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15th
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From this reading AT sunset on the 15th the sluice-door had been finally lowered into its place and the pent-up waters of the lake of Aeria had risen nearly forty feet by the next morning.
21st
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From this reading A little before midnight on the 21st the _Orion_, the sentinel ship that was on guard at the time, sank swiftly down with the news that she had made out by the light of the Fire-Cloud which, lurid and ghastly as it was, was as brilliant and penetrating as that of the sun at noonday, a large fleet of air-ships approaching from the northwards.
23rd
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From this reading Rising at first at the rate of three feet an hour, a rate which of course decreased as the area became greater, the waters would reach the entrance to the caverns soon after sunset on the evening of the fatal 23rd.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Rising at first at the rate of three feet an hour, a rate which of course decreased as the area became greater, the waters would reach the entrance to the caverns soon after sunset on the evening of the fatal 23rd.
Aeria
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From this reading AT sunset on the 15th the sluice-door had been finally lowered into its place and the pent-up waters of the lake of Aeria had risen nearly forty feet by the next morning.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Rising at first at the rate of three feet an hour, a rate which of course decreased as the area became greater, the waters would reach the entrance to the caverns soon after sunset on the evening of the fatal 23rd.
air-ships
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From this reading A little before midnight on the 21st the _Orion_, the sentinel ship that was on guard at the time, sank swiftly down with the news that she had made out by the light of the Fire-Cloud which, lurid and ghastly as it was, was as brilliant and penetrating as that of the sun at noonday, a large fleet of air-ships approaching from the northwards.
almost
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From this reading The city was by this time almost entirely submerged.
altered
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From this reading Only the upper parts of the villas on its banks were visible and its area was so enormously increased that the whole appearance of the valley was altered.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Rising at first at the rate of three feet an hour, a rate which of course decreased as the area became greater, the waters would reach the entrance to the caverns soon after sunset on the evening of the fatal 23rd.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading AT sunset on the 15th the sluice-door had been finally lowered into its place and the pent-up waters of the lake of Aeria had risen nearly forty feet by the next morning.
appearancenounUS /ˈappearance/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Only the upper parts of the villas on its banks were visible and its area was so enormously increased that the whole appearance of the valley was altered.
approaching
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From this reading A little before midnight on the 21st the _Orion_, the sentinel ship that was on guard at the time, sank swiftly down with the news that she had made out by the light of the Fire-Cloud which, lurid and ghastly as it was, was as brilliant and penetrating as that of the sun at noonday, a large fleet of air-ships approaching from the northwards.
area
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From this reading Only the upper parts of the villas on its banks were visible and its area was so enormously increased that the whole appearance of the valley was altered.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Rising at first at the rate of three feet an hour, a rate which of course decreased as the area became greater, the waters would reach the entrance to the caverns soon after sunset on the evening of the fatal 23rd.
ATprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading AT sunset on the 15th the sluice-door had been finally lowered into its place and the pent-up waters of the lake of Aeria had risen nearly forty feet by the next morning.
banks
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From this reading Only the upper parts of the villas on its banks were visible and its area was so enormously increased that the whole appearance of the valley was altered.
became
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From this reading Rising at first at the rate of three feet an hour, a rate which of course decreased as the area became greater, the waters would reach the entrance to the caverns soon after sunset on the evening of the fatal 23rd.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading AT sunset on the 15th the sluice-door had been finally lowered into its place and the pent-up waters of the lake of Aeria had risen nearly forty feet by the next morning.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading A little before midnight on the 21st the _Orion_, the sentinel ship that was on guard at the time, sank swiftly down with the news that she had made out by the light of the Fire-Cloud which, lurid and ghastly as it was, was as brilliant and penetrating as that of the sun at noonday, a large fleet of air-ships approaching from the northwards.
brilliant
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From this reading A little before midnight on the 21st the _Orion_, the sentinel ship that was on guard at the time, sank swiftly down with the news that she had made out by the light of the Fire-Cloud which, lurid and ghastly as it was, was as brilliant and penetrating as that of the sun at noonday, a large fleet of air-ships approaching from the northwards.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading AT sunset on the 15th the sluice-door had been finally lowered into its place and the pent-up waters of the lake of Aeria had risen nearly forty feet by the next morning.
