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aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The giant mass of cities about us seemed to reel drunkenly in mid-air in that moment.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading City Against City In the moment that followed, after our flashing circle of cities had thundered headlong into the line before us, all other sounds, all the thunder of countless guns and the drone of motors and the hiss of tube-propellers and cries of voices, were drowned in one tremendous splintering crash of metal upon metal.
AgainstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading City Against City In the moment that followed, after our flashing circle of cities had thundered headlong into the line before us, all other sounds, all the thunder of countless guns and the drone of motors and the hiss of tube-propellers and cries of voices, were drowned in one tremendous splintering crash of metal upon metal.
air-cities
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From this reading Moscow with Sydney and Algiers, and Boston with Detroit, these whirled downward in that moment--no longer recognizable as air-cities and seeming to the eye but great twisted bulks of rended metal.
Algiers
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From this reading Moscow with Sydney and Algiers, and Boston with Detroit, these whirled downward in that moment--no longer recognizable as air-cities and seeming to the eye but great twisted bulks of rended metal.
all
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From this reading City Against City In the moment that followed, after our flashing circle of cities had thundered headlong into the line before us, all other sounds, all the thunder of countless guns and the drone of motors and the hiss of tube-propellers and cries of voices, were drowned in one tremendous splintering crash of metal upon metal.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading City Against City In the moment that followed, after our flashing circle of cities had thundered headlong into the line before us, all other sounds, all the thunder of countless guns and the drone of motors and the hiss of tube-propellers and cries of voices, were drowned in one tremendous splintering crash of metal upon metal.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Moscow with Sydney and Algiers, and Boston with Detroit, these whirled downward in that moment--no longer recognizable as air-cities and seeming to the eye but great twisted bulks of rended metal.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading New York at their center staggered from the awful shock transmitted to it.
awful
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From this reading New York at their center staggered from the awful shock transmitted to it.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Then upon the screen north of me, I saw titanic metal masses that had been cities falling downward.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading City Against City In the moment that followed, after our flashing circle of cities had thundered headlong into the line before us, all other sounds, all the thunder of countless guns and the drone of motors and the hiss of tube-propellers and cries of voices, were drowned in one tremendous splintering crash of metal upon metal.
Boston
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From this reading Moscow with Sydney and Algiers, and Boston with Detroit, these whirled downward in that moment--no longer recognizable as air-cities and seeming to the eye but great twisted bulks of rended metal.
bulks
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From this reading Moscow with Sydney and Algiers, and Boston with Detroit, these whirled downward in that moment--no longer recognizable as air-cities and seeming to the eye but great twisted bulks of rended metal.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Moscow with Sydney and Algiers, and Boston with Detroit, these whirled downward in that moment--no longer recognizable as air-cities and seeming to the eye but great twisted bulks of rended metal.
centernounUS /ˈsɛn.tər/
The middle point or core of an area.
From this reading New York at their center staggered from the awful shock transmitted to it.
circle
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From this reading City Against City In the moment that followed, after our flashing circle of cities had thundered headlong into the line before us, all other sounds, all the thunder of countless guns and the drone of motors and the hiss of tube-propellers and cries of voices, were drowned in one tremendous splintering crash of metal upon metal.
cities
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From this reading City Against City In the moment that followed, after our flashing circle of cities had thundered headlong into the line before us, all other sounds, all the thunder of countless guns and the drone of motors and the hiss of tube-propellers and cries of voices, were drowned in one tremendous splintering crash of metal upon metal.
City
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From this reading City Against City In the moment that followed, after our flashing circle of cities had thundered headlong into the line before us, all other sounds, all the thunder of countless guns and the drone of motors and the hiss of tube-propellers and cries of voices, were drowned in one tremendous splintering crash of metal upon metal.
countless
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From this reading City Against City In the moment that followed, after our flashing circle of cities had thundered headlong into the line before us, all other sounds, all the thunder of countless guns and the drone of motors and the hiss of tube-propellers and cries of voices, were drowned in one tremendous splintering crash of metal upon metal.
crash
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From this reading City Against City In the moment that followed, after our flashing circle of cities had thundered headlong into the line before us, all other sounds, all the thunder of countless guns and the drone of motors and the hiss of tube-propellers and cries of voices, were drowned in one tremendous splintering crash of metal upon metal.
cries
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From this reading City Against City In the moment that followed, after our flashing circle of cities had thundered headlong into the line before us, all other sounds, all the thunder of countless guns and the drone of motors and the hiss of tube-propellers and cries of voices, were drowned in one tremendous splintering crash of metal upon metal.
