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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 intense darkness of the night was already yielding in the eastern sky to a faint gray glimmer of twilight, but the stars were still shining in the heavens, when a slender little figure glided noiselessly, but very swiftly, through the streets of the camp.
afraid
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From this reading The shaggy dogs watching their masters' tents growled, but did not bark; they were afraid of the creature slipping by so softly.
alreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The intense darkness of the night was already yielding in the eastern sky to a faint gray glimmer of twilight, but the stars were still shining in the heavens, when a slender little figure glided noiselessly, but very swiftly, through the streets of the camp.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A Vandal, mounting guard at a street-corner, superstitiously made the sign of the cross and avoided the wraith floating past.
approached
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From this reading But the white form approached him.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading A Vandal, mounting guard at a street-corner, superstitiously made the sign of the cross and avoided the wraith floating past.
avoided
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From this reading A Vandal, mounting guard at a street-corner, superstitiously made the sign of the cross and avoided the wraith floating past.
bark
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From this reading The shaggy dogs watching their masters' tents growled, but did not bark; they were afraid of the creature slipping by so softly.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The intense darkness of the night was already yielding in the eastern sky to a faint gray glimmer of twilight, but the stars were still shining in the heavens, when a slender little figure glided noiselessly, but very swiftly, through the streets of the camp.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The shaggy dogs watching their masters' tents growled, but did not bark; they were afraid of the creature slipping by so softly.
camp
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From this reading The intense darkness of the night was already yielding in the eastern sky to a faint gray glimmer of twilight, but the stars were still shining in the heavens, when a slender little figure glided noiselessly, but very swiftly, through the streets of the camp.
creaturenounUS /ˈcreature/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The shaggy dogs watching their masters' tents growled, but did not bark; they were afraid of the creature slipping by so softly.
cross
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From this reading A Vandal, mounting guard at a street-corner, superstitiously made the sign of the cross and avoided the wraith floating past.
darkness
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From this reading The intense darkness of the night was already yielding in the eastern sky to a faint gray glimmer of twilight, but the stars were still shining in the heavens, when a slender little figure glided noiselessly, but very swiftly, through the streets of the camp.
Decimum
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From this reading "Where is Decimum?
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading The shaggy dogs watching their masters' tents growled, but did not bark; they were afraid of the creature slipping by so softly.
dogs
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From this reading The shaggy dogs watching their masters' tents growled, but did not bark; they were afraid of the creature slipping by so softly.
eastern
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From this reading The intense darkness of the night was already yielding in the eastern sky to a faint gray glimmer of twilight, but the stars were still shining in the heavens, when a slender little figure glided noiselessly, but very swiftly, through the streets of the camp.
faint
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From this reading The intense darkness of the night was already yielding in the eastern sky to a faint gray glimmer of twilight, but the stars were still shining in the heavens, when a slender little figure glided noiselessly, but very swiftly, through the streets of the camp.
figure
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From this reading The intense darkness of the night was already yielding in the eastern sky to a faint gray glimmer of twilight, but the stars were still shining in the heavens, when a slender little figure glided noiselessly, but very swiftly, through the streets of the camp.
floating
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From this reading A Vandal, mounting guard at a street-corner, superstitiously made the sign of the cross and avoided the wraith floating past.
form
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From this reading But the white form approached him.
glided
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From this reading The intense darkness of the night was already yielding in the eastern sky to a faint gray glimmer of twilight, but the stars were still shining in the heavens, when a slender little figure glided noiselessly, but very swiftly, through the streets of the camp.
glimmer
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From this reading The intense darkness of the night was already yielding in the eastern sky to a faint gray glimmer of twilight, but the stars were still shining in the heavens, when a slender little figure glided noiselessly, but very swiftly, through the streets of the camp.
gray
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From this reading The intense darkness of the night was already yielding in the eastern sky to a faint gray glimmer of twilight, but the stars were still shining in the heavens, when a slender little figure glided noiselessly, but very swiftly, through the streets of the camp.
