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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 Save for the workman, he was alone in a rotunda, open to the sky, and, as he had supposed, the whole upper portion of the dome had been flung back, leaving an immense aperture into which the sun was shining, flecking the interior with shafts of light.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Then he looked about him.
aloneadjectiveUS /əˈloʊn/
Having no one else present.
From this reading Save for the workman, he was alone in a rotunda, open to the sky, and, as he had supposed, the whole upper portion of the dome had been flung back, leaving an immense aperture into which the sun was shining, flecking the interior with shafts of light.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Save for the workman, he was alone in a rotunda, open to the sky, and, as he had supposed, the whole upper portion of the dome had been flung back, leaving an immense aperture into which the sun was shining, flecking the interior with shafts of light.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _In the Laboratory_ Not until the man's struggles had ceased, and he lay unconscious, panting, and blue in the face, did Dick release him.
aperture
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From this reading Save for the workman, he was alone in a rotunda, open to the sky, and, as he had supposed, the whole upper portion of the dome had been flung back, leaving an immense aperture into which the sun was shining, flecking the interior with shafts of light.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Save for the workman, he was alone in a rotunda, open to the sky, and, as he had supposed, the whole upper portion of the dome had been flung back, leaving an immense aperture into which the sun was shining, flecking the interior with shafts of light.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading There was nothing except an immense central shaft, up which ran a hollow pole of glass, cut off by the invisible paint at the summit of the dome.
back
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From this reading Save for the workman, he was alone in a rotunda, open to the sky, and, as he had supposed, the whole upper portion of the dome had been flung back, leaving an immense aperture into which the sun was shining, flecking the interior with shafts of light.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Save for the workman, he was alone in a rotunda, open to the sky, and, as he had supposed, the whole upper portion of the dome had been flung back, leaving an immense aperture into which the sun was shining, flecking the interior with shafts of light.
blue
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From this reading _In the Laboratory_ Not until the man's struggles had ceased, and he lay unconscious, panting, and blue in the face, did Dick release him.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading There was nothing except an immense central shaft, up which ran a hollow pole of glass, cut off by the invisible paint at the summit of the dome.
ceased
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From this reading _In the Laboratory_ Not until the man's struggles had ceased, and he lay unconscious, panting, and blue in the face, did Dick release him.
central
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From this reading There was nothing except an immense central shaft, up which ran a hollow pole of glass, cut off by the invisible paint at the summit of the dome.
cut
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From this reading There was nothing except an immense central shaft, up which ran a hollow pole of glass, cut off by the invisible paint at the summit of the dome.
degrees
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From this reading The temperature, despite the opening of the dome, must have been in excess of a hundred and twenty-five degrees.
despiteprepositionUS /dɪˈspaɪt/
although something is true; in spite of
From this reading The temperature, despite the opening of the dome, must have been in excess of a hundred and twenty-five degrees.
Dick
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From this reading _In the Laboratory_ Not until the man's struggles had ceased, and he lay unconscious, panting, and blue in the face, did Dick release him.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading _In the Laboratory_ Not until the man's struggles had ceased, and he lay unconscious, panting, and blue in the face, did Dick release him.
dome
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From this reading Save for the workman, he was alone in a rotunda, open to the sky, and, as he had supposed, the whole upper portion of the dome had been flung back, leaving an immense aperture into which the sun was shining, flecking the interior with shafts of light.
exceptprepositionUS /ɪkˈsept/
apart from; not including
From this reading There was nothing except an immense central shaft, up which ran a hollow pole of glass, cut off by the invisible paint at the summit of the dome.
excess
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From this reading The temperature, despite the opening of the dome, must have been in excess of a hundred and twenty-five degrees.
face
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From this reading _In the Laboratory_ Not until the man's struggles had ceased, and he lay unconscious, panting, and blue in the face, did Dick release him.
flecking
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From this reading Save for the workman, he was alone in a rotunda, open to the sky, and, as he had supposed, the whole upper portion of the dome had been flung back, leaving an immense aperture into which the sun was shining, flecking the interior with shafts of light.
flung
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From this reading Save for the workman, he was alone in a rotunda, open to the sky, and, as he had supposed, the whole upper portion of the dome had been flung back, leaving an immense aperture into which the sun was shining, flecking the interior with shafts of light.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Save for the workman, he was alone in a rotunda, open to the sky, and, as he had supposed, the whole upper portion of the dome had been flung back, leaving an immense aperture into which the sun was shining, flecking the interior with shafts of light.
