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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 He had not been wise enough to lug a camera into the country, but none the less, by a yet subtler process, a sun-picture had been recorded somewhere on his cerebral tissues.
agitation
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From this reading A wave message of light and color, a molecular agitation and integration, a certain minute though definite corrugation in a brain recess,--and there it was, a picture complete!
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading In the flash of an instant it had been done.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A wave message of light and color, a molecular agitation and integration, a certain minute though definite corrugation in a brain recess,--and there it was, a picture complete!
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading He had not been wise enough to lug a camera into the country, but none the less, by a yet subtler process, a sun-picture had been recorded somewhere on his cerebral tissues.
beetlingadjectiveUS /ˈbiːtlɪŋ/
projecting or overhanging steeply
From this reading The blazing sunlight on the beetling black; a slender gray form, radiant, starting forward to the vision from the marge where light and darkness met; a fresh young morning smile wreathed in a flame of burning gold.
black
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From this reading The blazing sunlight on the beetling black; a slender gray form, radiant, starting forward to the vision from the marge where light and darkness met; a fresh young morning smile wreathed in a flame of burning gold.
blankets
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From this reading That Vance Corliss wanted to see more of the girl he had divided blankets with, goes with the saying.
blazing
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From this reading The blazing sunlight on the beetling black; a slender gray form, radiant, starting forward to the vision from the marge where light and darkness met; a fresh young morning smile wreathed in a flame of burning gold.
brain
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From this reading A wave message of light and color, a molecular agitation and integration, a certain minute though definite corrugation in a brain recess,--and there it was, a picture complete!
burning
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From this reading The blazing sunlight on the beetling black; a slender gray form, radiant, starting forward to the vision from the marge where light and darkness met; a fresh young morning smile wreathed in a flame of burning gold.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He had not been wise enough to lug a camera into the country, but none the less, by a yet subtler process, a sun-picture had been recorded somewhere on his cerebral tissues.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading He had not been wise enough to lug a camera into the country, but none the less, by a yet subtler process, a sun-picture had been recorded somewhere on his cerebral tissues.
camera
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From this reading He had not been wise enough to lug a camera into the country, but none the less, by a yet subtler process, a sun-picture had been recorded somewhere on his cerebral tissues.
cerebral
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From this reading He had not been wise enough to lug a camera into the country, but none the less, by a yet subtler process, a sun-picture had been recorded somewhere on his cerebral tissues.
certain
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From this reading A wave message of light and color, a molecular agitation and integration, a certain minute though definite corrugation in a brain recess,--and there it was, a picture complete!
color
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From this reading A wave message of light and color, a molecular agitation and integration, a certain minute though definite corrugation in a brain recess,--and there it was, a picture complete!
completenounUS /complete/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A wave message of light and color, a molecular agitation and integration, a certain minute though definite corrugation in a brain recess,--and there it was, a picture complete!
Corliss
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From this reading That Vance Corliss wanted to see more of the girl he had divided blankets with, goes with the saying.
corrugation
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From this reading A wave message of light and color, a molecular agitation and integration, a certain minute though definite corrugation in a brain recess,--and there it was, a picture complete!
country
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From this reading He had not been wise enough to lug a camera into the country, but none the less, by a yet subtler process, a sun-picture had been recorded somewhere on his cerebral tissues.
darkness
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From this reading The blazing sunlight on the beetling black; a slender gray form, radiant, starting forward to the vision from the marge where light and darkness met; a fresh young morning smile wreathed in a flame of burning gold.
definite
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From this reading A wave message of light and color, a molecular agitation and integration, a certain minute though definite corrugation in a brain recess,--and there it was, a picture complete!
dividednounUS /ˈdivided/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading That Vance Corliss wanted to see more of the girl he had divided blankets with, goes with the saying.
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the flash of an instant it had been done.
enough
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From this reading He had not been wise enough to lug a camera into the country, but none the less, by a yet subtler process, a sun-picture had been recorded somewhere on his cerebral tissues.
flamenounUS /fleɪm/
A hot glowing body of ignited gas produced by fire.
