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Dark Destiny

Chapter V

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There lay the woman!
Xaymar.
Woman and death, the end of a madman's quest.
The great crystal globe that cased her rested atop a dais in the center of an echoing, high-roofed chamber.
Pulsing, aglow with strange life, its radiance fought back the crypt's impinging gloom.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Dark Destiny

Chapter V

Reading 1/56 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
There lay the woman!
Line 2
Xaymar.
Line 3
Woman and death, the end of a madman's quest.
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The great crystal globe that cased her rested atop a dais in the center of an echoing, high-roofed chamber.
Line 5
Pulsing, aglow with strange life, its radiance fought back the crypt's impinging gloom.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Center noun US /ˈsɛn.tər/

The middle point or core of an area.

From this reading “The great crystal globe that cased her rested atop a dais in the center of an echoing, high-roofed chamber.”

Great noun US /great/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “The great crystal globe that cased her rested atop a dais in the center of an echoing, high-roofed chamber.”

Life noun US /life/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Pulsing, aglow with strange life, its radiance fought back the crypt's impinging gloom.”

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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 Woman and death, the end of a madman's quest.

aglow

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From this reading Pulsing, aglow with strange life, its radiance fought back the crypt's impinging gloom.

andeterminerUS /æn/

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading The great crystal globe that cased her rested atop a dais in the center of an echoing, high-roofed chamber.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Woman and death, the end of a madman's quest.

atop

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From this reading The great crystal globe that cased her rested atop a dais in the center of an echoing, high-roofed chamber.

back

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From this reading Pulsing, aglow with strange life, its radiance fought back the crypt's impinging gloom.

cased

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From this reading The great crystal globe that cased her rested atop a dais in the center of an echoing, high-roofed chamber.

centernounUS /ˈsɛn.tər/

The middle point or core of an area.

From this reading The great crystal globe that cased her rested atop a dais in the center of an echoing, high-roofed chamber.

chamber

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From this reading The great crystal globe that cased her rested atop a dais in the center of an echoing, high-roofed chamber.

crypt's

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From this reading Pulsing, aglow with strange life, its radiance fought back the crypt's impinging gloom.

crystal

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From this reading The great crystal globe that cased her rested atop a dais in the center of an echoing, high-roofed chamber.

dais

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From this reading The great crystal globe that cased her rested atop a dais in the center of an echoing, high-roofed chamber.

death

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From this reading Woman and death, the end of a madman's quest.

echoing

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From this reading The great crystal globe that cased her rested atop a dais in the center of an echoing, high-roofed chamber.

end

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From this reading Woman and death, the end of a madman's quest.

fought

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From this reading Pulsing, aglow with strange life, its radiance fought back the crypt's impinging gloom.

globe

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From this reading The great crystal globe that cased her rested atop a dais in the center of an echoing, high-roofed chamber.

gloom

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From this reading Pulsing, aglow with strange life, its radiance fought back the crypt's impinging gloom.

greatnounUS /great/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading The great crystal globe that cased her rested atop a dais in the center of an echoing, high-roofed chamber.

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading The great crystal globe that cased her rested atop a dais in the center of an echoing, high-roofed chamber.

high-roofed

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From this reading The great crystal globe that cased her rested atop a dais in the center of an echoing, high-roofed chamber.

impinging

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From this reading Pulsing, aglow with strange life, its radiance fought back the crypt's impinging gloom.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading The great crystal globe that cased her rested atop a dais in the center of an echoing, high-roofed chamber.

itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading Pulsing, aglow with strange life, its radiance fought back the crypt's impinging gloom.

lay

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From this reading There lay the woman!

lifenounUS /life/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Pulsing, aglow with strange life, its radiance fought back the crypt's impinging gloom.

madman's

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From this reading Woman and death, the end of a madman's quest.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Woman and death, the end of a madman's quest.

Pulsing

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From this reading Pulsing, aglow with strange life, its radiance fought back the crypt's impinging gloom.

quest

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From this reading Woman and death, the end of a madman's quest.

radiance

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From this reading Pulsing, aglow with strange life, its radiance fought back the crypt's impinging gloom.

rested

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From this reading The great crystal globe that cased her rested atop a dais in the center of an echoing, high-roofed chamber.

strange

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From this reading Pulsing, aglow with strange life, its radiance fought back the crypt's impinging gloom.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading The great crystal globe that cased her rested atop a dais in the center of an echoing, high-roofed chamber.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading There lay the woman!

There

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From this reading There lay the woman!

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading Pulsing, aglow with strange life, its radiance fought back the crypt's impinging gloom.

woman

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From this reading There lay the woman!

Xaymar

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From this reading Xaymar.