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andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _The Magnetic Trap_ Upon those squares and oblongs of bare earth, incredible as it seemed, rose the structures of the Invisible Empire, themselves both invisible and transparent, so that one looked straight down through them and saw only the ground beneath them.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading _The Magnetic Trap_ Upon those squares and oblongs of bare earth, incredible as it seemed, rose the structures of the Invisible Empire, themselves both invisible and transparent, so that one looked straight down through them and saw only the ground beneath them.
bare
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From this reading _The Magnetic Trap_ Upon those squares and oblongs of bare earth, incredible as it seemed, rose the structures of the Invisible Empire, themselves both invisible and transparent, so that one looked straight down through them and saw only the ground beneath them.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Every interior floor and girder must have been treated with the gas.
beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading _The Magnetic Trap_ Upon those squares and oblongs of bare earth, incredible as it seemed, rose the structures of the Invisible Empire, themselves both invisible and transparent, so that one looked straight down through them and saw only the ground beneath them.
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading _The Magnetic Trap_ Upon those squares and oblongs of bare earth, incredible as it seemed, rose the structures of the Invisible Empire, themselves both invisible and transparent, so that one looked straight down through them and saw only the ground beneath them.
buildings
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From this reading They must have discovered some permanent means of charging paint with the shadow-breaking gas, so that the buildings would remain invisible for months and years instead of hours.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But they had not been cunning enough.
charging
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From this reading They must have discovered some permanent means of charging paint with the shadow-breaking gas, so that the buildings would remain invisible for months and years instead of hours.
cunning
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From this reading They had been cunning.
discovered
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From this reading They must have discovered some permanent means of charging paint with the shadow-breaking gas, so that the buildings would remain invisible for months and years instead of hours.
down
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From this reading _The Magnetic Trap_ Upon those squares and oblongs of bare earth, incredible as it seemed, rose the structures of the Invisible Empire, themselves both invisible and transparent, so that one looked straight down through them and saw only the ground beneath them.
earth
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From this reading _The Magnetic Trap_ Upon those squares and oblongs of bare earth, incredible as it seemed, rose the structures of the Invisible Empire, themselves both invisible and transparent, so that one looked straight down through them and saw only the ground beneath them.
Empire
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From this reading _The Magnetic Trap_ Upon those squares and oblongs of bare earth, incredible as it seemed, rose the structures of the Invisible Empire, themselves both invisible and transparent, so that one looked straight down through them and saw only the ground beneath them.
enough
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From this reading But they had not been cunning enough.
EverydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Every interior floor and girder must have been treated with the gas.
floor
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From this reading Every interior floor and girder must have been treated with the gas.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading They must have discovered some permanent means of charging paint with the shadow-breaking gas, so that the buildings would remain invisible for months and years instead of hours.
gas
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From this reading Every interior floor and girder must have been treated with the gas.
girder
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From this reading Every interior floor and girder must have been treated with the gas.
ground
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From this reading _The Magnetic Trap_ Upon those squares and oblongs of bare earth, incredible as it seemed, rose the structures of the Invisible Empire, themselves both invisible and transparent, so that one looked straight down through them and saw only the ground beneath them.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading They had been cunning.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Every interior floor and girder must have been treated with the gas.
hours
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From this reading They must have discovered some permanent means of charging paint with the shadow-breaking gas, so that the buildings would remain invisible for months and years instead of hours.
incredible
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From this reading _The Magnetic Trap_ Upon those squares and oblongs of bare earth, incredible as it seemed, rose the structures of the Invisible Empire, themselves both invisible and transparent, so that one looked straight down through them and saw only the ground beneath them.
instead
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From this reading They must have discovered some permanent means of charging paint with the shadow-breaking gas, so that the buildings would remain invisible for months and years instead of hours.
interior
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From this reading Every interior floor and girder must have been treated with the gas.
Invisible
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From this reading _The Magnetic Trap_ Upon those squares and oblongs of bare earth, incredible as it seemed, rose the structures of the Invisible Empire, themselves both invisible and transparent, so that one looked straight down through them and saw only the ground beneath them.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading _The Magnetic Trap_ Upon those squares and oblongs of bare earth, incredible as it seemed, rose the structures of the Invisible Empire, themselves both invisible and transparent, so that one looked straight down through them and saw only the ground beneath them.
looked
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From this reading _The Magnetic Trap_ Upon those squares and oblongs of bare earth, incredible as it seemed, rose the structures of the Invisible Empire, themselves both invisible and transparent, so that one looked straight down through them and saw only the ground beneath them.
Magnetic
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From this reading _The Magnetic Trap_ Upon those squares and oblongs of bare earth, incredible as it seemed, rose the structures of the Invisible Empire, themselves both invisible and transparent, so that one looked straight down through them and saw only the ground beneath them.
means
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From this reading They must have discovered some permanent means of charging paint with the shadow-breaking gas, so that the buildings would remain invisible for months and years instead of hours.
months
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From this reading They must have discovered some permanent means of charging paint with the shadow-breaking gas, so that the buildings would remain invisible for months and years instead of hours.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Every interior floor and girder must have been treated with the gas.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading But they had not been cunning enough.
oblongs
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From this reading _The Magnetic Trap_ Upon those squares and oblongs of bare earth, incredible as it seemed, rose the structures of the Invisible Empire, themselves both invisible and transparent, so that one looked straight down through them and saw only the ground beneath them.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _The Magnetic Trap_ Upon those squares and oblongs of bare earth, incredible as it seemed, rose the structures of the Invisible Empire, themselves both invisible and transparent, so that one looked straight down through them and saw only the ground beneath them.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading _The Magnetic Trap_ Upon those squares and oblongs of bare earth, incredible as it seemed, rose the structures of the Invisible Empire, themselves both invisible and transparent, so that one looked straight down through them and saw only the ground beneath them.
