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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 _A posthumous story of immense power, written by a master of weird fiction--a tale of a revolting horror in the cellar of an old house in New England_ Howard Phillips Lovecraft died last March, at the height of his career.
ability
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From this reading His ability to create and sustain a mood of brooding dread and unnamable horror is nowhere better shown than in the posthumous tale presented here: "The Shunned House."
absent
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From this reading From even the greatest of horrors irony is seldom absent.
age
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From this reading Though only forty-six years of age, he had built up an international reputation by the artistry and impeccable literary craftsmanship of his weird tales; and he was regarded on both sides of the Atlantic as probably the greatest contemporary master of weird fiction.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading Sometimes it enters directly into the composition of the events, while sometimes it relates only to their fortuitous position among persons and places.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading _A posthumous story of immense power, written by a master of weird fiction--a tale of a revolting horror in the cellar of an old house in New England_ Howard Phillips Lovecraft died last March, at the height of his career.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Though only forty-six years of age, he had built up an international reputation by the artistry and impeccable literary craftsmanship of his weird tales; and he was regarded on both sides of the Atlantic as probably the greatest contemporary master of weird fiction.
artistry
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From this reading Though only forty-six years of age, he had built up an international reputation by the artistry and impeccable literary craftsmanship of his weird tales; and he was regarded on both sides of the Atlantic as probably the greatest contemporary master of weird fiction.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Though only forty-six years of age, he had built up an international reputation by the artistry and impeccable literary craftsmanship of his weird tales; and he was regarded on both sides of the Atlantic as probably the greatest contemporary master of weird fiction.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading _A posthumous story of immense power, written by a master of weird fiction--a tale of a revolting horror in the cellar of an old house in New England_ Howard Phillips Lovecraft died last March, at the height of his career.
Atlantic
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From this reading Though only forty-six years of age, he had built up an international reputation by the artistry and impeccable literary craftsmanship of his weird tales; and he was regarded on both sides of the Atlantic as probably the greatest contemporary master of weird fiction.
better
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From this reading His ability to create and sustain a mood of brooding dread and unnamable horror is nowhere better shown than in the posthumous tale presented here: "The Shunned House."
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading Though only forty-six years of age, he had built up an international reputation by the artistry and impeccable literary craftsmanship of his weird tales; and he was regarded on both sides of the Atlantic as probably the greatest contemporary master of weird fiction.
brooding
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From this reading His ability to create and sustain a mood of brooding dread and unnamable horror is nowhere better shown than in the posthumous tale presented here: "The Shunned House."
built
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From this reading Though only forty-six years of age, he had built up an international reputation by the artistry and impeccable literary craftsmanship of his weird tales; and he was regarded on both sides of the Atlantic as probably the greatest contemporary master of weird fiction.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading _A posthumous story of immense power, written by a master of weird fiction--a tale of a revolting horror in the cellar of an old house in New England_ Howard Phillips Lovecraft died last March, at the height of his career.
career
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From this reading _A posthumous story of immense power, written by a master of weird fiction--a tale of a revolting horror in the cellar of an old house in New England_ Howard Phillips Lovecraft died last March, at the height of his career.
cellar
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From this reading _A posthumous story of immense power, written by a master of weird fiction--a tale of a revolting horror in the cellar of an old house in New England_ Howard Phillips Lovecraft died last March, at the height of his career.
composition
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contemporary
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From this reading Though only forty-six years of age, he had built up an international reputation by the artistry and impeccable literary craftsmanship of his weird tales; and he was regarded on both sides of the Atlantic as probably the greatest contemporary master of weird fiction.
craftsmanship
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From this reading Though only forty-six years of age, he had built up an international reputation by the artistry and impeccable literary craftsmanship of his weird tales; and he was regarded on both sides of the Atlantic as probably the greatest contemporary master of weird fiction.
create
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From this reading His ability to create and sustain a mood of brooding dread and unnamable horror is nowhere better shown than in the posthumous tale presented here: "The Shunned House."
died
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From this reading _A posthumous story of immense power, written by a master of weird fiction--a tale of a revolting horror in the cellar of an old house in New England_ Howard Phillips Lovecraft died last March, at the height of his career.
directlynounUS /ˈdirectly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Sometimes it enters directly into the composition of the events, while sometimes it relates only to their fortuitous position among persons and places.
dread
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From this reading His ability to create and sustain a mood of brooding dread and unnamable horror is nowhere better shown than in the posthumous tale presented here: "The Shunned House."
