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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 Instantly there was a spurt of fire from a pistol in Farley's right hand, a brief flash with the report swallowed up in the roar from the furnace lip.
adversary
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From this reading He looked on coldly until he saw Kincaid head off the retreat and face his adversary.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When he looked again the trampling note of the big blast-engines had quickened to its normal beat, the blow-hole was plugged with its stopper of damp clay, and a red twilight born of the reflection from the surface of the great pot of seething slag had succeeded to the blinding glare.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He looked on coldly until he saw Kincaid head off the retreat and face his adversary.
back
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From this reading Then the two men closed and rolled together to the bottom of the slope, and Gordon turned his back.
beat
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From this reading When he looked again the trampling note of the big blast-engines had quickened to its normal beat, the blow-hole was plugged with its stopper of damp clay, and a red twilight born of the reflection from the surface of the great pot of seething slag had succeeded to the blinding glare.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Where there had been two men locked in struggle there was now only one, and he was lying quietly with one leg doubled under him.
big
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From this reading When he looked again the trampling note of the big blast-engines had quickened to its normal beat, the blow-hole was plugged with its stopper of damp clay, and a red twilight born of the reflection from the surface of the great pot of seething slag had succeeded to the blinding glare.
blast-engines
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From this reading When he looked again the trampling note of the big blast-engines had quickened to its normal beat, the blow-hole was plugged with its stopper of damp clay, and a red twilight born of the reflection from the surface of the great pot of seething slag had succeeded to the blinding glare.
blinding
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From this reading When he looked again the trampling note of the big blast-engines had quickened to its normal beat, the blow-hole was plugged with its stopper of damp clay, and a red twilight born of the reflection from the surface of the great pot of seething slag had succeeded to the blinding glare.
blow-hole
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From this reading When he looked again the trampling note of the big blast-engines had quickened to its normal beat, the blow-hole was plugged with its stopper of damp clay, and a red twilight born of the reflection from the surface of the great pot of seething slag had succeeded to the blinding glare.
bornnounUS /born/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When he looked again the trampling note of the big blast-engines had quickened to its normal beat, the blow-hole was plugged with its stopper of damp clay, and a red twilight born of the reflection from the surface of the great pot of seething slag had succeeded to the blinding glare.
bottom
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From this reading Then the two men closed and rolled together to the bottom of the slope, and Gordon turned his back.
brief
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From this reading Instantly there was a spurt of fire from a pistol in Farley's right hand, a brief flash with the report swallowed up in the roar from the furnace lip.
clay
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From this reading When he looked again the trampling note of the big blast-engines had quickened to its normal beat, the blow-hole was plugged with its stopper of damp clay, and a red twilight born of the reflection from the surface of the great pot of seething slag had succeeded to the blinding glare.
closed
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From this reading Then the two men closed and rolled together to the bottom of the slope, and Gordon turned his back.
coldly
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From this reading He looked on coldly until he saw Kincaid head off the retreat and face his adversary.
damp
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From this reading When he looked again the trampling note of the big blast-engines had quickened to its normal beat, the blow-hole was plugged with its stopper of damp clay, and a red twilight born of the reflection from the surface of the great pot of seething slag had succeeded to the blinding glare.
doubled
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From this reading Where there had been two men locked in struggle there was now only one, and he was lying quietly with one leg doubled under him.
face
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From this reading He looked on coldly until he saw Kincaid head off the retreat and face his adversary.
Farley's
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From this reading Instantly there was a spurt of fire from a pistol in Farley's right hand, a brief flash with the report swallowed up in the roar from the furnace lip.
fire
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From this reading Instantly there was a spurt of fire from a pistol in Farley's right hand, a brief flash with the report swallowed up in the roar from the furnace lip.
flash
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From this reading Instantly there was a spurt of fire from a pistol in Farley's right hand, a brief flash with the report swallowed up in the roar from the furnace lip.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Instantly there was a spurt of fire from a pistol in Farley's right hand, a brief flash with the report swallowed up in the roar from the furnace lip.
furnace
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From this reading Instantly there was a spurt of fire from a pistol in Farley's right hand, a brief flash with the report swallowed up in the roar from the furnace lip.
glarenounUS /glare/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When he looked again the trampling note of the big blast-engines had quickened to its normal beat, the blow-hole was plugged with its stopper of damp clay, and a red twilight born of the reflection from the surface of the great pot of seething slag had succeeded to the blinding glare.
