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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 Over maddeningly repetitive dunes it scudded, rising with a swoop to each windward slope and hurtling clear of the ground beyond each wave-like crest, to plunge through the trough in a hurricane of flying sand.
alive
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From this reading That they suddenly could become the most dangerous things alive must surely be some dead god's joke.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The terrapin was traveling eighty miles an hour--far too fast for such uneven country.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And two puny machine-less humans like Torcred and Ladna should die quickly.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Only savage engines roamed that arid world, charging one another with snarling guns beneath those grinding treads.
arid
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From this reading Only savage engines roamed that arid world, charging one another with snarling guns beneath those grinding treads.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading That they suddenly could become the most dangerous things alive must surely be some dead god's joke.
become
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From this reading That they suddenly could become the most dangerous things alive must surely be some dead god's joke.
beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading Only savage engines roamed that arid world, charging one another with snarling guns beneath those grinding treads.
beyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/
on the far side of; further than
From this reading Over maddeningly repetitive dunes it scudded, rising with a swoop to each windward slope and hurtling clear of the ground beyond each wave-like crest, to plunge through the trough in a hurricane of flying sand.
charging
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From this reading Only savage engines roamed that arid world, charging one another with snarling guns beneath those grinding treads.
clear
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From this reading Over maddeningly repetitive dunes it scudded, rising with a swoop to each windward slope and hurtling clear of the ground beyond each wave-like crest, to plunge through the trough in a hurricane of flying sand.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading That they suddenly could become the most dangerous things alive must surely be some dead god's joke.
country
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From this reading The terrapin was traveling eighty miles an hour--far too fast for such uneven country.
crest
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From this reading Over maddeningly repetitive dunes it scudded, rising with a swoop to each windward slope and hurtling clear of the ground beyond each wave-like crest, to plunge through the trough in a hurricane of flying sand.
dangerous
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From this reading That they suddenly could become the most dangerous things alive must surely be some dead god's joke.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That they suddenly could become the most dangerous things alive must surely be some dead god's joke.
die
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From this reading And two puny machine-less humans like Torcred and Ladna should die quickly.
dunes
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From this reading Over maddeningly repetitive dunes it scudded, rising with a swoop to each windward slope and hurtling clear of the ground beyond each wave-like crest, to plunge through the trough in a hurricane of flying sand.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading Over maddeningly repetitive dunes it scudded, rising with a swoop to each windward slope and hurtling clear of the ground beyond each wave-like crest, to plunge through the trough in a hurricane of flying sand.
eighty
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engines
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From this reading Only savage engines roamed that arid world, charging one another with snarling guns beneath those grinding treads.
far
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fast
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From this reading The terrapin was traveling eighty miles an hour--far too fast for such uneven country.
flying
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From this reading Over maddeningly repetitive dunes it scudded, rising with a swoop to each windward slope and hurtling clear of the ground beyond each wave-like crest, to plunge through the trough in a hurricane of flying sand.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The terrapin was traveling eighty miles an hour--far too fast for such uneven country.
god's
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From this reading That they suddenly could become the most dangerous things alive must surely be some dead god's joke.
grinding
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From this reading Only savage engines roamed that arid world, charging one another with snarling guns beneath those grinding treads.
ground
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From this reading Over maddeningly repetitive dunes it scudded, rising with a swoop to each windward slope and hurtling clear of the ground beyond each wave-like crest, to plunge through the trough in a hurricane of flying sand.
guns
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hour
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From this reading The terrapin was traveling eighty miles an hour--far too fast for such uneven country.
humans
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hurricane
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From this reading Over maddeningly repetitive dunes it scudded, rising with a swoop to each windward slope and hurtling clear of the ground beyond each wave-like crest, to plunge through the trough in a hurricane of flying sand.
hurtling
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From this reading Over maddeningly repetitive dunes it scudded, rising with a swoop to each windward slope and hurtling clear of the ground beyond each wave-like crest, to plunge through the trough in a hurricane of flying sand.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Over maddeningly repetitive dunes it scudded, rising with a swoop to each windward slope and hurtling clear of the ground beyond each wave-like crest, to plunge through the trough in a hurricane of flying sand.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Over maddeningly repetitive dunes it scudded, rising with a swoop to each windward slope and hurtling clear of the ground beyond each wave-like crest, to plunge through the trough in a hurricane of flying sand.
joke
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From this reading That they suddenly could become the most dangerous things alive must surely be some dead god's joke.
Ladna
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From this reading And two puny machine-less humans like Torcred and Ladna should die quickly.
like
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machine-less
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From this reading And two puny machine-less humans like Torcred and Ladna should die quickly.
maddeningly
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From this reading Over maddeningly repetitive dunes it scudded, rising with a swoop to each windward slope and hurtling clear of the ground beyond each wave-like crest, to plunge through the trough in a hurricane of flying sand.
miles
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From this reading The terrapin was traveling eighty miles an hour--far too fast for such uneven country.
most
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From this reading That they suddenly could become the most dangerous things alive must surely be some dead god's joke.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading That they suddenly could become the most dangerous things alive must surely be some dead god's joke.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Over maddeningly repetitive dunes it scudded, rising with a swoop to each windward slope and hurtling clear of the ground beyond each wave-like crest, to plunge through the trough in a hurricane of flying sand.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Only savage engines roamed that arid world, charging one another with snarling guns beneath those grinding treads.