growlednounUS /ˈgrowled/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The shaggy dogs watching their masters' tents growled, but did not bark; they were afraid of the creature slipping by so softly.
guard
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From this reading A Vandal, mounting guard at a street-corner, superstitiously made the sign of the cross and avoided the wraith floating past.
heavens
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From this reading The intense darkness of the night was already yielding in the eastern sky to a faint gray glimmer of twilight, but the stars were still shining in the heavens, when a slender little figure glided noiselessly, but very swiftly, through the streets of the camp.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading But the white form approached him.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The intense darkness of the night was already yielding in the eastern sky to a faint gray glimmer of twilight, but the stars were still shining in the heavens, when a slender little figure glided noiselessly, but very swiftly, through the streets of the camp.
intense
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From this reading The intense darkness of the night was already yielding in the eastern sky to a faint gray glimmer of twilight, but the stars were still shining in the heavens, when a slender little figure glided noiselessly, but very swiftly, through the streets of the camp.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Where is Decimum?
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The intense darkness of the night was already yielding in the eastern sky to a faint gray glimmer of twilight, but the stars were still shining in the heavens, when a slender little figure glided noiselessly, but very swiftly, through the streets of the camp.
made
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From this reading A Vandal, mounting guard at a street-corner, superstitiously made the sign of the cross and avoided the wraith floating past.
masters
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From this reading The shaggy dogs watching their masters' tents growled, but did not bark; they were afraid of the creature slipping by so softly.
mounting
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From this reading A Vandal, mounting guard at a street-corner, superstitiously made the sign of the cross and avoided the wraith floating past.
night
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From this reading The intense darkness of the night was already yielding in the eastern sky to a faint gray glimmer of twilight, but the stars were still shining in the heavens, when a slender little figure glided noiselessly, but very swiftly, through the streets of the camp.
noiselessly
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From this reading The intense darkness of the night was already yielding in the eastern sky to a faint gray glimmer of twilight, but the stars were still shining in the heavens, when a slender little figure glided noiselessly, but very swiftly, through the streets of the camp.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The shaggy dogs watching their masters' tents growled, but did not bark; they were afraid of the creature slipping by so softly.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The intense darkness of the night was already yielding in the eastern sky to a faint gray glimmer of twilight, but the stars were still shining in the heavens, when a slender little figure glided noiselessly, but very swiftly, through the streets of the camp.
past
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From this reading A Vandal, mounting guard at a street-corner, superstitiously made the sign of the cross and avoided the wraith floating past.
shaggy
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From this reading The shaggy dogs watching their masters' tents growled, but did not bark; they were afraid of the creature slipping by so softly.
shining
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From this reading The intense darkness of the night was already yielding in the eastern sky to a faint gray glimmer of twilight, but the stars were still shining in the heavens, when a slender little figure glided noiselessly, but very swiftly, through the streets of the camp.
sign
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From this reading A Vandal, mounting guard at a street-corner, superstitiously made the sign of the cross and avoided the wraith floating past.
sky
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From this reading The intense darkness of the night was already yielding in the eastern sky to a faint gray glimmer of twilight, but the stars were still shining in the heavens, when a slender little figure glided noiselessly, but very swiftly, through the streets of the camp.
slender
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From this reading The intense darkness of the night was already yielding in the eastern sky to a faint gray glimmer of twilight, but the stars were still shining in the heavens, when a slender little figure glided noiselessly, but very swiftly, through the streets of the camp.
slipping
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From this reading The shaggy dogs watching their masters' tents growled, but did not bark; they were afraid of the creature slipping by so softly.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The shaggy dogs watching their masters' tents growled, but did not bark; they were afraid of the creature slipping by so softly.
softly
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From this reading The shaggy dogs watching their masters' tents growled, but did not bark; they were afraid of the creature slipping by so softly.
