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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 THE CATACLYSM Two hours later two men and a girl gazed out from the plateau of Devil's Hill.
ablaze
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From this reading Once more the forests were ablaze in every direction.
again
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From this reading The blistering tongues of fire had licked up the heavy rain, and were again roaring destruction over the land.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE CATACLYSM Two hours later two men and a girl gazed out from the plateau of Devil's Hill.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Far as the eye could reach the lurid pall of smoke was spread out, rolling upward and onward, borne upon the bosom of the gale.
blistering
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From this reading The blistering tongues of fire had licked up the heavy rain, and were again roaring destruction over the land.
borne
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From this reading Far as the eye could reach the lurid pall of smoke was spread out, rolling upward and onward, borne upon the bosom of the gale.
bosom
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From this reading Far as the eye could reach the lurid pall of smoke was spread out, rolling upward and onward, borne upon the bosom of the gale.
CATACLYSM
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From this reading THE CATACLYSM Two hours later two men and a girl gazed out from the plateau of Devil's Hill.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Far as the eye could reach the lurid pall of smoke was spread out, rolling upward and onward, borne upon the bosom of the gale.
destruction
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From this reading The blistering tongues of fire had licked up the heavy rain, and were again roaring destruction over the land.
Devil's
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From this reading THE CATACLYSM Two hours later two men and a girl gazed out from the plateau of Devil's Hill.
direction
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From this reading Once more the forests were ablaze in every direction.
earth
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From this reading The whole earth it seemed was a raging sea of fire.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Once more the forests were ablaze in every direction.
eye
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From this reading Far as the eye could reach the lurid pall of smoke was spread out, rolling upward and onward, borne upon the bosom of the gale.
Far
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From this reading Far as the eye could reach the lurid pall of smoke was spread out, rolling upward and onward, borne upon the bosom of the gale.
fire
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From this reading The whole earth it seemed was a raging sea of fire.
forests
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From this reading Once more the forests were ablaze in every direction.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading THE CATACLYSM Two hours later two men and a girl gazed out from the plateau of Devil's Hill.
gale
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From this reading Far as the eye could reach the lurid pall of smoke was spread out, rolling upward and onward, borne upon the bosom of the gale.
gazed
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From this reading THE CATACLYSM Two hours later two men and a girl gazed out from the plateau of Devil's Hill.
girl
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From this reading THE CATACLYSM Two hours later two men and a girl gazed out from the plateau of Devil's Hill.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The blistering tongues of fire had licked up the heavy rain, and were again roaring destruction over the land.
heavy
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From this reading The blistering tongues of fire had licked up the heavy rain, and were again roaring destruction over the land.
Hill
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From this reading THE CATACLYSM Two hours later two men and a girl gazed out from the plateau of Devil's Hill.
hours
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From this reading THE CATACLYSM Two hours later two men and a girl gazed out from the plateau of Devil's Hill.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Once more the forests were ablaze in every direction.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The whole earth it seemed was a raging sea of fire.
land
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From this reading The blistering tongues of fire had licked up the heavy rain, and were again roaring destruction over the land.
later
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From this reading THE CATACLYSM Two hours later two men and a girl gazed out from the plateau of Devil's Hill.
licked
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From this reading The blistering tongues of fire had licked up the heavy rain, and were again roaring destruction over the land.
lurid
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From this reading Far as the eye could reach the lurid pall of smoke was spread out, rolling upward and onward, borne upon the bosom of the gale.
men
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From this reading THE CATACLYSM Two hours later two men and a girl gazed out from the plateau of Devil's Hill.
more
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From this reading Once more the forests were ablaze in every direction.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE CATACLYSM Two hours later two men and a girl gazed out from the plateau of Devil's Hill.
Once
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From this reading Once more the forests were ablaze in every direction.
onward
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From this reading Far as the eye could reach the lurid pall of smoke was spread out, rolling upward and onward, borne upon the bosom of the gale.
out
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From this reading THE CATACLYSM Two hours later two men and a girl gazed out from the plateau of Devil's Hill.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading The blistering tongues of fire had licked up the heavy rain, and were again roaring destruction over the land.
pall
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From this reading Far as the eye could reach the lurid pall of smoke was spread out, rolling upward and onward, borne upon the bosom of the gale.
plateau
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From this reading THE CATACLYSM Two hours later two men and a girl gazed out from the plateau of Devil's Hill.
raging
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From this reading The whole earth it seemed was a raging sea of fire.
rain
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From this reading The blistering tongues of fire had licked up the heavy rain, and were again roaring destruction over the land.
reach
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From this reading Far as the eye could reach the lurid pall of smoke was spread out, rolling upward and onward, borne upon the bosom of the gale.
roaring
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From this reading The blistering tongues of fire had licked up the heavy rain, and were again roaring destruction over the land.
rolling
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From this reading Far as the eye could reach the lurid pall of smoke was spread out, rolling upward and onward, borne upon the bosom of the gale.
sea
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From this reading The whole earth it seemed was a raging sea of fire.
seemed
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From this reading The whole earth it seemed was a raging sea of fire.
smoke
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From this reading Far as the eye could reach the lurid pall of smoke was spread out, rolling upward and onward, borne upon the bosom of the gale.
spread
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From this reading Far as the eye could reach the lurid pall of smoke was spread out, rolling upward and onward, borne upon the bosom of the gale.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE CATACLYSM Two hours later two men and a girl gazed out from the plateau of Devil's Hill.
tongues
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From this reading The blistering tongues of fire had licked up the heavy rain, and were again roaring destruction over the land.
Two
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From this reading THE CATACLYSM Two hours later two men and a girl gazed out from the plateau of Devil's Hill.
up
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From this reading The blistering tongues of fire had licked up the heavy rain, and were again roaring destruction over the land.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Far as the eye could reach the lurid pall of smoke was spread out, rolling upward and onward, borne upon the bosom of the gale.
upward
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From this reading Far as the eye could reach the lurid pall of smoke was spread out, rolling upward and onward, borne upon the bosom of the gale.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The whole earth it seemed was a raging sea of fire.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Once more the forests were ablaze in every direction.
whole
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From this reading The whole earth it seemed was a raging sea of fire.
