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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 Lunar Cubes_ For a long time Sarka and Jaska remained still, like sentinels, listening to the strange discord which seemed to emanate from behind the hill at whose base they crouched.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading "There against the sky, beyond and between those two waving tentacles!
all
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From this reading It looks like a massive column just lighter than everything around it, yet so little lighter that you have to watch closely to see it at all?"
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _The Lunar Cubes_ For a long time Sarka and Jaska remained still, like sentinels, listening to the strange discord which seemed to emanate from behind the hill at whose base they crouched.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading It looks like a massive column just lighter than everything around it, yet so little lighter that you have to watch closely to see it at all?"
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading _The Lunar Cubes_ For a long time Sarka and Jaska remained still, like sentinels, listening to the strange discord which seemed to emanate from behind the hill at whose base they crouched.
base
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From this reading _The Lunar Cubes_ For a long time Sarka and Jaska remained still, like sentinels, listening to the strange discord which seemed to emanate from behind the hill at whose base they crouched.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading _The Lunar Cubes_ For a long time Sarka and Jaska remained still, like sentinels, listening to the strange discord which seemed to emanate from behind the hill at whose base they crouched.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading "There against the sky, beyond and between those two waving tentacles!
beyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/
on the far side of; further than
From this reading "There against the sky, beyond and between those two waving tentacles!
closely
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From this reading It looks like a massive column just lighter than everything around it, yet so little lighter that you have to watch closely to see it at all?"
column
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From this reading Note that column of light, scarcely lighter than the light which surrounds it everywhere?
crouched
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From this reading _The Lunar Cubes_ For a long time Sarka and Jaska remained still, like sentinels, listening to the strange discord which seemed to emanate from behind the hill at whose base they crouched.
Cubes
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From this reading _The Lunar Cubes_ For a long time Sarka and Jaska remained still, like sentinels, listening to the strange discord which seemed to emanate from behind the hill at whose base they crouched.
discord
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From this reading _The Lunar Cubes_ For a long time Sarka and Jaska remained still, like sentinels, listening to the strange discord which seemed to emanate from behind the hill at whose base they crouched.
emanate
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From this reading _The Lunar Cubes_ For a long time Sarka and Jaska remained still, like sentinels, listening to the strange discord which seemed to emanate from behind the hill at whose base they crouched.
everythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/
all things; all of a situation
From this reading It looks like a massive column just lighter than everything around it, yet so little lighter that you have to watch closely to see it at all?"
everywhere
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From this reading Note that column of light, scarcely lighter than the light which surrounds it everywhere?
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading _The Lunar Cubes_ For a long time Sarka and Jaska remained still, like sentinels, listening to the strange discord which seemed to emanate from behind the hill at whose base they crouched.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading _The Lunar Cubes_ For a long time Sarka and Jaska remained still, like sentinels, listening to the strange discord which seemed to emanate from behind the hill at whose base they crouched.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading It looks like a massive column just lighter than everything around it, yet so little lighter that you have to watch closely to see it at all?"
hill
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From this reading _The Lunar Cubes_ For a long time Sarka and Jaska remained still, like sentinels, listening to the strange discord which seemed to emanate from behind the hill at whose base they crouched.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Note that column of light, scarcely lighter than the light which surrounds it everywhere?
Jaska
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From this reading _The Lunar Cubes_ For a long time Sarka and Jaska remained still, like sentinels, listening to the strange discord which seemed to emanate from behind the hill at whose base they crouched.
just
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From this reading It looks like a massive column just lighter than everything around it, yet so little lighter that you have to watch closely to see it at all?"
last
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From this reading "Look!" said Sarka at last.
light
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From this reading Note that column of light, scarcely lighter than the light which surrounds it everywhere?
lighter
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From this reading Note that column of light, scarcely lighter than the light which surrounds it everywhere?
like
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From this reading _The Lunar Cubes_ For a long time Sarka and Jaska remained still, like sentinels, listening to the strange discord which seemed to emanate from behind the hill at whose base they crouched.
listening
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From this reading _The Lunar Cubes_ For a long time Sarka and Jaska remained still, like sentinels, listening to the strange discord which seemed to emanate from behind the hill at whose base they crouched.
little
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From this reading It looks like a massive column just lighter than everything around it, yet so little lighter that you have to watch closely to see it at all?"
long
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From this reading _The Lunar Cubes_ For a long time Sarka and Jaska remained still, like sentinels, listening to the strange discord which seemed to emanate from behind the hill at whose base they crouched.
