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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 Otherwise a litter of rubble made the walking anything but good.
age-old
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From this reading THE HOODED DEATH The causeway down which the horsemen of forgotten kings of Khandawar had clattered forth to war, in its age-old desuetude had come to decay.
Amber
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From this reading Amber picked his way with caution, grumbling.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Between its great paving blocks grass sprouted, and here and there creepers and even trees had taken root and in the slow immutable process of their growth had displaced considerable masses of stone; so that there were pitfalls to be avoided.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading Otherwise a litter of rubble made the walking anything but good.
avoided
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From this reading Between its great paving blocks grass sprouted, and here and there creepers and even trees had taken root and in the slow immutable process of their growth had displaced considerable masses of stone; so that there were pitfalls to be avoided.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Between its great paving blocks grass sprouted, and here and there creepers and even trees had taken root and in the slow immutable process of their growth had displaced considerable masses of stone; so that there were pitfalls to be avoided.
BetweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading Between its great paving blocks grass sprouted, and here and there creepers and even trees had taken root and in the slow immutable process of their growth had displaced considerable masses of stone; so that there were pitfalls to be avoided.
blocks
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From this reading Between its great paving blocks grass sprouted, and here and there creepers and even trees had taken root and in the slow immutable process of their growth had displaced considerable masses of stone; so that there were pitfalls to be avoided.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Otherwise a litter of rubble made the walking anything but good.
causeway
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From this reading THE HOODED DEATH The causeway down which the horsemen of forgotten kings of Khandawar had clattered forth to war, in its age-old desuetude had come to decay.
caution
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From this reading Amber picked his way with caution, grumbling.
clattered
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From this reading THE HOODED DEATH The causeway down which the horsemen of forgotten kings of Khandawar had clattered forth to war, in its age-old desuetude had come to decay.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE HOODED DEATH The causeway down which the horsemen of forgotten kings of Khandawar had clattered forth to war, in its age-old desuetude had come to decay.
considerable
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From this reading Between its great paving blocks grass sprouted, and here and there creepers and even trees had taken root and in the slow immutable process of their growth had displaced considerable masses of stone; so that there were pitfalls to be avoided.
creepers
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From this reading Between its great paving blocks grass sprouted, and here and there creepers and even trees had taken root and in the slow immutable process of their growth had displaced considerable masses of stone; so that there were pitfalls to be avoided.
DEATH
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From this reading THE HOODED DEATH The causeway down which the horsemen of forgotten kings of Khandawar had clattered forth to war, in its age-old desuetude had come to decay.
decay
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From this reading THE HOODED DEATH The causeway down which the horsemen of forgotten kings of Khandawar had clattered forth to war, in its age-old desuetude had come to decay.
desuetude
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From this reading THE HOODED DEATH The causeway down which the horsemen of forgotten kings of Khandawar had clattered forth to war, in its age-old desuetude had come to decay.
displaced
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From this reading Between its great paving blocks grass sprouted, and here and there creepers and even trees had taken root and in the slow immutable process of their growth had displaced considerable masses of stone; so that there were pitfalls to be avoided.
down
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From this reading THE HOODED DEATH The causeway down which the horsemen of forgotten kings of Khandawar had clattered forth to war, in its age-old desuetude had come to decay.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Between its great paving blocks grass sprouted, and here and there creepers and even trees had taken root and in the slow immutable process of their growth had displaced considerable masses of stone; so that there were pitfalls to be avoided.
forgottenadjectiveUS /fərˈɡɑːt.n̩/
Not remembered; lapsed from memory.
From this reading THE HOODED DEATH The causeway down which the horsemen of forgotten kings of Khandawar had clattered forth to war, in its age-old desuetude had come to decay.
forth
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From this reading THE HOODED DEATH The causeway down which the horsemen of forgotten kings of Khandawar had clattered forth to war, in its age-old desuetude had come to decay.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The grade was rather more steep than it had seemed to be from the plain.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Otherwise a litter of rubble made the walking anything but good.
grade
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From this reading The grade was rather more steep than it had seemed to be from the plain.
grass
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From this reading Between its great paving blocks grass sprouted, and here and there creepers and even trees had taken root and in the slow immutable process of their growth had displaced considerable masses of stone; so that there were pitfalls to be avoided.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Between its great paving blocks grass sprouted, and here and there creepers and even trees had taken root and in the slow immutable process of their growth had displaced considerable masses of stone; so that there were pitfalls to be avoided.
growth
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From this reading Between its great paving blocks grass sprouted, and here and there creepers and even trees had taken root and in the slow immutable process of their growth had displaced considerable masses of stone; so that there were pitfalls to be avoided.
grumbling
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From this reading Amber picked his way with caution, grumbling.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading THE HOODED DEATH The causeway down which the horsemen of forgotten kings of Khandawar had clattered forth to war, in its age-old desuetude had come to decay.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Between its great paving blocks grass sprouted, and here and there creepers and even trees had taken root and in the slow immutable process of their growth had displaced considerable masses of stone; so that there were pitfalls to be avoided.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Amber picked his way with caution, grumbling.
HOODED
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From this reading THE HOODED DEATH The causeway down which the horsemen of forgotten kings of Khandawar had clattered forth to war, in its age-old desuetude had come to decay.
horsemen
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From this reading THE HOODED DEATH The causeway down which the horsemen of forgotten kings of Khandawar had clattered forth to war, in its age-old desuetude had come to decay.
immutable
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From this reading Between its great paving blocks grass sprouted, and here and there creepers and even trees had taken root and in the slow immutable process of their growth had displaced considerable masses of stone; so that there were pitfalls to be avoided.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE HOODED DEATH The causeway down which the horsemen of forgotten kings of Khandawar had clattered forth to war, in its age-old desuetude had come to decay.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The grade was rather more steep than it had seemed to be from the plain.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading THE HOODED DEATH The causeway down which the horsemen of forgotten kings of Khandawar had clattered forth to war, in its age-old desuetude had come to decay.
