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alien
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From this reading He didn't know why or how he came to be here looking up at the images of those who formed the Circle of Lords, but it seemed right to him that he stood so, at peace as his hands rested on the alien altar.
altar
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From this reading It felt like the middle of the night, and he was standing as he had stood once before at the altar in the clanhome's gathering hall, with his palms laid flat on the bare lower platform.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading When Tarlac woke, though, it wasn't morning and he wasn't on his sleeping mat.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It felt like the middle of the night, and he was standing as he had stood once before at the altar in the clanhome's gathering hall, with his palms laid flat on the bare lower platform.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It felt like the middle of the night, and he was standing as he had stood once before at the altar in the clanhome's gathering hall, with his palms laid flat on the bare lower platform.
bare
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From this reading It felt like the middle of the night, and he was standing as he had stood once before at the altar in the clanhome's gathering hall, with his palms laid flat on the bare lower platform.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading He didn't know why or how he came to be here looking up at the images of those who formed the Circle of Lords, but it seemed right to him that he stood so, at peace as his hands rested on the alien altar.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading It felt like the middle of the night, and he was standing as he had stood once before at the altar in the clanhome's gathering hall, with his palms laid flat on the bare lower platform.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He didn't know why or how he came to be here looking up at the images of those who formed the Circle of Lords, but it seemed right to him that he stood so, at peace as his hands rested on the alien altar.
came
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From this reading He didn't know why or how he came to be here looking up at the images of those who formed the Circle of Lords, but it seemed right to him that he stood so, at peace as his hands rested on the alien altar.
certainly
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From this reading He didn't want it to be, and it certainly didn't seem alien.
Circle
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From this reading He didn't know why or how he came to be here looking up at the images of those who formed the Circle of Lords, but it seemed right to him that he stood so, at peace as his hands rested on the alien altar.
clanhome's
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From this reading It felt like the middle of the night, and he was standing as he had stood once before at the altar in the clanhome's gathering hall, with his palms laid flat on the bare lower platform.
didn't
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From this reading He didn't know why or how he came to be here looking up at the images of those who formed the Circle of Lords, but it seemed right to him that he stood so, at peace as his hands rested on the alien altar.
felt
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From this reading It felt like the middle of the night, and he was standing as he had stood once before at the altar in the clanhome's gathering hall, with his palms laid flat on the bare lower platform.
flat
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From this reading It felt like the middle of the night, and he was standing as he had stood once before at the altar in the clanhome's gathering hall, with his palms laid flat on the bare lower platform.
formed
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From this reading He didn't know why or how he came to be here looking up at the images of those who formed the Circle of Lords, but it seemed right to him that he stood so, at peace as his hands rested on the alien altar.
gathering
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From this reading It felt like the middle of the night, and he was standing as he had stood once before at the altar in the clanhome's gathering hall, with his palms laid flat on the bare lower platform.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It felt like the middle of the night, and he was standing as he had stood once before at the altar in the clanhome's gathering hall, with his palms laid flat on the bare lower platform.
hall
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From this reading It felt like the middle of the night, and he was standing as he had stood once before at the altar in the clanhome's gathering hall, with his palms laid flat on the bare lower platform.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading He didn't know why or how he came to be here looking up at the images of those who formed the Circle of Lords, but it seemed right to him that he stood so, at peace as his hands rested on the alien altar.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When Tarlac woke, though, it wasn't morning and he wasn't on his sleeping mat.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He didn't know why or how he came to be here looking up at the images of those who formed the Circle of Lords, but it seemed right to him that he stood so, at peace as his hands rested on the alien altar.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He didn't know why or how he came to be here looking up at the images of those who formed the Circle of Lords, but it seemed right to him that he stood so, at peace as his hands rested on the alien altar.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading When Tarlac woke, though, it wasn't morning and he wasn't on his sleeping mat.
how
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From this reading He didn't know why or how he came to be here looking up at the images of those who formed the Circle of Lords, but it seemed right to him that he stood so, at peace as his hands rested on the alien altar.
images
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From this reading He didn't know why or how he came to be here looking up at the images of those who formed the Circle of Lords, but it seemed right to him that he stood so, at peace as his hands rested on the alien altar.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It felt like the middle of the night, and he was standing as he had stood once before at the altar in the clanhome's gathering hall, with his palms laid flat on the bare lower platform.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading When Tarlac woke, though, it wasn't morning and he wasn't on his sleeping mat.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He didn't know why or how he came to be here looking up at the images of those who formed the Circle of Lords, but it seemed right to him that he stood so, at peace as his hands rested on the alien altar.
laid
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From this reading It felt like the middle of the night, and he was standing as he had stood once before at the altar in the clanhome's gathering hall, with his palms laid flat on the bare lower platform.
like
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From this reading It felt like the middle of the night, and he was standing as he had stood once before at the altar in the clanhome's gathering hall, with his palms laid flat on the bare lower platform.
looking
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From this reading He didn't know why or how he came to be here looking up at the images of those who formed the Circle of Lords, but it seemed right to him that he stood so, at peace as his hands rested on the alien altar.
