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From this reading THE UNSEEN TERROR 1.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading With a little gesture of despair, Quest turned away from the instrument which seemed suddenly to have become so terribly unresponsive, and looked across the vista of square roofs and tangled masses of telephone wires to where the lights of larger New York flared up against the sky.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading With a little gesture of despair, Quest turned away from the instrument which seemed suddenly to have become so terribly unresponsive, and looked across the vista of square roofs and tangled masses of telephone wires to where the lights of larger New York flared up against the sky.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading With a little gesture of despair, Quest turned away from the instrument which seemed suddenly to have become so terribly unresponsive, and looked across the vista of square roofs and tangled masses of telephone wires to where the lights of larger New York flared up against the sky.
always
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From this reading From his attic chamber, the roar of the City a few blocks away was always in his ears.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading With a little gesture of despair, Quest turned away from the instrument which seemed suddenly to have become so terribly unresponsive, and looked across the vista of square roofs and tangled masses of telephone wires to where the lights of larger New York flared up against the sky.
attic
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From this reading From his attic chamber, the roar of the City a few blocks away was always in his ears.
away
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From this reading With a little gesture of despair, Quest turned away from the instrument which seemed suddenly to have become so terribly unresponsive, and looked across the vista of square roofs and tangled masses of telephone wires to where the lights of larger New York flared up against the sky.
become
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From this reading With a little gesture of despair, Quest turned away from the instrument which seemed suddenly to have become so terribly unresponsive, and looked across the vista of square roofs and tangled masses of telephone wires to where the lights of larger New York flared up against the sky.
blocks
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From this reading From his attic chamber, the roar of the City a few blocks away was always in his ears.
chamber
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From this reading From his attic chamber, the roar of the City a few blocks away was always in his ears.
City
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From this reading From his attic chamber, the roar of the City a few blocks away was always in his ears.
despair
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From this reading With a little gesture of despair, Quest turned away from the instrument which seemed suddenly to have become so terribly unresponsive, and looked across the vista of square roofs and tangled masses of telephone wires to where the lights of larger New York flared up against the sky.
ears
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From this reading From his attic chamber, the roar of the City a few blocks away was always in his ears.
fear
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From this reading He had forgotten in those hours of frenzied solitude to fear for his own safety.
few
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From this reading From his attic chamber, the roar of the City a few blocks away was always in his ears.
flared
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From this reading With a little gesture of despair, Quest turned away from the instrument which seemed suddenly to have become so terribly unresponsive, and looked across the vista of square roofs and tangled masses of telephone wires to where the lights of larger New York flared up against the sky.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He had forgotten in those hours of frenzied solitude to fear for his own safety.
forgottenadjectiveUS /fərˈɡɑːt.n̩/
Not remembered; lapsed from memory.
From this reading He had forgotten in those hours of frenzied solitude to fear for his own safety.
frenzied
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From this reading He had forgotten in those hours of frenzied solitude to fear for his own safety.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading With a little gesture of despair, Quest turned away from the instrument which seemed suddenly to have become so terribly unresponsive, and looked across the vista of square roofs and tangled masses of telephone wires to where the lights of larger New York flared up against the sky.
gesture
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From this reading With a little gesture of despair, Quest turned away from the instrument which seemed suddenly to have become so terribly unresponsive, and looked across the vista of square roofs and tangled masses of telephone wires to where the lights of larger New York flared up against the sky.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had forgotten in those hours of frenzied solitude to fear for his own safety.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading With a little gesture of despair, Quest turned away from the instrument which seemed suddenly to have become so terribly unresponsive, and looked across the vista of square roofs and tangled masses of telephone wires to where the lights of larger New York flared up against the sky.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had forgotten in those hours of frenzied solitude to fear for his own safety.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading From his attic chamber, the roar of the City a few blocks away was always in his ears.
hours
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From this reading He had forgotten in those hours of frenzied solitude to fear for his own safety.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading From his attic chamber, the roar of the City a few blocks away was always in his ears.
instrument
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From this reading With a little gesture of despair, Quest turned away from the instrument which seemed suddenly to have become so terribly unresponsive, and looked across the vista of square roofs and tangled masses of telephone wires to where the lights of larger New York flared up against the sky.
larger
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From this reading With a little gesture of despair, Quest turned away from the instrument which seemed suddenly to have become so terribly unresponsive, and looked across the vista of square roofs and tangled masses of telephone wires to where the lights of larger New York flared up against the sky.
Lenora
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From this reading He thought only of Lenora.
lights
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From this reading With a little gesture of despair, Quest turned away from the instrument which seemed suddenly to have become so terribly unresponsive, and looked across the vista of square roofs and tangled masses of telephone wires to where the lights of larger New York flared up against the sky.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading With a little gesture of despair, Quest turned away from the instrument which seemed suddenly to have become so terribly unresponsive, and looked across the vista of square roofs and tangled masses of telephone wires to where the lights of larger New York flared up against the sky.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading With a little gesture of despair, Quest turned away from the instrument which seemed suddenly to have become so terribly unresponsive, and looked across the vista of square roofs and tangled masses of telephone wires to where the lights of larger New York flared up against the sky.
masses
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From this reading With a little gesture of despair, Quest turned away from the instrument which seemed suddenly to have become so terribly unresponsive, and looked across the vista of square roofs and tangled masses of telephone wires to where the lights of larger New York flared up against the sky.