Look
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From this reading "Look!" said Sarka at last.
looks
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From this reading It looks like a massive column just lighter than everything around it, yet so little lighter that you have to watch closely to see it at all?"
Lunar
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From this reading _The Lunar Cubes_ For a long time Sarka and Jaska remained still, like sentinels, listening to the strange discord which seemed to emanate from behind the hill at whose base they crouched.
massive
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From this reading It looks like a massive column just lighter than everything around it, yet so little lighter that you have to watch closely to see it at all?"
Note
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From this reading Note that column of light, scarcely lighter than the light which surrounds it everywhere?
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Note that column of light, scarcely lighter than the light which surrounds it everywhere?
remained
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From this reading _The Lunar Cubes_ For a long time Sarka and Jaska remained still, like sentinels, listening to the strange discord which seemed to emanate from behind the hill at whose base they crouched.
said
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From this reading "Look!" said Sarka at last.
Sarka
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From this reading _The Lunar Cubes_ For a long time Sarka and Jaska remained still, like sentinels, listening to the strange discord which seemed to emanate from behind the hill at whose base they crouched.
scarcely
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From this reading Note that column of light, scarcely lighter than the light which surrounds it everywhere?
see
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From this reading It looks like a massive column just lighter than everything around it, yet so little lighter that you have to watch closely to see it at all?"
seemed
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From this reading _The Lunar Cubes_ For a long time Sarka and Jaska remained still, like sentinels, listening to the strange discord which seemed to emanate from behind the hill at whose base they crouched.
sentinels
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From this reading _The Lunar Cubes_ For a long time Sarka and Jaska remained still, like sentinels, listening to the strange discord which seemed to emanate from behind the hill at whose base they crouched.
sky
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From this reading "There against the sky, beyond and between those two waving tentacles!
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading It looks like a massive column just lighter than everything around it, yet so little lighter that you have to watch closely to see it at all?"
still
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From this reading _The Lunar Cubes_ For a long time Sarka and Jaska remained still, like sentinels, listening to the strange discord which seemed to emanate from behind the hill at whose base they crouched.
strange
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From this reading _The Lunar Cubes_ For a long time Sarka and Jaska remained still, like sentinels, listening to the strange discord which seemed to emanate from behind the hill at whose base they crouched.
surrounds
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From this reading Note that column of light, scarcely lighter than the light which surrounds it everywhere?
tentacles
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From this reading "There against the sky, beyond and between those two waving tentacles!
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Note that column of light, scarcely lighter than the light which surrounds it everywhere?
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Note that column of light, scarcely lighter than the light which surrounds it everywhere?
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _The Lunar Cubes_ For a long time Sarka and Jaska remained still, like sentinels, listening to the strange discord which seemed to emanate from behind the hill at whose base they crouched.
There
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From this reading "There against the sky, beyond and between those two waving tentacles!
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading _The Lunar Cubes_ For a long time Sarka and Jaska remained still, like sentinels, listening to the strange discord which seemed to emanate from behind the hill at whose base they crouched.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading "There against the sky, beyond and between those two waving tentacles!
time
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From this reading _The Lunar Cubes_ For a long time Sarka and Jaska remained still, like sentinels, listening to the strange discord which seemed to emanate from behind the hill at whose base they crouched.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _The Lunar Cubes_ For a long time Sarka and Jaska remained still, like sentinels, listening to the strange discord which seemed to emanate from behind the hill at whose base they crouched.
two
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From this reading "There against the sky, beyond and between those two waving tentacles!
watch
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From this reading It looks like a massive column just lighter than everything around it, yet so little lighter that you have to watch closely to see it at all?"
waving
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From this reading "There against the sky, beyond and between those two waving tentacles!
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading _The Lunar Cubes_ For a long time Sarka and Jaska remained still, like sentinels, listening to the strange discord which seemed to emanate from behind the hill at whose base they crouched.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading _The Lunar Cubes_ For a long time Sarka and Jaska remained still, like sentinels, listening to the strange discord which seemed to emanate from behind the hill at whose base they crouched.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading It looks like a massive column just lighter than everything around it, yet so little lighter that you have to watch closely to see it at all?"
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading It looks like a massive column just lighter than everything around it, yet so little lighter that you have to watch closely to see it at all?"
