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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 He lurched toward the front door of the shop, stopped half way there, clung to a counter for support.
Black
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From this reading _Black Light_ Black Hood staggered to his feet, his brain still whirling from that blow to his head.
blow
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From this reading _Black Light_ Black Hood staggered to his feet, his brain still whirling from that blow to his head.
brain
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From this reading _Black Light_ Black Hood staggered to his feet, his brain still whirling from that blow to his head.
calling
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From this reading A hoarse voice was calling on him to open in the name of the law.
carry
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From this reading Black Hood turned, spurred the muscles of his legs to carry on.
clung
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From this reading He lurched toward the front door of the shop, stopped half way there, clung to a counter for support.
counter
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From this reading He lurched toward the front door of the shop, stopped half way there, clung to a counter for support.
door
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From this reading He lurched toward the front door of the shop, stopped half way there, clung to a counter for support.
feet
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From this reading _Black Light_ Black Hood staggered to his feet, his brain still whirling from that blow to his head.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He lurched toward the front door of the shop, stopped half way there, clung to a counter for support.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading _Black Light_ Black Hood staggered to his feet, his brain still whirling from that blow to his head.
front
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From this reading He lurched toward the front door of the shop, stopped half way there, clung to a counter for support.
half
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From this reading He lurched toward the front door of the shop, stopped half way there, clung to a counter for support.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He lurched toward the front door of the shop, stopped half way there, clung to a counter for support.
head
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From this reading _Black Light_ Black Hood staggered to his feet, his brain still whirling from that blow to his head.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading A hoarse voice was calling on him to open in the name of the law.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading _Black Light_ Black Hood staggered to his feet, his brain still whirling from that blow to his head.
hoarse
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From this reading A hoarse voice was calling on him to open in the name of the law.
Hood
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From this reading _Black Light_ Black Hood staggered to his feet, his brain still whirling from that blow to his head.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A hoarse voice was calling on him to open in the name of the law.
law
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From this reading A hoarse voice was calling on him to open in the name of the law.
legs
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From this reading Black Hood turned, spurred the muscles of his legs to carry on.
Light
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From this reading _Black Light_ Black Hood staggered to his feet, his brain still whirling from that blow to his head.
lurched
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From this reading He lurched toward the front door of the shop, stopped half way there, clung to a counter for support.
muscles
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From this reading Black Hood turned, spurred the muscles of his legs to carry on.
name
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From this reading A hoarse voice was calling on him to open in the name of the law.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He lurched toward the front door of the shop, stopped half way there, clung to a counter for support.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Somebody was pounding on the front door.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading A hoarse voice was calling on him to open in the name of the law.
pounding
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From this reading Somebody was pounding on the front door.
shop
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From this reading He lurched toward the front door of the shop, stopped half way there, clung to a counter for support.
SomebodypronounUS /ˈsʌmbɑːdi/
a person, without saying who
From this reading Somebody was pounding on the front door.
spurred
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From this reading Black Hood turned, spurred the muscles of his legs to carry on.
staggered
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From this reading _Black Light_ Black Hood staggered to his feet, his brain still whirling from that blow to his head.
still
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From this reading _Black Light_ Black Hood staggered to his feet, his brain still whirling from that blow to his head.
stopped
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From this reading He lurched toward the front door of the shop, stopped half way there, clung to a counter for support.
supportverbUS /səˈpɔːrt/
to provide what someone needs in order to live
From this reading He lurched toward the front door of the shop, stopped half way there, clung to a counter for support.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading _Black Light_ Black Hood staggered to his feet, his brain still whirling from that blow to his head.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He lurched toward the front door of the shop, stopped half way there, clung to a counter for support.
there
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From this reading He lurched toward the front door of the shop, stopped half way there, clung to a counter for support.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _Black Light_ Black Hood staggered to his feet, his brain still whirling from that blow to his head.
towardprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrd/
in the direction of
From this reading He lurched toward the front door of the shop, stopped half way there, clung to a counter for support.
turned
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From this reading Black Hood turned, spurred the muscles of his legs to carry on.
voice
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From this reading A hoarse voice was calling on him to open in the name of the law.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Somebody was pounding on the front door.
way
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From this reading He lurched toward the front door of the shop, stopped half way there, clung to a counter for support.
whirling
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From this reading _Black Light_ Black Hood staggered to his feet, his brain still whirling from that blow to his head.
