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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 Staring forth blankly, we saw the cruisers that had been pursuing them, that had been overtaking them, turning back now toward the air-city, heard a cheer rolling across that city as the crowds in its streets witnessed the destruction of the fleeing craft, the flare of the shells that had destroyed it.
able
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From this reading I think now that for those first few moments neither of us was able completely to comprehend what had happened, to comprehend what malign fate it was that had sent our friends down to death there as they seemed making their escape.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading The Great Movement Starts Stunned and stupefied, Hilliard and I gazed out in that moment from our window, out through the dusk above the air-city to where the cruiser of our two friends had plunged to death.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Staring forth blankly, we saw the cruisers that had been pursuing them, that had been overtaking them, turning back now toward the air-city, heard a cheer rolling across that city as the crowds in its streets witnessed the destruction of the fleeing craft, the flare of the shells that had destroyed it.
air-city
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From this reading The Great Movement Starts Stunned and stupefied, Hilliard and I gazed out in that moment from our window, out through the dusk above the air-city to where the cruiser of our two friends had plunged to death.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The Great Movement Starts Stunned and stupefied, Hilliard and I gazed out in that moment from our window, out through the dusk above the air-city to where the cruiser of our two friends had plunged to death.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I think now that for those first few moments neither of us was able completely to comprehend what had happened, to comprehend what malign fate it was that had sent our friends down to death there as they seemed making their escape.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading That great roaring cheer from beneath penetrated at last into my brain with realization of what had happened.
back
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From this reading Staring forth blankly, we saw the cruisers that had been pursuing them, that had been overtaking them, turning back now toward the air-city, heard a cheer rolling across that city as the crowds in its streets witnessed the destruction of the fleeing craft, the flare of the shells that had destroyed it.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Staring forth blankly, we saw the cruisers that had been pursuing them, that had been overtaking them, turning back now toward the air-city, heard a cheer rolling across that city as the crowds in its streets witnessed the destruction of the fleeing craft, the flare of the shells that had destroyed it.
beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading That great roaring cheer from beneath penetrated at last into my brain with realization of what had happened.
blankly
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From this reading Staring forth blankly, we saw the cruisers that had been pursuing them, that had been overtaking them, turning back now toward the air-city, heard a cheer rolling across that city as the crowds in its streets witnessed the destruction of the fleeing craft, the flare of the shells that had destroyed it.
brain
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From this reading That great roaring cheer from beneath penetrated at last into my brain with realization of what had happened.
cheer
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From this reading Staring forth blankly, we saw the cruisers that had been pursuing them, that had been overtaking them, turning back now toward the air-city, heard a cheer rolling across that city as the crowds in its streets witnessed the destruction of the fleeing craft, the flare of the shells that had destroyed it.
city
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completely
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comprehend
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From this reading I think now that for those first few moments neither of us was able completely to comprehend what had happened, to comprehend what malign fate it was that had sent our friends down to death there as they seemed making their escape.
Connell
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From this reading "Macklin--Connell--" I whispered.
craftnounUS /kræft/
a boat or ship in this chapter’s sailing situation
From this reading Staring forth blankly, we saw the cruisers that had been pursuing them, that had been overtaking them, turning back now toward the air-city, heard a cheer rolling across that city as the crowds in its streets witnessed the destruction of the fleeing craft, the flare of the shells that had destroyed it.
crowds
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From this reading Staring forth blankly, we saw the cruisers that had been pursuing them, that had been overtaking them, turning back now toward the air-city, heard a cheer rolling across that city as the crowds in its streets witnessed the destruction of the fleeing craft, the flare of the shells that had destroyed it.
cruiser
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From this reading The Great Movement Starts Stunned and stupefied, Hilliard and I gazed out in that moment from our window, out through the dusk above the air-city to where the cruiser of our two friends had plunged to death.
cruisers
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From this reading Staring forth blankly, we saw the cruisers that had been pursuing them, that had been overtaking them, turning back now toward the air-city, heard a cheer rolling across that city as the crowds in its streets witnessed the destruction of the fleeing craft, the flare of the shells that had destroyed it.
