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16
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From this reading In the Maheus' house, No. 16 in the second block, nothing was stirring.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The single room that occupied the first floor was drowned in a thick darkness which seemed to overwhelm with its weight the sleep of the beings whom one felt to be there in a mass, with open mouths, overcome by weariness.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading In the middle of the fields of wheat and beetroot, the Deux-Cent-Quarante settlement slept beneath the black night.
avenues
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From this reading One could vaguely distinguish four immense blocks of small houses, back to back, barracks or hospital blocks, geometric and parallel, separated by three large avenues which were divided into gardens of equal size.
back
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From this reading One could vaguely distinguish four immense blocks of small houses, back to back, barracks or hospital blocks, geometric and parallel, separated by three large avenues which were divided into gardens of equal size.
barracks
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From this reading One could vaguely distinguish four immense blocks of small houses, back to back, barracks or hospital blocks, geometric and parallel, separated by three large avenues which were divided into gardens of equal size.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The single room that occupied the first floor was drowned in a thick darkness which seemed to overwhelm with its weight the sleep of the beings whom one felt to be there in a mass, with open mouths, overcome by weariness.
beetroot
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From this reading In the middle of the fields of wheat and beetroot, the Deux-Cent-Quarante settlement slept beneath the black night.
beings
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From this reading The single room that occupied the first floor was drowned in a thick darkness which seemed to overwhelm with its weight the sleep of the beings whom one felt to be there in a mass, with open mouths, overcome by weariness.
beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading In the middle of the fields of wheat and beetroot, the Deux-Cent-Quarante settlement slept beneath the black night.
black
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From this reading In the middle of the fields of wheat and beetroot, the Deux-Cent-Quarante settlement slept beneath the black night.
block
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From this reading In the Maheus' house, No. 16 in the second block, nothing was stirring.
blocks
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From this reading One could vaguely distinguish four immense blocks of small houses, back to back, barracks or hospital blocks, geometric and parallel, separated by three large avenues which were divided into gardens of equal size.
brokennounUS /broken/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And over the desert plain one heard only the moan of squalls through the broken trellises of the enclosures.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading One could vaguely distinguish four immense blocks of small houses, back to back, barracks or hospital blocks, geometric and parallel, separated by three large avenues which were divided into gardens of equal size.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading One could vaguely distinguish four immense blocks of small houses, back to back, barracks or hospital blocks, geometric and parallel, separated by three large avenues which were divided into gardens of equal size.
darkness
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From this reading The single room that occupied the first floor was drowned in a thick darkness which seemed to overwhelm with its weight the sleep of the beings whom one felt to be there in a mass, with open mouths, overcome by weariness.
desert
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From this reading And over the desert plain one heard only the moan of squalls through the broken trellises of the enclosures.
Deux-Cent-Quarante
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From this reading In the middle of the fields of wheat and beetroot, the Deux-Cent-Quarante settlement slept beneath the black night.
distinguish
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From this reading One could vaguely distinguish four immense blocks of small houses, back to back, barracks or hospital blocks, geometric and parallel, separated by three large avenues which were divided into gardens of equal size.
dividednounUS /ˈdivided/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading One could vaguely distinguish four immense blocks of small houses, back to back, barracks or hospital blocks, geometric and parallel, separated by three large avenues which were divided into gardens of equal size.
drowned
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From this reading The single room that occupied the first floor was drowned in a thick darkness which seemed to overwhelm with its weight the sleep of the beings whom one felt to be there in a mass, with open mouths, overcome by weariness.
enclosures
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From this reading And over the desert plain one heard only the moan of squalls through the broken trellises of the enclosures.
equal
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From this reading One could vaguely distinguish four immense blocks of small houses, back to back, barracks or hospital blocks, geometric and parallel, separated by three large avenues which were divided into gardens of equal size.
felt
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From this reading The single room that occupied the first floor was drowned in a thick darkness which seemed to overwhelm with its weight the sleep of the beings whom one felt to be there in a mass, with open mouths, overcome by weariness.
fields
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From this reading In the middle of the fields of wheat and beetroot, the Deux-Cent-Quarante settlement slept beneath the black night.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The single room that occupied the first floor was drowned in a thick darkness which seemed to overwhelm with its weight the sleep of the beings whom one felt to be there in a mass, with open mouths, overcome by weariness.
floor
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From this reading The single room that occupied the first floor was drowned in a thick darkness which seemed to overwhelm with its weight the sleep of the beings whom one felt to be there in a mass, with open mouths, overcome by weariness.
four
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From this reading One could vaguely distinguish four immense blocks of small houses, back to back, barracks or hospital blocks, geometric and parallel, separated by three large avenues which were divided into gardens of equal size.
