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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 spectre of the Empire State Building was presently around us; we were in a hallway of one of the upper stories.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading _On the Tower Balcony_ Upon the little observatory balcony at the top of the Empire State some twelve hundred feet above the stricken city, Don and I were with Tako as he erected the giant projector.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _On the Tower Balcony_ Upon the little observatory balcony at the top of the Empire State some twelve hundred feet above the stricken city, Don and I were with Tako as he erected the giant projector.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading In the midst of the silent shadowy outline of the stricken city falling around us, we had carried the projector up the mountain slope.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading _On the Tower Balcony_ Upon the little observatory balcony at the top of the Empire State some twelve hundred feet above the stricken city, Don and I were with Tako as he erected the giant projector.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading _On the Tower Balcony_ Upon the little observatory balcony at the top of the Empire State some twelve hundred feet above the stricken city, Don and I were with Tako as he erected the giant projector.
Balcony
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From this reading _On the Tower Balcony_ Upon the little observatory balcony at the top of the Empire State some twelve hundred feet above the stricken city, Don and I were with Tako as he erected the giant projector.
Building
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From this reading The spectre of the Empire State Building was presently around us; we were in a hallway of one of the upper stories.
burden
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From this reading Slowly, we materialized with our burden.
came
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From this reading I recall, as the dark empty corridor of the office building came to solidity around me, with what surprise I heard for the first time the muffled reverberations from the crumbling city....
carried
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From this reading In the midst of the silent shadowy outline of the stricken city falling around us, we had carried the projector up the mountain slope.
city
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From this reading _On the Tower Balcony_ Upon the little observatory balcony at the top of the Empire State some twelve hundred feet above the stricken city, Don and I were with Tako as he erected the giant projector.
corridor
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From this reading I recall, as the dark empty corridor of the office building came to solidity around me, with what surprise I heard for the first time the muffled reverberations from the crumbling city....
crumbling
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From this reading I recall, as the dark empty corridor of the office building came to solidity around me, with what surprise I heard for the first time the muffled reverberations from the crumbling city....
dark
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From this reading I recall, as the dark empty corridor of the office building came to solidity around me, with what surprise I heard for the first time the muffled reverberations from the crumbling city....
Don
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From this reading _On the Tower Balcony_ Upon the little observatory balcony at the top of the Empire State some twelve hundred feet above the stricken city, Don and I were with Tako as he erected the giant projector.
Empire
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From this reading _On the Tower Balcony_ Upon the little observatory balcony at the top of the Empire State some twelve hundred feet above the stricken city, Don and I were with Tako as he erected the giant projector.
empty
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From this reading I recall, as the dark empty corridor of the office building came to solidity around me, with what surprise I heard for the first time the muffled reverberations from the crumbling city....
erected
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From this reading _On the Tower Balcony_ Upon the little observatory balcony at the top of the Empire State some twelve hundred feet above the stricken city, Don and I were with Tako as he erected the giant projector.
falling
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From this reading In the midst of the silent shadowy outline of the stricken city falling around us, we had carried the projector up the mountain slope.
feet
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From this reading _On the Tower Balcony_ Upon the little observatory balcony at the top of the Empire State some twelve hundred feet above the stricken city, Don and I were with Tako as he erected the giant projector.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I recall, as the dark empty corridor of the office building came to solidity around me, with what surprise I heard for the first time the muffled reverberations from the crumbling city....
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I recall, as the dark empty corridor of the office building came to solidity around me, with what surprise I heard for the first time the muffled reverberations from the crumbling city....
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading I recall, as the dark empty corridor of the office building came to solidity around me, with what surprise I heard for the first time the muffled reverberations from the crumbling city....
giant
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From this reading _On the Tower Balcony_ Upon the little observatory balcony at the top of the Empire State some twelve hundred feet above the stricken city, Don and I were with Tako as he erected the giant projector.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading In the midst of the silent shadowy outline of the stricken city falling around us, we had carried the projector up the mountain slope.
hallway
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From this reading The spectre of the Empire State Building was presently around us; we were in a hallway of one of the upper stories.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading _On the Tower Balcony_ Upon the little observatory balcony at the top of the Empire State some twelve hundred feet above the stricken city, Don and I were with Tako as he erected the giant projector.
heard
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From this reading I recall, as the dark empty corridor of the office building came to solidity around me, with what surprise I heard for the first time the muffled reverberations from the crumbling city....
hundred
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From this reading _On the Tower Balcony_ Upon the little observatory balcony at the top of the Empire State some twelve hundred feet above the stricken city, Don and I were with Tako as he erected the giant projector.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading _On the Tower Balcony_ Upon the little observatory balcony at the top of the Empire State some twelve hundred feet above the stricken city, Don and I were with Tako as he erected the giant projector.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the midst of the silent shadowy outline of the stricken city falling around us, we had carried the projector up the mountain slope.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _On the Tower Balcony_ Upon the little observatory balcony at the top of the Empire State some twelve hundred feet above the stricken city, Don and I were with Tako as he erected the giant projector.
materialized
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From this reading Slowly, we materialized with our burden.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I recall, as the dark empty corridor of the office building came to solidity around me, with what surprise I heard for the first time the muffled reverberations from the crumbling city....
midst
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From this reading In the midst of the silent shadowy outline of the stricken city falling around us, we had carried the projector up the mountain slope.
mountain
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From this reading In the midst of the silent shadowy outline of the stricken city falling around us, we had carried the projector up the mountain slope.
muffled
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From this reading I recall, as the dark empty corridor of the office building came to solidity around me, with what surprise I heard for the first time the muffled reverberations from the crumbling city....
observatory
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From this reading _On the Tower Balcony_ Upon the little observatory balcony at the top of the Empire State some twelve hundred feet above the stricken city, Don and I were with Tako as he erected the giant projector.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _On the Tower Balcony_ Upon the little observatory balcony at the top of the Empire State some twelve hundred feet above the stricken city, Don and I were with Tako as he erected the giant projector.
office
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From this reading I recall, as the dark empty corridor of the office building came to solidity around me, with what surprise I heard for the first time the muffled reverberations from the crumbling city....