glass
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From this reading There was nothing except an immense central shaft, up which ran a hollow pole of glass, cut off by the invisible paint at the summit of the dome.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading _In the Laboratory_ Not until the man's struggles had ceased, and he lay unconscious, panting, and blue in the face, did Dick release him.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The temperature, despite the opening of the dome, must have been in excess of a hundred and twenty-five degrees.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading _In the Laboratory_ Not until the man's struggles had ceased, and he lay unconscious, panting, and blue in the face, did Dick release him.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading _In the Laboratory_ Not until the man's struggles had ceased, and he lay unconscious, panting, and blue in the face, did Dick release him.
hollow
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From this reading There was nothing except an immense central shaft, up which ran a hollow pole of glass, cut off by the invisible paint at the summit of the dome.
hundred
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From this reading The temperature, despite the opening of the dome, must have been in excess of a hundred and twenty-five degrees.
immense
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From this reading Save for the workman, he was alone in a rotunda, open to the sky, and, as he had supposed, the whole upper portion of the dome had been flung back, leaving an immense aperture into which the sun was shining, flecking the interior with shafts of light.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _In the Laboratory_ Not until the man's struggles had ceased, and he lay unconscious, panting, and blue in the face, did Dick release him.
interior
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From this reading Save for the workman, he was alone in a rotunda, open to the sky, and, as he had supposed, the whole upper portion of the dome had been flung back, leaving an immense aperture into which the sun was shining, flecking the interior with shafts of light.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Save for the workman, he was alone in a rotunda, open to the sky, and, as he had supposed, the whole upper portion of the dome had been flung back, leaving an immense aperture into which the sun was shining, flecking the interior with shafts of light.
invisible
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From this reading There was nothing except an immense central shaft, up which ran a hollow pole of glass, cut off by the invisible paint at the summit of the dome.
Laboratory
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From this reading _In the Laboratory_ Not until the man's struggles had ceased, and he lay unconscious, panting, and blue in the face, did Dick release him.
lay
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From this reading _In the Laboratory_ Not until the man's struggles had ceased, and he lay unconscious, panting, and blue in the face, did Dick release him.
leaving
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From this reading Save for the workman, he was alone in a rotunda, open to the sky, and, as he had supposed, the whole upper portion of the dome had been flung back, leaving an immense aperture into which the sun was shining, flecking the interior with shafts of light.
light
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From this reading Save for the workman, he was alone in a rotunda, open to the sky, and, as he had supposed, the whole upper portion of the dome had been flung back, leaving an immense aperture into which the sun was shining, flecking the interior with shafts of light.
looked
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From this reading Then he looked about him.
man's
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From this reading _In the Laboratory_ Not until the man's struggles had ceased, and he lay unconscious, panting, and blue in the face, did Dick release him.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading The temperature, despite the opening of the dome, must have been in excess of a hundred and twenty-five degrees.
NotadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading _In the Laboratory_ Not until the man's struggles had ceased, and he lay unconscious, panting, and blue in the face, did Dick release him.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading There was nothing except an immense central shaft, up which ran a hollow pole of glass, cut off by the invisible paint at the summit of the dome.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Save for the workman, he was alone in a rotunda, open to the sky, and, as he had supposed, the whole upper portion of the dome had been flung back, leaving an immense aperture into which the sun was shining, flecking the interior with shafts of light.
off
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From this reading There was nothing except an immense central shaft, up which ran a hollow pole of glass, cut off by the invisible paint at the summit of the dome.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading Save for the workman, he was alone in a rotunda, open to the sky, and, as he had supposed, the whole upper portion of the dome had been flung back, leaving an immense aperture into which the sun was shining, flecking the interior with shafts of light.
opening
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From this reading The temperature, despite the opening of the dome, must have been in excess of a hundred and twenty-five degrees.
paint
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From this reading There was nothing except an immense central shaft, up which ran a hollow pole of glass, cut off by the invisible paint at the summit of the dome.
panting
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From this reading _In the Laboratory_ Not until the man's struggles had ceased, and he lay unconscious, panting, and blue in the face, did Dick release him.
pole
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From this reading There was nothing except an immense central shaft, up which ran a hollow pole of glass, cut off by the invisible paint at the summit of the dome.
portion
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From this reading Save for the workman, he was alone in a rotunda, open to the sky, and, as he had supposed, the whole upper portion of the dome had been flung back, leaving an immense aperture into which the sun was shining, flecking the interior with shafts of light.
ran
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From this reading There was nothing except an immense central shaft, up which ran a hollow pole of glass, cut off by the invisible paint at the summit of the dome.
release
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From this reading _In the Laboratory_ Not until the man's struggles had ceased, and he lay unconscious, panting, and blue in the face, did Dick release him.
rotunda
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From this reading Save for the workman, he was alone in a rotunda, open to the sky, and, as he had supposed, the whole upper portion of the dome had been flung back, leaving an immense aperture into which the sun was shining, flecking the interior with shafts of light.