death
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From this reading The Great Movement Starts Stunned and stupefied, Hilliard and I gazed out in that moment from our window, out through the dusk above the air-city to where the cruiser of our two friends had plunged to death.
destroyed
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destruction
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down
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From this reading I think now that for those first few moments neither of us was able completely to comprehend what had happened, to comprehend what malign fate it was that had sent our friends down to death there as they seemed making their escape.
dusk
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From this reading The Great Movement Starts Stunned and stupefied, Hilliard and I gazed out in that moment from our window, out through the dusk above the air-city to where the cruiser of our two friends had plunged to death.
escape
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fate
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From this reading I think now that for those first few moments neither of us was able completely to comprehend what had happened, to comprehend what malign fate it was that had sent our friends down to death there as they seemed making their escape.
few
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firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I think now that for those first few moments neither of us was able completely to comprehend what had happened, to comprehend what malign fate it was that had sent our friends down to death there as they seemed making their escape.
flare
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From this reading Staring forth blankly, we saw the cruisers that had been pursuing them, that had been overtaking them, turning back now toward the air-city, heard a cheer rolling across that city as the crowds in its streets witnessed the destruction of the fleeing craft, the flare of the shells that had destroyed it.
fleeing
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From this reading Staring forth blankly, we saw the cruisers that had been pursuing them, that had been overtaking them, turning back now toward the air-city, heard a cheer rolling across that city as the crowds in its streets witnessed the destruction of the fleeing craft, the flare of the shells that had destroyed it.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I think now that for those first few moments neither of us was able completely to comprehend what had happened, to comprehend what malign fate it was that had sent our friends down to death there as they seemed making their escape.
forth
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From this reading Staring forth blankly, we saw the cruisers that had been pursuing them, that had been overtaking them, turning back now toward the air-city, heard a cheer rolling across that city as the crowds in its streets witnessed the destruction of the fleeing craft, the flare of the shells that had destroyed it.
friends
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From this reading The Great Movement Starts Stunned and stupefied, Hilliard and I gazed out in that moment from our window, out through the dusk above the air-city to where the cruiser of our two friends had plunged to death.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The Great Movement Starts Stunned and stupefied, Hilliard and I gazed out in that moment from our window, out through the dusk above the air-city to where the cruiser of our two friends had plunged to death.
gazed
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From this reading The Great Movement Starts Stunned and stupefied, Hilliard and I gazed out in that moment from our window, out through the dusk above the air-city to where the cruiser of our two friends had plunged to death.
GreatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Great Movement Starts Stunned and stupefied, Hilliard and I gazed out in that moment from our window, out through the dusk above the air-city to where the cruiser of our two friends had plunged to death.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The Great Movement Starts Stunned and stupefied, Hilliard and I gazed out in that moment from our window, out through the dusk above the air-city to where the cruiser of our two friends had plunged to death.
happened
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heard
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From this reading Staring forth blankly, we saw the cruisers that had been pursuing them, that had been overtaking them, turning back now toward the air-city, heard a cheer rolling across that city as the crowds in its streets witnessed the destruction of the fleeing craft, the flare of the shells that had destroyed it.
Hilliard
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From this reading The Great Movement Starts Stunned and stupefied, Hilliard and I gazed out in that moment from our window, out through the dusk above the air-city to where the cruiser of our two friends had plunged to death.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading The Great Movement Starts Stunned and stupefied, Hilliard and I gazed out in that moment from our window, out through the dusk above the air-city to where the cruiser of our two friends had plunged to death.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The Great Movement Starts Stunned and stupefied, Hilliard and I gazed out in that moment from our window, out through the dusk above the air-city to where the cruiser of our two friends had plunged to death.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading That great roaring cheer from beneath penetrated at last into my brain with realization of what had happened.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I think now that for those first few moments neither of us was able completely to comprehend what had happened, to comprehend what malign fate it was that had sent our friends down to death there as they seemed making their escape.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Staring forth blankly, we saw the cruisers that had been pursuing them, that had been overtaking them, turning back now toward the air-city, heard a cheer rolling across that city as the crowds in its streets witnessed the destruction of the fleeing craft, the flare of the shells that had destroyed it.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That great roaring cheer from beneath penetrated at last into my brain with realization of what had happened.
