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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 But the mountain was like the body of a dying man, that retains awhile a certain amount of heat at the heart after the extremities have become cold and dead.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading But the mountain was like the body of a dying man, that retains awhile a certain amount of heat at the heart after the extremities have become cold and dead.
air
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From this reading The temperature of the hall, now entirely exposed to the outer air, was rapidly falling, and would quickly become unendurable.
allow
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From this reading Far too intense was the cold to allow anyone to remain at the opening, and the moisture on the walls soon resolved itself into icicles.
amountverbUS /əˈmaʊnt/
to reach or total a particular quantity or value
From this reading But the mountain was like the body of a dying man, that retains awhile a certain amount of heat at the heart after the extremities have become cold and dead.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The temperature of the hall, now entirely exposed to the outer air, was rapidly falling, and would quickly become unendurable.
anyonepronounUS /ˈeniwʌn/
any person at all
From this reading Far too intense was the cold to allow anyone to remain at the opening, and the moisture on the walls soon resolved itself into icicles.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Far too intense was the cold to allow anyone to remain at the opening, and the moisture on the walls soon resolved itself into icicles.
awhile
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From this reading But the mountain was like the body of a dying man, that retains awhile a certain amount of heat at the heart after the extremities have become cold and dead.
become
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From this reading The temperature of the hall, now entirely exposed to the outer air, was rapidly falling, and would quickly become unendurable.
bodynounUS /body/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But the mountain was like the body of a dying man, that retains awhile a certain amount of heat at the heart after the extremities have become cold and dead.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But the mountain was like the body of a dying man, that retains awhile a certain amount of heat at the heart after the extremities have become cold and dead.
certain
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From this reading But the mountain was like the body of a dying man, that retains awhile a certain amount of heat at the heart after the extremities have become cold and dead.
chances
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From this reading The whole night was spent in speculating, with gloomy forebodings, upon the chances of the future.
cold
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From this reading Far too intense was the cold to allow anyone to remain at the opening, and the moisture on the walls soon resolved itself into icicles.
companions
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From this reading In the more interior galleries there was still a certain degree of warmth, and hither Servadac and his companions were glad enough to retreat.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But the mountain was like the body of a dying man, that retains awhile a certain amount of heat at the heart after the extremities have become cold and dead.
degree
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From this reading In the more interior galleries there was still a certain degree of warmth, and hither Servadac and his companions were glad enough to retreat.
dying
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From this reading But the mountain was like the body of a dying man, that retains awhile a certain amount of heat at the heart after the extremities have become cold and dead.
enough
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From this reading In the more interior galleries there was still a certain degree of warmth, and hither Servadac and his companions were glad enough to retreat.
entirelynounUS /ˈentirely/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The temperature of the hall, now entirely exposed to the outer air, was rapidly falling, and would quickly become unendurable.
exposedadjectiveUS /ɪkˈspəʊzd/
left open to danger or view left open to danger or public view
From this reading The temperature of the hall, now entirely exposed to the outer air, was rapidly falling, and would quickly become unendurable.
extremities
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From this reading But the mountain was like the body of a dying man, that retains awhile a certain amount of heat at the heart after the extremities have become cold and dead.
falling
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From this reading The temperature of the hall, now entirely exposed to the outer air, was rapidly falling, and would quickly become unendurable.
Far
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From this reading Far too intense was the cold to allow anyone to remain at the opening, and the moisture on the walls soon resolved itself into icicles.
forebodings
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From this reading The whole night was spent in speculating, with gloomy forebodings, upon the chances of the future.
future
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From this reading The whole night was spent in speculating, with gloomy forebodings, upon the chances of the future.
galleries
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From this reading In the more interior galleries there was still a certain degree of warmth, and hither Servadac and his companions were glad enough to retreat.
glad
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From this reading In the more interior galleries there was still a certain degree of warmth, and hither Servadac and his companions were glad enough to retreat.
gloomy
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From this reading The whole night was spent in speculating, with gloomy forebodings, upon the chances of the future.
hall
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From this reading The temperature of the hall, now entirely exposed to the outer air, was rapidly falling, and would quickly become unendurable.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading But the mountain was like the body of a dying man, that retains awhile a certain amount of heat at the heart after the extremities have become cold and dead.
heart
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From this reading But the mountain was like the body of a dying man, that retains awhile a certain amount of heat at the heart after the extremities have become cold and dead.
heat
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From this reading But the mountain was like the body of a dying man, that retains awhile a certain amount of heat at the heart after the extremities have become cold and dead.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading In the more interior galleries there was still a certain degree of warmth, and hither Servadac and his companions were glad enough to retreat.
hitheradverbUS /ˈhɪðər/
an old word meaning “to this place”
From this reading In the more interior galleries there was still a certain degree of warmth, and hither Servadac and his companions were glad enough to retreat.
icicles
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From this reading Far too intense was the cold to allow anyone to remain at the opening, and the moisture on the walls soon resolved itself into icicles.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The whole night was spent in speculating, with gloomy forebodings, upon the chances of the future.