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading _On the Tower Balcony_ Upon the little observatory balcony at the top of the Empire State some twelve hundred feet above the stricken city, Don and I were with Tako as he erected the giant projector.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The spectre of the Empire State Building was presently around us; we were in a hallway of one of the upper stories.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Slowly, we materialized with our burden.
outline
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From this reading In the midst of the silent shadowy outline of the stricken city falling around us, we had carried the projector up the mountain slope.
presently
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From this reading The spectre of the Empire State Building was presently around us; we were in a hallway of one of the upper stories.
projector
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From this reading _On the Tower Balcony_ Upon the little observatory balcony at the top of the Empire State some twelve hundred feet above the stricken city, Don and I were with Tako as he erected the giant projector.
recall
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From this reading I recall, as the dark empty corridor of the office building came to solidity around me, with what surprise I heard for the first time the muffled reverberations from the crumbling city....
reverberations
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From this reading I recall, as the dark empty corridor of the office building came to solidity around me, with what surprise I heard for the first time the muffled reverberations from the crumbling city....
shadowy
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From this reading In the midst of the silent shadowy outline of the stricken city falling around us, we had carried the projector up the mountain slope.
silent
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From this reading In the midst of the silent shadowy outline of the stricken city falling around us, we had carried the projector up the mountain slope.
slope
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From this reading In the midst of the silent shadowy outline of the stricken city falling around us, we had carried the projector up the mountain slope.
Slowly
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From this reading Slowly, we materialized with our burden.
solidity
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From this reading I recall, as the dark empty corridor of the office building came to solidity around me, with what surprise I heard for the first time the muffled reverberations from the crumbling city....
some
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From this reading _On the Tower Balcony_ Upon the little observatory balcony at the top of the Empire State some twelve hundred feet above the stricken city, Don and I were with Tako as he erected the giant projector.
spectre
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From this reading The spectre of the Empire State Building was presently around us; we were in a hallway of one of the upper stories.
State
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From this reading _On the Tower Balcony_ Upon the little observatory balcony at the top of the Empire State some twelve hundred feet above the stricken city, Don and I were with Tako as he erected the giant projector.
stories
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From this reading The spectre of the Empire State Building was presently around us; we were in a hallway of one of the upper stories.
stricken
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From this reading _On the Tower Balcony_ Upon the little observatory balcony at the top of the Empire State some twelve hundred feet above the stricken city, Don and I were with Tako as he erected the giant projector.
surprise
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From this reading I recall, as the dark empty corridor of the office building came to solidity around me, with what surprise I heard for the first time the muffled reverberations from the crumbling city....
Tako
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From this reading _On the Tower Balcony_ Upon the little observatory balcony at the top of the Empire State some twelve hundred feet above the stricken city, Don and I were with Tako as he erected the giant projector.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _On the Tower Balcony_ Upon the little observatory balcony at the top of the Empire State some twelve hundred feet above the stricken city, Don and I were with Tako as he erected the giant projector.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I recall, as the dark empty corridor of the office building came to solidity around me, with what surprise I heard for the first time the muffled reverberations from the crumbling city....
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I recall, as the dark empty corridor of the office building came to solidity around me, with what surprise I heard for the first time the muffled reverberations from the crumbling city....
top
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From this reading _On the Tower Balcony_ Upon the little observatory balcony at the top of the Empire State some twelve hundred feet above the stricken city, Don and I were with Tako as he erected the giant projector.
Tower
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From this reading _On the Tower Balcony_ Upon the little observatory balcony at the top of the Empire State some twelve hundred feet above the stricken city, Don and I were with Tako as he erected the giant projector.
twelve
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From this reading _On the Tower Balcony_ Upon the little observatory balcony at the top of the Empire State some twelve hundred feet above the stricken city, Don and I were with Tako as he erected the giant projector.
up
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From this reading In the midst of the silent shadowy outline of the stricken city falling around us, we had carried the projector up the mountain slope.
UponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading _On the Tower Balcony_ Upon the little observatory balcony at the top of the Empire State some twelve hundred feet above the stricken city, Don and I were with Tako as he erected the giant projector.
upper
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From this reading The spectre of the Empire State Building was presently around us; we were in a hallway of one of the upper stories.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading In the midst of the silent shadowy outline of the stricken city falling around us, we had carried the projector up the mountain slope.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The spectre of the Empire State Building was presently around us; we were in a hallway of one of the upper stories.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading In the midst of the silent shadowy outline of the stricken city falling around us, we had carried the projector up the mountain slope.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading _On the Tower Balcony_ Upon the little observatory balcony at the top of the Empire State some twelve hundred feet above the stricken city, Don and I were with Tako as he erected the giant projector.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading I recall, as the dark empty corridor of the office building came to solidity around me, with what surprise I heard for the first time the muffled reverberations from the crumbling city....
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading _On the Tower Balcony_ Upon the little observatory balcony at the top of the Empire State some twelve hundred feet above the stricken city, Don and I were with Tako as he erected the giant projector.
