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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 In their many colored splendor the drab tunics of the Terrans were a blot of darkness at either end of the makeshift arena which had been marked out for them.
ACCIDENT
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From this reading BARRING ACCIDENT The morning winds rustled through the grass forest and, closer to hand, it pulled at the cloaks of the Salariki.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He, and he alone, would represent the Free Traders in the coming duel.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading BARRING ACCIDENT The morning winds rustled through the grass forest and, closer to hand, it pulled at the cloaks of the Salariki.
arena
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From this reading In their many colored splendor the drab tunics of the Terrans were a blot of darkness at either end of the makeshift arena which had been marked out for them.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading BARRING ACCIDENT The morning winds rustled through the grass forest and, closer to hand, it pulled at the cloaks of the Salariki.
BARRING
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From this reading BARRING ACCIDENT The morning winds rustled through the grass forest and, closer to hand, it pulled at the cloaks of the Salariki.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading In their many colored splendor the drab tunics of the Terrans were a blot of darkness at either end of the makeshift arena which had been marked out for them.
blot
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From this reading In their many colored splendor the drab tunics of the Terrans were a blot of darkness at either end of the makeshift arena which had been marked out for them.
Clan
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From this reading Clan nobles sat on stools, lesser folk squatted on the trampled stubble of the cleared ground outside the stockade.
cleared
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From this reading Clan nobles sat on stools, lesser folk squatted on the trampled stubble of the cleared ground outside the stockade.
cloaks
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From this reading BARRING ACCIDENT The morning winds rustled through the grass forest and, closer to hand, it pulled at the cloaks of the Salariki.
closer
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From this reading BARRING ACCIDENT The morning winds rustled through the grass forest and, closer to hand, it pulled at the cloaks of the Salariki.
colored
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From this reading In their many colored splendor the drab tunics of the Terrans were a blot of darkness at either end of the makeshift arena which had been marked out for them.
coming
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From this reading He, and he alone, would represent the Free Traders in the coming duel.
conclusion
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From this reading At the conclusion of their conference the Queen's men had been forced into a course Jellico had urged from the first.
conference
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From this reading At the conclusion of their conference the Queen's men had been forced into a course Jellico had urged from the first.
coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At the conclusion of their conference the Queen's men had been forced into a course Jellico had urged from the first.
darkness
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From this reading In their many colored splendor the drab tunics of the Terrans were a blot of darkness at either end of the makeshift arena which had been marked out for them.
drab
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From this reading In their many colored splendor the drab tunics of the Terrans were a blot of darkness at either end of the makeshift arena which had been marked out for them.
duel
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From this reading He, and he alone, would represent the Free Traders in the coming duel.
eitherdeterminerUS /ˈiːðər/
one or the other of two
From this reading In their many colored splendor the drab tunics of the Terrans were a blot of darkness at either end of the makeshift arena which had been marked out for them.
end
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From this reading In their many colored splendor the drab tunics of the Terrans were a blot of darkness at either end of the makeshift arena which had been marked out for them.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At the conclusion of their conference the Queen's men had been forced into a course Jellico had urged from the first.
folk
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From this reading Clan nobles sat on stools, lesser folk squatted on the trampled stubble of the cleared ground outside the stockade.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading In their many colored splendor the drab tunics of the Terrans were a blot of darkness at either end of the makeshift arena which had been marked out for them.
forced
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From this reading At the conclusion of their conference the Queen's men had been forced into a course Jellico had urged from the first.
forest
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From this reading BARRING ACCIDENT The morning winds rustled through the grass forest and, closer to hand, it pulled at the cloaks of the Salariki.
FreeadjectiveUS /friː/
acting without enough restraint or discipline
From this reading He, and he alone, would represent the Free Traders in the coming duel.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading At the conclusion of their conference the Queen's men had been forced into a course Jellico had urged from the first.
grass
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From this reading BARRING ACCIDENT The morning winds rustled through the grass forest and, closer to hand, it pulled at the cloaks of the Salariki.
ground
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From this reading Clan nobles sat on stools, lesser folk squatted on the trampled stubble of the cleared ground outside the stockade.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading In their many colored splendor the drab tunics of the Terrans were a blot of darkness at either end of the makeshift arena which had been marked out for them.
hand
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From this reading BARRING ACCIDENT The morning winds rustled through the grass forest and, closer to hand, it pulled at the cloaks of the Salariki.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He, and he alone, would represent the Free Traders in the coming duel.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In their many colored splendor the drab tunics of the Terrans were a blot of darkness at either end of the makeshift arena which had been marked out for them.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading At the conclusion of their conference the Queen's men had been forced into a course Jellico had urged from the first.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading BARRING ACCIDENT The morning winds rustled through the grass forest and, closer to hand, it pulled at the cloaks of the Salariki.