Detroit
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From this reading Moscow with Sydney and Algiers, and Boston with Detroit, these whirled downward in that moment--no longer recognizable as air-cities and seeming to the eye but great twisted bulks of rended metal.
downward
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From this reading Then upon the screen north of me, I saw titanic metal masses that had been cities falling downward.
drone
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From this reading City Against City In the moment that followed, after our flashing circle of cities had thundered headlong into the line before us, all other sounds, all the thunder of countless guns and the drone of motors and the hiss of tube-propellers and cries of voices, were drowned in one tremendous splintering crash of metal upon metal.
drowned
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From this reading City Against City In the moment that followed, after our flashing circle of cities had thundered headlong into the line before us, all other sounds, all the thunder of countless guns and the drone of motors and the hiss of tube-propellers and cries of voices, were drowned in one tremendous splintering crash of metal upon metal.
drunkenly
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From this reading The giant mass of cities about us seemed to reel drunkenly in mid-air in that moment.
eye
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From this reading Moscow with Sydney and Algiers, and Boston with Detroit, these whirled downward in that moment--no longer recognizable as air-cities and seeming to the eye but great twisted bulks of rended metal.
falling
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From this reading Then upon the screen north of me, I saw titanic metal masses that had been cities falling downward.
flashing
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From this reading City Against City In the moment that followed, after our flashing circle of cities had thundered headlong into the line before us, all other sounds, all the thunder of countless guns and the drone of motors and the hiss of tube-propellers and cries of voices, were drowned in one tremendous splintering crash of metal upon metal.
followed
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From this reading City Against City In the moment that followed, after our flashing circle of cities had thundered headlong into the line before us, all other sounds, all the thunder of countless guns and the drone of motors and the hiss of tube-propellers and cries of voices, were drowned in one tremendous splintering crash of metal upon metal.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading New York at their center staggered from the awful shock transmitted to it.
giant
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From this reading The giant mass of cities about us seemed to reel drunkenly in mid-air in that moment.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Moscow with Sydney and Algiers, and Boston with Detroit, these whirled downward in that moment--no longer recognizable as air-cities and seeming to the eye but great twisted bulks of rended metal.
guns
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From this reading City Against City In the moment that followed, after our flashing circle of cities had thundered headlong into the line before us, all other sounds, all the thunder of countless guns and the drone of motors and the hiss of tube-propellers and cries of voices, were drowned in one tremendous splintering crash of metal upon metal.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading City Against City In the moment that followed, after our flashing circle of cities had thundered headlong into the line before us, all other sounds, all the thunder of countless guns and the drone of motors and the hiss of tube-propellers and cries of voices, were drowned in one tremendous splintering crash of metal upon metal.
headlong
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From this reading City Against City In the moment that followed, after our flashing circle of cities had thundered headlong into the line before us, all other sounds, all the thunder of countless guns and the drone of motors and the hiss of tube-propellers and cries of voices, were drowned in one tremendous splintering crash of metal upon metal.
hiss
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From this reading City Against City In the moment that followed, after our flashing circle of cities had thundered headlong into the line before us, all other sounds, all the thunder of countless guns and the drone of motors and the hiss of tube-propellers and cries of voices, were drowned in one tremendous splintering crash of metal upon metal.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Then upon the screen north of me, I saw titanic metal masses that had been cities falling downward.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading City Against City In the moment that followed, after our flashing circle of cities had thundered headlong into the line before us, all other sounds, all the thunder of countless guns and the drone of motors and the hiss of tube-propellers and cries of voices, were drowned in one tremendous splintering crash of metal upon metal.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading City Against City In the moment that followed, after our flashing circle of cities had thundered headlong into the line before us, all other sounds, all the thunder of countless guns and the drone of motors and the hiss of tube-propellers and cries of voices, were drowned in one tremendous splintering crash of metal upon metal.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading New York at their center staggered from the awful shock transmitted to it.
line
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From this reading City Against City In the moment that followed, after our flashing circle of cities had thundered headlong into the line before us, all other sounds, all the thunder of countless guns and the drone of motors and the hiss of tube-propellers and cries of voices, were drowned in one tremendous splintering crash of metal upon metal.