caverns
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From this reading Rising at first at the rate of three feet an hour, a rate which of course decreased as the area became greater, the waters would reach the entrance to the caverns soon after sunset on the evening of the fatal 23rd.
city
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From this reading The city was by this time almost entirely submerged.
coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Rising at first at the rate of three feet an hour, a rate which of course decreased as the area became greater, the waters would reach the entrance to the caverns soon after sunset on the evening of the fatal 23rd.
decreased
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From this reading Rising at first at the rate of three feet an hour, a rate which of course decreased as the area became greater, the waters would reach the entrance to the caverns soon after sunset on the evening of the fatal 23rd.
down
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From this reading A little before midnight on the 21st the _Orion_, the sentinel ship that was on guard at the time, sank swiftly down with the news that she had made out by the light of the Fire-Cloud which, lurid and ghastly as it was, was as brilliant and penetrating as that of the sun at noonday, a large fleet of air-ships approaching from the northwards.
enormously
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From this reading Only the upper parts of the villas on its banks were visible and its area was so enormously increased that the whole appearance of the valley was altered.
entirelynounUS /ˈentirely/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The city was by this time almost entirely submerged.
entrance
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From this reading Rising at first at the rate of three feet an hour, a rate which of course decreased as the area became greater, the waters would reach the entrance to the caverns soon after sunset on the evening of the fatal 23rd.
evening
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From this reading Rising at first at the rate of three feet an hour, a rate which of course decreased as the area became greater, the waters would reach the entrance to the caverns soon after sunset on the evening of the fatal 23rd.
fatal
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From this reading Rising at first at the rate of three feet an hour, a rate which of course decreased as the area became greater, the waters would reach the entrance to the caverns soon after sunset on the evening of the fatal 23rd.
feet
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From this reading AT sunset on the 15th the sluice-door had been finally lowered into its place and the pent-up waters of the lake of Aeria had risen nearly forty feet by the next morning.
finally
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From this reading AT sunset on the 15th the sluice-door had been finally lowered into its place and the pent-up waters of the lake of Aeria had risen nearly forty feet by the next morning.
Fire-Cloud
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From this reading A little before midnight on the 21st the _Orion_, the sentinel ship that was on guard at the time, sank swiftly down with the news that she had made out by the light of the Fire-Cloud which, lurid and ghastly as it was, was as brilliant and penetrating as that of the sun at noonday, a large fleet of air-ships approaching from the northwards.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Rising at first at the rate of three feet an hour, a rate which of course decreased as the area became greater, the waters would reach the entrance to the caverns soon after sunset on the evening of the fatal 23rd.
fleet
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From this reading A little before midnight on the 21st the _Orion_, the sentinel ship that was on guard at the time, sank swiftly down with the news that she had made out by the light of the Fire-Cloud which, lurid and ghastly as it was, was as brilliant and penetrating as that of the sun at noonday, a large fleet of air-ships approaching from the northwards.
forty
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From this reading AT sunset on the 15th the sluice-door had been finally lowered into its place and the pent-up waters of the lake of Aeria had risen nearly forty feet by the next morning.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading A little before midnight on the 21st the _Orion_, the sentinel ship that was on guard at the time, sank swiftly down with the news that she had made out by the light of the Fire-Cloud which, lurid and ghastly as it was, was as brilliant and penetrating as that of the sun at noonday, a large fleet of air-ships approaching from the northwards.
ghastly
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From this reading A little before midnight on the 21st the _Orion_, the sentinel ship that was on guard at the time, sank swiftly down with the news that she had made out by the light of the Fire-Cloud which, lurid and ghastly as it was, was as brilliant and penetrating as that of the sun at noonday, a large fleet of air-ships approaching from the northwards.
greater
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From this reading Rising at first at the rate of three feet an hour, a rate which of course decreased as the area became greater, the waters would reach the entrance to the caverns soon after sunset on the evening of the fatal 23rd.
guard
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From this reading A little before midnight on the 21st the _Orion_, the sentinel ship that was on guard at the time, sank swiftly down with the news that she had made out by the light of the Fire-Cloud which, lurid and ghastly as it was, was as brilliant and penetrating as that of the sun at noonday, a large fleet of air-ships approaching from the northwards.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading AT sunset on the 15th the sluice-door had been finally lowered into its place and the pent-up waters of the lake of Aeria had risen nearly forty feet by the next morning.