England
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From this reading _A posthumous story of immense power, written by a master of weird fiction--a tale of a revolting horror in the cellar of an old house in New England_ Howard Phillips Lovecraft died last March, at the height of his career.
enters
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From this reading Sometimes it enters directly into the composition of the events, while sometimes it relates only to their fortuitous position among persons and places.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading From even the greatest of horrors irony is seldom absent.
events
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fiction
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From this reading _A posthumous story of immense power, written by a master of weird fiction--a tale of a revolting horror in the cellar of an old house in New England_ Howard Phillips Lovecraft died last March, at the height of his career.
fortuitous
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From this reading Sometimes it enters directly into the composition of the events, while sometimes it relates only to their fortuitous position among persons and places.
forty-six
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From this reading Though only forty-six years of age, he had built up an international reputation by the artistry and impeccable literary craftsmanship of his weird tales; and he was regarded on both sides of the Atlantic as probably the greatest contemporary master of weird fiction.
FromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading From even the greatest of horrors irony is seldom absent.
greatest
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From this reading Though only forty-six years of age, he had built up an international reputation by the artistry and impeccable literary craftsmanship of his weird tales; and he was regarded on both sides of the Atlantic as probably the greatest contemporary master of weird fiction.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Though only forty-six years of age, he had built up an international reputation by the artistry and impeccable literary craftsmanship of his weird tales; and he was regarded on both sides of the Atlantic as probably the greatest contemporary master of weird fiction.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Though only forty-six years of age, he had built up an international reputation by the artistry and impeccable literary craftsmanship of his weird tales; and he was regarded on both sides of the Atlantic as probably the greatest contemporary master of weird fiction.
height
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From this reading _A posthumous story of immense power, written by a master of weird fiction--a tale of a revolting horror in the cellar of an old house in New England_ Howard Phillips Lovecraft died last March, at the height of his career.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His ability to create and sustain a mood of brooding dread and unnamable horror is nowhere better shown than in the posthumous tale presented here: "The Shunned House."
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading _A posthumous story of immense power, written by a master of weird fiction--a tale of a revolting horror in the cellar of an old house in New England_ Howard Phillips Lovecraft died last March, at the height of his career.
horror
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From this reading _A posthumous story of immense power, written by a master of weird fiction--a tale of a revolting horror in the cellar of an old house in New England_ Howard Phillips Lovecraft died last March, at the height of his career.
horrors
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From this reading From even the greatest of horrors irony is seldom absent.
house
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From this reading _A posthumous story of immense power, written by a master of weird fiction--a tale of a revolting horror in the cellar of an old house in New England_ Howard Phillips Lovecraft died last March, at the height of his career.
Howard
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From this reading _A posthumous story of immense power, written by a master of weird fiction--a tale of a revolting horror in the cellar of an old house in New England_ Howard Phillips Lovecraft died last March, at the height of his career.
immense
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From this reading _A posthumous story of immense power, written by a master of weird fiction--a tale of a revolting horror in the cellar of an old house in New England_ Howard Phillips Lovecraft died last March, at the height of his career.
impeccable
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From this reading Though only forty-six years of age, he had built up an international reputation by the artistry and impeccable literary craftsmanship of his weird tales; and he was regarded on both sides of the Atlantic as probably the greatest contemporary master of weird fiction.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _A posthumous story of immense power, written by a master of weird fiction--a tale of a revolting horror in the cellar of an old house in New England_ Howard Phillips Lovecraft died last March, at the height of his career.
international
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From this reading Though only forty-six years of age, he had built up an international reputation by the artistry and impeccable literary craftsmanship of his weird tales; and he was regarded on both sides of the Atlantic as probably the greatest contemporary master of weird fiction.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Sometimes it enters directly into the composition of the events, while sometimes it relates only to their fortuitous position among persons and places.
irony
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From this reading From even the greatest of horrors irony is seldom absent.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading His ability to create and sustain a mood of brooding dread and unnamable horror is nowhere better shown than in the posthumous tale presented here: "The Shunned House."
