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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 A throbbing, lurid light beat in through the front windows of the store, as the flames across the Diamond swept up the fronts of old buildings.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading A throbbing, lurid light beat in through the front windows of the store, as the flames across the Diamond swept up the fronts of old buildings.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And the fiery light illumined the bloodless, distorted face of their prisoner as he stared up at Wales and Martha.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading A throbbing, lurid light beat in through the front windows of the store, as the flames across the Diamond swept up the fronts of old buildings.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading And the fiery light illumined the bloodless, distorted face of their prisoner as he stared up at Wales and Martha.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading He had been so _sure_ that only the mad Brotherhood could possibly be behind the plot to seize Kendrick, the ghastly scheme to keep millions of people on Earth until Doomsday crashed down upon them.
beat
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From this reading A throbbing, lurid light beat in through the front windows of the store, as the flames across the Diamond swept up the fronts of old buildings.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading He had been so _sure_ that only the mad Brotherhood could possibly be behind the plot to seize Kendrick, the ghastly scheme to keep millions of people on Earth until Doomsday crashed down upon them.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading He had been so _sure_ that only the mad Brotherhood could possibly be behind the plot to seize Kendrick, the ghastly scheme to keep millions of people on Earth until Doomsday crashed down upon them.
bloodless
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From this reading And the fiery light illumined the bloodless, distorted face of their prisoner as he stared up at Wales and Martha.
boomingnounUS /ˈbooming/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The hoarse hallelujah-chorus of the Brotherhood, the quickened booming of the drums, was louder.
Brotherhood
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From this reading The hoarse hallelujah-chorus of the Brotherhood, the quickened booming of the drums, was louder.
buildings
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From this reading A throbbing, lurid light beat in through the front windows of the store, as the flames across the Diamond swept up the fronts of old buildings.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading He had been so _sure_ that only the mad Brotherhood could possibly be behind the plot to seize Kendrick, the ghastly scheme to keep millions of people on Earth until Doomsday crashed down upon them.
crashed
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From this reading He had been so _sure_ that only the mad Brotherhood could possibly be behind the plot to seize Kendrick, the ghastly scheme to keep millions of people on Earth until Doomsday crashed down upon them.
Diamond
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From this reading A throbbing, lurid light beat in through the front windows of the store, as the flames across the Diamond swept up the fronts of old buildings.
distorted
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From this reading And the fiery light illumined the bloodless, distorted face of their prisoner as he stared up at Wales and Martha.
Doomsday
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From this reading He had been so _sure_ that only the mad Brotherhood could possibly be behind the plot to seize Kendrick, the ghastly scheme to keep millions of people on Earth until Doomsday crashed down upon them.
down
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From this reading He had been so _sure_ that only the mad Brotherhood could possibly be behind the plot to seize Kendrick, the ghastly scheme to keep millions of people on Earth until Doomsday crashed down upon them.
drums
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From this reading The hoarse hallelujah-chorus of the Brotherhood, the quickened booming of the drums, was louder.
Earth
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From this reading He had been so _sure_ that only the mad Brotherhood could possibly be behind the plot to seize Kendrick, the ghastly scheme to keep millions of people on Earth until Doomsday crashed down upon them.
face
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From this reading And the fiery light illumined the bloodless, distorted face of their prisoner as he stared up at Wales and Martha.
felt
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From this reading Wales still felt the shock of terrible surprise.
fiery
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From this reading And the fiery light illumined the bloodless, distorted face of their prisoner as he stared up at Wales and Martha.
flames
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From this reading A throbbing, lurid light beat in through the front windows of the store, as the flames across the Diamond swept up the fronts of old buildings.
front
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From this reading A throbbing, lurid light beat in through the front windows of the store, as the flames across the Diamond swept up the fronts of old buildings.
fronts
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From this reading A throbbing, lurid light beat in through the front windows of the store, as the flames across the Diamond swept up the fronts of old buildings.
ghastly
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From this reading He had been so _sure_ that only the mad Brotherhood could possibly be behind the plot to seize Kendrick, the ghastly scheme to keep millions of people on Earth until Doomsday crashed down upon them.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had been so _sure_ that only the mad Brotherhood could possibly be behind the plot to seize Kendrick, the ghastly scheme to keep millions of people on Earth until Doomsday crashed down upon them.
hallelujah-chorus
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From this reading The hoarse hallelujah-chorus of the Brotherhood, the quickened booming of the drums, was louder.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And the fiery light illumined the bloodless, distorted face of their prisoner as he stared up at Wales and Martha.
hoarse
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From this reading The hoarse hallelujah-chorus of the Brotherhood, the quickened booming of the drums, was louder.
illumined
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From this reading And the fiery light illumined the bloodless, distorted face of their prisoner as he stared up at Wales and Martha.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A throbbing, lurid light beat in through the front windows of the store, as the flames across the Diamond swept up the fronts of old buildings.
keep
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From this reading He had been so _sure_ that only the mad Brotherhood could possibly be behind the plot to seize Kendrick, the ghastly scheme to keep millions of people on Earth until Doomsday crashed down upon them.
Kendrick
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From this reading He had been so _sure_ that only the mad Brotherhood could possibly be behind the plot to seize Kendrick, the ghastly scheme to keep millions of people on Earth until Doomsday crashed down upon them.
light
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From this reading A throbbing, lurid light beat in through the front windows of the store, as the flames across the Diamond swept up the fronts of old buildings.
louder
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From this reading The hoarse hallelujah-chorus of the Brotherhood, the quickened booming of the drums, was louder.
lurid
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From this reading A throbbing, lurid light beat in through the front windows of the store, as the flames across the Diamond swept up the fronts of old buildings.
mad
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From this reading He had been so _sure_ that only the mad Brotherhood could possibly be behind the plot to seize Kendrick, the ghastly scheme to keep millions of people on Earth until Doomsday crashed down upon them.
