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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 But the blue man rode on past the primitive with no sign of recognition, pausing instead around the next corner, by the entrance to a blackly burrow-like dead-end alley.
alley
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From this reading But the blue man rode on past the primitive with no sign of recognition, pausing instead around the next corner, by the entrance to a blackly burrow-like dead-end alley.
alreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Ulno Haral had hired on the chance he'd need someone to hide the _hwalon_ was already waiting at the appointed place.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading They rode fast and in silence--first skirting the outskirts of the town; then plunging full-tilt into the tangled maze that was the native quarter.
appointed
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From this reading The Ulno Haral had hired on the chance he'd need someone to hide the _hwalon_ was already waiting at the appointed place.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading But the blue man rode on past the primitive with no sign of recognition, pausing instead around the next corner, by the entrance to a blackly burrow-like dead-end alley.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The Ulno Haral had hired on the chance he'd need someone to hide the _hwalon_ was already waiting at the appointed place.
blackly
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From this reading But the blue man rode on past the primitive with no sign of recognition, pausing instead around the next corner, by the entrance to a blackly burrow-like dead-end alley.
blue
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From this reading But the blue man rode on past the primitive with no sign of recognition, pausing instead around the next corner, by the entrance to a blackly burrow-like dead-end alley.
burrow-like
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From this reading But the blue man rode on past the primitive with no sign of recognition, pausing instead around the next corner, by the entrance to a blackly burrow-like dead-end alley.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But the blue man rode on past the primitive with no sign of recognition, pausing instead around the next corner, by the entrance to a blackly burrow-like dead-end alley.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading But the blue man rode on past the primitive with no sign of recognition, pausing instead around the next corner, by the entrance to a blackly burrow-like dead-end alley.
called
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From this reading There he let the girl called Kyla down.
chance
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From this reading The Ulno Haral had hired on the chance he'd need someone to hide the _hwalon_ was already waiting at the appointed place.
corner
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From this reading But the blue man rode on past the primitive with no sign of recognition, pausing instead around the next corner, by the entrance to a blackly burrow-like dead-end alley.
cover
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From this reading For the first time since their escape, he spoke to her: "We'll take cover now, for a little while, priestess.
dead-end
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From this reading But the blue man rode on past the primitive with no sign of recognition, pausing instead around the next corner, by the entrance to a blackly burrow-like dead-end alley.
down
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From this reading There he let the girl called Kyla down.
entrance
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From this reading But the blue man rode on past the primitive with no sign of recognition, pausing instead around the next corner, by the entrance to a blackly burrow-like dead-end alley.
escape
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From this reading For the first time since their escape, he spoke to her: "We'll take cover now, for a little while, priestess.
fast
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From this reading They rode fast and in silence--first skirting the outskirts of the town; then plunging full-tilt into the tangled maze that was the native quarter.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They rode fast and in silence--first skirting the outskirts of the town; then plunging full-tilt into the tangled maze that was the native quarter.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For the first time since their escape, he spoke to her: "We'll take cover now, for a little while, priestess.
full-tilt
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From this reading They rode fast and in silence--first skirting the outskirts of the town; then plunging full-tilt into the tangled maze that was the native quarter.
girl
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From this reading There he let the girl called Kyla down.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The Ulno Haral had hired on the chance he'd need someone to hide the _hwalon_ was already waiting at the appointed place.
Haral
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From this reading The Ulno Haral had hired on the chance he'd need someone to hide the _hwalon_ was already waiting at the appointed place.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading There he let the girl called Kyla down.
he'd
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From this reading The Ulno Haral had hired on the chance he'd need someone to hide the _hwalon_ was already waiting at the appointed place.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading For the first time since their escape, he spoke to her: "We'll take cover now, for a little while, priestess.
hide
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From this reading The Ulno Haral had hired on the chance he'd need someone to hide the _hwalon_ was already waiting at the appointed place.
hired
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From this reading The Ulno Haral had hired on the chance he'd need someone to hide the _hwalon_ was already waiting at the appointed place.
hwalon
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From this reading The Ulno Haral had hired on the chance he'd need someone to hide the _hwalon_ was already waiting at the appointed place.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading They rode fast and in silence--first skirting the outskirts of the town; then plunging full-tilt into the tangled maze that was the native quarter.
instead
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From this reading But the blue man rode on past the primitive with no sign of recognition, pausing instead around the next corner, by the entrance to a blackly burrow-like dead-end alley.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading They rode fast and in silence--first skirting the outskirts of the town; then plunging full-tilt into the tangled maze that was the native quarter.
Kyla
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From this reading There he let the girl called Kyla down.