gardens
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From this reading One could vaguely distinguish four immense blocks of small houses, back to back, barracks or hospital blocks, geometric and parallel, separated by three large avenues which were divided into gardens of equal size.
geometric
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From this reading One could vaguely distinguish four immense blocks of small houses, back to back, barracks or hospital blocks, geometric and parallel, separated by three large avenues which were divided into gardens of equal size.
heard
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From this reading And over the desert plain one heard only the moan of squalls through the broken trellises of the enclosures.
hospital
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From this reading One could vaguely distinguish four immense blocks of small houses, back to back, barracks or hospital blocks, geometric and parallel, separated by three large avenues which were divided into gardens of equal size.
house
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From this reading In the Maheus' house, No. 16 in the second block, nothing was stirring.
houses
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From this reading One could vaguely distinguish four immense blocks of small houses, back to back, barracks or hospital blocks, geometric and parallel, separated by three large avenues which were divided into gardens of equal size.
immense
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From this reading One could vaguely distinguish four immense blocks of small houses, back to back, barracks or hospital blocks, geometric and parallel, separated by three large avenues which were divided into gardens of equal size.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the middle of the fields of wheat and beetroot, the Deux-Cent-Quarante settlement slept beneath the black night.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading One could vaguely distinguish four immense blocks of small houses, back to back, barracks or hospital blocks, geometric and parallel, separated by three large avenues which were divided into gardens of equal size.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The single room that occupied the first floor was drowned in a thick darkness which seemed to overwhelm with its weight the sleep of the beings whom one felt to be there in a mass, with open mouths, overcome by weariness.
large
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From this reading One could vaguely distinguish four immense blocks of small houses, back to back, barracks or hospital blocks, geometric and parallel, separated by three large avenues which were divided into gardens of equal size.
Maheus
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From this reading In the Maheus' house, No. 16 in the second block, nothing was stirring.
mass
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From this reading The single room that occupied the first floor was drowned in a thick darkness which seemed to overwhelm with its weight the sleep of the beings whom one felt to be there in a mass, with open mouths, overcome by weariness.
middle
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From this reading In the middle of the fields of wheat and beetroot, the Deux-Cent-Quarante settlement slept beneath the black night.
moan
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From this reading And over the desert plain one heard only the moan of squalls through the broken trellises of the enclosures.
mouths
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From this reading The single room that occupied the first floor was drowned in a thick darkness which seemed to overwhelm with its weight the sleep of the beings whom one felt to be there in a mass, with open mouths, overcome by weariness.
night
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From this reading In the middle of the fields of wheat and beetroot, the Deux-Cent-Quarante settlement slept beneath the black night.
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading In the Maheus' house, No. 16 in the second block, nothing was stirring.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading In the Maheus' house, No. 16 in the second block, nothing was stirring.
occupied
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From this reading The single room that occupied the first floor was drowned in a thick darkness which seemed to overwhelm with its weight the sleep of the beings whom one felt to be there in a mass, with open mouths, overcome by weariness.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In the middle of the fields of wheat and beetroot, the Deux-Cent-Quarante settlement slept beneath the black night.
OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One could vaguely distinguish four immense blocks of small houses, back to back, barracks or hospital blocks, geometric and parallel, separated by three large avenues which were divided into gardens of equal size.
only
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From this reading And over the desert plain one heard only the moan of squalls through the broken trellises of the enclosures.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading The single room that occupied the first floor was drowned in a thick darkness which seemed to overwhelm with its weight the sleep of the beings whom one felt to be there in a mass, with open mouths, overcome by weariness.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading One could vaguely distinguish four immense blocks of small houses, back to back, barracks or hospital blocks, geometric and parallel, separated by three large avenues which were divided into gardens of equal size.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading And over the desert plain one heard only the moan of squalls through the broken trellises of the enclosures.
overcome
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From this reading The single room that occupied the first floor was drowned in a thick darkness which seemed to overwhelm with its weight the sleep of the beings whom one felt to be there in a mass, with open mouths, overcome by weariness.
overwhelm
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From this reading The single room that occupied the first floor was drowned in a thick darkness which seemed to overwhelm with its weight the sleep of the beings whom one felt to be there in a mass, with open mouths, overcome by weariness.
parallel
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From this reading One could vaguely distinguish four immense blocks of small houses, back to back, barracks or hospital blocks, geometric and parallel, separated by three large avenues which were divided into gardens of equal size.
plain
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From this reading And over the desert plain one heard only the moan of squalls through the broken trellises of the enclosures.
