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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 thread snapped that bound the immortal soul, and nothing but a dead body lay in the dark church, around which the storm raged, covering it with loose sand.
almost
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From this reading The road to church had been heavy; the sand made the way almost impassable; and now, when they at last reached their goal, a great hill of sand was piled up before the entrance, and the church itself was buried.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And these words were the last that Juergen spoke in this world.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading The thread snapped that bound the immortal soul, and nothing but a dead body lay in the dark church, around which the storm raged, covering it with loose sand.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The road to church had been heavy; the sand made the way almost impassable; and now, when they at last reached their goal, a great hill of sand was piled up before the entrance, and the church itself was buried.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The road to church had been heavy; the sand made the way almost impassable; and now, when they at last reached their goal, a great hill of sand was piled up before the entrance, and the church itself was buried.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading The road to church had been heavy; the sand made the way almost impassable; and now, when they at last reached their goal, a great hill of sand was piled up before the entrance, and the church itself was buried.
body
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From this reading The thread snapped that bound the immortal soul, and nothing but a dead body lay in the dark church, around which the storm raged, covering it with loose sand.
bound
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From this reading The thread snapped that bound the immortal soul, and nothing but a dead body lay in the dark church, around which the storm raged, covering it with loose sand.
build
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From this reading The priest spoke a short prayer, and said that God had closed the door of this house, and the congregation must go and build a new one for Him elsewhere.
buried
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From this reading The road to church had been heavy; the sand made the way almost impassable; and now, when they at last reached their goal, a great hill of sand was piled up before the entrance, and the church itself was buried.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The thread snapped that bound the immortal soul, and nothing but a dead body lay in the dark church, around which the storm raged, covering it with loose sand.
church
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From this reading The thread snapped that bound the immortal soul, and nothing but a dead body lay in the dark church, around which the storm raged, covering it with loose sand.
closed
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From this reading The priest spoke a short prayer, and said that God had closed the door of this house, and the congregation must go and build a new one for Him elsewhere.
congregation
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From this reading * * * * * The next morning was Sunday, and the congregation and their pastor went forth to the service.
covering
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From this reading The thread snapped that bound the immortal soul, and nothing but a dead body lay in the dark church, around which the storm raged, covering it with loose sand.
dark
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From this reading The thread snapped that bound the immortal soul, and nothing but a dead body lay in the dark church, around which the storm raged, covering it with loose sand.
dead
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From this reading The thread snapped that bound the immortal soul, and nothing but a dead body lay in the dark church, around which the storm raged, covering it with loose sand.
door
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From this reading The priest spoke a short prayer, and said that God had closed the door of this house, and the congregation must go and build a new one for Him elsewhere.
elsewhere
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From this reading The priest spoke a short prayer, and said that God had closed the door of this house, and the congregation must go and build a new one for Him elsewhere.
entrance
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From this reading The road to church had been heavy; the sand made the way almost impassable; and now, when they at last reached their goal, a great hill of sand was piled up before the entrance, and the church itself was buried.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The priest spoke a short prayer, and said that God had closed the door of this house, and the congregation must go and build a new one for Him elsewhere.
forth
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From this reading * * * * * The next morning was Sunday, and the congregation and their pastor went forth to the service.
go
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From this reading The priest spoke a short prayer, and said that God had closed the door of this house, and the congregation must go and build a new one for Him elsewhere.
goal
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From this reading The road to church had been heavy; the sand made the way almost impassable; and now, when they at last reached their goal, a great hill of sand was piled up before the entrance, and the church itself was buried.
God
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From this reading The priest spoke a short prayer, and said that God had closed the door of this house, and the congregation must go and build a new one for Him elsewhere.
great
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From this reading The road to church had been heavy; the sand made the way almost impassable; and now, when they at last reached their goal, a great hill of sand was piled up before the entrance, and the church itself was buried.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The road to church had been heavy; the sand made the way almost impassable; and now, when they at last reached their goal, a great hill of sand was piled up before the entrance, and the church itself was buried.
heavy
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From this reading The road to church had been heavy; the sand made the way almost impassable; and now, when they at last reached their goal, a great hill of sand was piled up before the entrance, and the church itself was buried.
hill
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From this reading The road to church had been heavy; the sand made the way almost impassable; and now, when they at last reached their goal, a great hill of sand was piled up before the entrance, and the church itself was buried.
HimpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The priest spoke a short prayer, and said that God had closed the door of this house, and the congregation must go and build a new one for Him elsewhere.
house
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From this reading The priest spoke a short prayer, and said that God had closed the door of this house, and the congregation must go and build a new one for Him elsewhere.
immortaladjUS /ɪˈmɔːr.t̬əl/
Living forever; never dying or decaying. (Bất tử, trường tồn vĩnh cửu.)
From this reading The thread snapped that bound the immortal soul, and nothing but a dead body lay in the dark church, around which the storm raged, covering it with loose sand.
impassable
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From this reading The road to church had been heavy; the sand made the way almost impassable; and now, when they at last reached their goal, a great hill of sand was piled up before the entrance, and the church itself was buried.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading And these words were the last that Juergen spoke in this world.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The thread snapped that bound the immortal soul, and nothing but a dead body lay in the dark church, around which the storm raged, covering it with loose sand.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading The road to church had been heavy; the sand made the way almost impassable; and now, when they at last reached their goal, a great hill of sand was piled up before the entrance, and the church itself was buried.