hour
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From this reading Rising at first at the rate of three feet an hour, a rate which of course decreased as the area became greater, the waters would reach the entrance to the caverns soon after sunset on the evening of the fatal 23rd.
increased
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From this reading Only the upper parts of the villas on its banks were visible and its area was so enormously increased that the whole appearance of the valley was altered.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading AT sunset on the 15th the sluice-door had been finally lowered into its place and the pent-up waters of the lake of Aeria had risen nearly forty feet by the next morning.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading A little before midnight on the 21st the _Orion_, the sentinel ship that was on guard at the time, sank swiftly down with the news that she had made out by the light of the Fire-Cloud which, lurid and ghastly as it was, was as brilliant and penetrating as that of the sun at noonday, a large fleet of air-ships approaching from the northwards.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading AT sunset on the 15th the sluice-door had been finally lowered into its place and the pent-up waters of the lake of Aeria had risen nearly forty feet by the next morning.
lake
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From this reading AT sunset on the 15th the sluice-door had been finally lowered into its place and the pent-up waters of the lake of Aeria had risen nearly forty feet by the next morning.
large
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From this reading A little before midnight on the 21st the _Orion_, the sentinel ship that was on guard at the time, sank swiftly down with the news that she had made out by the light of the Fire-Cloud which, lurid and ghastly as it was, was as brilliant and penetrating as that of the sun at noonday, a large fleet of air-ships approaching from the northwards.
light
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From this reading A little before midnight on the 21st the _Orion_, the sentinel ship that was on guard at the time, sank swiftly down with the news that she had made out by the light of the Fire-Cloud which, lurid and ghastly as it was, was as brilliant and penetrating as that of the sun at noonday, a large fleet of air-ships approaching from the northwards.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A little before midnight on the 21st the _Orion_, the sentinel ship that was on guard at the time, sank swiftly down with the news that she had made out by the light of the Fire-Cloud which, lurid and ghastly as it was, was as brilliant and penetrating as that of the sun at noonday, a large fleet of air-ships approaching from the northwards.
lowered
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From this reading AT sunset on the 15th the sluice-door had been finally lowered into its place and the pent-up waters of the lake of Aeria had risen nearly forty feet by the next morning.
lurid
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From this reading A little before midnight on the 21st the _Orion_, the sentinel ship that was on guard at the time, sank swiftly down with the news that she had made out by the light of the Fire-Cloud which, lurid and ghastly as it was, was as brilliant and penetrating as that of the sun at noonday, a large fleet of air-ships approaching from the northwards.
made
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From this reading A little before midnight on the 21st the _Orion_, the sentinel ship that was on guard at the time, sank swiftly down with the news that she had made out by the light of the Fire-Cloud which, lurid and ghastly as it was, was as brilliant and penetrating as that of the sun at noonday, a large fleet of air-ships approaching from the northwards.
midnight
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From this reading A little before midnight on the 21st the _Orion_, the sentinel ship that was on guard at the time, sank swiftly down with the news that she had made out by the light of the Fire-Cloud which, lurid and ghastly as it was, was as brilliant and penetrating as that of the sun at noonday, a large fleet of air-ships approaching from the northwards.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading AT sunset on the 15th the sluice-door had been finally lowered into its place and the pent-up waters of the lake of Aeria had risen nearly forty feet by the next morning.
nearly
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From this reading AT sunset on the 15th the sluice-door had been finally lowered into its place and the pent-up waters of the lake of Aeria had risen nearly forty feet by the next morning.
news
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From this reading A little before midnight on the 21st the _Orion_, the sentinel ship that was on guard at the time, sank swiftly down with the news that she had made out by the light of the Fire-Cloud which, lurid and ghastly as it was, was as brilliant and penetrating as that of the sun at noonday, a large fleet of air-ships approaching from the northwards.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading AT sunset on the 15th the sluice-door had been finally lowered into its place and the pent-up waters of the lake of Aeria had risen nearly forty feet by the next morning.
