adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading I walked up and down our rock cell, and outside was the darkling sea and a light to the southward that flared and passed and came again.
againadverbUS /əˈɡen/
anew
From this reading I walked up and down our rock cell, and outside was the darkling sea and a light to the southward that flared and passed and came again.
AlladjectiveUS /ɔːl/
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading “All my magnificence had gone from me.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I walked up and down our rock cell, and outside was the darkling sea and a light to the southward that flared and passed and came again.
cameverbUS /keɪm/
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading I walked up and down our rock cell, and outside was the darkling sea and a light to the southward that flared and passed and came again.
cellnounUS /sel/
A small stone room in a prison where an inmate is locked behind iron bars.
From this reading I walked up and down our rock cell, and outside was the darkling sea and a light to the southward that flared and passed and came again.
choicenounUS /tʃɔɪs/
the person or thing chosen or selected
From this reading ‘I have made my choice, and I will have no hand in these troubles.
darklingadjective
uncannily or threateningly dark or obscure
From this reading I walked up and down our rock cell, and outside was the darkling sea and a light to the southward that flared and passed and came again.
downadjectiveUS /daʊn/
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading I walked up and down our rock cell, and outside was the darkling sea and a light to the southward that flared and passed and came again.
flaredverbUS /flerd/
past form of “flare” — burn brightly
From this reading I walked up and down our rock cell, and outside was the darkling sea and a light to the southward that flared and passed and came again.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading “All my magnificence had gone from me.
getverbUS /ɡet/
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “‘We must get out of this place,’ I said over and over.
goneadjectiveUS /ɡɔːn/
destroyed or killed
From this reading “All my magnificence had gone from me.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading “All my magnificence had gone from me.
handnounUS /hænd/
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading ‘I have made my choice, and I will have no hand in these troubles.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ‘I have made my choice, and I will have no hand in these troubles.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I walked up and down our rock cell, and outside was the darkling sea and a light to the southward that flared and passed and came again.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading ‘I have made my choice, and I will have no hand in these troubles.
lightadjectiveUS /laɪt/
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading I walked up and down our rock cell, and outside was the darkling sea and a light to the southward that flared and passed and came again.
madeadjectiveUS /meɪd/
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading ‘I have made my choice, and I will have no hand in these troubles.
magnificencenoun
splendid or imposing in size or appearance
From this reading “All my magnificence had gone from me.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “All my magnificence had gone from me.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “‘We must get out of this place,’ I said over and over.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “All my magnificence had gone from me.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading ‘I have made my choice, and I will have no hand in these troubles.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading I will have nothing of this war.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “‘We must get out of this place,’ I said over and over.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading I walked up and down our rock cell, and outside was the darkling sea and a light to the southward that flared and passed and came again.
outadjectiveUS /aʊt/
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading “‘We must get out of this place,’ I said over and over.
outsideadjectiveUS /ˈaʊtˈsaɪd/
relating to or being on or near the outer side or limit
From this reading I walked up and down our rock cell, and outside was the darkling sea and a light to the southward that flared and passed and came again.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading “‘We must get out of this place,’ I said over and over.
passedverbUS /pæst/
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading I walked up and down our rock cell, and outside was the darkling sea and a light to the southward that flared and passed and came again.
placenounUS /pleɪs/
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading “‘We must get out of this place,’ I said over and over.
rocknounUS /rɑːk/
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading I walked up and down our rock cell, and outside was the darkling sea and a light to the southward that flared and passed and came again.
saidadjectiveUS /sed/
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “‘We must get out of this place,’ I said over and over.
seanounUS /siː/
a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
From this reading I walked up and down our rock cell, and outside was the darkling sea and a light to the southward that flared and passed and came again.
southwardadverbUS /ˈsaʊθwərd/
toward the south
From this reading I walked up and down our rock cell, and outside was the darkling sea and a light to the southward that flared and passed and came again.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I walked up and down our rock cell, and outside was the darkling sea and a light to the southward that flared and passed and came again.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I walked up and down our rock cell, and outside was the darkling sea and a light to the southward that flared and passed and came again.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading ‘I have made my choice, and I will have no hand in these troubles.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “‘We must get out of this place,’ I said over and over.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I walked up and down our rock cell, and outside was the darkling sea and a light to the southward that flared and passed and came again.
troublesnounUS /ˈtrʌbəlz/
plural of “trouble” — a source of difficulty
From this reading ‘I have made my choice, and I will have no hand in these troubles.
upadjectiveUS /ʌp/
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading I walked up and down our rock cell, and outside was the darkling sea and a light to the southward that flared and passed and came again.
walkedverbUS /wɔːkt/
past form of “walk” — use one's feet to advance; advance by steps
From this reading I walked up and down our rock cell, and outside was the darkling sea and a light to the southward that flared and passed and came again.
warnounUS /wɔːr/
the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
From this reading I will have nothing of this war.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I walked up and down our rock cell, and outside was the darkling sea and a light to the southward that flared and passed and came again.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “‘We must get out of this place,’ I said over and over.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading ‘I have made my choice, and I will have no hand in these troubles.