Lords
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From this reading He didn't know why or how he came to be here looking up at the images of those who formed the Circle of Lords, but it seemed right to him that he stood so, at peace as his hands rested on the alien altar.
lower
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From this reading It felt like the middle of the night, and he was standing as he had stood once before at the altar in the clanhome's gathering hall, with his palms laid flat on the bare lower platform.
mat
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From this reading When Tarlac woke, though, it wasn't morning and he wasn't on his sleeping mat.
middle
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From this reading It felt like the middle of the night, and he was standing as he had stood once before at the altar in the clanhome's gathering hall, with his palms laid flat on the bare lower platform.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When Tarlac woke, though, it wasn't morning and he wasn't on his sleeping mat.
night
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From this reading It felt like the middle of the night, and he was standing as he had stood once before at the altar in the clanhome's gathering hall, with his palms laid flat on the bare lower platform.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It felt like the middle of the night, and he was standing as he had stood once before at the altar in the clanhome's gathering hall, with his palms laid flat on the bare lower platform.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading When Tarlac woke, though, it wasn't morning and he wasn't on his sleeping mat.
once
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From this reading It felt like the middle of the night, and he was standing as he had stood once before at the altar in the clanhome's gathering hall, with his palms laid flat on the bare lower platform.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading He didn't know why or how he came to be here looking up at the images of those who formed the Circle of Lords, but it seemed right to him that he stood so, at peace as his hands rested on the alien altar.
palms
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From this reading It felt like the middle of the night, and he was standing as he had stood once before at the altar in the clanhome's gathering hall, with his palms laid flat on the bare lower platform.
peace
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From this reading He didn't know why or how he came to be here looking up at the images of those who formed the Circle of Lords, but it seemed right to him that he stood so, at peace as his hands rested on the alien altar.
platform
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From this reading It felt like the middle of the night, and he was standing as he had stood once before at the altar in the clanhome's gathering hall, with his palms laid flat on the bare lower platform.
rested
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From this reading He didn't know why or how he came to be here looking up at the images of those who formed the Circle of Lords, but it seemed right to him that he stood so, at peace as his hands rested on the alien altar.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He didn't know why or how he came to be here looking up at the images of those who formed the Circle of Lords, but it seemed right to him that he stood so, at peace as his hands rested on the alien altar.
seem
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From this reading He didn't want it to be, and it certainly didn't seem alien.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He didn't know why or how he came to be here looking up at the images of those who formed the Circle of Lords, but it seemed right to him that he stood so, at peace as his hands rested on the alien altar.
sleeping
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From this reading When Tarlac woke, though, it wasn't morning and he wasn't on his sleeping mat.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading He didn't know why or how he came to be here looking up at the images of those who formed the Circle of Lords, but it seemed right to him that he stood so, at peace as his hands rested on the alien altar.
standingnounUS /ˈstanding/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It felt like the middle of the night, and he was standing as he had stood once before at the altar in the clanhome's gathering hall, with his palms laid flat on the bare lower platform.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It felt like the middle of the night, and he was standing as he had stood once before at the altar in the clanhome's gathering hall, with his palms laid flat on the bare lower platform.
Tarlac
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From this reading When Tarlac woke, though, it wasn't morning and he wasn't on his sleeping mat.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He didn't know why or how he came to be here looking up at the images of those who formed the Circle of Lords, but it seemed right to him that he stood so, at peace as his hands rested on the alien altar.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It felt like the middle of the night, and he was standing as he had stood once before at the altar in the clanhome's gathering hall, with his palms laid flat on the bare lower platform.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading He didn't know why or how he came to be here looking up at the images of those who formed the Circle of Lords, but it seemed right to him that he stood so, at peace as his hands rested on the alien altar.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading When Tarlac woke, though, it wasn't morning and he wasn't on his sleeping mat.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He didn't know why or how he came to be here looking up at the images of those who formed the Circle of Lords, but it seemed right to him that he stood so, at peace as his hands rested on the alien altar.
up
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From this reading He didn't know why or how he came to be here looking up at the images of those who formed the Circle of Lords, but it seemed right to him that he stood so, at peace as his hands rested on the alien altar.
want
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From this reading He didn't want it to be, and it certainly didn't seem alien.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It felt like the middle of the night, and he was standing as he had stood once before at the altar in the clanhome's gathering hall, with his palms laid flat on the bare lower platform.
wasn't
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From this reading When Tarlac woke, though, it wasn't morning and he wasn't on his sleeping mat.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When Tarlac woke, though, it wasn't morning and he wasn't on his sleeping mat.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading He didn't know why or how he came to be here looking up at the images of those who formed the Circle of Lords, but it seemed right to him that he stood so, at peace as his hands rested on the alien altar.
why
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From this reading He didn't know why or how he came to be here looking up at the images of those who formed the Circle of Lords, but it seemed right to him that he stood so, at peace as his hands rested on the alien altar.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading It felt like the middle of the night, and he was standing as he had stood once before at the altar in the clanhome's gathering hall, with his palms laid flat on the bare lower platform.
woke
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From this reading When Tarlac woke, though, it wasn't morning and he wasn't on his sleeping mat.