noonday
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From this reading A little before midnight on the 21st the _Orion_, the sentinel ship that was on guard at the time, sank swiftly down with the news that she had made out by the light of the Fire-Cloud which, lurid and ghastly as it was, was as brilliant and penetrating as that of the sun at noonday, a large fleet of air-ships approaching from the northwards.
northwards
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From this reading A little before midnight on the 21st the _Orion_, the sentinel ship that was on guard at the time, sank swiftly down with the news that she had made out by the light of the Fire-Cloud which, lurid and ghastly as it was, was as brilliant and penetrating as that of the sun at noonday, a large fleet of air-ships approaching from the northwards.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading AT sunset on the 15th the sluice-door had been finally lowered into its place and the pent-up waters of the lake of Aeria had risen nearly forty feet by the next morning.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading AT sunset on the 15th the sluice-door had been finally lowered into its place and the pent-up waters of the lake of Aeria had risen nearly forty feet by the next morning.
Only
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From this reading Only the upper parts of the villas on its banks were visible and its area was so enormously increased that the whole appearance of the valley was altered.
Orion
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From this reading A little before midnight on the 21st the _Orion_, the sentinel ship that was on guard at the time, sank swiftly down with the news that she had made out by the light of the Fire-Cloud which, lurid and ghastly as it was, was as brilliant and penetrating as that of the sun at noonday, a large fleet of air-ships approaching from the northwards.
out
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From this reading A little before midnight on the 21st the _Orion_, the sentinel ship that was on guard at the time, sank swiftly down with the news that she had made out by the light of the Fire-Cloud which, lurid and ghastly as it was, was as brilliant and penetrating as that of the sun at noonday, a large fleet of air-ships approaching from the northwards.
parts
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From this reading Only the upper parts of the villas on its banks were visible and its area was so enormously increased that the whole appearance of the valley was altered.
penetrating
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From this reading A little before midnight on the 21st the _Orion_, the sentinel ship that was on guard at the time, sank swiftly down with the news that she had made out by the light of the Fire-Cloud which, lurid and ghastly as it was, was as brilliant and penetrating as that of the sun at noonday, a large fleet of air-ships approaching from the northwards.
pent-up
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From this reading AT sunset on the 15th the sluice-door had been finally lowered into its place and the pent-up waters of the lake of Aeria had risen nearly forty feet by the next morning.
place
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From this reading AT sunset on the 15th the sluice-door had been finally lowered into its place and the pent-up waters of the lake of Aeria had risen nearly forty feet by the next morning.
rate
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From this reading Rising at first at the rate of three feet an hour, a rate which of course decreased as the area became greater, the waters would reach the entrance to the caverns soon after sunset on the evening of the fatal 23rd.
reach
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From this reading Rising at first at the rate of three feet an hour, a rate which of course decreased as the area became greater, the waters would reach the entrance to the caverns soon after sunset on the evening of the fatal 23rd.
risen
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From this reading AT sunset on the 15th the sluice-door had been finally lowered into its place and the pent-up waters of the lake of Aeria had risen nearly forty feet by the next morning.
Rising
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From this reading Rising at first at the rate of three feet an hour, a rate which of course decreased as the area became greater, the waters would reach the entrance to the caverns soon after sunset on the evening of the fatal 23rd.
sank
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From this reading A little before midnight on the 21st the _Orion_, the sentinel ship that was on guard at the time, sank swiftly down with the news that she had made out by the light of the Fire-Cloud which, lurid and ghastly as it was, was as brilliant and penetrating as that of the sun at noonday, a large fleet of air-ships approaching from the northwards.
sentinel
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From this reading A little before midnight on the 21st the _Orion_, the sentinel ship that was on guard at the time, sank swiftly down with the news that she had made out by the light of the Fire-Cloud which, lurid and ghastly as it was, was as brilliant and penetrating as that of the sun at noonday, a large fleet of air-ships approaching from the northwards.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading A little before midnight on the 21st the _Orion_, the sentinel ship that was on guard at the time, sank swiftly down with the news that she had made out by the light of the Fire-Cloud which, lurid and ghastly as it was, was as brilliant and penetrating as that of the sun at noonday, a large fleet of air-ships approaching from the northwards.