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading There he let the girl called Kyla down.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For the first time since their escape, he spoke to her: "We'll take cover now, for a little while, priestess.
man
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From this reading But the blue man rode on past the primitive with no sign of recognition, pausing instead around the next corner, by the entrance to a blackly burrow-like dead-end alley.
maze
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From this reading They rode fast and in silence--first skirting the outskirts of the town; then plunging full-tilt into the tangled maze that was the native quarter.
native
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From this reading They rode fast and in silence--first skirting the outskirts of the town; then plunging full-tilt into the tangled maze that was the native quarter.
neednounUS /need/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Ulno Haral had hired on the chance he'd need someone to hide the _hwalon_ was already waiting at the appointed place.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But the blue man rode on past the primitive with no sign of recognition, pausing instead around the next corner, by the entrance to a blackly burrow-like dead-end alley.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading But the blue man rode on past the primitive with no sign of recognition, pausing instead around the next corner, by the entrance to a blackly burrow-like dead-end alley.
now
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From this reading For the first time since their escape, he spoke to her: "We'll take cover now, for a little while, priestess.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading They rode fast and in silence--first skirting the outskirts of the town; then plunging full-tilt into the tangled maze that was the native quarter.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The Ulno Haral had hired on the chance he'd need someone to hide the _hwalon_ was already waiting at the appointed place.
outskirts
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From this reading They rode fast and in silence--first skirting the outskirts of the town; then plunging full-tilt into the tangled maze that was the native quarter.
past
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From this reading But the blue man rode on past the primitive with no sign of recognition, pausing instead around the next corner, by the entrance to a blackly burrow-like dead-end alley.
pausing
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From this reading But the blue man rode on past the primitive with no sign of recognition, pausing instead around the next corner, by the entrance to a blackly burrow-like dead-end alley.
place
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From this reading The Ulno Haral had hired on the chance he'd need someone to hide the _hwalon_ was already waiting at the appointed place.
plunging
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From this reading They rode fast and in silence--first skirting the outskirts of the town; then plunging full-tilt into the tangled maze that was the native quarter.
priestess
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From this reading For the first time since their escape, he spoke to her: "We'll take cover now, for a little while, priestess.
primitive
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From this reading But the blue man rode on past the primitive with no sign of recognition, pausing instead around the next corner, by the entrance to a blackly burrow-like dead-end alley.
quarter
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From this reading They rode fast and in silence--first skirting the outskirts of the town; then plunging full-tilt into the tangled maze that was the native quarter.
recognition
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From this reading But the blue man rode on past the primitive with no sign of recognition, pausing instead around the next corner, by the entrance to a blackly burrow-like dead-end alley.
rode
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From this reading They rode fast and in silence--first skirting the outskirts of the town; then plunging full-tilt into the tangled maze that was the native quarter.
sign
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From this reading But the blue man rode on past the primitive with no sign of recognition, pausing instead around the next corner, by the entrance to a blackly burrow-like dead-end alley.
silencenounUS /ˈsaɪ.ləns/
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading They rode fast and in silence--first skirting the outskirts of the town; then plunging full-tilt into the tangled maze that was the native quarter.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading For the first time since their escape, he spoke to her: "We'll take cover now, for a little while, priestess.
skirting
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From this reading They rode fast and in silence--first skirting the outskirts of the town; then plunging full-tilt into the tangled maze that was the native quarter.
someonepronounUS /ˈsʌmwʌn/
a person, without saying who
From this reading The Ulno Haral had hired on the chance he'd need someone to hide the _hwalon_ was already waiting at the appointed place.
spoke
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From this reading For the first time since their escape, he spoke to her: "We'll take cover now, for a little while, priestess.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For the first time since their escape, he spoke to her: "We'll take cover now, for a little while, priestess.
tangled
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From this reading They rode fast and in silence--first skirting the outskirts of the town; then plunging full-tilt into the tangled maze that was the native quarter.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading They rode fast and in silence--first skirting the outskirts of the town; then plunging full-tilt into the tangled maze that was the native quarter.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading They rode fast and in silence--first skirting the outskirts of the town; then plunging full-tilt into the tangled maze that was the native quarter.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading For the first time since their escape, he spoke to her: "We'll take cover now, for a little while, priestess.
then
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From this reading They rode fast and in silence--first skirting the outskirts of the town; then plunging full-tilt into the tangled maze that was the native quarter.
There
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From this reading There he let the girl called Kyla down.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They rode fast and in silence--first skirting the outskirts of the town; then plunging full-tilt into the tangled maze that was the native quarter.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For the first time since their escape, he spoke to her: "We'll take cover now, for a little while, priestess.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The Ulno Haral had hired on the chance he'd need someone to hide the _hwalon_ was already waiting at the appointed place.
town
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From this reading They rode fast and in silence--first skirting the outskirts of the town; then plunging full-tilt into the tangled maze that was the native quarter.
Ulno
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From this reading The Ulno Haral had hired on the chance he'd need someone to hide the _hwalon_ was already waiting at the appointed place.
waiting
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From this reading The Ulno Haral had hired on the chance he'd need someone to hide the _hwalon_ was already waiting at the appointed place.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading They rode fast and in silence--first skirting the outskirts of the town; then plunging full-tilt into the tangled maze that was the native quarter.
We'll
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From this reading For the first time since their escape, he spoke to her: "We'll take cover now, for a little while, priestess.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading For the first time since their escape, he spoke to her: "We'll take cover now, for a little while, priestess.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading But the blue man rode on past the primitive with no sign of recognition, pausing instead around the next corner, by the entrance to a blackly burrow-like dead-end alley.
