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Chapter XXXVII

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THE ANGEL OF THE DEVIL.
There came a great burst of thunder.
It was the last of the storm.
It bellowed and shuddered, went, and came rolling up again.
It died away at last in the great distance, with a low continuous rumbling as if it would never cease.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Donal Grant

Chapter XXXVII

Reading 1/92 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
THE ANGEL OF THE DEVIL.
Line 2
There came a great burst of thunder.
Line 3
It was the last of the storm.
Line 4
It bellowed and shuddered, went, and came rolling up again.
Line 5
It died away at last in the great distance, with a low continuous rumbling as if it would never cease.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Again noun US /again/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “It bellowed and shuddered, went, and came rolling up again.”

Great noun US /great/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “There came a great burst of thunder.”

Last noun US /last/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “It was the last of the storm.”

Never noun US /never/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “It died away at last in the great distance, with a low continuous rumbling as if it would never cease.”

Thunder noun US /ˈthunder/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “There came a great burst of thunder.”

Went noun US /went/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “It bellowed and shuddered, went, and came rolling up again.”

Would modal verb US /wʊd/

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading “It died away at last in the great distance, with a low continuous rumbling as if it would never cease.”

All words in this reading · 35

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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 There came a great burst of thunder.

againnounUS /again/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading It bellowed and shuddered, went, and came rolling up again.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading It bellowed and shuddered, went, and came rolling up again.

ANGEL

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From this reading THE ANGEL OF THE DEVIL.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading It died away at last in the great distance, with a low continuous rumbling as if it would never cease.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading It died away at last in the great distance, with a low continuous rumbling as if it would never cease.

away

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From this reading It died away at last in the great distance, with a low continuous rumbling as if it would never cease.

bellowed

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From this reading It bellowed and shuddered, went, and came rolling up again.

burst

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From this reading There came a great burst of thunder.

came

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From this reading There came a great burst of thunder.

cease

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From this reading It died away at last in the great distance, with a low continuous rumbling as if it would never cease.

continuous

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From this reading It died away at last in the great distance, with a low continuous rumbling as if it would never cease.

DEVIL

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From this reading THE ANGEL OF THE DEVIL.

died

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From this reading It died away at last in the great distance, with a low continuous rumbling as if it would never cease.

distance

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From this reading It died away at last in the great distance, with a low continuous rumbling as if it would never cease.

greatnounUS /great/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading There came a great burst of thunder.

ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading It died away at last in the great distance, with a low continuous rumbling as if it would never cease.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading It died away at last in the great distance, with a low continuous rumbling as if it would never cease.

ItpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading It was the last of the storm.

lastnounUS /last/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading It was the last of the storm.

low

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From this reading It died away at last in the great distance, with a low continuous rumbling as if it would never cease.

nevernounUS /never/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading It died away at last in the great distance, with a low continuous rumbling as if it would never cease.

OFprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading THE ANGEL OF THE DEVIL.

rolling

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From this reading It bellowed and shuddered, went, and came rolling up again.

rumbling

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From this reading It died away at last in the great distance, with a low continuous rumbling as if it would never cease.

shuddered

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From this reading It bellowed and shuddered, went, and came rolling up again.

storm

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From this reading It was the last of the storm.

THEdeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading THE ANGEL OF THE DEVIL.

There

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From this reading There came a great burst of thunder.

thundernounUS /ˈthunder/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading There came a great burst of thunder.

up

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From this reading It bellowed and shuddered, went, and came rolling up again.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading It was the last of the storm.

wentnounUS /went/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading It bellowed and shuddered, went, and came rolling up again.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading It died away at last in the great distance, with a low continuous rumbling as if it would never cease.

wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading It died away at last in the great distance, with a low continuous rumbling as if it would never cease.