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Sometimes it enters directly into the composition of the events, while sometimes it relates only to their fortuitous position among persons and places.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _A posthumous story of immense power, written by a master of weird fiction--a tale of a revolting horror in the cellar of an old house in New England_ Howard Phillips Lovecraft died last March, at the height of his career.
literary
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From this reading Though only forty-six years of age, he had built up an international reputation by the artistry and impeccable literary craftsmanship of his weird tales; and he was regarded on both sides of the Atlantic as probably the greatest contemporary master of weird fiction.
Lovecraft
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From this reading _A posthumous story of immense power, written by a master of weird fiction--a tale of a revolting horror in the cellar of an old house in New England_ Howard Phillips Lovecraft died last March, at the height of his career.
March
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From this reading _A posthumous story of immense power, written by a master of weird fiction--a tale of a revolting horror in the cellar of an old house in New England_ Howard Phillips Lovecraft died last March, at the height of his career.
master
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From this reading _A posthumous story of immense power, written by a master of weird fiction--a tale of a revolting horror in the cellar of an old house in New England_ Howard Phillips Lovecraft died last March, at the height of his career.
mood
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From this reading His ability to create and sustain a mood of brooding dread and unnamable horror is nowhere better shown than in the posthumous tale presented here: "The Shunned House."
New
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From this reading _A posthumous story of immense power, written by a master of weird fiction--a tale of a revolting horror in the cellar of an old house in New England_ Howard Phillips Lovecraft died last March, at the height of his career.
nowhere
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From this reading His ability to create and sustain a mood of brooding dread and unnamable horror is nowhere better shown than in the posthumous tale presented here: "The Shunned House."
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _A posthumous story of immense power, written by a master of weird fiction--a tale of a revolting horror in the cellar of an old house in New England_ Howard Phillips Lovecraft died last March, at the height of his career.
old
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From this reading _A posthumous story of immense power, written by a master of weird fiction--a tale of a revolting horror in the cellar of an old house in New England_ Howard Phillips Lovecraft died last March, at the height of his career.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Though only forty-six years of age, he had built up an international reputation by the artistry and impeccable literary craftsmanship of his weird tales; and he was regarded on both sides of the Atlantic as probably the greatest contemporary master of weird fiction.
only
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From this reading Though only forty-six years of age, he had built up an international reputation by the artistry and impeccable literary craftsmanship of his weird tales; and he was regarded on both sides of the Atlantic as probably the greatest contemporary master of weird fiction.
persons
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Phillips
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From this reading _A posthumous story of immense power, written by a master of weird fiction--a tale of a revolting horror in the cellar of an old house in New England_ Howard Phillips Lovecraft died last March, at the height of his career.
places
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position
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From this reading Sometimes it enters directly into the composition of the events, while sometimes it relates only to their fortuitous position among persons and places.
posthumous
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From this reading _A posthumous story of immense power, written by a master of weird fiction--a tale of a revolting horror in the cellar of an old house in New England_ Howard Phillips Lovecraft died last March, at the height of his career.
power
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From this reading _A posthumous story of immense power, written by a master of weird fiction--a tale of a revolting horror in the cellar of an old house in New England_ Howard Phillips Lovecraft died last March, at the height of his career.
presented
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From this reading His ability to create and sustain a mood of brooding dread and unnamable horror is nowhere better shown than in the posthumous tale presented here: "The Shunned House."
probably
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From this reading Though only forty-six years of age, he had built up an international reputation by the artistry and impeccable literary craftsmanship of his weird tales; and he was regarded on both sides of the Atlantic as probably the greatest contemporary master of weird fiction.
regarded
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From this reading Though only forty-six years of age, he had built up an international reputation by the artistry and impeccable literary craftsmanship of his weird tales; and he was regarded on both sides of the Atlantic as probably the greatest contemporary master of weird fiction.
