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From this reading Through the blue skies over England there rushed the bright stranger--a meteor, a comet, a fiery star! “such as no man before ever saw;” it appeared on the 8th, before the kalends of May; seven nights did it shine [235], and the faces of sleepless men were pale under the angry glare.
8th
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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 Through the blue skies over England there rushed the bright stranger--a meteor, a comet, a fiery star! “such as no man before ever saw;” it appeared on the 8th, before the kalends of May; seven nights did it shine [235], and the faces of sleepless men were pale under the angry glare.
altars
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From this reading Muttering hymns, monks hudded together round the altars, as if to exorcise the land of a demon.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Through the blue skies over England there rushed the bright stranger--a meteor, a comet, a fiery star! “such as no man before ever saw;” it appeared on the 8th, before the kalends of May; seven nights did it shine [235], and the faces of sleepless men were pale under the angry glare.
angry
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From this reading Through the blue skies over England there rushed the bright stranger--a meteor, a comet, a fiery star! “such as no man before ever saw;” it appeared on the 8th, before the kalends of May; seven nights did it shine [235], and the faces of sleepless men were pale under the angry glare.
appeared
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From this reading Through the blue skies over England there rushed the bright stranger--a meteor, a comet, a fiery star! “such as no man before ever saw;” it appeared on the 8th, before the kalends of May; seven nights did it shine [235], and the faces of sleepless men were pale under the angry glare.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Through the blue skies over England there rushed the bright stranger--a meteor, a comet, a fiery star! “such as no man before ever saw;” it appeared on the 8th, before the kalends of May; seven nights did it shine [235], and the faces of sleepless men were pale under the angry glare.
assembled
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From this reading On every ruinous fort, by sea-coast and march, the warder crossed his breast to behold it; on hill and in thoroughfare, crowds nightly assembled to gaze on the terrible star.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The river of Thames rushed blood-red in the beam, the winds at play on the broad waves of the Humber, broke the surge of the billows into sparkles of fire.
beam
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From this reading The river of Thames rushed blood-red in the beam, the winds at play on the broad waves of the Humber, broke the surge of the billows into sparkles of fire.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Through the blue skies over England there rushed the bright stranger--a meteor, a comet, a fiery star! “such as no man before ever saw;” it appeared on the 8th, before the kalends of May; seven nights did it shine [235], and the faces of sleepless men were pale under the angry glare.
behold
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From this reading On every ruinous fort, by sea-coast and march, the warder crossed his breast to behold it; on hill and in thoroughfare, crowds nightly assembled to gaze on the terrible star.
billows
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From this reading The river of Thames rushed blood-red in the beam, the winds at play on the broad waves of the Humber, broke the surge of the billows into sparkles of fire.
blood-red
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From this reading The river of Thames rushed blood-red in the beam, the winds at play on the broad waves of the Humber, broke the surge of the billows into sparkles of fire.
blue
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From this reading Through the blue skies over England there rushed the bright stranger--a meteor, a comet, a fiery star! “such as no man before ever saw;” it appeared on the 8th, before the kalends of May; seven nights did it shine [235], and the faces of sleepless men were pale under the angry glare.
breast
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From this reading On every ruinous fort, by sea-coast and march, the warder crossed his breast to behold it; on hill and in thoroughfare, crowds nightly assembled to gaze on the terrible star.
bright
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From this reading Through the blue skies over England there rushed the bright stranger--a meteor, a comet, a fiery star! “such as no man before ever saw;” it appeared on the 8th, before the kalends of May; seven nights did it shine [235], and the faces of sleepless men were pale under the angry glare.
broad
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From this reading The river of Thames rushed blood-red in the beam, the winds at play on the broad waves of the Humber, broke the surge of the billows into sparkles of fire.
broke
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From this reading The river of Thames rushed blood-red in the beam, the winds at play on the broad waves of the Humber, broke the surge of the billows into sparkles of fire.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading On every ruinous fort, by sea-coast and march, the warder crossed his breast to behold it; on hill and in thoroughfare, crowds nightly assembled to gaze on the terrible star.