Juergen
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From this reading And these words were the last that Juergen spoke in this world.
last
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From this reading And these words were the last that Juergen spoke in this world.
lay
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From this reading The thread snapped that bound the immortal soul, and nothing but a dead body lay in the dark church, around which the storm raged, covering it with loose sand.
loose
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From this reading The thread snapped that bound the immortal soul, and nothing but a dead body lay in the dark church, around which the storm raged, covering it with loose sand.
made
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From this reading The road to church had been heavy; the sand made the way almost impassable; and now, when they at last reached their goal, a great hill of sand was piled up before the entrance, and the church itself was buried.
morning
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From this reading * * * * * The next morning was Sunday, and the congregation and their pastor went forth to the service.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading The priest spoke a short prayer, and said that God had closed the door of this house, and the congregation must go and build a new one for Him elsewhere.
new
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From this reading The priest spoke a short prayer, and said that God had closed the door of this house, and the congregation must go and build a new one for Him elsewhere.
next
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From this reading * * * * * The next morning was Sunday, and the congregation and their pastor went forth to the service.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading The thread snapped that bound the immortal soul, and nothing but a dead body lay in the dark church, around which the storm raged, covering it with loose sand.
now
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From this reading The road to church had been heavy; the sand made the way almost impassable; and now, when they at last reached their goal, a great hill of sand was piled up before the entrance, and the church itself was buried.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The road to church had been heavy; the sand made the way almost impassable; and now, when they at last reached their goal, a great hill of sand was piled up before the entrance, and the church itself was buried.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The priest spoke a short prayer, and said that God had closed the door of this house, and the congregation must go and build a new one for Him elsewhere.
pastor
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From this reading * * * * * The next morning was Sunday, and the congregation and their pastor went forth to the service.
piled
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From this reading The road to church had been heavy; the sand made the way almost impassable; and now, when they at last reached their goal, a great hill of sand was piled up before the entrance, and the church itself was buried.
prayer
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From this reading The priest spoke a short prayer, and said that God had closed the door of this house, and the congregation must go and build a new one for Him elsewhere.
priest
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From this reading The priest spoke a short prayer, and said that God had closed the door of this house, and the congregation must go and build a new one for Him elsewhere.
raged
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From this reading The thread snapped that bound the immortal soul, and nothing but a dead body lay in the dark church, around which the storm raged, covering it with loose sand.
reached
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From this reading The road to church had been heavy; the sand made the way almost impassable; and now, when they at last reached their goal, a great hill of sand was piled up before the entrance, and the church itself was buried.
road
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From this reading The road to church had been heavy; the sand made the way almost impassable; and now, when they at last reached their goal, a great hill of sand was piled up before the entrance, and the church itself was buried.
said
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From this reading The priest spoke a short prayer, and said that God had closed the door of this house, and the congregation must go and build a new one for Him elsewhere.
sand
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From this reading The thread snapped that bound the immortal soul, and nothing but a dead body lay in the dark church, around which the storm raged, covering it with loose sand.
service
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From this reading * * * * * The next morning was Sunday, and the congregation and their pastor went forth to the service.
short
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From this reading The priest spoke a short prayer, and said that God had closed the door of this house, and the congregation must go and build a new one for Him elsewhere.
snapped
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From this reading The thread snapped that bound the immortal soul, and nothing but a dead body lay in the dark church, around which the storm raged, covering it with loose sand.
soul
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From this reading The thread snapped that bound the immortal soul, and nothing but a dead body lay in the dark church, around which the storm raged, covering it with loose sand.
spoke
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From this reading And these words were the last that Juergen spoke in this world.
storm
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From this reading The thread snapped that bound the immortal soul, and nothing but a dead body lay in the dark church, around which the storm raged, covering it with loose sand.
Sunday
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From this reading * * * * * The next morning was Sunday, and the congregation and their pastor went forth to the service.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And these words were the last that Juergen spoke in this world.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And these words were the last that Juergen spoke in this world.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading * * * * * The next morning was Sunday, and the congregation and their pastor went forth to the service.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading And these words were the last that Juergen spoke in this world.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The road to church had been heavy; the sand made the way almost impassable; and now, when they at last reached their goal, a great hill of sand was piled up before the entrance, and the church itself was buried.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading And these words were the last that Juergen spoke in this world.
thread
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From this reading The thread snapped that bound the immortal soul, and nothing but a dead body lay in the dark church, around which the storm raged, covering it with loose sand.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading * * * * * The next morning was Sunday, and the congregation and their pastor went forth to the service.
up
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From this reading The road to church had been heavy; the sand made the way almost impassable; and now, when they at last reached their goal, a great hill of sand was piled up before the entrance, and the church itself was buried.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading * * * * * The next morning was Sunday, and the congregation and their pastor went forth to the service.
way
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From this reading The road to church had been heavy; the sand made the way almost impassable; and now, when they at last reached their goal, a great hill of sand was piled up before the entrance, and the church itself was buried.
went
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From this reading * * * * * The next morning was Sunday, and the congregation and their pastor went forth to the service.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading And these words were the last that Juergen spoke in this world.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading The road to church had been heavy; the sand made the way almost impassable; and now, when they at last reached their goal, a great hill of sand was piled up before the entrance, and the church itself was buried.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The thread snapped that bound the immortal soul, and nothing but a dead body lay in the dark church, around which the storm raged, covering it with loose sand.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The thread snapped that bound the immortal soul, and nothing but a dead body lay in the dark church, around which the storm raged, covering it with loose sand.
words
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From this reading And these words were the last that Juergen spoke in this world.
world
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From this reading And these words were the last that Juergen spoke in this world.
