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againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE GREAT JOHN RAWN I Far off, deep in the underground regions of the city at the focus of the republic's vast industrialism, the presses were reeling and clanging again, heavy with their story of disaster.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE GREAT JOHN RAWN I Far off, deep in the underground regions of the city at the focus of the republic's vast industrialism, the presses were reeling and clanging again, heavy with their story of disaster.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Somewhere dumbly, mutely, uncomplaining, the great river and its mate the great power, inter-stellar, not international--they two, as he but now vauntingly had dreamed, erstwhile silent partners of John Rawn--did their work....
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading THE GREAT JOHN RAWN I Far off, deep in the underground regions of the city at the focus of the republic's vast industrialism, the presses were reeling and clanging again, heavy with their story of disaster.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Somewhere dumbly, mutely, uncomplaining, the great river and its mate the great power, inter-stellar, not international--they two, as he but now vauntingly had dreamed, erstwhile silent partners of John Rawn--did their work....
city
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civilization
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From this reading The civilization of the day went on.
clanging
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day
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From this reading The civilization of the day went on.
deep
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From this reading THE GREAT JOHN RAWN I Far off, deep in the underground regions of the city at the focus of the republic's vast industrialism, the presses were reeling and clanging again, heavy with their story of disaster.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Somewhere dumbly, mutely, uncomplaining, the great river and its mate the great power, inter-stellar, not international--they two, as he but now vauntingly had dreamed, erstwhile silent partners of John Rawn--did their work....
disaster
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From this reading THE GREAT JOHN RAWN I Far off, deep in the underground regions of the city at the focus of the republic's vast industrialism, the presses were reeling and clanging again, heavy with their story of disaster.
dreamed
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dumbly
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From this reading Somewhere dumbly, mutely, uncomplaining, the great river and its mate the great power, inter-stellar, not international--they two, as he but now vauntingly had dreamed, erstwhile silent partners of John Rawn--did their work....
erstwhile
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Far
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From this reading THE GREAT JOHN RAWN I Far off, deep in the underground regions of the city at the focus of the republic's vast industrialism, the presses were reeling and clanging again, heavy with their story of disaster.
focus
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From this reading THE GREAT JOHN RAWN I Far off, deep in the underground regions of the city at the focus of the republic's vast industrialism, the presses were reeling and clanging again, heavy with their story of disaster.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For whom?
forces
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From this reading Somewhere out upon the mountain tops, somewhere in the forests, the forces of nature gathered, marched on toward the sea.
forests
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From this reading Somewhere out upon the mountain tops, somewhere in the forests, the forces of nature gathered, marched on toward the sea.
gathered
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From this reading Somewhere out upon the mountain tops, somewhere in the forests, the forces of nature gathered, marched on toward the sea.
GREATnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE GREAT JOHN RAWN I Far off, deep in the underground regions of the city at the focus of the republic's vast industrialism, the presses were reeling and clanging again, heavy with their story of disaster.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Somewhere dumbly, mutely, uncomplaining, the great river and its mate the great power, inter-stellar, not international--they two, as he but now vauntingly had dreamed, erstwhile silent partners of John Rawn--did their work....
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Somewhere dumbly, mutely, uncomplaining, the great river and its mate the great power, inter-stellar, not international--they two, as he but now vauntingly had dreamed, erstwhile silent partners of John Rawn--did their work....
heavy
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From this reading THE GREAT JOHN RAWN I Far off, deep in the underground regions of the city at the focus of the republic's vast industrialism, the presses were reeling and clanging again, heavy with their story of disaster.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading THE GREAT JOHN RAWN I Far off, deep in the underground regions of the city at the focus of the republic's vast industrialism, the presses were reeling and clanging again, heavy with their story of disaster.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE GREAT JOHN RAWN I Far off, deep in the underground regions of the city at the focus of the republic's vast industrialism, the presses were reeling and clanging again, heavy with their story of disaster.