only
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From this reading _The Magnetic Trap_ Upon those squares and oblongs of bare earth, incredible as it seemed, rose the structures of the Invisible Empire, themselves both invisible and transparent, so that one looked straight down through them and saw only the ground beneath them.
paint
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From this reading They must have discovered some permanent means of charging paint with the shadow-breaking gas, so that the buildings would remain invisible for months and years instead of hours.
permanent
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From this reading They must have discovered some permanent means of charging paint with the shadow-breaking gas, so that the buildings would remain invisible for months and years instead of hours.
remain
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From this reading They must have discovered some permanent means of charging paint with the shadow-breaking gas, so that the buildings would remain invisible for months and years instead of hours.
rose
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From this reading _The Magnetic Trap_ Upon those squares and oblongs of bare earth, incredible as it seemed, rose the structures of the Invisible Empire, themselves both invisible and transparent, so that one looked straight down through them and saw only the ground beneath them.
saw
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From this reading _The Magnetic Trap_ Upon those squares and oblongs of bare earth, incredible as it seemed, rose the structures of the Invisible Empire, themselves both invisible and transparent, so that one looked straight down through them and saw only the ground beneath them.
seemed
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From this reading _The Magnetic Trap_ Upon those squares and oblongs of bare earth, incredible as it seemed, rose the structures of the Invisible Empire, themselves both invisible and transparent, so that one looked straight down through them and saw only the ground beneath them.
shadow-breaking
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From this reading They must have discovered some permanent means of charging paint with the shadow-breaking gas, so that the buildings would remain invisible for months and years instead of hours.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading _The Magnetic Trap_ Upon those squares and oblongs of bare earth, incredible as it seemed, rose the structures of the Invisible Empire, themselves both invisible and transparent, so that one looked straight down through them and saw only the ground beneath them.
some
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From this reading They must have discovered some permanent means of charging paint with the shadow-breaking gas, so that the buildings would remain invisible for months and years instead of hours.
squares
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From this reading _The Magnetic Trap_ Upon those squares and oblongs of bare earth, incredible as it seemed, rose the structures of the Invisible Empire, themselves both invisible and transparent, so that one looked straight down through them and saw only the ground beneath them.
straight
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From this reading _The Magnetic Trap_ Upon those squares and oblongs of bare earth, incredible as it seemed, rose the structures of the Invisible Empire, themselves both invisible and transparent, so that one looked straight down through them and saw only the ground beneath them.
structures
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From this reading _The Magnetic Trap_ Upon those squares and oblongs of bare earth, incredible as it seemed, rose the structures of the Invisible Empire, themselves both invisible and transparent, so that one looked straight down through them and saw only the ground beneath them.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading _The Magnetic Trap_ Upon those squares and oblongs of bare earth, incredible as it seemed, rose the structures of the Invisible Empire, themselves both invisible and transparent, so that one looked straight down through them and saw only the ground beneath them.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _The Magnetic Trap_ Upon those squares and oblongs of bare earth, incredible as it seemed, rose the structures of the Invisible Empire, themselves both invisible and transparent, so that one looked straight down through them and saw only the ground beneath them.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading _The Magnetic Trap_ Upon those squares and oblongs of bare earth, incredible as it seemed, rose the structures of the Invisible Empire, themselves both invisible and transparent, so that one looked straight down through them and saw only the ground beneath them.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading _The Magnetic Trap_ Upon those squares and oblongs of bare earth, incredible as it seemed, rose the structures of the Invisible Empire, themselves both invisible and transparent, so that one looked straight down through them and saw only the ground beneath them.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They had been cunning.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading _The Magnetic Trap_ Upon those squares and oblongs of bare earth, incredible as it seemed, rose the structures of the Invisible Empire, themselves both invisible and transparent, so that one looked straight down through them and saw only the ground beneath them.
throughprepositionUS /θruː/
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading _The Magnetic Trap_ Upon those squares and oblongs of bare earth, incredible as it seemed, rose the structures of the Invisible Empire, themselves both invisible and transparent, so that one looked straight down through them and saw only the ground beneath them.
transparent
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From this reading _The Magnetic Trap_ Upon those squares and oblongs of bare earth, incredible as it seemed, rose the structures of the Invisible Empire, themselves both invisible and transparent, so that one looked straight down through them and saw only the ground beneath them.
Trap
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From this reading _The Magnetic Trap_ Upon those squares and oblongs of bare earth, incredible as it seemed, rose the structures of the Invisible Empire, themselves both invisible and transparent, so that one looked straight down through them and saw only the ground beneath them.
treated
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From this reading Every interior floor and girder must have been treated with the gas.
UponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading _The Magnetic Trap_ Upon those squares and oblongs of bare earth, incredible as it seemed, rose the structures of the Invisible Empire, themselves both invisible and transparent, so that one looked straight down through them and saw only the ground beneath them.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Every interior floor and girder must have been treated with the gas.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading They must have discovered some permanent means of charging paint with the shadow-breaking gas, so that the buildings would remain invisible for months and years instead of hours.
years
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From this reading They must have discovered some permanent means of charging paint with the shadow-breaking gas, so that the buildings would remain invisible for months and years instead of hours.