From this reading The blazing sunlight on the beetling black; a slender gray form, radiant, starting forward to the vision from the marge where light and darkness met; a fresh young morning smile wreathed in a flame of burning gold.
flash
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From this reading In the flash of an instant it had been done.
form
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From this reading The blazing sunlight on the beetling black; a slender gray form, radiant, starting forward to the vision from the marge where light and darkness met; a fresh young morning smile wreathed in a flame of burning gold.
forwardnounUS /forward/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The blazing sunlight on the beetling black; a slender gray form, radiant, starting forward to the vision from the marge where light and darkness met; a fresh young morning smile wreathed in a flame of burning gold.
fresh
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From this reading The blazing sunlight on the beetling black; a slender gray form, radiant, starting forward to the vision from the marge where light and darkness met; a fresh young morning smile wreathed in a flame of burning gold.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The blazing sunlight on the beetling black; a slender gray form, radiant, starting forward to the vision from the marge where light and darkness met; a fresh young morning smile wreathed in a flame of burning gold.
girl
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From this reading That Vance Corliss wanted to see more of the girl he had divided blankets with, goes with the saying.
goes
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From this reading That Vance Corliss wanted to see more of the girl he had divided blankets with, goes with the saying.
gold
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From this reading The blazing sunlight on the beetling black; a slender gray form, radiant, starting forward to the vision from the marge where light and darkness met; a fresh young morning smile wreathed in a flame of burning gold.
gray
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From this reading The blazing sunlight on the beetling black; a slender gray form, radiant, starting forward to the vision from the marge where light and darkness met; a fresh young morning smile wreathed in a flame of burning gold.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading That Vance Corliss wanted to see more of the girl he had divided blankets with, goes with the saying.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading That Vance Corliss wanted to see more of the girl he had divided blankets with, goes with the saying.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He had not been wise enough to lug a camera into the country, but none the less, by a yet subtler process, a sun-picture had been recorded somewhere on his cerebral tissues.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the flash of an instant it had been done.
instant
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From this reading In the flash of an instant it had been done.
integration
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From this reading A wave message of light and color, a molecular agitation and integration, a certain minute though definite corrugation in a brain recess,--and there it was, a picture complete!
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading He had not been wise enough to lug a camera into the country, but none the less, by a yet subtler process, a sun-picture had been recorded somewhere on his cerebral tissues.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading In the flash of an instant it had been done.
less
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From this reading He had not been wise enough to lug a camera into the country, but none the less, by a yet subtler process, a sun-picture had been recorded somewhere on his cerebral tissues.
light
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From this reading A wave message of light and color, a molecular agitation and integration, a certain minute though definite corrugation in a brain recess,--and there it was, a picture complete!
lug
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From this reading He had not been wise enough to lug a camera into the country, but none the less, by a yet subtler process, a sun-picture had been recorded somewhere on his cerebral tissues.
marge
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From this reading The blazing sunlight on the beetling black; a slender gray form, radiant, starting forward to the vision from the marge where light and darkness met; a fresh young morning smile wreathed in a flame of burning gold.
message
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From this reading A wave message of light and color, a molecular agitation and integration, a certain minute though definite corrugation in a brain recess,--and there it was, a picture complete!
met
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From this reading The blazing sunlight on the beetling black; a slender gray form, radiant, starting forward to the vision from the marge where light and darkness met; a fresh young morning smile wreathed in a flame of burning gold.
minute
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From this reading A wave message of light and color, a molecular agitation and integration, a certain minute though definite corrugation in a brain recess,--and there it was, a picture complete!
molecular
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From this reading A wave message of light and color, a molecular agitation and integration, a certain minute though definite corrugation in a brain recess,--and there it was, a picture complete!
more
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From this reading That Vance Corliss wanted to see more of the girl he had divided blankets with, goes with the saying.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The blazing sunlight on the beetling black; a slender gray form, radiant, starting forward to the vision from the marge where light and darkness met; a fresh young morning smile wreathed in a flame of burning gold.
nonepronounUS /nʌn/
not one, and not any
From this reading He had not been wise enough to lug a camera into the country, but none the less, by a yet subtler process, a sun-picture had been recorded somewhere on his cerebral tissues.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading He had not been wise enough to lug a camera into the country, but none the less, by a yet subtler process, a sun-picture had been recorded somewhere on his cerebral tissues.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading That Vance Corliss wanted to see more of the girl he had divided blankets with, goes with the saying.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He had not been wise enough to lug a camera into the country, but none the less, by a yet subtler process, a sun-picture had been recorded somewhere on his cerebral tissues.
picture
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From this reading A wave message of light and color, a molecular agitation and integration, a certain minute though definite corrugation in a brain recess,--and there it was, a picture complete!
process
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From this reading He had not been wise enough to lug a camera into the country, but none the less, by a yet subtler process, a sun-picture had been recorded somewhere on his cerebral tissues.