Gordon
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From this reading Then the two men closed and rolled together to the bottom of the slope, and Gordon turned his back.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When he looked again the trampling note of the big blast-engines had quickened to its normal beat, the blow-hole was plugged with its stopper of damp clay, and a red twilight born of the reflection from the surface of the great pot of seething slag had succeeded to the blinding glare.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading When he looked again the trampling note of the big blast-engines had quickened to its normal beat, the blow-hole was plugged with its stopper of damp clay, and a red twilight born of the reflection from the surface of the great pot of seething slag had succeeded to the blinding glare.
hand
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From this reading Instantly there was a spurt of fire from a pistol in Farley's right hand, a brief flash with the report swallowed up in the roar from the furnace lip.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He looked on coldly until he saw Kincaid head off the retreat and face his adversary.
head
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From this reading He looked on coldly until he saw Kincaid head off the retreat and face his adversary.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Where there had been two men locked in struggle there was now only one, and he was lying quietly with one leg doubled under him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He looked on coldly until he saw Kincaid head off the retreat and face his adversary.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Instantly there was a spurt of fire from a pistol in Farley's right hand, a brief flash with the report swallowed up in the roar from the furnace lip.
Instantly
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From this reading Instantly there was a spurt of fire from a pistol in Farley's right hand, a brief flash with the report swallowed up in the roar from the furnace lip.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading When he looked again the trampling note of the big blast-engines had quickened to its normal beat, the blow-hole was plugged with its stopper of damp clay, and a red twilight born of the reflection from the surface of the great pot of seething slag had succeeded to the blinding glare.
Kincaid
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From this reading He looked on coldly until he saw Kincaid head off the retreat and face his adversary.
leg
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From this reading Where there had been two men locked in struggle there was now only one, and he was lying quietly with one leg doubled under him.
lip
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From this reading Instantly there was a spurt of fire from a pistol in Farley's right hand, a brief flash with the report swallowed up in the roar from the furnace lip.
locked
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From this reading Where there had been two men locked in struggle there was now only one, and he was lying quietly with one leg doubled under him.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He looked on coldly until he saw Kincaid head off the retreat and face his adversary.
lying
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From this reading Where there had been two men locked in struggle there was now only one, and he was lying quietly with one leg doubled under him.
men
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From this reading Then the two men closed and rolled together to the bottom of the slope, and Gordon turned his back.
normal
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From this reading When he looked again the trampling note of the big blast-engines had quickened to its normal beat, the blow-hole was plugged with its stopper of damp clay, and a red twilight born of the reflection from the surface of the great pot of seething slag had succeeded to the blinding glare.
note
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From this reading When he looked again the trampling note of the big blast-engines had quickened to its normal beat, the blow-hole was plugged with its stopper of damp clay, and a red twilight born of the reflection from the surface of the great pot of seething slag had succeeded to the blinding glare.
now
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From this reading Where there had been two men locked in struggle there was now only one, and he was lying quietly with one leg doubled under him.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Instantly there was a spurt of fire from a pistol in Farley's right hand, a brief flash with the report swallowed up in the roar from the furnace lip.
off
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From this reading He looked on coldly until he saw Kincaid head off the retreat and face his adversary.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He looked on coldly until he saw Kincaid head off the retreat and face his adversary.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Where there had been two men locked in struggle there was now only one, and he was lying quietly with one leg doubled under him.
only
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From this reading Where there had been two men locked in struggle there was now only one, and he was lying quietly with one leg doubled under him.
pistol
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From this reading Instantly there was a spurt of fire from a pistol in Farley's right hand, a brief flash with the report swallowed up in the roar from the furnace lip.
plugged
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From this reading When he looked again the trampling note of the big blast-engines had quickened to its normal beat, the blow-hole was plugged with its stopper of damp clay, and a red twilight born of the reflection from the surface of the great pot of seething slag had succeeded to the blinding glare.
pot
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From this reading When he looked again the trampling note of the big blast-engines had quickened to its normal beat, the blow-hole was plugged with its stopper of damp clay, and a red twilight born of the reflection from the surface of the great pot of seething slag had succeeded to the blinding glare.
quickened
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From this reading When he looked again the trampling note of the big blast-engines had quickened to its normal beat, the blow-hole was plugged with its stopper of damp clay, and a red twilight born of the reflection from the surface of the great pot of seething slag had succeeded to the blinding glare.
quietly
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From this reading Where there had been two men locked in struggle there was now only one, and he was lying quietly with one leg doubled under him.
red
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From this reading When he looked again the trampling note of the big blast-engines had quickened to its normal beat, the blow-hole was plugged with its stopper of damp clay, and a red twilight born of the reflection from the surface of the great pot of seething slag had succeeded to the blinding glare.
reflection
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From this reading When he looked again the trampling note of the big blast-engines had quickened to its normal beat, the blow-hole was plugged with its stopper of damp clay, and a red twilight born of the reflection from the surface of the great pot of seething slag had succeeded to the blinding glare.