New
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From this reading With a little gesture of despair, Quest turned away from the instrument which seemed suddenly to have become so terribly unresponsive, and looked across the vista of square roofs and tangled masses of telephone wires to where the lights of larger New York flared up against the sky.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading With a little gesture of despair, Quest turned away from the instrument which seemed suddenly to have become so terribly unresponsive, and looked across the vista of square roofs and tangled masses of telephone wires to where the lights of larger New York flared up against the sky.
only
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From this reading He thought only of Lenora.
own
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From this reading He had forgotten in those hours of frenzied solitude to fear for his own safety.
Quest
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From this reading With a little gesture of despair, Quest turned away from the instrument which seemed suddenly to have become so terribly unresponsive, and looked across the vista of square roofs and tangled masses of telephone wires to where the lights of larger New York flared up against the sky.
roar
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From this reading From his attic chamber, the roar of the City a few blocks away was always in his ears.
roofs
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From this reading With a little gesture of despair, Quest turned away from the instrument which seemed suddenly to have become so terribly unresponsive, and looked across the vista of square roofs and tangled masses of telephone wires to where the lights of larger New York flared up against the sky.
safety
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From this reading He had forgotten in those hours of frenzied solitude to fear for his own safety.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading With a little gesture of despair, Quest turned away from the instrument which seemed suddenly to have become so terribly unresponsive, and looked across the vista of square roofs and tangled masses of telephone wires to where the lights of larger New York flared up against the sky.
sky
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From this reading With a little gesture of despair, Quest turned away from the instrument which seemed suddenly to have become so terribly unresponsive, and looked across the vista of square roofs and tangled masses of telephone wires to where the lights of larger New York flared up against the sky.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading With a little gesture of despair, Quest turned away from the instrument which seemed suddenly to have become so terribly unresponsive, and looked across the vista of square roofs and tangled masses of telephone wires to where the lights of larger New York flared up against the sky.
solitude
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From this reading He had forgotten in those hours of frenzied solitude to fear for his own safety.
square
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From this reading With a little gesture of despair, Quest turned away from the instrument which seemed suddenly to have become so terribly unresponsive, and looked across the vista of square roofs and tangled masses of telephone wires to where the lights of larger New York flared up against the sky.
suddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading With a little gesture of despair, Quest turned away from the instrument which seemed suddenly to have become so terribly unresponsive, and looked across the vista of square roofs and tangled masses of telephone wires to where the lights of larger New York flared up against the sky.
tangled
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From this reading With a little gesture of despair, Quest turned away from the instrument which seemed suddenly to have become so terribly unresponsive, and looked across the vista of square roofs and tangled masses of telephone wires to where the lights of larger New York flared up against the sky.
telephone
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From this reading With a little gesture of despair, Quest turned away from the instrument which seemed suddenly to have become so terribly unresponsive, and looked across the vista of square roofs and tangled masses of telephone wires to where the lights of larger New York flared up against the sky.
terribly
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From this reading With a little gesture of despair, Quest turned away from the instrument which seemed suddenly to have become so terribly unresponsive, and looked across the vista of square roofs and tangled masses of telephone wires to where the lights of larger New York flared up against the sky.
TERROR
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From this reading THE UNSEEN TERROR 1.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE UNSEEN TERROR 1.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading He had forgotten in those hours of frenzied solitude to fear for his own safety.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He thought only of Lenora.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading With a little gesture of despair, Quest turned away from the instrument which seemed suddenly to have become so terribly unresponsive, and looked across the vista of square roofs and tangled masses of telephone wires to where the lights of larger New York flared up against the sky.
turned
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From this reading With a little gesture of despair, Quest turned away from the instrument which seemed suddenly to have become so terribly unresponsive, and looked across the vista of square roofs and tangled masses of telephone wires to where the lights of larger New York flared up against the sky.
unresponsive
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From this reading With a little gesture of despair, Quest turned away from the instrument which seemed suddenly to have become so terribly unresponsive, and looked across the vista of square roofs and tangled masses of telephone wires to where the lights of larger New York flared up against the sky.
UNSEEN
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From this reading THE UNSEEN TERROR 1.
up
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From this reading With a little gesture of despair, Quest turned away from the instrument which seemed suddenly to have become so terribly unresponsive, and looked across the vista of square roofs and tangled masses of telephone wires to where the lights of larger New York flared up against the sky.
vista
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From this reading With a little gesture of despair, Quest turned away from the instrument which seemed suddenly to have become so terribly unresponsive, and looked across the vista of square roofs and tangled masses of telephone wires to where the lights of larger New York flared up against the sky.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading From his attic chamber, the roar of the City a few blocks away was always in his ears.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading With a little gesture of despair, Quest turned away from the instrument which seemed suddenly to have become so terribly unresponsive, and looked across the vista of square roofs and tangled masses of telephone wires to where the lights of larger New York flared up against the sky.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading With a little gesture of despair, Quest turned away from the instrument which seemed suddenly to have become so terribly unresponsive, and looked across the vista of square roofs and tangled masses of telephone wires to where the lights of larger New York flared up against the sky.
wires
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From this reading With a little gesture of despair, Quest turned away from the instrument which seemed suddenly to have become so terribly unresponsive, and looked across the vista of square roofs and tangled masses of telephone wires to where the lights of larger New York flared up against the sky.
WithprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading With a little gesture of despair, Quest turned away from the instrument which seemed suddenly to have become so terribly unresponsive, and looked across the vista of square roofs and tangled masses of telephone wires to where the lights of larger New York flared up against the sky.
York
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From this reading With a little gesture of despair, Quest turned away from the instrument which seemed suddenly to have become so terribly unresponsive, and looked across the vista of square roofs and tangled masses of telephone wires to where the lights of larger New York flared up against the sky.