longer
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From this reading Moscow with Sydney and Algiers, and Boston with Detroit, these whirled downward in that moment--no longer recognizable as air-cities and seeming to the eye but great twisted bulks of rended metal.
mass
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From this reading The giant mass of cities about us seemed to reel drunkenly in mid-air in that moment.
masses
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From this reading Then upon the screen north of me, I saw titanic metal masses that had been cities falling downward.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Then upon the screen north of me, I saw titanic metal masses that had been cities falling downward.
metal
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From this reading City Against City In the moment that followed, after our flashing circle of cities had thundered headlong into the line before us, all other sounds, all the thunder of countless guns and the drone of motors and the hiss of tube-propellers and cries of voices, were drowned in one tremendous splintering crash of metal upon metal.
mid-air
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From this reading The giant mass of cities about us seemed to reel drunkenly in mid-air in that moment.
moment
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From this reading City Against City In the moment that followed, after our flashing circle of cities had thundered headlong into the line before us, all other sounds, all the thunder of countless guns and the drone of motors and the hiss of tube-propellers and cries of voices, were drowned in one tremendous splintering crash of metal upon metal.
Moscow
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From this reading Moscow with Sydney and Algiers, and Boston with Detroit, these whirled downward in that moment--no longer recognizable as air-cities and seeming to the eye but great twisted bulks of rended metal.
motors
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From this reading City Against City In the moment that followed, after our flashing circle of cities had thundered headlong into the line before us, all other sounds, all the thunder of countless guns and the drone of motors and the hiss of tube-propellers and cries of voices, were drowned in one tremendous splintering crash of metal upon metal.
New
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From this reading New York at their center staggered from the awful shock transmitted to it.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Moscow with Sydney and Algiers, and Boston with Detroit, these whirled downward in that moment--no longer recognizable as air-cities and seeming to the eye but great twisted bulks of rended metal.
north
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From this reading Then upon the screen north of me, I saw titanic metal masses that had been cities falling downward.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading City Against City In the moment that followed, after our flashing circle of cities had thundered headlong into the line before us, all other sounds, all the thunder of countless guns and the drone of motors and the hiss of tube-propellers and cries of voices, were drowned in one tremendous splintering crash of metal upon metal.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading City Against City In the moment that followed, after our flashing circle of cities had thundered headlong into the line before us, all other sounds, all the thunder of countless guns and the drone of motors and the hiss of tube-propellers and cries of voices, were drowned in one tremendous splintering crash of metal upon metal.
other
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From this reading City Against City In the moment that followed, after our flashing circle of cities had thundered headlong into the line before us, all other sounds, all the thunder of countless guns and the drone of motors and the hiss of tube-propellers and cries of voices, were drowned in one tremendous splintering crash of metal upon metal.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading City Against City In the moment that followed, after our flashing circle of cities had thundered headlong into the line before us, all other sounds, all the thunder of countless guns and the drone of motors and the hiss of tube-propellers and cries of voices, were drowned in one tremendous splintering crash of metal upon metal.
recognizable
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From this reading Moscow with Sydney and Algiers, and Boston with Detroit, these whirled downward in that moment--no longer recognizable as air-cities and seeming to the eye but great twisted bulks of rended metal.
reel
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From this reading The giant mass of cities about us seemed to reel drunkenly in mid-air in that moment.
rended
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From this reading Moscow with Sydney and Algiers, and Boston with Detroit, these whirled downward in that moment--no longer recognizable as air-cities and seeming to the eye but great twisted bulks of rended metal.
saw
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From this reading Then upon the screen north of me, I saw titanic metal masses that had been cities falling downward.
screen
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From this reading Then upon the screen north of me, I saw titanic metal masses that had been cities falling downward.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The giant mass of cities about us seemed to reel drunkenly in mid-air in that moment.
seeming
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From this reading Moscow with Sydney and Algiers, and Boston with Detroit, these whirled downward in that moment--no longer recognizable as air-cities and seeming to the eye but great twisted bulks of rended metal.
shock
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From this reading New York at their center staggered from the awful shock transmitted to it.
sounds
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From this reading City Against City In the moment that followed, after our flashing circle of cities had thundered headlong into the line before us, all other sounds, all the thunder of countless guns and the drone of motors and the hiss of tube-propellers and cries of voices, were drowned in one tremendous splintering crash of metal upon metal.
splintering
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From this reading City Against City In the moment that followed, after our flashing circle of cities had thundered headlong into the line before us, all other sounds, all the thunder of countless guns and the drone of motors and the hiss of tube-propellers and cries of voices, were drowned in one tremendous splintering crash of metal upon metal.
staggered
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From this reading New York at their center staggered from the awful shock transmitted to it.
