, not conscious will, which had enabled him to shield the death blow that had been given him from George Holworthy’s peering eyes.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Surely he would not have droned on of trivialities had he gleaned an inkling of the tumult in his host’s brain!
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading He had one slender hope: that the false Du Chainat would be apprehended.
paced
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From this reading Until the morning light stole in at the windows Storm paced the floor in a frenzy of consternation.
peeringverbUS /ˈpɪrɪŋ/
looking closely or carefully
From this reading Mirage Storm realized later when the dawn brought coherency of thought that it was blind instinct alone, not conscious will, which had enabled him to shield the death blow that had been given him from George Holworthy’s peering eyes.
realized
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From this reading Mirage Storm realized later when the dawn brought coherency of thought that it was blind instinct alone, not conscious will, which had enabled him to shield the death blow that had been given him from George Holworthy’s peering eyes.
remembered
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From this reading The crumbling of his air castles had left him stunned, and he remembered nothing of the rest of the interview save that George had moralized interminably and in leaving at last had harked back to the Millard boy.
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The crumbling of his air castles had left him stunned, and he remembered nothing of the rest of the interview save that George had moralized interminably and in leaving at last had harked back to the Millard boy.
saveprepositionUS /seɪv/
except for; apart from
From this reading The crumbling of his air castles had left him stunned, and he remembered nothing of the rest of the interview save that George had moralized interminably and in leaving at last had harked back to the Millard boy.
shield
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From this reading Mirage Storm realized later when the dawn brought coherency of thought that it was blind instinct alone, not conscious will, which had enabled him to shield the death blow that had been given him from George Holworthy’s peering eyes.
slender
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From this reading He had one slender hope: that the false Du Chainat would be apprehended.
stole
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From this reading Until the morning light stole in at the windows Storm paced the floor in a frenzy of consternation.
Storm
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From this reading Mirage Storm realized later when the dawn brought coherency of thought that it was blind instinct alone, not conscious will, which had enabled him to shield the death blow that had been given him from George Holworthy’s peering eyes.
stunned
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From this reading The crumbling of his air castles had left him stunned, and he remembered nothing of the rest of the interview save that George had moralized interminably and in leaving at last had harked back to the Millard boy.
Surely
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From this reading Surely he would not have droned on of trivialities had he gleaned an inkling of the tumult in his host’s brain!
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Mirage Storm realized later when the dawn brought coherency of thought that it was blind instinct alone, not conscious will, which had enabled him to shield the death blow that had been given him from George Holworthy’s peering eyes.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Mirage Storm realized later when the dawn brought coherency of thought that it was blind instinct alone, not conscious will, which had enabled him to shield the death blow that had been given him from George Holworthy’s peering eyes.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mirage Storm realized later when the dawn brought coherency of thought that it was blind instinct alone, not conscious will, which had enabled him to shield the death blow that had been given him from George Holworthy’s peering eyes.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Mirage Storm realized later when the dawn brought coherency of thought that it was blind instinct alone, not conscious will, which had enabled him to shield the death blow that had been given him from George Holworthy’s peering eyes.
trivialities
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From this reading Surely he would not have droned on of trivialities had he gleaned an inkling of the tumult in his host’s brain!
tumult
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From this reading Surely he would not have droned on of trivialities had he gleaned an inkling of the tumult in his host’s brain!
UntilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading Until the morning light stole in at the windows Storm paced the floor in a frenzy of consternation.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Mirage Storm realized later when the dawn brought coherency of thought that it was blind instinct alone, not conscious will, which had enabled him to shield the death blow that had been given him from George Holworthy’s peering eyes.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Mirage Storm realized later when the dawn brought coherency of thought that it was blind instinct alone, not conscious will, which had enabled him to shield the death blow that had been given him from George Holworthy’s peering eyes.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Mirage Storm realized later when the dawn brought coherency of thought that it was blind instinct alone, not conscious will, which had enabled him to shield the death blow that had been given him from George Holworthy’s peering eyes.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Mirage Storm realized later when the dawn brought coherency of thought that it was blind instinct alone, not conscious will, which had enabled him to shield the death blow that had been given him from George Holworthy’s peering eyes.
windows
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From this reading Until the morning light stole in at the windows Storm paced the floor in a frenzy of consternation.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Surely he would not have droned on of trivialities had he gleaned an inkling of the tumult in his host’s brain!