intense
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From this reading Far too intense was the cold to allow anyone to remain at the opening, and the moisture on the walls soon resolved itself into icicles.
interior
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From this reading In the more interior galleries there was still a certain degree of warmth, and hither Servadac and his companions were glad enough to retreat.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Far too intense was the cold to allow anyone to remain at the opening, and the moisture on the walls soon resolved itself into icicles.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading Far too intense was the cold to allow anyone to remain at the opening, and the moisture on the walls soon resolved itself into icicles.
like
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From this reading But the mountain was like the body of a dying man, that retains awhile a certain amount of heat at the heart after the extremities have become cold and dead.
man
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From this reading But the mountain was like the body of a dying man, that retains awhile a certain amount of heat at the heart after the extremities have become cold and dead.
moisture
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From this reading Far too intense was the cold to allow anyone to remain at the opening, and the moisture on the walls soon resolved itself into icicles.
more
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From this reading In the more interior galleries there was still a certain degree of warmth, and hither Servadac and his companions were glad enough to retreat.
mountain
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From this reading But the mountain was like the body of a dying man, that retains awhile a certain amount of heat at the heart after the extremities have become cold and dead.
night
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From this reading The whole night was spent in speculating, with gloomy forebodings, upon the chances of the future.
now
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From this reading The temperature of the hall, now entirely exposed to the outer air, was rapidly falling, and would quickly become unendurable.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The whole night was spent in speculating, with gloomy forebodings, upon the chances of the future.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Far too intense was the cold to allow anyone to remain at the opening, and the moisture on the walls soon resolved itself into icicles.
opening
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From this reading Far too intense was the cold to allow anyone to remain at the opening, and the moisture on the walls soon resolved itself into icicles.
outer
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From this reading The temperature of the hall, now entirely exposed to the outer air, was rapidly falling, and would quickly become unendurable.
quickly
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From this reading The temperature of the hall, now entirely exposed to the outer air, was rapidly falling, and would quickly become unendurable.
rapidly
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From this reading The temperature of the hall, now entirely exposed to the outer air, was rapidly falling, and would quickly become unendurable.
remain
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From this reading Far too intense was the cold to allow anyone to remain at the opening, and the moisture on the walls soon resolved itself into icicles.
resolved
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From this reading Far too intense was the cold to allow anyone to remain at the opening, and the moisture on the walls soon resolved itself into icicles.
retains
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From this reading But the mountain was like the body of a dying man, that retains awhile a certain amount of heat at the heart after the extremities have become cold and dead.
retreat
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From this reading In the more interior galleries there was still a certain degree of warmth, and hither Servadac and his companions were glad enough to retreat.
Servadac
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From this reading In the more interior galleries there was still a certain degree of warmth, and hither Servadac and his companions were glad enough to retreat.
soon
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From this reading Far too intense was the cold to allow anyone to remain at the opening, and the moisture on the walls soon resolved itself into icicles.
speculating
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From this reading The whole night was spent in speculating, with gloomy forebodings, upon the chances of the future.
spent
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From this reading The whole night was spent in speculating, with gloomy forebodings, upon the chances of the future.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the more interior galleries there was still a certain degree of warmth, and hither Servadac and his companions were glad enough to retreat.
temperature
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From this reading The temperature of the hall, now entirely exposed to the outer air, was rapidly falling, and would quickly become unendurable.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But the mountain was like the body of a dying man, that retains awhile a certain amount of heat at the heart after the extremities have become cold and dead.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The whole night was spent in speculating, with gloomy forebodings, upon the chances of the future.
there
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From this reading In the more interior galleries there was still a certain degree of warmth, and hither Servadac and his companions were glad enough to retreat.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The temperature of the hall, now entirely exposed to the outer air, was rapidly falling, and would quickly become unendurable.
too
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From this reading Far too intense was the cold to allow anyone to remain at the opening, and the moisture on the walls soon resolved itself into icicles.
unendurable
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From this reading The temperature of the hall, now entirely exposed to the outer air, was rapidly falling, and would quickly become unendurable.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The whole night was spent in speculating, with gloomy forebodings, upon the chances of the future.
walls
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From this reading Far too intense was the cold to allow anyone to remain at the opening, and the moisture on the walls soon resolved itself into icicles.
warmth
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From this reading In the more interior galleries there was still a certain degree of warmth, and hither Servadac and his companions were glad enough to retreat.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The whole night was spent in speculating, with gloomy forebodings, upon the chances of the future.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading In the more interior galleries there was still a certain degree of warmth, and hither Servadac and his companions were glad enough to retreat.
whole
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From this reading The whole night was spent in speculating, with gloomy forebodings, upon the chances of the future.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The whole night was spent in speculating, with gloomy forebodings, upon the chances of the future.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading The temperature of the hall, now entirely exposed to the outer air, was rapidly falling, and would quickly become unendurable.
