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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 We presented, indeed, a strange spectacle, for the mage, in his silvery swathings, held Leonora by the hands, and Leonora held me, as we raced through the gloom.
all
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From this reading For the seraphic frenzy had now come upon the mage in good earnest, and all the Thought-reader burned in his dusky eyes.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading For the seraphic frenzy had now come upon the mage in good earnest, and all the Thought-reader burned in his dusky eyes.
any
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From this reading In any other city our aspect and demeanour had excited attention and claimed the interference of the authorities.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading We presented, indeed, a strange spectacle, for the mage, in his silvery swathings, held Leonora by the hands, and Leonora held me, as we raced through the gloom.
aspect
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From this reading In any other city our aspect and demeanour had excited attention and claimed the interference of the authorities.
attention
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From this reading In any other city our aspect and demeanour had excited attention and claimed the interference of the authorities.
authorities
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From this reading In any other city our aspect and demeanour had excited attention and claimed the interference of the authorities.
burned
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From this reading For the seraphic frenzy had now come upon the mage in good earnest, and all the Thought-reader burned in his dusky eyes.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading We presented, indeed, a strange spectacle, for the mage, in his silvery swathings, held Leonora by the hands, and Leonora held me, as we raced through the gloom.
city
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From this reading In any other city our aspect and demeanour had excited attention and claimed the interference of the authorities.
claimed
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From this reading In any other city our aspect and demeanour had excited attention and claimed the interference of the authorities.
clime
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From this reading Forth we rushed into the darkness, through the streaming deluge of that tropic clime.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For the seraphic frenzy had now come upon the mage in good earnest, and all the Thought-reader burned in his dusky eyes.
darkness
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From this reading Forth we rushed into the darkness, through the streaming deluge of that tropic clime.
deluge
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From this reading Forth we rushed into the darkness, through the streaming deluge of that tropic clime.
demeanour
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From this reading In any other city our aspect and demeanour had excited attention and claimed the interference of the authorities.
dusky
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From this reading For the seraphic frenzy had now come upon the mage in good earnest, and all the Thought-reader burned in his dusky eyes.
earnest
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From this reading For the seraphic frenzy had now come upon the mage in good earnest, and all the Thought-reader burned in his dusky eyes.
excitedadjectiveUS /ɪkˈsaɪtɪd/
very enthusiastic or eager
From this reading In any other city our aspect and demeanour had excited attention and claimed the interference of the authorities.
eyes
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From this reading For the seraphic frenzy had now come upon the mage in good earnest, and all the Thought-reader burned in his dusky eyes.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For the seraphic frenzy had now come upon the mage in good earnest, and all the Thought-reader burned in his dusky eyes.
Forth
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From this reading Forth we rushed into the darkness, through the streaming deluge of that tropic clime.
frenzy
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From this reading For the seraphic frenzy had now come upon the mage in good earnest, and all the Thought-reader burned in his dusky eyes.
gloom
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From this reading We presented, indeed, a strange spectacle, for the mage, in his silvery swathings, held Leonora by the hands, and Leonora held me, as we raced through the gloom.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For the seraphic frenzy had now come upon the mage in good earnest, and all the Thought-reader burned in his dusky eyes.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading For the seraphic frenzy had now come upon the mage in good earnest, and all the Thought-reader burned in his dusky eyes.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading We presented, indeed, a strange spectacle, for the mage, in his silvery swathings, held Leonora by the hands, and Leonora held me, as we raced through the gloom.
held
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From this reading We presented, indeed, a strange spectacle, for the mage, in his silvery swathings, held Leonora by the hands, and Leonora held me, as we raced through the gloom.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading For the seraphic frenzy had now come upon the mage in good earnest, and all the Thought-reader burned in his dusky eyes.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading For the seraphic frenzy had now come upon the mage in good earnest, and all the Thought-reader burned in his dusky eyes.
indeed
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From this reading We presented, indeed, a strange spectacle, for the mage, in his silvery swathings, held Leonora by the hands, and Leonora held me, as we raced through the gloom.
interference
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From this reading In any other city our aspect and demeanour had excited attention and claimed the interference of the authorities.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Forth we rushed into the darkness, through the streaming deluge of that tropic clime.
Leonora
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From this reading We presented, indeed, a strange spectacle, for the mage, in his silvery swathings, held Leonora by the hands, and Leonora held me, as we raced through the gloom.
mage
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From this reading For the seraphic frenzy had now come upon the mage in good earnest, and all the Thought-reader burned in his dusky eyes.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading We presented, indeed, a strange spectacle, for the mage, in his silvery swathings, held Leonora by the hands, and Leonora held me, as we raced through the gloom.
now
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From this reading For the seraphic frenzy had now come upon the mage in good earnest, and all the Thought-reader burned in his dusky eyes.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Forth we rushed into the darkness, through the streaming deluge of that tropic clime.
other
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From this reading In any other city our aspect and demeanour had excited attention and claimed the interference of the authorities.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading In any other city our aspect and demeanour had excited attention and claimed the interference of the authorities.
PATH
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From this reading THE PERILOUS PATH.
PERILOUS
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From this reading THE PERILOUS PATH.
presented
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From this reading We presented, indeed, a strange spectacle, for the mage, in his silvery swathings, held Leonora by the hands, and Leonora held me, as we raced through the gloom.
raced
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From this reading We presented, indeed, a strange spectacle, for the mage, in his silvery swathings, held Leonora by the hands, and Leonora held me, as we raced through the gloom.
rushed
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From this reading Forth we rushed into the darkness, through the streaming deluge of that tropic clime.
seraphic
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From this reading For the seraphic frenzy had now come upon the mage in good earnest, and all the Thought-reader burned in his dusky eyes.
silvery
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From this reading We presented, indeed, a strange spectacle, for the mage, in his silvery swathings, held Leonora by the hands, and Leonora held me, as we raced through the gloom.
spectacle
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From this reading We presented, indeed, a strange spectacle, for the mage, in his silvery swathings, held Leonora by the hands, and Leonora held me, as we raced through the gloom.
strange
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From this reading We presented, indeed, a strange spectacle, for the mage, in his silvery swathings, held Leonora by the hands, and Leonora held me, as we raced through the gloom.
streaming
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From this reading Forth we rushed into the darkness, through the streaming deluge of that tropic clime.
swathings
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From this reading We presented, indeed, a strange spectacle, for the mage, in his silvery swathings, held Leonora by the hands, and Leonora held me, as we raced through the gloom.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Forth we rushed into the darkness, through the streaming deluge of that tropic clime.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE PERILOUS PATH.
Thought-reader
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From this reading For the seraphic frenzy had now come upon the mage in good earnest, and all the Thought-reader burned in his dusky eyes.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Forth we rushed into the darkness, through the streaming deluge of that tropic clime.
tropic
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From this reading Forth we rushed into the darkness, through the streaming deluge of that tropic clime.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading For the seraphic frenzy had now come upon the mage in good earnest, and all the Thought-reader burned in his dusky eyes.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Forth we rushed into the darkness, through the streaming deluge of that tropic clime.
