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Chapter VIII
This was Sandoz, man's last stronghold among all the outer satellites and planets ... fallen citadel, thirty years abandoned now. Ruin's hand lay heavy upon it. Crumbling walls and shattered structures sprawled everywhere, and great saw-leaved, turquoise-blue plants half concealed long stretches of the cracked, disintegrating pavement. Scarcely a building stood staunch and whole. Yet there was no mistaking the place.
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surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading “This was Sandoz, man's last stronghold among all the outer satellites and planets ... fallen citadel, thirty years abandoned now.”
A fortress protecting a city, metaphorically representing the invincible inner sanctuary of the rational mind.
From this reading “This was Sandoz, man's last stronghold among all the outer satellites and planets ... fallen citadel, thirty years abandoned now.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Crumbling walls and shattered structures sprawled everywhere, and great saw-leaved, turquoise-blue plants half concealed long stretches of the cracked, disintegrating pavement.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Crumbling walls and shattered structures sprawled everywhere, and great saw-leaved, turquoise-blue plants half concealed long stretches of the cracked, disintegrating pavement.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Ruin's hand lay heavy upon it.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “This was Sandoz, man's last stronghold among all the outer satellites and planets ... fallen citadel, thirty years abandoned now.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Crumbling walls and shattered structures sprawled everywhere, and great saw-leaved, turquoise-blue plants half concealed long stretches of the cracked, disintegrating pavement.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Scarcely a building stood staunch and whole.”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “Ruin's hand lay heavy upon it.”
but in spite of that
From this reading “Yet there was no mistaking the place.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Scarcely a building stood staunch and whole.
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From this reading This was Sandoz, man's last stronghold among all the outer satellites and planets ... fallen citadel, thirty years abandoned now.
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From this reading This was Sandoz, man's last stronghold among all the outer satellites and planets ... fallen citadel, thirty years abandoned now.
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading This was Sandoz, man's last stronghold among all the outer satellites and planets ... fallen citadel, thirty years abandoned now.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading This was Sandoz, man's last stronghold among all the outer satellites and planets ... fallen citadel, thirty years abandoned now.
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From this reading Scarcely a building stood staunch and whole.
A fortress protecting a city, metaphorically representing the invincible inner sanctuary of the rational mind.
From this reading This was Sandoz, man's last stronghold among all the outer satellites and planets ... fallen citadel, thirty years abandoned now.
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From this reading Crumbling walls and shattered structures sprawled everywhere, and great saw-leaved, turquoise-blue plants half concealed long stretches of the cracked, disintegrating pavement.
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From this reading Crumbling walls and shattered structures sprawled everywhere, and great saw-leaved, turquoise-blue plants half concealed long stretches of the cracked, disintegrating pavement.
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From this reading Crumbling walls and shattered structures sprawled everywhere, and great saw-leaved, turquoise-blue plants half concealed long stretches of the cracked, disintegrating pavement.
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From this reading Crumbling walls and shattered structures sprawled everywhere, and great saw-leaved, turquoise-blue plants half concealed long stretches of the cracked, disintegrating pavement.
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From this reading Crumbling walls and shattered structures sprawled everywhere, and great saw-leaved, turquoise-blue plants half concealed long stretches of the cracked, disintegrating pavement.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading This was Sandoz, man's last stronghold among all the outer satellites and planets ... fallen citadel, thirty years abandoned now.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Crumbling walls and shattered structures sprawled everywhere, and great saw-leaved, turquoise-blue plants half concealed long stretches of the cracked, disintegrating pavement.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Crumbling walls and shattered structures sprawled everywhere, and great saw-leaved, turquoise-blue plants half concealed long stretches of the cracked, disintegrating pavement.
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From this reading Ruin's hand lay heavy upon it.
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From this reading Ruin's hand lay heavy upon it.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Ruin's hand lay heavy upon it.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This was Sandoz, man's last stronghold among all the outer satellites and planets ... fallen citadel, thirty years abandoned now.