industrialism
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From this reading THE GREAT JOHN RAWN I Far off, deep in the underground regions of the city at the focus of the republic's vast industrialism, the presses were reeling and clanging again, heavy with their story of disaster.
inter-stellar
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From this reading Somewhere dumbly, mutely, uncomplaining, the great river and its mate the great power, inter-stellar, not international--they two, as he but now vauntingly had dreamed, erstwhile silent partners of John Rawn--did their work....
international
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From this reading Somewhere dumbly, mutely, uncomplaining, the great river and its mate the great power, inter-stellar, not international--they two, as he but now vauntingly had dreamed, erstwhile silent partners of John Rawn--did their work....
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Somewhere dumbly, mutely, uncomplaining, the great river and its mate the great power, inter-stellar, not international--they two, as he but now vauntingly had dreamed, erstwhile silent partners of John Rawn--did their work....
JOHN
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From this reading THE GREAT JOHN RAWN I Far off, deep in the underground regions of the city at the focus of the republic's vast industrialism, the presses were reeling and clanging again, heavy with their story of disaster.
marched
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From this reading Somewhere out upon the mountain tops, somewhere in the forests, the forces of nature gathered, marched on toward the sea.
mate
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From this reading Somewhere dumbly, mutely, uncomplaining, the great river and its mate the great power, inter-stellar, not international--they two, as he but now vauntingly had dreamed, erstwhile silent partners of John Rawn--did their work....
mountain
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From this reading Somewhere out upon the mountain tops, somewhere in the forests, the forces of nature gathered, marched on toward the sea.
mutely
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From this reading Somewhere dumbly, mutely, uncomplaining, the great river and its mate the great power, inter-stellar, not international--they two, as he but now vauntingly had dreamed, erstwhile silent partners of John Rawn--did their work....
nature
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From this reading Somewhere out upon the mountain tops, somewhere in the forests, the forces of nature gathered, marched on toward the sea.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Somewhere dumbly, mutely, uncomplaining, the great river and its mate the great power, inter-stellar, not international--they two, as he but now vauntingly had dreamed, erstwhile silent partners of John Rawn--did their work....
now
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From this reading Somewhere dumbly, mutely, uncomplaining, the great river and its mate the great power, inter-stellar, not international--they two, as he but now vauntingly had dreamed, erstwhile silent partners of John Rawn--did their work....
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE GREAT JOHN RAWN I Far off, deep in the underground regions of the city at the focus of the republic's vast industrialism, the presses were reeling and clanging again, heavy with their story of disaster.
off
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From this reading THE GREAT JOHN RAWN I Far off, deep in the underground regions of the city at the focus of the republic's vast industrialism, the presses were reeling and clanging again, heavy with their story of disaster.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The civilization of the day went on.
out
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From this reading Somewhere out upon the mountain tops, somewhere in the forests, the forces of nature gathered, marched on toward the sea.
partners
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From this reading Somewhere dumbly, mutely, uncomplaining, the great river and its mate the great power, inter-stellar, not international--they two, as he but now vauntingly had dreamed, erstwhile silent partners of John Rawn--did their work....
power
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From this reading Somewhere dumbly, mutely, uncomplaining, the great river and its mate the great power, inter-stellar, not international--they two, as he but now vauntingly had dreamed, erstwhile silent partners of John Rawn--did their work....
presses
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RAWN
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From this reading THE GREAT JOHN RAWN I Far off, deep in the underground regions of the city at the focus of the republic's vast industrialism, the presses were reeling and clanging again, heavy with their story of disaster.
reeling
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From this reading THE GREAT JOHN RAWN I Far off, deep in the underground regions of the city at the focus of the republic's vast industrialism, the presses were reeling and clanging again, heavy with their story of disaster.
regions
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From this reading THE GREAT JOHN RAWN I Far off, deep in the underground regions of the city at the focus of the republic's vast industrialism, the presses were reeling and clanging again, heavy with their story of disaster.