relates
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reputation
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From this reading Though only forty-six years of age, he had built up an international reputation by the artistry and impeccable literary craftsmanship of his weird tales; and he was regarded on both sides of the Atlantic as probably the greatest contemporary master of weird fiction.
revolting
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From this reading _A posthumous story of immense power, written by a master of weird fiction--a tale of a revolting horror in the cellar of an old house in New England_ Howard Phillips Lovecraft died last March, at the height of his career.
seldom
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From this reading From even the greatest of horrors irony is seldom absent.
shown
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From this reading His ability to create and sustain a mood of brooding dread and unnamable horror is nowhere better shown than in the posthumous tale presented here: "The Shunned House."
Shunned
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From this reading His ability to create and sustain a mood of brooding dread and unnamable horror is nowhere better shown than in the posthumous tale presented here: "The Shunned House."
sides
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From this reading Though only forty-six years of age, he had built up an international reputation by the artistry and impeccable literary craftsmanship of his weird tales; and he was regarded on both sides of the Atlantic as probably the greatest contemporary master of weird fiction.
Sometimes
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From this reading Sometimes it enters directly into the composition of the events, while sometimes it relates only to their fortuitous position among persons and places.
story
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From this reading _A posthumous story of immense power, written by a master of weird fiction--a tale of a revolting horror in the cellar of an old house in New England_ Howard Phillips Lovecraft died last March, at the height of his career.
sustain
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From this reading His ability to create and sustain a mood of brooding dread and unnamable horror is nowhere better shown than in the posthumous tale presented here: "The Shunned House."
tale
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From this reading _A posthumous story of immense power, written by a master of weird fiction--a tale of a revolting horror in the cellar of an old house in New England_ Howard Phillips Lovecraft died last March, at the height of his career.
tales
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From this reading Though only forty-six years of age, he had built up an international reputation by the artistry and impeccable literary craftsmanship of his weird tales; and he was regarded on both sides of the Atlantic as probably the greatest contemporary master of weird fiction.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading His ability to create and sustain a mood of brooding dread and unnamable horror is nowhere better shown than in the posthumous tale presented here: "The Shunned House."
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _A posthumous story of immense power, written by a master of weird fiction--a tale of a revolting horror in the cellar of an old house in New England_ Howard Phillips Lovecraft died last March, at the height of his career.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Sometimes it enters directly into the composition of the events, while sometimes it relates only to their fortuitous position among persons and places.
ThoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Though only forty-six years of age, he had built up an international reputation by the artistry and impeccable literary craftsmanship of his weird tales; and he was regarded on both sides of the Atlantic as probably the greatest contemporary master of weird fiction.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading His ability to create and sustain a mood of brooding dread and unnamable horror is nowhere better shown than in the posthumous tale presented here: "The Shunned House."
unnamable
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From this reading His ability to create and sustain a mood of brooding dread and unnamable horror is nowhere better shown than in the posthumous tale presented here: "The Shunned House."
up
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From this reading Though only forty-six years of age, he had built up an international reputation by the artistry and impeccable literary craftsmanship of his weird tales; and he was regarded on both sides of the Atlantic as probably the greatest contemporary master of weird fiction.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Though only forty-six years of age, he had built up an international reputation by the artistry and impeccable literary craftsmanship of his weird tales; and he was regarded on both sides of the Atlantic as probably the greatest contemporary master of weird fiction.
weird
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From this reading _A posthumous story of immense power, written by a master of weird fiction--a tale of a revolting horror in the cellar of an old house in New England_ Howard Phillips Lovecraft died last March, at the height of his career.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading Sometimes it enters directly into the composition of the events, while sometimes it relates only to their fortuitous position among persons and places.
written
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From this reading _A posthumous story of immense power, written by a master of weird fiction--a tale of a revolting horror in the cellar of an old house in New England_ Howard Phillips Lovecraft died last March, at the height of his career.
years
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From this reading Though only forty-six years of age, he had built up an international reputation by the artistry and impeccable literary craftsmanship of his weird tales; and he was regarded on both sides of the Atlantic as probably the greatest contemporary master of weird fiction.