SaveprepositionUS /seɪv/
except for; apart from
From this reading Save for the workman, he was alone in a rotunda, open to the sky, and, as he had supposed, the whole upper portion of the dome had been flung back, leaving an immense aperture into which the sun was shining, flecking the interior with shafts of light.
shaft
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From this reading There was nothing except an immense central shaft, up which ran a hollow pole of glass, cut off by the invisible paint at the summit of the dome.
shafts
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From this reading Save for the workman, he was alone in a rotunda, open to the sky, and, as he had supposed, the whole upper portion of the dome had been flung back, leaving an immense aperture into which the sun was shining, flecking the interior with shafts of light.
shining
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From this reading Save for the workman, he was alone in a rotunda, open to the sky, and, as he had supposed, the whole upper portion of the dome had been flung back, leaving an immense aperture into which the sun was shining, flecking the interior with shafts of light.
sky
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From this reading Save for the workman, he was alone in a rotunda, open to the sky, and, as he had supposed, the whole upper portion of the dome had been flung back, leaving an immense aperture into which the sun was shining, flecking the interior with shafts of light.
struggles
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From this reading _In the Laboratory_ Not until the man's struggles had ceased, and he lay unconscious, panting, and blue in the face, did Dick release him.
summit
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From this reading There was nothing except an immense central shaft, up which ran a hollow pole of glass, cut off by the invisible paint at the summit of the dome.
sun
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From this reading Save for the workman, he was alone in a rotunda, open to the sky, and, as he had supposed, the whole upper portion of the dome had been flung back, leaving an immense aperture into which the sun was shining, flecking the interior with shafts of light.
supposed
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From this reading Save for the workman, he was alone in a rotunda, open to the sky, and, as he had supposed, the whole upper portion of the dome had been flung back, leaving an immense aperture into which the sun was shining, flecking the interior with shafts of light.
temperature
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From this reading The temperature, despite the opening of the dome, must have been in excess of a hundred and twenty-five degrees.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _In the Laboratory_ Not until the man's struggles had ceased, and he lay unconscious, panting, and blue in the face, did Dick release him.
Then
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From this reading Then he looked about him.
There
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From this reading There was nothing except an immense central shaft, up which ran a hollow pole of glass, cut off by the invisible paint at the summit of the dome.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Save for the workman, he was alone in a rotunda, open to the sky, and, as he had supposed, the whole upper portion of the dome had been flung back, leaving an immense aperture into which the sun was shining, flecking the interior with shafts of light.
twenty-five
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From this reading The temperature, despite the opening of the dome, must have been in excess of a hundred and twenty-five degrees.
unconscious
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From this reading _In the Laboratory_ Not until the man's struggles had ceased, and he lay unconscious, panting, and blue in the face, did Dick release him.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading _In the Laboratory_ Not until the man's struggles had ceased, and he lay unconscious, panting, and blue in the face, did Dick release him.
up
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From this reading There was nothing except an immense central shaft, up which ran a hollow pole of glass, cut off by the invisible paint at the summit of the dome.
upper
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From this reading Save for the workman, he was alone in a rotunda, open to the sky, and, as he had supposed, the whole upper portion of the dome had been flung back, leaving an immense aperture into which the sun was shining, flecking the interior with shafts of light.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Save for the workman, he was alone in a rotunda, open to the sky, and, as he had supposed, the whole upper portion of the dome had been flung back, leaving an immense aperture into which the sun was shining, flecking the interior with shafts of light.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Save for the workman, he was alone in a rotunda, open to the sky, and, as he had supposed, the whole upper portion of the dome had been flung back, leaving an immense aperture into which the sun was shining, flecking the interior with shafts of light.
whole
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From this reading Save for the workman, he was alone in a rotunda, open to the sky, and, as he had supposed, the whole upper portion of the dome had been flung back, leaving an immense aperture into which the sun was shining, flecking the interior with shafts of light.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Save for the workman, he was alone in a rotunda, open to the sky, and, as he had supposed, the whole upper portion of the dome had been flung back, leaving an immense aperture into which the sun was shining, flecking the interior with shafts of light.
workman
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From this reading Save for the workman, he was alone in a rotunda, open to the sky, and, as he had supposed, the whole upper portion of the dome had been flung back, leaving an immense aperture into which the sun was shining, flecking the interior with shafts of light.