republic's
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From this reading THE GREAT JOHN RAWN I Far off, deep in the underground regions of the city at the focus of the republic's vast industrialism, the presses were reeling and clanging again, heavy with their story of disaster.
river
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From this reading Somewhere dumbly, mutely, uncomplaining, the great river and its mate the great power, inter-stellar, not international--they two, as he but now vauntingly had dreamed, erstwhile silent partners of John Rawn--did their work....
sea
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From this reading Somewhere out upon the mountain tops, somewhere in the forests, the forces of nature gathered, marched on toward the sea.
silent
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From this reading Somewhere dumbly, mutely, uncomplaining, the great river and its mate the great power, inter-stellar, not international--they two, as he but now vauntingly had dreamed, erstwhile silent partners of John Rawn--did their work....
Somewhere
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From this reading Somewhere out upon the mountain tops, somewhere in the forests, the forces of nature gathered, marched on toward the sea.
story
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From this reading THE GREAT JOHN RAWN I Far off, deep in the underground regions of the city at the focus of the republic's vast industrialism, the presses were reeling and clanging again, heavy with their story of disaster.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE GREAT JOHN RAWN I Far off, deep in the underground regions of the city at the focus of the republic's vast industrialism, the presses were reeling and clanging again, heavy with their story of disaster.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading THE GREAT JOHN RAWN I Far off, deep in the underground regions of the city at the focus of the republic's vast industrialism, the presses were reeling and clanging again, heavy with their story of disaster.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Somewhere dumbly, mutely, uncomplaining, the great river and its mate the great power, inter-stellar, not international--they two, as he but now vauntingly had dreamed, erstwhile silent partners of John Rawn--did their work....
tops
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From this reading Somewhere out upon the mountain tops, somewhere in the forests, the forces of nature gathered, marched on toward the sea.
towardprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrd/
in the direction of
From this reading Somewhere out upon the mountain tops, somewhere in the forests, the forces of nature gathered, marched on toward the sea.
two
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From this reading Somewhere dumbly, mutely, uncomplaining, the great river and its mate the great power, inter-stellar, not international--they two, as he but now vauntingly had dreamed, erstwhile silent partners of John Rawn--did their work....
uncomplaining
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From this reading Somewhere dumbly, mutely, uncomplaining, the great river and its mate the great power, inter-stellar, not international--they two, as he but now vauntingly had dreamed, erstwhile silent partners of John Rawn--did their work....
underground
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From this reading THE GREAT JOHN RAWN I Far off, deep in the underground regions of the city at the focus of the republic's vast industrialism, the presses were reeling and clanging again, heavy with their story of disaster.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Somewhere out upon the mountain tops, somewhere in the forests, the forces of nature gathered, marched on toward the sea.
vast
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From this reading THE GREAT JOHN RAWN I Far off, deep in the underground regions of the city at the focus of the republic's vast industrialism, the presses were reeling and clanging again, heavy with their story of disaster.
vauntingly
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From this reading Somewhere dumbly, mutely, uncomplaining, the great river and its mate the great power, inter-stellar, not international--they two, as he but now vauntingly had dreamed, erstwhile silent partners of John Rawn--did their work....
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The civilization of the day went on.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading THE GREAT JOHN RAWN I Far off, deep in the underground regions of the city at the focus of the republic's vast industrialism, the presses were reeling and clanging again, heavy with their story of disaster.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading For whom?
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading THE GREAT JOHN RAWN I Far off, deep in the underground regions of the city at the focus of the republic's vast industrialism, the presses were reeling and clanging again, heavy with their story of disaster.
work
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From this reading Somewhere dumbly, mutely, uncomplaining, the great river and its mate the great power, inter-stellar, not international--they two, as he but now vauntingly had dreamed, erstwhile silent partners of John Rawn--did their work....
