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air
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From this reading The air, which should have been clean, was filled with the reek of unfamiliar odors.
alien
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From this reading _An alien life-form--metallic sinister--threatening all mankind with annihilation._ The factory saw-toothed the horizon with its hideous profile as the moon rose in the east.
all
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From this reading _An alien life-form--metallic sinister--threatening all mankind with annihilation._ The factory saw-toothed the horizon with its hideous profile as the moon rose in the east.
AndeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading _An alien life-form--metallic sinister--threatening all mankind with annihilation._ The factory saw-toothed the horizon with its hideous profile as the moon rose in the east.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The red glow of the furnaces bathed the tall buildings, the gigantic scaffolds, the cord-like elevated pipelines and the columnar smokestacks in the crimson of anger.
anger
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From this reading The red glow of the furnaces bathed the tall buildings, the gigantic scaffolds, the cord-like elevated pipelines and the columnar smokestacks in the crimson of anger.
annihilation
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From this reading _An alien life-form--metallic sinister--threatening all mankind with annihilation._ The factory saw-toothed the horizon with its hideous profile as the moon rose in the east.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading _An alien life-form--metallic sinister--threatening all mankind with annihilation._ The factory saw-toothed the horizon with its hideous profile as the moon rose in the east.
bathed
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From this reading The red glow of the furnaces bathed the tall buildings, the gigantic scaffolds, the cord-like elevated pipelines and the columnar smokestacks in the crimson of anger.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The air, which should have been clean, was filled with the reek of unfamiliar odors.
belching
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From this reading Even the moon seemed to fade as the long-fingered smokestacks reached toward it belching their pollution.
blasphemous
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From this reading From the machine shop, where giant cannon were forged into smooth, sleek instruments of death, came noise: unchecked, unmuffled, blasphemous din.
buildings
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From this reading The red glow of the furnaces bathed the tall buildings, the gigantic scaffolds, the cord-like elevated pipelines and the columnar smokestacks in the crimson of anger.
came
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From this reading From the machine shop, where giant cannon were forged into smooth, sleek instruments of death, came noise: unchecked, unmuffled, blasphemous din.
cannon
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clean
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From this reading The air, which should have been clean, was filled with the reek of unfamiliar odors.
columnar
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From this reading The red glow of the furnaces bathed the tall buildings, the gigantic scaffolds, the cord-like elevated pipelines and the columnar smokestacks in the crimson of anger.
cord-like
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From this reading The red glow of the furnaces bathed the tall buildings, the gigantic scaffolds, the cord-like elevated pipelines and the columnar smokestacks in the crimson of anger.
crimson
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From this reading The red glow of the furnaces bathed the tall buildings, the gigantic scaffolds, the cord-like elevated pipelines and the columnar smokestacks in the crimson of anger.
death
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din
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From this reading From the machine shop, where giant cannon were forged into smooth, sleek instruments of death, came noise: unchecked, unmuffled, blasphemous din.
east
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elevated
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From this reading The red glow of the furnaces bathed the tall buildings, the gigantic scaffolds, the cord-like elevated pipelines and the columnar smokestacks in the crimson of anger.
EvennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Even the moon seemed to fade as the long-fingered smokestacks reached toward it belching their pollution.
factory
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From this reading _An alien life-form--metallic sinister--threatening all mankind with annihilation._ The factory saw-toothed the horizon with its hideous profile as the moon rose in the east.
fade
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From this reading Even the moon seemed to fade as the long-fingered smokestacks reached toward it belching their pollution.
filled
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From this reading The air, which should have been clean, was filled with the reek of unfamiliar odors.
forged
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From this reading From the machine shop, where giant cannon were forged into smooth, sleek instruments of death, came noise: unchecked, unmuffled, blasphemous din.
FromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading From the machine shop, where giant cannon were forged into smooth, sleek instruments of death, came noise: unchecked, unmuffled, blasphemous din.
furnaces
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From this reading The red glow of the furnaces bathed the tall buildings, the gigantic scaffolds, the cord-like elevated pipelines and the columnar smokestacks in the crimson of anger.
giant
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From this reading From the machine shop, where giant cannon were forged into smooth, sleek instruments of death, came noise: unchecked, unmuffled, blasphemous din.
gigantic
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From this reading The red glow of the furnaces bathed the tall buildings, the gigantic scaffolds, the cord-like elevated pipelines and the columnar smokestacks in the crimson of anger.
glow
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From this reading The red glow of the furnaces bathed the tall buildings, the gigantic scaffolds, the cord-like elevated pipelines and the columnar smokestacks in the crimson of anger.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The air, which should have been clean, was filled with the reek of unfamiliar odors.
hideous
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From this reading _An alien life-form--metallic sinister--threatening all mankind with annihilation._ The factory saw-toothed the horizon with its hideous profile as the moon rose in the east.
horizon
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From this reading _An alien life-form--metallic sinister--threatening all mankind with annihilation._ The factory saw-toothed the horizon with its hideous profile as the moon rose in the east.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _An alien life-form--metallic sinister--threatening all mankind with annihilation._ The factory saw-toothed the horizon with its hideous profile as the moon rose in the east.