Jellico
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From this reading At the conclusion of their conference the Queen's men had been forced into a course Jellico had urged from the first.
lesser
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From this reading Clan nobles sat on stools, lesser folk squatted on the trampled stubble of the cleared ground outside the stockade.
makeshift
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From this reading In their many colored splendor the drab tunics of the Terrans were a blot of darkness at either end of the makeshift arena which had been marked out for them.
many
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From this reading In their many colored splendor the drab tunics of the Terrans were a blot of darkness at either end of the makeshift arena which had been marked out for them.
marked
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From this reading In their many colored splendor the drab tunics of the Terrans were a blot of darkness at either end of the makeshift arena which had been marked out for them.
men
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From this reading At the conclusion of their conference the Queen's men had been forced into a course Jellico had urged from the first.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading BARRING ACCIDENT The morning winds rustled through the grass forest and, closer to hand, it pulled at the cloaks of the Salariki.
nobles
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From this reading Clan nobles sat on stools, lesser folk squatted on the trampled stubble of the cleared ground outside the stockade.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading BARRING ACCIDENT The morning winds rustled through the grass forest and, closer to hand, it pulled at the cloaks of the Salariki.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Clan nobles sat on stools, lesser folk squatted on the trampled stubble of the cleared ground outside the stockade.
out
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From this reading In their many colored splendor the drab tunics of the Terrans were a blot of darkness at either end of the makeshift arena which had been marked out for them.
outsidenounUS /ˈoutside/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Clan nobles sat on stools, lesser folk squatted on the trampled stubble of the cleared ground outside the stockade.
pullednounUS /pulled/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading BARRING ACCIDENT The morning winds rustled through the grass forest and, closer to hand, it pulled at the cloaks of the Salariki.
Queen's
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From this reading At the conclusion of their conference the Queen's men had been forced into a course Jellico had urged from the first.
represent
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From this reading He, and he alone, would represent the Free Traders in the coming duel.
rustled
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From this reading BARRING ACCIDENT The morning winds rustled through the grass forest and, closer to hand, it pulled at the cloaks of the Salariki.
Salariki
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From this reading BARRING ACCIDENT The morning winds rustled through the grass forest and, closer to hand, it pulled at the cloaks of the Salariki.
sat
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From this reading Clan nobles sat on stools, lesser folk squatted on the trampled stubble of the cleared ground outside the stockade.
splendornounUS /ˈsplen.dər/
Magnificent and splendid appearance; grandeur and brilliance.
From this reading In their many colored splendor the drab tunics of the Terrans were a blot of darkness at either end of the makeshift arena which had been marked out for them.
squatted
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From this reading Clan nobles sat on stools, lesser folk squatted on the trampled stubble of the cleared ground outside the stockade.
stockadenounUS /ˈstockade/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Clan nobles sat on stools, lesser folk squatted on the trampled stubble of the cleared ground outside the stockade.
stools
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From this reading Clan nobles sat on stools, lesser folk squatted on the trampled stubble of the cleared ground outside the stockade.
stubble
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From this reading Clan nobles sat on stools, lesser folk squatted on the trampled stubble of the cleared ground outside the stockade.
Terrans
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From this reading In their many colored splendor the drab tunics of the Terrans were a blot of darkness at either end of the makeshift arena which had been marked out for them.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading BARRING ACCIDENT The morning winds rustled through the grass forest and, closer to hand, it pulled at the cloaks of the Salariki.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading In their many colored splendor the drab tunics of the Terrans were a blot of darkness at either end of the makeshift arena which had been marked out for them.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading In their many colored splendor the drab tunics of the Terrans were a blot of darkness at either end of the makeshift arena which had been marked out for them.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading BARRING ACCIDENT The morning winds rustled through the grass forest and, closer to hand, it pulled at the cloaks of the Salariki.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading BARRING ACCIDENT The morning winds rustled through the grass forest and, closer to hand, it pulled at the cloaks of the Salariki.
Traders
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From this reading He, and he alone, would represent the Free Traders in the coming duel.
trampled
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From this reading Clan nobles sat on stools, lesser folk squatted on the trampled stubble of the cleared ground outside the stockade.
tunics
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From this reading In their many colored splendor the drab tunics of the Terrans were a blot of darkness at either end of the makeshift arena which had been marked out for them.
urged
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From this reading At the conclusion of their conference the Queen's men had been forced into a course Jellico had urged from the first.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading In their many colored splendor the drab tunics of the Terrans were a blot of darkness at either end of the makeshift arena which had been marked out for them.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading In their many colored splendor the drab tunics of the Terrans were a blot of darkness at either end of the makeshift arena which had been marked out for them.
winds
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From this reading BARRING ACCIDENT The morning winds rustled through the grass forest and, closer to hand, it pulled at the cloaks of the Salariki.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading He, and he alone, would represent the Free Traders in the coming duel.