comet
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From this reading Through the blue skies over England there rushed the bright stranger--a meteor, a comet, a fiery star! “such as no man before ever saw;” it appeared on the 8th, before the kalends of May; seven nights did it shine [235], and the faces of sleepless men were pale under the angry glare.
crossed
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From this reading On every ruinous fort, by sea-coast and march, the warder crossed his breast to behold it; on hill and in thoroughfare, crowds nightly assembled to gaze on the terrible star.
crowds
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From this reading On every ruinous fort, by sea-coast and march, the warder crossed his breast to behold it; on hill and in thoroughfare, crowds nightly assembled to gaze on the terrible star.
demon
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From this reading Muttering hymns, monks hudded together round the altars, as if to exorcise the land of a demon.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Through the blue skies over England there rushed the bright stranger--a meteor, a comet, a fiery star! “such as no man before ever saw;” it appeared on the 8th, before the kalends of May; seven nights did it shine [235], and the faces of sleepless men were pale under the angry glare.
dragonnounUS /ˈdræɡən/
a mythical or imagined creature shaped like a large reptile
From this reading With three streamers, sharp and long as the sting of a dragon, the foreboder of wrath rushed through the hosts of the stars.
England
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From this reading Through the blue skies over England there rushed the bright stranger--a meteor, a comet, a fiery star! “such as no man before ever saw;” it appeared on the 8th, before the kalends of May; seven nights did it shine [235], and the faces of sleepless men were pale under the angry glare.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Through the blue skies over England there rushed the bright stranger--a meteor, a comet, a fiery star! “such as no man before ever saw;” it appeared on the 8th, before the kalends of May; seven nights did it shine [235], and the faces of sleepless men were pale under the angry glare.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading On every ruinous fort, by sea-coast and march, the warder crossed his breast to behold it; on hill and in thoroughfare, crowds nightly assembled to gaze on the terrible star.
exorcise
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From this reading Muttering hymns, monks hudded together round the altars, as if to exorcise the land of a demon.
faces
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From this reading Through the blue skies over England there rushed the bright stranger--a meteor, a comet, a fiery star! “such as no man before ever saw;” it appeared on the 8th, before the kalends of May; seven nights did it shine [235], and the faces of sleepless men were pale under the angry glare.
fiery
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From this reading Through the blue skies over England there rushed the bright stranger--a meteor, a comet, a fiery star! “such as no man before ever saw;” it appeared on the 8th, before the kalends of May; seven nights did it shine [235], and the faces of sleepless men were pale under the angry glare.
fire
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From this reading The river of Thames rushed blood-red in the beam, the winds at play on the broad waves of the Humber, broke the surge of the billows into sparkles of fire.
foreboder
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From this reading With three streamers, sharp and long as the sting of a dragon, the foreboder of wrath rushed through the hosts of the stars.
fort
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From this reading On every ruinous fort, by sea-coast and march, the warder crossed his breast to behold it; on hill and in thoroughfare, crowds nightly assembled to gaze on the terrible star.
gaze
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From this reading On every ruinous fort, by sea-coast and march, the warder crossed his breast to behold it; on hill and in thoroughfare, crowds nightly assembled to gaze on the terrible star.
glarenounUS /glare/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Through the blue skies over England there rushed the bright stranger--a meteor, a comet, a fiery star! “such as no man before ever saw;” it appeared on the 8th, before the kalends of May; seven nights did it shine [235], and the faces of sleepless men were pale under the angry glare.
hill
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From this reading On every ruinous fort, by sea-coast and march, the warder crossed his breast to behold it; on hill and in thoroughfare, crowds nightly assembled to gaze on the terrible star.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading On every ruinous fort, by sea-coast and march, the warder crossed his breast to behold it; on hill and in thoroughfare, crowds nightly assembled to gaze on the terrible star.
hosts
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From this reading With three streamers, sharp and long as the sting of a dragon, the foreboder of wrath rushed through the hosts of the stars.
hudded
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From this reading Muttering hymns, monks hudded together round the altars, as if to exorcise the land of a demon.