shipnounUS /ship/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A little before midnight on the 21st the _Orion_, the sentinel ship that was on guard at the time, sank swiftly down with the news that she had made out by the light of the Fire-Cloud which, lurid and ghastly as it was, was as brilliant and penetrating as that of the sun at noonday, a large fleet of air-ships approaching from the northwards.
sluice-door
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From this reading AT sunset on the 15th the sluice-door had been finally lowered into its place and the pent-up waters of the lake of Aeria had risen nearly forty feet by the next morning.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Only the upper parts of the villas on its banks were visible and its area was so enormously increased that the whole appearance of the valley was altered.
soon
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From this reading Rising at first at the rate of three feet an hour, a rate which of course decreased as the area became greater, the waters would reach the entrance to the caverns soon after sunset on the evening of the fatal 23rd.
submerged
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From this reading The city was by this time almost entirely submerged.
sun
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From this reading A little before midnight on the 21st the _Orion_, the sentinel ship that was on guard at the time, sank swiftly down with the news that she had made out by the light of the Fire-Cloud which, lurid and ghastly as it was, was as brilliant and penetrating as that of the sun at noonday, a large fleet of air-ships approaching from the northwards.
sunset
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From this reading AT sunset on the 15th the sluice-door had been finally lowered into its place and the pent-up waters of the lake of Aeria had risen nearly forty feet by the next morning.
swiftly
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From this reading A little before midnight on the 21st the _Orion_, the sentinel ship that was on guard at the time, sank swiftly down with the news that she had made out by the light of the Fire-Cloud which, lurid and ghastly as it was, was as brilliant and penetrating as that of the sun at noonday, a large fleet of air-ships approaching from the northwards.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Only the upper parts of the villas on its banks were visible and its area was so enormously increased that the whole appearance of the valley was altered.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading AT sunset on the 15th the sluice-door had been finally lowered into its place and the pent-up waters of the lake of Aeria had risen nearly forty feet by the next morning.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The city was by this time almost entirely submerged.
three
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From this reading Rising at first at the rate of three feet an hour, a rate which of course decreased as the area became greater, the waters would reach the entrance to the caverns soon after sunset on the evening of the fatal 23rd.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A little before midnight on the 21st the _Orion_, the sentinel ship that was on guard at the time, sank swiftly down with the news that she had made out by the light of the Fire-Cloud which, lurid and ghastly as it was, was as brilliant and penetrating as that of the sun at noonday, a large fleet of air-ships approaching from the northwards.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Rising at first at the rate of three feet an hour, a rate which of course decreased as the area became greater, the waters would reach the entrance to the caverns soon after sunset on the evening of the fatal 23rd.
upper
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From this reading Only the upper parts of the villas on its banks were visible and its area was so enormously increased that the whole appearance of the valley was altered.
valley
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From this reading Only the upper parts of the villas on its banks were visible and its area was so enormously increased that the whole appearance of the valley was altered.
villas
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From this reading Only the upper parts of the villas on its banks were visible and its area was so enormously increased that the whole appearance of the valley was altered.
visible
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From this reading Only the upper parts of the villas on its banks were visible and its area was so enormously increased that the whole appearance of the valley was altered.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Only the upper parts of the villas on its banks were visible and its area was so enormously increased that the whole appearance of the valley was altered.
waters
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From this reading AT sunset on the 15th the sluice-door had been finally lowered into its place and the pent-up waters of the lake of Aeria had risen nearly forty feet by the next morning.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Only the upper parts of the villas on its banks were visible and its area was so enormously increased that the whole appearance of the valley was altered.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Rising at first at the rate of three feet an hour, a rate which of course decreased as the area became greater, the waters would reach the entrance to the caverns soon after sunset on the evening of the fatal 23rd.
whole
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From this reading Only the upper parts of the villas on its banks were visible and its area was so enormously increased that the whole appearance of the valley was altered.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading A little before midnight on the 21st the _Orion_, the sentinel ship that was on guard at the time, sank swiftly down with the news that she had made out by the light of the Fire-Cloud which, lurid and ghastly as it was, was as brilliant and penetrating as that of the sun at noonday, a large fleet of air-ships approaching from the northwards.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Rising at first at the rate of three feet an hour, a rate which of course decreased as the area became greater, the waters would reach the entrance to the caverns soon after sunset on the evening of the fatal 23rd.