Macklin
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From this reading "Macklin--Connell--" I whispered.
making
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From this reading I think now that for those first few moments neither of us was able completely to comprehend what had happened, to comprehend what malign fate it was that had sent our friends down to death there as they seemed making their escape.
malign
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moment
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From this reading The Great Movement Starts Stunned and stupefied, Hilliard and I gazed out in that moment from our window, out through the dusk above the air-city to where the cruiser of our two friends had plunged to death.
moments
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Movement
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From this reading The Great Movement Starts Stunned and stupefied, Hilliard and I gazed out in that moment from our window, out through the dusk above the air-city to where the cruiser of our two friends had plunged to death.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading That great roaring cheer from beneath penetrated at last into my brain with realization of what had happened.
neitherdeterminerUS /ˈniːðər/
not one and not the other of two
From this reading I think now that for those first few moments neither of us was able completely to comprehend what had happened, to comprehend what malign fate it was that had sent our friends down to death there as they seemed making their escape.
now
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From this reading I think now that for those first few moments neither of us was able completely to comprehend what had happened, to comprehend what malign fate it was that had sent our friends down to death there as they seemed making their escape.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Great Movement Starts Stunned and stupefied, Hilliard and I gazed out in that moment from our window, out through the dusk above the air-city to where the cruiser of our two friends had plunged to death.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading The Great Movement Starts Stunned and stupefied, Hilliard and I gazed out in that moment from our window, out through the dusk above the air-city to where the cruiser of our two friends had plunged to death.
out
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From this reading The Great Movement Starts Stunned and stupefied, Hilliard and I gazed out in that moment from our window, out through the dusk above the air-city to where the cruiser of our two friends had plunged to death.
overtaking
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From this reading Staring forth blankly, we saw the cruisers that had been pursuing them, that had been overtaking them, turning back now toward the air-city, heard a cheer rolling across that city as the crowds in its streets witnessed the destruction of the fleeing craft, the flare of the shells that had destroyed it.
penetrated
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From this reading That great roaring cheer from beneath penetrated at last into my brain with realization of what had happened.
plunged
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From this reading The Great Movement Starts Stunned and stupefied, Hilliard and I gazed out in that moment from our window, out through the dusk above the air-city to where the cruiser of our two friends had plunged to death.
pursuing
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From this reading Staring forth blankly, we saw the cruisers that had been pursuing them, that had been overtaking them, turning back now toward the air-city, heard a cheer rolling across that city as the crowds in its streets witnessed the destruction of the fleeing craft, the flare of the shells that had destroyed it.
realization
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From this reading That great roaring cheer from beneath penetrated at last into my brain with realization of what had happened.
roaring
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From this reading That great roaring cheer from beneath penetrated at last into my brain with realization of what had happened.
rolling
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From this reading Staring forth blankly, we saw the cruisers that had been pursuing them, that had been overtaking them, turning back now toward the air-city, heard a cheer rolling across that city as the crowds in its streets witnessed the destruction of the fleeing craft, the flare of the shells that had destroyed it.
saw
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From this reading Staring forth blankly, we saw the cruisers that had been pursuing them, that had been overtaking them, turning back now toward the air-city, heard a cheer rolling across that city as the crowds in its streets witnessed the destruction of the fleeing craft, the flare of the shells that had destroyed it.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I think now that for those first few moments neither of us was able completely to comprehend what had happened, to comprehend what malign fate it was that had sent our friends down to death there as they seemed making their escape.
sent
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shells
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From this reading Staring forth blankly, we saw the cruisers that had been pursuing them, that had been overtaking them, turning back now toward the air-city, heard a cheer rolling across that city as the crowds in its streets witnessed the destruction of the fleeing craft, the flare of the shells that had destroyed it.
