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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 One of the Woollies, that perfect slave-race, had killed a _man_!
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Terror flared across the Saturnian moons.
ancientadjectiveUS /ˈeɪn.ʃənt/
Belonging to the very distant past and no longer in existence or deeply revered.
From this reading But to Big Bill, shambling away from his bloody, suddenly silent master, the ancient pattern of obedience was unchanged.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Big Bill lumbered swiftly forward across the frozen ground, and behind him came the rest of the work gang--a score of bent and mighty manlike shapes, draped like Big Bill from head to foot in long white hair.
away
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From this reading But to Big Bill, shambling away from his bloody, suddenly silent master, the ancient pattern of obedience was unchanged.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Big Bill lumbered swiftly forward across the frozen ground, and behind him came the rest of the work gang--a score of bent and mighty manlike shapes, draped like Big Bill from head to foot in long white hair.
bent
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Big
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From this reading But to Big Bill, shambling away from his bloody, suddenly silent master, the ancient pattern of obedience was unchanged.
Bill
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From this reading But to Big Bill, shambling away from his bloody, suddenly silent master, the ancient pattern of obedience was unchanged.
bloody
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From this reading But to Big Bill, shambling away from his bloody, suddenly silent master, the ancient pattern of obedience was unchanged.
bodies
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From this reading They moved in a straggling group, but the rhythmic side sway of the great bodies was more uniform than the tread of marching men.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But to Big Bill, shambling away from his bloody, suddenly silent master, the ancient pattern of obedience was unchanged.
came
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From this reading Big Bill lumbered swiftly forward across the frozen ground, and behind him came the rest of the work gang--a score of bent and mighty manlike shapes, draped like Big Bill from head to foot in long white hair.
draped
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From this reading Big Bill lumbered swiftly forward across the frozen ground, and behind him came the rest of the work gang--a score of bent and mighty manlike shapes, draped like Big Bill from head to foot in long white hair.
flared
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From this reading Terror flared across the Saturnian moons.
footnounUS /foot/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Big Bill lumbered swiftly forward across the frozen ground, and behind him came the rest of the work gang--a score of bent and mighty manlike shapes, draped like Big Bill from head to foot in long white hair.
forwardnounUS /forward/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Big Bill lumbered swiftly forward across the frozen ground, and behind him came the rest of the work gang--a score of bent and mighty manlike shapes, draped like Big Bill from head to foot in long white hair.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading But to Big Bill, shambling away from his bloody, suddenly silent master, the ancient pattern of obedience was unchanged.
frozen
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From this reading Big Bill lumbered swiftly forward across the frozen ground, and behind him came the rest of the work gang--a score of bent and mighty manlike shapes, draped like Big Bill from head to foot in long white hair.
gang
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From this reading Big Bill lumbered swiftly forward across the frozen ground, and behind him came the rest of the work gang--a score of bent and mighty manlike shapes, draped like Big Bill from head to foot in long white hair.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They moved in a straggling group, but the rhythmic side sway of the great bodies was more uniform than the tread of marching men.
ground
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From this reading Big Bill lumbered swiftly forward across the frozen ground, and behind him came the rest of the work gang--a score of bent and mighty manlike shapes, draped like Big Bill from head to foot in long white hair.
group
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From this reading They moved in a straggling group, but the rhythmic side sway of the great bodies was more uniform than the tread of marching men.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading One of the Woollies, that perfect slave-race, had killed a _man_!
hair
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From this reading Big Bill lumbered swiftly forward across the frozen ground, and behind him came the rest of the work gang--a score of bent and mighty manlike shapes, draped like Big Bill from head to foot in long white hair.
head
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From this reading Big Bill lumbered swiftly forward across the frozen ground, and behind him came the rest of the work gang--a score of bent and mighty manlike shapes, draped like Big Bill from head to foot in long white hair.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Big Bill lumbered swiftly forward across the frozen ground, and behind him came the rest of the work gang--a score of bent and mighty manlike shapes, draped like Big Bill from head to foot in long white hair.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading But to Big Bill, shambling away from his bloody, suddenly silent master, the ancient pattern of obedience was unchanged.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Big Bill lumbered swiftly forward across the frozen ground, and behind him came the rest of the work gang--a score of bent and mighty manlike shapes, draped like Big Bill from head to foot in long white hair.
killed
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From this reading One of the Woollies, that perfect slave-race, had killed a _man_!
like
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From this reading Big Bill lumbered swiftly forward across the frozen ground, and behind him came the rest of the work gang--a score of bent and mighty manlike shapes, draped like Big Bill from head to foot in long white hair.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Big Bill lumbered swiftly forward across the frozen ground, and behind him came the rest of the work gang--a score of bent and mighty manlike shapes, draped like Big Bill from head to foot in long white hair.
lumbered
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man
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From this reading One of the Woollies, that perfect slave-race, had killed a _man_!