Only
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From this reading Only savage engines roamed that arid world, charging one another with snarling guns beneath those grinding treads.
OverprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Over maddeningly repetitive dunes it scudded, rising with a swoop to each windward slope and hurtling clear of the ground beyond each wave-like crest, to plunge through the trough in a hurricane of flying sand.
plunge
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From this reading Over maddeningly repetitive dunes it scudded, rising with a swoop to each windward slope and hurtling clear of the ground beyond each wave-like crest, to plunge through the trough in a hurricane of flying sand.
puny
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From this reading And two puny machine-less humans like Torcred and Ladna should die quickly.
quickly
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From this reading And two puny machine-less humans like Torcred and Ladna should die quickly.
repetitive
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From this reading Over maddeningly repetitive dunes it scudded, rising with a swoop to each windward slope and hurtling clear of the ground beyond each wave-like crest, to plunge through the trough in a hurricane of flying sand.
rising
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From this reading Over maddeningly repetitive dunes it scudded, rising with a swoop to each windward slope and hurtling clear of the ground beyond each wave-like crest, to plunge through the trough in a hurricane of flying sand.
roamed
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From this reading Only savage engines roamed that arid world, charging one another with snarling guns beneath those grinding treads.
sand
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From this reading Over maddeningly repetitive dunes it scudded, rising with a swoop to each windward slope and hurtling clear of the ground beyond each wave-like crest, to plunge through the trough in a hurricane of flying sand.
savage
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From this reading Only savage engines roamed that arid world, charging one another with snarling guns beneath those grinding treads.
scudded
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From this reading Over maddeningly repetitive dunes it scudded, rising with a swoop to each windward slope and hurtling clear of the ground beyond each wave-like crest, to plunge through the trough in a hurricane of flying sand.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading And two puny machine-less humans like Torcred and Ladna should die quickly.
slope
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From this reading Over maddeningly repetitive dunes it scudded, rising with a swoop to each windward slope and hurtling clear of the ground beyond each wave-like crest, to plunge through the trough in a hurricane of flying sand.
snarling
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From this reading Only savage engines roamed that arid world, charging one another with snarling guns beneath those grinding treads.
some
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From this reading That they suddenly could become the most dangerous things alive must surely be some dead god's joke.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading The terrapin was traveling eighty miles an hour--far too fast for such uneven country.
suddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading That they suddenly could become the most dangerous things alive must surely be some dead god's joke.
surely
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From this reading That they suddenly could become the most dangerous things alive must surely be some dead god's joke.
swoop
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From this reading Over maddeningly repetitive dunes it scudded, rising with a swoop to each windward slope and hurtling clear of the ground beyond each wave-like crest, to plunge through the trough in a hurricane of flying sand.
terrapin
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From this reading The terrapin was traveling eighty miles an hour--far too fast for such uneven country.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Only savage engines roamed that arid world, charging one another with snarling guns beneath those grinding treads.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading That they suddenly could become the most dangerous things alive must surely be some dead god's joke.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading That they suddenly could become the most dangerous things alive must surely be some dead god's joke.
things
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From this reading That they suddenly could become the most dangerous things alive must surely be some dead god's joke.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Only savage engines roamed that arid world, charging one another with snarling guns beneath those grinding treads.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Over maddeningly repetitive dunes it scudded, rising with a swoop to each windward slope and hurtling clear of the ground beyond each wave-like crest, to plunge through the trough in a hurricane of flying sand.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Over maddeningly repetitive dunes it scudded, rising with a swoop to each windward slope and hurtling clear of the ground beyond each wave-like crest, to plunge through the trough in a hurricane of flying sand.
too
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From this reading The terrapin was traveling eighty miles an hour--far too fast for such uneven country.
Torcred
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From this reading And two puny machine-less humans like Torcred and Ladna should die quickly.
traveling
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From this reading The terrapin was traveling eighty miles an hour--far too fast for such uneven country.
treads
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From this reading Only savage engines roamed that arid world, charging one another with snarling guns beneath those grinding treads.
trough
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From this reading Over maddeningly repetitive dunes it scudded, rising with a swoop to each windward slope and hurtling clear of the ground beyond each wave-like crest, to plunge through the trough in a hurricane of flying sand.
two
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From this reading And two puny machine-less humans like Torcred and Ladna should die quickly.
uneven
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From this reading The terrapin was traveling eighty miles an hour--far too fast for such uneven country.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The terrapin was traveling eighty miles an hour--far too fast for such uneven country.
wave-like
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From this reading Over maddeningly repetitive dunes it scudded, rising with a swoop to each windward slope and hurtling clear of the ground beyond each wave-like crest, to plunge through the trough in a hurricane of flying sand.
windwardnounUS /ˈwindward/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Over maddeningly repetitive dunes it scudded, rising with a swoop to each windward slope and hurtling clear of the ground beyond each wave-like crest, to plunge through the trough in a hurricane of flying sand.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Only savage engines roamed that arid world, charging one another with snarling guns beneath those grinding treads.
world
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From this reading Only savage engines roamed that arid world, charging one another with snarling guns beneath those grinding treads.