Humber
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From this reading The river of Thames rushed blood-red in the beam, the winds at play on the broad waves of the Humber, broke the surge of the billows into sparkles of fire.
hymns
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From this reading Muttering hymns, monks hudded together round the altars, as if to exorcise the land of a demon.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Muttering hymns, monks hudded together round the altars, as if to exorcise the land of a demon.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The river of Thames rushed blood-red in the beam, the winds at play on the broad waves of the Humber, broke the surge of the billows into sparkles of fire.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The river of Thames rushed blood-red in the beam, the winds at play on the broad waves of the Humber, broke the surge of the billows into sparkles of fire.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Through the blue skies over England there rushed the bright stranger--a meteor, a comet, a fiery star! “such as no man before ever saw;” it appeared on the 8th, before the kalends of May; seven nights did it shine [235], and the faces of sleepless men were pale under the angry glare.
kalends
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From this reading Through the blue skies over England there rushed the bright stranger--a meteor, a comet, a fiery star! “such as no man before ever saw;” it appeared on the 8th, before the kalends of May; seven nights did it shine [235], and the faces of sleepless men were pale under the angry glare.
land
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From this reading Muttering hymns, monks hudded together round the altars, as if to exorcise the land of a demon.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading With three streamers, sharp and long as the sting of a dragon, the foreboder of wrath rushed through the hosts of the stars.
man
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From this reading Through the blue skies over England there rushed the bright stranger--a meteor, a comet, a fiery star! “such as no man before ever saw;” it appeared on the 8th, before the kalends of May; seven nights did it shine [235], and the faces of sleepless men were pale under the angry glare.
march
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From this reading On every ruinous fort, by sea-coast and march, the warder crossed his breast to behold it; on hill and in thoroughfare, crowds nightly assembled to gaze on the terrible star.
Maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading Through the blue skies over England there rushed the bright stranger--a meteor, a comet, a fiery star! “such as no man before ever saw;” it appeared on the 8th, before the kalends of May; seven nights did it shine [235], and the faces of sleepless men were pale under the angry glare.
men
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From this reading Through the blue skies over England there rushed the bright stranger--a meteor, a comet, a fiery star! “such as no man before ever saw;” it appeared on the 8th, before the kalends of May; seven nights did it shine [235], and the faces of sleepless men were pale under the angry glare.
meteor
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From this reading Through the blue skies over England there rushed the bright stranger--a meteor, a comet, a fiery star! “such as no man before ever saw;” it appeared on the 8th, before the kalends of May; seven nights did it shine [235], and the faces of sleepless men were pale under the angry glare.
monks
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From this reading Muttering hymns, monks hudded together round the altars, as if to exorcise the land of a demon.
Muttering
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From this reading Muttering hymns, monks hudded together round the altars, as if to exorcise the land of a demon.
nightly
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From this reading On every ruinous fort, by sea-coast and march, the warder crossed his breast to behold it; on hill and in thoroughfare, crowds nightly assembled to gaze on the terrible star.
nightsnounUS /naɪts/
Periods of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
From this reading Through the blue skies over England there rushed the bright stranger--a meteor, a comet, a fiery star! “such as no man before ever saw;” it appeared on the 8th, before the kalends of May; seven nights did it shine [235], and the faces of sleepless men were pale under the angry glare.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Through the blue skies over England there rushed the bright stranger--a meteor, a comet, a fiery star! “such as no man before ever saw;” it appeared on the 8th, before the kalends of May; seven nights did it shine [235], and the faces of sleepless men were pale under the angry glare.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Through the blue skies over England there rushed the bright stranger--a meteor, a comet, a fiery star! “such as no man before ever saw;” it appeared on the 8th, before the kalends of May; seven nights did it shine [235], and the faces of sleepless men were pale under the angry glare.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Through the blue skies over England there rushed the bright stranger--a meteor, a comet, a fiery star! “such as no man before ever saw;” it appeared on the 8th, before the kalends of May; seven nights did it shine [235], and the faces of sleepless men were pale under the angry glare.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Through the blue skies over England there rushed the bright stranger--a meteor, a comet, a fiery star! “such as no man before ever saw;” it appeared on the 8th, before the kalends of May; seven nights did it shine [235], and the faces of sleepless men were pale under the angry glare.