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From this reading Ruin's hand lay heavy upon it.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Crumbling walls and shattered structures sprawled everywhere, and great saw-leaved, turquoise-blue plants half concealed long stretches of the cracked, disintegrating pavement.
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From this reading This was Sandoz, man's last stronghold among all the outer satellites and planets ... fallen citadel, thirty years abandoned now.
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From this reading Yet there was no mistaking the place.
not any; not one
From this reading Yet there was no mistaking the place.
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From this reading This was Sandoz, man's last stronghold among all the outer satellites and planets ... fallen citadel, thirty years abandoned now.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Crumbling walls and shattered structures sprawled everywhere, and great saw-leaved, turquoise-blue plants half concealed long stretches of the cracked, disintegrating pavement.
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From this reading This was Sandoz, man's last stronghold among all the outer satellites and planets ... fallen citadel, thirty years abandoned now.
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From this reading Crumbling walls and shattered structures sprawled everywhere, and great saw-leaved, turquoise-blue plants half concealed long stretches of the cracked, disintegrating pavement.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Yet there was no mistaking the place.
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From this reading This was Sandoz, man's last stronghold among all the outer satellites and planets ... fallen citadel, thirty years abandoned now.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Crumbling walls and shattered structures sprawled everywhere, and great saw-leaved, turquoise-blue plants half concealed long stretches of the cracked, disintegrating pavement.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ruin's hand lay heavy upon it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading This was Sandoz, man's last stronghold among all the outer satellites and planets ... fallen citadel, thirty years abandoned now.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading This was Sandoz, man's last stronghold among all the outer satellites and planets ... fallen citadel, thirty years abandoned now.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Crumbling walls and shattered structures sprawled everywhere, and great saw-leaved, turquoise-blue plants half concealed long stretches of the cracked, disintegrating pavement.
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From this reading Scarcely a building stood staunch and whole.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Crumbling walls and shattered structures sprawled everywhere, and great saw-leaved, turquoise-blue plants half concealed long stretches of the cracked, disintegrating pavement.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Crumbling walls and shattered structures sprawled everywhere, and great saw-leaved, turquoise-blue plants half concealed long stretches of the cracked, disintegrating pavement.
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From this reading Scarcely a building stood staunch and whole.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Scarcely a building stood staunch and whole.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Crumbling walls and shattered structures sprawled everywhere, and great saw-leaved, turquoise-blue plants half concealed long stretches of the cracked, disintegrating pavement.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading This was Sandoz, man's last stronghold among all the outer satellites and planets ... fallen citadel, thirty years abandoned now.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Crumbling walls and shattered structures sprawled everywhere, and great saw-leaved, turquoise-blue plants half concealed long stretches of the cracked, disintegrating pavement.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading This was Sandoz, man's last stronghold among all the outer satellites and planets ... fallen citadel, thirty years abandoned now.
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From this reading Yet there was no mistaking the place.
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From this reading This was Sandoz, man's last stronghold among all the outer satellites and planets ... fallen citadel, thirty years abandoned now.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This was Sandoz, man's last stronghold among all the outer satellites and planets ... fallen citadel, thirty years abandoned now.
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From this reading Crumbling walls and shattered structures sprawled everywhere, and great saw-leaved, turquoise-blue plants half concealed long stretches of the cracked, disintegrating pavement.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Ruin's hand lay heavy upon it.
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From this reading Crumbling walls and shattered structures sprawled everywhere, and great saw-leaved, turquoise-blue plants half concealed long stretches of the cracked, disintegrating pavement.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This was Sandoz, man's last stronghold among all the outer satellites and planets ... fallen citadel, thirty years abandoned now.
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From this reading Scarcely a building stood staunch and whole.
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From this reading This was Sandoz, man's last stronghold among all the outer satellites and planets ... fallen citadel, thirty years abandoned now.
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet there was no mistaking the place.
