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Chapter IV
"Glora--that was horrible!" We stood, again in normal size, with the wrecked dome-laboratory around us. The dome had a great jagged hole halfway up one of its sides, through which the snow was falling. The broken bodies strewn around were gruesome. Alan repeated, "Horrible, Glora.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “We stood, again in normal size, with the wrecked dome-laboratory around us.”
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading “We stood, again in normal size, with the wrecked dome-laboratory around us.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The broken bodies strewn around were gruesome.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The dome had a great jagged hole halfway up one of its sides, through which the snow was falling.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “The dome had a great jagged hole halfway up one of its sides, through which the snow was falling.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Alan repeated, "Horrible, Glora.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “We stood, again in normal size, with the wrecked dome-laboratory around us.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “The dome had a great jagged hole halfway up one of its sides, through which the snow was falling.”
destroyed or damaged by shipwreck
From this reading “We stood, again in normal size, with the wrecked dome-laboratory around us.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The dome had a great jagged hole halfway up one of its sides, through which the snow was falling.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We stood, again in normal size, with the wrecked dome-laboratory around us.
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From this reading Alan repeated, "Horrible, Glora.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading We stood, again in normal size, with the wrecked dome-laboratory around us.
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From this reading The broken bodies strewn around were gruesome.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The broken bodies strewn around were gruesome.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The dome had a great jagged hole halfway up one of its sides, through which the snow was falling.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We stood, again in normal size, with the wrecked dome-laboratory around us.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The dome had a great jagged hole halfway up one of its sides, through which the snow was falling.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Glora--that was horrible!"
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The dome had a great jagged hole halfway up one of its sides, through which the snow was falling.
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From this reading The broken bodies strewn around were gruesome.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The dome had a great jagged hole halfway up one of its sides, through which the snow was falling.
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From this reading The dome had a great jagged hole halfway up one of its sides, through which the snow was falling.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The dome had a great jagged hole halfway up one of its sides, through which the snow was falling.
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From this reading "Glora--that was horrible!"
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading We stood, again in normal size, with the wrecked dome-laboratory around us.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The dome had a great jagged hole halfway up one of its sides, through which the snow was falling.
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From this reading The dome had a great jagged hole halfway up one of its sides, through which the snow was falling.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We stood, again in normal size, with the wrecked dome-laboratory around us.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The dome had a great jagged hole halfway up one of its sides, through which the snow was falling.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The dome had a great jagged hole halfway up one of its sides, through which the snow was falling.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Alan repeated, "Horrible, Glora.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The dome had a great jagged hole halfway up one of its sides, through which the snow was falling.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We stood, again in normal size, with the wrecked dome-laboratory around us.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The dome had a great jagged hole halfway up one of its sides, through which the snow was falling.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We stood, again in normal size, with the wrecked dome-laboratory around us.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The broken bodies strewn around were gruesome.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Glora--that was horrible!"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading We stood, again in normal size, with the wrecked dome-laboratory around us.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The dome had a great jagged hole halfway up one of its sides, through which the snow was falling.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The dome had a great jagged hole halfway up one of its sides, through which the snow was falling.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading We stood, again in normal size, with the wrecked dome-laboratory around us.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Glora--that was horrible!"
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We stood, again in normal size, with the wrecked dome-laboratory around us.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The broken bodies strewn around were gruesome.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The dome had a great jagged hole halfway up one of its sides, through which the snow was falling.
in the company of; together with
From this reading We stood, again in normal size, with the wrecked dome-laboratory around us.
destroyed or damaged by shipwreck
From this reading We stood, again in normal size, with the wrecked dome-laboratory around us.