pale
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From this reading Through the blue skies over England there rushed the bright stranger--a meteor, a comet, a fiery star! “such as no man before ever saw;” it appeared on the 8th, before the kalends of May; seven nights did it shine [235], and the faces of sleepless men were pale under the angry glare.
play
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From this reading The river of Thames rushed blood-red in the beam, the winds at play on the broad waves of the Humber, broke the surge of the billows into sparkles of fire.
river
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From this reading The river of Thames rushed blood-red in the beam, the winds at play on the broad waves of the Humber, broke the surge of the billows into sparkles of fire.
round
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From this reading Muttering hymns, monks hudded together round the altars, as if to exorcise the land of a demon.
ruinous
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From this reading On every ruinous fort, by sea-coast and march, the warder crossed his breast to behold it; on hill and in thoroughfare, crowds nightly assembled to gaze on the terrible star.
rushed
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From this reading Through the blue skies over England there rushed the bright stranger--a meteor, a comet, a fiery star! “such as no man before ever saw;” it appeared on the 8th, before the kalends of May; seven nights did it shine [235], and the faces of sleepless men were pale under the angry glare.
saw
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From this reading Through the blue skies over England there rushed the bright stranger--a meteor, a comet, a fiery star! “such as no man before ever saw;” it appeared on the 8th, before the kalends of May; seven nights did it shine [235], and the faces of sleepless men were pale under the angry glare.
sea-coast
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From this reading On every ruinous fort, by sea-coast and march, the warder crossed his breast to behold it; on hill and in thoroughfare, crowds nightly assembled to gaze on the terrible star.
seven
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From this reading Through the blue skies over England there rushed the bright stranger--a meteor, a comet, a fiery star! “such as no man before ever saw;” it appeared on the 8th, before the kalends of May; seven nights did it shine [235], and the faces of sleepless men were pale under the angry glare.
sharp
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From this reading With three streamers, sharp and long as the sting of a dragon, the foreboder of wrath rushed through the hosts of the stars.
shine
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From this reading Through the blue skies over England there rushed the bright stranger--a meteor, a comet, a fiery star! “such as no man before ever saw;” it appeared on the 8th, before the kalends of May; seven nights did it shine [235], and the faces of sleepless men were pale under the angry glare.
skies
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From this reading Through the blue skies over England there rushed the bright stranger--a meteor, a comet, a fiery star! “such as no man before ever saw;” it appeared on the 8th, before the kalends of May; seven nights did it shine [235], and the faces of sleepless men were pale under the angry glare.
sleepless
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From this reading Through the blue skies over England there rushed the bright stranger--a meteor, a comet, a fiery star! “such as no man before ever saw;” it appeared on the 8th, before the kalends of May; seven nights did it shine [235], and the faces of sleepless men were pale under the angry glare.
sparkles
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From this reading The river of Thames rushed blood-red in the beam, the winds at play on the broad waves of the Humber, broke the surge of the billows into sparkles of fire.
star
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From this reading Through the blue skies over England there rushed the bright stranger--a meteor, a comet, a fiery star! “such as no man before ever saw;” it appeared on the 8th, before the kalends of May; seven nights did it shine [235], and the faces of sleepless men were pale under the angry glare.
stars
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From this reading With three streamers, sharp and long as the sting of a dragon, the foreboder of wrath rushed through the hosts of the stars.