room
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From this reading The single room that occupied the first floor was drowned in a thick darkness which seemed to overwhelm with its weight the sleep of the beings whom one felt to be there in a mass, with open mouths, overcome by weariness.
second
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From this reading In the Maheus' house, No. 16 in the second block, nothing was stirring.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The single room that occupied the first floor was drowned in a thick darkness which seemed to overwhelm with its weight the sleep of the beings whom one felt to be there in a mass, with open mouths, overcome by weariness.
separated
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From this reading One could vaguely distinguish four immense blocks of small houses, back to back, barracks or hospital blocks, geometric and parallel, separated by three large avenues which were divided into gardens of equal size.
settlement
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From this reading In the middle of the fields of wheat and beetroot, the Deux-Cent-Quarante settlement slept beneath the black night.
single
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From this reading The single room that occupied the first floor was drowned in a thick darkness which seemed to overwhelm with its weight the sleep of the beings whom one felt to be there in a mass, with open mouths, overcome by weariness.
size
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From this reading One could vaguely distinguish four immense blocks of small houses, back to back, barracks or hospital blocks, geometric and parallel, separated by three large avenues which were divided into gardens of equal size.
sleep
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From this reading The single room that occupied the first floor was drowned in a thick darkness which seemed to overwhelm with its weight the sleep of the beings whom one felt to be there in a mass, with open mouths, overcome by weariness.
slept
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From this reading In the middle of the fields of wheat and beetroot, the Deux-Cent-Quarante settlement slept beneath the black night.
small
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From this reading One could vaguely distinguish four immense blocks of small houses, back to back, barracks or hospital blocks, geometric and parallel, separated by three large avenues which were divided into gardens of equal size.
squalls
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From this reading And over the desert plain one heard only the moan of squalls through the broken trellises of the enclosures.
stirring
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From this reading In the Maheus' house, No. 16 in the second block, nothing was stirring.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The single room that occupied the first floor was drowned in a thick darkness which seemed to overwhelm with its weight the sleep of the beings whom one felt to be there in a mass, with open mouths, overcome by weariness.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In the middle of the fields of wheat and beetroot, the Deux-Cent-Quarante settlement slept beneath the black night.
there
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From this reading The single room that occupied the first floor was drowned in a thick darkness which seemed to overwhelm with its weight the sleep of the beings whom one felt to be there in a mass, with open mouths, overcome by weariness.
thick
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From this reading The single room that occupied the first floor was drowned in a thick darkness which seemed to overwhelm with its weight the sleep of the beings whom one felt to be there in a mass, with open mouths, overcome by weariness.
three
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From this reading One could vaguely distinguish four immense blocks of small houses, back to back, barracks or hospital blocks, geometric and parallel, separated by three large avenues which were divided into gardens of equal size.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading And over the desert plain one heard only the moan of squalls through the broken trellises of the enclosures.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading One could vaguely distinguish four immense blocks of small houses, back to back, barracks or hospital blocks, geometric and parallel, separated by three large avenues which were divided into gardens of equal size.
trellises
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From this reading And over the desert plain one heard only the moan of squalls through the broken trellises of the enclosures.
vaguely
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From this reading One could vaguely distinguish four immense blocks of small houses, back to back, barracks or hospital blocks, geometric and parallel, separated by three large avenues which were divided into gardens of equal size.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading In the Maheus' house, No. 16 in the second block, nothing was stirring.
weariness
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From this reading The single room that occupied the first floor was drowned in a thick darkness which seemed to overwhelm with its weight the sleep of the beings whom one felt to be there in a mass, with open mouths, overcome by weariness.
weight
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From this reading The single room that occupied the first floor was drowned in a thick darkness which seemed to overwhelm with its weight the sleep of the beings whom one felt to be there in a mass, with open mouths, overcome by weariness.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading One could vaguely distinguish four immense blocks of small houses, back to back, barracks or hospital blocks, geometric and parallel, separated by three large avenues which were divided into gardens of equal size.
wheat
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From this reading In the middle of the fields of wheat and beetroot, the Deux-Cent-Quarante settlement slept beneath the black night.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading One could vaguely distinguish four immense blocks of small houses, back to back, barracks or hospital blocks, geometric and parallel, separated by three large avenues which were divided into gardens of equal size.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The single room that occupied the first floor was drowned in a thick darkness which seemed to overwhelm with its weight the sleep of the beings whom one felt to be there in a mass, with open mouths, overcome by weariness.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The single room that occupied the first floor was drowned in a thick darkness which seemed to overwhelm with its weight the sleep of the beings whom one felt to be there in a mass, with open mouths, overcome by weariness.
