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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
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aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
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ahead
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alive
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alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading And along it, shining slimily in the moonlight, a vast, viscous, ringed surface was moving, retracting, undulating, elongating, writhing, squirming, shuddering.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
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asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
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atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
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Blythe
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burrowing
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certainty
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coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
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crept
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crumbling
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depths
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dreadfuladjectiveUS /ˈdrɛdfəl/
extremely frightening or unpleasant
From this reading Over me crept a horrible certainty that _something living_ was moving under us through the depths of the earth--something that, as it progressed, was heaping up the surface of the world above its unseen and burrowing course--something dreadful, enormous, sinister, and _alive_!
earth
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elongating
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enormous
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feet
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fissure
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God
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From this reading "Oh, God!
heaping
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horrible
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hundreds
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inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading And along it, shining slimily in the moonlight, a vast, viscous, ringed surface was moving, retracting, undulating, elongating, writhing, squirming, shuddering.
instant
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itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
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It's
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From this reading "It's a worm!" shrieked Blythe.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
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living
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longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Look out!" screamed Blythe; and at the same instant the crumbling summit of the ridge opened under our feet and a fissure hundreds of yards long yawned ahead of us.
LooknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Look out!" screamed Blythe; and at the same instant the crumbling summit of the ridge opened under our feet and a fissure hundreds of yards long yawned ahead of us.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
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moonlight
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From this reading And along it, shining slimily in the moonlight, a vast, viscous, ringed surface was moving, retracting, undulating, elongating, writhing, squirming, shuddering.
moving
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ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
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Oh
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From this reading "Oh, God!
opened
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ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading "Look out!" screamed Blythe; and at the same instant the crumbling summit of the ridge opened under our feet and a fissure hundreds of yards long yawned ahead of us.
out
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OverprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Over me crept a horrible certainty that _something living_ was moving under us through the depths of the earth--something that, as it progressed, was heaping up the surface of the world above its unseen and burrowing course--something dreadful, enormous, sinister, and _alive_!
progressed
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retracting
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From this reading And along it, shining slimily in the moonlight, a vast, viscous, ringed surface was moving, retracting, undulating, elongating, writhing, squirming, shuddering.
ridge
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ringed
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From this reading And along it, shining slimily in the moonlight, a vast, viscous, ringed surface was moving, retracting, undulating, elongating, writhing, squirming, shuddering.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
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screamed
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shining
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From this reading And along it, shining slimily in the moonlight, a vast, viscous, ringed surface was moving, retracting, undulating, elongating, writhing, squirming, shuddering.
shrieked
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From this reading "It's a worm!" shrieked Blythe.
shuddering
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From this reading And along it, shining slimily in the moonlight, a vast, viscous, ringed surface was moving, retracting, undulating, elongating, writhing, squirming, shuddering.
sinister
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slimily
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From this reading And along it, shining slimily in the moonlight, a vast, viscous, ringed surface was moving, retracting, undulating, elongating, writhing, squirming, shuddering.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
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squirming
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From this reading And along it, shining slimily in the moonlight, a vast, viscous, ringed surface was moving, retracting, undulating, elongating, writhing, squirming, shuddering.
summit
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surface
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From this reading Over me crept a horrible certainty that _something living_ was moving under us through the depths of the earth--something that, as it progressed, was heaping up the surface of the world above its unseen and burrowing course--something dreadful, enormous, sinister, and _alive_!
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Over me crept a horrible certainty that _something living_ was moving under us through the depths of the earth--something that, as it progressed, was heaping up the surface of the world above its unseen and burrowing course--something dreadful, enormous, sinister, and _alive_!
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Over me crept a horrible certainty that _something living_ was moving under us through the depths of the earth--something that, as it progressed, was heaping up the surface of the world above its unseen and burrowing course--something dreadful, enormous, sinister, and _alive_!
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Over me crept a horrible certainty that _something living_ was moving under us through the depths of the earth--something that, as it progressed, was heaping up the surface of the world above its unseen and burrowing course--something dreadful, enormous, sinister, and _alive_!
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Over me crept a horrible certainty that _something living_ was moving under us through the depths of the earth--something that, as it progressed, was heaping up the surface of the world above its unseen and burrowing course--something dreadful, enormous, sinister, and _alive_!
undulating
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From this reading And along it, shining slimily in the moonlight, a vast, viscous, ringed surface was moving, retracting, undulating, elongating, writhing, squirming, shuddering.
unseen
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up
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uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Over me crept a horrible certainty that _something living_ was moving under us through the depths of the earth--something that, as it progressed, was heaping up the surface of the world above its unseen and burrowing course--something dreadful, enormous, sinister, and _alive_!
vast
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From this reading And along it, shining slimily in the moonlight, a vast, viscous, ringed surface was moving, retracting, undulating, elongating, writhing, squirming, shuddering.
viscous
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From this reading And along it, shining slimily in the moonlight, a vast, viscous, ringed surface was moving, retracting, undulating, elongating, writhing, squirming, shuddering.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
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world
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worm
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From this reading "It's a worm!" shrieked Blythe.
writhing
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From this reading And along it, shining slimily in the moonlight, a vast, viscous, ringed surface was moving, retracting, undulating, elongating, writhing, squirming, shuddering.
yards
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yawned
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