manlike
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From this reading Big Bill lumbered swiftly forward across the frozen ground, and behind him came the rest of the work gang--a score of bent and mighty manlike shapes, draped like Big Bill from head to foot in long white hair.
marching
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From this reading They moved in a straggling group, but the rhythmic side sway of the great bodies was more uniform than the tread of marching men.
master
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From this reading But to Big Bill, shambling away from his bloody, suddenly silent master, the ancient pattern of obedience was unchanged.
men
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From this reading They moved in a straggling group, but the rhythmic side sway of the great bodies was more uniform than the tread of marching men.
mighty
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From this reading Big Bill lumbered swiftly forward across the frozen ground, and behind him came the rest of the work gang--a score of bent and mighty manlike shapes, draped like Big Bill from head to foot in long white hair.
moons
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From this reading Terror flared across the Saturnian moons.
more
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From this reading They moved in a straggling group, but the rhythmic side sway of the great bodies was more uniform than the tread of marching men.
moved
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From this reading They moved in a straggling group, but the rhythmic side sway of the great bodies was more uniform than the tread of marching men.
obedience
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From this reading But to Big Bill, shambling away from his bloody, suddenly silent master, the ancient pattern of obedience was unchanged.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading One of the Woollies, that perfect slave-race, had killed a _man_!
OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One of the Woollies, that perfect slave-race, had killed a _man_!
pattern
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From this reading But to Big Bill, shambling away from his bloody, suddenly silent master, the ancient pattern of obedience was unchanged.
perfect
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From this reading One of the Woollies, that perfect slave-race, had killed a _man_!
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Big Bill lumbered swiftly forward across the frozen ground, and behind him came the rest of the work gang--a score of bent and mighty manlike shapes, draped like Big Bill from head to foot in long white hair.
rhythmic
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From this reading They moved in a straggling group, but the rhythmic side sway of the great bodies was more uniform than the tread of marching men.
Saturnian
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From this reading Terror flared across the Saturnian moons.
scorenounUS /score/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Big Bill lumbered swiftly forward across the frozen ground, and behind him came the rest of the work gang--a score of bent and mighty manlike shapes, draped like Big Bill from head to foot in long white hair.
shambling
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From this reading But to Big Bill, shambling away from his bloody, suddenly silent master, the ancient pattern of obedience was unchanged.
shapes
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From this reading Big Bill lumbered swiftly forward across the frozen ground, and behind him came the rest of the work gang--a score of bent and mighty manlike shapes, draped like Big Bill from head to foot in long white hair.
side
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From this reading They moved in a straggling group, but the rhythmic side sway of the great bodies was more uniform than the tread of marching men.
silent
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From this reading But to Big Bill, shambling away from his bloody, suddenly silent master, the ancient pattern of obedience was unchanged.
slave-race
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From this reading One of the Woollies, that perfect slave-race, had killed a _man_!
straggling
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From this reading They moved in a straggling group, but the rhythmic side sway of the great bodies was more uniform than the tread of marching men.
suddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading But to Big Bill, shambling away from his bloody, suddenly silent master, the ancient pattern of obedience was unchanged.
sway
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From this reading They moved in a straggling group, but the rhythmic side sway of the great bodies was more uniform than the tread of marching men.
swiftly
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From this reading Big Bill lumbered swiftly forward across the frozen ground, and behind him came the rest of the work gang--a score of bent and mighty manlike shapes, draped like Big Bill from head to foot in long white hair.
Terror
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From this reading Terror flared across the Saturnian moons.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading They moved in a straggling group, but the rhythmic side sway of the great bodies was more uniform than the tread of marching men.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading One of the Woollies, that perfect slave-race, had killed a _man_!
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Terror flared across the Saturnian moons.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They moved in a straggling group, but the rhythmic side sway of the great bodies was more uniform than the tread of marching men.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But to Big Bill, shambling away from his bloody, suddenly silent master, the ancient pattern of obedience was unchanged.
tread
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From this reading They moved in a straggling group, but the rhythmic side sway of the great bodies was more uniform than the tread of marching men.
unchanged
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From this reading But to Big Bill, shambling away from his bloody, suddenly silent master, the ancient pattern of obedience was unchanged.
uniform
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From this reading They moved in a straggling group, but the rhythmic side sway of the great bodies was more uniform than the tread of marching men.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But to Big Bill, shambling away from his bloody, suddenly silent master, the ancient pattern of obedience was unchanged.
white
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From this reading Big Bill lumbered swiftly forward across the frozen ground, and behind him came the rest of the work gang--a score of bent and mighty manlike shapes, draped like Big Bill from head to foot in long white hair.
Woollies
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From this reading One of the Woollies, that perfect slave-race, had killed a _man_!
work
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From this reading Big Bill lumbered swiftly forward across the frozen ground, and behind him came the rest of the work gang--a score of bent and mighty manlike shapes, draped like Big Bill from head to foot in long white hair.
