Chapter I
ACE BOOKS, INC. 23 West 47th Street, New York 36, N. Y. HE HUNTED HORROR THROUGH A MANIAC WORLD! Jeffrey Meyer had a killing on his mind. It meant nothing to him that his towering Twenty-first Century world was going mad.
A Man Obsessed
Chapter I
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ACE
BOOKS,
INC.
23
West
47th
Street,
New
York
36,
N.
Y.
HE
HUNTED
HORROR
THROUGH
A
MANIAC
WORLD!
Jeffrey
Meyer
had
a
killing
on
his
mind.
It
meant
nothing
to
him
that
his
towering
Twenty-first
Century
world
was
going
mad.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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Line 1
ACE
BOOKS,
INC.
Line 2
23
West
47th
Street,
New
York
36,
N.
Y.
Line 3
HE
HUNTED
HORROR
THROUGH
A
MANIAC
WORLD!
Line 4
Jeffrey
Meyer
had
a
killing
on
his
mind.
Line 5
It
meant
nothing
to
him
that
his
towering
Twenty-first
Century
world
was
going
mad.
Learner Dictionary
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BOOKS
noun
US /bʊks/
Bound written or printed works.
From this reading “ACE BOOKS, INC.”
Mind
noun
US /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Jeffrey Meyer had a killing on his mind.”
Nothing
pronoun
US /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “It meant nothing to him that his towering Twenty-first Century world was going mad.”
THROUGH
noun
US /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “HE HUNTED HORROR THROUGH A MANIAC WORLD!”
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23
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36
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47th
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AdeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
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ACE
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BOOKSnounUS /bʊks/
Bound written or printed works.
From this reading ACE BOOKS, INC.
Century
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going
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hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Jeffrey Meyer had a killing on his mind.
HEpronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading HE HUNTED HORROR THROUGH A MANIAC WORLD!
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It meant nothing to him that his towering Twenty-first Century world was going mad.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Jeffrey Meyer had a killing on his mind.
HORROR
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HUNTED
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INC
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ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
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Jeffrey
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killing
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mad
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MANIAC
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meant
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Meyer
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mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
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N
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New
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nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading It meant nothing to him that his towering Twenty-first Century world was going mad.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
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Street
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thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It meant nothing to him that his towering Twenty-first Century world was going mad.
THROUGHnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading HE HUNTED HORROR THROUGH A MANIAC WORLD!
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
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towering
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Twenty-first
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wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
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West
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WORLD
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Y
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York
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