Sydney
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From this reading Moscow with Sydney and Algiers, and Boston with Detroit, these whirled downward in that moment--no longer recognizable as air-cities and seeming to the eye but great twisted bulks of rended metal.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading City Against City In the moment that followed, after our flashing circle of cities had thundered headlong into the line before us, all other sounds, all the thunder of countless guns and the drone of motors and the hiss of tube-propellers and cries of voices, were drowned in one tremendous splintering crash of metal upon metal.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading City Against City In the moment that followed, after our flashing circle of cities had thundered headlong into the line before us, all other sounds, all the thunder of countless guns and the drone of motors and the hiss of tube-propellers and cries of voices, were drowned in one tremendous splintering crash of metal upon metal.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading New York at their center staggered from the awful shock transmitted to it.
Then
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From this reading Then upon the screen north of me, I saw titanic metal masses that had been cities falling downward.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Moscow with Sydney and Algiers, and Boston with Detroit, these whirled downward in that moment--no longer recognizable as air-cities and seeming to the eye but great twisted bulks of rended metal.
thundernounUS /ˈthunder/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading City Against City In the moment that followed, after our flashing circle of cities had thundered headlong into the line before us, all other sounds, all the thunder of countless guns and the drone of motors and the hiss of tube-propellers and cries of voices, were drowned in one tremendous splintering crash of metal upon metal.
thundered
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From this reading City Against City In the moment that followed, after our flashing circle of cities had thundered headlong into the line before us, all other sounds, all the thunder of countless guns and the drone of motors and the hiss of tube-propellers and cries of voices, were drowned in one tremendous splintering crash of metal upon metal.
titanic
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From this reading Then upon the screen north of me, I saw titanic metal masses that had been cities falling downward.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The giant mass of cities about us seemed to reel drunkenly in mid-air in that moment.
transmitted
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From this reading New York at their center staggered from the awful shock transmitted to it.
tremendous
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From this reading City Against City In the moment that followed, after our flashing circle of cities had thundered headlong into the line before us, all other sounds, all the thunder of countless guns and the drone of motors and the hiss of tube-propellers and cries of voices, were drowned in one tremendous splintering crash of metal upon metal.
tube-propellers
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From this reading City Against City In the moment that followed, after our flashing circle of cities had thundered headlong into the line before us, all other sounds, all the thunder of countless guns and the drone of motors and the hiss of tube-propellers and cries of voices, were drowned in one tremendous splintering crash of metal upon metal.
twisted
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From this reading Moscow with Sydney and Algiers, and Boston with Detroit, these whirled downward in that moment--no longer recognizable as air-cities and seeming to the eye but great twisted bulks of rended metal.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading City Against City In the moment that followed, after our flashing circle of cities had thundered headlong into the line before us, all other sounds, all the thunder of countless guns and the drone of motors and the hiss of tube-propellers and cries of voices, were drowned in one tremendous splintering crash of metal upon metal.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading City Against City In the moment that followed, after our flashing circle of cities had thundered headlong into the line before us, all other sounds, all the thunder of countless guns and the drone of motors and the hiss of tube-propellers and cries of voices, were drowned in one tremendous splintering crash of metal upon metal.
voices
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From this reading City Against City In the moment that followed, after our flashing circle of cities had thundered headlong into the line before us, all other sounds, all the thunder of countless guns and the drone of motors and the hiss of tube-propellers and cries of voices, were drowned in one tremendous splintering crash of metal upon metal.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading City Against City In the moment that followed, after our flashing circle of cities had thundered headlong into the line before us, all other sounds, all the thunder of countless guns and the drone of motors and the hiss of tube-propellers and cries of voices, were drowned in one tremendous splintering crash of metal upon metal.
whirled
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From this reading Moscow with Sydney and Algiers, and Boston with Detroit, these whirled downward in that moment--no longer recognizable as air-cities and seeming to the eye but great twisted bulks of rended metal.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Moscow with Sydney and Algiers, and Boston with Detroit, these whirled downward in that moment--no longer recognizable as air-cities and seeming to the eye but great twisted bulks of rended metal.
York
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From this reading New York at their center staggered from the awful shock transmitted to it.