Khandawar
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From this reading THE HOODED DEATH The causeway down which the horsemen of forgotten kings of Khandawar had clattered forth to war, in its age-old desuetude had come to decay.
kings
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From this reading THE HOODED DEATH The causeway down which the horsemen of forgotten kings of Khandawar had clattered forth to war, in its age-old desuetude had come to decay.
litter
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From this reading Otherwise a litter of rubble made the walking anything but good.
made
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From this reading Otherwise a litter of rubble made the walking anything but good.
masses
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From this reading Between its great paving blocks grass sprouted, and here and there creepers and even trees had taken root and in the slow immutable process of their growth had displaced considerable masses of stone; so that there were pitfalls to be avoided.
more
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From this reading The grade was rather more steep than it had seemed to be from the plain.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE HOODED DEATH The causeway down which the horsemen of forgotten kings of Khandawar had clattered forth to war, in its age-old desuetude had come to decay.
Otherwise
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From this reading Otherwise a litter of rubble made the walking anything but good.
paving
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From this reading Between its great paving blocks grass sprouted, and here and there creepers and even trees had taken root and in the slow immutable process of their growth had displaced considerable masses of stone; so that there were pitfalls to be avoided.
picked
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From this reading Amber picked his way with caution, grumbling.
pitfalls
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From this reading Between its great paving blocks grass sprouted, and here and there creepers and even trees had taken root and in the slow immutable process of their growth had displaced considerable masses of stone; so that there were pitfalls to be avoided.
plain
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From this reading The grade was rather more steep than it had seemed to be from the plain.
process
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From this reading Between its great paving blocks grass sprouted, and here and there creepers and even trees had taken root and in the slow immutable process of their growth had displaced considerable masses of stone; so that there were pitfalls to be avoided.
rather
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From this reading The grade was rather more steep than it had seemed to be from the plain.
root
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From this reading Between its great paving blocks grass sprouted, and here and there creepers and even trees had taken root and in the slow immutable process of their growth had displaced considerable masses of stone; so that there were pitfalls to be avoided.
rubble
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From this reading Otherwise a litter of rubble made the walking anything but good.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The grade was rather more steep than it had seemed to be from the plain.
slow
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From this reading Between its great paving blocks grass sprouted, and here and there creepers and even trees had taken root and in the slow immutable process of their growth had displaced considerable masses of stone; so that there were pitfalls to be avoided.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Between its great paving blocks grass sprouted, and here and there creepers and even trees had taken root and in the slow immutable process of their growth had displaced considerable masses of stone; so that there were pitfalls to be avoided.
sprouted
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From this reading Between its great paving blocks grass sprouted, and here and there creepers and even trees had taken root and in the slow immutable process of their growth had displaced considerable masses of stone; so that there were pitfalls to be avoided.
steep
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From this reading The grade was rather more steep than it had seemed to be from the plain.
stone
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From this reading Between its great paving blocks grass sprouted, and here and there creepers and even trees had taken root and in the slow immutable process of their growth had displaced considerable masses of stone; so that there were pitfalls to be avoided.
taken
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From this reading Between its great paving blocks grass sprouted, and here and there creepers and even trees had taken root and in the slow immutable process of their growth had displaced considerable masses of stone; so that there were pitfalls to be avoided.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading The grade was rather more steep than it had seemed to be from the plain.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Between its great paving blocks grass sprouted, and here and there creepers and even trees had taken root and in the slow immutable process of their growth had displaced considerable masses of stone; so that there were pitfalls to be avoided.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE HOODED DEATH The causeway down which the horsemen of forgotten kings of Khandawar had clattered forth to war, in its age-old desuetude had come to decay.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Between its great paving blocks grass sprouted, and here and there creepers and even trees had taken root and in the slow immutable process of their growth had displaced considerable masses of stone; so that there were pitfalls to be avoided.
there
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From this reading Between its great paving blocks grass sprouted, and here and there creepers and even trees had taken root and in the slow immutable process of their growth had displaced considerable masses of stone; so that there were pitfalls to be avoided.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE HOODED DEATH The causeway down which the horsemen of forgotten kings of Khandawar had clattered forth to war, in its age-old desuetude had come to decay.
trees
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From this reading Between its great paving blocks grass sprouted, and here and there creepers and even trees had taken root and in the slow immutable process of their growth had displaced considerable masses of stone; so that there were pitfalls to be avoided.
walking
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From this reading Otherwise a litter of rubble made the walking anything but good.
war
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From this reading THE HOODED DEATH The causeway down which the horsemen of forgotten kings of Khandawar had clattered forth to war, in its age-old desuetude had come to decay.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The grade was rather more steep than it had seemed to be from the plain.
way
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From this reading Amber picked his way with caution, grumbling.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Between its great paving blocks grass sprouted, and here and there creepers and even trees had taken root and in the slow immutable process of their growth had displaced considerable masses of stone; so that there were pitfalls to be avoided.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading THE HOODED DEATH The causeway down which the horsemen of forgotten kings of Khandawar had clattered forth to war, in its age-old desuetude had come to decay.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Amber picked his way with caution, grumbling.