report
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From this reading Instantly there was a spurt of fire from a pistol in Farley's right hand, a brief flash with the report swallowed up in the roar from the furnace lip.
retreat
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From this reading He looked on coldly until he saw Kincaid head off the retreat and face his adversary.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Instantly there was a spurt of fire from a pistol in Farley's right hand, a brief flash with the report swallowed up in the roar from the furnace lip.
roar
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From this reading Instantly there was a spurt of fire from a pistol in Farley's right hand, a brief flash with the report swallowed up in the roar from the furnace lip.
rolled
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From this reading Then the two men closed and rolled together to the bottom of the slope, and Gordon turned his back.
saw
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From this reading He looked on coldly until he saw Kincaid head off the retreat and face his adversary.
seething
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From this reading When he looked again the trampling note of the big blast-engines had quickened to its normal beat, the blow-hole was plugged with its stopper of damp clay, and a red twilight born of the reflection from the surface of the great pot of seething slag had succeeded to the blinding glare.
slag
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From this reading When he looked again the trampling note of the big blast-engines had quickened to its normal beat, the blow-hole was plugged with its stopper of damp clay, and a red twilight born of the reflection from the surface of the great pot of seething slag had succeeded to the blinding glare.
slope
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From this reading Then the two men closed and rolled together to the bottom of the slope, and Gordon turned his back.
spurt
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From this reading Instantly there was a spurt of fire from a pistol in Farley's right hand, a brief flash with the report swallowed up in the roar from the furnace lip.
stopper
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From this reading When he looked again the trampling note of the big blast-engines had quickened to its normal beat, the blow-hole was plugged with its stopper of damp clay, and a red twilight born of the reflection from the surface of the great pot of seething slag had succeeded to the blinding glare.
struggle
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From this reading Where there had been two men locked in struggle there was now only one, and he was lying quietly with one leg doubled under him.
succeeded
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From this reading When he looked again the trampling note of the big blast-engines had quickened to its normal beat, the blow-hole was plugged with its stopper of damp clay, and a red twilight born of the reflection from the surface of the great pot of seething slag had succeeded to the blinding glare.
surface
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From this reading When he looked again the trampling note of the big blast-engines had quickened to its normal beat, the blow-hole was plugged with its stopper of damp clay, and a red twilight born of the reflection from the surface of the great pot of seething slag had succeeded to the blinding glare.
swallowed
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From this reading Instantly there was a spurt of fire from a pistol in Farley's right hand, a brief flash with the report swallowed up in the roar from the furnace lip.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He looked on coldly until he saw Kincaid head off the retreat and face his adversary.
Then
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From this reading Then the two men closed and rolled together to the bottom of the slope, and Gordon turned his back.
there
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From this reading Instantly there was a spurt of fire from a pistol in Farley's right hand, a brief flash with the report swallowed up in the roar from the furnace lip.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Then the two men closed and rolled together to the bottom of the slope, and Gordon turned his back.
together
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From this reading Then the two men closed and rolled together to the bottom of the slope, and Gordon turned his back.
trampling
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From this reading When he looked again the trampling note of the big blast-engines had quickened to its normal beat, the blow-hole was plugged with its stopper of damp clay, and a red twilight born of the reflection from the surface of the great pot of seething slag had succeeded to the blinding glare.
turned
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From this reading Then the two men closed and rolled together to the bottom of the slope, and Gordon turned his back.
twilightnounUS /ˈtwaɪlaɪt/
the dim light before night or sunrise
From this reading When he looked again the trampling note of the big blast-engines had quickened to its normal beat, the blow-hole was plugged with its stopper of damp clay, and a red twilight born of the reflection from the surface of the great pot of seething slag had succeeded to the blinding glare.
two
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From this reading Then the two men closed and rolled together to the bottom of the slope, and Gordon turned his back.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Where there had been two men locked in struggle there was now only one, and he was lying quietly with one leg doubled under him.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading He looked on coldly until he saw Kincaid head off the retreat and face his adversary.
up
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From this reading Instantly there was a spurt of fire from a pistol in Farley's right hand, a brief flash with the report swallowed up in the roar from the furnace lip.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Instantly there was a spurt of fire from a pistol in Farley's right hand, a brief flash with the report swallowed up in the roar from the furnace lip.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When he looked again the trampling note of the big blast-engines had quickened to its normal beat, the blow-hole was plugged with its stopper of damp clay, and a red twilight born of the reflection from the surface of the great pot of seething slag had succeeded to the blinding glare.
WhereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Where there had been two men locked in struggle there was now only one, and he was lying quietly with one leg doubled under him.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Instantly there was a spurt of fire from a pistol in Farley's right hand, a brief flash with the report swallowed up in the roar from the furnace lip.
