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Dark Destiny

Chapter VI

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Haral woke in the glow of a wondrous iridescent warmth that pulsed through every nerve and fiber of his body.
The pain and weariness were gone.
Surging strength, new vigor, flooded through him.
Slowly, still not quite believing his own senses, he opened his eyes.
He discovered that the iridescence was no mere metaphor, no figment of his imagination.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Dark Destiny

Chapter VI

Reading 1/84 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Haral woke in the glow of a wondrous iridescent warmth that pulsed through every nerve and fiber of his body.
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The pain and weariness were gone.
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Surging strength, new vigor, flooded through him.
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Slowly, still not quite believing his own senses, he opened his eyes.
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He discovered that the iridescence was no mere metaphor, no figment of his imagination.

Learner Dictionary

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

Body noun US /body/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Haral woke in the glow of a wondrous iridescent warmth that pulsed through every nerve and fiber of his body.”

Every determiner US /ˈevəri/

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading “Haral woke in the glow of a wondrous iridescent warmth that pulsed through every nerve and fiber of his body.”

Quite noun US /quite/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Slowly, still not quite believing his own senses, he opened his eyes.”

Senses plural noun US /ˈsɛnsɪz/

powers of perception and awareness

From this reading “Slowly, still not quite believing his own senses, he opened his eyes.”

Still noun US /still/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Slowly, still not quite believing his own senses, he opened his eyes.”

Strength noun US /ˈstrength/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “Surging strength, new vigor, flooded through him.”

Through noun US /ˈthrough/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “Haral woke in the glow of a wondrous iridescent warmth that pulsed through every nerve and fiber of his body.”

Wondrous adjective US /ˈwʌndrəs/

strange, beautiful, and impressive

From this reading “Haral woke in the glow of a wondrous iridescent warmth that pulsed through every nerve and fiber of his body.”

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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 Haral woke in the glow of a wondrous iridescent warmth that pulsed through every nerve and fiber of his body.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Haral woke in the glow of a wondrous iridescent warmth that pulsed through every nerve and fiber of his body.

believing

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From this reading Slowly, still not quite believing his own senses, he opened his eyes.

bodynounUS /body/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Haral woke in the glow of a wondrous iridescent warmth that pulsed through every nerve and fiber of his body.

discovered

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From this reading He discovered that the iridescence was no mere metaphor, no figment of his imagination.

everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading Haral woke in the glow of a wondrous iridescent warmth that pulsed through every nerve and fiber of his body.

eyes

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From this reading Slowly, still not quite believing his own senses, he opened his eyes.

fiber

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From this reading Haral woke in the glow of a wondrous iridescent warmth that pulsed through every nerve and fiber of his body.

figment

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From this reading He discovered that the iridescence was no mere metaphor, no figment of his imagination.

flooded

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From this reading Surging strength, new vigor, flooded through him.

glow

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From this reading Haral woke in the glow of a wondrous iridescent warmth that pulsed through every nerve and fiber of his body.

gone

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From this reading The pain and weariness were gone.

Haral

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From this reading Haral woke in the glow of a wondrous iridescent warmth that pulsed through every nerve and fiber of his body.

hepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Slowly, still not quite believing his own senses, he opened his eyes.

himpronounUS /hɪm/

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Surging strength, new vigor, flooded through him.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading Haral woke in the glow of a wondrous iridescent warmth that pulsed through every nerve and fiber of his body.

imagination

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From this reading He discovered that the iridescence was no mere metaphor, no figment of his imagination.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading Haral woke in the glow of a wondrous iridescent warmth that pulsed through every nerve and fiber of his body.

iridescence

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From this reading He discovered that the iridescence was no mere metaphor, no figment of his imagination.

iridescent

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From this reading Haral woke in the glow of a wondrous iridescent warmth that pulsed through every nerve and fiber of his body.

mere

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From this reading He discovered that the iridescence was no mere metaphor, no figment of his imagination.

metaphor

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From this reading He discovered that the iridescence was no mere metaphor, no figment of his imagination.

nerve

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From this reading Haral woke in the glow of a wondrous iridescent warmth that pulsed through every nerve and fiber of his body.

new

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From this reading Surging strength, new vigor, flooded through him.

nodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

From this reading He discovered that the iridescence was no mere metaphor, no figment of his imagination.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Slowly, still not quite believing his own senses, he opened his eyes.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Haral woke in the glow of a wondrous iridescent warmth that pulsed through every nerve and fiber of his body.

opened

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From this reading Slowly, still not quite believing his own senses, he opened his eyes.

own

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From this reading Slowly, still not quite believing his own senses, he opened his eyes.

pain

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From this reading The pain and weariness were gone.

pulsed

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From this reading Haral woke in the glow of a wondrous iridescent warmth that pulsed through every nerve and fiber of his body.

quitenounUS /quite/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Slowly, still not quite believing his own senses, he opened his eyes.

sensesplural nounUS /ˈsɛnsɪz/

powers of perception and awareness

From this reading Slowly, still not quite believing his own senses, he opened his eyes.

Slowly

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From this reading Slowly, still not quite believing his own senses, he opened his eyes.

stillnounUS /still/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Slowly, still not quite believing his own senses, he opened his eyes.

strengthnounUS /ˈstrength/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading Surging strength, new vigor, flooded through him.

Surging

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From this reading Surging strength, new vigor, flooded through him.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Haral woke in the glow of a wondrous iridescent warmth that pulsed through every nerve and fiber of his body.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading Haral woke in the glow of a wondrous iridescent warmth that pulsed through every nerve and fiber of his body.

throughnounUS /ˈthrough/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading Haral woke in the glow of a wondrous iridescent warmth that pulsed through every nerve and fiber of his body.

vigor

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From this reading Surging strength, new vigor, flooded through him.

warmth

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From this reading Haral woke in the glow of a wondrous iridescent warmth that pulsed through every nerve and fiber of his body.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading He discovered that the iridescence was no mere metaphor, no figment of his imagination.

weariness

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From this reading The pain and weariness were gone.

wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading The pain and weariness were gone.

woke

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From this reading Haral woke in the glow of a wondrous iridescent warmth that pulsed through every nerve and fiber of his body.

wondrousadjectiveUS /ˈwʌndrəs/

strange, beautiful, and impressive

From this reading Haral woke in the glow of a wondrous iridescent warmth that pulsed through every nerve and fiber of his body.