stars
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From this reading The intense darkness of the night was already yielding in the eastern sky to a faint gray glimmer of twilight, but the stars were still shining in the heavens, when a slender little figure glided noiselessly, but very swiftly, through the streets of the camp.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The intense darkness of the night was already yielding in the eastern sky to a faint gray glimmer of twilight, but the stars were still shining in the heavens, when a slender little figure glided noiselessly, but very swiftly, through the streets of the camp.
street-corner
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From this reading A Vandal, mounting guard at a street-corner, superstitiously made the sign of the cross and avoided the wraith floating past.
streets
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From this reading The intense darkness of the night was already yielding in the eastern sky to a faint gray glimmer of twilight, but the stars were still shining in the heavens, when a slender little figure glided noiselessly, but very swiftly, through the streets of the camp.
superstitiously
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From this reading A Vandal, mounting guard at a street-corner, superstitiously made the sign of the cross and avoided the wraith floating past.
swiftly
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From this reading The intense darkness of the night was already yielding in the eastern sky to a faint gray glimmer of twilight, but the stars were still shining in the heavens, when a slender little figure glided noiselessly, but very swiftly, through the streets of the camp.
tents
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From this reading The shaggy dogs watching their masters' tents growled, but did not bark; they were afraid of the creature slipping by so softly.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The intense darkness of the night was already yielding in the eastern sky to a faint gray glimmer of twilight, but the stars were still shining in the heavens, when a slender little figure glided noiselessly, but very swiftly, through the streets of the camp.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The shaggy dogs watching their masters' tents growled, but did not bark; they were afraid of the creature slipping by so softly.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The shaggy dogs watching their masters' tents growled, but did not bark; they were afraid of the creature slipping by so softly.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The intense darkness of the night was already yielding in the eastern sky to a faint gray glimmer of twilight, but the stars were still shining in the heavens, when a slender little figure glided noiselessly, but very swiftly, through the streets of the camp.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The intense darkness of the night was already yielding in the eastern sky to a faint gray glimmer of twilight, but the stars were still shining in the heavens, when a slender little figure glided noiselessly, but very swiftly, through the streets of the camp.
twilightnounUS /ˈtwaɪlaɪt/
the dim light before night or sunrise
From this reading The intense darkness of the night was already yielding in the eastern sky to a faint gray glimmer of twilight, but the stars were still shining in the heavens, when a slender little figure glided noiselessly, but very swiftly, through the streets of the camp.
Vandal
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From this reading A Vandal, mounting guard at a street-corner, superstitiously made the sign of the cross and avoided the wraith floating past.
very
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From this reading The intense darkness of the night was already yielding in the eastern sky to a faint gray glimmer of twilight, but the stars were still shining in the heavens, when a slender little figure glided noiselessly, but very swiftly, through the streets of the camp.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The intense darkness of the night was already yielding in the eastern sky to a faint gray glimmer of twilight, but the stars were still shining in the heavens, when a slender little figure glided noiselessly, but very swiftly, through the streets of the camp.
watching
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From this reading The shaggy dogs watching their masters' tents growled, but did not bark; they were afraid of the creature slipping by so softly.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The intense darkness of the night was already yielding in the eastern sky to a faint gray glimmer of twilight, but the stars were still shining in the heavens, when a slender little figure glided noiselessly, but very swiftly, through the streets of the camp.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading The intense darkness of the night was already yielding in the eastern sky to a faint gray glimmer of twilight, but the stars were still shining in the heavens, when a slender little figure glided noiselessly, but very swiftly, through the streets of the camp.
WhereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading "Where is Decimum?
white
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From this reading But the white form approached him.
wraith
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From this reading A Vandal, mounting guard at a street-corner, superstitiously made the sign of the cross and avoided the wraith floating past.
yielding
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From this reading The intense darkness of the night was already yielding in the eastern sky to a faint gray glimmer of twilight, but the stars were still shining in the heavens, when a slender little figure glided noiselessly, but very swiftly, through the streets of the camp.