Martha
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From this reading And the fiery light illumined the bloodless, distorted face of their prisoner as he stared up at Wales and Martha.
millions
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From this reading He had been so _sure_ that only the mad Brotherhood could possibly be behind the plot to seize Kendrick, the ghastly scheme to keep millions of people on Earth until Doomsday crashed down upon them.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A throbbing, lurid light beat in through the front windows of the store, as the flames across the Diamond swept up the fronts of old buildings.
old
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From this reading A throbbing, lurid light beat in through the front windows of the store, as the flames across the Diamond swept up the fronts of old buildings.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He had been so _sure_ that only the mad Brotherhood could possibly be behind the plot to seize Kendrick, the ghastly scheme to keep millions of people on Earth until Doomsday crashed down upon them.
only
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From this reading He had been so _sure_ that only the mad Brotherhood could possibly be behind the plot to seize Kendrick, the ghastly scheme to keep millions of people on Earth until Doomsday crashed down upon them.
people
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From this reading He had been so _sure_ that only the mad Brotherhood could possibly be behind the plot to seize Kendrick, the ghastly scheme to keep millions of people on Earth until Doomsday crashed down upon them.
plot
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From this reading He had been so _sure_ that only the mad Brotherhood could possibly be behind the plot to seize Kendrick, the ghastly scheme to keep millions of people on Earth until Doomsday crashed down upon them.
possibly
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From this reading He had been so _sure_ that only the mad Brotherhood could possibly be behind the plot to seize Kendrick, the ghastly scheme to keep millions of people on Earth until Doomsday crashed down upon them.
prisoner
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From this reading And the fiery light illumined the bloodless, distorted face of their prisoner as he stared up at Wales and Martha.
quickened
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From this reading The hoarse hallelujah-chorus of the Brotherhood, the quickened booming of the drums, was louder.
scheme
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From this reading He had been so _sure_ that only the mad Brotherhood could possibly be behind the plot to seize Kendrick, the ghastly scheme to keep millions of people on Earth until Doomsday crashed down upon them.
seize
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From this reading He had been so _sure_ that only the mad Brotherhood could possibly be behind the plot to seize Kendrick, the ghastly scheme to keep millions of people on Earth until Doomsday crashed down upon them.
shock
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From this reading Wales still felt the shock of terrible surprise.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading He had been so _sure_ that only the mad Brotherhood could possibly be behind the plot to seize Kendrick, the ghastly scheme to keep millions of people on Earth until Doomsday crashed down upon them.
stared
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From this reading And the fiery light illumined the bloodless, distorted face of their prisoner as he stared up at Wales and Martha.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Wales still felt the shock of terrible surprise.
store
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From this reading A throbbing, lurid light beat in through the front windows of the store, as the flames across the Diamond swept up the fronts of old buildings.
surenounUS /sure/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had been so _sure_ that only the mad Brotherhood could possibly be behind the plot to seize Kendrick, the ghastly scheme to keep millions of people on Earth until Doomsday crashed down upon them.
surprise
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From this reading Wales still felt the shock of terrible surprise.
swept
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From this reading A throbbing, lurid light beat in through the front windows of the store, as the flames across the Diamond swept up the fronts of old buildings.
terriblenounUS /ˈterrible/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Wales still felt the shock of terrible surprise.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He had been so _sure_ that only the mad Brotherhood could possibly be behind the plot to seize Kendrick, the ghastly scheme to keep millions of people on Earth until Doomsday crashed down upon them.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A throbbing, lurid light beat in through the front windows of the store, as the flames across the Diamond swept up the fronts of old buildings.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading And the fiery light illumined the bloodless, distorted face of their prisoner as he stared up at Wales and Martha.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading He had been so _sure_ that only the mad Brotherhood could possibly be behind the plot to seize Kendrick, the ghastly scheme to keep millions of people on Earth until Doomsday crashed down upon them.
throbbing
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From this reading A throbbing, lurid light beat in through the front windows of the store, as the flames across the Diamond swept up the fronts of old buildings.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading A throbbing, lurid light beat in through the front windows of the store, as the flames across the Diamond swept up the fronts of old buildings.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He had been so _sure_ that only the mad Brotherhood could possibly be behind the plot to seize Kendrick, the ghastly scheme to keep millions of people on Earth until Doomsday crashed down upon them.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading He had been so _sure_ that only the mad Brotherhood could possibly be behind the plot to seize Kendrick, the ghastly scheme to keep millions of people on Earth until Doomsday crashed down upon them.
up
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From this reading A throbbing, lurid light beat in through the front windows of the store, as the flames across the Diamond swept up the fronts of old buildings.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading He had been so _sure_ that only the mad Brotherhood could possibly be behind the plot to seize Kendrick, the ghastly scheme to keep millions of people on Earth until Doomsday crashed down upon them.
Wales
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From this reading And the fiery light illumined the bloodless, distorted face of their prisoner as he stared up at Wales and Martha.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The hoarse hallelujah-chorus of the Brotherhood, the quickened booming of the drums, was louder.
windows
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From this reading A throbbing, lurid light beat in through the front windows of the store, as the flames across the Diamond swept up the fronts of old buildings.