sting
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From this reading With three streamers, sharp and long as the sting of a dragon, the foreboder of wrath rushed through the hosts of the stars.
stranger
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From this reading Through the blue skies over England there rushed the bright stranger--a meteor, a comet, a fiery star! “such as no man before ever saw;” it appeared on the 8th, before the kalends of May; seven nights did it shine [235], and the faces of sleepless men were pale under the angry glare.
streamers
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From this reading With three streamers, sharp and long as the sting of a dragon, the foreboder of wrath rushed through the hosts of the stars.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Through the blue skies over England there rushed the bright stranger--a meteor, a comet, a fiery star! “such as no man before ever saw;” it appeared on the 8th, before the kalends of May; seven nights did it shine [235], and the faces of sleepless men were pale under the angry glare.
surge
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From this reading The river of Thames rushed blood-red in the beam, the winds at play on the broad waves of the Humber, broke the surge of the billows into sparkles of fire.
terriblenounUS /ˈterrible/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading On every ruinous fort, by sea-coast and march, the warder crossed his breast to behold it; on hill and in thoroughfare, crowds nightly assembled to gaze on the terrible star.
Thames
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From this reading The river of Thames rushed blood-red in the beam, the winds at play on the broad waves of the Humber, broke the surge of the billows into sparkles of fire.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Through the blue skies over England there rushed the bright stranger--a meteor, a comet, a fiery star! “such as no man before ever saw;” it appeared on the 8th, before the kalends of May; seven nights did it shine [235], and the faces of sleepless men were pale under the angry glare.
there
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From this reading Through the blue skies over England there rushed the bright stranger--a meteor, a comet, a fiery star! “such as no man before ever saw;” it appeared on the 8th, before the kalends of May; seven nights did it shine [235], and the faces of sleepless men were pale under the angry glare.
thoroughfare
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From this reading On every ruinous fort, by sea-coast and march, the warder crossed his breast to behold it; on hill and in thoroughfare, crowds nightly assembled to gaze on the terrible star.
three
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From this reading With three streamers, sharp and long as the sting of a dragon, the foreboder of wrath rushed through the hosts of the stars.
ThroughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Through the blue skies over England there rushed the bright stranger--a meteor, a comet, a fiery star! “such as no man before ever saw;” it appeared on the 8th, before the kalends of May; seven nights did it shine [235], and the faces of sleepless men were pale under the angry glare.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading On every ruinous fort, by sea-coast and march, the warder crossed his breast to behold it; on hill and in thoroughfare, crowds nightly assembled to gaze on the terrible star.
together
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From this reading Muttering hymns, monks hudded together round the altars, as if to exorcise the land of a demon.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Through the blue skies over England there rushed the bright stranger--a meteor, a comet, a fiery star! “such as no man before ever saw;” it appeared on the 8th, before the kalends of May; seven nights did it shine [235], and the faces of sleepless men were pale under the angry glare.
warder
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From this reading On every ruinous fort, by sea-coast and march, the warder crossed his breast to behold it; on hill and in thoroughfare, crowds nightly assembled to gaze on the terrible star.
waves
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From this reading The river of Thames rushed blood-red in the beam, the winds at play on the broad waves of the Humber, broke the surge of the billows into sparkles of fire.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Through the blue skies over England there rushed the bright stranger--a meteor, a comet, a fiery star! “such as no man before ever saw;” it appeared on the 8th, before the kalends of May; seven nights did it shine [235], and the faces of sleepless men were pale under the angry glare.
winds
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From this reading The river of Thames rushed blood-red in the beam, the winds at play on the broad waves of the Humber, broke the surge of the billows into sparkles of fire.
WithprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading With three streamers, sharp and long as the sting of a dragon, the foreboder of wrath rushed through the hosts of the stars.
wrath
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From this reading With three streamers, sharp and long as the sting of a dragon, the foreboder of wrath rushed through the hosts of the stars.
