Chapter XVIII
Then happened the amazing thing. The whirling, blurring mix-up ceased suddenly. Rivera stood alone. Danny, the redoubtable Danny, lay on his back. His body quivered as consciousness strove to return to it.
The Night-Born
Chapter XVIII
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Then
happened
the
amazing
thing.
The
whirling,
blurring
mix-up
ceased
suddenly.
Rivera
stood
alone.
Danny,
the
redoubtable
Danny,
lay
on
his
back.
His
body
quivered
as
consciousness
strove
to
return
to
it.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
Then
happened
the
amazing
thing.
Line 2
The
whirling,
blurring
mix-up
ceased
suddenly.
Line 3
Rivera
stood
alone.
Line 4
Danny,
the
redoubtable
Danny,
lay
on
his
back.
Line 5
His
body
quivered
as
consciousness
strove
to
return
to
it.
Learner Dictionary
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Alone
noun
US /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Rivera stood alone.”
Body
noun
US /body/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “His body quivered as consciousness strove to return to it.”
Stood
noun
US /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Rivera stood alone.”
Suddenly
noun
US /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “The whirling, blurring mix-up ceased suddenly.”
Thing
noun
US /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Then happened the amazing thing.”
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alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Rivera stood alone.
amazing
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From this reading Then happened the amazing thing.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading His body quivered as consciousness strove to return to it.
back
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From this reading Danny, the redoubtable Danny, lay on his back.
blurring
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From this reading The whirling, blurring mix-up ceased suddenly.
bodynounUS /body/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His body quivered as consciousness strove to return to it.
ceased
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From this reading The whirling, blurring mix-up ceased suddenly.
consciousness
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From this reading His body quivered as consciousness strove to return to it.
Danny
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From this reading Danny, the redoubtable Danny, lay on his back.
happened
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From this reading Then happened the amazing thing.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Danny, the redoubtable Danny, lay on his back.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading His body quivered as consciousness strove to return to it.
lay
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From this reading Danny, the redoubtable Danny, lay on his back.
mix-up
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From this reading The whirling, blurring mix-up ceased suddenly.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Danny, the redoubtable Danny, lay on his back.
quivered
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From this reading His body quivered as consciousness strove to return to it.
redoubtable
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From this reading Danny, the redoubtable Danny, lay on his back.
return
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From this reading His body quivered as consciousness strove to return to it.
Rivera
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From this reading Rivera stood alone.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Rivera stood alone.
strove
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From this reading His body quivered as consciousness strove to return to it.
suddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The whirling, blurring mix-up ceased suddenly.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Then happened the amazing thing.
Then
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From this reading Then happened the amazing thing.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then happened the amazing thing.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading His body quivered as consciousness strove to return to it.
whirling
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From this reading The whirling, blurring mix-up ceased suddenly.