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Dark Destiny

Chapter VII

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Bleakly, Haral looked down on the knot of coleoptera moving through the valley below.
There could be no mistake.
This was the party.
Even from here, sitting his _hwalon_ high amid the barren crags above them, he could glimpse the shimmering gold of the captive Kyla's hair.
He pondered.
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Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Dark Destiny

Chapter VII

Reading 1/50 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Bleakly, Haral looked down on the knot of coleoptera moving through the valley below.
Line 2
There could be no mistake.
Line 3
This was the party.
/ðɪs wɑːz ðə party/
Line 4
Even from here, sitting his _hwalon_ high amid the barren crags above them, he could glimpse the shimmering gold of the captive Kyla's hair.
Line 5
He pondered.

Learner Dictionary

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

Above preposition US /əˈbʌv/

higher than, or over, something

From this reading “Even from here, sitting his _hwalon_ high amid the barren crags above them, he could glimpse the shimmering gold of the captive Kyla's hair.”

Amid preposition US /əˈmɪd/

in the middle of; surrounded by

From this reading “Even from here, sitting his _hwalon_ high amid the barren crags above them, he could glimpse the shimmering gold of the captive Kyla's hair.”

Below preposition US /bɪˈloʊ/

at or to a lower level than something

From this reading “Bleakly, Haral looked down on the knot of coleoptera moving through the valley below.”

Could modal verb US /kʊd/

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading “There could be no mistake.”

Even noun US /even/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Even from here, sitting his _hwalon_ high amid the barren crags above them, he could glimpse the shimmering gold of the captive Kyla's hair.”

Here noun US /here/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Even from here, sitting his _hwalon_ high amid the barren crags above them, he could glimpse the shimmering gold of the captive Kyla's hair.”

Looked noun US /looked/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Bleakly, Haral looked down on the knot of coleoptera moving through the valley below.”

Party noun US /party/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “This was the party.”

Through noun US /ˈthrough/

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

From this reading “Bleakly, Haral looked down on the knot of coleoptera moving through the valley below.”

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aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/

higher than, or over, something

From this reading Even from here, sitting his _hwalon_ high amid the barren crags above them, he could glimpse the shimmering gold of the captive Kyla's hair.

amidprepositionUS /əˈmɪd/

in the middle of; surrounded by

From this reading Even from here, sitting his _hwalon_ high amid the barren crags above them, he could glimpse the shimmering gold of the captive Kyla's hair.

barren

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From this reading Even from here, sitting his _hwalon_ high amid the barren crags above them, he could glimpse the shimmering gold of the captive Kyla's hair.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading There could be no mistake.

belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/

at or to a lower level than something

From this reading Bleakly, Haral looked down on the knot of coleoptera moving through the valley below.

Bleakly

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From this reading Bleakly, Haral looked down on the knot of coleoptera moving through the valley below.

captive

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From this reading Even from here, sitting his _hwalon_ high amid the barren crags above them, he could glimpse the shimmering gold of the captive Kyla's hair.

coleoptera

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From this reading Bleakly, Haral looked down on the knot of coleoptera moving through the valley below.

couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading There could be no mistake.

crags

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From this reading Even from here, sitting his _hwalon_ high amid the barren crags above them, he could glimpse the shimmering gold of the captive Kyla's hair.

down

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From this reading Bleakly, Haral looked down on the knot of coleoptera moving through the valley below.

EvennounUS /even/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Even from here, sitting his _hwalon_ high amid the barren crags above them, he could glimpse the shimmering gold of the captive Kyla's hair.

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Even from here, sitting his _hwalon_ high amid the barren crags above them, he could glimpse the shimmering gold of the captive Kyla's hair.

glimpse

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From this reading Even from here, sitting his _hwalon_ high amid the barren crags above them, he could glimpse the shimmering gold of the captive Kyla's hair.

gold

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From this reading Even from here, sitting his _hwalon_ high amid the barren crags above them, he could glimpse the shimmering gold of the captive Kyla's hair.

hair

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From this reading Even from here, sitting his _hwalon_ high amid the barren crags above them, he could glimpse the shimmering gold of the captive Kyla's hair.

Haral

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From this reading Bleakly, Haral looked down on the knot of coleoptera moving through the valley below.

hepronounUS /hiː/

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

From this reading Even from here, sitting his _hwalon_ high amid the barren crags above them, he could glimpse the shimmering gold of the captive Kyla's hair.

herenounUS /here/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Even from here, sitting his _hwalon_ high amid the barren crags above them, he could glimpse the shimmering gold of the captive Kyla's hair.

high

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From this reading Even from here, sitting his _hwalon_ high amid the barren crags above them, he could glimpse the shimmering gold of the captive Kyla's hair.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

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

From this reading Even from here, sitting his _hwalon_ high amid the barren crags above them, he could glimpse the shimmering gold of the captive Kyla's hair.

hwalon

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From this reading Even from here, sitting his _hwalon_ high amid the barren crags above them, he could glimpse the shimmering gold of the captive Kyla's hair.

knot

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From this reading Bleakly, Haral looked down on the knot of coleoptera moving through the valley below.

Kyla's

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From this reading Even from here, sitting his _hwalon_ high amid the barren crags above them, he could glimpse the shimmering gold of the captive Kyla's hair.

lookednounUS /looked/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Bleakly, Haral looked down on the knot of coleoptera moving through the valley below.

mistake

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From this reading There could be no mistake.

moving

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From this reading Bleakly, Haral looked down on the knot of coleoptera moving through the valley below.

nodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

From this reading There could be no mistake.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Bleakly, Haral looked down on the knot of coleoptera moving through the valley below.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Bleakly, Haral looked down on the knot of coleoptera moving through the valley below.

partynounUS /party/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading This was the party.

pondered

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From this reading He pondered.

shimmering

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From this reading Even from here, sitting his _hwalon_ high amid the barren crags above them, he could glimpse the shimmering gold of the captive Kyla's hair.

sitting

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From this reading Even from here, sitting his _hwalon_ high amid the barren crags above them, he could glimpse the shimmering gold of the captive Kyla's hair.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading Bleakly, Haral looked down on the knot of coleoptera moving through the valley below.

thempronounUS /ðem/

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading Even from here, sitting his _hwalon_ high amid the barren crags above them, he could glimpse the shimmering gold of the captive Kyla's hair.

There

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From this reading There could be no mistake.

ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading This was the party.

throughnounUS /ˈthrough/

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

From this reading Bleakly, Haral looked down on the knot of coleoptera moving through the valley below.

valley

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From this reading Bleakly, Haral looked down on the knot of coleoptera moving through the valley below.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

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

From this reading This was the party.