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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.