radiantadjectiveUS /ˈreɪdiənt/
shining brightly
From this reading The blazing sunlight on the beetling black; a slender gray form, radiant, starting forward to the vision from the marge where light and darkness met; a fresh young morning smile wreathed in a flame of burning gold.
recess
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From this reading A wave message of light and color, a molecular agitation and integration, a certain minute though definite corrugation in a brain recess,--and there it was, a picture complete!
recorded
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From this reading He had not been wise enough to lug a camera into the country, but none the less, by a yet subtler process, a sun-picture had been recorded somewhere on his cerebral tissues.
saying
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From this reading That Vance Corliss wanted to see more of the girl he had divided blankets with, goes with the saying.
see
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From this reading That Vance Corliss wanted to see more of the girl he had divided blankets with, goes with the saying.
slender
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From this reading The blazing sunlight on the beetling black; a slender gray form, radiant, starting forward to the vision from the marge where light and darkness met; a fresh young morning smile wreathed in a flame of burning gold.
smile
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From this reading The blazing sunlight on the beetling black; a slender gray form, radiant, starting forward to the vision from the marge where light and darkness met; a fresh young morning smile wreathed in a flame of burning gold.
somewhere
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From this reading He had not been wise enough to lug a camera into the country, but none the less, by a yet subtler process, a sun-picture had been recorded somewhere on his cerebral tissues.
starting
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From this reading The blazing sunlight on the beetling black; a slender gray form, radiant, starting forward to the vision from the marge where light and darkness met; a fresh young morning smile wreathed in a flame of burning gold.
subtler
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From this reading He had not been wise enough to lug a camera into the country, but none the less, by a yet subtler process, a sun-picture had been recorded somewhere on his cerebral tissues.
sun-picture
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From this reading He had not been wise enough to lug a camera into the country, but none the less, by a yet subtler process, a sun-picture had been recorded somewhere on his cerebral tissues.
sunlight
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From this reading The blazing sunlight on the beetling black; a slender gray form, radiant, starting forward to the vision from the marge where light and darkness met; a fresh young morning smile wreathed in a flame of burning gold.
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That Vance Corliss wanted to see more of the girl he had divided blankets with, goes with the saying.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading That Vance Corliss wanted to see more of the girl he had divided blankets with, goes with the saying.
there
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From this reading A wave message of light and color, a molecular agitation and integration, a certain minute though definite corrugation in a brain recess,--and there it was, a picture complete!
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading A wave message of light and color, a molecular agitation and integration, a certain minute though definite corrugation in a brain recess,--and there it was, a picture complete!
tissues
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From this reading He had not been wise enough to lug a camera into the country, but none the less, by a yet subtler process, a sun-picture had been recorded somewhere on his cerebral tissues.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading That Vance Corliss wanted to see more of the girl he had divided blankets with, goes with the saying.
Vance
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From this reading That Vance Corliss wanted to see more of the girl he had divided blankets with, goes with the saying.
vision
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From this reading The blazing sunlight on the beetling black; a slender gray form, radiant, starting forward to the vision from the marge where light and darkness met; a fresh young morning smile wreathed in a flame of burning gold.
wanted
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From this reading That Vance Corliss wanted to see more of the girl he had divided blankets with, goes with the saying.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A wave message of light and color, a molecular agitation and integration, a certain minute though definite corrugation in a brain recess,--and there it was, a picture complete!
wave
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From this reading A wave message of light and color, a molecular agitation and integration, a certain minute though definite corrugation in a brain recess,--and there it was, a picture complete!
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading The blazing sunlight on the beetling black; a slender gray form, radiant, starting forward to the vision from the marge where light and darkness met; a fresh young morning smile wreathed in a flame of burning gold.
wise
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From this reading He had not been wise enough to lug a camera into the country, but none the less, by a yet subtler process, a sun-picture had been recorded somewhere on his cerebral tissues.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading That Vance Corliss wanted to see more of the girl he had divided blankets with, goes with the saying.
wreathed
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From this reading The blazing sunlight on the beetling black; a slender gray form, radiant, starting forward to the vision from the marge where light and darkness met; a fresh young morning smile wreathed in a flame of burning gold.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading He had not been wise enough to lug a camera into the country, but none the less, by a yet subtler process, a sun-picture had been recorded somewhere on his cerebral tissues.
young
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From this reading The blazing sunlight on the beetling black; a slender gray form, radiant, starting forward to the vision from the marge where light and darkness met; a fresh young morning smile wreathed in a flame of burning gold.