Staring
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Starts
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From this reading The Great Movement Starts Stunned and stupefied, Hilliard and I gazed out in that moment from our window, out through the dusk above the air-city to where the cruiser of our two friends had plunged to death.
streets
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Stunned
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From this reading The Great Movement Starts Stunned and stupefied, Hilliard and I gazed out in that moment from our window, out through the dusk above the air-city to where the cruiser of our two friends had plunged to death.
stupefied
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From this reading The Great Movement Starts Stunned and stupefied, Hilliard and I gazed out in that moment from our window, out through the dusk above the air-city to where the cruiser of our two friends had plunged to death.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The Great Movement Starts Stunned and stupefied, Hilliard and I gazed out in that moment from our window, out through the dusk above the air-city to where the cruiser of our two friends had plunged to death.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Great Movement Starts Stunned and stupefied, Hilliard and I gazed out in that moment from our window, out through the dusk above the air-city to where the cruiser of our two friends had plunged to death.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading I think now that for those first few moments neither of us was able completely to comprehend what had happened, to comprehend what malign fate it was that had sent our friends down to death there as they seemed making their escape.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Staring forth blankly, we saw the cruisers that had been pursuing them, that had been overtaking them, turning back now toward the air-city, heard a cheer rolling across that city as the crowds in its streets witnessed the destruction of the fleeing craft, the flare of the shells that had destroyed it.
there
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From this reading I think now that for those first few moments neither of us was able completely to comprehend what had happened, to comprehend what malign fate it was that had sent our friends down to death there as they seemed making their escape.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I think now that for those first few moments neither of us was able completely to comprehend what had happened, to comprehend what malign fate it was that had sent our friends down to death there as they seemed making their escape.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I think now that for those first few moments neither of us was able completely to comprehend what had happened, to comprehend what malign fate it was that had sent our friends down to death there as they seemed making their escape.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading I think now that for those first few moments neither of us was able completely to comprehend what had happened, to comprehend what malign fate it was that had sent our friends down to death there as they seemed making their escape.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The Great Movement Starts Stunned and stupefied, Hilliard and I gazed out in that moment from our window, out through the dusk above the air-city to where the cruiser of our two friends had plunged to death.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The Great Movement Starts Stunned and stupefied, Hilliard and I gazed out in that moment from our window, out through the dusk above the air-city to where the cruiser of our two friends had plunged to death.
towardprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrd/
in the direction of
From this reading Staring forth blankly, we saw the cruisers that had been pursuing them, that had been overtaking them, turning back now toward the air-city, heard a cheer rolling across that city as the crowds in its streets witnessed the destruction of the fleeing craft, the flare of the shells that had destroyed it.
turning
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From this reading Staring forth blankly, we saw the cruisers that had been pursuing them, that had been overtaking them, turning back now toward the air-city, heard a cheer rolling across that city as the crowds in its streets witnessed the destruction of the fleeing craft, the flare of the shells that had destroyed it.
two
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From this reading The Great Movement Starts Stunned and stupefied, Hilliard and I gazed out in that moment from our window, out through the dusk above the air-city to where the cruiser of our two friends had plunged to death.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I think now that for those first few moments neither of us was able completely to comprehend what had happened, to comprehend what malign fate it was that had sent our friends down to death there as they seemed making their escape.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I think now that for those first few moments neither of us was able completely to comprehend what had happened, to comprehend what malign fate it was that had sent our friends down to death there as they seemed making their escape.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Staring forth blankly, we saw the cruisers that had been pursuing them, that had been overtaking them, turning back now toward the air-city, heard a cheer rolling across that city as the crowds in its streets witnessed the destruction of the fleeing craft, the flare of the shells that had destroyed it.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading I think now that for those first few moments neither of us was able completely to comprehend what had happened, to comprehend what malign fate it was that had sent our friends down to death there as they seemed making their escape.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading The Great Movement Starts Stunned and stupefied, Hilliard and I gazed out in that moment from our window, out through the dusk above the air-city to where the cruiser of our two friends had plunged to death.
whispered
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From this reading "Macklin--Connell--" I whispered.
window
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From this reading The Great Movement Starts Stunned and stupefied, Hilliard and I gazed out in that moment from our window, out through the dusk above the air-city to where the cruiser of our two friends had plunged to death.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading That great roaring cheer from beneath penetrated at last into my brain with realization of what had happened.
witnessed
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From this reading Staring forth blankly, we saw the cruisers that had been pursuing them, that had been overtaking them, turning back now toward the air-city, heard a cheer rolling across that city as the crowds in its streets witnessed the destruction of the fleeing craft, the flare of the shells that had destroyed it.
