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Chapter XIX
Then the black mouth suddenly yawned wide before her. Her left hand pressed the gun handle. Twin blasts stabbed ahead, blinding white, struck the churning masses, blazed over them. They burned, scattered, exploded, and rolled back, burning and exploding, in a double wave to meet her. "Too fast!"
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earlier than; in front of
From this reading “Then the black mouth suddenly yawned wide before her.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “They burned, scattered, exploded, and rolled back, burning and exploding, in a double wave to meet her.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Her left hand pressed the gun handle.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Her left hand pressed the gun handle.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “Twin blasts stabbed ahead, blinding white, struck the churning masses, blazed over them.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Twin blasts stabbed ahead, blinding white, struck the churning masses, blazed over them.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Then the black mouth suddenly yawned wide before her.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading They burned, scattered, exploded, and rolled back, burning and exploding, in a double wave to meet her.
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From this reading Twin blasts stabbed ahead, blinding white, struck the churning masses, blazed over them.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading They burned, scattered, exploded, and rolled back, burning and exploding, in a double wave to meet her.
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From this reading They burned, scattered, exploded, and rolled back, burning and exploding, in a double wave to meet her.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Then the black mouth suddenly yawned wide before her.
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From this reading Then the black mouth suddenly yawned wide before her.
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From this reading Twin blasts stabbed ahead, blinding white, struck the churning masses, blazed over them.
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From this reading Twin blasts stabbed ahead, blinding white, struck the churning masses, blazed over them.
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From this reading Twin blasts stabbed ahead, blinding white, struck the churning masses, blazed over them.
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From this reading They burned, scattered, exploded, and rolled back, burning and exploding, in a double wave to meet her.
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From this reading They burned, scattered, exploded, and rolled back, burning and exploding, in a double wave to meet her.
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From this reading Twin blasts stabbed ahead, blinding white, struck the churning masses, blazed over them.
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From this reading They burned, scattered, exploded, and rolled back, burning and exploding, in a double wave to meet her.
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From this reading They burned, scattered, exploded, and rolled back, burning and exploding, in a double wave to meet her.
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From this reading They burned, scattered, exploded, and rolled back, burning and exploding, in a double wave to meet her.
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From this reading "Too fast!"
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From this reading Her left hand pressed the gun handle.
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From this reading Her left hand pressed the gun handle.
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From this reading Her left hand pressed the gun handle.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Then the black mouth suddenly yawned wide before her.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading They burned, scattered, exploded, and rolled back, burning and exploding, in a double wave to meet her.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Her left hand pressed the gun handle.
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From this reading Twin blasts stabbed ahead, blinding white, struck the churning masses, blazed over them.
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From this reading They burned, scattered, exploded, and rolled back, burning and exploding, in a double wave to meet her.
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From this reading Then the black mouth suddenly yawned wide before her.
above and across; more than
From this reading Twin blasts stabbed ahead, blinding white, struck the churning masses, blazed over them.
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From this reading Her left hand pressed the gun handle.
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From this reading They burned, scattered, exploded, and rolled back, burning and exploding, in a double wave to meet her.
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From this reading They burned, scattered, exploded, and rolled back, burning and exploding, in a double wave to meet her.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Twin blasts stabbed ahead, blinding white, struck the churning masses, blazed over them.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Twin blasts stabbed ahead, blinding white, struck the churning masses, blazed over them.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Then the black mouth suddenly yawned wide before her.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Then the black mouth suddenly yawned wide before her.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Twin blasts stabbed ahead, blinding white, struck the churning masses, blazed over them.
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From this reading Then the black mouth suddenly yawned wide before her.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They burned, scattered, exploded, and rolled back, burning and exploding, in a double wave to meet her.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading They burned, scattered, exploded, and rolled back, burning and exploding, in a double wave to meet her.
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From this reading "Too fast!"
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From this reading Twin blasts stabbed ahead, blinding white, struck the churning masses, blazed over them.
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From this reading They burned, scattered, exploded, and rolled back, burning and exploding, in a double wave to meet her.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Twin blasts stabbed ahead, blinding white, struck the churning masses, blazed over them.
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From this reading Then the black mouth suddenly yawned wide before her.
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From this reading Then the black mouth suddenly yawned wide before her.