instruments
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From this reading From the machine shop, where giant cannon were forged into smooth, sleek instruments of death, came noise: unchecked, unmuffled, blasphemous din.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading From the machine shop, where giant cannon were forged into smooth, sleek instruments of death, came noise: unchecked, unmuffled, blasphemous din.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Even the moon seemed to fade as the long-fingered smokestacks reached toward it belching their pollution.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading _An alien life-form--metallic sinister--threatening all mankind with annihilation._ The factory saw-toothed the horizon with its hideous profile as the moon rose in the east.
life-form
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long-fingered
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machine
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From this reading From the machine shop, where giant cannon were forged into smooth, sleek instruments of death, came noise: unchecked, unmuffled, blasphemous din.
mankind
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From this reading _An alien life-form--metallic sinister--threatening all mankind with annihilation._ The factory saw-toothed the horizon with its hideous profile as the moon rose in the east.
metallic
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From this reading _An alien life-form--metallic sinister--threatening all mankind with annihilation._ The factory saw-toothed the horizon with its hideous profile as the moon rose in the east.
moon
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noise
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From this reading From the machine shop, where giant cannon were forged into smooth, sleek instruments of death, came noise: unchecked, unmuffled, blasphemous din.
odors
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From this reading The air, which should have been clean, was filled with the reek of unfamiliar odors.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The red glow of the furnaces bathed the tall buildings, the gigantic scaffolds, the cord-like elevated pipelines and the columnar smokestacks in the crimson of anger.
pipelines
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From this reading The red glow of the furnaces bathed the tall buildings, the gigantic scaffolds, the cord-like elevated pipelines and the columnar smokestacks in the crimson of anger.
pollution
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From this reading Even the moon seemed to fade as the long-fingered smokestacks reached toward it belching their pollution.
profile
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From this reading _An alien life-form--metallic sinister--threatening all mankind with annihilation._ The factory saw-toothed the horizon with its hideous profile as the moon rose in the east.
reached
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red
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From this reading The red glow of the furnaces bathed the tall buildings, the gigantic scaffolds, the cord-like elevated pipelines and the columnar smokestacks in the crimson of anger.
reek
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From this reading The air, which should have been clean, was filled with the reek of unfamiliar odors.
rose
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saw-toothed
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scaffolds
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From this reading The red glow of the furnaces bathed the tall buildings, the gigantic scaffolds, the cord-like elevated pipelines and the columnar smokestacks in the crimson of anger.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Even the moon seemed to fade as the long-fingered smokestacks reached toward it belching their pollution.
shop
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From this reading From the machine shop, where giant cannon were forged into smooth, sleek instruments of death, came noise: unchecked, unmuffled, blasphemous din.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading The air, which should have been clean, was filled with the reek of unfamiliar odors.
sinister
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From this reading _An alien life-form--metallic sinister--threatening all mankind with annihilation._ The factory saw-toothed the horizon with its hideous profile as the moon rose in the east.
sleek
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From this reading From the machine shop, where giant cannon were forged into smooth, sleek instruments of death, came noise: unchecked, unmuffled, blasphemous din.
smokestacks
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From this reading The red glow of the furnaces bathed the tall buildings, the gigantic scaffolds, the cord-like elevated pipelines and the columnar smokestacks in the crimson of anger.
smooth
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From this reading From the machine shop, where giant cannon were forged into smooth, sleek instruments of death, came noise: unchecked, unmuffled, blasphemous din.
tall
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From this reading The red glow of the furnaces bathed the tall buildings, the gigantic scaffolds, the cord-like elevated pipelines and the columnar smokestacks in the crimson of anger.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _An alien life-form--metallic sinister--threatening all mankind with annihilation._ The factory saw-toothed the horizon with its hideous profile as the moon rose in the east.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Even the moon seemed to fade as the long-fingered smokestacks reached toward it belching their pollution.
threatening
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From this reading _An alien life-form--metallic sinister--threatening all mankind with annihilation._ The factory saw-toothed the horizon with its hideous profile as the moon rose in the east.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Even the moon seemed to fade as the long-fingered smokestacks reached toward it belching their pollution.
towardprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrd/
in the direction of
From this reading Even the moon seemed to fade as the long-fingered smokestacks reached toward it belching their pollution.
unchecked
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From this reading From the machine shop, where giant cannon were forged into smooth, sleek instruments of death, came noise: unchecked, unmuffled, blasphemous din.
unfamiliar
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From this reading The air, which should have been clean, was filled with the reek of unfamiliar odors.
unmuffled
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From this reading From the machine shop, where giant cannon were forged into smooth, sleek instruments of death, came noise: unchecked, unmuffled, blasphemous din.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The air, which should have been clean, was filled with the reek of unfamiliar odors.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading From the machine shop, where giant cannon were forged into smooth, sleek instruments of death, came noise: unchecked, unmuffled, blasphemous din.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading From the machine shop, where giant cannon were forged into smooth, sleek instruments of death, came noise: unchecked, unmuffled, blasphemous din.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The air, which should have been clean, was filled with the reek of unfamiliar odors.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading _An alien life-form--metallic sinister--threatening all mankind with annihilation._ The factory saw-toothed the horizon with its hideous profile as the moon rose in the east.
