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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 Phaethon fell from the chariot, down, down into a clear river.
all
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From this reading Zeus searched all the heavens for clouds and hurled his thunderbolts from the sky.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Helios saw that the whole world would soon be on fire, and cried to father Zeus to save the earth from the flames.
banks
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From this reading His sisters came to the banks of the river and wept.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Helios saw that the whole world would soon be on fire, and cried to father Zeus to save the earth from the flames.
brow
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From this reading The naiads cooled his burning brow, and gently sang him to sleep.
burning
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From this reading The naiads cooled his burning brow, and gently sang him to sleep.
came
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From this reading His sisters came to the banks of the river and wept.
chariot
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From this reading Phaethon fell from the chariot, down, down into a clear river.
clear
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From this reading Phaethon fell from the chariot, down, down into a clear river.
clouds
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From this reading Zeus searched all the heavens for clouds and hurled his thunderbolts from the sky.
cooled
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From this reading The naiads cooled his burning brow, and gently sang him to sleep.
cried
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From this reading Helios saw that the whole world would soon be on fire, and cried to father Zeus to save the earth from the flames.
down
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From this reading Phaethon fell from the chariot, down, down into a clear river.
earth
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From this reading Helios saw that the whole world would soon be on fire, and cried to father Zeus to save the earth from the flames.
father
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From this reading Helios saw that the whole world would soon be on fire, and cried to father Zeus to save the earth from the flames.
fell
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From this reading Phaethon fell from the chariot, down, down into a clear river.
fire
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From this reading Helios saw that the whole world would soon be on fire, and cried to father Zeus to save the earth from the flames.
flames
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From this reading Helios saw that the whole world would soon be on fire, and cried to father Zeus to save the earth from the flames.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Zeus searched all the heavens for clouds and hurled his thunderbolts from the sky.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Helios saw that the whole world would soon be on fire, and cried to father Zeus to save the earth from the flames.
gently
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From this reading The naiads cooled his burning brow, and gently sang him to sleep.
heavens
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From this reading Zeus searched all the heavens for clouds and hurled his thunderbolts from the sky.
Helios
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From this reading Helios saw that the whole world would soon be on fire, and cried to father Zeus to save the earth from the flames.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The naiads cooled his burning brow, and gently sang him to sleep.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Zeus searched all the heavens for clouds and hurled his thunderbolts from the sky.
hurled
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From this reading Zeus searched all the heavens for clouds and hurled his thunderbolts from the sky.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Phaethon fell from the chariot, down, down into a clear river.
naiads
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From this reading The naiads cooled his burning brow, and gently sang him to sleep.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading His sisters came to the banks of the river and wept.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Helios saw that the whole world would soon be on fire, and cried to father Zeus to save the earth from the flames.
Phaethon
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From this reading Phaethon fell from the chariot, down, down into a clear river.
river
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From this reading Phaethon fell from the chariot, down, down into a clear river.
sang
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From this reading The naiads cooled his burning brow, and gently sang him to sleep.
saveprepositionUS /seɪv/
except for; apart from
From this reading Helios saw that the whole world would soon be on fire, and cried to father Zeus to save the earth from the flames.
saw
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From this reading Helios saw that the whole world would soon be on fire, and cried to father Zeus to save the earth from the flames.
searched
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From this reading Zeus searched all the heavens for clouds and hurled his thunderbolts from the sky.
sisters
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From this reading His sisters came to the banks of the river and wept.
sky
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From this reading Zeus searched all the heavens for clouds and hurled his thunderbolts from the sky.
sleep
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From this reading The naiads cooled his burning brow, and gently sang him to sleep.
soon
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From this reading Helios saw that the whole world would soon be on fire, and cried to father Zeus to save the earth from the flames.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Helios saw that the whole world would soon be on fire, and cried to father Zeus to save the earth from the flames.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Helios saw that the whole world would soon be on fire, and cried to father Zeus to save the earth from the flames.
thunderbolts
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From this reading Zeus searched all the heavens for clouds and hurled his thunderbolts from the sky.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Helios saw that the whole world would soon be on fire, and cried to father Zeus to save the earth from the flames.
wept
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From this reading His sisters came to the banks of the river and wept.
whole
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From this reading Helios saw that the whole world would soon be on fire, and cried to father Zeus to save the earth from the flames.
world
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From this reading Helios saw that the whole world would soon be on fire, and cried to father Zeus to save the earth from the flames.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Helios saw that the whole world would soon be on fire, and cried to father Zeus to save the earth from the flames.
Zeus
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From this reading Helios saw that the whole world would soon be on fire, and cried to father Zeus to save the earth from the flames.
